thought I was gone didn't you? Well, i'm not because i'm back!
this chapter is probably the best one I have written so far and it's when it all starts. Have you ever heard the phrase "So much can happen in a day" (or was it one day?)? Basically this story is like and in case you guys are lost we are on the 3rd day of shooting. only four days left till the week is over! Wonder what will happen next... ;)
Without further ado, enjoy!~
"Juviaaaa..."
"Ju-vi-aaaa..."
"Oi, wake up!"
Juvia woke with a startled scream, her forehead colliding with something hard.
"Fuck! My head!"
Juvia hissed and rubbed her forehead, opening her eyes to see Cana sitting on her bed beside her, also rubbing her forehead.
"Sorry Cana! Juvia was just startled." She blushed, embarrassed.
"By a pillow?! Damn girl, you have a very thick skull." Cana hissed, getting up from the bed. "I'm gonna put some ice on this thing." Cana left the room, leaving Lucy and Levy with her.
"Sorry about that." Lucy chuckled nervously. "We warned her not to do that."
"Yeah, we know how you hate to be woken by force." Levy smiled kindly, her words holding a much more deeper meaning which only her close friends would understand.
Juvia sighed, waving it off. "It's fine. Juvia knows Cana meant no harm."
Lucy nodded, taking Cana's place on her bed. "Sooo... Are you ready for today?!" Lucy squealed happily, lighten up the mood in the room.
Levy gasped as she just remembered something, and she probably did. "Oh my god yes! I totally forgot you still have your photoshoots!" Then her eyes widen, "Wait, aren't you late or something? It's almost eleven in the morning."
It was Juvia's turn to gasp and she looked at her alarm clock. 10:55. She's supposed to meet Mirajane at the lobby at 11:30. While she took a shower, changed and ate breakfast she would be late.
Juvia jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom, only to come out a second later. "Wait, clothes! I need clothes, oh but what should Juvia wear and- ohmygod how rude of Juvia you guys should take a shower first and-"
"Juvia, it's fine!" Lucy got up from the bed and pushed her to the bathroom. "We already took a shower. Well, except Cana but you know she isn't a fan of morning showers. Just get inside and I'll get your clothes for you."
"And I," Levy began from across the room, the suite's phone in her hand. "will call room service for some breakfast. The restaurant's buffet will probably be full by now."
Juvia smiled in relief, very grateful to any god out there for blessing her with such understanding friends. After a quick shower and changing into the clothes Lucy left her (which were very cute), she left her room to meet her friends who had spread the breakfast Levy ordered on the living room's coffee table.
"This is the best toast ever!" Cana exclaimed, moaning in pleasure with every bite she took.
Juvia chuckled and sat next to Levy, looking at all the food she ordered. Eggs, bacon, toast, waffles, and fruit. "Wow Levy this is amazing." She complemented, taking a few eggs, four stripes of bacon and two waffles.
"Well, since Sorcerer's Weekly pays for your food for a week I thought why not have a buffet for ourselves." Lucy and Cana whooped, doing a little happy dance.
Juvia laughed and starting digging on her breakfast. "Slow down, Juvia! Gosh, how can you eat so much food in such a short period of time?" Lucy frowned.
She smiled, her mouth close because of all the food, and slowly swallowed. "What can I say?" She shrugged, "Juvia grew up with Gajeel."
"That alone explains everything." Cana said with a full mouth. The girls nodded, a bit disgusted with Cana's lack of manners.
Juvia ate her last bite and stood up, checking the hour on her phone. 11:25. "Juvia has to leave!" She grabbed her purse from the couch and ran to the door. "The shoot is outside near the pool and gardens! See ya guys later!"
"Bye Juvia!"
She waved goodbye and left the room in a rush. She was so excited to model in the gardens this time, and she didn't wanted to disappoint Mirajane by been late. If it wasn't for her best friends she wouldn't have make it out in time. Today was starting out so well she felt like nothing could ruin her happy mood.
Oh, how wrong she was.
Gray groaned loudly as he felt the light of heaven/hell on his face, then groaned even louder when he felt the covers slide off him. "What the actual fuck?!" He turned around on his back to retrieve the covers but was stopped by a killer headache. He grabbed his head with both hands, swearing under his breath, "Shhhit! Fuck! Damn it!"
"Gray Fullbuster, did you get yourself wasted last night?" Gray's eyes widen in fear. Oh, fuck.
"U-um, well, y-you see I w-was- Oi! What the hell was that for?!" He shouted as Erza threw him very cold water right in the face.
"As you may know you have a photoshoot today and you were suppose to meet me an hour ago. So I have to wake you up as much as possible so you aren't late for your damn photoshoot, Gray!" Erza scolded, crossing her arms. "I don't know what the hell is going on with you. You're never this irresponsible when it comes to shoot. Is there something bothering you that you wanna talk about?"
As a matter of fact, yes, there's something bothering me and it involves a certain blunette who so happens to amuse me everyday with her shyness yet her rare boldness and her cute blush and her sexy body and I just can't help but feel attracted to her and now I'm a fucking mess-
"Gray! Focus!" He winced and rubbed his throbbing cheek, courtesy of Erza's slap. She was right, though. He needed to focus. He needed to forget about Juvia, forget everything about her.
Yet how could he do that when she was always at hands reach?!
"Fine, fine... Just leave so I can take a shower and change."
Erza seem satisfied by his answer and nodded, "Alright. I'll wait for you in the lobby. Don't take too long, though. Twenty minutes max." She spun around and left his room, he stood up when he heard the door of his suite close.
Twelve minutes later, he was on his way to the elevators when he bumped into someone.
"Oi, could you watch where you're- Jenny?"
A very beautiful young woman with blonde hair in a ponytail turned around at the call of her name, "Gray Fullbuster?" She raised an eyebrow and smirked.
Jenny Realight had been his partner for a special swimsuit issue almost a year ago. She was a very flirty girl so it was amusing to have her flirting with him all the time, even though she admitted later it was just for the fun of it. That fun soon turned into something a bit more...
Gray couldn't help but smirk back, "Long time no see, Realight. It's been what? Ten months?"
"A year to be exact, Fullbuster." Jenny moved her bangs out of her eyes. "Also, congrats on the photoshoot, by the way! I never expected that from you, though." She giggled.
Gray rolled his eyes, "Yeah, well it wasn't my idea, anyway. And what are you doing here? And please don't tell me because of my shoot." He pleaded.
Jenny laughed sweetly, slapping his chest lightly. "No, not at all. I'm actually here for an interview. It's only for today, though."
Gray nodded, "I see. Well, good luck on your interview. I gotta get to the lobby and meet Erza. I already faced her this morning for been late."
Jenny shuddered, "The horror that woman when she gets mad. Anyway, see you later, Gray!" She kissed his cheek quickly and headed toward her suite. Gray chuckled and turned around toward the elevators when he heard his name.
He looked over his shoulder to see Jenny smirking at him. "Room 2001. Just in case you're bored." She winked suggestively at him and spun around on her heels, giggling all the way.
Gray shook his head and smirked to himself, pressing the button to call the elevators. A little fun in the afternoon couldn't hurt anyone.
"It's official. I'm taking Lisanna home with me."
Juvia laughed at Lucy's comment as she looked at herself once again in the mirror. She was wearing a colorful strapless flower bikini with a light blue beach cardigan accompanied by a multilayer long silver leaves necklace and a pink flower bracelet on her right hand. Her hair was in long waves behind her back and her make up was not too dark but not too light.
She loved her team so much.
Lisanna laughed, "If you want I could teach you tips how to match colors better and what accessories are best and, well, anything you wanna know about fashion."
Lucy squealed and hugged her, "Ohmygod thank you!"
"Your outfit looks so cute and sexy, Juvs!" Levy gushed, wiping a fake tear. "Our baby is growing up."
Juvia rolled her eyes yet still blushed, "Juvia's older than you Levy."
"No excuses." Cana grinned, hugging her from the side. "You're still our baby no matter what. Buuut since I'm the oldest that makes all of you my babies, meaning that my older baby is growing up too fast!" Cana hid her face on the crook of her neck and started fake crying. Juvia looked at Levy, asking for help, but she just laughed and shook her head, earning a slight glare from her.
"Careful with the hair!" Sherry exclaimed in horror.
"And the make up!" Chelia exclaimed as well.
Juvia sighed and shook her head, patting her best friend on the back. "Are you done?"
"One second." Cana sobbed some more and took a long deep breath. "Okay I'm done." Cana let go of her, grinning at Juvia's slightly annoyed face. Sherry and Chelia sighed in relief that the hair and make up wasn't ruined and continued with their chat.
"Juviaaa!" She turned around to see Mirajane's head peeking inside the tent. "Oh gosh, you look beautiful!" Mirajane squealed, making Juvia blush red. "Can't wait to see today's pics with that outfit! But we won't if we keep Laxus waiting. So let's go!" Juvia nodded and smiled at her team, thanking them for their amazing work, and left the tent with her friends.
"Your friends can sit over there with those boys." Mirajane pointed at the chairs that stood in front of the flower bushes and next to the entrance to the pool, a few feet away from where the shoot was going to be held. Some of the chairs were occupied. "The boys are some of Gray's friend, they're really nic-"
"Lucy!"
Lucy gasped and grinned widely when she saw a grinning Natsu running toward her. "Natsu, hey!"
Natsu's grin widen and he hugged her when he reached her. "Good to see you again, Lucy!" He told her when their hug ended.
Lucy blushed slightly, "Um good to see you again too, Natsu."
"Why," Mirajane muttered in surprise, "I must of have missed some kind of miracle."
"To me is gross. Too much lovey dovey." Cana made a face and drank from her beer. Juvia doesn't know where the hell she got that.
Mirajane chuckled, "Well it seems you girls know Natsu already so I don't have to worry about you girls feeling uncomfortable. See ya ladies later! Come on, Juvia." Juvia nodded and smiled at her friends, who gave her the thumbs up, and followed Mirajane.
When they reached the place of the shoot, they were greeted with an argument between two brothers.
"Why can't you just shut up, old man?!"
"Because I'm your big bro and it's my job to annoy the hell out of you!"
"You already annoy me with that stupid face of yours, dickhead!"
"That's not what many ladies say to me."
"Oh, go fuck yourself, Lyon!"
"Ahem!"
Both men whirled their heads to see Mirajane with her arms crossed, glaring daggers at them.
They both shuddered at the sight of her angry and took a few steps away from each other. "H-Hey Mira."
Mira smiled sweetly, too sweetly, at the boys. "Hey boys! You're not, dare I say, fighting, are you? We wouldn't want to get Laxus angry for delaying the shoot, now do we?" She pouted at the end, looking very innocent yet not at the same time.
Both gulped and shook their heads, "Good! Now Lyon, sweetheart, could you join the others so we can start the shoot?" Lyon smiled charmingly and nodded.
"No problem at all, Mirajane." Mira rolled her eyes but smiled anyways. When Lyon passed Juvia, he looked at her up and down and smiled at her blushing face. "Good luck, Juvia. Don't be afraid to call me if he bothers you." He winked and continued his way to join the others.
Juvia, cheeks still red, turned to look at Gray, only to see him glaring at Lyon with his hands tight into fists and his jaw clenched. Even when he was pissed, he still managed to look beautiful, especially in that lilac swimsuit with white leaves.
She didn't realize she was staring at him until he looked her way and their eyes meet. He gave her a quick once over and their eyes meet again, Juvia swore she saw them darker than before.
"Alright! Time to get this started!" Laxus' booming voice interrupted their staring contest and she blushed, looking away from him. It made have been for a few seconds but the way he was looking at her was very intense, she felt as he was stripping her body with his very own eyes, yet stared at her as if she had all the answers to the mysteries of life.
She pushed the thought out of her mind and made her way toward her partner-in-modeling. His eyes were lighter by the time she reached him.
"Hey." She smiled in greeting, trying to act as natural as possible. She internally sighed in relief when he gave her a small smile back.
"Hey to you too." He bit his lip and scratched the back of his neck "Listen, I'm sorry for my brother's stup- ...behavior. He tends to get awfully annoying when he's around pretty girls." He rolled his eyes.
Juvia giggled and blushed, he had just called her pretty after all, or so it seemed like it. "It's alright. Juvia doesn't mind Lyon's um- behavior. He's just been a cute gentleman, that's all."
Suddenly, Gray's expression hardened, "I see..." He crossed his arms, his fists tight, and looked at her with irritated eyes. "Well, if you don't mind his company, then why don't you spend more time with him will ya?" He retorted harshly.
Juvia opened her mouth, but nothing came out. She was shocked yet not surprised by Gray's attitude. Still, she didn't know why he was always angry with his brother, especially when he was near her. Lyon was nothing but a gentleman to her and her friends, he hasn't done anything wrong to her or offended her in any way. It made no sense whatsoever for Gray to act this way. Why did he had to be so complicated?
"Come on, lovebirds! Take your places and pose for me!" Laxus pointed at the flower bushes lining the paths of the garden and pool. Without looking back at her, Gray walked toward the bushes and even when he turned to face the camera he didn't looked her way.
Juvia bit her lip, rushing toward where Gray stood before Laxus yelled at her to get into position. She turned her back on him, staring straight at the camera.
"Positions! Reflectors guys here and here! You," Laxus pointed to Gray, "Put your arms around her and you," He pointed to her, "Put your hands over his arms. We'll be taking a few shoots with you two and then its individual shoots again."
Juvia nodded and took a deep breath, just when Gray put his arms around her, his fingers softly caressing her skin. She laid her hands over his arms as told and tried to ignore the warmth coming from Gray's body behind her.
"Act natural..." Gray grunted in her ear, giving her shivers down her spine, to which he scoffed.
She closed her eyes, breathed in and breathed out, and opened her eyes. She made have conflicted feelings toward Gray, despite knowing him for only two days, but she learned the hard way to not let her romantic feelings get ahold of her.
She was going to enjoy this shoot, and this day, and not even Gray could ruin it for her.
She has never been so wrong in her life.
"You were fantastic, Juvia!"
"I'm so proud of you babe!"
"I've never seen you so sexy before!"
Juvia blushed at her friends compliments. The shoot had gone fabulously according to Mirajane; she kept complimenting her modeling skills and how amazing her individual shoots looked. She was very happy that Mira loved her modeling skills despite never been an actual model before. Lyon was amazed by her and kept praising her for been such a beauty and kicking Gray's ass at modeling. She had blushed red and thanked him for his too kind words. All these sweet and honest compliments from everyone actually made her feel hopeful about making modeling her career, even though it was quite impossible. She pushed the thought away and smiled shyly at her friends. "Thanks, girls. Juvia's glad you enjoyed the shoot!"
"Oh we enjoyed it." Cana grinned then smirked, turning her attention to Lucy. "Some more than others. Did you even watch the shoot?"
Lucy blushed red, waving her arms frantically. "Of course I did, Cana! And I did enjoyed it but not because of... that!" She crossed her arms, looking away from them with her cheeks still red.
Levy chuckled, edging closer to Lucy with a smirk. "Oh really? You were pretty happy talking to him..." She wiggled her eyebrows at Lucy who got redder by the second.
"Shut up!"
Juvia giggled, taking a hold of Lucy's hand. "It's okay, Luce. I won't get mad if you told me you enjoyed the shoot because of Natsu."
Lucy frowned, annoyed, and stomped her foot, "But I did enjoyed it! It just got more interesting with Natsu there..."
Cana and Levy chorused "Ha!" And Juvia just laughed as Lucy shouted at them to shut up, her cheeks still very red.
"Aww, Lucy has a crush! And he appears to feel the same way..." Cana lifted her eyebrows twice suggestively.
Lucy was at lost for words for a moment, "T-That's impossible. We only know each other for two days!"
"So?" Levy shrugged, "Love is a strange thing." Juvia couldn't help but agree.
"It's not love!"
"We'll seeeee." Levy and Cana sing-along, making Lucy hide her face in her hands.
"I hate you guys."
"Don't listen to them, Lucy." Juvia wrapped her arm around Lucy's shoulders. "They're just trying to get on your nerves. Just ignore them."
Lucy sighed, lifting her face from her hands. "Thanks, Juvia."
"Though, you and Natsu will make such a cute couple."
"I hate you all!"
Cana, Levy and Juvia laughed and proceeded to hug Lucy who pushed them back at first but later gave in and let them hug her. Seconds later, she was hugging them back.
"I'm hungry." Lucy mumbled into the hug.
"Preach, sister." Cana broke the hug and rubbed her belly. "My stomach has been empty for two hours and it needs food ASAP."
"Juvia, you have the free meal card for every restaurant here in the hotel right?" Levy asked.
She nodded and grabbed her purse, searching for her wallet. "Yup. Juvia has it right here... Ugh, wait, I can't find it." She searched in her wallet and then her purse. She sighed, putting her wallet on her purse again. "Juvia left it in the room. You guys go ahead and find a restaurant. Juvia will meet you there in a few minutes."
Lucy nodded, "Oki doki. We'll just take a look at the gardens first and meet you in the lobby."
"Okay. I'll be right back!" Juvia waved at them and walked down the path to the hotel's back entrance. She thanked a man who held the door open for her and made her way toward the elevators. Once she reached them, one of the elevators was closing and she hurried to stop the doors from doing so.
"Wait wait!" She held her hand between the doors and sighed in relief as they opened again. When she looked up though, she gasped.
Standing right in front of her was Gray, his back turned to her.
And he was having a wrestling fight with the lips of a young blonde woman.
A/N: Hahaha you guys probably hate me right now. Sorry... not sorry. I'm a sucker for Gruvia angst but don't worry i'm not a fan of long-term angst. It's too painful. And to the Lyon fans next chapter will have plenty of Lyon. Also, about the other ships I'm focusing more Gruvia of course but I write along with the flow of the story and if it doesn't fit in the chapter than I'll totally forget about them, so in other words Gale and Jerza will come but very slowly.
Thanks for reading and please review!~
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