He woke up, his arm ached like hell and he would swear he slept on fucking nail coz his back hurt too. He opened his exes to find the white ceiling of the infirmary.
But what was even more surprising, when he looked around, he found out he was not alone.
His right hand has been occupied by the sleeping water mage.
She must have been waiting for him to wake up. Was he really out for such a log time? He looked at her, lying there so peacefully.
„Gajeel." He heard the voice of panther lily.
„Hey." The iron mage grinned.
„You should have waited, I would have helped you with those guys."
„But I ain´t sharin" laughed the iron dragon.
„Gajeel-kun…" Juvia sat back up, looking at him strangely.
„Gajeel- kun, you got hurt fighting for Juvia."
She held his hand with hers and her voice sounded like she would talk about a pressing matter.
„Naah…" he groweled „…got my own bussines with ´em, now it´s finnished though, so no worry…"
he grinned again.
„Juvia knows you did this for her!" she jumped up
„Do not lie to Juvia, Juvia knows everything!" she nearly cried and he did not know what to say. Well, he fucked up again.
And then she moved to hug him. She held him tight and sobbed silently for a while and he let her, tough his hand hurt like fuck.
„Please, please Gajeel- kun, do not scare Juvia like that again, Juvia tought you were going to die…"
„Hey, I ain´t the dying type…" he tried to defend himself, but it felt like nothing he could say could make her feel better about this, but somehow, somehow he did not feel so bad about this, he felt proud she was thankfull. He was happy she was thankfull to him.
She finally let go of him.
„Juvia was so scared…" she smiled kind of sad, but mysterious at the same time, and then she moved forward again.
He expected her to hug him again, but she kissed him instead.
He felt her warm lips on his and closed his eyes.
His right hand went automaticly to her waist.
She pulled away. He froze at the look she gave him. A bit nervous, a bit embarrased and quite confused, her pale cheeks filled with red and ahe quickly jumped up and ran for the door, giving away just a silent „bye."
Or at least that was what he heard.
he looked after her, as much confused as she must have been.
Then he turned to Pantherlily, as the two of them were all who were left there and as the cat was simply giving him a silent nodd, he swept him away with his right hand.
„Oh, go to hell!"
Since then, he could not stop thinking about that blue-headed water mage, even having dreams about her, alnd hell, those were dreams!
But it was not like he could do something about it as long as he was on the infirmary.
In his Phantom Lord days, when he got the appetite, he just got one of the chicks from the crowd, no problem there right…right?
Hell, what if Juvia remembered those times?
He was getting more and more desperrate around her, not knowing what to tell her when shecame in to bring him tea or something to eat, and she was never alone too.
But it seemed she had the same problem. God, if they were stopping to communicate, then that would be the end of it.
And so he proceeded to tell some fighting stories everytime there was a larger pause in the conversation, and it was not so rarely, as he was nearly ut of adventures by the day he was to be released from the guild´s care facility.
He got his backpack, as it was left in the guild from the day he stormed to Phantom Lord and proceeded to walk home.
Wpuld the rain woman wait for him there or would it be only him this time? He even cought himself changing his speed from fast in anticipation to slow from expected dissapointment.
When he finally made it to the old house, he just stayed standing in front of it and staring for a few minutes before finally getting in.
And there it was. The water mage sitting at the kitchen table and waiting. She noticed the door and smiled when she noticed the iron mage.
„Hell, ya still here, ey?"
he got his backpack off and wanted to join her at the table, when there came a flash.
„What the…"
Just now e noticed what Juvia has been holding. It was a camera and she smiled happily as the picture of gajeel came out of the front.
„Now when Gajeel- kun is away, Juvia will have a replacement."
„Pfff…right, as if a pic could compare to the original." Delighted to see her happy.
„Juvia made a lot of pictures while Gajeel-kun was away."
And as he looked at the wall where the three frames were, he saw that she was right. The whole white thing was covered with colorfull images of his guildmates, and even some of him in the infirmary.
„The fuck? Ya took some then?" he gave her a mean look.
„Juvia took a photo of everyone."
He looked across the wall. „Oh, no, ain´t everyone here…"
She looked surprised and joined him in front of the decorated part of the appartment.
He sat in the kitchen, eating iron as usual and watched the clueless water mage checking a long list of their guildmembers.
„Ya ain´t gonna get it…" he grinned.
„But, but Juvia DID také a picture of everyone…"
she finally gave up and joined him at the table. The camera lying next to her and proceeded to read the list.
This was his chance. He guickly jumped up and grabed the device and as the surprised water mage looked surprised his way, he hit the action button and blined her with a flash.
„Now ya got all of them!"
he sat back down and held a picture of her in his hand.
She looked sonfued. Firts the picture, Gajeel, picture, Gajeel.
„Juvia…Juvia did not také picture of juvia…"
„I told ya" he grinned even wider
Juvia froze.
„Juvia did not…did not také apicture…"
„Hey, don´t ya také it that far…it was just a joke." He got closer, not wanting to make her upset.
And then it came. A wave of water and he and the camera were both wet, not to mention the photo was ruined.
„Ya gonna rust me out." He threw the device to the ground and proceeded to squeeze the water of his her, as Juvia was laughing.
„To hell with ya" he roweled and took of his shirt. He even took the belt of his pants when he realized the water mage was staring at him.
Their eyes met.
„To hell with this all!"
he called out and threw his wet gloves on the ground. He did not need this. As the water mage was slightly embarrased and did not move from the table, Gajeel went to the bedroom to grab some things that were not wet.
Fuck all this water, fuck that camera, fuck Juvia! Hell yeah, Fuck her!
Which was exactly what he actually wanted to do once he found her in his house. But he felt like being the bad one, taking advantage of a girl , that was having great problem with love and stuff.
It was then when he heard a great splashing sound from the kitchen.
He ran back and as he stood there, in the door with his trousers not even fully buttoned, he saw the water mage with a bucket upside down above her head. It was not normal water she spilled all over herself, but it was the rusty stuff gajeel was keeping away as a type of juice.
She stood there all drenched in her robe and as finally she put the bucket down, she faced him straight on with a serious look.
