A/N: This is a request from the ask meme I made at tumblr and this is how I interpret the song. Honestly, when I listen to this song all I see is really sweaty, really hot and rough Gruvia motel sex. But this writer here is very inexperienced when it comes to writing downright smut so this is all you get from me. lol. So there, read at your own risk. ;)

DISCLAIMER: The names Gray Fullbuster and Juvia Lockser belongs to Japanese Illustrator Hiro Mashime as part of his manga series Fairy Tail. The song used and mentioned in this fiction belongs to its rightful owner/s. All other characters and circumstances appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

4th of July

Song: 4th of July by Fall Out Boy
Rating: M
Requested by: Anonymous
Requested at: Tumblr

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I said I'd never miss you
But I guess you never know
May the bridges I have burned light my way back home
On the fourth of July

A long cry of awe echoed throughout the city of New York. The crowd had gathered in places, hotel rooftops and any other elevated spaces that offered the best view of the annual fireworks display over the Hudson River. An overwhelming pride and love for the country had flooded the hearts of every American as the firework display boomed and lighted up the New York skyline. But unlike the patriotic pyrotechnic display, the overwhelming feeling did not fade out in crackles.

A group of fireworks shot up straight to the sky before shattering into thousands of sparks. Another set spiraled up before exploding with a brilliant light. The luminous display reached one of the dark rooms in the Marriot Hotel.

~***Not Safe For Work-ish*** ~

A soft glow of red, probably from a dying firework, casted a shadow on the face of the man moving above Juvia. She caressed the side that the light did not reach and traced the silhouette that formed on the man's face. He welcomed it by brushing his cheeks against the warmth of her palm as he continued to rock both their worlds.

"I'm sorry but I want more."

The man leaned closer in an attempt to close the small gap in between them. They were so close that he could feel her warm breath against his flushed skin. It felt so good for him that he wanted to return the favor. So the dark-haired man lifted Juvia's leg and rested it against his shoulder, angling their bodies to get maximum pleasure, just as she wanted.

"Gray–hah."

Juvia cried as the man named Gray hit the sweetest spot of her entire being. He continued his assault, driving the blue-haired woman out of her mind. Her newly painted nails dug into his bare skin, making Gray feel both pain and pleasure at the same time. And oh how much he liked it.

"Gray!"

Her lover matched her every moan with sharp breaths. They both lost themselves in the intoxicating union of their bodies. Juvia did not mind missing the first half of the spectacular show outside the four walls of the Marriot suite even if the reason for renting the expensive room was to have a better view of the Fourth of July fireworks display.

"GRAY!"

No. Gray Fullbuster working to please her, to quench her thirst for him and to appease his hunger for her was far better and more spectacular than anything else compared.

"GRAAAAY!"

Juvia threw her arms around her lover's neck and pulled him closer against her, desperate for the contact as she waited for the first wave of her orgasm to pass. She clung to him; her stifled cries of pleasure driving the woman's lover to his peak. Gray picked up his pace, driving into her, slamming against her in a primal need to answer that pleasurable ache plaguing them during those torturous months they were not together. The second orgasm tore off her in a hard and satisfying way.

~***End of Not Safe For Work-ish*** ~

The second half of the firework display brightened the dark July sky. The night had not gone yet. Juvia leaned on the balcony railing. She pulled her hotel robe tighter around her body before she wrapped her arms around her form. How long were they going to keep this up? Meeting up in hotels in secret and basking in the thrill and gratification of their forbidden moments. She gasped in surprise when a pair of strong arms trapped her between her lover's body and the railing. Gray enveloped her in a warm embrace that made her heart flutter. He buried his face against her neck and planted soft kisses on the place where the neck meets the shoulder.

"A penny for your thoughts?"

Juvia's eyes shut instinctively. She tilted her head on the side to afford her lover more access. He knew her too well. He knew her body too well. He knew what ticked her and angered her and saddened her and what made her open up to him like a flower. But she could never understand Gray.

One moment he was an untamed beast, ravaging her in the most visceral and sensuous way that drove her wild. He slammed her back against the wall and left love marks on her lonely skin the first time they met again today. Then he would act like a gentle lover whose breath depended on her existence. A familiar sadness tugged on her heart. Juvia would never fully understand Gray. He was a riddle she would never figure out.

"Isn't it time to go back to your wife?"

Juvia could not hide the acid in her voice. Just the thought of Gray doing the things he did to and with her with another woman smashed her heart into a thousand pieces.

"Hmm… Maybe." He answered distractedly.

Gray nipped on Juvia's soft skin. Stopping only to answer her then going back to what he was doing. His expert hands did not stay idle either. They roamed her body beneath the robe and explored the most sensitive places that he knew rocked her whole being.

Juvia felt a jolt of pleasure travel down her spine. Her married lover bit a lump of her soft skin and run his tongue over the bruised area while his hands never stopped staking a claim on every inch of her body. If this was his way to apologize for the difficult position he put her in then he was forgiven.

"Isn't she even looking for you?"

"Can we stop talking about her now? I'm kinda busy here."

Gray made his way up, traced the fold of her ear and nibbled on her lobe, knowing it's the only way to end this topic he had no interest in discussing. But Juvia wouldn't stay down. She bit the moan that threatened to escape her lips and voiced the sentiment that touched a sore spot in him.

"Well, it's your fault for getting married."

Gray sighed, succumbing to his defeat, and withdrew his arms from underneath her robe.

"Alright. Let's just watch the fireworks now, okay?"

He pulled her closer against him and tightened his arms around her. She could not see it as she had her back on him but this romantic position they were in painted a big smile of great satisfaction on his face. He wished she would feel it too. Maybe next year, when they reunite again under the illuminated sky of Fourth of July.

It was the fourth of July
You and I were,
You and I were fire, fire fireworks
That went off too soon
And I miss you and the jungle too

Author's Note

That's probably the most angsty Gruvia I have ever written so far. Hihi. A penny for your thoughts, readers?

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