Chapter 25-Everytime

For the next few weeks, Lucy was a bit distant with Juvia as she had ceased to talk or socialize with her after Lucy's angry breakdown at Juvia's baby shower. One night, while Lucy was in her house all alone working on her writing, she heard a knock on the door. When Lucy had answered the door, she saw that it was Gray.

"Lucy, have you seen Juvia anywhere?" Gray asked.

"No, I haven't." Lucy answered "I haven't talked to her in a long while. Why are you asking me?"

"Juvia left the guild hall earlier today and she hasn't come back yet." Gray answered back "And it worries me because she didn't say where she was going or when she would be back."

"I'll help you find her." Lucy replied.

Lucy and Gray then searched throughout the town in order to find out where Juvia was. During their search, they suddenly saw rain nearby and went over to investigate. They suddenly found Juvia near the docks sitting right at the edge going through hard to control mood swings. Juvia's mood swings caused her to unintentionally make it rain around her. Lucy was the first to talk to Juvia to help her feel emotionally better.

"What's wrong, Juvia?" Lucy asked.

"Why do you care?" Juvia asked back.

"It's because I feel a bit guilty." Lucy answered "Is this because of me?"

"No, it isn't." Juvia answered back "But what you've said before is partially correct. This is a very sudden predicament for Juvia."

"Listen, what I said before was bad judgement on my part." Lucy confessed "I mean, you're about to have a daughter soon. That's a really lucky thing to have."

"Juvia knows that you mean well, Lucy." Juvia commented "But through these past few weeks, Juvia's emotions have gotten the best of her. Juvia doesn't know if it's from her mind or from her pregnancy, but either way, she doesn't know if she can handle this."

"Come on! Don't be so hard on yourself." Lucy replied "Everything's going to be alright."

"Lucy, can I speak to her?" Gray requested.

"Alright, you can." Lucy agreed.

As Lucy walked away, Gray walked over and sat down right beside Juvia.

"You shouldn't be crying for me." Gray commented.

"Juvia loves to have you here with her right now, but you probably don't want to be in the midst of her being a total wreck right now." Juvia commented.

"Come on, tell me what's wrong." Gray requested "I'm your boyfriend. I want to be there for you right now, but you need to let me in for me to do that."

Gray then held onto Juvia's hand and held it tightly to show his affection. Juvia then looked at Gray's face.

"Please…I'm not going to let you be alone." Gray requested "Why are you feeling this way right now?"

"It's because Juvia is afraid." Juvia answered "With everything that is being put upon her, Juvia has been freaking out and she doesn't want you to see her this way. In fact, Juvia didn't want to see herself this way either."

"What are you saying?" Gray asked.

Juvia then stood back up on her feet and Gray stood back on his feet.

"Juvia is afraid, okay." Juvia answered in a panicking voice "Everything that has happened has made her afraid."

"It's okay to be afraid." Gray replied "There's nothing wrong with being afraid."

"Juvia knows that you mean well, but she is worried that something bad is going to happen." Juvia replied back "She can't control the doubts that have come upon her."

Gray then hugged Juvia very softly and spoke with his mouth being at a considerable distance from her right ear.

"I know you're worried about what might happen between us in the future, but don't worry about it, because everything is going to be alright." Gray explained "I would never let anything bad happen to you."

"Why are you still so optimistic?" Juvia curiously asked "Juvia is about to have a newborn baby daughter soon. How can you still feel this way?"

"It's because I'm having a daughter with you." Gray answered "And there isn't anyone else who I'd want to be a father with."

"Do you mean what you're saying?" Juvia continued asking.

"Of course I do." Gray continued answering.

"How can Juvia believe you?" Juvia continued asking.

All of a sudden, Gray then kissed Juvia on the lips passionately while they were still in the pouring rain. As they continued kissing in the rain, Juvia suddenly felt happy again which caused the rain in their presence to slowly stop. Gray continued holding Juvia in their embrace even as they were still both soaking wet.

"You know, you're the only one who has made Juvia feel loved this way." Juvia explained "Juvia loves you very much."

"I love you too." Gray replied.

After they kissed each other, Gray and Juvia decided to walk back home together and during that time, Lucy talked to them as they walked by her.

"Hey Juvia, I'm sorry for what I've done before." Lucy explained "You're actually quite lucky."

"Thanks, and Juvia is sure that you are lucky too." Juvia replied.

Later that night, Gray took Juvia back to his home. While they were there, Juvia had laid herself down on the bed eating some chocolate. As Gray entered the room stripping down to his underwear, Juvia then put the chocolate back on the table beside her as Gray laid down right next to her.

"Juvia, I want you to stay with me." Gray said as he held onto Juvia's hand.

"Juvia will stay with you." Juvia replied.

As Gray had fallen asleep on the bed, Juvia moved his arms so that they were holding her body. Once Juvia positioned Gray's arms in her desired placement, she had proceeded to touch his body. Juvia gently touched Gray's chest and abdominal muscles which made her feel aroused as Juvia was admired by Gray's bodily form in all its beauty. Juvia continued to hold onto Gray as she was about to sleep right next to him.