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THE COURTSHIP

It was early in the morning and all the occupants of Fairy Hills were either still sleeping or just about to leave the comfort of their beds and start the day with heavy feet because who wants to get up early on a snowy day?

But things were different outside the dormitory.

It was really cold and everything were covered in white but that did not stop two college boys from loitering outside the girls' dorm with scaffolding firmly grounded below a certain window. Said college boys were none other than the complaining pinkette, Natsu Dragneel with his best frenemy, Gray Fullbuster who has a single long stemmed, thorn-less blue rose in hand.

"Where in hell did you get that freaking blue rose and why the hell are we here so early in the morning? Are you seriously going to wake her up so early just to give her a rose that you can simply hand over to her at school? A coffee could have been better at this weather you know?"

Gray glared at Natsu. He'd been hearing his complains since he picked him up at his house and he's starting to be annoyed. "I thought you said last night that you are going to help me court Juvia?" he snapped at the complaining pinkette. "And what is so sweet with simply handing it to her? No wonder Lucy had to do the first move so you two could be together. You don't have any sweet bone in your body!"

"Rich coming from a guy who only knew how to turn down a girl not a few weeks ago," Natsu said sarcastically. "Whatever happened to you man? I didn't even know you're into nerds."

He knew he's acting different and that he's friend never knew him as someone to be so serious about making a girl fall in love because that's simply not a Gray Fullbuster thing. He doesn't go around courting a girl. It's usually the other way around. Girls from their school or any other girls were the one offering him their love and affection but that's just it. Juvia is no ordinary girl.

"What do you know? Can't you just hold this freaking scaffolding and make sure I won't fall because if there's anyone I want to fall that is Juvia and I don't mean literally. If I die trying to make her fall in love with me because of you I'll haunt you and drag you in hell with me."

Natsu made a disgusted face. "Fuck, Fullbuster. Since when did you learn to be cheesy? You're supposed to be cold and quiet."

"Just shut the fuck up or else Erza would know we're here and we're dead!" Natsu just don't know when to shut his mouth. He smiled when he saw the desired effect of his threat on the pinkette's face. Who would want to piss Erza Scarlet first thing in the morning?

He motioned for Natsu to hold the scaffolding and to not make any noise as he ascend the metal stairs. He knew Juvia was awake because he was just texting her a while ago but he did not tell her he's coming. He wanted to surprise her with a personal good morning and a rose to start her day.

Doing such a stunt in the girls' dorm is forbidden by the land lady but he didn't care. He's willing to take a risk for his little nymph. But he's still cautious. If he could do it without being caught that would be better.

He still got plans for him and Juvia and that exclude him being beaten to death by an annoyed old maid who runs the dorm and another beating from that old maid's right hand who happened to be his scary friend, Erza.

Before he knocked on Juvia's window he looked around first. He waited a few minutes before a bewildered Juvia Lockser, still wearing her cute pastel blue pajamas with braided hair and without eye glasses, opened her window.

"Gray!" Juvia gasped when she saw him. "What are you doing outside Juvia's window?"

She looked extremely surprised and he's quite just the same. He knew he's pretty and all but he could not help but be enchanted over and over again every time he saw her. She's just so refreshing to the eyes and her beauty could not be compared with any other.

"Good morning to you, too," he smiled planting a quick peck on the tip of her nose. "You look beautiful with braided hair and," his eyes trained down on her chest in an obvious manner with obvious lust in his eyes that made Juvia visibly blushed. "No bra?"

"Hey, I could hear you, you know!?"

That annoying voice from below ruined their moment. With a strained smile on his face Gray looked down to glare at Natsu. "You idiot, just shut the fuck up and turn off your fucking hearing!"

"What do you think of me? A freaking machine with on and off button?" Natsu snapped back. "Why don't you keep your perverted flirting to yourself until no one else other than you and Miss Nerdy up there could hear? You made me wanna gag, seriously."

If his friend was only within hand's reach, Gray probably already strangled Natsu for his bluntness. Just looking at Juvia's face he knew she's beyond embarrass.

Why did he even ask for that idiot's help?

Right. He could not ask Loke because he happened to be someway somehow involved with Juvia and he could not even imagine that guy close to his soon-to-be girlfriend.

That and Natsu was supposed to be so dumb and dense to even care about his business or so he thought. He's just as nosy as each and every single one of their friends could be.

"I'm so sorry about him," he apologised looking at Juvia with sincere guilt in his eyes. He didn't mean to embarrass her. "By the way, this is for you," he added handing her the rose he's hiding behind his back. "I hope you like it."'

Juvia's already blushing face turned a darker hue of red. "Gray came just to give Juvia a rose?"

"Yes," he replied. "And I want to be the first to greet you good morning and the first you see before you start your day."

The wide sweet smile on his face made Juvia smile too. "Good morning to you, too," she said leaning forward and lightly kissing his right cheek that made him blush.

Damn!

They already did more than innocent kissing on the cheek but why in hell was he blushing?

And was his heart thumping?

"Y-yeah, good m-morning," he sheepishly said while scratching his head.

"Oi!" Natsu from below suddenly yell that startled the shit out of him. "You baka! Get a grip of yourself. You're standing off balance! If you fall and break your neck it won't be my fault!"

"Just hold it tighter you idiot!" he shouted back completely unaware that he's dangerously standing with one of his foot on the edge of the step. One wrong move and he'll surely fell and Juvia saw it.

"Gray, be careful," she warned him but too late. He wasn't paying attention to where he's standing and when he shifted to look back at her his foot missed the step.

Things happened so fast.

Below the window, Natsu was panicking because he saw what happened and he was anticipating to be crashed by Gray's weight and Gray was too shocked to move when he felt him losing ground that he was completely unaware when Juvia moved to pull him inside her room.

It must be adrenaline rush that Juvia actually managed to get him inside and that's how they found themselves on her bedroom floor tangled with each other with him on top of her.

They were both breathing hard as they stared at each other shocked with what happened.

The next thing that happened surprised Gray even more. He heard more than felt when Juvia's palm connected on his cheek that she kissed just five minutes ago. After that slap were her arms pulling him on in a tight embrace.

"What were you thinking?" Juvia's voice was shaky. "You scared me. I thought you're going to fall!"

It took him a minute to understand what she said and a smile graced his lips. "Sorry, that was unexpected." Hell, so much for his good morning surprise. It turned out to be a morning full of apologies for his misfortunes. "I just really wanted to surprise you."

Juvia chuckled a little with his reason. "Believe me I'm quite surprised now as well as the whole dorm too with the stunt you just pulled out."

Gray's face paled when they both hear rushing footsteps outside Juvia's room and he badly wanted to jump out of the window and break his neck when the door burst open forcefully and he, still on top of Juvia, came face to face with the angry old land lady who has Erza on her tail with a deadly aura.

He thinks he'd rather have her neck broken than face those monsters.

But he made a low chuckle when he heard Juvia suddenly giggled beneath him while whispering to him. "If they kick Juvia out of here, you'll have no choice but to take me home to your apartment."

"If that what will I get for getting caught I think now it's worth it."

The noon break bell rang exactly as Juvia was putting back her things inside her bag after her last class for the morning shift. Her morning had been uneventful aside from what happened back in the dorm.

She shook her head upon remembering how chaotic it turned out after her land lady barged in inside her room. Lucky for her the old lady did not kick her out to Gray's dismay and speaking of Gray, sadly he is now officially banned in the premises of Fairy Hills for good.

Well, at least that's all he got aside from the bump on his head caused by the land lady's cane.

With her stuff all in her bag and books in hand Juvia went out of her classroom and no longer surprise to find Gray waiting for her with a wide smile. "Hey there, beautiful," he greeted taking her books from her and putting it inside his backpack before intertwining their hands. "How's class?"

For a second she looked on their connected hands and feeling the butterflies in her tummy came to life. Jeez, those butterflies do know when to act. "Boring," she honestly replied. "Macao-sensei just made us answer loads of questions from the book. You?"

"Terrible," he grunted. "My head's aching – that old woman knows how to put her cane into good use, I'm telling you. Good thing you managed to calm her down. I just don't want to think of what Erza will do to me once she gets me all alone. I'd been avoiding her all morning. She's going to murder me"

She just shook her head. "Juvia didn't even know why you have to pull that stunt just to give me a flower."

"I thought you would at least find it sweet," Gray pouted and how she wanted to kiss him right then and there. He looked so tempting. She secretly scolded herself for having that kind of thought while they were walking among other students and just looked at him when he stopped and faced her. "Before I forget. This is for you," he said handing her a long stemmed, thorn-less white rose she didn't know he was hiding behind him.

"First a blue one and now a white rose?" Not that she doesn't like it but she's not just used to receiving those kinds of things. "Does it have any meaning? Pardon Juvia, but I'm not that well versed when it comes to the language of flowers. They are simply not Juvia's kind of expertise since no one really gives me flowers before."

"Really?" he actually looked surprised but oddly pleased. "That sounds great, I mean, at least I don't need to beat anyone at giving you flowers and I actually don't like the idea of any other guy giving you flowers or anything at all. I'm very territorial," he explained. "By the way it's white because I wanna tell you how pure my intentions are. I seriously want you to be my girl and I'm willing to do anything to gain your love," he said cupping her cheek with his hand that was not holding hers.

Seeing that some students were curiously looking at them made her blush but he seemed not to give a damn so why would she? Little butterflies stay calm. "Anything including falling off my window and getting banned from my dorm?"

"Including all that," he laughed before walking again.

"Don't be too risky next time," she pouted not aware that he was looking at her lips like he wanted to devour her.

"I'll try," he almost whispered to her but she wasn't paying attention.

"How about the other rose?"

"The blue one?" he smiled when she eagerly nodded. "It means a lot actually. But since I'm no florist not an expert I'll tell you only one meaning which was the reason why I gave it to you." by that time they were already out of her department building and Gray led her away from other students way. They stopped under a nearby tree and he cupped her face with both hands. His dark eyes staring at hers intently. "That rose means I can't have you – at least for now – but I can't stop thinking about you. You're the only one dominating my sleeping and waking hours. You're driving me mad and I need to work hard to attain your love. Some culture says the quest for getting the perfect blue rose is considered to be like finding the missing Holy Grail, for me you are my missing holy grail and your love is the wine I'll get once I have you."

Swallowing hard, Juvia had to compose herself so she won't faint with all what he said. "Are you Christian? You kept on referring Juvia as something from the bible," she tried to joke. "First I was the forbidden apple, now I'm the Holy Grail. What's next? The holy cross?"

"Actually I just changed religion," he smirked mischievously.

"What?"

"I am now fully devoted to you."

"Gray!" Juvia can't help but laugh. "Know what, you're just hungry."

"You look more beautiful when you laugh."

"Stop it," she giggled like a silly girl. "Stop making Juvia feel so weird!"

"Good or bad kind of weird?"

"Neither!" she replied pinching his cheeks. "Just stop already." Or else the butterflies will kill me and my heart might just burst.

"But –"

"I'm hungry!"

"Fine," he relented with a smile. "I'll take it your feeling weird in a good way and now I should feed you because you might end up eating me – and that won't be such a bad thing. I remember that last time you did that it was heavenly – must be why—"

"Stop it you perv!"'

And Gray just laugh when she pinched his side before taking her hands again.

Damn him and his wicked ways!

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I hope you liked it.

And I'm Christian by the way and if any of my reader is please don't be offended by my reference. I mean it in a good way.

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