It was late in the afternoon when Juvia returned from her month long visit to the Lamia Scale guild. A date with Lyon at a fancy restaurant, her heart shuddered in delight remembering the fun she had with him before she left. She entered the guild and smiled at how much of it remained the same. "Ah, Juvia must tell Gray Sama about it!" Her eyes searched for the dark haired mage, but he was nowhere to be found. She walked by Cana, but was grabbed and forced down onto a chair where, not only Cana, but Mira too, was looking at her with strange faces. "Did Juvia do something wrong," she asked, a little worried.

"Nope. But you're going to tell us all about what's going on with you and that guy from Lamia Scale." Cana chugged another beer down and waited as Juvia ranted about how wonderful Lyon was to her.

"So, you're over Gray then?"

"I…I do love Gray Sama still, but Juvia thinks she can move past him." Mira clapped her hands together and wrapped Juvia into a bear hug.

"I'm so happy for you Juvia. I'm so glad he's treating you well!"

"Juvia is too."

As the girls continued to talk, Gray entered the guild with a cold look on his face.

"Yo! Fight me you iced bastard!" Natsu dove onto Gray, but was quickly pushed aside as Gray shoved past him, scanning for Erza. The guild hall froze; no matter what kind of mood Gray was in, he never really avoided a fight with Natsu. "Oi…what the fuck is your problem asshole?!" Gray scoffed, and walked over to Erza.

"Gray is something the ma…"

"I need to talk to you. Now." Erza looked at him, confusion clouding her eyes as she stood up and walked with him out of the guild. The rest of the guild hall stared, completely mesmerized by what just happened. "So, you all just gonna stand around like a bunch of idiots? Or are we gonna listen to their conversation? Gihihi." Everyone agreed with Gajeel as they rushed to follow the two mages. Mira sighed as she continued to clean, when Laxus came from downstairs and looked over the empty hall.

"Mira, mind telling me what happened?" Mira giggled, and grabbed his hand as they went to follow the rest of the guild members.

Laxus, it turns out, was not clueless with what was going on, as he hid behind the trees with Mira and the tiny dragon slayer, Wendy. He paid close attention to the internal conflict that was raging within the ice mage, as Erza began to grow impatient with him. "Gray, if you have nothing to say to me, then there was no reason for me to waste time here." As she was walking away, Gray put his hands on her shoulders to stop her. Gray sighed, as he looked at her.

"Listen. We….we've known each other for a long time, right?" Erza nodded, this was common knowledge to everyone. "And I…shit, I can't say it…"

"Gray, it's probably not important anyways, just tell me whatever it is and then we can go back to the guild hall. I have missions that need to be done." Gray's heart lurched at the sudden change in her attitude. Why was she acting like this…? He had to finish this.

"Fuck it. Erza, I love you." Her eyes widened and her mouth opened to say something, but he interrupted her, "Let me finish please, just…let me finish. I love you, and I've always loved you. Ever since we were kids, today, tomorrow, and god dammit, I can't stop loving you. And it hurts…it hurts so badly that whenever I do anything for you, it falls short. I push myself so hard and I can never reach you. And…and…" Gray trailed off as he looked at Erza, and she stared at her feet, "Erza…say something!"

"What do you want me to say? Do you want to me to say I love you too? Because it doesn't work that way!" Gray clenched his fist as the words sunk in.

"Then tell me what you feel Erza. That's all I want to know." The scarlet haired woman stopped as images of her time at the Tower of Heaven, her time with a certain blue haired mage came rushing to her head. She took a deep breath and decided to let him know.

"Absolutely nothing."

Her words rang throughout the area where Gray first found Erza crying. This was the place where he first fell in love with her, and now she says this of all things? Give him a break. "You're not joking, are you? Please tell me this is some sick prank Erza! You don't honestly think that!"

"I am not lying; would you like me to repeat it again for you? Was I not clear enough for you to understand?" Gray buried his hands in his face as Erza looked at him, neither feeling sad or upset with what she said. It was the uninterested way she said it, as if she never cared about his feelings at all that shattered his heart.

"I guess you're right then. We should probably go back, don't you think?" Erza nodded and walked back to the guild as Gray trailed away from her. He held his head high, until Erza was just out of view, and did something he hadn't done in 7 years. The tears began to form as he quickly took the trail to his house, and slammed the door.

Shock. That was the word everyone felt when they witnessed what just happened. Cana tried to break out of Macao's grasp, as she intended to beat the hell out of the requip mage. "Who the fuck does she think she is talking to Gray like that," she thought to herself. "She has no right, no fucking right to hurt him after all that he's done for her." Juvia said nothing as she walked towards the same way that Gray went and was completely out of sight. The other members called it a day and decided to deal with what happened later. Natsu stood frozen on the spot, as Lucy and Happy looked at him sadly. He couldn't believe that his two best friends would completely break down like that. Not like that. They were supposed to be inseparable, but this? This hurt him badly. He stood up and left without warning as the others followed suit after him.

So yeah, it was kind of rushed, I know, but the confession was finally made! Ugh, I need to work on my repetition of certain phrases. Tell me what you guys thought!