Natsu groans as sunlight hits his face in the morning. He felt something was off and he turned on his side and noticed that Lucy was missing. He got up out of bed, wearing nothing but his black boxer briefs and made his way downstairs to find Lucy cooking in the kitchen. Her hair was up in a bun and she was wearing one of his short sleeve t-shirts. Natsu quietly came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. She tenses a bit in surprise, but she quickly remembers that it's him and calms down, relaxing in his hold and leaning against his bare chest.
"Good morning Lucy." He mumbles into her hair.
"Good morning Natsu." Lucy replies softly. "Did the smell of breakfast wake you up?"
"Actually it wasn't the smell of food but the absence of yours that woke me up." Natsu says.
Lucy blushes before Natsu looks over her shoulder to see what she's making.
"So why are you making pancakes so early in the morning?" Natsu asks.
"Because today is a big day remember?" Lucy reminds him.
"It is?" Natsu asks. "I don't remember having anything big planned for us today."
Lucy giggles from Natsu's ignorance.
"You were at Gray's bachelor party last night you big dummy! You should know what's going on today!" Lucy cheerfully reminds him.
Natsu looks stumped for a minute but then his face lights up when he remembers.
"Oh! It's Gray and Juvia's wedding today!" Natsu exclaims.
"Yep! And since I have some extra cash now that I don't have to pay rent anymore, I can spend as much as I want on food for the three of us." Lucy explains.
Natsu gasps softly and he gets a serious look on his face. He ran his hands along Lucy's lower-belly.
"Three of us?" He asks.
"Yeah..." Lucy says, confused by his tone and she looks over his shoulder to look at his face. "You, me, and Happy." She clarifies.
"Oh!" Natsu says and scratches the back of his head. "Right. I forgot about him for a second."
Lucy arches an eyebrow and returns to flipping the pancakes.
"I hope you can pull your head out of the clouds soon. Right after breakfast we need to go help Gray and Juvia get ready." Lucy reminds him.
"If I pull my head out of the clouds can I put it in-between your legs?" Natsu asks.
Lucy gasps and almost drops her spatula from Natsu's dirty comment.
"Natsu!" She exclaims and gasps when she feels Natsu's hands against her skin under her shirt.
"N-Natsu, w-we don't...have time." She breathlessly protests as Natu's hands started to get grabby.
"I can make it quick." He mumbles against her neck where he left her tender kisses.
"But then we'll burn breakfast." Lucy giggles.
"I can still eat it if it's burnt." Natsu reminds her.
Lucy was about to protest but then his mouth found that sensitive spot on her neck and she caved.
"Fine. You win you lustful animal, now make it quick." She moans.
After the little escapade that morning Lucy was in her blue bridesmaid gown with the other Fairy Tail ladies helping Juvia get ready for the ceremony.
Erza, the maid of honor, took her role seriously and made sure that everything was perfect down to the last detail. That's why Juvia picked Erza for this role, she wanted this day that she's been dreaming of since she met Gray to be perfect and Erza would definitely make sure of that. While Juvia stood on the fitting stage in her wedding gown, Erza was checking every flower pot in the room and making sure Juvia's dress was free of any tears or blemishes.
Juvia stood on the fitting stage in a long, white, strapless gown with matching white sleeves that went up to her mid-upper arm, lining up with edge of the bodice that pushed up her already ample bosom a bit more, making her cleavage more defined than it already was. The bodice was patterned with sparkling snowflakes that framed the edges of it as well before the pattern turned into raindrops that ran along the length of the skirt. The sleeves were decorated in the same pattern, snowflakes bleeding into raindrops. And to tie it altogether, Juvia wore a tiara with raindrop-shaped gems in it and Levy held a veil that had sparkling snowflakes as well.
"Levy, I've diverted some of your tasks for the wedding today for Lucy." Erza informs her. "You're due to have the twins any day now and I wouldn't want you doing anything strenuous that could trigger your labor."
"Don't worry Erza. When these two birds are ready to leave the nest I'll definitely know." Levy assures her before going up onto the fitting stage to give Juvia her veil.
"You know, Juvia I was worried that as today got closer and closer that you'd get more stressed and nervous but instead it seems like the opposite has happened. It's like you've been glowing brighter and brighter these past few weeks." Levy comments as she places the veil on Juvia's head.
"Yes, Juvia has felt different lately." She says and smiles at the ground in thought.
"Do you think Gray-sama will find Juvia pretty?" Juvia asks.
"Do you even have to ask Juvia?" Cana slurs before taking another long swig of alcohol from her flask.
The other bridesmaids frowned. They were certain that they had taken Cana's flask away from her before coming into the dressing room.
"Look at you girl! You're gorgeous! If anything Gray's gonna get a huge boner as soon as he sees you! In fact, all of the guys at the ceremony probably will too! Even the Priest!" Cana jokes.
"Oh no!" Juvia exclaims. "Juvia does not want Gray-sama getting an erection for her in front of the whole guild!"
"I mean it's not like he hasn't already-" Cana starts before the other girls shush her.
"Juvia you're just nervous about the ceremony and that anxiety is putting crazy thoughts in your head." Lucy says. "Don't worry about a thing. Gray's going to think you're beautiful and the ceremony's going to go off without a hitch I promise!"
"Well then if you're sure nothing can go wrong, then Juvia is ready to become Gray-sama's wife!" Juvia declares.
Inside the sanctuary, all of the Fairy Tail guild members were seated in their assigned rows and Gray and his groomsmen stood at the altar with the priest. Juvia would be coming through those big double doors any minute now and Gray was nervous as hell. The sound of his foot tapping against the marble floor echoed throughout the walls and it was starting to piss Natsu off.
"Hey will you quit it with the tap dancing already ice princess? It's really starting to get on my nerves!" Natsu scolds him.
"Get on your nerves? How do you think my nerves feel? I'm about to bare my soul to the woman I love in front of all of our friends and family! So forgive me for being a little tense!" Gray barks back.
"Really? That's what scares ya? I thought you'd be more worried about stripping in front of everyone by accident." Natsu teases.
"I would be if you didn't take care of that problem for me." Gray reminds them. "How did you do that by the way?"
"I lined the inside of your tux with double sided tape." Happy says and holds up a roll as he floats overhead. "There's no way you'll be able to take it off now that it's stuck to your skin!"
"Well yeah that's helpful for now but how am I supposed to take it off for my wedding night?" Gray asks and Happy sulks.
"Whoops. Natsu and I didn't think of that." Happy says sheepishly.
"You imbeciles!" Gray scolds them.
"That's enough you two." Lyon says. "The bride will be coming any minute, and I doubt she'll want to walk down the aisle to the sound of you two arguing."
"What the hell are you even doing here anyway Lyon?" Natsu asks. "Did you come here for one last chance to steal Juvia away from Gray?"
"Oh I wouldn't dream of it." Lyon says. "That would be horribly rude to my dear friend Gray, especially since I am his best man."
Natsu scoffs.
"You ain't the best man here! I could take you down in three punches right now if I wasn't so terrified of what Erza said she would do to me if I wrecked this place before the wedding." Natsu says and shivers.
"Natsu that's not what it means." Gray says. "The best man is a role the groom assigns someone for their wedding. The best man is the one who gives a speech about the groom at the reception and he organizes the bachelor party and helps me out in any other way I need it."
"Ew that sounds like a lot of work all for nothing." Natsu complains.
"It's not all for nothing. Marriage is a very important and special milestone for a couple. This ceremony represents Gray and Juvia's undying love for each other, and how they are pledging themselves to each other for life in front of all of their friends and family, so that we can all celebrate in the joy that is true love together. Once this ceremony commences you'll see that for yourself." Lyon explains.
Natsu frowns in thought before the organ starts playing and everyone stands and faces the large double doors that were opening.
Wendy enters first, wearing her cute blue flower girl dress, and she tosses rose petals down the aisle as she makes her way towards the alter.
Then the bridesmaids enter and Natsu, Gajeel and Jellal blush when they see how pretty their girls look in their bridesmaid dresses.
But the gasp of awe was audible when Juvia enters through the doors. Everyone was taken aback in awe of how beautiful she looked. Gray was frozen where he stood, unable to take his eyes off of her as Gajeel took her hand and walked her down the aisle.
Originally it was supposed to be Makarov who would hand Juvia off to Gray. But Juvia requested that it be Gajeel instead since she's known him the longest out of anyone in Fairy Tail and he was like a big brother to her.
When Juvia finally reaches the alter, Gray's hand was shaking as he held it out for Gajeel to place Juvia's into. He couldn't believe how radiantly beautiful she looked right now. She was like an ice goddess, and she was about to become his wife.
"If you hurt her, I'll kill you." Gajeel sneers.
All Gray could do was gulp and nod as Gajeel gave him his blessing and places Juvia's hand in his and Gray brings her up to the alter to stand beside him, the whole time unable to take his eyes off of her.
"Beautiful..." he whispers to her as the Priest begins the ceremony.
After what felt like an eternity they reached the end of the ceremony. Now it was time for the vows. Juvia volunteered to go first.
"Gray-sama, before Juvia met you her world was a never ending storm. There was literally a raincloud over her head everywhere she went. Juvia always longed to find love one day, but no man she ever met had the power to love the rain. As time went on, she feared that nothing could ever chase the clouds away. But then everything changed the minute Juvia met you darling. It was love at first sight and from that moment Juvia knew that you were different. Juvia knew that if anyone was meant to be her soulmate, it was you. And sure enough, you were the one that chased the clouds away and let Juvia see the sun. All these years Juvia has known you have been the happiest of Juvia's life. Even if at first you ignored her, Juvia was still happy just being by your side. Juvia could have gone her whole life without you ever loving her back and she would have been happy, but then one day, you did and Juvia did not know she could feel even happier than she already did but she does. This is better than any romantic fantasy Juvia has ever thought of because this moment is real for both Juvia and Gray-sama. Juvia has been devotedly in love with her Gray-sama since the moment she met him and she will stay by his side forever as his wife."
Gray was tearing up during her speech as was everyone else in the guild. Gray wipes away his tears before continuing with his own vows.
"I know that I used to be pretty cold to you, and I mean hey, I am an ice wizard, that's to be expected."
That earned a laugh from the crowd.
"After I lost my master I encased my heart in ice, I was worried that if I let anyone get too close I'd get hurt again when they left. So when you attached yourself to me after we first met it scared me. I didn't want to get attached to anyone or let anyone get attached to me, because I always thought I'd sacrifice myself for the guild someday, and I didn't want you to get hurt. But then time went on, we went through a lot and then the relentless stream of your love finally cracked the ice around my heart. I realized your love gave me a reason to want to live. When I look at you I see the future Juvia. I want to spend the rest of my life with you at my side, and I swear I'll love you until the day I die and even beyond that. You have my word Juvia, not just as a wizard of Fairy Tail but as your husband who loves you more than anything in the world."
Now everyone in the guild was full on sniffling and some were crying. They'd never heard Gray say something so emotional before, and they were all feeling the effects of it.
Juvia's bottom lip was trembling before she burst out crying tears of joy and threw her arms around Gray and hugged him tight. But because she was a water wizard, the sanctuary was starting to flood.
"Hey Gray get a handle on your wife before she drowns us all!" Droy exclaims from the pews.
"Hey she's not my wife yet!" Gray reminds him.
"No, but she will be now." The Priest says.
"Juvia Loxar, do you take Gray Fullbuster to be your husband?"
"Yes! She does!" Juvia exclaims without hesitation.
"And Gray Fullbuster do you take Juvia Loxar to be your wife?"
"I do!" Gray declares while looking into her tear-soaked eyes.
"Then I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride!" The Priest announces.
Juvia and Gray's mouths met the second he finished that sentence. Gray held her in his arms and they kissed each other deeply as their guildmates cheered around them and the church bells rang.
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As if it was a sign from the universe blessing Gray and Juvia's union, it snowed during the reception. The cold didn't bother Gray and Juvia since they were both fairly used to it by now. But everyone else felt a little bit chilly so Natsu went around and made some campfires for people to gather around to keep warm. But he made sure that Lucy was extra warm by draping his jacket over her shoulders and lending her his scarf while she waited in the crowd of other bridesmaids to catch the bouquet that Juvia was about to throw. To Erza's delight, she was the one to catch it, and Jellal's face was bright red as she looked back at him with a look of pure joy on her face. He loved how adorable she looked when she was happy.
Lucy was partially disappointed that she wasn't the one to catch the bouquet. But knowing Natsu, it was probably going to be a long time before the thought of marriage crossed his mind. Or so she thought.
"Hey Lucy." Natsu says, catching her attention. "Have you ever thought about getting married?"
Lucy gasps and looks at him with wide eyes.
"Uh...why are you asking?" Lucy replies softly.
"I dunno really." Natsu says and shrugs. "I guess it's because this is the first wedding I've ever seen before, and seeing Gray and Juvia up there today exchanging rings and vows to each other made me wonder if that's something that's important to a relationship."
"Well, if you grew up the way I did then yeah it is. But when I was growing up, marriage was less about love and more about money. Sure when I was little I had dreams of falling in love with a handsome Prince Charming who would sweep me off of my feet and marry me. But, those days and that life are behind me now. Stuff like that doesn't matter to me as much anymore. Maybe because instead of ending up with the Prince, I ended up with the dragon." Lucy giggles.
Natsu smirks then looks at Lucy lovingly as she perks up and begins writing something down on a napkin, claiming that she just got some inspiration for a new story.
Then Lyon clinks his glass and everyone quickly raises theirs to toast to the new Mr. and Mrs. Fullbuster.
To Gray's surprise Juvia raised her glass of water to the toast instead of her champagne fluke.
"You avoiding the alcohol tonight so you don't get drunk and strip in front of everyone?" Gray asks.
"No. Although that is part of the reason." Juvia admits. "Juvia is not drinking because Porlyusica said that would be unwise for someone in my condition."
"What?" Gray asks, worry creeping onto his face. "Juvia are you sick?"
"No. Juvia is in perfect health, and so is the baby inside of her..." She says and blushes while holding her hand over her womb.
"You're pregnant!" Gray exclaims.
Everyone in the guild gasped, hearing Gray's outburst and turning towards the couple.
"Yes, Juvia has Gray-sama's baby inside of her." She repeats.
"Juvia don't say it like that it's just as much yours as it is mine..." Gray says softly and places his hand over her womb and she places hers over his.
"Just when I thought I couldn't get any happier tonight." He says before kissing her deeply while everyone congratulates him and Juvia on starting their family.
"Ugh! Finally!" Natsu exclaims and lays down on the table. "I've been smelling that bun in Juvia's oven for weeks! It's been killing me not to say anything to ice princess!"
"Hey uh, while we're on the topic of babies!" Levy shouts. "I think this would be a good time to let everyone know that mine are coming! Now. My water just broke!"
And then there was another collective gasp as everyone saw the puddle under Levy's chair.