Author's Note: I'm so sorry for the late update! I was trying to play Yandere Simulator today but I almost broke my computer because it was lagging really badly. I had a free-write in english class today, so I wrote a NaLu oneshot. I was unable to finish it, however, so I'll type it up, finish it, and then I'll post it; so keep your eyes peeled! Big shout out to the review squad, Ushindeshi, LordofAnimeCrap, and Juviafullbuster1 for constantly reviewing! You three and your reviews mean a lot to me, I cannot thank you enough! To everyone else out there, please review and tell me your opinions about MU! I hope that all of you readers enjoy this chapter! I had fun writing it because I can totally relate to Juvia DX I couldn't find the sheet music to Dad's Song anywhere! It was so frustrating, but it made it even more satisfying when I finally found out the right chords! Also, I apologize to all of the non-musical people who might not understand what's going on!

Disclaimer: Fairy Tail Belongs to Hiro Mashima!

Juvia

Juvia stared at the keyboard in front of her, looking at the white and black keys in concentration. Black Steel Gajeel and the Element Four were performing Cinematics, an album by Set It Off, at a local venue. Usually, sheet music for their songs was easily accessible on the online market, but unfortunately for Juvia, she was unable to find any sheet music whatsoever for one of the pieces, Dad's Song.

She had found a cover of the song on youtube, including piano, but the camera angles changed often to the point where Juvia couldn't always see what notes were being played. When it came to playing the piano, Juvia was an excellent pianist with an incredible ability to read sheet music, but even some of the most skilled pianists couldn't master the art of perfect pitch- which was the ability to recognize a note by simply hearing the sound of it.

Juvia, like most musicians, did not have perfect pitch, which made learning the song even harder than it probably actually was. She had searched online endlessly for it, but could only find chords for guitar. She tried converting it to Piano, but Juvia didn't understand a thing. Aria couldn't help her, and even Gajeel couldn't help her.

Letting out a frustrated groan, Juvia held her head tightly in her hands as she resisted the urge to get up and slam her head into the wall. The tritone sounding from her phone caused her to look up. She picked up her phone, checking the notification. It was a text from Gray. Hey, you done with your classes?

Yeah. Juvia replied. She wasn't really paying attention, but was instead looking at her keyboard. How was she going to do this? She thought to herself.

Juvia felt her phone buzz in her hand. Wanna hang out? Gray asked.

Sure. Was all that Juvia answered. Putting her phone back down, the blue-haired woman decided to play what she had known. She grabbed the water bottle that was next to her and took a sip. She decided to play what she had figured out, which wasn't much. After she had went through the few notes, she picked up her phone again. Gray had texted her a minute ago.

You okay? Gray asked her.

No :c Juvia answered honestly. I'll explain why when you get here. The door's unlocked, by the way.

Okay. I'll be there soon. Gray texted. Juvia set her phone down, looking at the keys. Maybe singing while playing the notes could help her find the next chord. She cleared her throat, playing the notes as she sang

"Do you believe-" Juvia paused, furrowing her eyebrows. She sang it too low. "Do you believe-" Still too low. "Do you believe in happy end-" Juvia let out a groan. She had mastered the first part but sang too low on the second part. She was fairly sure they went down to the same pitch, but somehow she missed it.

In frustration, Juvia played the Jeopardy theme as she tried to calm herself down. Her patience was wearing thin with this song. It was a good song, but there was only so much someone could take. Maybe she could get Gajeel to come and sing it for her- after all, he was singing it at the concert.

Juvia shook her head. Gajeel wasn't home at the moment. She cleared her throat, deciding to just sing it and focus on the notes. As Juvia sang, she closed her eyes, trying to imagine the piano in the background. Juvia was unaware of the door opening and the person walking into the room.

Juvia skillfully played the first chord of the chorus in a smooth arpeggio, singing along gracefully. As she sang, she slowed down. She was still unsure of what the chord was for the next part. "Every tear I had was shed…" Juvia paused her words, cringing as the chord she tried sounded rather abhorrent. "No!" Juvia exclaimed, pressing down random chords.

Leaning back in her chair, Juvia let out a frustrated groan. "Woah," The sound of a masculine voice made Juvia let out a shriek as she nearly fell out of her chair.

With horrified eyes, Juvia looked at the source of the voice. It was Gray, standing with an unreadable expression on his face. "Gray," Juvia breathed, her heart beating like mad. "You scared me," She clutched her fist and held it close to her chest, breathing erratically.

"Sorry," Gray apologized.

Juvia waved her hand dismissively. "You're fine, but, um, how long have you been here?" She asked.

"Long enough to find out that you have an angelic voice," Gray answered.

Juvia's face flushed and she looked down at her lap. "N-no," She shook her head. "I always mess up when I sing that song because I hit some of the notes too low and I can't get the right chords and I-" She was too busy rambling to notice Gray approach her.

"Juvia," Gray rested his hand on her shoulder, which caused Juvia to immediately shut up. "Even if you don't think so, I think that you sounded amazing."

Juvia tucked a loose cerulean curl behind her ear, bashfully looking up at Gray. "You think so?" She asked.

Gray nodded, smiling reassuringly at Juvia. "I know so,"

Juvia looked back down at her lap. She was always told by the people who attended her concerts that she was very talented, and she was always more than thankful to hear from her fellow fans, but hearing this praise from Gray made Juvia feel as if there were butterflies inside of her stomach. "T-thank you," She mumbled, stumbling on her words.

"Is this what you were talking about earlier?" Gray asked.

Juvia nodded. "Yeah. I'm in a band, Black Steel Gajeel and the Element Four."

"Oh, I've heard of them before." Gray commented. "I knew Gajeel's name sounded familiar."

"Yeah, it's not often you find someone named Gajeel, huh?" Juvia chuckled. "We're performing at a local venue, but I can't find any sheet music for the song I was singing earlier, which is one of the songs we're performing. I'm much better at learning music by reading it than by listening to it, so it's kind of really hard to figure out what the chords are," She pouted.

"I don't know anything about music," Gray admitted. "But can you show me what you have so far?" He asked.

Juvia nodded. "You can use Gajeel's chair over there," She told him. Gray grabbed the chair and pulled it up next to Juvia, sitting down. "So," She started, setting her right hand on the piano. "For the first verse you play a C flat, E, A, E, and then repeat A, E two more times." With each note she named she hovered her fingers over the keys. "Like this," She then played the sequence she had described.

"Can I hear you sing along with it?" Gray asked.

Juvia thought for a moment. "I'll sing if you learn it along with me."

"Um," Gray looked down at the black and white keys. "I don't know anything, though."

"I'll teach you!" Juvia cheered, smiling hopefully at Gray.

Gray looked at Juvia and her positive expression and was instantly sold. "Okay then," He agreed.

"Yay!" Juvia's smile widened. She turned her gaze to the keys. "Alright, this key," She held her thumb over a black key. "Is known as either C flat or D sharp. We'll call it C flat for now," She watched as Gray put his thumb on A flat. "No, its two black keys up."

Gray went towards the left of the piano, pressing D. "Oops," He pressed D flat. "Like that?"

"Other way," Juvia corrected. Gray put his thumb on C flat. "Good, now place your second finger on E," She instructed, placing her pointer finger on the E key. Gray placed his middle finger on the D key. "Oh, um, in Piano your second finger for your right hand is your pointer finger. And that's D."

"Sorry," Gray apologized, placing his pointer finger on D flat.

"No, that's D flat. E is the white key next to the D flat. Look at my finger," Juvia told him, hovering her pointer finger over the E placed his pointer finger on the E key. "Good, now place your pinky on A," She wiggled her pinky over the A key.

Gray looked at her pinky then back at the keyboard and blinked. "There's no way I'm gonna find that A key," He commented, staring at the keys in confusion.

Juvia sighed. A sudden idea popped into her mind, and she reached her hand over to rest on top of his. "Hold your pinky out underneath of mine," She instructed the raven-haired man, holding her pinky out on top of the A.

Gray moved his pinky underneath hers. "This key?" He asked, pressing down the A key.

Juvia nodded. "Yeah! Now, as I was saying earlier, the notes to the first verse are C flat, E, A, E, A, E, A, E. You play C flat, then E, and then repeat A and E three times." She explained, pushing down his fingers at the same time she said the notes.

As Juvia taught him the notes, every now and then she would sing along. Each time she sang, Gray would instantly be mesmerized, his thoughts drifting away from the keyboard and onto Juvia's melodic voice. Every time Juvia would turn to look at him, he would quickly look away and pretend as if he were looking at the keys, which Juvia easily fell for.

After a few minutes of playing together, Juvia pulled her hand away from Gray's. "That's all I know so far." She told him, a slightly disappointed look on her face. "I'm trying to learn the next two chords and then I'm done for the chorus, but it's hard."

"Can I hear the song? I can try to help," Gray offered.

Juvia nodded, grabbing her phone and playing the song. "Listen closely," She told him, skipping to the part she was on.

Gray did as she told him, listening to the chord being pushed. "Hm.." He hummed. Without thinking, he played a D chord, then lowered his middle finger to play a Dm chord, and went back to the A chord at the start of the chorus. "I'm not sure if that's right, I just played something." Gray told her. "How was it-" He looked up at the cerulean-haired woman only to pause. "Uh, are you okay?" He asked.

Juvia blinked, her sapphire eyes completely blank. "Can you play that again?" She asked. Gray played the chords as she had asked. Juvia played through the chords of the chorus, singing along. After finishing the chorus, she stared blankly at the piano.

"Juvia?" Gray asked.

Juvia played the chords again, and without warning, she let out a squeal. Gray let out a little yelp at the sudden noise, confused. Juvia wrapped her arms around Gray, hugging him tightly as a big smile encompassed her face. "Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" She squealed, the words coming out of her mouth jumbling together.

While Gray was happy that Juvia was hugging him, he was confused. "Did I get it?" He asked.

Juvia pulled away from the hug. "Yes!" She exclaimed. "You got it perfectly! How did you do that?" She asked.

Gray shrugged. "I heard the notes he played in the chord- they were from different chords from earlier." He explained.

Juvia blinked. "How did you hear the D?" She asked.

"I pressed it by accident while learning the first few notes to the song." Gray answered.

Juvia stared at him, the same blank expression on her face. "You mean to tell me, that you were able to tell what the chord was just by hearing it?" She asked.

"Uh… I guess?" Gray's answer was more of a question.

"You mean to tell me that you, someone who has no experience in music at all?" Juvia raised an eyebrow, pausing her sentence.

"At all," Gray confirmed.

"No experience in music at all," Juvia continued, the disbelief evident in her voice and in her eyes. "Has perfect pitch?"

"What's that?" Gray asked.

"Holy shit," Juvia laughed. "No way,"

"Wait, what's perfect pitch?" Gray asked, confused.

"The ability to tell what notes are by simply hearing them." Juvia explained.

Gray raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Isn't that normal?" He asked.

"No!" Juvia exclaimed, laughing. "Even some of the most exceptional musicians struggle with that! And here you are doing it as if its nothing!"

"So, I'm special?" Gray asked.

Juvia nodded. "Extremely. I might have to ask for your help more often," She joked. "That's so unbelievable, though." There was awe in Juvia's tone of voice. "It's so cool, too! I've never met anyone like you, before."

"I've never met anyone like you, before, either." Gray replied, smiling at Juvia.

"Huh?" Juvia tilted her head slightly to the side.

Gray slinked his arm around Juvia's waist. "You're incredibly talented," He complimented. He gently grabbed her chin with his thumb and forefinger. "And incredibly beautiful, too." He mumbled inaudibly.

Even though she only heard the first part, Juvia's face heated up. She averted her eyes from his gaze. "You're just overestimating me,"

"And you're just underestimating my words," Gray replied.

Juvia looked back at Gray. "Gray," She sighed, tilting her head slightly to the side. Her eyelids fluttered shut as she leaned forward slightly. Gray had started to lean forward too, their lips merely centimeters apart…

...Until the loud sound of a phone ringing caused the two of them to jump away from each other, letting out startled yelps as their eyes widened in surprise.