I don't know if this story turned out that good, but anyway. I hope you like it and enjoy, have fun. Comment what you think and give me the feedback. This is very important.


Back at the hotel, everyone went to their room to rest. The night had been intense and they were too tired to talk about anything other than a good night 's sleep.

The next day, early in the morning , around noon, they met in Cana and Gray's room. The night before, Cana hadn't been able to say what she'd discovered, as by the time they left the bar, she was too drunk to say anything.

Juvia and Gajeel were sitting on the bed that belonged to Gray. He and Cana were sitting on the other bed, facing Juvia and Gajeel.

"I hope you haven't forgotten what you found out," Gajeel said to the brunette.

"You do not know me. I don't forget anything." Cana looked at him seriously.

"No, he's right. I hope you haven't forgotten, seeing how you looked last night," Gray told her friend frowning.

"Gray, you traitor! How can you!?", Cana said indignantly like her friend. "And put on some clothes"

Gray looked down at himself and saw he was only wearing boxers. Juvia looked at him blushing and with desire at the same time. He walked out of the room picking up the clothes he'd thrown away, sitting back down as soon as he was dressed. Gajeel looked at him with disapproval and disgust.

"Let's stop stalling. You want to tell us what you've discovered at once!" Gajeel said gruffly.

"Gajeel-kun!", Juvia scolded him. "Don't be harsh with our friends. Juvia is sure Cana-san found something useful", Gajeel looked at him sideways and clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"Thank you Juvia, you are sweet. Apparently you're the only one who supports me around here," she said looking straight at Gray.

"That's because she doesn't know you," replied the ice mage.

"Ouch! This is already your second stab in my poor heart", Cana put her hand on her chest, feigning pain. "I don't know if I can take it anymore." Gray rolled his eyes.

Juvia looked at her worriedly and jumped up and grabbed Cana by the shoulders. "Cana-san is having a heart attack!", she said desperately and started shaking her. "Juvia needs to do something! Gray-sama call a doctor, Gajeel- kun give CPR resuscitation. Sorry Cana- san, but Juvia's first kiss is reserved for Gray-sama only. She can't touch her lips to anyone else," she turned around and screamed. "Hurry up Gajeel-kun, Cana-san is leaving us!"

"Calm down woman!", shouted Gajeel, who had to grab Juvia by the waist and pull her back. "She was just faking it! What's going on in that hollow head of yours, you madwoman!"

Gray looked at her in astonishment, but he had to admit he couldn't have been surprised by Juvia's behavior. He already knew her well enough to know that she was crazy and over the top.

"Stay calm, Juvia. Cana is just kidding, isn't she?" Gray said trying to calm the water mage.

Juvia looked between Gajeel and Gray thoughtfully and then focused her attention on Cana, who was trying to compose herself after the bluenett's attack. "Is Cana-san okay?" she asked worriedly.

"Yea. I mean, I think I am, even after you, Juvia", replied the brunette. Juvia calmed down and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't scare Juvia like that," she pouted.

Gray blushed seeing her. He thought she really was too cute at times. As soon as this thought came to his mind she shook her head, trying to get rid of those ideas, but whenever he saw her he felt the same thing.

"Can we now talk about what matters?", said Gajeel, tired of all that delay.

"Well, if you want to know so badly…" Cana shrugged. "Looks like the pack we're after is big. They didn't just attack this region, but all around it as well. Cities, banks and anywhere they can get something of value."

"So we're not just after wine thieves ," Gray concluded.

"No. From what I've found they have several branches of activity. Some attack farms, others attack banks and cities. There are those who make victims traders and travelers. I heard about kidnappings and extortion too."

"They have to be very organized to be able to do all this", concluded Juvia.

"Some of those men at the bar told me they have a strong leader. I couldn't figure out if it was a mage or something. But to keep so many thugs in line, weak he must not be."

"If this leader is a mage, we have to be careful. There's no way of knowing what kind of magic he might use," said Gajeel thoughtfully.

"If we all attack, I don't think we will have any problems. Juvia and Gajee-kun have already faced many enemies that we were unaware of their magic and we always won", the water mage said. "Just one won't be a problem"

"Gihihi! Rain woman is right. I just hope he's strong and not a weakling. I 've been waiting for a challenge for some time now", the Dragon Slayer said confidently, their eyes red.

"Anyway, we also don't know the number of enemies we're going to face," Gray mused. "Even if they're not mages, a lot of enemies can end up complicating things."

"But we have no alternative," said Cana. "We have to go anyway"

All four were thoughtful for a moment.

"Anyone have any ideas?" Gajeel asked.

Gray and Cana looked at each other and smiled. "Attack and improvise," Gray said.

"Haha! Just like old times, huh Gray," Cana said smiling.

Cana and Gray greeted each other with their own greeting. Gajeel and Juvia watched in astonishment as the two got along, they didn't have their own greeting. The card mage and ice mage were so focused on themselves that they forgot about the other two.

Gajeel cleared his throat, drawing their attention. "Look, it's fine with me to attack and improvise. I like that, but we have to know where these idiots are ," he said.

"Oh yes!" said Cana, remembering to tell her where their hiding place was. "Apparently they are on an abandoned farm in a valley. It's a few kilometers from here. The region has been taken over by the forest in recent decades, making access difficult".

"Look like the ideal place to hide", Juvia commented.

"Truth. Now that we know everything, we can't waste any more time. The sooner we get this over with, the better," Gray said.

"What are we waiting for?", Gajeel jumped up, but his stomach growled and he blushed in embarrassment. "We can go out after we've had something to eat."

At what he said, everyone's stomachs rumbled the same way. They agreed to have lunch and then go to the bandits' hideout.

"But first…Grey, clothes," Cana warned.

"Filth!"


The mages were walking through what appeared to be a young and very dense forest, for miles they went up and down hills, one after the other. After they had lunch, they went to the place that Cana identified by looking on a map and that would be the bandits' hideout. Walking for a few hours, they expected to be reaching their destination, since none of them was in the mood to continue walking in that infernal forest.

"Juvia thinks she saw something," she says. The water mage walked ahead of the group and stopped at the top of a cliff.

"Please say it's the goddamn base of these idiot thugs," Gajeel said.

"Juvia believes so. Down below she can see a mansion amidst the trees."

Gray stood beside her and looked down. He can see a large house, in disrepair, but still standing. The mansion was located in what appeared to be a tree-covered valley. The mages were at the top of a cliff that was no more than 15 to 30 meters high and without an easy place for them to descend.

"Yes, it seems like the right place," Gray commented. "Very well Juvia", she blushed.

Cana and Gajeel looked at and saw the same as Gray and Juvia.

"Any ideas?" asked Gajeel.

"I could make a ladder, but all these trees will get in the way," Gray replied.

"It's not that big of a fall for a mage ," Cana said.

"You want us to jump down there!" Gajeel said.

"The noise would draw attention. There must be an easy way out somewhere. We just have to look for it", said Juvia and everyone looked at her and agreed with the idea.

The mages searched and it didn't take long to find a route up the cliff. Silently they descended and made their way through the trees until they approached the mansion. As far as they could see, there was no one on watch, and Gajeel could hear many voices inside. Sneaking around, they scoured their surroundings, looking for any entrance, trying their best to avoid attracting attention. The surprise factor was on their side. The only entrance and the one everyone agreed on was the front door, the back door was locked.

Gray approached Cana. "I break down the door and you attack them with the letters, as usual."

"Obvious! But this place is huge, how are we going to do it?", asked Cana.

"I'll take the upstairs and you'll take the downstairs. Anyone who escapes me, you take them down and I evade reinforcements against you," Gray said.

"Yes, yes, perfect. Good plan"

Gajeel cleared his throat, drawing the attention of the two mages. That they had, again, forgotten that two other mages were with him.

"Sorry to bother, but we're here too," Gajeel said.

"Oh, it was bad. We're so used to working with just the two of us that we've forgotten about you," Cana said with a tight laugh.

"Gray-sama forgot and Juvia?", she said with watery eyes and with a face of a forsaken dog .

"Ah… Sorry. Juvia. Like Cana said, force of habit." Gray scratched the back of his head regretfully.

"Tsh! Forget it. I think you two should take the downstairs and Juvia and I take the upper floor. I may have a lot of people in there."

Cana and Gray looked at each other and agreed to Gajeel's plan. They stood in front of the door. Despite being a dilapidated house, the front door was reinforced, those bandits weren't stupid, but nothing a mage couldn't destroy. Gray started to freeze the door and in an instant it broke.

Cana and Juvia were the first to attack. Cana threw explosive cards to all sides while Juvia took down one by one the frightened bandits, who were closest.

"Come on Juvia!", Gajeel called her running up the stairs. Juvia followed him, even though she wanted to stay by Gray's side, who stayed by Cana's side fighting and cleaning the lower floor of the mansion.

Gray froze, one after another, the bandits who tried to attack him and those who tried to flee. As numerous as they were, they were no match for the ice mage. Cana, with her letters, was not far behind. She hit numerous enemies incapacitating them. The chemistry of years was evident in the pair, in which one watched and took care of the other's rear. Room by room, the pair cleared out thieves.

Gajeel and Juvia, upstairs, weren't having any problems with the enemies they encountered. Gajeel easily knocked out each of them and Juvia, with his water magic, effectively drowned them. They also had a good rapport from ancient times and didn't have to worry about each other. They knew what each one was going to do and always protected themselves.

Juvia took down some bad guys with a jet of water, it looked like things had calmed down and she sighed heavily.

"Is there a problem, rain woman?", asked Gajeel, finished knocking out his opponents.

Juvia is fine, Gajeel-kun. Don't worry"

"Of course it is. Come on woman, say it soon", he insisted.

Juvia sighed again. "You've seen how Gray-sama and Cana-san are. They look so good with each other. Juvia thinks that she will never have the same kind of relationship with Gray-sama as Cana-san. He even forgot that Juvia was on the mission and went more than once."

Why did he have to ask, thought Gajeel. He was never good at comforting anyone, especially a sad, depressed girl. "Listen Juvia… They've known each other for, I don't know… years. It is natural that they are intertwined, more than we can imagine. But they must be just friends. I mean, they said it themselves."

The blue haired woman looked at him hopefully, but then the sadness hit her again. "Thanks for trying, Gajeel-kun. But she thinks she won't be able to approach Gray-sama like Cana-san or the Rival of Love."

If there was one thing the Dragon Slayer didn't like, it was seeing a girl sad, especially being his friend. He sighed and placed his hand on top of her head. "I don't know what you saw in that idiot, but you're not one to give up that easily", Juvia smiled.

It was at that moment that they heard a loud sound from downstairs and screams.

"I think we have to leave that for later Juvia," said Gajeel. Juvia waved and the two ran to see what was happening.


"GRAAYY!" yelled Cana, being swung over the head of a gigantic muscular man.

The ice mage was lying on the ground and trying to get up with difficulty. He saw that monster throw Cana near where he was, smashing some furniture that was in that room.

"Cana! Cana, are you okay?" Gray yelled worriedly.

"Yes... Yes, I am", she replied, holding her left arm and feeling pain. "I think we found the leader"

"I think so"

That tall man with a macabre smile looked at them, thirsty for blood.

"Let's go," he said and Gray and he and Cana attacked him. Gray used his 'Ice Geyser' technique and the brunette played explosive cards. But that guy put up a barrier of earth preventing him from being hit. As they predicted, the pack leader was a mage and not weak.

With a movement of the hand , a column of rock formed and went towards them, trying to hit them. With agility, the two Fairy Tail mages jumped aside. However, that column split in two and started chasing both mages, trying to corner them in a corner. When there was no way out, they were close to being hit. However, Cana was saved by Gajeel who cut the column with his metal sword and Gray was saved by Juvia who similarly cut the rock column with the ' Water . Slicer ', hers.

"Is that monster the leader?" asked Gajeel, startled.

"And it's not weak," replied Cana.

"Gray-sama is hurt", Juvia noticed the blood on his arm, and looked at him with concern.

"It's not a big deal. He's the one we have to worry about," he was referring to the gigantic leader of the pack.

A loud, hoarse, frighteningly devilish laugh came out of that huge guy's mouth. "Two more birds for me to squash. They don't want to come and play," he threw stone stakes in all directions.

Fairy Tail's mages did their best to dodge. Juvia wasn't hit, her body of water gave her the advantage and Gajeel could protect himself by covering himself with metal. But Gray and Cana were helpless. The ice shield wasn't strong enough to stop the stakes, and Cana lacked defensive magic.

Juvia was infuriated to see Gray being hit and screamed in pain, falling to the ground. He was going to get hit, but her water destroyed the stakes, surprising everyone, including the leader, who couldn't help but smile.

"You hurt my precious Gray-sama. Now Juvia is going to hurt you", she looked at him with an angry and mad expression.

"Ah... Ju... Juvia!", Gray said scared with her.

"Don't worry Gray-sama. Juvia won't let anything happen to you", she said and ran towards the monster.

The barriers he placed in front of him were useless, Juvia was able to break them down with ease. As she advanced, he retreated. All the projectiles he fired were ineffective. The water mage hit him with waves and waves of water, tossing him from side to side, until he was thrown out of the mansion through the walls. Juvia, imposing, stood in front of him.

"No one hurts my Gray," she said menacingly.

Smiling, with blood in his mouth and bruises all over his body, he put his hands on the ground and, in the blink of an eye, he caught the water mage's feet, caught by surprise.

"What are you going to do now, little bird?", he was about to attack her, when explosions hit him. Then ice spears threw him back.

Cana and Gray came and began to simultaneously attack the enemy. Gajeel appeared soon after and freed Juvia, breaking the rock shackles that held her.

"All together!" shouted Cana.

The four mages used their spells, all at once against the pack leader. When that colossal amount of magic hit him, it caused a gigantic explosion, destroying most of the place. As soon as the dust had settled, they saw him lying passed out in a crater.

"I think we exaggerated a bit," said Cana.

"Do you think?" Gajeel said looking at the destruction.

Juvia was on top of Gray looking at him worriedly and analyzing his whole body. "Is Gray-sama hurt? Don't worry, Juvia will take care of him."

"I… I'm fine, Juvia. Don't worry," Gray said awkwardly.

The mages notified the authorities and returned to the city. Juvia insisted on putting the bandages and bandages on Gray. Despite the initial refusal he didn't have the strength to deny it anymore, even more so after the crying expression she made. After they had a nice shower they went out to celebrate their victory and went back to sleep. The next day they went to Samuel's farm where they received their due reward.

"We can finally go back," Gray said walking down the road.

"Let's go straight to the train station, soon we'll be home," said Cana.

Gajeel grunted. "We can't walk back. I don't want to take no goddamn train"

"Train is faster and we don't want to walk. Magnolia is too far away," Cana said.

"Train makes me sick "

"Dragon Slayer and their damn seasickness," huffed Cana.

"Were you two planning to walk back to Magnolia before we met?" Gray asked.

"Well, Gray-sama... Gajeel-kun doesn't like transports, so she agreed that we wouldn't take any to get back," Juvia replied.

"You're crazy," replied Cana. "I'll take the train, you can go as you please. Come on Gray," she called to him and he followed her.

"See you at the guild, Juvia", he said waving at her .

Juvia looked at him desperately and begged Gajeel. He rolled his eyes and shrugged.

"You're going to owe me one, you damn freak," he said. Juvia smiled and jumped on her friend's neck hugging him. The two ran after Cana and Gray.

They returned home, with Gajeel sick most of the time. Luckily for him the trip only lasted a couple of hours and soon he was free from suffering, knowing that Juvia would do him many favors.


Juvia was walking through the streets of Magnolia with a basket in her hands. She was heading towards Gray's house. She barely saw him all day, he only spent a few hours in the guild talking to his friends and soon after he disappeared. She figured he was home, so she decided to make some rolls and bring them to him. She knew where he lived, having been to his house only two or three times, but he never went inside.

The day had already ended, but the night had not yet fully arrived, leaving the city in a twilight. Without delay, Juvia soon found herself in front of the ice mage's apartment, she only had to go up two flights of stairs and she would be facing the ice mage's residence. She took a deep breath, gathered her courage and left.

With two knocks on the door, the bluenett waited to be answered, it didn't take long and she heard the door being unlocked.

"Juvia! Why are you here?"

The water mage felt a tightness in her chest and a strange, empty feeling in her stomach. She looked shaken and hopeless and sad.

"What is Cana-san doing at Gray-sama's house?" she asked.

"Who's Cana?" Gray yelled from across his apartment.

"It's Juvia", replied the brunette shouting at the ice mage.

"Juvia! What are you doing here?", he asked approaching and standing next to Cana at the door.

"Well, J... Juvia hasn't seen Gray-sama today... She means, since we got back from that job Juvia and Gray-sama haven't talked much, so she wanted to check on you," she explained shyly, blushing lightly. "She...she made buns for Gray-sama", she stretched out her arms showing the basket she was carrying.

"Hmm! Buns!", said Cana, taking the basket from Juvia's hands. "Come on Juvia, come in", she said and let the bluenett in, while looking at what she had brought.

Juvia cautiously stepped inside and looked around, she had never entered Gray's house before. At most, she'd stayed at the door, just imagining what the interior was like. It was exactly as she'd imagined it, clothes thrown everywhere, a little messy and disorganized with nothing feminine about the place. She was emotional, excited, her heart racing, almost having a panic attack. Juvia, however, noticed something in particular on the floor.

"Gray… Gray-sama. Why…why does Gray-sama have panties lying on the floor?" she asked with teary eyes.

"Oh, oops ! They're mine!" Cana said and ran around his apartment picking up her underwear.

"Tsh! You should be more organized," Gray complained.

"Look who's talking! Half of this garbage is yours!", retorted Cana.

"And the other half is yours!" Gray shot back.

Juvia looked at them, with each passing moment her heart tightened even more. She didn't understand what it all meant. She thought they were just friends, but everything was indicating that they had something else, she didn't want it to be true.

"Why is there so much Cana- san stuff in Gray-sama's apartment? And what is she doing here, Gray-sama? Are you on some kind of date?" she asked, not sure if she wanted to know the answer.

Gray and Cana stopped fighting and looked at the water mage, who they forgot was there, with them. Gray looked at her and saw the pain on her face, and for some reason it got to him. He never liked it when she was sad.

"No… it's not at all what you're thinking, Juvia!" Gray said quickly. "She just spent the night here," he broke into a cold sweat as Juvia's expression grew even darker and sadder. I think he made things worse with that explanation.

"Juvia…Juvia understands. She better go," she said darkly, raindrops could be heard on the window.

"No, Juvia! Wait!" Gray rushed over and grabbed her arm, preventing her from leaving. She wouldn't let her go in that state without her really understanding what was going on there. But when she saw her, his chest tightened when she saw a tear drop down her face, which was looking at him in pain.

"Yes Juvia, don't go! Since you're here, don't you want to watch a movie with us?", Cana said.

"Movie? Are you going to watch a movie together?"

"Is that what we do every Wednesday? Well, when it's possible," Cana explained.

"Always!", thought Juvia desolately.

"Wednesday is movie and pizza day," Gray said, scratching the back of his head.

"And Thursday is game day," said Cana, smiling.

"By the way, yesterday you got it mixed up," Gray said to the brunette.

"Sorry, I really thought yesterday was Thursday", Cana crossed her arms indignantly.

Gray sighed. "Starting from you, everything is possible. You arrive drunk thinking it's game day, throw your clothes all over the apartment, shower in my bathroom and steal my bed. I had to sleep on the couch," Gray snarled.

"Still with it!? I thought I had gotten used to it. You know that every now and then it happens", defended the brunette. Gray shook his head in exasperation.

"Was…is that what happened? Is that why Cana-san spent the night at Gray-sama's house and her clothes were scattered?", Juvia asked, with renewed hope.

"Yes, you'd be surprised what I have to put up with from her," Gray replied. Somehow, he saw the glow return to Juvia's face and felt relieved, her smiling always made her more beautiful. And he cursed himself for having those kinds of thoughts.

"You say that, but you don't stop loving me", Cana smiled silly and put her arm around his shoulder pulling him into a hug. To which Gray grunted in disgust. Juvia looked at them, but had no other reaction than to laugh at them. "So , don't you want to watch a movie Juvia?".

"Yes, Juvia accepts", she replied promptly and smiling.

"What!?" Gray said in surprise.

"Relax Gray. It's okay to let her join our movie day," Cana said, allowing Juvia to join them.

"Don't worry, I'll let you stay by Gray's side," Cana whispered unheard of Juvia, who blushed like a tomato.

"JUVINN!"

"Come on Juvia. Help me in the kitchen", Cana pulled the bluenett into the kitchen, which was connected to the living room. It was small and didn't have much space, with plenty of dishes to wash, but it had everything you needed.

Juvia thought that she should come to Gray's house more often. Even though she liked him more than anything in her life, she knew he was disorganized and she thought she could put some organization into his life. Starting with his apartment. A little cleaning wouldn't hurt, and she wouldn't refuse that service, especially if it was to get closer to him and get to know more about him.

"Gray, get the movie ready," ordered Cana. "Glad you brought your rolls. Two pizzas wouldn't do the three of us," she smiled.

"Two pizzas for the two of you? Juvia thinks it's more than enough. I mean, she knows that Gray-sama eats a lot..."

"Awww , Juvia, you are so cute. One is for him and the other is for me", Juvia was amazed. How could Cana be so skinny eating a whole pizza every Wednesday. Although Erza was more than fit eating a ton of strawberry cakes. It must be genetics, Juvia thought.

They opened the pizza boxes and Juvia put her rolls in a bowl. Gray said the movie was ready and he was already sitting on the couch waiting for the girls. Juvia and Cana took the pizzas and rolls and went to sit on the couch. Cana delivered a pizza to Gray, leaving space on the couch for Juvia to sit next to Gray.

The ice mage was surprised and a little embarrassed when Juvia sat down next to him. The movie started, Cana watching them noticed that neither of them were comfortable with the situation. Juvia looked too shy around Gray. She thought that maybe if they were alone...

"Oh crap!" Cana said.

"What is it now, Cana?" Gray asked.

"I forgot, that today I have an urgent matter. I'm sorry Gray dear, but I have to go," she replied.

"Wait, Cana!"

"Sorry, but I'm on my way. Another day we'll watch the movie", she got up, but before that she whispered in Juvia's ear: "Thank me later, Juvia. I want to hear all the details", she said and Juvia blushed like Erza's hair. Cana grabbed her things and ran to the door. "Bye, darlings!" she said goodbye and closed the door behind her.

"What the…" Gray grunted and snorted.

"I think Cana-san had something very important to do," said Juvia.

"I think so"

A strange and awkward atmosphere settled between them. The two watched the movie in silence, without either of them having anything to say. As much as Juvia wanted to be alone with Gray, now that she was there, she didn't have the courage to say anything.

"This… this movie is interesting", Gray decided to break that tense atmosphere.

"Juvia doesn't understand very well, Gray-sama," she replied. In fact, she wasn't even watching properly.

"Well, it's a little complex I guess," he said and another awkward silence fell over them.

"Gray… Gray-sama and Cana-san are very close, aren't they?" she asked.

Gray looked at her for a moment and saw her shrink, close in on herself.

"When I arrived in Fairy Tail, she was the only child. She spent more than a year being just her, among a bunch of adults. So it was logical for us to get closer, we were just her and I for, I don't know... a year in a half, two years", he said and Juvia looked at him dumbfounded. "Then, of course, Erza and the others arrived. But even so, Cana and I remained best friends. It may not seem like it, but we do a lot of things outside the guild. We used to do a lot of missions together, even though we weren't a team. It was fun," he smiled at the memories.

"Juvia understands. She's happy that Gray-sama found a person like Cana when you were kids," she was smiling. "But she wonders if... if Gray-sama and Cana-san have already..."

"No!" Gray replied immediately. "It would be weird. I see her more as a sister than anything else", Juvia smiled discreetly, relieved with the answer, certain that they were friends, family. He saw her smiling and he couldn't help but feel pleased, but a dark cloud has been hovering over his mind. "And you and Gajeel? You're pretty close too, aren't you?"

Juvia looked at him confused, the tone he used was a little different from the indifferent Gray.

"Gajeel-kun and Juvia are friends, Gray-sama. To tell you the truth, we didn't know each other very well in Phantom , but we became true friends when we arrived in Fairy-Tail. Juvia is very grateful to have him as a friend"

"But you asked the master to go after him. I don't understand how you guys weren't friends before," Gray asked.

Juvia always saw Gajeel-kun alone, she didn't want him to continue like this. When Gray-sama took the rain from him and showed the sky, she was so happy that she wanted Gajeel-kun to have friends and to know what a family with Juvia was."

"But why him? Didn't you have another one too?"

"No, Gray-sama. Even though Gajeel-kun and Juvia weren't friends like they are now, he was the only one who didn't judge Juvia or be bothered by her rain. He always treated her the same way he treated everyone else. He never discriminated against her, even when we went to work together and he suffered from her rain. For that she was very grateful to him and for that she wanted him to be happy."

Gray looked at her and smiled slightly. "I understood. It makes sense. I can't imagine what you went through, Juvia. But at least Gajeel was there for you, somehow. He was very important to you, and I imagine he still is, right?"

"Yes, Gray-sama. Gajeel-kun was and still is important to Juvia," she replied.

"I'm…happy for you Juvia," Gray said with a small, quick-lipped smile. Then he turned his attention to the film.

Juvia looked at him for a while and smiled slightly. She hugged his arm and looked at him fondly. "But, Gray-sama is much more important", Gray looked at her blushing, however, trying to hide it, he smiled with the corner of his mouth satisfied.

"Have you two ever…?"

"Never, Gray-sama. He's not Juvia's type", she looked at him passionately. "Juvia only loves Gray-sama, forever."

"Sometimes you scare me, Juvia," Gray commented with a slight, discreet smile.

They watched the movie for a while in silence, until Gray glanced at Juvia.

"I'm…I'm thinking about going on a job. Would you like to come along?" Gray asked, embarrassed.

Juvia looked at him with sparkles in her eyes and a bright, charming smile. Despite her emotion, she held back. "Juvia would love to."

Juvia laid her head on Gray's shoulder. He blushed again, however, slowly he lifted his arm and passed Juvia's shoulder hugging her and bringing her closer to him. Juvia blushed in surprise, but smiled satisfied and fully happy, while he blushed embarrassed, even though he felt good with her close and beside him. They hugged each other watching the rest of the movie.

"T… the movie is good, isn't it?" Gray commented.

"The best", replied Juvia.