AN: chapter 35
Okies! So. I just want to say that I've once again been a bit lazy about getting this chapter done lol but I finally did it. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and please don't forget to review!
ALSO! BIG BIG BIG BIG SHOUTOUT TO THESE AWESOME WRITERS:
MsKtk- Monster, and Iron Gray. Both stories are heating up and you shouldn't miss out on what's going to happen next!
Mushee-chan- Temptations of a Natural Woman. Even the title sounds tempting to read if I do say so myself. lol With Laxus standing in for Gramps as Master while he is away, Fairy Tail is yet again found in the midst of trouble in the form two sister mages, Anaphelia and Katyana. On the run from a dark guild and from death itself, Fairy Tail is their only hope. Can Laxus and the guild protect them from having their magic stolen? Will they find the cure for Katyana in time?—now tell me you don't find any of that intriguing! Go check out the story because its written very well and very interesting so far. (I myself am going to go back and read it over!)
NavyNinjaHo: haha I am sorry you got the feels from that last chapter. But that was the whole point lol
Depressica: yes, I know… I get sad whenever I think about it too. And you never know… lily and finn might not end up together in the end. So we'll see :) and we should find out what happens with Juvia in this chapter so… I'm going to leave that there…
KingdomHeartsFairy: hey better late then never! And I'm so happy you are loving the story so far! ^_^ it makes me so happy to see people saying they are enjoying the trilogy.
Nyma: teehee… that was the point when I was writing her. :) and yes… their relationship is like a rollercoaster. I still love how you refer to him as a demi-god. Makes me lose myself in laughter each time I see it. and like I said above… we shall see if they end up together or not ;)
Juvia smiled brightly as she ran her hand through Grays' dark hair, his grin just as big as hers as he slid in close to her warm body on the bed. He planted a soft kiss to her cheek just before nuzzling his face into her neck, breathing her in. Juvia giggled as the ice mage kissed her soft skin a moment later. "Gray?"
"Hm?" He responded quietly.
"Do I make you happy?" Juvia asked softly as she ran her fingers through the dark strands of hair on Grays head.
Gray propped himself up with his arm, looking at the water mage confusingly. "What is this all about? Of course you make me happy."
Juvia smiled slightly as she shook her head. "Sorry I asked. It's just the other day… you looked a little unhappy. I thought it was something I did to upset you."
Gray cracked a smile as he chuckled. The ice mage leaned in close to Juvia's face, his forehead pressed lightly against hers. "You worry too much about the little things, Juvia. I wasn't upset with you, just another unimportant matter. Don't stress over it."
"But, Gray—"
"When have you ever made me upset? You gave me two beautiful children and made me the luckiest man around by agreeing to marry me. You have so much love for us all… sometimes I think you don't know what to do with it all. You always are trying to make us happy without thinking of yourself first. If anyone should be worried, it should be me worrying about you." Gray wrapped his arm around the water mage, holding her close. "I love you Juvia. So don't worry about me… for once… let me worry about your happiness."
Gray slowly opened his eyes as the sound of beeping entered his ears once more. Dark eyes shifted to the clock on the wall. 'I'm still at the hospital…' He breathed in deeply as he sat up straight from leaning forward on the bed the whole time he slept. His back cracked in multiple spots from the uncomfortable position he was in for so long. The ice mage ran a hand over his face to try to further wake his still tired eyes. 'I wish I could have kept my word…' Grays' eyes shifted to his wife, still sound asleep as the monitors around her beeped in time with her heart rate. A cool hand slid up to Juvia's' unresponsive one, gripping it tightly. "Juvia… you're so cold…" Gray clenched his jaw as he looked down at his feet. "I know it's my fault you're in this… you know I was never really good at speaking my mind most times…"
Dark eyes shifted back up to the sleeping woman on the bed. They watched her chest rise and fall ever so slightly as she slept peacefully. The thought of her not remembering who he was, who their children were, stung him greatly. The ice mage shook his head, trying desperately to keep that thought out. "Juvia…" Gray started as he leaned back in close to the bed, his thumb brushing over her skin lightly. I know you can hear me…" Gray stood up and brushed some of the water mages blue hair away from her ear as he leaned in close and whispered. "Please… come back to me… I need you to remember…. Remember me and the kids…. Juvia… we need you back…. I… I need you."
Gray's head shifted to the door as a knock was heard suddenly. His eyes went wide slightly as he saw all of their friends entering the room. Lucy made her way to Gray's side as he sat back down in the chair beside the bed. He watched as Gajeel and Loke stepped on the opposite side of the bed while Levy stood at Lucy's' side. The celestial mage placed a hand on the ice mages shoulder. "Hey… we just heard about what happened. How are you holding up?" She asked softly.
Gray let out a sigh as he looked to Juvia, not wanting to look away from her. "I'm fine. I finally got some form of sleep… but not much."
Gajeel crossed his arms over his chest as he too looked over the water mage. "Damn… I've never seen Rain woman look this bad…"
Levy glared quickly at Gajeel before softening her expression as she looked to Gray. "But I'm sure she'll wake up soon and be her normal self!"
"Yeah, this is Juvia we're talking about!" Loke said with a smile. "We've known her for such a long time, I don't think she'd give up that easily! I mean, she had to deal with us for so many years while the band was still together."
Gray half smiled as he brought a hand up to Lucy's. "Thanks guys. It means a lot to me that you all came by. And I'm sorry I never called… I guess I was… just worried she wasn't going to—"
Gajeel interrupted Gray quickly. "If you think for one minute that we'd let Rain woman forget about us, you are greatly mistaken! And as for not callin' us to let us know what happened—"
"We forgive you." Levy finished for Gajeel quickly. Her hazel eyes looking to her baffled husband across from her.
"Yeah, when Levy gave us a call last night, Lucy and I cut our trip short and came back home as fast as we could so we could get here to see you two." Loke said with a caring smile. "Oh and did you know that your daughter is staying at our house with Leo?"
Grays' head snapped up towards Loke. "She's what?!"
Loke raised a hand in front of his body. "Don't worry, Leo hasn't done anything to her. Well, if anything… I think he's trying to cheer her up from everything. Whatever he's doing it seems to be working. She was pretty happy to see us when we got home last night."
Gray shifted his head down some, a slight smile over his face as his eyes softened. "If she's happy there… then I don't mind. All I want for her is to be happy."
"Hey, would you like for us to keep watch over Juvia for you? You look like you could use some more sleep." Lucy asked kindly. Gray smiled as he shook his head.
"Nah. I'll be fine. But you guys are more than welcome to stay for a bit with me. I'm sure Juvia would like the company."
Gajeel lifted his hand up in front of him, giving Gray a thumbs up. "Carrot top and I can go get some more chairs!"
Loke turned to Gajeel quickly. "Wait, why do I have to do with you?! We don't need that many chairs!"
"Oh shut up and come help me! You've been on vacation with your woman for so long, it's about time you do some work!" The dragon slayer said as he grabbed Loke by his shirt collar, pulling him along and out of the room.
Finn rubbed his chin lightly as he sat on his bed, pondering how to get his sister out of Leos' house and back home. "I can't exactly ground her or anything like that… maybe I could try dragging her out? No… she's become way too stubborn for that… she'd come out kicking and screaming and probably use her magic on me… wait…" Solid blue eyes widened slightly. "Stubborn…" Finn looked over at his phone and sighed. "Well… if anyone could convince a stubborn Rain to come back home, it's a just as stubborn script mage I know." Finn picked up his phone and found Lily's number quickly, pressing the call button and putting the phone to his ear. "I just hope she'll pick up…"
Finn was surprised that Lily had picked up by the second ring, her voice sounding a bit out of breath. "Hello?"
"Hey, Lil… you ok?"
"Yeah! I was just putting something into my car and wanted to get to my phone because I thought you were someone else."
"Oh? Who are you waiting for?"
"It's no one, just business stuff. So what's up?"
Finn shook his head slightly as he stood from his bed and began to pace his room. "Well… I was wondering if you could do me a huge favor…"
"Um… yeah… what do you need me to do?"
"Could you try to convince Rain to come back home and get out of Leo's house? She thinks she can stay there as long as she wants and I don't want her to overstay her welcome."
"It kinda sounds like you're trying to be her father there Finn. I'm not sure if she'll even listen to me."
"Look, you two are just as stubborn so she has to listen to you. Please… just do—"
"Calm down… I'll do it. I just can't grantee I'll get her out of there."
Finn smiled as he let out a soft sigh. "Thanks Lil. I owe you one."
Lily knocked on the door to Leo's house, her arms crossed over her chest as she waited for someone to answer the door. The dark haired girl blew some air up towards her bangs as they fell over her face. 'I don't even know what I'm going to say to her to try to convince her to leave… honestly as long as that lion isn't doing anything perverted to that girl I don't see the harm in letting her stay here a bit longer…' Lily stretched her arms up into the air as she breathed in deeply. "But I do owe him one so I should at least try."
Just as the script mage finished her sentence, Leo appeared in front of the door. His expression unamused. "Lily? What do you want? Finn isn't here."
Lily brought her hands down to her sides as she looked at Leo. Her brow raised as she smirked. "Well you have clothes on, that's a good sign."
Leo blushed as he stepped back slightly. "W-what's that supposed to mean?! You think I just walk around the house naked all the time?! Caz it was only that one time!"
Lily held back her giggles as she spoke. "Calm down Leo. I was just joking. And I'm not here for Finn… I wanted to talk to Rain."
"Well before you come in, I've got a bone to pick with you!"
Lily rolled her eyes as her arms crossed over her chest once more. "Look I don't have time for this. I just wanted to come by and talk to Rain really quick."
"No! You're going to listen to me Lily Redfox!"
Hazel eyes snapped up to olive-green, surprised by his tone. Leo put his hands on his hips as he began to question the girl in front of him. "What's with you?!"
Lily looked at him confusingly. "What are you talking about?"
"You! What's with you! Getting together with Finn again! What are you thinking?!"
A deep crimson blush came over the girls tanned cheeks. "H-how do you know about that?!"
Leo smirked as he waved a finger at Lily. "Ooooh ho ho ho… I know a lot more than I should. I know basically everything about you and you're… sexual…uh… adventures!"
"That's… a horrible way to describe that Leo…" Lily said as she blushed further. Leo shook his head as he stomped his foot.
"Shut up! Look, I know you got with Finn, twice now! And could you both be more stupid?! Not using any form of protection?! What if you get pregnant and Finn still choses to be with Serena?! What then?! You gonna beg him to come back to you to help take care of that kid?!"
Lily glanced down as Leo spoke, guilt filling her. "I can't get pregnant. I made sure to get something to prevent that while I was dating Chrono… and… even if I was pregnant… I would never ask or beg Finn to come back to me. I told him… that he should be happy and to just be with Serena. I don't deserve to be with him."
"Even though he still loves you… you're just going to give up on him just like that?!"
Lily threw her arms down at her sides as she yelled back at the blonde haired boy. "What am I supposed to do Leo?! Go run to him and tell him that I was wrong and that I do want to be with him?! It's not fair to Serena if I take him away… its better the two of us just stay as friends…."
Leo brought his hands to his head, gripping his hair tightly. "Uugh! You two drive me mad! For so many years, all I heard was Lily this, Lily that. Drove me nuts! And not to mention, he would come over here after spending time with you and tell me everything you guys talked about…" Leo watched Lily's expression change to one of horror, her tanned cheeks burning in embarrassment.
"H-he… told you…"
"Everything." Leo said as he crossed his arms over his chest, his olive-green eyes glaring at her as he shook his head. "And let me tell you… having a man paint your nails… really Lil? Gah…"
"He was my best friend! I didn't think he cared to do it!"
"You practically tossed him right into the friend zone the way you treated him! For a while there I thought he turned gay."
Lily scoffed as she raised her arms up into the air, letting them fall back down as she turned her head slightly. "How was I supposed to know he liked me back then?! I was stupid and honestly a bit unfair for a while…"
"Oh I know you were." Lily rolled her eyes at Leos' comment.
"Look… I don't want to talk about this anymore, can I just come in and—"
Leo held his arm up in front of the doorway, blocking the script mage from entering. "No! I'm not done talking about it! You really hurt him you know…"
Lily stepped back slightly as she looked away. "I… I know I did."
"And now that he's back, he wants to just be with you. But you're too stubborn to let him in! You say that you don't deserve him, and I say that's not true!"
"What do you know, Leo?" Lily said coolly as tears began to form in her eyes.
"I know that you want the same thing as Finn but you don't want to do it because he's still involved with someone else. What if he didn't have a girlfriend? Would you go out with him then?"
"I… I don't know…"
"How do you not know?!"
Lily's voice grew louder as she shut her eyes tightly. "I JUST DON'T LEO! OK?! I've done a lot of stupid things in the past and nothing I can do will make up for it. Like I said before… I don't deserve to be with Finn…"
A soft voice came from behind Leo, causing hazel eyes to open widely. "Honestly I think you both are being stupid about this whole thing."
'That's…' Lily looked up quickly as Leo lowered his arm from the doorway. Rain came up beside him, her long hair pulled off to the side in a ponytail. Lily's eyes watered as she saw the younger girl stepping towards her. "Rain?"
The ice mage stopped just before Lily, her blue eyes staring back into hazel. "You both need to work this out, but you shouldn't think that you don't deserve to be with someone. Especially someone who has worked so hard to win your heart. I know my brother is just as stupid though. He told me about that time you came to him after the convention… I even questioned him if he asked you how you felt about him and when he told me he never found out, I basically called him out on it. I told him over the years to just be straight forward with you… to just tell you instead of waiting. But of course, my idiot of a brother never listened." Rain smiled as she watched Lily crack a smile as she laughed slightly. The ice mage put her hands on Lily's shoulders. "I really wish he told you sooner." Warm tears began to form in Rains eyes as she smiled.
"He really is a big dummy isn't he? But I guess that makes me a big dummy too." Lily said with a smile. Rain smiled back as she spoke.
"I'm afraid so. You two are a match made in heaven!" She said with a giggle.
"Rain…" Lily said with a smile. Her hand reached up to the girls' cheek. "I've missed you so much."
"I missed you too, Lily." The ice mage quickly wrapped her arms around the script mage, pulling her in close as her tears fell down her cheeks.
Lily held the girl tightly as she too cried. "I wish you didn't move away all those years ago… for so long, all I had was Finn… and when he left… I had no one. I had to eventually become friends with that lion."
Leo chimed in quickly as he clenched his fist. "Hey!"
Rain giggled as she let Lily go, both girls wiping away the tears they shed from their eyes. "Well… he's been a really good friend to me since I've gotten back. I owe him a lot."
Lily smiled as she looked over the girl. "God… look at you. Your hair is so long… and you just… you look so beautiful."
Rain motioned to Lily's' short hair. "What about you? When did you decide to do that?"
Lily brought a hand up to her black bangs and smiled. "I thought it would be a nice change." Rain giggled as she watched Lily toss back the stray bangs backwards. Lily's eyes went wide as she watched Rain continue to smile after her giggles had ended. "Wow…"
"What?" Rain said quickly, concern over her face.
"You're… smiling… it's been so long since I've seen you do that…"
Rain looked down some as a slight blush came over her pale cheeks. "Yeah… I know…" Blue eyes cast back towards Leo who was watching the girls intently with his arms at his side and hands in his pockets. "It's all thanks to Leo." Rain looked back to Lily, her smile growing as she spoke of the blonde haired boy. "He's done so much for me since I got back… and he's always looking for a new way to make me smile."
"Ah… so that's why you told Finn you didn't want to go back home with him?" Lily said with a raised brow.
"Yeah… Leo makes me happy. And… it's been so long since I felt safe with someone. Even when Finn would come and visit… I was still so fearful of that horrible man my mom was dating…. But when I'm with him… he just… makes me forget it all. And I hate to admit it… but I kinda missed him too while I was away."
"Hey, just between us girls…" Lily said as she pulled Rain in close, her hand coming up to the side of her face to hide her lips. Hazel eyes went right over to Leo as he watched them, wondering what they were whispering about. "I say you should stay here for as long as you want."
Rain's eyes went wide. "What? You mean it?"
"Hell yeah girl! You do what you want!" Lily said confidently. "And besides… I think you and Leo are pretty cute together."
Rains face began to turn bright red at Lily's' statement. "W-what? Me and Leo? What brought on that crazy idea?!"
"Well… at the party, he was so excited that you were coming to visit and he wanted to do so many things with you when you got here… and let me just say, he looked pretty devastated when he found out you weren't coming. I could tell he really does care for you. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if something just so happened between you two sometime soon."
Rain looked back at Leo, the blush on her cheeks still warming her skin. 'Me… and Leo…'
"And don't worry, I won't say a word to Finn about it." Lily said with a wink as Rain looked back to her.
Leo growled softly, clearly getting annoyed by the two girls who were keeping him out of the loop of whatever they were discussing. "Oi! What the hell are you two talking about?!"
Lily stood up straight and put her hands behind her back. A smirk came over her lips as she closed her eyes. "Nothing that you should worry your pretty little head over Leo. Besides, I've gotta get going. I've got some important stuff I gotta go over with the band. So I'll come by later and talk with you some more?"
Rain nodded as she smiled. "That would be great."
Lily opened her eyes as she turned her body, heading for her car. "Don't forget, you do you, girl!" A hazel eye winked once more at the young ice mage, causing a soft smile and light blush to form over her face once more. Rain waved goodbye and walked back into the house, letting Leo close the door behind her.
"Sooo… what was that all about?" Leo asked as Rain slowly made her way to the living room.
"It was nothing. Just girl talk." Rain responded quickly.
Leo scratched the side of his head as he pouted. "Somehow that scares me…. Especially since that dragon is involved." He said under his breath as he followed Rain into the next room.
Lily got into her car and pulled out her phone, calling Finn quickly.
"Hey, Lily… did you talk to her?! Is Rain coming home?" He asked quickly.
"Well…" She started to say.
"Oh god… what?"
"I may have told her to just do what she wants…. And to just stay there if that's what she really wanted to do."
"WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO CONVINCE HER TO COME BACK HOME LIL!" Finn shouted angrily.
The script mage pulled the phone away from her ear while he yelled, putting it back to the side of her head slowly. "Look, I know that's what you wanted me to do… but… Finn… she looked so happy. If I told her she had to come back home and leave Leo… she probably would have gone back into her stoic self at your place. She would let negative thoughts cloud her mind and she probably wouldn't ever smile again. Leo makes her forget all the pain and the chaos that's going on around her. I couldn't tell her she had to leave that. You have to give Leo some credit… he's probably the only person besides you who could make her smile. And right now, you have too much going on that you seemed to lose sight of that. Staying at Leos' is probably best for that girl right now. At least until your mother gets better."
Lily could hear the ice mage sigh on the other line. She waited patiently to hear his response as he thought her words over. "Yeah… I guess you're right… I guess I can trust him to watch over her…. he's done it this long and hasn't laid a finger on her yet."
"See? Then there's no problem."
"Oh, hey Lil? While I have you on the phone… do you think we could talk about us now?"
Lily bit down on her lip. She was dreading that he might ask her this again. "Finn… I'm kinda busy right now. I'm heading to the bar to work on some stuff… and I'm still waiting on a call from someone. So… right now isn't a good time to talk."
"Well if you're driving it shouldn't be a problem."
"Well you know what they say! It's dangerous to talk on the phone and drive at the same time so I'll talk to you later Finn! Bye!"
"Lily, wait—"
Lily sighed as she hung up the phone with Finn, tossing her phone into her passenger seat beside her. "That was close… I honestly don't think I can talk about us still… I've gotta keep my mind focused on the show coming up and I can't be stressing over what Finn and I want right now…. maybe after the show this weekend I'll sit down and talk with him. Just the two of us."
Rain's blue eyes shifted from the TV to the boy sitting next to her on the couch. She watched as he focused on the screen with wide eyes as the movie they were watching together played on. Lily's words rang through Rains head ever since they were whispered to her.
"I could tell he really does care for you.I honestly wouldn't be surprised if something just so happened between you two sometime soon."
'He does make me happy… probably the only person besides Finn… and ever since I came here… he's been nothing but kind to me… and he hasn't tried anything on me yet…' A blush came over pale cheeks. 'Maybe… I should just… see…' Blue eyes turned away quickly, her head shaking slightly. 'What am I thinking?! We're talking about Leo here! There's no way I'd go out with him…' Rain brought a hand up to her fast beating heart. 'But he's changed so much… and maybe… I have too?' Rain shifted her soft gaze back to Leo who had adjusted himself in his seat, putting his arm up on the back of the couch. 'Maybe Lily's right… I should just do it…' The young ice mage swallowed the large lump forming in her throat. She could feel her chest tightening with each thought that passed through her mind. Rain put her hands on either side of her body, slowly and unnoticeably moving closer to Leo on the couch.
The ice mage leaned in closer to Leo without him noticing; her mind was made up. 'Screw it. I can do what I want. There's no harm in just a kiss… right?' Rain found herself just a hands length away from Leos' face when the blonde haired boy turned his head. Olive-green and blue eyes went wide at the closeness of their faces.
A slight blush came over the boys' cheeks as Rain sat there, words unable to form fast enough to explain herself. "Um… you ok, Rain?"
"Uh… yes… I… um…" Rain started to say.
Leo interrupted her quickly. "Wait, don't tell me… you're scared of this movie too?"
Rain felt her body relax slightly, grateful he didn't think about what she really was about to do. "Y-yes… I'm a little scared…"
Leo grinned as he wrapped his arm around the girls' shoulders, pulling her in closer to his own body. Rain blushed brighter as her cheek pressed against his chest and her hand fell to his other side. "Why didn't you say so?! You didn't have to try to sneak closer to me. We can be scared together now!" With his free hand, Leo pulled the blanket from the back of the couch over his legs. He looked to her as he held up the other half. "Are you cold?"
Rain looked up into olive-green, her voice low. "Um… no…" She watched as Leo shrugged his shoulders and turned his attention back to the TV before them. Rain opened her mouth to speak. "Um… but… I wouldn't mind sharing the blanket… with you…"
Leo looked back to the blushing girl in his arm. He blushed slightly himself as he smiled. "Ok." The blonde haired boy pulled the rest of the warm blanket over the girl, tucking it in over her other side. Rain smiled as she looked away from Leo's gaze.
'Well… this is a start I guess… but I don't mind this at all… I can feel his heart beating… and he's so warm…'
Rain closed her eyes slowly, taking in the scent coming off from Leo. The blonde haired boy rubbed the girls' arm lightly, slowly moving it up to her hair. Olive-green eyes shifted down at blue hair as he ran his fingers through the soft strands.
'Man… that was super close… it looked like she was trying to kiss me or something…' Leos' eyes went wide and forward to the TV as his heart began to race. 'Oh god… what if she was trying to kiss me?! W-why would she want to do that?! I haven't done anything to make her want to kiss me… maybe I'm just imagining things. I could just be going crazy! Yeah! That's it! But… then again…' Leo slowly moved his gaze downward. 'What if she's starting to have feelings for me? What if… she wants to really be with me?' Leo's eye lids came down halfway as he looked straight ahead. 'God will you listen to yourself?! You are just having wishful thoughts. You just want to think that so you can finally be with her. There's no way in hell she'd want to be with a guy like you. You've been with so many girls and joked around with her too much all those years ago. Besides… would you really be able to do anything to her now? You haven't tried anything yet and she's been here for days!' Leos' eyes closed as he sighed. 'I should really stop having these conversations with myself in my head. If anyone knew I did this… they'd send me right to the looney bin. Still… if this is the closest I can be with her… I'll take it. As much as I want to do so much more with her… I don't want to betray her trust in any way. And if this makes her happy, then I'm happy.' Leo smiled as he opened his eyes. 'All I ever wanted was to have her close by. And right now… this is close enough.'
An hour had passed after everyone had left the hospital, leaving Gray to himself once more with his wife late into the night. He propped his elbows up on his knees as he covered his mouth with his hands. His dark eyes looked up to Juvia. He breathed in deeply just before he spoke, his head hanging down. "I never told you why I never signed those papers." Grays fist clenched tightly. "I never signed those papers because… I still love you… I wish… so many times that I could have gone back and changed my ways. I wish I would have just talked to you instead of running away to the bar. Wasting away in countless bottles…. It's my fault you're here… why you're like this now…. I wish I could be in your place…. You've suffered enough Juvia… and it's all because of me…."
"You… shouldn't… blame yourself… Gray…." A soft voice said from the bed. Grays eyes went wide in disbelieve. The ice mage looked up slowly, his dark eyes forming tears slowly as he saw his wife smiling weakly back at him. Her own eyes were filling with her own tears as she reached up to his face, her soft hand touching a cool cheek as she spoke. "It's my own fault that I'm in this mess… I would never blame you for this."
"This… this has to be a dream… Juvia…" Gray sat up and slowly started to lean in to her. "Do… do you remember? Do you know who I am?"
Juvia closed her eyes gently as she continued to smile. "You're Gray. My loving husband."
Gray could feel his tears rolling down his cheeks. 'She remembers who I am… she remembers…' Gray quickly wrapped his arms around Juvia's body, his head burying into her stomach as he wept. "You remember me…"
Juvia wrapped her own arms around the ice mage, holding him close as cried. "I'm so sorry for forgetting…"
"Why are you apologizing? It was all my fault… Juvia I'm so sorry… I'm so sorry for everything…" The ice mage could feel the warmth returning to the woman in his arms. He still was in slight disbelief that she had come back to him. "I can't believe you have your memories still intact."
Juvia smiled slightly. "I heard you. Every word you said to me. You told me not to give up and to come back. Besides... if I were to leave you again… you'd just fall apart once more. You said that you still love me… that's all I needed to hear. It's all I ever wanted to hear from you Gray."
"I'll say it every day, every second if I need to! Just… please… don't ever leave me again…"
Juvia rested her head on top of Grays gently, her hands gripping his shirt tightly. "I promise I won't leave ever again."
Gray couldn't stop his tears from streaming down his cheeks as he held his wife in his arms. She felt so warm to his cool touch. All the love she had for him, for their kids, it was returning. He could feel how much she still cared for him. "Juvia…"
"Yes Gray?"
"You're warm. You're so warm."
AN: omgz… Juvia is awake…. And she remembers! Woo!
Ooooo Lily… shes so sneaky…. Planting that seed into Rains head about Leo…. Wonder whats gonna happen next….
Please Review everyone! :D tell me all your thoughts or feelings. I'm hoping to get another chapter posted this Thursday (hopefully)