Hello everyone! Nina-chan chan wants to let you know this is the last chapter of the story!
It's officially done you guys! All ten one-shots are finished! I hope you guys enjoyed reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. Like I said at the beginning, this was my first Fairy Tail fanfic and I was testing the waters with it. Turns out, I really enjoyed writing in this universe and I have some other wonderful ideas I'll work on next. In the meantime, read my other stories xD. Seriously, thanks for sticking through this, you guys were my motivation.
Since it is the last chapter, I decided to go big and write something I know I'm good at. It's very sweet, to the point where you'll get a toothache, and that's exactly the way I wanted it to be. There's not a lot of family fics about Gray and Juvia, so I wanted to contribute something to that category, no matter how small it was, and I'm very happy I did, and I hope you guys are as well.
Meanwhile, this upcoming Sunday is Father's Day over in America and I wanted to congratulate all those amazing fathers out there, especially my husband who despite denying it like there's no tomorrow, I know he reads my stories. I want to thank him for giving me three amazing sons who I love mother than anything in this world and being such an an amazing father. I couldn't have ask for a better man to raise children with. As for all the other fathers out there, best wishes on this very special day for all of you.
Without dragging it anymore, here's the last chapter. It's been a pleasure guys!
Nina~
Summary: It was Gray's and Juvia's wedding anniversary today, and the two of them had made sure to have the day off, wanting nothing but to spend it with their family. This gives the two of them an opportunity to realize just how lucky the two of them are, and how much they appreciate being with each other.
World: Original
About the song: This song is currently one of my favorite ones. Actually, the whole CD is one of my favorites at the moment. It's not only catchy, but I love the rhythm, the lyrics and pretty much everything about it. To top it all off, I really feel like it suits the couple, which makes it all even better. I would recommend you go listen to the whole song, so you can fully enjoy it.
Song 10: Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran
She and I went on the run,
Don't care about religion,
I'm gonna marry the woman I love
Down by the Wexford border.
She was Nancy Mulligan,
And I was William Sheeran.
She took my name and then we were one
Down by the Wexford border.
Gray has no idea what woke him up, but something did. It wasn't unusual for him to wake up before sunrise, but these day, he usually tries to sleep in as much as he can. However, it seems like his body wasn't agreeing with that mentality. Luckily for him, he had the day completely off, no missions no plans with anyone outside his family. He smiled lightly, it felt good knowing he had absolutely nothing to do today, and could go back to sleep for as long as he wanted to. However, it felt better knowing that his wife had the same plans as him. Careful not to wake her up, Gray wrapped his arms around a sleeping Juvia, and fell asleep once again. He was woken up a few hours later by Juvia planting kissed all over his face. 'Best way to wake up,' he thought, but he had no plans on getting out of bed any time soon. He brought Juvia closer to him and kissed her. Once he let go of her, Juvia's cheek were slightly blushed and Gray couldn't help but smile. Fifteen years of marriage, and Juvia still blushed from time to time whenever Gray did something out of the ordinary. It fed Gray's ego knowing that he could still make her blush, even after being together for such a long time. "Happy anniversary, Gray."
"Happy anniversary, Juvia." Gray found it hard to believe that it's been fifteen years since the two of them got married. Gray had no doubts that he wanted to spend his whole life with Juvia, but this past years have felt like nothing. People were right about something: time flies when you're with the person you love.
"We should get out of bed." Juvia was going to get up, when Gray wrapped his arms around her even tighter.
"No, there's no need to get out of bed, so let's stay here." He started kissing down Juvia's neck, looking for her weak spot.
"But the children…" Juvia was trying her best not to fall for Gray's charms, but it became almost impossible once Gray kissed right where her neck and shoulder met, her weak spot.
"They are no longer children, they're perfectly capable of taking care of themselves." The second Gray felt Juvia's fingers roam through his hair, he knew he had won the battle. "How about we start celebrating our anniversary, huh?" Besides his lips on her neck, Gray's hands had started to roam through her body, turning her brain into mush and because of that, she wasn't able to mutter any words, so she just nodded, and Gray smiled.
Meanwhile, outside their bedroom
A 15 boy year old stood in the kitchen, in front of a big plastic bowl, where he had just finished dumping all the ingredients to make waffles, while a nine year old, who was standing on a small stool, mixed its contents under the watchful eye of her brother. Next to them, a 12, soon to be 13 year old boy was cutting some fruits. Normally, no one in their right mind would let a 12 year old work with knives, but this 12 year old knew how to wield not one, but two swords that are almost as big as him, he could handle a small kitchen knife. The three of them were still dressed in their pajamas, with bed hair and, in the case of the 15 year old, still half asleep. He wanted nothing more than to go back to bed, but his little sister had burst into his room this morning, a little after dawn, and convinced him to help her cook their parents an anniversary breakfast. Silver managed to convince his sister, Iclyn, to go back to sleep, that he would help her later, but her later was much sooner than his later, hence why he was out of bed before nine. She also managed to recruit Ur, and now the three of them were in the kitchen, trying to get it all together before their parents woke up.
"Do you think we'll be able to pull this off?" Ur asked as he finished cutting the strawberries and moved on to the apples. Iclyn had "designed" the menu and she thought it would be nice to make a fruit salad. Luckily for her, their mother always kept fruits and vegetables well stocked, so they were able to pull it off.
"Of course we will." Iclyn claimed, her voice a lot softer than usual, since she didn't want to wake her parents up. "Silver makes the best waffles in the world!"
Silver smiled at his little sister and kissed the top of her head, and helped her mix the batter. Hw wanted to have enough to make the waffles, and if his sister kept mixing it, there would be more on her than on the bowl. "I know Silver's food is amazing, but what I was referring to is the surprise aspect of it. Mom and dad are both very light sleepers, unless they are ridiculously tired, so they probably already heard us. They'll be up before we're finished, and it would no longer be a surprise."
"They won't be coming out of the room for quite a bit, so don't worry about that." Earlier, Silver had walked past his parents bedroom heard some noises he wishes he'd never heard. It was going to take lots of therapy to recover from knowing that his parents were probably having sex while they cooked breakfast, not that his siblings needed to know that.
"Okay…" Ur looked skeptical about his brother's comment, but decided not to ask anything, something Silver was glad for.
"I'll take over from here Iclyn, you did such a good job with the batter." Iclyn smiled at her brother, who just ruffle her hair. "Go clean yourself up, okay?"
"Okay! Now I can finish the card I made for mom and dad." She washed her hands and Ur helped her clean some of the batter off her face and clothes with a wet rag. Quietly, she walked to her bedroom and returned this a handmade card, a box of markers and a new top. "You two should write something as well." She encouraged her brothers.
"We'll write something once we're done, okay?" Silver asked, while he turned on the waffle maker and waiting for it to warm up, and Iclyn nodded.
"Silver, I'm done chopping the fruit."
"Then can you beat the eggs?" Silves was busy pouring the batter into the waffle maker, and Ur grabbed the bow with the previously cracked eggs, and beat them like his brother asked him to do.
"Done"
"Then I got the rest, thanks for helping Ur."
"Come help me with the card Ur." Iclyn called out, and Ur sat next to her, looking at her handy work with the card. "What color do you want to write your message in?"
"I'll take green." Iclyn handed him a green marker and passed him the card, where he started to write his message. Something short and sweet but that he knew his parents would like.
"What color do you want, Silver?"
"I'll take black." He answered as he pour the beaten eggs in a pan, and flipped the bacon. Soon enough, everything was done: waffles, scrambled eggs, bacon and fruit salad. "Ur, can you go get mom and dad?" Ur nodded, stood up and headed towards his parents room.
"I'll set the table!" Iclyn volunteered.
"You sure squirt?"
"Yes," she handed him the card and a black marker. "Write your message!" Silver grabbed the items, and started to think about what he should write.
Back in the bedroom
Gray and Juvia were laying in the bed without a care in the world. It was almost ten, and he knew it would be a matter of minutes before one of his children came in, demanding breakfast, and he groaned. He loves his children above everything and everyone else, but they could be a pain in the ass from time to time. Juvia seem to have read his mind, as gave him a quick kiss. "We should get dressed before the children come in." Juvia started to get up, and despite not wanting to do so, Gray let go of her. While Juvia was in the bathroom, Gray laid in the bed, trying to enjoy the few minutes he had left of this bliss, when a soft knock on the door alerted him that it was over. 'Just as I predicted.' Gray got up, put on his boxers and his pajama pants, and opened the door, expecting to see his little daughter, but instead, he found Ur.
"Morning dad"
"Morning Ur," he ruffled his son's blue curls, and Ur smiled. The older Ur became, the more he took after Juvia. Sure, he had inherited some features from Gray, such as his eye color, his nose, his jaw and his built, but everything came from Juvia, his powers included, which made his wife really happy. He was still a mellow, and shy kid like he had been while little, but it wasn't as bad as it used to be when he was a little kid.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you guys up…"
"You didn't."
"...but we made breakfast." Gray raised an eyebrow and gave his son a questioning look. His children cooking usually meant the kitchen was destroyed. "Silver was in charged." Gray felt better knowing his oldest looked over gave him some relief, but he was still concerned over the kitchen.
"Alright, go help your siblings, your mom and I will be down in a second." He ruffled Ur's hair one last time, and the boy darted back into the kitchen.
"Was that Ur?" Juvia asked once she stepped out of the bathroom.
"Yes, apparently the kids made breakfast.
"Juvia doesn't want to imagine the mess they made."
"Me either," Gray kissed her cheek and walked into the bathroom. Juvia decided to go check on the kids, and the kitchen. To her surprise, the kitchen was not a disaster like she had expected. Actually, the only evidence that someone had cooked there were the pans on the stove. She saw her two youngest children sitting in an already set table, and his oldest placing the trays of food on the table.
"Morning mom," Silver was the first one to notice his mom.
"Morning kids," she walked over and kissed Ur and Iclyn on top of their head, and Silver on his cheek. She couldn't believe he was as tall as her already. In no time, he'll be as tall as Gray, given that the two of them were carbon copies of each other. The biggest difference is that Silver seems to have a somewhat better attitude than the one Gray used to have at that age. Other than that, they were identical. She couldn't help but feel nostalgic, she didn't want to accept her babies were growing up.
"Where's daddy?" Iclyn asked, looking for her favorite person in the world.
"He should be down in just a second. Juvia sees you guys made breakfast."
"Iclyn came up with the idea, she said she wanted to do something for your anniversary." Juvia was a bit shocked by that, she wasn't expecting any of her children to remember, let alone her youngest one.
"Thanks for that princess." They all turned to see Gray walking into the the room. Immediately, Iclyn ran towards her dad, who picked her up with ease, but pretended not to. "Okay, you're getting too big for that." Iclyn ignored him and wrapped her arms around his neck. Juvia couldn't help but smile at the scene. Physically speaking, Iclyn looked a lot like Gray, but part of her personality came from her, she's just more confident and friendlier than Juvia ever was, but like her, she was attached to Gray.
"Silver and Ur helped!" Iclyn didn't want to take the credit when her brother were the ones who pretty much did everything.
"In that case, let's eat." Gray sat Iclyn back in her seat and sat down at his usual spot.
All of them were enjoying their breakfast, and Gray had to hand to his kids, they made some good breakfast. Not only that, but it's been a long time since they've had so much fun over breakfast. Actually, since him and Juvia were busy helping Laxus organize the S-class exam, they haven't had much family time together, so he was happy they were able to do this.
If someone had asked 16 year old Gray what he thought his future would be like, he would answer by saying he thought he would be dead before 30. After losing his family, he held no hopes at finding a new one. Sure, the guys at Fairy Tail had become his family, but he never thought he would have a wife, let alone children. After all, he didn't think he had what it took to be a "family man." Then Juvia came and life flipped on its head. Little by little, Juvia taught him what it felt loving someone unconditionally, wanting to be there for that person, no matter the circumstances, and more importantly, she taught him what a family could be like. Not only did she agree to become his wife, but she gave him three wonderful children whom he loved with every bit of his heart. He didn't know what the figure had in store for them, but as long as he had them by his side, he could face anything.
Juvia's thoughts were not that different from Gray's. Never in a million years did she imagine her life would turn out like this. She had mentally prepared to spend the rest of her life alone, thinking she would never find someone who could love her. She never thought she could find a family, and she found both those things in Gray. He taught her not only to believe in herself, but to have confidence in herself and to not be so herself. He showed Juvia what beling love was all about, and showed her just how wonderful life could be. He was there for her, no matter the circumstances, and lift her up whenever she felt. He gave her a home, a family, and a heart full of love. She couldn't possibly ask for anything better. Sure, they had their ups and down, but it was never something they couldn't work on.
Neither one of them knew what the future held, but as long as they had each other, they could tackle anything. Fifteen years and counting.
