Juvia's POV:

It's only been a couple weeks since Natsu has moved in, but it sure does feel like ages. He was able to fit in so well with Gajeel and I, like he had been here the whole time. Although, it's a miracle that neither of them have killed each other yet. I guess that is what keeps me on my toes. Besides all the arguing and fights, life has become a little easier for Gajeel and I. We don't have to work as many shifts to meet ends, and Natsu has taken part of our chores routine(except for laundry which he is banned from doing), which gives us more time to take it easy and just breath.

"Juvia why don't you call it day, things have slowed down over here." Meredy smiled at me.

I have known Meredy since last year when we applied for the same job at this jazz club on campus, Crime Sorcière. She was the first girl-friend I have ever made, and we practically do everything together.

"She is right Juvia, Meredy and I can handle the rest." Jellal came up from behind the counter.

I was quite surprised when I saw him with Natsu the day he moved in, but since then we have talked a lot more.

"You know what, Juvia thinks she will take you up on your offer. Juvia had an exam earlier today and she is feeling quite drained."

After saying goodbye to Jellal and Meredy, I made my way back to my apartment. It was only a 15 minute walk from the main campus, which was a big reason why Gajeel and I choose the place, besides it's cheap rent.

I wonder if either Gajeel or Natsu will be home?

I opened the door and called,

"Juvia is home."

No response. I let out a sigh in relief. It has been a while since I have had the place to myself, which means peace and quiet. I immediately stripped down to my underwear and collapsed on my bed, wrapping the covers around me and drifting off to sleep.

"Come on Juvia, if you love me you will do it."

"B-but Juvia isn't sure about this Bora-kun."

"Don't be a wuss!" his rage became more apparent by his impatience.

Seeing that he had lost his cool from the fear on her face, he softened his voice and repeated,

"People like us have been through so much shit, the pain still lives on, and I'm telling you this stuff will make you feel this...livid ecstasy! All that pain and worry just suddenly disappears." he placed a gentle hand on hers.

"The pain will go away?"

"Yes! Every last ounce of it!"

She reluctantly nodded as he smiled in victory. He slowly slid the needle into her arm, that jolted every sense in her body.

What hurts more, the physical world or the mental one?

*GASPS*

I opened my eyes and sat up rapidly, making the blood rush to my head and my vision blurry.

"Just a dream, it was just a dream Juvia." I whispered to myself.

More like a vivid memory.

I clenched my teeth as I felt the air condition hit the fresh beads of sweat running down my neck.

I should take a shower.

I stripped off my remaining bra and panties into a basket and stepped into the shower, letting hot water hit every part of my skin. It burned, but the sensation always calmed my nerves down. Water in general had this soothing effect on me. When I was a kid I lived by a port town that was surrounded by the ocean. Whenever things got rough I would go there and let the waves wash over my feet.

Maybe that is why I love marine life so much.

I hoovered my hand over the pump of my shampoo bottle and pushed down.

"Huh?"

I pushed down again.

"Shit."

I forgot that I was out of shampoo. With a sigh, I got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around myself before proceeding to Gajeel's room. The place was still quiet, so I guessed neither of them have gotten home yet. I turned the knob on Gajeel's door, only to find it locked.

I also forgot he started to lock his door before leaving.

Gajeel claims that Natsu will go in and vandalize his room, so he isn't going to take the risk of keeping it open. Just when I was about to give up, I saw a blur of black hair in the corner of my eye coming from the kitchen.

Water was dripping down my face, shielding my eyes, and I felt a bit dizzy from the hot water, but I assumed that that was Gajeel in the kitchen. But you know what they say about assumptions.

Geez Gajeel if you were here you could at least say something.

I walked towards the kitchen, careful not to slip on my wet feet. I grabbed the arm I saw and said,

"Gajeel-kun, Juvia ran out of shampoo can she borrow...some...of...yours-"

I looked up expecting to see familiar red eyes staring back. Instead I was met with beautiful dark blue ones. For a moment I was mesmerized, that was until reality hit like a bitch. I released my grasp of his arm and walked a few steps backwards. I took a good look at the very handsome, and very shirtless, raven haired boy in front of me. We both stared at each other for a few moments, neither knowing what to say. I then noticed his eyes shifting downwards, and a tint of pink appear on his face. I matched his gaze and realized what it was he was staring at. There I was standing in just a thin towel, my breasts practically hanging out and my legs on full display, in front of some boy I have never seen before.

"U-um-" he started, now looking away.

I could feel my face turn more red than Erza's hair. Before he could continue I let out a scream,

"KYAHHHHHHH"

I rushed out of the kitchen, trying to get to my room as fast as possible. That's when, of fracken course, I slipped and slammed my head against a hard figure in front of me.

"Juvia? What's wrong?" I heard Natsu's voice.

At that point I could feel my consciousness fading as I lifted my head frantically from his chest and moved backwards, only to slip again on my feet. I was caught this time by strong arms from behind,

"Hey, are you okay!" the voice called out.

At that point I did not have the energy to move a muscle, and just like that I blacked out.

"What the hell man, why didn't you tell me one of your roommates was a chick!"

"I told you her name was Juvia, what kind of dude has the name Juvia?! Use your brain icy-perv!"

"What did you call me fire freak!?"

I slowly opened my eyes and looked towards the cause of all this commotion.

"Natsu-san?" I mumbled softly.

The arguing stopped as Natsu made his way over to me.

"Juvia! Thank gawd you're okay, if not Gajeel would literally serve my ass on a platter." he sighed in relief.

"I-I…" I stirred my words while trying to sit up.

I was on the sofa now, the last thing I remember was,

"I wanted shampoo and then-" I started until my eyes stopped on the other male figure in the room. Everything that happened a couple of moments ago suddenly became more apparent, and once again I felt my face go red. I looked down to see that my towel was replaced by an oversize white shirt.

"OH MY GAWD!" I shrieked and stood up.

"Careful Juvia! Just calm down and let me explain." Natsu started but I totally ignored him and slammed the door to my room behind me.

I-I-I I AM SO EMBARRASSED RIGHT NOW!

I covered my face with my hands, as I slid down my door to the floor. The shower was still running and Natsu was calling my name from the opposite side of the door. I spread my fingers a bit and peeked down again at my appearance. It was no better than being in a towel, it barely covered my butt and my nipples poked out visibly from underneath.

"This is what I get for wanting some peace and quiet." I sobbed.

The plan was to wait it out until Natsu and his...acquaintance had left, not wanting to face them after that shameful experience, but then I received a text from Gajeel.

Gajeel: Hey Rain Woman, can you please bring me a box of screws I left on the coffee table, this is urgent.

Juvia: B-but Gajeel-kun, if Juvia leaves her room she might die.

Gajeel: ?

Juvia: It's a long story

Gajeel: Okay...but can't your death come after you bring me my screws?

Juvia: Gajeel-kun is so insensitive! But fine *sobs*

Gajeel: Thanks Juvia! I'll make whatever you want for dinner tonight ;)

I set my phone down and opened my closet door.

"Okay here we go."

Once I was finished changing, I opened my door as quietly as I could and scanned the room for the box of screws.

"Ah!" I spotted them.

Sitting in front of them were Natsu and the raven haired boy, playing some sort of game on the TV. I slowly stepped out of my room, but nothing can escape Natsu's ears.

"Juvia!" Natsu stopped what he was doing and looked in my direction.

"W-what's up with your outfit?" he looked at me with concern.

I had put on a turtle neck sweater, with my longest skirt. Underneath I had knee length socks on and Birkenstocks. I topped it all off with a scarf over my head and covering my mouth, a sunhat, and dark sunglasses.

"O-oh nothing!" I slowly sidestepped to the coffee table and picked up the box, not making eye contact with either of them.

"J-Juvia will be going now."

Before either of them could speak, I sprinted out the front door, and didn't look back. After walking for 20 minutes to Gajeel's workplace, strange looks coming from all directions, I saw my best friend waiting towards the entrance.

"Hey thanks so much for-woah…" he looked me up and down.

"Be still my heart." he smirked and I smacked his shoulder.

"Stop joking around, Juvia is having the worst day of her life!"

"This must really be bad, considering all the bad days you have had." he chuckled and directed for me to follow.

After explaining in detail about what had happened, one would expect for their best friend to console them through hard times. That is if your best friend is Gajeel.

"This isn't funny Gajeel-kun!"

He rolled out from underneath a car still laughing.

"You are honestly just the most frantic person I've met." he said while wiping his greasy hands on a washrag.

"How else is Juvia supposed to react in that situation!"

"Well you know it's your fault to begin with."

"How!?"

"A wise person once told me-" he cleared his throat dramatically before continuing,

"You shouldn't leave your room with just a towel on, gi-hi." he threw my words from a couple days ago back in my face.

And I threw my first at him, but he easily caught it.

"Calm down Rain Women, I was just joking. Stop thinking about it so much, I bet you you are the only one making a big deal out of it." he smirked.

Maybe he is right.

"But Juvia bets you that boy thinks Juvia is completely crazy now!"

"Well then the next time you see him just make sure to explain yourself and act cool. The second part may be a struggle for you though."

I ignored that part. If this boy is Natsu's friend than surely we will meet again.

"Alright, Juvia sees, if Juvia meets this mystery boy again she will make sure things do not get awkward." I declared.

"Good for you, now hurry up and leave, your outfit is scaring away all the customers." Gajeel pushed me out.

"Is that how you treat someone who risked their life for you!"

"See, being overdramatic again." he waved me off.

When I got home, thankfully Natsu's friend had left, giving me more time to think before encountering him again. I apologized to Natsu for the way I acted, but he just laughed it off saying how my behavior was super hilarious. When Gajeel got home, like he promised, he made me my favorite clam chowder soup. Things weren't looking so bad after all, but I may have thought that a little too soon.

Next morning…

"Gawd bio-stats this morning was such a bore." Meredy yawned.

"At least it is Friday?" I tried.

Meredy and I share this class together, but she is majoring in psychology. She told me that she has always had an interest in human connections and emotions. She constantly tries to give me counseling sessions in order to figure out what is going on in my head. I must say it's kinda cute. We walked into our favorite coffee shop, Sabertooth, and made our way to the cashier.

"Hey Juvia, been awhile since I have seen you here." Sting said from behind the register.

"Hello Sting-kun, Juvia has been trying to reduce her coffee intake, but today is one of those days."

Although Gajeel told me not to worry about it, I could not stop thinking about what had transpired the day before, and barely slept a wink. Anyways, Sting and I met when we were both involved in the group that hung out with Bora, but after the incident last year he, like myself, cut them out and has been a great support system since.

"So the usual?" Sting asked.

"You know it." I smiled at Sting, and payed for my coffee.

I walked further into the shop, waiting for Meredy to also order. A familiar voice then shouted, "Juvia! Over here, over here!"

Natsu was waving his arm with a wide smile on his face. Next to him was Erza, a blonde girl I haven't seen before, and...him. The attractive guy from last night.

Oh no, Juvia is not ready for this yet! But I can't just keep Natsu-san waiting.

I sent a slight wave back and hesitantly walked over to the table they were seated at. Unlike yesterday, today I had my hair up in a ponytail, with a white blouse and dark blue, knee length skirt.

"H-hello Natsu-san, Erza-san." I said shyly.

"Why Juvia, it's good to see you!" Erza beamed towards me.

"You two know each other?" the boy asked Erza, and she began to explain our first meeting.

"Which reminds me, I hope I can try some of your strawberry cake sometime soon again." she asked.

"Of course, you're welcome anytime."

I then noticed the blonde nudge Natsu angrily waiting for him to introduce her.

"Ah ya so this is Lucy, and you kinda met Gray yesterday?" Natsu arched an eyebrow.

"Hello, I'm Lucy Heartfilia, Natsu has told me so much about you!" the blonde held out her hand.

"Why did you even ask me to introduce you if you're going to introduce yourself." Natsu said, earning himself another nudge. I shook her hand and replied with my own name before glancing over to the guy named Gray. He noticed my stare before giving a fake cough and replying with his own name,

"Gray Fullbuster." he avoided eye contact with me.

"What did you mean that they kinda met yesterday?" Lucy asked Natsu the question I had been dreading.

"Well you see-" before he could explain I bowed suddenly and rambled on,

"Juvia is so sorry for her shamefulness yesterday, please forgive her!"

I could feel people starting to stare but kept my position. He stood from his chair and looked at me, obviously embarrassed from the whole scene.

"Gray, what did you do to Juvia." Erza scowled at him.

"Nothing! It's okay, so please just stop bowing. I've pretty much forgotten about the whole thing." he looked nervously from me to Erza.

"Really?" I sniffed.

"Yup, completely." he confirmed.

I felt my muscles relax and looked directly at him,

"Thank goodness, Juvia was so worried!" I smiled sweetly.

He put a hand over his mouth, and I could see a slight blush appear on his face.

"Juvia, I brought your coffee for you-oh Erza-san is that you?" Meredy walked over and handed me my cup.

"Meredy, hello!" Erza responded back.

I introduced Meredy to everyone, and we chatted for a bit until Erza said,

"You two should come with us to the party at the Quatro Cerberus Frat today!"

Meredy and I looked at each other nervously, neither of us were really about partying.

"Erza is right! The rest of the girls have been dying to meet you Juvia, and I'm sure they will love you Meredy!" Lucy agreed.

"Well…"

"Don't worry about Gajeel either, I'll make sure to drag his ass there too." Natsu winked.

Well if Gajeel is going to be there…

"O-okay, sure!" I nodded as Meredy did the same.

"Yay! This is going to be so much fun!" Lucy caught me in an embrace.

"Lucy and I are roommates, along with another girl named Levy. The other girls are going to meet us at our dorm to get ready, so you should too!" Erza explained.

The four of us exchanged numbers before splitting off to our next class.

"Are you sure this is a good idea Juvia?" Meredy asked still unsure.

"Of course, Natsu-san, Gajeel-kun, and probably both Erza-san and Jellal-san will be there, so there is nothing to worry about. We should live these years as best we can!"

I say that now, but do I really mean it.

"Gajeel won't be too happy when he finds out though." Meredy added.

"Gajeel-kun just worries too much, Juvia will be fine! Oh gawd it's almost time for class, I'll see you later Meredy-chan!" I reassured her, and hurried to my next class.

That night…

"So this is the infamous Juvia Lockser, must say if I didn't already have a girlfriend I'd take her for myself." Cana came up from behind and groped my boobs.

"Cana-san." I gasped.

When Meredy and I arrived at the Pink dorms we were introduced to most of the girls of their group.

"Cana you're making Juvia uncomfortable." Mirajane smiled sweetly at her girlfriend.

"We are all girls here, no reason to feel shy!" she took a swing at her flask,

"But Juvia you can't seriously be thinking of wearing that." she motioned with her flask at the same outfit I had on earlier today.

"Well Juvia did not have enough time to change, she got called in for a shift at work."

"Don't worry Juvia, Lucy should have something for you, she is the queen of clothes after all!" Erza slapped my back, knocking the wind out of me.

I couldn't help but stare at how beautiful she looked. She wore a backless short red dress that showcased her ample breasts.

Jellal sure is a lucky guy.

"I'm on it!" Lucy shouted from her closet while throwing pieces out left and right.

I looked back at Meredy who just shrugged with a smile. Finally Lucy came out holding a white dress in her hands. She herself was wearing a deep v-cut black romper with a matching choker, and had her hair in a high pony tail. She looked just as amazing as Erza.

"I think this will look great on you Juvia!" she passed the garment to me and pushed me out the room.

"Go try it on, the bathroom is just down the hall!" she said excitedly, and I complied.

When I entered the bathroom I saw Levy, Erza and Lucy's third roommate, looking concernedly at the mirror. I was about to say something when I noticed the scarring on her stomach. She must of heard me come in, because she immediately snapped her neck towards me.

"S-sorry Levy-san, Juvia didn't mean to interrupt you."

She looked at me for a second before smiling.

"It's all good Ju-chan! Did Lucy choose that dress for you, I'm sure it's going to look great!" she took my hands in her own.

Awww she is too cute.

"Juvia isn't really used to showing much skin though. Oh, but what is Levy-san going to wear?" I asked.

"That's what I was trying to decide, what do you think Ju-chan?" she held out two dresses, analyzing them. One was a strapless blue dress, and the other was a off the shoulder soft pink one.

"Juvia would go with the soft pink one, it goes really well with your complexion."

She looked at the pink and smiled once more.

"Alright, the pink one it is! Thank you Ju-chan!" she proceeded to put it on.

I followed her and switched out my current clothes.

"Are you excited for tonight?" Levy asked.

"Well to be honest with Levy-san, Juvia is not too good with parties." I admitted.

"That's okay Ju-chan, between me and you, I would also rather just spend the night in my room reading a good book, but sometimes it's nice to get a little wild and forgot about your problems, you know?"

I nodded in agreement.

Forget about your problems…

I thought back to Bora's words. He said something similar, but somehow still different.

"Ju-chan! You look amazing!" Levy brought my attention back.

I faced the mirror in front of me and took a good look at the dress I had put on. It was a very, very short white dress, with long sleeves, and a front lace up that went down just before my belly button, my cleavage in full view.

"H-how can Lucy-san wear something like this!" I blushed, which just made Levy laugh.

When we returned to the other girls, Cana had spat out her drink and let out a cat call.

"I'm starting to think none of us are going end up home tonight!" she snickered.

We spent the rest of our time doing our makeup and hair before finally heading out. Even when I was in the Blue dorms, I've never had this much fun with all these girls. Meredy too had come out of her shell, surprisingly becoming close to Cana.

"Come on Juvia, the party isn't going to wait for us!"

T-this is really nice.