My Fluffy February 2022 contribution for the Free Space prompt.

I'm sorry for the mistakes, English is not my native language. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer : Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima.

Stay With Me

Juvia opened the door to her apartment. She had decided to stay a little longer to help to piece the guild together again. It was a lot of work, but everyone did their part. Hopefully they'll be done soon.

She entered her apartment and she was surprised to see Gray sleeping shirtless on her couch. She could not help smiling. When they returned to Magnolia, Gray gave her the key to his home and she gave him the key to her home. But she would never thought that one day he would use it.

She recalled of the six months they had lived together in this house that had become theirs. Seeing him sleeping like that made her think of the times she found him sleeping on the couch. He was so peaceful. Sometimes, she saw him smiling in his sleep. She had never seen him like this before.

Quietly, she went to her bedroom, opened a closet and pulled out a blanket. She returned to the living room, knelt down next to Gray and put the blanket on him.

'You know I'm not afraid of the cold.'

Juvia jumped, not expecting him to be awake. She blushed, embarrassed that she had not remembered that he was never cold.

'Sorry,' she said.

Gray smiled gently.

'It's comfortable.'

'Juvia will let Gray-sama rest.'

She was about to stood up, but Gray stopped her by putting his hand on hers. Juvia looked at him, surprised. He blushed and he looked away.

'You can stay if you want. I mean, it's late and you're tired too.'

Juvia smiled and nodded. Gray moved aside to make room for her. She felt like she was on cloud nine. It was a dream come true. She lay down next to Gray. He shyly put his arm around her. He relaxed and hugged her. Their heart were racing in their chest. They fell asleep after a few minutes.

Two hours later, Juvia slowly opened her eyes, thinking about the dream where she was sleeping in her Gray-sama's arms. She realized it was not a dream. She looked at Gray's face. He was smiling in his sleep. She did not dare move, she did not want to wake him up. She wanted to enjoy this moment as much as possible. Gray tightened his embrace a little more. Juvia smiled and snuggled up to him.

She fell asleep again, lulled by Gray's heartbeat and the warmth of his arms that wrapped her.

The end