Chapter 6- The Search
Hours. She spent hours looking for him. She spent the first one searching desperately around the park and its surroundings. After that, she kept moving outwards, her worried mind conjuring up a million scenarios and preventing her from thinking of going to the guild immediately. She was there now, in the doorway, scanning the hall for Gray.
She saw Natsu, Lucy, Happy and Erza at a table together and she frowned, sure that if the ice mage was in the guild, he would've been with those four. At the bar was Elfman and Lisanna, they were talking with Mirajane.
Oh! A sudden thought struck her, Juvia should check in her bedroom.
She dashed out of the building before anyone could ask her any questions. She hadn't thought about it before, but there was a possibility that whoever had, uh, delivered Gray to her in the first place, might just do so a second time. Juvia sped up and mentally cursed herself for not wondering earlier who had brought Gray to her.
She glanced up towards the darkening sky and broke into a run; she didn't want to leave Gray waiting any longer.
With every step closer to Fairy Hills, Juvia became more certain that he was there and she grew angrier at herself. She yanked open the door of the building and pounded up the stairs, not even pausing for a second to catch her breath. Her bedroom door loomed closer and she eyed it like it was…a love rival or something. She stood before it and wrenched it open.
"Juvia was right!" she cried in triumph once her eyes adjusted to the dimly lit room.
Gray was exactly the way she had found him earlier that day, resting against the headboard with his hands and legs tied and a gag preventing him from talking. His startled eyes met hers and he let out a muffled shout. She hurriedly stepped into the room and closed the door.
"Gray-sama!" she said as she rushed over to him and clambered on the bed, kneeling between his outstretched legs, "Juvia was so worried about you!"
Her relief at finding him unharmed and safe was immense and though her body felt weakened by it, it propelled her to wrap her arms around him in a tight hug. She nuzzled her face against his chest and mumbled her gratitude at finding him. It took her about a minute to realise he was trying to talk to her. She became completely still as she realised she had broken her promise to herself, it was like a bucket of icy water was thrown over her. She quickly released her hold and scrambled back.
"Juvia is sorry!"
Gray rolled his eyes and Juvia noticed, to her surprise, that Gray's skin was tinted pink.
Gray-sama is blushing!?
Juvia's heart lurched and then began thumping rapidly. She stared at the ice mage, she couldn't help it. Her eyes were wide and grew only wider as the level of pinkness increased and Gray stared grumpily at his foot, pretending his wasn't flushed.
"J-juvia is g-going to u-undo the k-knot now, G-gray-sama," she told him shakily, beyond flustered at that point.
He gave a stiff nod, prompting her to shuffle forward and set about slowly untying the material around his head. It was just as difficult as it had been when they had done this earlier, her fingers trembled and made her task harder, it took her a couple of minutes to cause the length to drop away. As soon as it did so, Gray spoke.
"Juvia, what the hell took you so long?"
She recoiled and sunk back to her knees, "Juvia is so sorry!"
"I've been stuck here for hours," Gray said irritably.
Juvia frowned at him and picked up the material she had just released him from, she quirked an eyebrow at him as if to tell him she could easily tie it again.
"And Juvia has been searching for you, for hours, Gray-sama," she replied in a surprisingly cool tone.
He swallowed nervously and shifted a bit as his body lit up at the sass Juvia was showing him, he glanced away.
"Fair point," he grumbled before he looked back at her and said, "Are you gonna untie me now or what?"
A thrill shot down his spine as Juvia grinned at him and purred, "Or what."
He blinked, his temperature rising along with his heart rate.
Oh shit, he thought.
"What do you mean 'or what'?" he asked her, his voice on the verge of cracking embarrassingly.
A strange, new and wild sense of confidence ran through Juvia's veins. Her smile widened as she deliberately flicked her eyes down to the impressive bulge in his boxers, the throbbing erection that desperately wanted to get out of its fabric confines. The thought, the knowledge that Gray was attracted her sparkled along her skin joyously.
"Juvia means," she said in a whisper as she somehow managed to pull her eyes back to his, "that maybe she doesn't want to untie Gray-sama just yet."
He gulped and felt his cock growing even harder.
"Shit, Juvia," he breathed, "Uh…W-what's gotten into you?"
She blinked innocently at him and turned her head to the side, she completely ignored his question.
"Juvia thinks Gray-sama looks…" she trailed off and then her mischievous grin lit up the room, "Like he is Juvia's new pet."
His stomach flipped and he couldn't suppress the groan that bubbled up nor the fact that his hips flexed. There was no way he could ever pretend he wasn't turned on by her statement.
Crap, I'm done for now.
Juvia beamed, biting her lip and cupping her face for a moment, as if to try and cool herself down.
"Do not worry, Gray-sama," she said softly as she reached out and stroked the side of his face, "Juvia will listen to you if you say you are not having fun."
He pulled in several deep breaths, as if he had just run a marathon.
"J-juvia, t-this is crazy, what are you thinking?" he managed to say after barely restraining himself from giving into the urge to move around in order to get a little relief.
Juvia turned contemplative for a second, the hand she had gently placed on his face slipped down his neck and onto his chest, over his heart. She stared at her hand on him as she thought.
"Juvia is thinking," she started slowly, "that Gray-sama…will make a great pet."
Her eyes jumped back up to his as her grin grew once more.
"But if Gray-sama doesn't want to be Juvia's pet…" she added, "Juvia will understand. Perhaps…perhaps Juvia should check to see if Gray-sama is willing?"
"W-what?" he choked, his heart hammering loudly.
There's no doubt that I'm willing, but I shouldn't be, right? Shit…
She let her hand slip down his abs, only stopping herself from having a fangirl spaz because she almost felt as if this whole thing was a dream.
"Juvia," Gray groaned in a warning.
Her hand continued down in a torturously slow movement, ending its journey at the waistband of his boxers and hovering just above the straining material.
"Gray-sama is unwilling to be Juvia's pet?" she asked him curiously.
He pressed his heels into the mattress and lifted his hips up, but as he did so, Juvia moved her hand away. He made a sound of frustration and frowned at her. She beamed brightly.
"Mmm," she purred happily, "That was delicious…but what does it mean?"
She lowered her hand slightly and again he tried to raise his hips. She pulled back.
"Juvia," Gray moaned.
"Juvia is sorry," she pouted mockingly, "Is she teasing poor Gray-sama?"
"Yes," he complained, straining up again.
"Well," she said, pointing a finger at him, "All Gray-sama needs to do is say what he wants. Go on, tell Juvia."
He felt like he was burning up as he ground out, "I…want…to…-"
Oh shit man, I can't believe I'm gonna say it.
"-be…your…pet."
"Really?" drawled Juvia, "And what does Juvia's pet want her to do to him?"
"Fuck…"
Juvia laughed and pinched his cheek as she winked, "It's a bit too soon for that, don't you think? We don't want to move too fast."
He gave her a pained expression, "Juvia."
She sighed, "Juvia loves the way Gray-sama says her name."
Placing her hands on his shoulders, she leaned in closer, "Say it again, Gray-sama."
He looked her right in the eyes as he repeated, "Juvia."
She giggled, "Good boy."
"Do I…do I get a reward for that?" he asked.
She hummed in thought, "Like what?"
His eyes flicked down to the tent in his boxers and then back up to her face.
"Gray-sama wants…?"
Gray groaned, "You're a tease, Juvia, I never would've thought…"
She smiled and shocked him by suddenly placing hand on his fabric clad erection. His whole body jerked and he hissed. Juvia couldn't believe what she was doing even though she could feel his impossibly hard length beneath her hand.
"Gray-sama," she breathed as she took her hand away.
He groaned, protesting her action for a second before she reached up and stroked his soft, dark hair.
Unbelievably, Juvia's stomach growled then, causing her to remember she hadn't eaten anything since that ice-cream sundae. She sheepishly looked at Gray and then paled, realising that he too, hadn't eaten anything.
"Gray-sama!" she exclaimed, falling back onto her butt and bouncing on the mattress slightly.
"What?" he growled, his eyes unashamedly trained on her breasts.
She launched herself into the task of untying the ropes securing his legs, "Gray-sama hasn't eaten in hours!"
He let out a low chuckle, "Time you fed your pet huh?"
She glanced up shyly at him as the ropes fell away, "Juvia's pet needs to be taken care of."
"Hell yeah he does."
She blushed and his eyes widened, she was blushing now? After all the things she's said and done in the last few minutes?
"G-gray-sama is probably in need of the bathroom by now too…"
Juvia released the ropes from his wrists as he answered, "Yeah, now that you mention it."
With his wrists now free, Gray found he was oddly disappointed. Juvia moved to sit at the very end her bed and hugged her knees as he jumped off the bed, stretched his muscles and groaned loudly.
"J-Juvia is embarrassed," she mumbled, "Juvia didn't think!"
Her stomach growled again, "Juvia should buy Gray-sama dinner..."
Gray shrugged, "If you want to."
He glanced down, "Maybe I should go home first and put some clothes on, we can meet up somewhere after that."
She nodded rather timidly and it surprised Gray that she wasn't going all starry eyed. Huh, maybe now she's had her fun she's over…me.
Before he could analyse the odd ache in his chest, he was struck by another thought, I bet no-one else has ever seen her like that…Mistress Juvia huh.
He groaned again, causing Juvia herself to peek over at him.
"Well," he said, trying to force his mind away from his heated thoughts, "Should we meet at that restaurant/bar place on Dandelion Ave? In an hour?"
Juvia unfolded herself from her position and got to her feet as well and immediately Gray's eyes glided over her sexy figure.
"That sounds good, Gray-sama," she answered quietly.
He nodded at her and then forced his legs to carry him out of her room. It was taking an absurd amount of willpower for him to stop himself from going right back in there and tying himself back up. He stomped one foot in front of the other, slowly and steadily making his way out of the Fairy Hills building.
Freshly showered now, Gray pulled on a dark blue shirt and quickly buttoned it as he left his house. He fiddled with the chain hanging on his pants and then re-tied his shoes for the third time. He was trying to escape the thoughts that were circling around his head.
I told her I wanted to be her pet…shit, I can't believe I was so crazed for her that I would say that, no, I can't believe I actually wanted and still want to do that…fuck, am I messed up or what?
He marched down the street, feeling his heart rate begin to climb even higher.
She's a guild mate; I shouldn't want her like that! But then…she wants me like that…she…
He bit his knuckle to stop himself from making any noise as he passed other people out for the night. The hour away from Juvia had served to rattle his mind; it allowed him to think the things that he had been trying to push away all day. Maybe he needed more time to get things sorted; maybe he shouldn't meet with her.
No, I said we'd meet; I can't leave her waiting there for me. The place is right there anyway.
The restaurant/bar's bright sign was a beacon in the night and he headed straight towards it. Moving with a small crowd of people, he entered the moderately sized establishment. It was pretty loud actually and filled with a decent amount of people. There was a polished bar along the right hand side and many tables and chairs set up near the back.
He headed over to the bar to wait for Juvia. The bald bartender gave him a glass of water while he waited and stared around the place in search of a familiar head of blue hair.
Well, she's not here yet, that's for sure.
He turned his stare to the doorway. After twenty minutes, his heart sunk into his stomach. He had been stood up. By Juvia. He shook his head, that didn't make any sense, why would she do that? He'd better wait some more.
So he did. He waited. She didn't turn up. It had been an hour and a half and he was growing even more confused. Should he go and find her? Maybe she fell asleep in her room or something, she wouldn't have forgotten about him, would she? Maybe this was a good thing; he thought he wanted more time to think.
For some reason, thinking is too much work, he mentally complained. He didn't know much and there were only a few things he was certain of; he wanted Juvia, he didn't want to want her, he didn't feel like he was allowed to want her and…he couldn't stop thinking about her. His thoughts were in a mess, he needed to get himself together, he needed to think clearly…
Well, Cana always said booze helps her think clearly…
He ignored the feeling that he was about to do something stupid.
"Bartender," he called to the bald man, "Get me a drink of something strong, would ya?"
AN: Sorry if theres some mistakes or whatever, im literally doing this right before i go to work lol :P This chapter was pretty weird but i had fun writing it :P Your thoughts?
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