Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail


"Gray-sama, wait up!"

Yes, Juvia has finally done it! Gray-sama is finally Juvia's. We were walking along a flowery field that could represent a rainbow; a wild, chaotic rainbow. Flowers of different species and colours bloomed spectacularly, no pattern at all, yet beautiful to see the flowers mingle each other without problems, just like love. And Juvia's love has finally paid off! Now Juvia just has to catch up to Gray-sama for taking our picnic basket and running off. Just wait Gray-sama, your love will catch up soon enough. Juvia took off at blinding speed, spending petals into the sky as she past by flowers.

Juvia could see Gray-sama running further ahead laughing, yes that smile, Gray-sama is finally showing Juvia that smile that is reserved for Lucy-san. Juvia has won! Now for her reward. Juvia pounced at her love and tackled him down into a bed of flowers, kicking up a rainbow in the process.

"Graaaaaaay-sama! Juvia caught you." Gray-sama laughed again. That smile could kill Juvia, it's making Juvia's heart race.

"Yeah you did," Gray-sama looked into Juvia's eyes lovingly, we were so close our nose would touch with the slightest tap. "here's your reward." Gray-sama closed the final gap between Juvia and Gray-sama's lips. Ahh, Juvia is so happy. When we separated, Gray-sama was gone! Pink hair; sharp, onyx eyes; a white scarf wrapped snuggly around the newcomer's neck. Natsu-san! But…what is he doing here? And where is Gray-sama?

"Juvia…" Natsu-san kissed Juvia's forehead. Ehh? N—Natsu-san? Why isn't Juvia pulling away? Juvia belongs to Gray-sama. But…this doesn't feel too bad. Natsu-san's warmth quickly spreaded throughout Juvia's head. Juvia's cheeks feels hot…blushing? N—no it must be the heat. Juvia then felt Natsu-san pull away, bringing the warmth and comfort with him...

Wait! Don't go! Juvia lost all reasoning and pushed Natsu-san down and planted her lips onto Natsu-san's. It felt better than with Gray-sama, Juvia feels…complete. Natsu-san's warmth is back, and how addicting it is! Wanting more, Juvia wrapped her right hand around Natsu-san shoulders and tugged on his hair with Juvia's left.

When we separated, Natsu-san was looking into Juvia's eyes with passion, they told Juvia to forget about Gray-sama, to let go of the past, to love someone else. Someone that will cherish Juvia.

"Juvia, I love you." Natsu-san said simply

"M—me too…N—Natsu-sama…" 'Sama!?' No! This isn't Juvia, Juvia loves Gray-sama! But, why does it feel so good to be in Natsu-san's arms? Natsu-san abruptly pulled Juvia into another kiss. Juvia can't pull out, she can't move! Juvia doesn't feel disgust but, happiness?

"Well, see ya." Everything started to blur, the flowers—the colours were turning grey. Natsu-san is gone, he's getting further away. Wait! Juvia stretched her arms out as far as they could, forcing a few centimetres at the cost of pain. Don't leave Juvia alone! Juvia doesn't want to be lonely anymore, Gray-sama, Natsu-san, anyone! Please…don't leave Juvia alone…


Juvia shot up. Juvia feels sick, as if she ate something foul. Juvia felt her face…tears? She then traced her lips, Natsu-san...that right! Juvia promised to go fishing with Natsu-san and Happy-san, and it's already ten! She must get ready. Juvia ran to her closet and tried on different clothes. Since Juvia is fishing, should she wear something water resistant? Or something that dry quickly? Maybe Natsu-san can dry Juvia for her? Juvia continued this back and forth for some time, two hours of it.

"Hey Laki, what should we get for lunch?" A voice seeped into Juvia's room.

"How about we try that cute looking restaurant that opened last week?" Another voice.

"Good idea! Let's go before there's too much people." The sound of running that came after quickly petered into nothing. The awkward silence told Juvia that she has playing around for two hours. Juvia hurriedly threw on a pair of jeans, a white shirt and a blue blouse before rushing outside, leaving the door opened.

"Juvia? What's wrong? You seemed to be in a hurry." A voice from before made Juvia stop from opening the front door of Fairy Hills.

"Laki-san, Juvia is in a hurry so Juvia will talk to you later." Juvia didn't even give time for Laki-san to respond as Juvia was already running along a dirt path towards the lake Natsu-san found Juvia at.


Juvia made it past the forest clearing and a lake presented itself. Juvia didn't have time to admire the lake last time she was here since she had other things in her mind, so what Juvia saw really shocked her.

The flooded lake Juvia made corrected itself, revealing short plants along the bank. The lake was clear enough to allow Juvia to pick up on the small animals swimming around with great detail. Several wild animals gathered on the banks for a drink. What stood of the most was of course, a pink-haired dragon slayer and his blue companion. As Juvia got closer, she could make out what they were saying.

"Natsu, can't we start without her?"

"No, I'm going to teach her, so if she came when we're fishing, we might lose a big one to teach her." Guilt sprung from Juvia's heart hearing those words, making Juvia quicken her pace.

"But Natsuuu, I'm so hungry I only had a small fish on the way here, you don't need two rods to teach, so can't I start first." Juvia felt uncomfortable hearing the whining, it's all Juvia's fault for not waking up, stupid dreams. Juvia poured more strength into her strides

"I guess you ca—"

"Sorry! Juvia was late."

"No problem, I didn't really say what time we should meet here at."

"T—then how long has Natsu-san been waiting?"

"Umm…Happy, how long have we been here?"

"Since ten." Juvia feels really bad now, if she wasn't fooling around these two wouldn't have to starve, Juvia will make it up to them by catching a big one!

"That long!? It's almost one! We should start now!" Juvia's voice was shaky. Worse, her brain was plagued with guilt.

"Happy can start without us. Here." Natsu-san handed Juvia a fishing rod. "Now watch me." Juvia watched intently at how Natsu-san set up bait on a hook along with how he casted the rod. "Now, it's your turn." Juvia picked up a worm from the bucket they have and speared like Natsu-san showed, it was a bit messy but Juvia did it. Natsu-san stifled a laugh watching Juvia.

"Did Juvia do something wrong?"

"No, I was thinking when I went fishing with Lisanna, I would always be the one to set up the worms, she's afraid of these little guys. And I see you handle the worms just fine."

"Juvia was alone for a long time, she had to talk to many things to keep her company like bugs, cats, walls, anything that had a face or could move."

"I see…" Natsu-san tapped onto his fishing pole in sets of three. "It's great that you came to Fairy Tail isn't it? You now have lots of friends to talk to."

"Yeah…"

"By the way, you seem to doing better."

"Huh?"

"I mean, yesterday you looked like a mess, your hair was messy, bags were under your eyes."

"Mira-san and Erza-san helped out a lot…o—of course Natsu-san helped me out the most! It's just…it'll take a while for Juvia to bounce back into the girl everyone knows."

"I know, when Lisanna left, Happy and I were sad. I couldn't so anything to help save her. To this day, I think if I was there with Mira and the others, Lisanna wouldn't have been away at all." Juvia didn't know what to say, the conversation died instantly.

"Look Natsu! I got a big one!" We turned to a struggling cat that was digging his paws into the mud getting dragged slowly into the lake. Natsu-san quickly came over and reeled the fish out in one pull. It was three times bigger than Happy-san, drawing his drool in a heartbeat. "Ca—can I eat it?"

"Just kill it first."

"Aye sir!" Natsu sat back down next to Juvia with one leg propped up and stared off into the lake.

"Natsu-san."

"Yeah?"

"Aren't you bothered by Lucy-san dating Gray-sama?"

"Hah? What are you talking about?"

"Don't you love Lucy-san?"

"Nope."

"Love is too complicated for Natsu." Happy-san snickered; stained paws held a knife that was cutting off the tail of a now dead fish. Surprisingly scary.

"Hey!" Happy-san hung the fish on a branch and watch the blood drain from the fish, drool coming down like a waterfall.

"Then has Natsu-san ever loved anyone?"

"Never. Although, I remember Igneel saying something like give him lots of grandchildren, at least two."

"This might come across as degrading but, does Natsu-san know how to make children?"

"Erza did a lousy job in explaining, it was Gildarts that told me and Lisanna. When we were twelve at that! Dirty old man! That was also the first time I've seen Gildarts scared."

"Why?"

"Mira." Natsu simply said. An image of Mira-san in her demon form lacking any compassion chasing after Gildarts-san popped in Juvia's mind.

"Juvia can see it."

"Right? Man, that was fun." Natsu-san laid down on the grass using his hands as pillows.

"Juvia is a little bit jealous that everyone at Fairy Tail has so many memories. Juvia's life until now was—"

"You can just make some memories." Natsu-san pointed out. "Though, not every one is good." Happy-san came flying in wielding a skeleton of a fish and smacked Natsu-san right in the face. "What was that for!?"

"For being Natsu."

"You're not making sense."

"Retard."

"What was—"

"Natsu-san!" Juvia pointed to her fishing rod. "What should Juvia do?" The fishing pole was jerking side to side, the line was taut, not limp like when Juvia first casted the hook.

"Start pulling, not too quickly!" Juvia did as told, she pulled and reeled when the fish wasn't moving too much. Just when Juvia was about to lose it, Natsu-san grabbed Juvia's hand and helped her. With help, Juvia managed to pull the fish out of the water, it wasn't as big as Happy-san's but around the size Juvia would find in the market. More importantly, success was ringing in Juvia's head, her heart was beating, could Natsu-san hear it I wonder? The fish was flailing wildly, flinging water at Juvia and Natsu-san. Natsu-san held the fishing line and trailed it down to the hook.

"Juvia, hold the fish by the hook." Natsu-san gave the fish to Juvia. Then rummaged his pockets for something. He pulled out a lacrima? "Juvia, hold still. I'm going to take a picture."

"Ehh?"

"You want to make memories right?"

"Y—yes, b—but Juvia's hai—"

"Okay, cheese." A flash engulfed Juvia, followed by a roar of laughter. Worry started to bubble. Was the picture not good?

"Happy, look at this!" Natsu-san's blue-fur friend hovered over his shoulder. Juvia became more worried after seeing Happy-san's signature face he has when he's trying to hold in laughter.

"H—hurry up! Juvia wants to see what's so funny!" Natsu-san came over and showed Juvia the picture…Juvia wants to die…

Juvia had a flustered face on, her hair was super messy and unkept. To make it worse, the fish was covering one of Juvia's eye!

"Natsu-san! You should have told Juvia you were going to take photos, Juvia would at least comb her hair!" Juvia has never wanted to strangle the dragon-slayer-cat combo until now. It's no use, they can't hear Juvia at all, laugher was drowning it out, there is only one option. Juvia ran at the dragon slayer. "Give Juvia the lacrima now!" Natsu-san jumped out of the way, but Juvia kept chasing. You won't get away from Juvia who has been chasing after Gray-sama!

"I'm giving a copy of it to Mira and Erza, I'm sure they'll love it." Natsu-san dodged Juvia's advances like a pro.

"At least take a different one!"

"Happy, catch!" Natsu-san tossed the lacrima high into the air for Happy-san to swoop in and catch it masterfully. Of all times to be competent, why now? When Juvia's dignity is on the line? Juvia tried to shoot the cat down with magic. But it was either dodged or intercepted by Natsu-san. And the cat was gone…along with Juvia's reputation. Juvia will get back you for this, Natsu Dragneel.

"Why did you do that Natsu-san!? And Juvia was planning to give you the fish as an apology…"

"Apology?"

"For making you wait so long."

"You can't apologies if I never took offense to it." Natsu-san gave Juvia a grin that seemed to defuse the anger in Juvia's heart.

"Then, Natsu-san will have to fish his own meal."

"That's what I planned from the start." As if on cue, Natsu-san's fishing pole moved in the same manner as Juvia's before; only exaggerated and wilder. Unlike Juvia, Natsu-san pulled the fish out without effort. "Now, let's eat."

"Can you really eat such a big fish by yourself?"

"If it wasn't this big, I won't be full." Natsu-san ran off to his supplies—where he keeps his bait and live-catch buckets. Bringing back with him, was a bundle of firewood and two skewers "Juvia, help me grab some rocks and set up a fireplace."

"Okay." Juvia picked up some rocks that were around the same size and placed them in a circle. "Is this fine?"

"Perfect." Natsu-san packed the wood in a 'pyramid' shape, then finally started the fire.

"Juvia can you get rid of the scales?"

"No problem." Juvia's magic made quick work of the scale. Natsu-san took the fishes and pierced them with skewers before finally stabbing it near the fire.

"If we have a flat rock, we could've done something fancier, but I guess this will do." Juvia squatted by the fire the stare at the fish.

"How long does this take?"

"Dunno"

"Ehh?"

"I don't count how long it takes, I just eat it when it's done. Be sure to flip the fish over to the other side every now and then."

"Juvia knows. Juvia knows how to cook, don't treat her like a child."

"That's great, I can only roast things. Anything else is impossible."

"Juvia can teach you if you want."

"No thanks, I normally eat at the guild."

"Then why do you catch fish?"

"Because I have nothing else to do, all the quests sound boring. Besides, having something fresh to eat isn't too bad."

"What else do you do when you're bored?"

"Fight with the ice princess. Or Erza, depends which one I feel like beating the crap out of."

"But Juvia has never seen Natsu-san beat Erza-san, it's usually the other way around."

"She was lucky."

"Ten times in a row?"

"I w—wasn't feeling it."

"Then why did you challenge her?" Silence, only a pout-y face. "Natsu-san, why don't you admitted that you can't win against Erza-san." Juvia probably shouldn't do this but it's fun talking to Natsu-san like this.

"I can win! One of these days…"

"Want me to help you?"

"Doesn't count then." Natsu-san turned over the fishes

"Sheesh, you dragon slayers are the same, Gajeel-kun is like that too. Is fighting really that fun?"

"Of course! It's better than eating. Wait, maybe not…" Nastu-san sat with his legs cross and a furrowed brow.

"Natsu! I'm back!" Juvia's anger came back looking at the fur-ball is the sky.

"Ohhh! Happy did ya do it?"

"Perfectly!" Happy-san gave a thumbs-up which, Natsu-san returned with a cheeky smile.

"Did you really give a copy to Mira-san and Erza-san?"

"Only to Mira, Erza's scary." Happy-san hid behind the remains of the fish he ate not too long ago.

"That's the one Juvia is worried about the most!" It's hopeless, Juvia is done for. Mira-san is a huge gossiper, that photo will be all over Magnolia in a flash. What will Gray-sama think of it?

"Don't worry Juvia, I told Mira to not go overboard, so it'll only stay inside the guild…probably."

"Probably!?"

"Hey! The fish is done."

"Ehhhhhh! Natsu you cooked it?"

"Yup."

"But it's tastier raw."

"You're not eating it anyway, why do you care? Juvia, here." Natsu-san gave me a fish cooked until brown. How do you eat it? Juvia saw Natsu-san take a bite out of the fish and did the same.

"You're right Natsu-san! Eating it fresh is different!" The fish was more flavourful than the ones Juvia would buy at the market.

"See? It's not bad to eat this once in a while." As Juvia took another bite, Juvia heard another flash. Blood drained from Juvia's face. "D—did you take another—"

"Yup!" Juvia will strangle them, she will kill the—

"Before you do anything, look at this." Natsu-san showed Juvia the photo. Juvia was biting on the fish like a cat; smiling like a child. The picture was a close-up too, so Juvia couldn't see too much bad hair, only the blue locks that were passable. A huge improvement from the last one which will go down as Juvia's biggest disgrace.

"Juvia?"

"Yes?"

"Is this one fine?" Juvia's lips curled upwards.

"Perfect!"


Thank You again for reading, you guys have been giving me some really great comments, really gives me more confidence it my work(also helps with my laziness, writing for an audience gives me a pressure to write something quick and not slack off.)

I apologises for the sloppy beginning at the start of the lake scene. It felt really awkward for me but, I'm not sure if you guys think the same. Also, forgive me if the fishing seems inaccurate, I only went fishing twice in my life and both times was when I was little. So please don't be too harsh on me if I got anything wrong as well as tell me what fishing is really like.

I hope I didn't post an unnecessary chapter that you can pull out and the story will stay the same. If so, let me know and I'll fix it.

Speaking of the story, please feel free to give me some suggestions on what to do for the next interaction, I'm not running out of ideas, I think that some of you can think of some really good ideas.

Again, thank you for the support, I look forward to your feedback!