(A/N) I'm late, I know, but better late than never right? Deal with it. So here you go, I finally finished the chapter~ I have been watching Death Note every night nonstop for the past 3-4 nights and it is so good. L is amazing. It's just so cool. X3 Back to the story: And we left off with Gray and Juvia falling asleep in a tent and Erza and the girls spying on them. Let's just continue and not question it shall we? XD Here you go.
Juvia's pov
I woke up the next morning and heard the rain on the roof. Wait…that's not a roof. I glanced beside me and saw Gray, bringing back all of last night to my mind. That's right, we had slept in the tent. Together. Alone. I felt my face heating up and mentally slapped myself. Stay calm. I repeated in my head. I looked towards Gray again and noticed our hands were intertwined. When had that happened? I tried to sit up, and gently began pulling my hand out of his. His grip suddenly tightened, and he pulled me towards him. My other hand shot out to keep me from falling on top of him, and all of this resulted in me being directly over him, with one hand on the opposite side of him, and the other still in his. Overall, it was an awkward position, and to make matters worse, he chose now of all moments to wake up. His eyes widened slightly in surprise.
"Morning." I squeaked.
"What are you doing?" He said with a smirk.
"I tried to sit up but you were holding my hand and pulled me down and then I fell and landed like this." I explained quickly. He chuckled and released my hand so I could get off of him. I quickly complied and backed away a little so he could get up as well. He stretched his arms above his head before throwing off the rest of the blanket and turning to me. I smiled softly at the way his raven colored hair fell across his face.
"Sleep well?"
"Yeah." I replied, nodding and pulling my knees up to my chest.
"Great. So now what? I would say we could pack everything up, but it's pouring outside." He was right. Throughout our conversation the rain had seemed to increase.
"Hmm…should we stay here until it stops?"
"I guess so, I don't know what else we could do unless you feel like walking in the rain."
"Alright then, we'll wait here." I said with a grin. He chuckled.
"This has to be the longest first date ever. Which isn't a bad thing." He added quickly, making me giggle. He's so cute when he's flustered. Gray pulled his phone out of his pocket and turned it on, and I pulled my bag towards me and did the same with mine.
"Hm?"
"What is it?"
"I have ten missed calls and voice mails." He proceeded to play them, putting the phone to his ear.
"Ice boy!" A loud voice yelled through the phone, making him pull away from the phone. "I didn't see Juvia come home last night."
"Turn it off speaker." I said, as the voice continued to yell.
"It's not on speaker…" he muttered.
"Oh…"
"Where's Juvia? Why would you stay out all night with her? Have you no shame? Damn it Fullbuster, if you don't either call me back now or bring Juvia home before an hour is up, I will fu-" The call ended abruptly and Gajeel's voice was cut off.
"Juvia, what time is it?"
"Umm…" I checked my watch quickly.
"Twenty til noon." He was silent for a moment.
"He left that message at eleven. Shit that means I only have twenty minutes to get you home!" I stifled my laughter at how frantic he was getting. "What?!" He said, seeing my amusement. "I can take Gajeel any day, but when he gets overprotective it's not good!"
"When else has he gotten overprotective?"
"Of you? A lot. If I so much as looked at you for too long I'd get a death glare."
"Yeah, Gajeel really is like an older brother to me." I smiled softly and watched as he folded the blanket and threw me my bag, which landed beside me with a thump. "Be careful with that." I muttered, laughing lightly.
"How the hell does he know you didn't go home last night anyway? I mean does he watch your house or something?" He continued his rant as I sat patiently, waiting it out.
"He lives next door to me." I said before he could speak again. He paused for a moment.
"Oh. But why was he watching your house?! Come on, we've got to get you home fast."
"But it's still pouring rain." I pointed out. He smirked in reply.
"Juvia, I know you love the rain, and I don't mind walking through it for your sake and mine. Let's go." He tossed me the blanket. "Here, use it as a shield for the rain if you want." I refolded the blanket and instead put it in my bag in an attempt to keep it dry. It just barely fit in the bag beside all the books.
"I'll be fine."
"You'd better be. If you catch a cold, Gajeel's gonna kill me…" he muttered, making me laugh. We exited the tent and stood outside in the rain. I helped Gray dismantle the tent as swiftly as possible, and unceremoniously stuff it in its bag. After we had picked everything up, we started running towards my house. The streets of Magnolia were empty, as expected, as we silently ran past various stores full of inviting glowing lights and people who were sensible enough to stay out of the rain. The only sounds were the rainfall all around us and the sound of our shoes slapping against the road as we kicked up puddles. I skidded in one particular puddle and stumbled without falling. Nevertheless, Gray's hand appeared on my arm in that instant to help steady me. We finally arrived in front of my house, panting from the run. The rain had subsided to a light mist by now.
"We made it." Gray said in between breaths. I checked my watch. 12:01. Uh oh. Gajeel's door suddenly swung open, causing Gray to snap his head up at the sound. "Was he watching us from the window?!" He muttered.
"Do you know what time it is ice boy?" He asked angrily, storming down the front steps and stopping in front of Gray.
"It's noon, just like you said."
"Wrong." Gajeel growled. "It's fu-"
"Gajeel. Censor." I hissed as Wendy, our sweet innocent next door neighbor, came out to get the mail. He sighed.
"It's 12:03." I glanced at my watch again. Yup.
Gray looked at him incredulously. "You're kidding me right?"
"Do I look like I'm kidding you?"
"I should hope so."
"Gajeel!" I said in the sweetest voice I could muster as I hugged him. "Thanks for caring so much but it's really ok. We were running through the rain so we could make it on time."
"Yeah? And why hadn't ice boy checked his phone earlier?" He looked less angry, but still irritated.
"Well, we were up really late last night, so-"
"Up late last night?" Gajeel echoed. "Doing what? I'm gonna kill you ice boy!"
"N-No!" I stuttered, a blush burning my face as I realized what Gajeel was probably thinking. "We were watching the stars and didn't fall asleep until it was late, so we fell asleep until eleven something before turning our phones on."
He remained silent for a minute, glancing between Gray and I before he sighed and turned back to his house. "Idiots."
"Thanks Gajeel!" I yelled after him.
"Yeah whatever. If this ever happens again Fullbuster, you'll be dead. Thank your girlfriend you're alive right now."
"Gajeel, you're already proving to be the best brother-in-law ever!" Gray yelled after him. Gajeel stiffened in front of his door. Meanwhile I felt my face heat up at brother-in-law.
"That's it. You're dead." He yelled, jumping off his front steps and running towards Gray.
"Oh sh-"
"Censor!" I yelled, pointing at Wendy who was innocently picking flowers.
"Right, sorry." He gave me a quick one armed hug goodbye before laughing and running away from Gajeel. "Bye Juvia!"
"Get back here!" Gajeel yelled. I stood watching them and shook my head. Wendy had looked up from her flowers when she heard them yelling, and watched them in confusion.
"Wait, you forgot your blanket in my bag!" I yelled after him.
"Keep it!" he yelled over his shoulder.
"Ah," Wendy said, noticing me standing there. "Hello Juvia!"
"Hey Wendy!" I called, waving to her. I followed her questioning glance at Gajeel and Gray who were still running around screaming. "Oh, don't mind them. They're just…bonding."
"Okay then…" Wendy continued staring at them.
"Hey!" A voice yelled, causing Gray and Gajeel to stop running and look up at the window that had crashed open on the second floor of one of the houses. Oh no, now they're in trouble. Porlyusica emptied a bucket of water on the two, resulting in Wendy and I laughing uproariously. "Can't you boys shut up! I was just peacefully getting ready to go to my book club when I hear you two idiots yelled and causing a scene!" She continued lecturing them, and by now nearly everyone on the block was standing in their doorways watching Porlyusica yell at them. I'm not sure if they were the ones causing the scene…
"Hey Wendy, how about we go inside and I'll make you some tea."
"Ok Juvia!" She happily got up and followed me inside my house. "Oh, these are for you." She handed me the beautiful flowers she had been picking.
"Thank you, they're lovely!" I said with a bright smile. "When did your aunt move in across the street?"
"Oh, Auntie Porlyusica's just visiting Mest."
"Mest lives there?!" She nodded.
"He's usually not home though since he helps out Oba Babasama for most of the day."
"That makes sense…" I said, unintentionally making it sound like more of a question. We could still hear Porlyusica's muffled yells and the guys protesting from the street. I smiled, thinking about all that had happened in such a short amount of time. I took Wendy into the kitchen and put the flowers in a blue glass vase by the window. "Wendy, you can sit down, I'll start the tea."
(A/N) Alrighty, well I'll try to write the next chapter as soon as I can. Procrastinating. That's my world right now. I'll go get a dictionary and…learn a new word, THIS METAPHOR IS CONFUSING. I made it up just now though~ :3 Hope you liked this weird chapter. Gajeel is really overprotective if you couldn't tell. XD Please review and all that usual stuff. Thanks guys. Until Then.
