Date: September 27, 2016
Hiya! Cleo's back, this time bringing Gruvia! This prompt is from perfectlyrose on Tumblr… again… if anyone's wondering why most of my prompts seem to come from there, they have this really long master post of so many AU prompts. As far as I know, there's 153 lists, and 33 individual prompts. They also have a few others scattered around their page as well.
So, as you might know, if you read the last chapter, this is a Gruvia fanfic, and the prompt is…:
Gets into cab only to find someone else already inside.
After a long day at work, all Juvia wanted to do was have a relaxing cup of tea at her favorite teahouse. She decided to hail a cab rather then ride the bus.
Tapping her foot impatiently by the side of the road, she stuck her thumb out into the busy traffic. Soon enough, a yellow cab swerved up to the curb. She told the driver her destination.
She opened the door and slid into the leather interior, noting the magazines in the pocket. Buckling her seatbelt, she pulled out her phone and started to play a game.
"Ahem," she heard someone cough. She turned and almost fell out of her seat in shock.
An extremely handsome man, whom seemed strangely familiar to her, was sitting in the seat across from her, reading a magazine with his jacket sprawled on the ground. "O-oh! Juvia didn't know this was your cab. Juvia apologizes!"
She made a move to get out, but he stopped her. "Wait," he called. "Where are you headed?"
"Juvia is going to East Magnolia." "I'm heading toward East Magnolia as well, so you might as well stay in this cab." "Um, ok! Thank you."
"No problem," he nodded, before returning to his magazine. Desperate to hold a conversation with the new stranger, Juvia peeked at the cover of his magazine.
"Weekly Sorcerer?" The Weekly Sorcerer was a famous magazine, starring numerous famous celebrities. "Juvia loves that magazine! Especially the articles on Erza-chan! Who's your favorite celebrity?"
Wordlessly, the man skimmed the pages, until he reached a picture of… himself? It was a picture of him posing on an ice hockey field. "Wait, you're Gray Fullbuster? Juvia means, Gray-sama?"
"Yeah," the man finally spoke. "You're Juvia Lockser?" Juvia's heart stopped. "How does Gray-sama know Juvia's name?!"
He snorted. "You keep mentioning it, plus, you were in one of the articles, remember?" "Oh! Juvia remembers!" The said article was written when Juvia had won a swimming competition back a few years ago.
"So," he continued. "You still swim?" "Yes, Juvia has been training to go for competitions out of Fiore. Are you doing the same with your ice hockey?"
"Yeah." Juvia nodded. "Wait, do you still know Natsu Dragneel?" Gray slammed his face into his hands. "Don't remind me of that idiot, please."
"Uwah! Juvia is sorry, she didn't mean to upset Gray-sama!" "It's not your fault, its just that Flame-brain somehow broke half of our equipment, and it's going to cost a whole season of paychecks to replace it."
Natsu Dragneel was a famed friend of Gray, who excelled at most forms of fighting and destruction. Juvia winced. "Juvia feels so sorry for Gray-sama." He glared out the window.
"Yeah, whatever." Despite his chilly tone, Juvia managed to keep up small talk through the entire car ride.
When they reached East Magnolia, and drove onto the teahouse's street, Juvia moved forward to ask the cab driver to stop there, but was stopped when Gray moved up at the same time.
"Stop here, please," he requested. The cab driver parked the car by the curb, and both Gray and Juvia clambered out. Juvia slipped the cab driver some money, and then some more.
"Don't worry Gray-sama!," Juvia cried out, just as he was reaching for his wallet. "Juvia will pay for you! After all, you need the money, don't you?" "Y-yeah, thanks."
He started to turn and walk away. "Bye." "Bye!," she waved, getting distracted by a cat padding by. By the time she looked back up, he was gone.
She shrugged, and headed to the teashop. Entering the shop, she jumped yet again. There sat Gray, impatiently sitting at a table, continually glancing at the kitchen.
He was so focused, he didn't notice Juvia slide into the seat across from him. "Gray-sama! You don't mind Juvia sitting here, right?"
He just looked at her before responding, "…No. I don't mind."
Bleh. Not very happy with the ending, but I still like it. Also, I don't really know about it being called Weekly Sorcerer vs. Sorcerer Weekly, because I've heard it both ways.
And the preview for the next chapter is…: GaLe
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Smile, Sparkle, and Stay Strong! ~ CleoKat
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