This fic is dedicated to my favorite couple on their special day! I got inspired by the matching Gruvia covers from chapter 58 & 59 of 100 years quest, that I just had to write :) I hope everyone had an amazing Gruvia Day 2020! 3

Dance The Night Away

Preparing himself for the evening, Gray stood by the mirror, making finishing touches to his outfit, he adjusted his black bow tie so it wouldn't be oblique.

Tonight was not going to be like any other for Fairy Tail, no. Because in honor of Queen Hisui's birthday, she was hosting a ball at the royal palace in Crocus and Fairy Tail had gotten an invitation as her majesty's honorable guests.

Gray was never really a big fan of big and fancy parties, but he guessed it wasn't too bad to appear on special occasions only. At least he got to see and spend more time with a particular water mage.

The sudden thought of Juvia made Gray's cheeks flush red, redder than Erza's scarlet hair. He started thinking about things like what she would wear tonight. A beautiful smile, that was Gray certain of. Once the blunette was on his mind, he was doomed and could not stop thinking about her. Oh who was he kidding, it was game over for him from the beginning. Because she always appeared on his mind. Especially after the day she almost… Gray lightly slapped himself on the cheeks to shake the awful memory from his thoughts. No sad thoughts tonight!

When Gray was all dressed up in his big boy fancy pantsy clothes and ready to go, he headed downstairs to the hotel lobby to wait for his guild mates. After a few minutes of waiting, that seemed like hours for Gray, all the mages of Fairy Tail had gathered but when everyone started walking outside Gray noticed someone was missing. Someone really important.

''Hey Natsu, have you seen Juvia?'' Gray asked his best friend, his eyes searching for the brunette in the room. He wasn't aware of the smirk that appeared on Natsu's lips after getting the question.

''Oh, Lucy and Juvia weren't ready yet, so they let me know that they will join us later'' Natsu shrugged. ''Girls am I right?'''' He shook his head, not understanding why girls always took so long to get ready.

Gray let out a sigh. If he was completely honest, he couldn't help but be a little upset about that. Of course he knew, they would see each other eventually but somehow… he just didn't want to wait.

He looked back one last time but when she still hadn't shown up, he caught up with Natsu and his other guild mates.

At the palace, Gray was bored. He had already tried anything and everything to get to get the time pass and for her to arrive faster but it didn't help at all, so of course he had gotten very impatient. Where the hell was his woman?

''Lucy!'' Gray heard Natsu call the celestial mage's name.

Lucy? Then that had to mean…

Gray had never turned around so fast in his life. And at that moment, when Gray saw her, he swore he forgot how to breathe. And who else had that effect on him, except for one person?

There stood Juvia, on top of the imperial staircase, in a long light blue butterfly embellished ballgown with a plunging neckline which revealed her big but beautiful breasts. She really looked like an angel sent from the heaven's so she was most certainly forgiven for keeping him waiting all this time.

Gray was so taken aback by Juvia's beauty that it took him a few moments to realize that their eyes were glued to each other. They might not have stood close to each other, but Gray could clearly see her big smile she gave him. She had the most beautiful smile and she could light up the whole world with it. Most important, she lit up his world.

When Juvia had walked down the stairs and reached the floor, Gray was confused as to why she broke eye contact and didn't walk up to him. Did he do something? Did he hurt her? Did she hate him? Was she no longer in love with him? Had she already given up on him?

All these bad thoughts started to pop up in his mind and they scared the crap out of him. He was supposed to get stronger for her so he could always protect her and be by her side. Was he really too late?

An hour had passed and Gray was getting really worried at this point. To think his Juvia hadn't talked to her Gray-Sama even after that long, was so not like her at all and he hated it. But what about him? Why couldn't he be the one to do it for once? Thank goodness that Erza approach him and interrupted Gray from his crazy thoughts.

''Gray''

''I didn't do anything!'' Gray jumped, obviously scared because he thought Erza was going to give him a piece of her mind for whatever he had done.

''Go talk to her''

''H-huh?!''

''Juvia. Go talk to her''

''W-what are you saying-''

''Now'' And with that, she was already gone and joined Jellal on the dance floor.

It wasn't much but somehow those very few words she had said to him had given him a big confident boost. He didn't know why nor how but it was like suddenly, his whole body was filled with courage. Plus it was Erza so there was no way he would disobey her or else he knew, she would have his head.

Gray looked outside, towards the sakura garden and he found Juvia standing there all by herself. He was going to make her company and he was going to do it now.

He took a deep breath before making his way up to her.

''Hey''

The water mage turned around and looked a bit surprised by his sudden appearance.

''Oh, Good evening, Gray-Sama!'' She replied with a soft smile and went back to looking at the sakura trees with admiration. After a little silence Juvia spoke again.

''The sakura trees weren't here the last time we were here. Aren't they beautiful?''

''Yeah… you are'' That had taken him all the courage that was inside him but he really meant it so he didn't regret saying it. He wanted her to know. He wanted her to know everything.

''Gray-Sama?'' She looked at him as a question mark like she didn't understand what he had just said.

''Juvia. I said you're beautiful'' He said again, reassuring her that she had indeed heard him correctly. But he couldn't look straight into her big ocean orbs that time. ''So I was wondering if maybe… you would like to have this dance?'' He extended his hand out for her to accept, his other hand was on the back of his head. But when she didn't respond as fast as Gray thought and hoped she would, he had to look at her to see if everything was okay.

All of a sudden, sakura petals were falling from the trees, making Juvia's cheeks match them. Holding her hands up to her chest, Juvia's face lit up. Looked like Gray didn't have to worry, after all.

''Juvia thought you'd never ask, Gray-Sama'' She let out a little giggle as she accepted his hand, as he then placed a small peck on the back of it and led her to the dance floor.

When they reached the dance floor, Juvia put her hand on Gray's shoulder and Gray put his on her waist. Their other hands were still holding each other, not letting go. They started swinging slowly, following the playing music, from the royal orchestra.

They stayed in silence, no one saying a word but their eyes never left each other so it really made up for the non small talk. After the song ended Gray didn't expect for Juvia let go of him so soon. She looked at him and made a small curtsy.

''Thank you so much for dancing with me, Gray-Sama'' She thanked him and started exiting the dance floor but she didn't get far until she felt a pair of strong arms around her.

''G-Gray-Sama?!''

''Just…just a little longer'' He had her in a tight, yet gentle embrace and he was not planning on letting her go.

''Juvia is so happy, Gray-Sama'' She said as she hugged him back lovingly.

''Me too''

A little longer turned out to be the whole night.