Chapter 8: Side Story: How Juvia Fell for Gray
It had been a normal day for the light blue-haired girl. She had woken up, drunken a gallon of water, and gone to school. She had talked to Gajeel and Totomaru. She had turned in her homework and talked to all her friends. Then she had gone home.
Well, kind of.
She was about to head home when she saw a sign on Blue Pegasus Café. There was a sale on fizzy water, and being someone who loved water, she couldn't resist! So, repositioning her backpack and dusting off her skirt, she had entered the café happily. Juvia purchased a dozen of the water bottles and had lugged them off. She had no place to put them in since her backpack was full of homework and her P.E. sports bag was stuffed with her gym clothes, so she tried to handle all of them in her arms.
And that was when all the snide remarks had been made. People looked at her, and giggled; elderly people stared at her and gasped, and couples called her weird. At one point, she was passing through the park to reach her house when a middle-aged man bumped into her. Juvia recognized him as Jose, the hot dog cart owner. And he was extremely rude.
The girl dropped all of her bottles and Jose only looked disgustedly at her as she tried to pick them up.
"Why'd you buy so many?" he snorted. Juvia was close to crying when a voice shouted out, "Oi! Why don't you quit with the questions and just help her?"
She looked up, and there stood the most sparkly, handsome boy she had ever seen. His eyes glistened and his arms were well-toned, and his hair was a beautiful black. He glanced down at her, exuding sparkles and glitter.
"Hey, are you alright?" he asked and held out his hand towards her.
She stared up at him in awe. "What's your name?"
"Mine? Gray. Gray Fullbuster."
The girl jumped up and grabbed his hands, "Gray-sama! You are the destined one for Juvia!"
For some reason, he turned pale at her reaction and backed away slowly.
"Gray-sama…"
He stumbled back some more, cursing as he did so, which made her heart melt.
"I'm glad to see you're okay and everything…and uh, bye!"
He ran off in a hurry, leaving Juvia swooning in the park. She giggled.
"Gray-sama is so shy! He probably loves Juvia too!"
She skipped the rest of the way home.
I hope you liked this side story. I wanted to include this because I felt like everything was getting very serious...Please tell me what you think! Thank you! \(^^)/
