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I do not own Fairy Tail.
It belongs to Mashima-sama. I'm just a fan trying to make a story about my OTP!
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His eyes must be deceiving him or he must be still dreaming. That's the explanation that Gray's mind could conjure as he stood on the door of his old apartment staring at the person standing in front of him who woke him up through insistent ringing of his doorbell. At first he thought it was one of his friends since he let them know that for the time being he would be staying in his old apartment but he was wrong. The face he saw when he opened the door was the one he least expected to see. Truth be told he actually thought he won't see her again.
Juvia Lockser was there standing in front of him with all her glory and that enticing wide smile on her face that was the reason why his heart was beating wild inside his chest like he had run a marathon when he actually just got up from his bed. She's radiating like the sun on his door step and he didn't know to whom he owed it to have her smiling like that to him.
"W-what are you doing here?" he stupidly asked.
For just a blink of an eye, Juvia's smile faltered and almost looked like she was ready to scowl before it turned into a pout – a very cute pout. "Good morning to you too," she said in a feigned sarcasm before she pushed him aside and walked inside his apartment like she owned the place. "I see you're done cleaning," she mumbled not really talking to him.
He followed her inside as she checked out the place, carefully studying her face for any sign of anger or any negative emotion. "Look, what I mean to say is, I didn't expect you to come back here after what happened yesterday," he explained with that hopeful gleam in his eyes. He didn't want to hope or assume anything but her being there actually made him presume that maybe she decided to forgive him or at least hear him out more. After all what he told her at the cafe he would understand if she would go back hating him but he just cannot put out that glimmer of hope building up inside him.
"I forgot the necklace," she nonchalantly said not looking at him. "You did not give it back to me yesterday." When she turned around to look at the other side of his living room it was in time for her to get a glimpse of how his face fell. Disappointment was written all over his face though he tried hard not to show it. He was doing his best to mask the hurt written on his face but his eyes say it all. She smiled a little and walked towards him, without a word she wrapped her arms around his waist and her head found a place to lean on his chest. "And I actually kind of missed you," she said almost like a whisper but loud enough for him to hear it clearly.
"Juvia." It was underestimating his reaction to say that he was shocked. He was stunned to what he heard. He was actually thinking that his ears were playing tricks on him just so it would be more disappointing when he realized that she didn't actually said those words he thought he heard her say. He needs to hear it again just to be sure. . "W-what do you mean?"
The side of her lips lifted up with his stutter. She never imagined that she would be able to make this man stutter for any reason but somehow she did without even trying. She's just being plainly honest and she could literally feel how his heart raced by those simple words. From where her head rested on his chest she could hear and feel how fast his heart was beating exactly the same way her heart was doing flips inside her chest. "Just that," she whispered again. "I missed you." It was not a lie but there's more why she came back. "I had a weird dream last night. I wasn't sure if it was just really a dream of fragments of my memories." Her arms tightened around his middle as she basked in the comforting thumps of his heart. "You made a promise. You said you're going to wait," she paused so she could look up to see his eyes that were looking right back at her cerulean blue orbs. "Was it true or just a fantasy woven in my dream?"
Gray's own arms wounded around her enclosing her in a tight hug as he buried his face on top of her head. She could feel him sniffing the fragrance of her blue locks like he was drinking life from her essence. "I was true. I promised to wait," he replied almost like a whisper too, not daring to be too loud thinking that it might break the spell that surrounded them. In his mind he was thinking rapidly. If she's dreaming about it, it could only mean that in some way she's starting to recall the past. Maybe the things he said to her were triggering her memories and little by little the locks inside her head were finally being unlocked.
"Are you still waiting?"
Her question snatched him out of his trance. Her voice was so quiet and peaceful like still water streaming silently on earth. "Yes," he said with a nod. "I'm still waiting and if I have to wait until the day I die, I will still wait because you're worth it." That was true. If he has to do exactly that, he would do it with open heart but still, he's wishing that it won't come to that.
Juvia heaved a deep breath readying herself for what she was about to say next. It was something that would determine where they would go from then on. It would change everything between them. "How about we put an end to that waiting, Gray?" she asked tentatively, unsure of how he would take her words. "Do you think it will work?"
Confused, he gently pushed her away just enough for him to look down on her pretty face. The face he's always praying to see first every time he woke up in the morning and the last that he would see before he close his eyes at night. That face was serious and there's not even a slight trace of any playfulness on her appearance. Inside his chest, his heart started to beat wilder than before like it would jump out of at any moment and he's perfectly aware that she could feel it. "What do you mean?"
Her words could mean a lot of things. It could be that once and for all she's putting a final end to whatever remained between them, severing all the ties that still left bounding them together and just thinking about it was making it hard for him to breathe. Or it could mean that she wanted them to start again and build a new relationship despite everything that he told her. He didn't want to put his hopes up but he's praying that it was the latter because if it was the former it might end him.
Juvia sighed and closed her eyes. It's now or never. She had made her mind before she decided to come and talk to him. She came up with the conclusion after hours of thinking that the best way for her to remember the past she shared with him that would lead her to all the things that she had forgotten is to experience it all over again. That could only happen if she would be his girl again. "I want you back in my life again," she breathed out before she could change her mind or her nerves could get the better of her. She may looked so tough and confident as she stood there holding tight on him but deep inside she's a nervous wreck. Anything could happen because of her decision but she thought it's for the best. Her fears won't lead her anywhere, if any, it would only restrain her from unveiling her past. "I want you to show me what it's like to be that woman you love. Make me yours again, Gray."
For a moment Gray looked like he has swallowed his tongue or possibly lost the ability to talk but when his lips parted to answer, what slipped out of it was not what she was expecting and those simple words that were said in a very quiet way sounded like a gun fire that shuttered the fragile glass surrounding her.
"We can't."
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*hides on the corner*
I know this is so short but I had to stop.
Aside from I'm feeling dizzy from lack of sleep and fatigue; I just thought that it would be good to cut it there.
Weekend sprees were taking its toll on me now and I better rest if I want to still live and see the day that I will finish this story so, till next time. I hope to hear about your opinion so please leave a review.
I need some motivation!
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My mind is in shambles since I saw someone that sent my sanity packing thus I really need some comfort that you my dear readers could give.
Yours Truly,
YoseiNoAme
P.S.
I Know I'm Crazy But this Crazy LOVES You!
P.P.S.
I read my recent posts and I was so ashamed that there were lot of errors (missing words and letters, redundant words and such, grammatical errors and what-not) on my previous chapters as well as to my previous stories and I am asking for your forgiveness for it. For once I did try to read what I wrote first before I uploaded it so if there's something I missed please let me know.
