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It hurts, it really hurts. Juvia's heart hurts, her chest constricted when those word fell to her ears. Gray-sama…why? Drip, drip, drop. The rain Juvia's so used to poured down onto her like the words he said: cold, relentless, without mercy. Why did this happen? Streams of tears came down Juvia's cheek as her legs were pressed up against her chest, chin gently nestled in between her knees. Am I not good enough? Gray-sama, what's so great about that woman?

It happened so suddenly, Juvia was sitting on a bench alone with a cake on her lap waiting for her beloved. She woke up early in the morning to bake the cake. Now, Gray-sama will be hers at last. She can just imagine it now: Gray-sama will come in; Juvia will present the cake, and then: "Ohh, Juvia! You can make such a great cake? You're truly the only one for me!" Gray-sama will sweep Juvia off her feet and into t—the Bridal Carry! "Juvia, let's get married" Ohh, Gray-sama, Juvia's face is all red just thinking of it, please come quickly. How many kids do you want? Five? Ten? Fifty? Doesn't matter, Juvia will answer to all your desires no matter how ambitious it is.

Then, it happened. Juvia's beloved walked in—shirtless as always—looking as handsome as ever, his muscles, those eyes…ahhh, steam is already coming off Juvia. Must calm down. Wait, l—love rival? Why is love rival clinging her arm to Gray-sama? And they look so happy, Juvia has never seen Gray-sama look so happy. It's not his birthday or is it 'Admire Gray-sama Day', nor is it 'Love Gray-sama Day'. So why? Juvia stared at love rival with hate for her growing with each step the two took. They were at the centre of guild before Gray-sama finally said something. "Guys, we got an announcement to make." Gray-sama locked hands with love rival, stared intimately into her eyes, filled with love, passion, nothing he ever looked at Juvia before. And she stared back with the same expression, with the same intensity "Me and Lucy are…in a relationship."

Juvia was shocked. In the thunderous cheers and claps, Juvia only remembered rushing towards Gray-sama, cake in hand and presenting it to him.

"G—Gray-sama, here, I baked a cake for you. It has all of Juvia's feelings in it, please accept—"

"I can't." He replied quickly.

"W—why?"

"I'm with Lucy, that's why."

"At least try to—" Gray-sama knocked the cake out of Juvia's hands, sending it to the ground. All those hours, ingredients, lessons from Mira-san, fell to the floor with a dull splat. Juvia looked into Gray-sama's eyes, they were full of shock and regret.

"Juvia, I'm really sorry, but I'm not interested in a relationship with you. I don't ask much favours from you so, consider this my last." Gray-sama bit his lips. "Please understand and don't go after me anymore. Also, I'm really sorry about the cake, I promise to make it up for you." He gave me one last smile before moving his eyes away from me. Out of desperation and hoping it was just a cruel joke. Juvia grabbed Gray-sama's arm. His response was kissing love rival right in front of Juvia. He also said something else but, Juvia couldn't hear it. Her heart was pounding in pain, Juvia gripped her chest to ease it, only to make it worse. So Juvia ran. Faster than Juvia thought she could, Juvia ran, accidently trampling on her feelings. Juvia slipped, the pain from her fall was nothing compared to Juvia's broken heart. After Juvia picked herself up, Juvia ran once more, tears finally flowing from her eyes and screaming into the darkening sky. Drip, drip, drop.

Sitting beside a lake, Juvia wept, hoping to carry away her feeling for Gray-sama. But it didn't. The tears only made it worse. Screaming helped a little, until juvia's throat hurt with each passing breath she took, then it only tore through Juvia's body. Juvia didn't even feel this bad when Bora left her. Juvia felt weak, her legs were numb, and her arms were shaking. At least the rain made it so Juvia can't see her ugly face, even if its pelting Juvia like icicles. Icicles…Gray-sama. Juvia screamed again, coughed at the pain and screamed again. This cycle repeated. Finally, the pain in Juvia's throat is starting to overide out the pain in her heart, so Juvia stopped.

Juvia sat there for a long time, the water level reached up to her shin. Maybe the water can carry Juvia away. It's her just deserts for attempting at love again. Juvia was so foolish as to…

Perhaps Juvia should just die, Juvia is just making thing worse for the people around her. Juvia spotted a dead bee, wings wet. It couldn't get to shelter in time and was drowned by Juvia's rain. Juvia caused this, she really is a monster. Juvia should just—

"Happy, wanna see who gets the biggest fish?"

"Aye sir!" Juvia turned to the voice and saw Natsu-san holding a beach umbrella in his right hand. On his left, he was holding two fishing poles and a bucket with a few worms climbing over the lip of it. Perched on the dragon slayer shoulder, was his blue cat friend which, was using a bucket as a hat.

"Whoever loses will have to go into Erza's room and sign her bed with a marker."

"We'll die!"

"No way! You will," Natsu-san flashed a cocky grin. "I'm gonna win this!"

"Then I'll catch a fish so big that you'll have to help me reel it in."

"I help you every time!" Natsu-san claimed.

"Only on the fish that's bigger than me!" Happy countered.

"That's all of them!"

"No, it's not!" The two friends butted head for a while and somehow manage to not notice Juvia, which wasn't far from them. Natsu-san decided to drop their argument by stabbing the umbrella in the ground, set up bait on the hooks and handed a fishing poles to Happy. Happy scooped some water into the bucket and placed it near the umbrella. The two casted their hooks and propped the poles to a rock before sitting down on some grass that Natsu dried.

"By the way, I thought we still had some fish back home."

"I ate it all."

"What?" Natsu-san looked hurt and angry at the same time. "Why didn't you save some for me?"

"You're the one that woke up so late, it's already one in the afternoon!" That surprised Juiva. Juvia has been crying for six hours?

"It's not my fault that my brain told me to sleep for so long."

"Liar, you don't even have a brain"

"What was that ya bastard?"

"It's the truth, everyone thinks so. Right Juvia?" Happy-san moved the ball to my court. Wait, he noticed Juvia?

"What are you talking abou— Juvia!? When were you here!?" Having just noticed Juvia, Natsu-san shot up from his seat.

"Seeeeee, you are stupid, you can't even spot Juvia when she's a few steps away!"

"Only this one time I was stupid!"

"What about when you forgot to get off the train?"

"I was sick!"

"The train stopped!"

"Erza's punch got me better than I thought!"

"Liar!" Juvia could only watch and see the two friends got into each other's faces over the dumbest things. The two were panting by the time they finished their banter, not even a single tug on either of the fishing lines during this. How absurd. Yet, it was that absurdity that brought Juvia back to a better place.

"Natsu-san, Happy-san, thank you."

"Why?" "What for?" They said at the same time.

"For cheering me up."

"But me and Happy didn't do anything."

"Yeah, Natsu was just being Natsu."

"What do you mean by that?" Natsu-san was about start another war but sighed and sat back down. "Juvia, who hurt you?" Natsu's eye became serious. Juvia seen it before when his friends were harmed. Juvia is his friend? Juvia shook her head and put on a wry smile.

"Juvia did." Natsu what silent; confused, but silent. "Juvia pestered Gray-sama when he already has lov—Lucy-san. So Gray-sama shot Juvia down."

"Juvia…" Happy-san dug into his bag and pulled out a blue fish. "want a fish? It'll make you feel better."

"Hey Happy, you said we ran out of fish."

"This one is my snack."

"You greedy bastard, first you eat all the fish, then you hide some from me!?"

"Yup." The cat deadpanned. "Ignore Natsu Juvia, he's just hungry."

"What do you mean 'just'? I'm starving here!" Juvia helplessly watched Natsu roll around moaning for food like a child.

"Happy-san, Juvia thinks you should give the fish to Natsu, it seems like he needs it more than Juvia does." Natsu-san appeared in front of me suddenly sporting a smile that suits children more.

"Really?" Natsu-san looked at Juvia hopefully.

"Yes, Juvia isn't hungry."

"Hear that Happy? Now hand over the fish."

"Aye." Natsu-san tossed the fish in the air; blasted it with a torrent of flames; and swallowed it whole.

"Thanks, you saved my life Juvia."

"Natsu-san is exaggerating things, it's just a fish."

"Never mind that, come over here."

"Ehh?"

"It's better to sit under an umbrella right?" Natsu-san threw a smile that was impossible to reject at Juvia. Reluctantly, Juvia sat next to Natsu-san on the right with Happy-san on the left. When did the rain get smaller?

"Sorry. Because of Juvia, Natsu-san had to bring an umbrella."

"It's not that big of deal, I was already carrying some stuff." Natsu-san grabbed his fishing pole and reeled in a fish the size of a finger. He growled in disappointment and threw the fish back in the lake. Happy-san seemed to have the same problem.

"Aye. Besides, Natsu is strong." Juvia heard Natsu-san hook splash back in the water as she stared into the ripples it created.

"Not everyone is like that Natsu-san, people hate the rain, it messes things up for everyone."

"Then you just have to be happy right?"

"It's not that sim—"

"No it is. There is no point in looking so deeply, you'll only cloud yourself by doing that. If you're sad, find a way cheer up, if you're happy, keep being happy, use what you have. And if you can't find it alone, your family is always there for you. We'll support you, that's what a family is—that's what Fairy Tail is." Natsu-san for once has an expression that is hard to read. A mixture of melancholy and relief. He was looking at his fishing float bob up and down. Yet, it's like we're not seeing the same thing.

"Natsu, I bet you just stole that from master didn't you? There's no way you came up with that on your own." Happy-san snickered, shrugging his shoulders to exaggerate.

"S—shut up, I can be smart too." Natsu-san pouted at his companion's accusations.

"Whether Natsu-san stole it or not, it really helped me. So, thank you Natsu-san. Although, I agree with Happy-san." Suddenly, Happy-san and Natsu-san high-fived. "What happened?"

"You finally—" Happy-san started.

"Smiled" Natsu-san finished.

"Were you two fighting on purpose?"

"Nope." "Yup." Another fight started.

"Natsu! It's obvious that was to cheer Juvia up."

"Well you tell me the plan beforehand."

"How should I know that she was unhappy?"

"You're my partner aren't you? You should've known."

"Don't be unreasonable! This is why people think you're an idiot."

"What was that? Say it one more time, I dare you!"

"Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stuuuuupid."

"Now you've done it. I'm gonna—" Natsu-san didn't get to finish as he turned his focus to Juvia that was laughing at their antics. Juvia couldn't see anything, she was rolling on the ground with tears coming out of her eyes. Juvia's throat still hurts but, the feeling in Juvia's heart is covering it up.

"Happy?"

"What?" Natsu-san grinned.

"Quest complete!" They high-fived once more.

"Aye!" Somehow, both of them did something that Juvia thinks to be impossible. Juvia opened her eyes, only to close them because something bright stung Juvia's eyes. The sun is back! And in plain sight, was a huge rainbow. The gloomy forest now had a golden sheen to it. Leaves scattered away the last bits of water and took in sunlight with joy.

"As always, a forest that just had rain is the prettiest." Natsu-san commented. "Who would've thought huh? Gray and Lucy."

"Natsu! We worked so hard to—"

"It's fine Happy-san, I need to get over it. And if I can't do it alone, I always have my family right?"

"Aye sir!" The blue cat's smile contorted into shock and pointed to two fishing poles in the middle of the lake. "The fish!"

"My food!" Natsu complained. Juvia dove into the lake and in no time, grabbed both fishing poles before using magic to send whatever that was caught into the air. Two fish that was twice of Juvia's height rocketed out of the water.

"Water Slicer!" Two streaks of water struck the airborne fishes and sent them back to Natsu-san and Happy-san with a satisfying thud. "Juvia got the fishes back."

""Ju—Juvia, that was cool!""

"Ehh?"

"If it was Natsu, he would've just blasted the lake away and ruined everything."

"I have more control than that Happy."

"Then why do you destroy everything when we go on a quest?"

"They pissed me off."

"You have no control then!"

"I do!"

"Ummm…Natsu-san, I caught the fishes right?"

"Yeah, why do you ask?"

"That means Juvia won the bet." Happy-san face just had horror plastered all over his face. While Natsu-san was as clueless as ever.

"What are you…" Juvia felt her smile get bigger, whereas Natsu-san's face got paler. "W—wait, J—Juiva you weren't apart of the deal, it was just between Happy and me. That's why it doesn't count."

"Natsu-san," Juvia began sternly. "it's too late to make excuses. You two have to go in Erza-san's room and sign her bed."

"P—please, we'll do anything."

"Anything?"

"Yes…"

"Then…" Juvia took in a deep breath for effect. "bring Juvia a fishing pole next time." They were dazed at first, then Natsu-san gave Juvia the biggest smile she had ever seen.

"Sure."

"Natsu-san, Happy-san: thank you for everything." Juvia said as she left for home, waving at the two idiots.

"Come back anytime." Natsu-san returned, keeping that charming smile of his. Juvia soon couldn't see the lake and got back on a proper pavement. Natsu-san and Happy-san answered many of my trouble. However, one question was still unanswered: Was Natsu-san always this handsome?

That's my first story submitted to this website, and what a fun one!(Juvia is an interesting character to write a first-person-perspective story on)

I hope that you enjoyed it, please give me your thoughts e.g. How well I portrayed the characters, the writing(was there too much dialogue and not enough description)

On the side note, after reading lots of things on this website, it finally made me want to write my own. Hopefully I didn't make Gray seem too cruel. I tried to make the rejection that makes a bit more sense for someone that grew up in such a bubbly guild.

I'm keeping this story incomplete for now, it'll depend on if people want to see more of this story. I tried to make the ending satisfying but still had a sense of incompleteness that lets people to spin off from here. But if do want to see more, you might have to wait so I can gather some ideas. If not, I'll just put an epilogue and wrap things up.

That's it from me! Hope you enjoy and i'm eager for your feedback.