Discliamer: I don't own Fairy Tail.


This should do. Juvia put on her oven mitts and pulled out a tiny cake. Now for the approval. Juvia finally got around to baking a cake for Erza-san, before Juvia delivers it the cake to Erza-san, Juvia must past the elimination round: Mira-san. Since Mira-san always deliver the food to people, she has a perfect control on people's tastes. So, before making a bigger cake, Juvia must past Mira-san. Juvia put one the finishing touches; packed the cake into a small white box; left Fairy Hills for the guild.


Juvia arrived before too many people is here, leaving Mira-san free for the most part. We were sitting opposite of each other, Mira-san was looking at Juvia's cake with an expert eye.

"Well, it looks well made." Round one clear! "Time for the most important part." Mira-san cut off a small piece from the cake with a fork and delivered it to her mouth.

"How is it?"

"Mhmm!" Mira-san placed one hand on her cheek as she chewed. "You pass." That radiant smile gave Juvia lots of confidence. "Just use a fresher strawberry next time and you'll be fine!"

"Yes!"

"Since you're here, do you have anything you want to talk about?"

"Well…Juvia does have something she's not sure of."

"Do you want to share?"

"It's about Gray-sama…"

"It has been two weeks. So, how are you doing?"

"Juvia isn't sure…Juvia hasn't been feeling the same."

"Do you think that's bad?"

"N—no. Ever since that day, Juvia has had more fun than ever, cooking with you was exciting, quests with Lisanna-san and Levy-san was refreshing. A—also, hanging out with Natsu-san was nice…"

"That's fine right? You made lots of memories and got closer to many people, I think that's lovely."

"Juvia isn't saying that it isn't, just... Juvia feels like she lost the magic feeling with Gray-sama."

"Do you feel sad about that?"

"The opposite…Juvia feels free. But, Juvia spent so much time chasing after Gray-sama that she feels reluctant to let it go."

"Here's my advice: I think you should do that." Mira-san was looking at Juvia with a serious expression. "It's important in life to learn how to get over things."

"Juvia's still not—"

"How about this, come find me after you give Erza that cake."

"Y—yes!"

"Well, I need to get back to work, it was nice talking to you, thank you for the cake." Mira-san rose from her seat and walked back behind the bar. Juvia's counselling session is over, Erza-san's cake awaits.


Juvia's room is still as boring as ever. Now that her decorations are gone, Juvia's room looks plain, she considered buying new ones, or make some herself. However, nothing caught Juvia's eye. In fact, Juvia lost the creative drive with the confusion she has lately. Juvia feels annoyed every time she walks into her room. The kitchen, Juvia has no problems with, Juvia spent days on thinking of the perfect layout.

Juvia took out the ingredients needed for the cake and weighed them to perfection. Juvia hummed as she mixed the ingredients together, dancing side to side. Soon, the cake is ready for baking. Juvia placed the cake into the oven, set the time and went back into her bedroom. Juvia hopes Erza-san will like it.

The cake is finished! Juvia marveled at her creation, a cake coated with pink cream stood proudly, a crown of fresh strawberries rested on top. Along with a chocolate rose nestled in the middle, the cake looked great in Juvia's opinion. Juvia boxed the cake in a pink box and walked out the door.

Juvia found Erza-san in the streets of Magnolia, outside a cake shop, looking depressed. It was like her soul left her, Erza-san's eyes were dull, her walking was unstable, stumbling to the side as she walked out of the cake shop. This is Juvia's chance to give Erza-san her cake.

"Erza-saaan!" Erza-san back straighten seeing Juvia walk towards her.

"Juvia huh, What's wrong?"

"That's Juvia's line! Why do you look so sad?" Erza-san sighed and pointed to a bench by a statue.

"Let's talk over there." After sitting down, Erza-san sighed again.

"What's wrong?"

"They ran out of strawberry cakes…" That's what's killing her? Juvia couldn't help but giggle. "How rude." Erza-san huffed.

"Sorry, sorry. Juvia is just laughing at the situation."

"What's so amusing?"

"Juvia is laughing at the star aligning."

"What do you mean?"

"Juvia is here to give you the cake she promised."

"R—really!?" The light is back in Erza-san's eyes, filled with hope. A bit too much. Now Juvia is nervous the cake might not meet her expectations.

"Y—yes do you want it no—"

"Yes!" Erza-san blushed at her hastiness and coughed. "Errm...sorry."

"It's fine." Juvia presented the box that was sitting on Juvia's lap. "Let's go back to the guild and eat it!" Without responding, Erza-san grabbed Juvia's arm and flew across the streets. "Erza-san! Slow down please!" Juvia's feet were hurting from how quick they were hammering down on the ground.

"My apologies…" We were walking at a more comfortable pace. Just in time too, Juvia could see the guild not too far from where we are. The atmosphere was awkward though…

"Erza-san is amazing, you can run really fast."

"Yeah…" Dead air again! Juvia really messed up this time! Why can't Juvia be like Mira-san? She would be able to maintain the conversation. "Juvia, forgive me. I didn't consider your safety, I was blinded by food. I—if it makes you feel better, please hit me!" Ehh?

"N—n—n—no need! Juvia isn't angry! Erza-san is just excited. Juvia understands that very much."

"Thank you."

"W—well, let's go inside."

"Yeah."


The guild was at its rowdiest, people were singing, dancing, laughing and of course, fighting. Natsu-san was away for a job though, so there shouldn't be too much damage. We found an empty bench to sit down on. Juvia placed the cake on the table and slid it to Erza-san.

"Can I really have it all?"

"Of course! Juvia baked it for you after."

"But…"

"Juvia is on a diet."

"If you insist." We called for a plate and fork.

"My, Juvia that's a lovely cake." Mira-san commented, handing the items to Erza-san

"Thank you…but the taste might be..."

"Don't worry, if the cake earlier is the same as this one, or even better, Erza-san would enjoy it."

"That's right, anything made by my friend I won't slander." Erza-san reassured.

"Well then, Juvia hopes you enjoy it." Juvia held her breath as she watched Erza-san picked up the fork and copied Mira-san's previous movements. "W—well?"

"It's good! You can breathe now." Erza-san chuckled. Juvia's face feels hot, was it really that obvious?

"Isn't that great Juvia?"

"Yes!" Juvia took in a deep breath. "By the way Mira-san, you said to find you later, is now a good time?"

"Perfect! Master told me I can take the rest of the day off."

"So, what is it?"

"Juvia, do you want to go out and have fun with us tonight?" How bold! Mira-san has a great figure, she can attract anyone. Mira-san must've noticed Juvia's face because she said "Sorry, I didn't mean it like that."

"T—then, what is it?"

"Me, Levy-chan, Cana-san and Lisanna are going out shopping, do you want to come with us? It'll keep your mind off things."

"In that case, please take care of Juvia." Juvia bowed slightly out of habit.

"You don't have to be so reserved, we're friends remember? How about you Erza? Do you want to come?"

"No thanks, I don't want to bother you."

"No way! You'll fit right in!"

"If you insist, I'll come." Mira-san clapped her hand lightly.

"Then, let's all meet up at the guild at eight, see you then." With that, Mira-san walked off back to the bar and disappeared behind a door.

"Juvia, I'll see you soon."

"Likewise."


What should Juvia wear at the meet? Juvia was posing at mirror holding dark brown coat with her right hand and a pair of black leggings with her left. Looking at Juvia's bed, Juvia worried at her indecisiveness, a good portion of Juvia's bed was covered by clothes and hats. There is still an hour left. But Juvia has to fix her hair as well…

In the end, Juvia wore the clothes she was holding at the time. Completing the finishing touches: tying laces to Juvia's boots that reached to her knees, Juvia pulled a beanie over her head and wrapped a wool scarf before heading outside. The chilly winds of autumn has finally come. Trees were getting their yellow spots, hibernators began their last few forages as the days got colder and longer. Clouds blocked off any light from above, so Juvia has to rely on street lights. Juvia wonders how Natsu-san is doing? Is he on his way back? Juvia pondered in silence.

A complete opposite scene showed itself upon reaching the streets of Magnolia. An overwhelming amount of people—mainly girls—crowded the streets—smiling brightly. This isn't what it's usually like, what happened? Street performers drew crowds like ants with honey. The pleasant smell of food was everywhere, even Juvia grew hungry even though she ate before leaving.

Juvia found her companions talking with each other at the guild entrance. They spotted Juvia and waved.

"Over here!" Levy-san beckoned.

"Why were there so many people at the streets?"

"That's right! Juvia doesn't know about of 'The Day of Trade'." Mira-san pointed out.

"What's that?"

"You see," Levy-san began. "around when Magnolia was still a village, it wasn't very well developed. So it wasn't a good place for traders to come by. But one day, a man called Lon Saxton came along and—"

"L—long story short, a holiday was created to remember Lon's deeds." Lisanna-san cut in with an apologetic smile. "As the name suggests, the holiday is about trading, you can find some great deals during this time!"

"Juvia understands. But why were there so many girls compared to guys?"

"The guys don't want to carry so many stuff for the girls, that's why they find excuses to leave beforehand. The guys you saw were most likely in a relationship and were forced to come." Lisanna-san explained.

"Is that why Juvia saw so many males go on a quest? Juvia has never seen the notice board so empty."

"Yup!"

"Natsu-san too?"

"W—well, Mira-nee forced Natsu to carry our stuff when we were children and was traumatized ever since."

"Lisannaaa!" Mira-san started to pout. "Don't bring up such embarrassing things!"

"Anyway! Let's go!" Lisanna-san rallied, her eyes are fierce, like a lion hunting its prey

"Yes!" "Yeah!" "Okay!" "Naturally!" "With pleasure!"

Despite the name, 'The Day of Trade' was fantastic! It was somehow even more lively than the guild when Natsu-san was around. Like Lisanna-san said, Juvia found so many great deals on clothing, gifts, accessories, et cetera. What Juvia was most impressed by, was how aggressive everyone is, especially Erza-san and Mira-san, the two managed to lower an already cheap price on their purchases. We were heading for a snack bar, arms filled to the brim with our trophies.

"Hey look over there!" Levy-san pointed to someone that was shirtless and hauling a huge amount of boxes and bags, Gray-sama. Juvia wouldn't mistaken him for anyone else, even if Juvia can only see his lower half.

"Gray-sama…"

"Ahh! Juvia I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…"

"It's alright Levy-san. Everyone, Juvia is going to set things straight, wait for Juvia." After all this time Juvia has finally come to a realization; the importance of companions, everyone: thank you, Juvia can now move forward. We placed down our items in a pile and Juvia made went to Gray-sama.

"Gray-sama."

"J—Juvia!?" Juvia's entrance made Gray-sama drop all of his load on the ground.

"Sorry…Juvia made you..."

"I was getting tired anyway. So, what's up?"

"Where is Lucy-san?"

"In that lingerie store behind me."

"Juvia has something to say to Gray-sama."

"Same here."

"Then Gray-sama go ahead."

"Okay." Gray-sama took in a deep breath. Juvia blinked and Gray-sama was suddenly bowing at a ninety-degree angle. "Sorry for hurting you! And for being a coward and not talking to you ever since!"

"Ehh?" Gray-sama is apologizing?

"I felt really bad after knocking away your cake, it haunted me for days, weeks even! I hope you can forgive me."

"Gray-sama…lift your head." Juvia looked right into Gray-sama's eyes. "Juvia can never truly hate you, it was you that pulled Juvia out of that depressing time, and Juvia will forever be grateful. So there's no need to ask for forgiveness."

"But…"

"Gray-sama…Juvia came to give her blessings."

"What…did…you…say?"

"Juvia supports you and Lucy-san."

"Why?" Disbelief was still on Gray-sama's face.

"When you rejected Juvia, it was hard to accept it—it was painful!" Guilt spread across Gray-sama's face. "But, Juvia got through it!" Juvia gestured to her friends standing behind her, giving Juvia supportive looks. "Cana-san recommend that Juvia should to numb the pain by drinking; Mira-san gave me advice; Natsu-san, Levy-san, Erza-san and Lisanna-san kept Juvia's mind off things. They all cheered Juvia up!"

"…"

"Juvia got over it! Now she's here to set things right."

"Set things right?"

"Yes. During that painful period, Juvia found out how crucial friends and families are, they supported Juvia. But Juvia also realized that Juvia didn't try to become friends with Gray-sama, only pushed and pestered him. So Gray-sama, let's reset." Gray-sama's eye became serious and nodded.

"Okay!"

"But we do before we do, can you tell Juvia the truth? Was Juvia not your type of woman?"

"Of course not!" That shocked Juvia. "Your personality was a bit weird, not in a bad way, it's just…something I'd never seen. And your looks, there's no need the say it, your stunningly beautiful. It's just, I love Lucy..."

"Juvia understands…weird isn't it Gray-sama? In the past, those words would've made Juvia faint or have steam coming off Juvia's head but now—"

"You don't anymore right?" Gray-sama smirked with…pride?

"Yes!"

"Sheesh! Now I own flame brain one." Gray-sama said, Scratching his cheeks lightly

"Well then, Juvia has kept the others waiting, talk to you later, Gray-san!" Gray-san looked more surprised than ever, but that quickly turned to relief.

"Yeah!" Juvia turned away with success swimming everywhere, Juvia has done it! Juvia can move on!

"How did it go?" Cana-san asked, mouth still touching a whiskey bottle.

"Perfectly!"

"Let's celebrate at the snack bar then! Juvia doesn't have to pay, we'll cover for it."

"Is that okay?"

"No problem, consider it a gift from us for moving on." Erza-san added. Juvia's face is getting wet, without these people, surely, Juvia would return to that lonely time. Thank you.

"Juvia, you're crying! What's wrong?" Levy-san panicked and pull out a handkerchief.

"Nothing, Juvia is glad that she has such good friends."

"Let's not stand around and go eat!" Lisanna-san said.

"Yes!"


Thank you for reading! Hope you enjoyed it. Was the meeting between Juvia and Gray too rushed? Or was Juvia's realisation too sudden because I didn't give enough hints?

Anyway, sorry for the sloppy start, I think I made up it later on. I didn't describe the clothes of the other people because that would kill all momentum of the story. I could do it character by character as Juvia interacted with everyone of them and do it subtly, but that would make the chapter too long and I didn't have that many ideas for each interaction.

I noticed something strange when i posted chapter four, it got updated but the site didn't update the 'update time' is this a regular thing? I know I posted chapter 3 and 4 really quickly, was that the reason why? Please tell me if this has happened before and how to prevent it.

Again, thanks for the support, I look forward to the feedback!