With nothing else to do at the moment, Natsu decided to pay Lucy a visit. He felt bad about just running out on her the other night and he wanted to make it up to her. He went down to where she was staying and knocked at the door unfortunately it was answered by her father.

"Oh hi there." Natsu greeted politely.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Natsu Dragneel. I'm a friend of your daughter."

"She's never mentioned you."

"Really? She hasn't?"

"Yes now go away."

"But-"

"Wait! Dad stop!" Lucy called going downstairs. "It's alright Dad he's a friend of mine. He's the one who's helping me with my school work."

"Oh...Him. He's not as smart looking as you led me to believe."

"Dad!" Lucy said angrily before taking Natsu by the hand which made him blush a little. "Excuse us."

They went outside of her house to talk privately.

"I'm sorry about my dad. He's the captain of the police force so he's suspicious of everybody." She said.

"Oh no it's fine." Natsu assured her. "I get it."

"So what brings you by?"

"I wanted to apologize for just running off on you like that the other night."

"You don't need to be sorry about that. You just wanted to make sure that nobody was hurt. Impulsive but brave and noble."

"Thanks."

"You'll still help me study for my classes right?"

"Of course."

"Great because so far you're pretty much the only reliable tutor I can find. Except for when it gets real late like this."

"Well I have other things that I have to do. Gray and I do more than just study for our next exam."

"Speaking of Gray what's he up to?"

"Oh nothing." He then mumbled. "Except being a total creep."

"What was that?"

"Nothing."

...

Downtown Gray was crawling across rooftops and walls, carefully following and spying on Lyon and Juvia while they were on their date. Part of him wondered if he was really doing this just to ensure that Lyon wasn't a super villain or if Natsu was right and he was doing it out of jealousy.

"No way." He told himself. "Juvia's nice but I like Lucy. I'm doing this purely for her safety."

Lyon and Juvia went to a really nice restaurant and chose to eat outside. Perfect, he could hear them talking if they were outside.

"So what do you think about this Black Demon character?" Lyon asked her. "I find him to be very interesting."

"He maybe interesting but honestly I think he's out of his mind and belongs behind bars." Juvia said. "He almost killed me once."

"Really?"

"He set off a bomb on a balcony I was standing on and the explosion caused me to fall. I would have been done for if Blue Tiger hadn't of saved me."

"So you've met one of those weirdos?"

"Who are you calling a weirdo?" Gray hissed under his breath.

"I'll admit they are a little strange but I admire them. I mean they risk their lives to save innocent people everyday. I wish I could get my thick headed brother to see that." Juvia said. "But you've already heard so much about me. What about you? What are you studying for?"

"Business management and finance agreements."

"Sounds complicated."

"It is but I'm sure that I can understand it just as my father can. He thinks that it's only a matter of time before I screw up and get thrown out of school."

"I'm sure he doesn't think that."

"But he does. I just wish he could cut me a break for once."

They ate dinner and left the restaurant to walk around the town. Gray followed them while doing everything he could to stay out of sight.

"The city sure is pretty at night." Juvia said taking noticed of how lit up the buildings were. "I bet it would look beautiful from a high distance."

"Maybe but right now I think you're the one who's beautiful." Lyon said.

Juvia blushed and turned away from him due to feeling very nervous and unsure. Lyon leaned in closer and turned her face toward his. Gray held his breath, he didn't know if he could watch this yet at the same time he couldn't look away. He didn't know if he could bear this. But just their lips were about to touch she pulled back.

"I'm sorry." She said. "I can't. Lyon you're a very wonderful man and I enjoy spending time with you but I don't think I'm ready to start a relationship with another guy yet."

"Is this about that guy you previously dated?" Lyon asked.

Gray was really listening in on this subject.

"To be fair we didn't really date that much but yes. I really liked him and I was so disappointed when I found out he has feelings for someone else. I still I have feelings for him though. I know that eventually I'll get over them but until then I don't think I can seriously date anyone right now."

"I understand." Lyon said. "But I think he's an idiot for having eyes for someone other than you."

"That's sweet to say but he's not idiot. He can't help it if he likes someone else. The heart wants what the heart wants."

"Who is he anyway?"

"I'd rather not say. I feel like it would embarrass him."

Gray wasn't sure what to think now. He knew that Juvia was interested in dating him but he never thought that she had actually developed feelings for him. But what confused him about it was that he didn't understand why she had developed feelings for him? In his mind he was a loser that decent women would only look at it if they were paid to and Juvia was way more than decent yet she wanted to go out with him.

He was so distracted with his pondering on the subject that he let his grip on the wall of the building he was perched on slip and fell right off the wall.

"Oh no! Ah!"

He landed in alleyway, crashing into various trash cans.

"Ow." He groaned.

"What on earth was that?" Juvia asked after hearing the crashing noise.

"I have no idea." Lyon said looking around. "It's getting late, I better walk you back to your room before the creeps start to come out."

"Thank you."

With that said they left. Gray then pulled himself up back on to his feet.

"Aunt Ur was right." He said cracking his back. "Nosing in on other people's business only leads to more trouble."