Summary: Inspired by the Dragon Cry movie. Juvia sets out to make Gray jealous by flirting with Gajeel.
Pairings: Actual Gajeel/Juvia friendship, Crack Gajeel/Juvia romance, implied Gray/Juvia, Gajeel/Levy, Levy/Juvia friendship, and mentions of other friendship and family feels.
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It had started the night before.
Gajeel had been in the middle of doing some press ups with a large amount of scrap metal on his back (that he was totally planning on scarfing down as a midnight snack later) when there had been a desperate knock on his door. Lily was fast asleep and, thanks to the earplugs he now wore to bed, was unlikely to wake up and answer it.
Grumbling rude words to himself, Gajeel clambered onto his feet (the metal landing on his floor with a great big CRASH!) and dragged his feet to the door. "What?!" he barked impatiently.
He instantly regretted it as he met Juvia's big, wide, tearful blue eyes.
Shit.
"Urgh," he groaned, "What did that frosty bastard do now?!"
"Gray-sama is with many Love Rivals!" Juvia wailed. "He's spending all his time with them and not with Juvia!"
"There, there," Gajeel muttered in an unenthusiastic tone as he gruffly patted Juvia's hair, "that guy is a moron and one day he'll realise he's destined for you, just give it time, yada, yada, yada, are we done?"
"Not yet," Juvia sniffled, "Gajeel-kun is such a good friend to Juvia and Juvia knows this is asking a lot but Juvia was hoping that maybe, just maybe, Gajeel-kun will consent to helping Juvia make Gray-sama jealous?"
The words 'hell no' were just on the tip of Gajeel's tongue but just as he opened his mouth but he had just met Juvia's big, hopeful, eyes and her wobbly bottom lip and instead he said;
"Whatever," he shrugged, "what are friends for?"
Juvia shrieked in joy as she threw her arms round Gajeel. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she squealed into ears. "Gajeel-kun is such a good friend!"
Gajeel-kun, Gajeel thought snarkily to himself, is a total idiot!
Which is exactly why the very next day no one could believe their eyes as they watched the traumatising scene unfold before them.
It had been a typical day at the guild, brawls, bickering, and boozing, right up until Juvia suddenly snuggled close to Gajeel of all people. Gajeel had been prepared for it because of the night before but even he knew the sight of Juvia plastered against him would cause the guild to fall silent and gape at them unattractively. It then got really weird as Juvia ran her fingers up and down Gajeel's chest causing several nearby people to suddenly choke on their drink.
"Oh Gajeel-kun!" Juvia fluttered her eyelashes. "You have such a strong chest!" her fingers paused in their movement so she could rest her palm at the centre of Gajeel's chest. "It's so cool and firm as if it was made of iron itself."
"Gihihihihihihihihi," Gajeel sniggered, "I know. I work out."
"Juvia can tell!" Juvia said in a sickening worshipful voice. "Gajeel-kun is so strong that he could beat up everyone in Fairy Tail."
"….what," Gray said disgusted, "the hell is that?!"
"Excuse me?!" Natsu yelped indignantly. "There's no way in hell Gajeel could beat me with those pathetic stringy arms."
Gajeel's eyes flashed furiously at that. "Whose arms are you calling pathetic and stringy?!" he growled. "You're the skinny piece of nothing with fluff on top!"
He moved as if he was about to punch Natsu for the insult and Natsu also moved forwards eager to accept the punch so he could get his own hit in but before either could actually brawl it out, Juvia hooked her arms round Gajeel's and trailed her fingers up this bicep.
Gray suddenly looked incredibly constipated.
As did many other people in the guild the sight was rather sickening.
"Oh Gajeel-kun!" Juvia almost swooned. "You're so strong and masculine. To be wrapped in your big, muscly, arms, and held against your iron-like chest would make me feel the safest girl in the world."
Gajeel smirked as he flexed his biceps for the benefit of the guild which caused Natsu to gag loudly.
Having Juvia wax poetic compliments was disturbing as hell but it still fed his ego and if it creeped the hell out of the likes of Natsu and Gray all the more better.
The dark, terrifying, aura that suddenly appeared behind him deflated Gajeel's ego almost instantly.
Juvia grinned up at him giddily as she obviously thought her plan worked.
"Now, now, Gray-sama," Juvia said as coyly as possible as she batted her eyelashes madly, "you can't be jealous. My love for Gajeel-kun is a pure an- EEK!"
Gajeel's jaw dropped open when instead of Gray punching him (like planned) it was Levy who suddenly grabbed Juvia by the back of her hair and suddenly yanked her away from Gajeel.
"Get your grubby paws off of my boyfriend!" Levy hissed. "Before I tear out every strand of your hair and use it to make a rope to strangle you with."
Juvia gulped audibly at that. "L-L-Levy-san!" she stammered. "Juvia can explain!"
But before she could do so Levy tackled her to the ground and the pair began to brawl. Or rather Levy was determined to slap Juvia within an inch of her life and Juvia was trying her best to fend her off which caused the pair to roll round the floor.
Macao and Wakaba both punched their fists in the air. "WHOO-HOO!" they hooted gleefully as they crowded round the two girls. "CAT FIGHT!"
"Dad!" Romeo hissed, humiliated. "Must you?!"
Gajeel rolled his eyes. One day that poor kid is going to learn that his perverted father most certainly must. He then pushed past the two elderly creeps and grabbed Levy by the collar of her dress before he casually held her up in the air.
He ignored the booing coming from the two perverts while everyone else hastily returned to their usual routine.
Apart from Gray who still stood their motionlessly as it appeared his soul had left his body from the shock of what he had just witnessed.
Levy kicked and squirmed mid-air.
"Gihihihihihihihihi," Gajeel sniggered smugly, "Are you trying to defend my virtue, Shrimp? Because we both know that's long gone."
"Let me go you smug creep!" Levy shrieked. "You were letting her crawl all over you!"
"Yeah as a favour for a friend," Gajeel stressed, "you know I only see Rain Woman as a sister. She wanted to make that stupid frostbite jealous. Not get with me."
"Oh!" Levy flushed bright pink at that. "Oh!" she cried out again in embarrassed realisation. "Oh God! Juvia I'm so sorry!"
"Juvia understands," Juvia called out weakly from the floor, "Juvia would have done the same if she saw Gray-sama with a Love Rival."
"Still," Levy said shamefully, "I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions and attacked you. If there's anything I can do to make it up to you."
"Well…." Juvia's face lit up brightly as an idea occurred to her, "there is one thing Levy-san could do for Juvia…."
The next day Gajeel choked on the iron bolt he had been chowing down on when Levy sat on Juvia's lap and the pair flirted loudly and boldly with one another.
Unfortunately for Juvia it only resulted in causing a lot of nosebleeds from the perverts in the guild.
(Gray, however, still stood in the same spot looking constipated.)