DISCLAIMER: Still don't own Fairy tail


RENOU

Chapter 1:

Kiss on the forehead


It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

Lawrence Durell


With her head on her knees, she sighed. She did went to the training grounds but she didn't stay too long. It feels like she doesn't belong there.

Well she is.

She's not one of them.

Lying about her illness— the excuse she told the prof, but she knew that she can sense that she isn't sick. But merely wanted to leave.

"Why are you here?"

Still have her head on her knees, her eyes wide. She didn't sense him near. Arghh, what does he want with Juvia?!

"Juvia is not feeling well." she simply stated not even giving him a glance.

She felt him walk towards her and with one swift movement he is sitting beside her. She turned her head towards him. "what are you doing here? Fullbuster-sama should be in the training grounds."He smirked at her. She can feel her heart beating inside her chest and her blood rushing to her face. Looking away, she put a hand over her heart and whispered that it was only because she is scared at him.

"You, should go there too" she can sense the amusement in his voice.

Looking back at him, she can't help but admire his angular jaw, his adams apple, his spiky black hair.

He is so...handsome.

Feeling herself staring for too long, she turned her head away and cleared her throat. "W-what does F-fullbuster-sama wants with Juvia?

That question made him stare at her. There he goes again, giving her that look. Although his face is blank, his eyes tells different otherwise.

How can he manage that?

After a minute or so, he speaked, "Gray."

Before she opens her mouth, he is not there anymore. She heard the door closes.

He is so rude.

and

weird

She pouted. "G-gray." she tested Like she's testing the waters. He wanted her to call him on his first name. Or maybe he is practicing pronouncing his name. Whatever the reason is, she felt weird calling his name.

Particularly on her heart. When she pronounced it, her heart pounded like crazy, blood rushes to her whole body, and it seems like the only word that exist is his name. Weird right?

"Gray-sama."


Julia Lockser. The former heiress of the Mizu pack. She came from one of the strongest lineage.

The elders say that the Mizu pack was kissed by the Moon. They have the serenity of the moon, calmness like a water. Just like how the Moon constitutes with ocean, sea and tides. The wolves came from this pack, gives them fluidity, flexibility of a water.

That's why they are respected.

But after her marriage, and binding with a human mate, everything changed.

She no longer holds the title of an heiress. Her family sees her as a disgrace. Is it wrong to Love? The Goddess of Balance, chose a human for her as a mate. Who is she to destroy the balance?

Vernard.

That was his name. He was the most handsome guy she ever laid eyes on. They loved each other, cared for each other. They see each other as their world. They need each other just like how they need for air, water and food.

But she never told him her real identity.

One day, he left her a note saying that he needs to see his family. She understood him, so she lets him. She promised to wait for his return.

Yes, she was saddened by her boyfriend's absence, her bestfriend was worried. There are times she got blind at night.

Then, a good news came. She was carrying.

She is with his child.

That's when her parents hate her even more. They never talked to her or spared her a glance. But she doesn't care anymore, as long as she has Vernard and their baby, she is fine. They can go loath at her, again, she doesn't care.

Bred and born in a higher status, she faced them chin up and with elegance that could be master with precision. And only by an heiress.

Curse her life because after she found out she was pregnant, her happiness came crashing.

A messenger came and told her that her boyfriend died.

She was scared not because she will have to fight alone, but for her baby. Her pup will be born with half blood. Renou. And also without the guidance of a father.

She sighed. Running her fingers on a green silk kimono and tracing the flowery patterns, being customized with expensive clothes, she is quite sure that this kimono was made intricately and materials from well known clothing stores.

After she was stripped out of her title, the elders chose another leader. The Koizumi Family is one of the most traditional family in Mizu pack. The eldest replaced her and will soon assign his son, Totomaru to be the leader.

On his upcoming 21st birthday, he will have his inauguration and if he found his mate, the binding of them will also be celebrated.

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Putting a lid on the food she had cooked for dinner, she was interrupted by soft knocks on the door.

She take a glimpse of the wall clock, it still early for Juvia to get home from school. With soft footsteps she opened the door and was confused seeing a man than a woman on the opposite side of the door.

He has this big box. A gown box. She quirked an eyebrow at him. The 20 year old man looks uncomfortable. She offered him a friendly smile.
"Um. Good evening, Julia-san." he bowed.

Julia, though, curious as to why he is here, bowed back and offered him to get inside.

"o-oh no, thank you" he refused. "I, I was just wondering if Juvia is home?" he asked trying to take a peek inside.

"She's not yet home, why?" Her instincts say that the box in his hand is for his daughter.

He hesitated at first, "It's my birthday and I want her to be there. And Oh. This is for her"

The blunette took the box from him gave him a smile and told him that his message will be received.

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What will her daughter think once she get back? Julia knew her daughter's interest on the heir

And she is afraid that Juvia might get hurt.


Juvia, 15 year old.

She watches Totomaru-kun play basketball. The academy is hosting a tournament, she is going to cheer Totomaru. Their opponent are the juniors.

Her bullies joined too. And Gray.

Juvia is sitting in the front sit. Totomaru reserved it for her. She received glares and dirty looks from everyone but because of Totomaru, her stay had been more tolerable.

Whenever he shoots the ball, he will look at her as if asking if she saw it, she will smile with that cute blush on her face and then he will go off with a goofy smile plastered.

And then she will always meet the ball on its way towards her.

When she searched from where it had been, she will see Gray glaring down at her, a scowl on his face.

With those times, she thanks her
reflexes, she was able to dodge those.

It was half time when Totomaru came to her, with that handsome smile on his face.

"Juvia-chan, did I do good?" he asked as he took the empty seat beside hers.

And she has to stop herself from squealing because he looks so cool. She nods her head, not trusting herself to speak.

"Can you lend me my bottle?"

She reached for the bottle which is at his opposite location. Their fingertips brushed when she handed it to him and that made her face looks even redder.

She shyly peeks at him as he drinks. When suddenly a resonating sound temporarily deaf her, a stinging pain on the left side of her head. She watches as her vision became blurry.

The last thing she saw was Totomaru's worried face.

And a ball bouncing away from , blackness engulfed her.
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She woke up with a migraine. Instantly her hand shot up to nurse her bruised head. She winced. "Ow."
"Juvia-chan, you're awake"

"T-tomaru-sama" she acknowledge.

"How are you feeling?" his worried face makes him looks more adorable.

"Mi-migraine"

He nods his head, understanding what she had felt. He handed her a tablet. She blinked at him "It will make your headache away."

"Oh. Arigatou" she said as she peel the tablet off it's case, Totomaru with a glass of water in hand.

She cringed at its bitter taste. "You didn't stutter" he observed.

"R-really?"

"No." and then laughed. Juvia knew that the stutter was because of her low self-esteem, and it seems like it will never go away.

"I can't stay here any longer I have to go back at the gym" he gave her an apologetic look. She frowned but then gave him a forced smile.

"Ok."
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Gray watches as he walk out the has been here after Juvia collapsed and that guy has to carry her BRIDAL STYLE to the infirmary.

Lucky bastard.

He didn't throw the ball at her for Totomaru to carry Juvia, but of course for himself.

He didn't like that guy near her, she always loses her focus and at the game, her eyes are glued at him.

Disgusting.

He had been basketing three point shot and she isn't impressed. He wanted her to cheer him.

When Totomaru is out of sight, he proceeded inside the clinic. 'She's so beauti— ugly, I mean she is so ugly' he corrected his thought.

When her beautiful big blue eyes landed at him, he has to restrain himself from saying 'cute', cool guys don't lose their composure.

"F-fullbuster-sama?"

He promped himself down a chair near her bed. Juvia knew that he is the reason she is here. Yet he didn't apologized.

Folding his arms in front of him he statd "You shouldn't lose focus"

"E-eh?" What focus is he talking about?

"You stare at him like he is the last candy in a store, that's why the ball hit you. Idiot" he said, angry at her. He isn't jealous, that is what he is thinking over and over.

"Totomaru-s-sama is really kind"

Arggghhh, He should've bought the ball with him, he didn't hit her that hard.
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"Looks like someone is in a good mood" Lucy whispered, with a sly smile on her pretty face. Juvia quickly blush. She is in a good mood, but still is she really that obvious?

"You are in a good mood" She stated, surer than earlier. Before, whenever it's morning Juvia rarely crack a smile, but right now she is smiling and even humming while staring out of the window.

The blunette answered by sighing dreamily. The blonde smiled back, glad to witness her friend happy. She turned her attention back to their teacher, scared to be caught not listening—not even worried for Juvia, cause the blunette can answer almost all the questions throwed at her while Lucy can't— and left Juvia to daydream.

Juvia put her left hand in her pocket, checking the gift she made for him. She hoped he'll like it.

Juvia absorbed in her own world didn't even notice the heir of Koori pack staring at her.


Juvia is sitting on her favorite bench, enjoying the beautiful day. Suddenly, a tall frame blocked the soothing sunlight on her.

"Do you know where Ms. Scarlet is?"

A deep voice asks her. She have to close her jaw, he is soo handsome. With that spiky blue hair and that odd tattoo on his left cheek

She had to clear her voice and ask him to repeat his question. Blushing from embarrassment. Scarlet. Erza Scarlet. The president of the student council. "Ms. Scarlet? Do you know where she is?"

She pointed on the academy in front of them. Still dazed, it is really rare for someone to ask her questions or even for directions.

To top it all, it was a handsome man.

He thanked her, anticipating him to leave, she squeaked when he took a seat next to her. She awkwardly gulps.

"Do you mind, I'm really tired." he said.

She shook her head. And contemplated that she is a very very very awkward person.

After five minutes or so, he left and thanked her. She just nod her head.

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Almost instantly, Gray came. Surprising her. He scrunched up his face at her. Glaring at the seat next to her.

He crossed his arms infront of him. "Why did you let him seat next to you?"

"E-rh? he is t-tired." she explained. Mentally asking herself why she has to explain it to him.

"Didn't your mother told you not to talk to strangers?" he inquired.

"She d-did. D-demo, he doesn't look like a bad person" Again, asking herself why she's explaining to him.

"Do you have an alcohol?" his question made her confused, but nod otherwise.

She take out an alcohol inside her bag and showed it to him. He took it, opened the lid and emptying it on the seat where the stranger was seated on a while ago. She frowned at now empty bottle of alcohol on her side.

"Did he touch you?"

"H-huh..umm...no. why?"

"nothing. Just making sure you're not inflicted by germs"

that made her more confuse, what germs?
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The blunette felt her bum made contact to the ground, the culprit a pink-haired boy, instead of helping her he all but glared at her. But that can't affect her mood.

She stands up and made way to her locker room. There were times she was tripped, but then she just ignored it like other times but this time she smiled to much to her bullies disdain.

Anticipating her locker to be wet, then it did, like the other times but instead of cursing her bullies, she just smiled and went to where the blower is and started drying it. Then she go to her next class, her things still wet, but still with a smile intact on her face.

Her smiles never left unnoticed by his dark blue eyes, although she looks beautiful smiling, it bothered him.

A lot.


Juvia 7 yrs. old.

She is so excited, it's Totomaru's birthday. Though she knew that at the end of the day she won't be able to give it to him.

She watches as the kids run inside and out of the Koizumi compound from behind the tree. She's contemplating if she will enter, she knew already that she isn't invited so maybe not.

She's gripping the teru-teru bozu she made herself. It looks so ugly but they say it's the thought that counts. Her fingers were even pricked by the needles but then she wanted to thank him for being kind to her.

Her heart beats loudly when Gray spotted her. She willed her little legs to run but Gray beat her to it.

"A-ah, let J-juvia go" she said while kicking her legs infront. Gray is holding her collar restraining her to move.

He holds her hand but let it go when she complained. He looked at her hand and saw that it has bandages.

"What happened there?" he asked.

"N-nothing" she stubbornly said and hide their hands behind her. That's when he noticed the ugly-looking white doll.

"G-give that back" she said reaching for the doll but to no avail, the nine year old is taller. "Did you make this?"

"H-hai, it is for Totomaru-sama"

After she answered, his face held amusement at first but when she mentioned Totomaru, his face crumpled like a paper, but that made him look more handsome.

"This is so ugly, He will never accept this." What he said made the little girl frown, tears started gathering in her eyes. She spent weeks just to make that and Gray will insult it and tell her that Totomaru will never accept it.

"U so m-m-mean" she choked back her sobs. And headed home. She always think that Gray threw it away.

But in reality, he kept it.

Always.
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Juvia was surprised to see him leaning on a wall outside her classroom. She doesn't help that her mind is thinking that he is waiting for her. Gray looks so cool leaning there. His face with no trace of emotions, his cold blue orbs staring at her. The blunette felt like they are the only one in the hall.

"Oh! Hi Gray" Lucy waved at the raven-haired. And by that Juvia felt that the magic is gone.

Wait! What magic?

Juvia trotted her way out, she doesn't want to have an encounter with him. She isn't that confident that her good mood will stay, once he is as she walks fast, she seemed to catch him searching for her.

By the time she got to her locker room, she was breathing heavily, Does the way to her locker is that long? She looked around and sighed in relief, he's nowhere in sight. Gathering her wet books and notebooks, she closed her locker.

"I'll walk you home"

Her things almost slipped out of her hand when she heard his voice. She almost had an heart attack. She put a had on her chest and faced him.

"N-no, thanks, F-full, Juvia means G-gray-sama"

His face showed shock, maybe it was because she refused him or is it because she called him Gray? Whatever the reason, she doesn't care she needs to be away from him. When Juvia noticed that he is still on trance, she took the opportunity to slip away.

She bumped few times, received glares, but she could care less. She even glanced back, and when she noticed that he is nowhere in sight, she even cracked a smile, then silently giggled.

"Youre fast but I'm faster"

Not daring to look at him, she face-palmed. She forgot that he is a wolf, an alpha for it matter.

"H-h-hey" she pouted at him. He took her things away from her.

"Lead the way" He said, ending their conversation.

Frowning, she has nothing to do but obey him. At first she was walking ahead of him, by now they are walking side by side. She's throwing him wary glances. His face seemed unwavering with his blank expression but on his tan skin, he seemed, she might say.. blushing

Why?

Maybe it was because of the cold air. She just shrugged it off, no need to pounder on unimportant things.

"Juvia! Juvia-chan!"

That voice.

She knew that voice all to well.

Feeling her heart thrumming erratically, excitedness, nervousness, giddiness flooded her whole body. She glanced back and saw him.

With that handsome smile. Juvia felt smiling. She didn't even notice her companion, scowling at them.

"T-totomaru-kun" she said shyly, trying her best to stop the blush from forming but failed immensely.

His face turned into stone upon noticing Gray. He acknowledge him with a nod. Juvia, gazes at Totomaru dreamingly, completely ignoring Gray.

Gray looks back at her and to him. He scowled even more and his face looks like a crumpled paper. His scowl feels like it has been intact with his face ever since he was born. It looks so natural. She's blushing and sighing dreamingly at him. Why can't she do that to him?! he thought exasperated. He, himself can sense jealousy, though he will never admit it.

"Did you get my present?" he asked kindly. Not even noticing his effect on her. Gray's blue orbs jump on him and on her.

"H-hai, d-demo, Juvia should be the one to give you a present" she shyly gazed at him, making her look more adorable.

what she said made Totomaru frown. "Didn't you like it?"

"No." she answered quickly. "Juvia means..s-she loves it, It is her favorite color" clasping her hands on her face, made her look so cute.

He pinched her chubby cheeks "Aww you're so cute" If possible her face resembled a tomato right now.

Gray had to restrain himself from tapping his filthy hands away from her. "You're very important to me Juvia and I want you to be there on my birthday" Totomaru confessed.

His speech made both Gray and Juvia stunned. She gaped at him like a fish out of water, trying to form words but failed.

Totomaru rubbed her head like a small little girl. And that made her pout. She wanted him to see her as a woman, not a child.

But her disappointment soon subsides when she felt a gentle pressure on her forehead. Before she can react, he's already waving at her on the other side of the street.

She stood there frozen, face red, mouth agape. Her heart beating like it wanted to escape from her chest.

Slowly, a small smile creeps on her face. She bit her lip to stop the squeal from escaping.

After a minute or so, she turned around and bumped onto a hard chest. "O-oh..F-fu, Gray-sama, Juvia didn't see you there" she apologized.

Just like before, he just stared at her with a blank expression, but she can feel his irritation. "Just...watch where your going" he reminded.

She was expecting him to yell at her, and tell her she's so careless, and not that.

She mumbled a small 'okay'. Once again, they are walking side by side. She can still sense his irritation.

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She will hear him tch-ing, see his expression turn to irritated to sullen to dark and to angry. This guy can seriously do expressions but not a smiling one. She, thought, she heard a 'The nerve of him', a 'how dare him' and she feared for this him his talking about.

By the time they are in front of her house, she let out a breath, she didn't know she's been holding.

"T-thank O-oh—" she was cut off by him pushing her things in her arms. She quickly gathered them before it made contact on the ground.

She frowned. They looked like it had been on a vice. They're crumpled.

He glared at her. Again. And oddly, she felt at ease. Maybe because she is used to that and not to this.

But he isn't entirely sending daggers on her but on her forehead. She slowly reach for her forehead when he stopped her midway.

She blinked at him, clueless. Then his large calloused hands started wiping..more like scrubbing her forehead.

And it hurts.

"O-ouch, o-ou-cchhh" she complained and tried to move away but his other hand gripped her head in place.

By the time he was finished Juvia's eyes are watery and her forehead red. Well, anything would turn bloody red if someone rubbed on it too hard.

"Next time, don't let germs be near you."

She wrinkled her brows. What germ is he talking about?

"Do you have an alcohol?"

She nodded. "Apply an alcohol to that, just to be sure." then he turned away.

But then hesitantly stop, she raised an eyebrow, he looked back and said "What he said, about you being...cute. He's lying."

She gasped. Then she felt something inside her chest crack.

"I'm the only one you have to believe"

And left.

As he walks away, "I'm the only one who should tell you compliments" he whispered to himself.


Thank you thank you for those who reviewed this. And Don't worry I'll update Love and Hatred, i'm working on it.

Next Chapter anticipate Totomaru's inauguration as an Apha some heartbreaks.

see you in the next chapter of Renou.

NeverInUrWidestDreams~~