Heeey! Sorry I was late to upload. I'm staying to my parent's house for the Easter holidays and I just couldn't find peace to write. But as promised, here it is, the extra ever after chapter!
Gray opened his eyes. It was still dark around, seems that he woke up early.
His half lidded eyes searched for the clock on the bedroom wall. It was 6 o'clock. What the fuck? he thought. He ran his hand in his hair, it felt impossible to fall back to sleep. He then looked at the other side of his bed; it was empty. He sighed. The previous two days he had woken up next to the bluenette and somehow he had gotten used to it.
He flipped on his stomach, still staring at the empty side of the bed. Without realizing it, the image of her looking back at him formed in his mind. Her wavy blue hair a little messy, her luscious lips curved into a smile, her beautiful body covered by the sheets. His hand reached out towards it but it fell softly on the bed. He dived his face in the pillow. What is this? A weird feeling settled in his chest. He never really had an actual relationship, he didn't know if that was normal but he did know that he hadn't felt like this before.
He pulled off the pillow and blew some air out of his mouth, there was no point in staying like this since he couldn't sleep again anyway.
He walked to the bathroom, taking his boxers off, stepped in the shower and turned the water on. Cold water ran on his raven hair making it stick on his forehead and dripped down on his chiseled chest and abs, washing away the remnants of his fatigue.
The peaceful sound of the shower made him oblivious to everything else, he could only imagine her pressed against the shower wall, moaning in pleasure as his hands roamed on her wet body. His morning hard on twitched at the thought. He groaned. He had seen her just a few hours ago and he already missed her in every possible way.
He pulled his hair backwards. Well now he was allowed to think of her like that, Juvia was his girlfriend. His… He liked the idea that they belonged to each other.. He tilted his head to the side, wondering since when he became fond of this romantic crap.
He grabbed the towel and stepped out.
He was on his way out of the bathroom, wrapping the towel around his hips when he stopped in front of the mirror and took some time to look at his reflection. Scratches were placed on his back and he had a purple mark on his shoulder. He should try and keep his clothes on if he didn't want the others at the guild to start talking about how he got these.
…
He was strolling in the streets of Magnolia to kill some time; it would be weird if he showed up in the guild this early of the day.
His mind flew to their date yesterday evening. To describe it as fun would be an understatement. They went to a new restaurant, had the most delicious dishes ever and later on they ordered some drinks. But Juvia is a light drinker, and after the first one her cheeks were already flushed pink and she started talking nonstop. She kept saying how excited she was to have a date with him, but for the first time he was not bothered at all, on the contrary he found her extremely cute, supporting her head on her wrist and keep referring to herself in third person. He couldn't help but grin in response and play along, asking her questions so that she would keep acting like this. He found out many things about her.. Metal was her favorite music. Like what?! Quite unexpected for an elegant woman like Juvia. He realized that this explained why she was the only one who likes Gajeel's singing. She is full of surprises.. He felt he would never get bored of finding out stuff like that about her. They stayed there until they were the only ones left. Then he walked her home. He wanted to ask her to stay in his place for the night, and it took every ounce of his will not to do so, as it practically was their first date and he decided to take things slow. Well, he was kinda late to remember about taking things slow. Now he sort of regretted playing the gentleman, he could be spooning in bed with her instead of wandering aimlessly in the streets.
The sun was now up for good, so he turned left on a street and headed to Fairy Tail.
When he reached the guild's door he stopped as reality stroke him. Those past few days it was just the two of them that he had forgotten about their friends in Fairy Tail. He didn't feel like discussing with them about him and Juvia but he didn't want to hide it from them either. He sighed. They had already meddled too much, blabbering about how he should give her a straight answer or how she would eventually melt his heart. He had enough of their teasing, which he assumed would only be worse now that they actually had a point. But what if Juvia was already there and had told them everything? Well that would save me from some trouble…he thought.
He was standing there for a whole minute and thought he looked like an idiot, so he opened the door hesitantly and walked inside, deciding that he wouldn't initiate a talk about that matter.
Juvia shut the door of her room open. Normally she would already be at the guild, but today she didn't rush to go. She took a bubble bath, she even used the new soap she bought in the village, then took some time to pick a nice dress and fix her hair, while singing along with the radio.
Juvia has to look beautiful for Gray-sama! Uh-huh, so that Gray-sama can brag about his girlfriend!
She danced the way towards the exit of the dormitory, as though she was starring in a musical, and saw Wendy with Carla standing by.
"Good-morning!"
"Good morning Juvia-san! You seem to be in a very good mood today!"
"That's because Juvia has the best boyfriend in the world!" she said and walked out, making some pirouettes.
"Poor girl. I think she's losing it…" Carla said with a puzzled expression.
"Hmm…boyfriend…Could it be-?" Wendy muttered but stopped when she noticed Erza behind her, patting her head. She watched as Juvia disappeared, a soft smile formed in her face. Finally…Gray, it was time you did something.
...
Juvia headed cheerfully towards the guild. Yes, Juvia has the best boyfriend! The handsomest, the kindest and the most amazing lover.. And he's all hers! Bite Juvia's dust love-rivals!
On her way, she saw a pharmacy. Well Juvia does want 33 babies but maybe it's kinda early for that... She giggled and walked in.
Gray walked towards the bar, scanning the guild hall to find Juvia, but she wasn't there.
Mira welcomed him with a big smile.
"Morning."
"Good morning Gray! Can I get you something?"
"An iced coffee" he replied.
"So…how was your mission with Juvia?" she asked while preparing coffee.
Typical Mira-chan, asking questions… He could cope with that. "Good."
A smirk appeared on her face as she poured the coffee into a cup but Gray didn't pay too much attention. "I knew that mission was just perfect for you two!"
"Yeah thanks" he said casually.
"Giihii "
He turned around and saw Gajeel at the other side of the bar, wearing a devious smile. Gray raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"I bet you had fun, didn't you?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked, although he had an idea. Did he know something or he was just trying to dig things out?
"You tell me..."
"Gajeel!" Levy pulled his arm. "Stop it!" she whispered.
"Whatever" he mumbled, chewing a metal.
Gray took his cup and headed to an empty table. What the hell was that? Before he could make a guess Cana landed a huge glass of beer on the table and sat beside him.
"Morning!" she said as she settled herself on the chair.
"Hey. What's up?"
"Same." She took a big sip of her beer. "You? How was your mission?"
"Piece of cake."
"I see.. When did you guys come back?"
"Yesterday noon." He replied, placing his hands on the back of his head.
She had already emptied half of her glass. "So how come you didn't come by the guild yesterday?"
"I umm went for lunch." Well that's practically true..
Her eyes narrowed. "What about Juvia? She didn't show up either.."
Her questions were starting to make him uncomfortable. It was a good chance for him to say that they were together now, but for some reason he couldn't. The words just wouldn't come out. His hands played with his coffee cup to hide his nervousness. "How should I know?"
"Well you were at her place, you're the one who's supposed to know"
Gray choked on his coffee and started coughing. Cana sighed and hit his back to ease him from the cough. He gazed at her, looking as though his eyeballs were going to pop out of his skull, unable to speak as he was still trying to clear his throat but his expression was saying 'how do you know?'
"Levy saw you leaving Fairy Hills yesterday" she burst into laughs, "Oh my god, your face was totally worth it!"
So that's why Gajeel was acting like that… He wondered how many people knew about it.
"So are you two together now or what?"
"Yeah.." he mumbled, averting his eyes.
"Finally, we were sick of waiting!" she pouted. She put an arm on his shoulder and leaned close to his ear. "Did you do it?"
He crossed his arms and looked the other way, a pinkish shade dyed his cheeks.
"That's a yes! You naughty boy!" She placed her now empty glass on the table. "Tell me 'bout it, onee-san wants to know everything!"
"Don't wanna" He was surprised by his own embarrassment; in the past he didn't mind having that kind of talk with his oldest friend here in Fairy Tail but now he didn't feel like sharing it. Maybe because, unlike his previous dates, Juvia was way more than just a fling. He didn't know.
"Come on Gray, don't be like that!"
He was about to answer something back when he heard the door open. Natsu and Lucy walked in with Happy flying above their heads.
"We're back!" he roared, blowing fire out of his mouth.
Escape plan: Challenge the flame brain to a fight! He jumped out of the chair, startling Cana.
"Hey-" she started but Gray was already in the middle of the guild hall.
"Oi Natsu! Fight me if you dare, you fire bastard!" he yelled, pointing his fist towards the dragon slayer.
"I'll be right there ice princess! Just wait till I fill my stomach and then I'll beat you to a pulp!" Natsu yelled back, heading to the bar.
"Get ready to get your ass kicked!"
"Gray-sama!" His heart skipped a beat when he heard her voice. He slowly turned around and found himself in front of Juvia.
"Hey. Good morning.." He said nervously, rubbing the back of his neck. He was looking at her but he could feel a lot of eyes pinned on them. Before he realized she hugged him and buried her face in his chest. "Juvia missed you!" She looked up to him and bent towards his lips.
"Hey wait-"Gray gulped as he watched her coming closer, when their lips were inches away, he turned his head and she met his cheek instead.
Juvia looked at him with a puzzled expression. The past two days he always returned the kiss and many times he initiated it himself. Gray-sama is acting kind of weird. Is he sick?
"Now I'm all fired up! Bring it on popsicle!" Natsu growled, trying to stuff a whole burger in his mouth.
"Geez Natsu! Can't you eat like a normal person first?" Lucy whined.
"But Lucy, if I take too long the stripping jerk will think that I chickened out! COME ON GRAY!"
He reached his hands to her waist but pulled them away immediately. "See you later okay?" he said and joined Natsu.
"Fight-o!" Happy cried out. "Now that Erza is still not here!"
"D-Do your best!" She sounded like her normal enthusiastic self but she felt sort of frustrated. Could it be that Gray-sama changed his mind?…That's it, he changed his mind…And it's all Juvia's fault, being so pushy and noisy and annoying and boring and…and…probably now he doesn't like Juvia anymore…Juvia ruined everything! She placed her hands on her head, tugging on her hat, her eyes widened as she restrained herself from crying.
Gray punched Natsu right in the face but he landed a strong kick on his stomach in response.
Lucy's voice reached his ears as they kept wrestling. "Juvia are you okay?"
"Yeah, Juvia is fine!"
He looked at her with the corner of his eye. That's not fine. What the hell am I doing? We just started dating and I already messed up…
"Sorry Natsu, another time" he crashed his forehead on Natsu's, making him lose his balance and walked to Juvia. The way things were, he didn't care what they might think.
"Not fair Gray!" he shrieked, stumbling backwards and rubbing his hurt forehead.
Gray grabbed her hand, "Come with me for a second"
He leaded the way to the guild's library. She was confused, she couldn't tell what he was up to. Her brain worked frantically to figure it out, but only bad thoughts crossed her mind, one worse than the other. When they walked in, he pulled her to the nearest counter. Juvia sat on it and he stood in front of her, placing his hands on her knees.
"Gray-sama…"
"Look umm.." he started, avoiding her eyes, "the others didn't know about…well, about us and then you showed up, excited and all, and I didn't know how to deal with it, I'm not good at expressing myself this way in front of others, I'm not too fond of it I suppose.." he sighed and looked in her blue eyes. "I kinda ruined it for you and I'm sorry.."
A tear fell from her eye "Juvia thought you changed your mind…"
He frowned. "About what?"
"About us…" a sob slipped from her lips.
He cupped her cheek and wiped the tears with his thumb, gazing straight in her eyes. "You silly… I won't get enough of you that easily"
He tried not to show it, but he was really touched by how strong her feelings for him were, so much he could feel his insides twitch. He decided he had to become better for her sake.
Her face lit, she felt a burder leave her chest. "Juvia is the one who should be sorry, Juvia should have known that it would make you feel uncomfortable.."
He pulled some stray blue hairs behind her ear "Nevermind,it's alright.."
"So…Juvia can show how happy she is when the others are not around?"
"Mmmhmm" He bent closer to her face. "You can do anything you want then" he said, his tone filled with lust. Then he remembered her not so hidden masochistic side "Well, almost anything.." he added.
Juvia smirked, her eyes wandered on his features. She removed the raven bangs that fell on his forehead to get a better view.
"It's swollen" she said softly.
"I know. That blockhead Natsu.."
She leaned and placed a soft kiss on the knob, making him flush.
He pressed his lips on hers and she gave in, closing her eyes. She parted her lips, letting him slid his tongue in her mouth for a deep and tender kiss. They stayed like this for a few moments, tilting their heads to the side for better access.
"Kukuku…" Happy's voice made them stop.
He managed to take a glimpse of two white haired heads, that belonged to the Strauss sisters, and the blue cat before they disappeared behind the door.
"I can see you!" he yelled angrily, then turned back to Juvia, his voice softened again. "Come on, let's go"
He helped her get off the counter and they walked outside.
Probably I'll upload one more extra chappie, but it will take some time! I'll change the status to 'complete' but the bonus chapter is still on :P
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