AN: Sorry about the late update!
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Day 03 – Journey
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"What do you think she would've said if she could see us now?" Lyon asked Gray.
He was visiting his long-time friend for a few days and they were at Gray's home, sitting at his living room, the white-haired man had beer in his cup while Gray held a bundle in his arms.
"Ur?" Gray asked, raising an eyebrow and saw Lyon nod. "Oh, she would be laughing her ass off." Lyon chuckled and Gray grinned. "She would take a look at me and laugh. I mean, I was an angry little shit when we met."
"That's an understatement." Lyon snorted and took a sip of his beer.
"Now I'm married and with a son." Gray looked down to the bundle in his arms, where his son slept peacefully and for the millionth time felt his heart beat faster with how much love he felt for that tiny human he helped create.
Gris was four months old and even though Juvia told everyone he looked like Gray, Gris' hair was light blue – which his wife affirmed it would darken soon into dark blue or even black, later on – and he had Juvia's blue eyes. Good for him: Juvia's eyes were beautiful.
"But I think she would mostly be glad we are grown ups now." Gray shrugged.
Lyon snorted. "Using the term 'grown up' a little loose, there."
Gray couldn't help it but to chuckle. "Well, we are mostly grown up, I would say."
"You more than me." Lyon shrugged. "I mean, you are the one with the house, the perfect wife, the awesome baby, the great friends."
"I am." Gray agreed easily because it was true, his life was pretty awesome. Now. "It wasn't easy getting here, you know." He looked down to Gris once again. "It was quite a journey to get here. Not an easy one, really"
"Yeah." Lyon sighed and Gray noticed there was something bothering his foster brother.
"Besides… all of this" He gesture around, holding Gris with only one arm "I didn't do it on my own."
"The baby proves it." Lyon remarked.
"He does." Gray chuckled. "I'm still hoping he inherits more Juvia's traits than mine. The world does not need another Gray Fullbuster."
"Hear, hear." The white-haired Ice Mage raised his cup in agreement. "I've interacted with Gris and I could see both of you in him: he scowls just like you but smiles like Juvia-chan." Lyon chuckled.
"He does." Gray agreed. "The thing is, it took me a long time to get where I am right now and a lot happened to change me, to change my life. Things I didn't understand why they happened when they did, but now I see it. All the crap I've been through was to get me here, to this." Gris moved a little and when he looked down, Gray saw the baby's blue eyes were opened. "Hey there, little man." Gris yawned and both adults watched it. "How was your nap?" The baby blinked and yawned again. "That good, huh?"
"He will be so glad when he's grown up and is a good-looking kid because of those eyes. Girls and boys will be after him." Lyon told his friend. "Those are some pretty thick eyelashes he's got there, and the color of his eyes are exactly like Juvia-chan's. He got lucky he didn't inherit yours – you don't have beautiful eyes, I'm afraid." Lyon sighed, pretending to have pity.
Gray rolled his eyes but agreed internally. "Shut up. And don't talk to Juvia about Gris growing up and dating. Her 'mommy hormones' go crazy and she holds onto him way too tight."
Lyon chuckled. "I think you lost your number one priority when it comes to Juvia-chan."
"Of course I did." Gray snorted. "The moment she found out she was pregnant, I was number two and it's fine with me if Gris is the number one."
"Well, he is cuter than you." The white-haired man shrugged.
"He is." Gray agreed.
The three of them stayed in silence for a while until Lyon asked: "Do you think I'll ever have what you have? A family to call my own?"
Gray looked at Lyon in surprise – they usually teased each other a lot and rarely had deep conversations like that.
"Well." Gray cleared his throat. "We are your family and yes, I know this isn't what you mean" Gray said when he saw Lyon preparing to object "but I just wanted to make it clear you do have one. I don't know if you'll ever get married and have kids, Lyon, and if you need someone telling you you will, you should talk to Juvia. She's the one with all the bright and shine. I can tell you, though, that you never know when you will meet someone who will change your life.
"You know how Juvia and I met. Do you think I looked at her and though: 'well, that's it, that's the mother of my children'? I had no clue whatsoever. She did, because Juvia's special, you know. Anyways, when I did know, I was terrified. I was so screwed up and Juvia was… shit, she was like a bright light all the time and I just couldn't handle it, I couldn't let myself feel so I locked it until I was ready, and it took a while.
"She waited. Any other woman would've given up, maybe, but Juvia knew me better than I knew myself and the moment I was ready, there she was, and I finally allowed myself to be happy. I didn't know it would end up like this, I don't exactly plan ahead but I am glad where I am and if there's something I've learned is that everyone has their own journey. I had to go through some nasty stuff to see what really mattered to me, you've had your bad moments as well, some of those we've shared, but we have different lives.
"I can't live your life and you can't live mine. If this is what you want: a wife, a child, your friends, then you go after it. It might happen, it might not, but I am sure you will find whatever you need to find in order to be happy."
Lyon stayed quiet for a moment. "A 'yes' or 'no' would've sufficed, you didn't have to go all mushy on me, jeez."
"Oh, shut up. I was trying to be nice." Gray pushed Lyon away, feeling his cheeks warm up. A few years before that would be his answer, but he has grown so much since then and life was much more complex than a 'yes' or 'no'. "Forget about me doing that again."
Lyon laughed, trying to slip away from Gray's hands and they both looked up when they heard the front door open.
"Hello." Juvia greeted them and both men said their hellos. "Have you three been behaving?" Gris tried to look around, having recognized his mother's voice and started to fuss in Gray's arms.
"Alright, alright, don't get your diapers in a bunch, kiddo." Gray told the fussing baby and he got up to pass Gris to Juvia, who was approaching. He kissed her lips quickly before handing him the baby. "Now that you are here, I am old news." Juvia chuckled and kissed Gris' cheek.
"Yes, you are." Lyon agreed and patted the spot Gray had been sitting just a few seconds before. "Come sit here, Juvia-chan, Gray can sit all the way over there." He pointed to a chair even though there was enough room for all of them on the couch.
"Screw you." Gray told him.
"Language in front of the baby!" Juvia reprehended her husband, who raised his hands in surrender, knowing he'd never win the argument anyways. "What you two have been up to while Juvia was gone?" The blue haired woman sat where her husband had been before while Gray sat next to her, an arm around her and tickling Gris' stomach, making the little boy giggle in glee. "Did you take good care of my baby?"
"Gray was okay, I looked after him just fine." Lyon rolled his eyes playfully and Gray reached from behind Juvia and slapped Lyon behind the head. "Oh, you mean Gris?" Juvia chuckled at their interaction. "He was alright, asleep most of the time. Good company. Your husband, though… You didn't tell me you tamed him so well. He's quite a sentimental blabbermouth now."
"I am never talking to you again." Gray threatened, and Lyon laughed, drinking more of his beer.
"Juvia is very proud of that, actually." She looked at her husband and kissed his lips lightly. "It took a while, but Juvia managed."
"Ew, guys." Lyon covered Gris' eyes and the baby giggled, thinking it was a game. "Not in front of the baby."
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AN: I hope you enjoyed some Lyon x Gray bonding time.
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04/03/2018 ~ BonneyQ
