Happy New Year everyone! ミヾ(∇≦((ヾ(≧∇≦)〃))≧∇)ノ彡
Chapter 10
Juvia's POV
Yesterday was a fun day. Lucy, Levy and I went to Dress Palace, Magnolia's famous shop for dresses of all kind, especially for ball dresses. There, we looked for some gorgeous, breath-taking dresses for our Grand Masked Ball which will be held in less than two weeks. In a few days we'll already begin with the preparations and start to decorate the whole guild. Everyone will be helping. That's the reason why we wouldn't have much time to pick out the suitable one for us and for sure we wouldn't have enjoyed this time like we did yesterday.
When we stepped in, I was amazed. I've never seen such a huge amount of dresses in my whole life. They had all colors. It was stunning! Also it didn't take long to find the perfect one. Lucy chose an apricot-colored, like she had told us, and I decided to wear a dark violet one.
Mine was strapless with a high slit on the left side, so you could see my guild mark on my left thigh. Probably the dress exposed too much skin, but I didn't have a problem with that.
Maybe I should take a photo and send it to Nicco to tease him a bit because he can't attend the event… 〜(￣▽￣〜)
Lucy couldn't wait anymore and immediately bought hers. However, I didn't want to buy it that day and asked for a reservation.
Now that we had a few days off, we decided to a take a wellness trip to an onsen. We were two groups. I was in the group with Lucy, Levy and Erza. And the other group consisted of the boys, Natsu, Gajeel and Gray. Although we were staying at the same hotel, we barely saw each other. The hot springs as well as the sleeping place were gender-segregated. It didn't bother us 'cause we girls had a great time. It was quite relaxing!
However, we wanted to spend at least the last day together with everyone, so we went to a café for lunch. We sat at a long table, the girls on the one side and the boys, facing us, on the other side.
Life must really REALLY hate me. As luck would have it, Gray is sitting right in front of me. (╥︣﹏᷅╥᷅)
Everyone was talking to each other except for Gray and I. He just sat there, rested his chin in his right hand and looked bored out of the window. I already finished my salad and didn't know what to do next. The silence between us felt really awkward.
I sighed a little too loud, so everyone looked over to me. How embarrassing!
"Juvia? You're feeling okay? Aren't you enjoying this?" Erza asked me.
"N-No no no! Everything is fine!" I waved with my hand, signalizing that I was really all right.
"She's probably just sad that she has nobody to go to the masquerade ball with." Lucy explained to Erza. Wait.. what?! o_o
"Oh.."
"Why don't you go with Gray then?" Natsu smirked and patted on Gray's back. "This guy also has no date yet!"
Not again. What have I done to deserve this? ಥ_ಥ
"And I don't intend to have one!" Gray shouted back and moved away from Natsu.
"Natsu, just leave it be. Juvia already said no, when I suggested the same."
LUCY! You didn't need to say that! ᗒ_ᗕ
"Huh? For real?"
Gray suddenly looked at me. He still had this natural angry looking face. How scary! I didn't know whether he was pissed or not, but I could tell that he didn't like what he heard. "Hmpf!"
"Ohhh.. Are you disappointed, Gray?" Natsu teased him again.
Natsu! Please stop this already! T_T
"Should I?" He looked at me again. "I never said I'd like to go with Lockser." He added coldly.
I still gazed at him. How cruel can you be? To say something like that in such a rude tone when everyone is right here..
Somehow everyone now sensed the tension between Gray and me. A heavy atmosphere slowly built up as nobody said a word.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, Gray." I smiled a bit and tried to loosen the mood.
"Uh-huh. If you could just stop being annoying, that'd be great."
(；￣Д￣）I give up. I don't know what to do anymore. I apologized to you with no reason and you just insulted me? GO TO HELL! (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
"O-Okay! L-Let's just go to the guild already, all right? Guys?" Levi sweat dropped.
"Levi is right! The preparations already started. The others might need our help." Erza said
"Then let's head back!" Finally the atmosphere relaxed a bit.
Jeez! His whole behavior gets on my nerves. Why am I the only one, he treats so badly? I've never been disrespectful to him..(╥︣﹏᷅╥᷅) I don't get him. I try all my best to get along with him but he makes it all so difficult. Why is he so mean?