AN: I have so many random drabbles that go great with the prompts and just never bother putting them together. lol Sorry I haven't updated in a few weeks life kinda smacked me in the face.

Summary: Juvia is trying to write a paper at 3 am when the fire alarm goes off and suddenly she's standing next to her hot yet nearly naked neighbor.

Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep!

Juvia rubbed her eyes until the words in front of the computer screen no longer looked blurry. When that didn't work quite as planned she focused on the obnoxious noise screaming all around her apartment building. What was that?

It was nearly three a.m, and she was still working on a paper for her English class due in the morning, or was that in a few hours? She was losing track of the day already she was so sleep-deprived. That stupid noise was still going off and not helping her brain function. What was it even about?! Now it was accompanied by the scuffing of several feet, and the shouts of people leaving the building.

Why was everyone leaving the building? She stood up from her chair and put on her slippers stumbling to the door and peered outside to see the cause of all the commotion. She stared bleary eyed as several of her fellow tenants briskly walked down the stairs. She watched until finally her brain put two and two together telling her exactly what was happening. The noise was a fire alarm and they were all leaving for safety.

She ran inside grabbed her purse off the counter next to the door, and her keys locking her door and started following the people out the building. Last thing, she needed, was her last twenty dollars to burn up along with her apartment building.

Juvia looked over in time to see her next door neighbor leaving his room. He always caught her eye before but now he was downright distracting, to the point of being dangerous to her health. Dressed in nothing but a pair of boxer shorts he was all hard earned muscles and dripping with annoyance of having been disturbed. From the shadows under his eyes she had to guess, he was doing what she hadn't gotten around to yet. Sleeping.

He looked up at her direction and gave everyone a small scowl, obviously annoyed at the interruption of his sleep. She wondered how comfy his bed was. Wait what? Juvia calm down with those thoughts and get out the building before you burn up for proper reasons, like a fire. She scurried down the stairs unwilling to meet his eyes after her initial thought of him and in his bed. Damn it, stop that!

She scurried down the stairs holding the railing the whole time scared she would lose her footing in her sleep deprived state. As lovely as the idea of burning to a crisp was she could not afford to not turn in that paper, or get to know her neighbor better, that would just be a shame. She was too tired to function properly and apparently for decent thoughts. She saw the buildings door looming before her a dark beacon to the night outside.

The second her foot hit the pavement her face was smacked with a cold wind and jolted her awake. She wrapped her arms around herself to help conserve what heat she had. Her teeth started to chatter and she had to hold her jaw in place to stop the noise. A hand hit her shoulder, and suddenly her face was pressed against a warm chest. She yelped looking up finding her scantily clad neighbor with a scowl on his face.

"You're obviously cold, and I'm usually pretty warm," she saw a small flush dusting his cheeks. Was he embarrassed, but why help her then? She tried to hide her smile behind a cough to cover her joy. She was being embraced by her hot neighbor! Even if he was embarrassed she couldn't believe it was happening.

"Thank you." After some awkward silence she thought she should introduce herself, "It's Juvia, by the way," she attempted to hold out a hand but gave up the second the wind blew again hiding it back between her arms and ribs.

"Gray, we've been neighbors for forever and a day and still haven't introduced ourselves to each other. That's just wrong." She felt the small chuckle more then she heard it from where her ear rested on his chest and had to smile at the comment. He was right they had been neighbors for a year and never talked to each other. She would never admit that she was hyper-aware of all his actions and had watched him since he moved there. Nope, not happening. She also had already figured out his name, but that also would be kept to herself.

"At least we're fixing it now," she glanced up in time to see a small grin from him. She felt her heart flutter in her chest. She did that. She, Juvia, had made him smile, and she knew from watching him he didn't do that often.

"Fair enough. Were you asleep when the alarm went off?" another breeze brushed by and forced Juvia to curl into herself. Before she even realized what he was doing, he had his other arm wrapped around her shoulder, and her head tucked into his chest. She had no idea how, but he was still impeccably warm even without clothes on in the middle of the cold night. Then she was smacked in the face with his scent. He smelled like all things male and, she had to bite her lip to stop herself from taking a deep breath and being weird.

"Sorry, it's hard to watch you shiver when I can help you," he grumbled the last part and she felt herself smile again. He was so grumpy; maybe it was because he just woke up or maybe because it was his personality. She would love to find out which one it was.

"Thank you," whether because of the cold or the sleep deprivation she chose to be bold and moved her arms to around his back holding him back. She held her breath waiting for his reaction, but he only started rubbing his thumb against her shoulder blade. She quite nearly became a puddle at his feet.

"It's what neighbors are for, right?" He chuckled softly at his horrible joke, and she giggled into his chest. Now that she wasn't distracted by his unclothed state she could actually focus on his skin which meant his tattoo. There was only one that she could see, but it was enough for her to put him under the bad boy category. It was large and covered his right pectoral, a beautiful design of water, ice roses, and as she looked closer a demon with horns. It stretched over to his shoulder and down half his arm completing his look.

Whoever did the design was a magnificent artist, but why the demon she wondered. He leaned his head to her ear and whispered, "You done ogling or should I send you a picture?"

She jumped a little at his proximity and hid her flaming face against his chest. She was caught, and he called her out on top of that. How was she even supposed to respond to that question?!

"Well, umm, Juvia was just looking at your tattoo," she cleared her throat at least two times in that one statement. She was such an embarrassment. He laughed and then stopped when their other neighbors started looking at them.

He had asked her several questions, and she didn't remember answering any of them. Perhaps she should now, "Juvia was writing a paper."

"Huh?" he looked down at her and frowned.

She grinned at him, "You asked if Juvia was asleep earlier. The answer is no, Juvia was writing a paper for an English class."

He caught on quick, "You know pulling all-nighters is bad for your health right?"

She pursed her lips and griped out, "Well, so is a bad grade."

He grinned wider, "I can understand that. I pulled a lot of all-nighters too in my freshman year, then I stopped caring."

"Juvia isn't a freshman." Just how old was this guy and how young did he think she was?

"I didn't assume you were, that was just the only year I actually cared. What grade are you?"

She looked away from him, "A sophomore."

"In college right?"

"Of course!" she was horrified at the thought of being back in high school. Whoever said those were the best years of your life was a dirty liar who should be strung up by their toes until all the blood in their body rushed to their head. "How old are you?"

"Twenty-three, I know, I'm not the old man I like to think I am," he chuckled softly and she felt the vibrations against her cheek. She wasn't sure if this would ever happen again so she had to remember what she could about the embrace. She didn't even have to try to smell him it just came every time she breathed in. She wasn't being creepy.

Just as she was about to comment the sound of a siren coming in their direction cut off her next sentence silencing all the people mingling outside the building. She glanced over Gray's shoulder at the building and didn't notice anything amiss. No fire, no smoke, nothing to indicate that there was a fire going on in the building. She glanced back to the road as the fire truck and police car started pulling up.

They parked and walked over like they owned the place. The building owner met them halfway and the men and started chatting. Obviously someone had to have pulled the alarm, but whom? There weren't many kids in this building and all the ones she had met were very well behaved.

"Think it was a bunch of teenagers?" She jumped slightly at the rough voice in her ear. She had almost forgotten about the man holding her, almost. He must have been thinking about the same thing as she was or else his question made no sense.

"Must be, because the kids were asleep, they're all rubbing their eyes or are in pajamas."

He looked around at the other people and then looked at her, "You're right. You should become a detective." He grinned at her and she blushed further.

"No, Juvia just likes to people watch. I wouldn't be any good as a real crime fighter."

"Policewoman Juvia I can see it now," he smirked at her and she tried to stop from laughing in his face but failed horribly. She clutched her stomach in her laughter, and he began to chuckle with her. He grumbled out, "Come on it wasn't that funny."

"Sorry, sorry," she wiped a tear from her eye, "Juvia was just thinking about you being a newscaster announcing things in that voice and I couldn't stop laughing."

He ruffled her hair until it was a mess and frowned at her. She only grinned in response and patted his back. When had she gotten so comfortable around him? It felt more like she'd known him forever instead of having officially met him a few minutes ago. It was so easy to joke around with him and be herself without fear of judgment.

"Alright everyone! Listen up! Somebody had pulled the fire alarm everything is okay. You can all go back to your rooms without fear. Enjoy your night." The officials all got back in their car leaving as quickly as they came leaving everyone mingling about. They started to shuffle back into the building going to their respective rooms.

"Well, I guess I'll see you in the morning. I've got some Z's to catch ,and I believe you have a paper to finish," He patted her back one last time and held the door open for her to walk back home. She felt a lost at the absence of his heat and walked into the building swallowing her disappointment that it was over already.

She trudged up the stairs with him following behind her until they reached their floor where they departed. She unlocked her door and turned around to find him opening the door to his own room. He glanced up and gave her a small smile, "What time do you finish your classes tomorrow?"

She grinned at his question, "Four-Thirty why?"

"Just curious is all. See you around Juvia," he waved over his shoulder and closed the door softly behind him. She beamed at his retreating form. He was not slick at all and she loved it.

She spoke to his door, "See you later, Gray-sama."