When Juvia returned home, there was a small, turquoise box set atop her kitchen island. She raised a curious eyebrow at it, wondering where it had come from; she knew for certain that she had never had anything like this. Glancing around cautiously and hoping against the worst, Juvia lifted the lid with careful fingers and looked inside.

Her breath was taken for a moment-- the contents hadn't been what she was expecting (well, she didn't know what she had been expecting, but it still surprised her). Two lithe fingers grabbed sterling silver chain and she held the necklace out in front of her. The pendant swayed slightly in her field of vision, reflecting and refracting sunlight that spilled in from her kitchen window. Juvia smiled.

It was a large sapphire dew drop. In a secondary loop just under it was a row of small, light blue gems connected by black tassle. The necklace in its entirety was gorgeous, and Juvia wished she knew where it came from, who to give thanks to.

"Perhaps Ame has bartered with Kami-sama and managed to convince them to bestow it upon me for our time together?" She murmured the playful thought to herself fondly as she positioned the necklace over her chest and admired it. She giggled a little at the prospect too. "What a thoughtful companion,"

Juvia took the next few moments to put it on. Afterward, she moved to take care of the box and put it away. But before she put the lid back on, she spotted a clump of dark ink on the inside. Upon closer, strenuous inspection, Juvia realized that it was a message written in scratchy handwriting. Immediately, she knew who this wonderful gift was from. She read the note with effort.

You're a great friend, Juvs, and I appreciate you. I thought you would like something like this, so it's yours. Thanks for letting me be a jackass.

-- Gray

It was a terrible letter, but it made Juvia laugh; Gray really was bad at this sort of thing. She appreciated the effort and honestly wouldn't have preferred that he write it any other way. She decided to let him know that she'd gotten it.

It was convenient that they were neighbors. She walked over to Gray's house and knocked on his door, hopeful that he was home. He didn't come to the door for a long while, even after she knocked again, and she assumed he was out. Ecstatic mood a bit dampened, Juvia turned around and began the walk back to her house. She was halfway down Gray's driveway when--

"Hey! I know you're transcendent and shit, but I almost ran you over!"

A grin came to Juvia's face as she looked up from her new necklace and straight at Gray Fullbuster, whose head was stuck out of the window of his old beamer to shout at her. She didn't even feel abashed for dawdling in his driveway and almost getting hurt-- but maybe a little bad for worrying him. She moved out of the way so he could park, then wrapped her arms around him as soon as he stepped out of his car.

"Woah," Gray chuckled, hugging her back, "What's got you so excited?"

Beaming, Juvia held up the dew drop pendant hanging from her neck. Gray's eyes softened as soon as he saw it. He raised a hand to his neck, "You like it?"

"I love it," she said, "thank you, Gray."

"It's no big deal. You deserve it."

Juvia hummed, diverted her gaze. "Really?"

"Yeah. You've been good to me."

That meant a lot to Juvia knowing that it was hard for Gray to talk about his feelings. She suddenly didn't feel like she deserved this much; jewelry and his precious thoughts in one day? it was unfair that he didn't receive anything from her. Perhaps she should-- wait. Juvia looked back to him as yet another thought occurred to her.

"How did you get into my house?"

Gray's smile faltered just a bit. "The back door was unlocked," he admitted.

Juvia raised a brow. "And the alarm system?"

Gray shrugged. "It wasn't hard to guess your password. By the way, you should change your password."

Juvia laughed. "I should have known."

"You probably should have."

Before either of them could say more, the sky suddenly erupted in a booming clamor, thick grey clouds moving to cover the sun. Juvia had been over at his house for longer than she thought. They both looked up to the sky with relaxed, hopeful smiles, waiting eagerly where others would have rushed for refuge. Soon enough, it began to rain.

"Wait-- Juvia-- what are you doing?"

Juvia giggled at the blush on Gray's face as she took his hands in hers and began to move. She spun them in a circle, like two children holding onto a really fast playground merry-go-round. Her giggle turned into full, merry laughter.

"This is what I will do for you," she said, and made him dance with her in the rain.