Ayyy, guess who finished her exams! Woo this means new chapter, and maybe another one soon!

/Be warned though/ this story is getting picked up after idek when the last update was so I've definately lost track of where it was supposed to be going, but I'll sort out my thoughts and come up with an actual plot and ending since it's the break. Any reviews/constructive critisim/ story ideas are appreciated and welcomed!

Chapter 4

Juvia's POV

She knew the lunch was going to be a long one, but she didn't exactly expect Lyon to be telling her, after 2 hours of pouring his hearts out about why he was so moody for the past few weeks, that he was dropping out of his program and transferring to an art school in the next city.

She was shocked, to say the least, he never used to say anything against his current situation, and he never hinted at wanting to pursue art any further than helping her occasionally. But he was also known to follow his heart when decision making; something she was always going to be supportive of, whether they were dating or broken up. She just wished he wasn't so vague about it towards her when she knew, he knew, that she'd would still be happy for his decision.

"I'm really proud that you're still chasing your dream." She said with a smile. "When do you start?"

"Next week." He said.

"Wow, that's really soon." Juvia exclaimed in surprise.

"Yeah, I have to set up my apartment and talk to the counselors about credits and stuff."

"I really hope you have a good time there." She said, reaching across the table to hold his hand, and offered a reassuring smile when she felt him untense.

"I'm really sorry about you having to find out like this, Juvia. I really should have told you way sooner but I was already too stressed with having to deal with the decision myself to talk about it openly."

"That's fine, Lyon. It is a really big change." She wanted to be understanding about the situation, especially for him right now.

"Well," he said, looking at his watch. "I should go I still have to tell my brother about this, oh he mentioned he saw you yesterday."

"Yeah in the elevator. Well Lyon, call me before you leave okay. I can help you pack." Juvia said as she gathered her wallet and purse. "And I'm not mad at all, just know that i only want what you think is good for you."

He smiled and stood to hug her. He let go after 10 seconds and she noticed his eyes were shiny.

"I hope I can find someone like you again, but you'll always be my soulmate." He said. Juvia felt her own eyes sting from tears as she took one last look at him. They were relatively quiet in the bustling cafe, which was at it's busiest time of day, but right then she could only see him, and it felt like he could also only see her. Both of them holding back tears.

"Bye, have a good day." Their waitress cheerily called to them as they walked out the jingling door together. With one last hug, he kissed her forehead and walked towards the direction of his building.

She headed towards the subway station. Although she could tell Lyon was torn up, she couldn't figure out if it was because of her or everything else that was happening. She promised Cana she would get the details right away, and she knew she could always count on Cana to cheer her up.

The girl talk session was much needed, and Juvia didn't think she'd break down in front of her friend, but she did the moment Cana opened the door much more seriously than usual. (Which meant she opened the door normally without yelling something along the lines of "BITCH I HAVE SO MUCH TO TELL YOU", and fully clothed) Juvia had collapsed in her open arms and through crying told her the story Lyon told her. She couldn't paint him as the bad guy, since he technically did nothing wrong but Cana was no short of insulting him in anyway she could.

"Don't deny it Juvia, he's kind of a pussy. He cries at every fricken movie, even the BEE MOVIE? Do you really want thAt to be your soulmate?"
"He's just sensitive!" She said, but she was laughing.
"Don't try to defend him now. You know he should've told you about this instead of literally giving you a 2 weeks notice. By the way, if he's leaving in 2 weeks why did you guys break up now?"

Juvia sighed. This part was quiet painful to her, since she didn't even feel the need to break up at all if she was going to be honest with her feelings.

"He said he was going to be so busy with the move he probably didn't have time for anything else." she said, trying to get through the sentence but accidently let her voice quiver near the end.

"That ASSHOLE." Cana shouted. Juvia winced. How her best friend has not been kicked out by her roommate or the entire apartment complex was a mystery to her.

"I fucking hate him now officially. Should i get the vodka."

"Cana no, I have to work tomorrow." Juvia protested. But her friend already pulled out the bottle and handed it to Juvia.

"Drink, and tell me every single thing about this bitch. Don't hold back" She instructed. Juvia didn't protest, and drank a mouthful.

Gray's POV

Gray was about to go home and crash, but Lyon texted him asking if he could return to his apartment about something urgent.

Gray texted back "What is it about?" but he got no reply. He decided to go, in case his brother was really troubled by something. But if it was for relationship advice he would've kicked his ass despite his recent breakup.

"What did you need to talk about." Gray asked when he went in the apartment. "If it's about your breakup call mom or something."

"I'm moving in 2 weeks. To Vancouver. You want the apartment?" He asked, nonchalantly. Lyon was sitting at his kitchen island, reading a book, looking fairly well rested despite what happened last night.

Gray was shocked. "What." He said. "Moving? When did you…what the hell?"

"Yeah, bro you know I've always wanted to do something with art. I already applied and got accepted and i start next semester."

"Is this why you broke up with Juvia? And dude, congrats..also are you serious about the apartment?" Gray needed answers as fast as he was asking, but Lyon didn't seem to be in a rush. In fact he was painstakingly taking his time as if he didn't realize what a bomb he dropped on him.

"Yes about the Juvia thing, and yes for the apartment. I leased it the whole year, and it's way better than that dump of a place you Natsu and Loke live now. One of you guys can just live in the living room."

"I mean...sure. But dude, wow seriously congrats." Gray wasn't lying he was happy for his brother. He was just surprised he had the guts to do anything about it so late in his life.

"Yeah, I'm pretty excited." Lyon smiled for the first time since last night. "I did some research on the profs and some of them are pretty amazing in the art world."

" Lyon if that's all i'm going to go home and crash. I'm exhausted. We can talk about this tomorrow. Are you visiting mom and dad?"

"Yeah I am, I have to tell them too. I'll give you a ride home tomorrow."

"Wait," he asked. "Am I first person you told about this?"

"Nah, but I haven't told Ren and Sherry yet," he answered.

"Sherry's gonna cry." Gray chuckled. To put it in terms that Gray understood, Sherry was basically Lydia, but to Lyon. She was so devastated about Juvia that she hooked up with Ren, who was lyon's best friend. And then got even more pissed when she realized Lyon actually didn't care about that at all. Lydia and Lyon were really gossip-y when they hung out together to discuss her art so Gray still got quite a few details about his life.

"Juvia didn't even cry." Lyon said. He sounded unwavering, but he gripped his book a bit tighter.

"She looked pretty upset in the elevator." Gray recalled the redness in her eyes. "Looked like she cried."

"You saw her today?" Lyon asked, looking up.

"No, last night." He reminded him.

"Oh, she didn't know about it last night."

"Wait so why did you guys break up?" Gray asked, curiously.

"I dont know, It's just easier. For her too, she doesn't have to date someone who's living hours away."

"Your life." Gray said, not wanting to meddle. "I'm going home if that's all."

"Sure, I'll message you about the apartment more tonight. Tell me when I should pick you up."

Gray got home, walking past Natsu and Lucy outside their hallway. "One more exam left!" Lucy cried out excitedly when she saw Gray. She wasn't wearing any makeup, but the Blonde still looked stunning in sweats and her oversized Jacket while Natsu smirked at him, his arm around her waist.
"Ay, good luck Lucy. What's with the look, loser?" He said to Natsu.
"Spent the night at Lydia's huh?"
"No I went to my brothers. I gotta tell you something later."
"Yeah, we're still going out for dinner right?" Natsu asked.

"Yeah I'll tell you there," Gray said.

The door was unlocked, so he knew Loke was home. He was watching tv and eating from an old take out container, typical.
"Hey, so you spent the night at Lydia's?" Loke said with a smirk from their couch.

"No my brothers. Geez, you and Natsu both. By the way, Lyon offered his apartment." Gray said, setting all his stuff in his bedroom before walking out and joining him on the couch.

"No way!" Loke cried. "Isn't it right by the school, and like huge?"

"Yeah, he wants to know if we wanna take it. But someone's gotta sleep in the living room."

"Hell yeah we'll take it. But, I'm gonna need a room. Natsu too, if he and Lucy are gonna be gross every day."

"Yeah, I'll take the living room. Even though it's my fricken brothers apartment you assholes." But Gray was actually fine with it. It was way better than their shitty apartment Lyon's sister left for them.

Loke laughed, "If you hooked up with Lydia, trust me you and Natsu are gonna get a room for sure. But right now, even my love life is going better than yours."

"Sure, I'd love to meet one of the hook ups one day. They sound like great people." Gray's voice dripped with sarcasm.

"Better than Lucy and Natsu having sex every fucking night." Loke said. Which was true.

Gray didn't ever want to hear Natsu like that ever in his life. The pink haired guy was definitely one of Gray's best friend's despite meeting him just a few months ago when looking for roommates, but hearing him and Lucy going at it before every 8:30 class for 3 months was more than he could handle. Especially since he's known Lucy for forever since they were family friends. To say he was shocked when Lucy actually liked Natsu backe was an understatement. But he was happy for them, who else was going to get Natsu to actually start going to class everyday, even though surprisingly he was some sort of gifted genius in chemistry, his major, despite fucking around all the time.

Loke was one of his best friends from high school, and was studying life sciences, he and Natsu used to fight over a lot of stuff in the beginning since they had clashed but in a different way Gray and Natsu did but they worked out their differences and they were definately going to room again next year. Who else could put up with Loke's fuckboy habits, and Natsu's mess.

"Well, I'm gonna take a nap." Gray said, "Call me for dinner." He was exhausted but he was finally done with exams which meant he could sleep. He also wanted to think about what happened during lunch with lydia today, since it seemed like no one was letting up about her.

"Aight see ya." Loke said.

Lydia had kissed him today, but he had let her. And she didn't even make it like a big deal, she just, did it after he told her he had to go to Lyons. After she said bye, she just hugged him, and suddenly they had kissed for a good 5 seconds and she walked off.

Gray wondered if this meant he liked her back if he let her do that, but he didn't know how he felt at all. He literally hasn't felt like he liked anyone since his huge crush on Lucy during middle school but he had gotten over that when he realized he only liked her because she was the only girl he knew that wasn't in grade school with him for 6 years.

He wrestled with telling Loke about this, but he decided it wouldn't hurt. He'd rather talk to Natsu since he was actually pretty good at relationship advice, but Natsu was obviously out, walking Lucy to her exam. (Damn he was actually such a good boyfriend would he even want to walk Lydia to her exam if they were in the same situation, Gray wondered.)

"Dude, if I let Lydia kiss me today, does that mean I like her?" Gray asked, walking back into the living room.

"Not necessarily?" Loke answered, with a huge smile. "But hey, finally. Maybe you should just hook up with her to see if you really like her."

Gray shook his head. "I'm pretty sure that'll just make her think we're already engaged or something."

Loke chuckled. "Wait you guys aren't already?" He joked.

Gray playfully punched his arm. "Nope. I'm not even sure if I even like her. Maybe I just like that she likes me." He said.

Loke shrugged. "I don't know. Would you be pissed if I hooked up with her?" He asked.

"What the fuck. Don't do that." Gray said. But when he thought about it, would he even be mad due to jealousy, or just cause he knew what Loke was like with girls.

"See, you like her a bit."

"Ugh, you're no help." Gray said.

"Yeah, tell me about this when you guy's actually do something." Loke said. "By the way, that girl I met a few days about is bringing a friend to dinner tonight."

"Okay." Gray said, "who's the girl you met a few days ago.'

"Her names Cana, she's Lucy's friend."

"Oh her." Gray said. The brunette had drunk him and Loke under the table a few weeks ago when they were celebrating their last week before finals. Gray liked her alot, she was able to keep a banter going with him the whole night, and she was hilarious.

"She said her friends pretty upset over something and needs some cheering up. It's fine if she comes right?" Loke asked.

"Yeah, I don't care. It's Lucy's birthday." Gray said.

"Okay. Aren't you going to sleep?" Loke asked.

"Nah", said Gray, grabbing the remote from the table, and flipping through his netflix. "Not tired anymore."

Dunno where to end this, so sorry if the endings are always super awkward XD

Thanks for reading up to this point to whoever stayed! Love you all, and thanks sm for the support!