Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.


The performance from Juvia and Loretta-san ended with a final, prolonged, heart-breaking note. Levy-san was solemnly reading her book, flipping pages much slower than usual. Loretta-san returned the violin back into the case and looked outside the window, in the direction of her home town.

"Juvia-san, you have a lovely voice."

"Thank You Loretta-san, but is it alright for Juvia to join in on your piece?"

"It's fine, I somewhat enjoyed it. Also, can you two drop the honorific?"

"Then you don't have to feel reserved around Juvia or Levy-san."

"Why do you still talk like that around me Juvia?" Levy-san protested.

"It's a habit, sorry."

"Just talk to us like normal, Lisanna, Erza and rest of the guild, we won't mind. Besides, you call Natsu more intimately than us, it really gives the rumors more legs to stand on."

"I—is that so? Then Juvia won't be so reserved anymore…" Juvia made such a blunder! No wonder why they keep teasing Juvia…

"Anyway, I want to know if the rumors of Fairy Tail is true." Loretta said.

"Like what?"

"Well, I heard that Fairy Tail is very destructive…is that true?" Juvia didn't answer yet, she sighed and placed her hands on her lap.

"It's the truth."

"Then how am I supposed to pay rent if most of it get used up as compensation?"

"W—well, generally, if you can keep the destructive people under control, it should be fine." Loretta pulled out a note book and started writing on it. The rest of the trip back home was largely quiet. Juvia wonders if Natsu is there, or is he going on a job? It has been about three days…


The rowdiness of the guild hall is something that Juvia missed surprisingly, the roaring of drunk men; giggling of nosy girls; slamming of punches and kicks. Loretta stood at the door, dumbfounded at the disorder, opening her mouth only to close it again. Juvia's friends already surround Juvia and Levy, bombarding us with questions. They quickly noticed Loretta staring at us hopelessly for help.

"Juvia, who is this?" Lisanna asked, gesturing to Loretta.

"She's Loretta, our new member."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get her a guild mark." Lisanna ran off behind a counter and walked back to Loretta with a stamp. "Loretta-san right? Do you mind if I call you Loretta?"

"No, I would like that."

"Then Loretta, where would you like your guild mark, and what color?"

"Umm…black and on my right hand." Lisanna pressed the stamp gently on Loretta's hand, leaving behind a black guild mark.

"Welcome to Fairy Tail! What magic do you use?" Loretta panicked, mouth clammed shut. Is she worried we would reject her?

"Loretta doesn't know how to use magic, but she is here to learn magic."

"Juvia!" Loretta screamed, freaking out even more.

"Don't worry, Loretta-san we won't turn anyone away, you're already a part of us."

"Thank You…"

"Come to think of it! We haven't introduced ourselves, I'm Lisanna."

"I'm Erza, nice to meet you."

"Bisca here, this is my daughter, Asuka."

"Hi!" Cana just finished putting down a barrel and sat on it.

"Cana, if you want a drinking partner, call me anytime okay?"

"You can get to know the other people later, we need introduce you to our guild Master." Lisanna took Loretta by the hand and guided her to Master, which was having a drink with Gildarts-san. Juvia and Levy followed after Lisanna.

"Hmm? What wrong Lisanna?"

"Master, we have a new recruit."

"Welcome child! What magic do you use?"

"Umm…I don't use any magic, but I would like to learn how to Sound Magic."

"Sound Magic huh? Unfortunately, we don't have anyone here that can teach you. However, I know a person, I'll give you an introduction letter later."

"Thank You so much!" Loretta bowed. Master chuckled heartily.

"If only Natsu can learn from you. Don't worry about it, we have more important things to do." Master stood on the chair that he was sitting on. "Alright you brats! This is our new member: Loretta. Take care of her! Until then, let's Party!" A roar of cheers echoed throughout the guild, mugs clashed against each other, droplets flew in the air.

"Hey Juvia! You're back!" Natsu climbed out of a broken bench, dusting himself off.

"Natsu! Are you okay?" Juvia ran to Natsu and examined to see if he had any wounds. Nothing seems to be wrong with his face, the sharp figures are still attractive as ever with a certain hint of playfulness. His toned abdomen was fine, Juvia bets if she pressed on them, little give would to be have. His vest was a bit messy, having a few splinters sticking out. Juvia moved to Natsu's arms, they looked unharmed, still retaining the muscular look that could pick Juvia up with ease.

"No problem, as if stripper can hit me hard enough to hurt me." Natsu showed a smile that Juvia hasn't seen for three days, it was really refreshing to see that bright expression.

"Then Juvia thinks that Erza would be able to."

"E—Erza!?" Juvia pointed to the red-haired demon stomping scarily towards Natsu, holding Gray-san's head in a headlock. Natsu tried to run as fast as possible but was ultimately caught and beaten by Erza. Wendy was now tending to the two victim's wounds.

"Natsu you really shouldn't keep fighting with Gray-san, it isn't going to go well for the both of you."

"But Juvia, how am I supposed to make this idiot admit that I'm stronger?"

"You don't, I'm clearly better than you."

"Gray-san, please don't provoke Natsu."

"Fine."

The party was finished in the most appropriate way for Fairy Tail, a lot of people knocked out by alcohol, and another set was beaten down during a brawl, giving lots of work for Wendy. Levy escorted Loretta to Fairy Hills. Natsu told Juvia that his team went on a job while Juvia was on hers. Natsu then invited Juvia for lunch, Juvia accepted of course, under the pretense that Natsu will pay for his own food.


We were sitting inside a restaurant, out of the way of the mid-Autumn wind and the sun's bright rays. Natsu was eating a lot of food like always, tearing through plates in quick succession. While the people around us was staring at Natsu, Juvia was focused on her own plate, having gotten used to Natsu's appetite.

"Congrats on completing your job by the way."

"Juvia didn't do anything that's worthy of celebrating, Levy did most of the work."

"I see." Natsu finished his meal, patting his stomach in satisfaction.

"How about you? Did anything interesting happen?"

"No, the usual, gramps said we overdid it again."

"Your team is destructive after all…"

"Erza keeps saying not to destroy too much, but she did as much as me!"

"That sounds like Erza."

"Oh yeah! Something strange did happen."

"And that is?"

"The daughter of the mayor of the town we helped kept clinging to me."

"Whaaat!?" Some slu—woman is clinging to Natsu!?

"What's wrong Juvia? You look angry."

"I—it's just your imagination." Juvia needs to calm down, why was Juvia so worked up in the first place? It isn't Juvia's business if someone is making moves on Natsu. Wait, moves…dating…ring…marriage!? Juvia won't let that woman have her way!

"You're definitely angry, is the food bad?"

"Please don't worry about it. Anyway, what did she do?"

"She invited me to her house, I tried to have Erza and the others come with, but she said there isn't enough room."

"Did you go?"

"No, it's boring without my friends." Juvia's anger defused slightly. "Nothing else happened."

"Good."

"Huh? Why is that?"

"You shouldn't concern yourself about it."

"Then can you explain why that girl was acting weird?"

"She had an ulterior motive!" Juvia must warn Natsu the dangers of a scheming woman.

"Like what?"

"She wanted to get close to you."

"Isn't that fine? Having more friends is great!" Don't give Juvia such a bright smile in a time like this! Defeated, Juvia sighed. "What's wrong? You look upset."

"Nothing, Natsu is just being Natsu."

"What's that supposed to mean!"

"Let's go, Juvia is done with her meal, Juvia also paid off her portion. Juvia will wait for you."

"Hey wait! What do you mean!?" Juvia pretended not to hear Natsu's question and walked away.

After Natsu found Juvia, we walked along the streets; Juvia was looking intently at the merchandise for good deals; Natsu was looking bored to the point where he was on the verge of whining.

"So Juvia, what do you want to do?"

"Well, Juvia wants to relax now that she came back from her job. Do you have any ideas? You have been in this town longer than Juvia."

"Lucy told me that watching a play with someone is a good idea. But…"

"But?"

"She said to only do it with another girl and no one else. Don't you find it weird?"

"Let's do that!" Juvia pulled Natsu to the nearest theatre, ignoring the fussing from the dragon slayer. We were soon staring down at several choices, Natsu didn't really care about what we're going to watch, so he left it to Juvia. A love story would bore Natsu; a detective play is too smart for him; a traditional folk play would put him to sleep even faster than a love play. So there really was only one choice, a play full of action scenes. But wait! Won't Natsu start cheering for one side when a fight breaks out? Even worse, what if he joins in on the fight? Master will give us a scolding of a lifetime. In the end, Juvia chose a love play.


Natsu surprised Juvia during the play—in more ways than one. First, he fell asleep half-way through the play and not within the first ten minutes. Second, he smelt surprisingly comforting, when Natsu entered dream land, he was about to slam his head onto the person next to him. To prevent disturbing the person, Juvia rested Natsu's head on Juvia's shoulder. Burning wood and food entered Juvia's nose, adding the warmth that Natsu's head was transferring, it really felt like Juvia was in her home, having a nice dinner at winter by a warm fire.

Juvia really wasn't paying attention to the play, not to the extent that Juvia has no idea what the play was about, just Juvia was day-dreaming about spending Christmas with Natsu. He should be free, Happy would most likely be with Carla, Lucy and Gray will be busy, Erza has to help out with the guild celebration. Under the warmth of Natsu, Juvia couldn't help but have a smile throughout the entire play.

Natsu work up from the applauses, the fact that Juvia was clapping didn't help either—the play was nice despite not paying attention to half of it. A shame that Juvia can't deceive Natsu by saying there is food, those reactions are always cute.

"Is…it overrrr?" Natsu slurred, sleep still having a good grip on him.

"Yes, it is, if you didn't sleep through the play, you would know." Natsu shook his head violently.

"Sorry, I was bored."

"Then let's do something that you would enjoy."

"Then let's go—"

"We already had lunch."

"A snack then?" Natsu looked at Juvia with hopeful eyes. Why can't Juvia resist that look?

"Fine."

"Sweet!" Natsu was among the first people out of the theatre; Juvia had to push past many people just to follow him.

Now walking along the market, Juvia looked at the food stalls with interest, there was some foods that Juvia has never tried. Natsu was following his nose for good food. In times like this, Juvia is glad that Natsu has such a great sense of smell. Natsu's nose led him to a stall manned by an overbearing-looking person selling some skewers of meat.

"Hey pops! What kind of meat is that? It smells real good."

"I'm glad you think so, it's Horgen meat. An animal that's like a cow."

"Cool!"

"How about it? I'll give you a discount for you and your girlfriend over there."

"Juvia isn't—"

"Really!? Then I'll take seven!"

"Comin' up!" As the owner started to take out the skewers, Natsu gave Juvia a triumphant grin. Since Natsu didn't deny what the owner said, d—does that mean w—we're in a…a r—relationship!? No way right? Natsu is tactless, he wouldn't understand what that means, right? Juvia looked at Natsu's cheerful face as he exchanged money with skewers in a bag. Natsu handed Juvia a skewer as we walked away.

"But still, that man is nice for giving me a discount just because a girl is with me, maybe I'll come with Lisanna next time." Natsu chomped on the skewer. Natsu is just being Natsu…

"Juvia thinks that Natsu shouldn't do that."

"Why? He said girl friend right? Then, any girl should do." He mistaken girlfriend for female friend!? Juvia feels a headache coming on, so Juvia massaged her head.

"That's not what he means."

"Then what—oh…" Natsu continued to swallow the skewers while Juvia takes small nibbles. "Well, his mistake." Natsu grinned again, drawing a sigh from Juvia. The flavor of the skewer was dampened by Natsu's antics, a shame since it was pretty tasty. At least Juvia now knows that Natsu knows his brain isn't as bad as Juvia thinks it is.

Juvia let Natsu eat the rest of the food he bought, it was his money, so Juvia felt bad eating it, but also because the skewers reminded Juvia of what happened, and another headache would come on.

For some reason, Natsu let Juvia decide where we would go next. To get back at him, Juvia told Natsu that we are going shopping for clothes. The groan already made the lingering headache vanish completely.


"Hold still." Juvia was holding a suit in front of Natsu because Juvia hasn't really seen the dragon slayer in one, so Juvia was curious. Gajeel looked silly in one when he was singing, Juvia was hoping Natsu is the same.

After deciding on a suit for him, Juvia sent Natsu to the changing room and waited for the results, lacrima in hand—hoping for an embarrassing photo. When Natsu came out, Juvia was shocked. The suit fits him extremely well!

The black suit that Juvia picked out contrasted perfectly with Natsu's hair, giving a focus point onto to his charming and iconic spikey head. His usual wild look became tamer after putting on formal clothing, which made him terrifyingly alluring. His fit body was a great match with the tight-fitting clothes. A handsome devil and staring at Juvia with annoyed eyes.

"Well? Can I get out of this stuffy thing yet?"

"N—no you look amazing in that!" Juvia started snapping photos like a reporter she had seen, only that Juvia didn't shout something ridiculous. Juvia plans to give copies to her friends later.

"I—if I may, can you wear a dress and do a photo shoot for us?" A store clerk asked, hands holding a tissue to her nose. "You can take the suit for free and the dress that you'll wear."

"Can Juvia get a copy of the photo?" The clerk smiled.

"Of course."

To match the black suit that Natsu is wearing, the clerk picked out a royal blue dress for Juvia, commenting that it'll be a perfect fit with Juvia's hair as well. Juvia wasn't sure about the bold slit that ran down Juvia's right leg but, the photo with Natsu will be worth it.

"Okay! Please get closer." The clerk adjusts the lacrima settings as we shuffled closer to each other. "Now please Natsu-san, could you wrap your arms around Juvia-san's waist?" Natsu pulled Juvia into a hug. He's so warm…Juvia wouldn't mind this more often…

"Juvia, are you okay? You look really red, did you drink? No, you don't smell like Cana."

"I—it's fine."

"Next! Natsu-san place your head on Juvia-san's shoulder." As Natsu did so, his comforting smell entered Juvia's nose again.

"Like this?"

"Perfect! Now Juvia-san, please bent your right knee, just enough to show your thigh." Juvia wasn't comfortable doing this but, Juvia's mind was too hazy to complain. "Now smile! Three, two, one, cheese!" The lacrima flashed several times. After that came the solo shots, Natsu first, then Juvia.

We exited the shop with the clothes we got, Natsu breathed a sigh of relief and stretched thoroughly.

"I'm finally out of that prison! I'm going back to take a nap. See ya Juvia!" Natsu ran off, slugging a shopping behind his shoulder.

"See you!" Juvia made her way back to Fairy Hills, hugging the framed photo tightly. Today was really fun! Juvia got to see a side of Natsu that Juvia has never seen before—a stupidly handsome one as well. Now Juvia's room is one photo less duller.


Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed!

I decided to speed up the process, hopefully not too much, because at the pace I'm going, I'll die before the story ends, and I want to write other stories too. So expect bigger leaps than usual from here on.

Still want some suggestions for chapters because I'm really scraping the bottom here, and I'm no where close to the two dating yet. I don't want to bored you guys with constant chapters that advances too slowly.

That's all from me for now, I look forward for your feedback!