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The guild is much less active since we're now in the coldest winter months, many people will just stay inside the guild all day, chugging beers like water, joking and laughing without restraint. Juvia can only make out two people that wasn't affected by the cold, Natsu and Gray. The two was still the same as ever, throwing insults at each other in rapid succession. Fists would fly, followed by kicks and claims of bravado. Unfortunately, Erza is away on a job, so only Master can stop the two without some injuries. Sadly, he's too busy drinking and peeping at women to take notice of the rampage Natsu and Gray is on.

"Hey Juvia, do you think that we should stop them?" Lucy walked over to Juvia's table with a plate of pasta and a cup of hot tea.

"Perhaps, but Juvia doesn't want to stop Natsu's fun. What should we do?" Juvia took another mouthful out of the warm cup of milk while admiring Natsu's battle movements.

"You say that but, aren't they getting too out of control?" The rivals escalated to using magic instead of just brawling, causing even more damage to guild property. "Master is going get mad."

"Then, let's stop them." Juvia placed down her cup and gestured Lucy to follow Juvia. "Natsu! You're getting out of hand, Juvia can tolerate it if you're not using magic. However, Juvia can't overlook this! Stop this at once!"

"You too Gray! You're overdoing it as well!"

"But Juvia!" Natsu took the opportunity to slug a sneak attack on Gray's face. "I was winning!" Before Gray could bounce back and hit Natsu, Juvia grabbed Natsu by the ear and pulled out the guild.

"Come with Juvia, clearly we need to have a talk."

"Oww! Slow down! My ear!"

"If it didn't hurt, Juvia wouldn't do it." Once Juvia dragged Natsu outside, Juvia release her grip off Natsu's reddening ear.

"Did you really have to pull that hard? My ears were coming off."

"If you didn't start using magic, Juvia wouldn't have batted an eye, you went too far, Master will have a heart attack if you're not careful."

"Why? Gramps is still healthy."

"Not if you keep having him replace tables and chairs. Or walls. And floors…also the—"

"I get it! Sheesh! I'll try to tone it down."

"Good." Natsu finished massaging his ear and turned to Juvia.

"Say Juvia."

"What is it?"

"Do you want to go on a date?" Natsu just said some incredible words like it's nothing. Our first official date! Other times, we just went around and had fun. Though it can be treated as a date, this is the first date that Natsu has ever mentioned, we've been dating since fall and its already February.

"Really!? Juvia would love to!" Juvia leaned forward and ended up shocking Natsu.

"Ye—yeah."

"When?"

"How's tomorrow sound?"

"Great! I—if you don't mind…we can start right now…"

"No, that would mess with my plan, I'll pick you up at twelve. For now, let's just go back inside." Natsu wrapped an arm over Juvia, getting rid of the slight shivering that Juvia didn't know she had.

"Yes…"

Juvia didn't really do much for the rest of the day, her mind was too focused on the fact that Natsu is taking Juvia on a date, what to wear, what's going to happen, why is Natsu doing this out of the bue? Does he also think that our relationship is getting stagnant? Before Juvia knew it, darkness draped the sky and Natsu is walking Juvia home.

"Where are we going tomorrow? Can you tell Juvia?"

"You'll just have to wait."

"Then can you tell Juvia why you invited Juvia all of the sudden?"

"Ever since Christmas, we haven't done anything together, we've been busy with doing jobs and new year celebration was a guild event, so we didn't spend time as much as I wanted. Sooo, yeah, that's about it."

"Juvia never would've thought that you cared about these kinds of things."

"I'm not that dumb."

"That's surprising, at times you're sharp, other times, you're so dense."

"Is that wrong?"

"No, Juvia loves the different sides of Natsu, especially when you're doing something you're not used to, it's like a present that keeps on changing."

"You're weird."

"But you love Juvia's kind of weird right?" Natsu gave Juvia his gorgeous smile in response to Juvia's teasing one.

"I can't get enough of it." We finally reached the Fairy Hills front door. When we first started dating, Juvia would hate to separate, but now, Juvia got used to it. "Good night, I'll come pick you up, just don't take too long in deciding what to wear."

"And you don't come here late, don't ruin our first official date."

"Got it."

"Good night."


This is the worst! Just Juvia's luck, of course a blizzard would form during such an important day, now everything is ruined! Natsu wasted all his preparation. Juvia is wearing a winter coat, mittens, a warm hat, a scarf and a pair of thick, wooly trousers due to the cold, coincidentally, it's also the clothes Juvia was planning to wear. But now everything is ru—

"Juvia! You ready?" Natsu's voice penetrated through the howling winds and the hum of the heaters, making Juvia rush out and confront the cold.

"Natsu! What are you doing here!?"

"I'm here to pick you up of course!" Natsu said incredulously.

"In this weather!?"

"Just come!" Natsu forcefully grabbed Juvia's hand and pulled her along the path of melted snow. "Are you cold?"

"A bit." Natsu stopped dragging Juvia along and knelt on the wet grass.

"Get on." Once Juvia climbed on Natsu's back, any little discomfort from the cold vanished.

"Everything is closed in this weather, where are we going?"

"In the woods obviously!"

"For a date!?"

"I love weird remember?"

"What is there to do in there?"

"You'll see." Natsu took Juvia down a path that she's never seen before, the trees were packed denser than any other part of the woods that Juvia has been to, the roots mingling with each other, weaving a web of curiosity. This was only visible thanks to Natsu's heat that was melting the hip-deep snow. Every one of Juvia's prodding questions were brushed away, surprising Juvia of how tight-lipped Natsu is being.

Natsu stopped in front of a cave entrance, Juvia has recalled any guild members telling Juvia of this cave. Then again, they didn't tell Juvia of the dense trees, so Juvia was curious as to what's inside.

"We'll start from here." Natsu let Juvia down. "Let's go."

"There isn't a bear inside the cave, right?"

"No, and you'll know why." When Juvia stepped inside, she felt like she just walked past a barrier. Natsu grinned at Juvia's shocked expression. "Pretty dense magic power in here huh?" Despite what he said, Juvia wasn't anxious at what was deeper in the cave. Partly because Natsu was with Juvia, the other thing was that the magic that Juvia feels is strangely familiar.

"What's in here?"

"Just get going. Oh yeah, you can take off your coat, it should be warm in here." Juvia took off the restricting padding and true to Natsu's words, it wasn't cold at all in the cave. Natsu took Juvia's hand into his and led Juvia down a brightening pathway. As we got closer, Juvia realized the nature of the light, it was made from magic, warm and gentle. The path widened to a room. Right at the centre, was the crystal tree we found on the quest to get a gemstone. It was much smaller than the one we've found but, the presence it gave off wasn't inferior by any means. Below the tree, was a set of table and chairs with steaming food alright laid out.

"How did you get this to grow? And where did the food come from?"

"Mira cooked the food, I kept it warm. As for the tree, I figured out that the seed fed on emotions as well as magic. So, I choose to pour my love for you in it. Then, it sprouted, so I found this cave for it to grow. Ever since then, I came here every now and then to check on the progress, it didn't do much until I thought of you, then it would grow a bit. That's how visiting this place became a daily thing."

"Can Juvia try it?"

"Sure!" Juvia thought up of the time we spent together. As always, a warm bubbly feeling rose from Juvia's heart. The tree grew bright with a sun-like luster, painting the walls white with radiance. "Shall we have lunch before we continue our day?

"Yes!" The meals were defiantly made by Mira, having tasted it so many times in her cooking lessons, there's no way Juvia can mistaken them for any other cooking, and it's as good as ever. While we ate, Natsu made Juvia laugh with his silly stories and Juvia shared about the jobs she's been on without Natsu. If this is just the start of our day, Juvia can't wait for the rest!

"Are you ready to go?"

"Yes, Juvia just finished washing the dishes."

"I already said you didn't need to do that."

"Too late, Juvia finished." Natsu handed Juvia the clothes she took off upon entering the cave. Soon, Juvia was back on Natsu's back and going back out. "Where are we heading now?"

"To play with animals."

"What animal stays out in the blizzard?"

"It's because we're in a blizzard, we can find it. Just wait, I know you'll love it." Juvia can't see anything, though the blizzard seemed to have calmed down somewhat, it was still a raging mess. During the entire trip, Juvia would wonder what kind of animal we will see and tug on Natsu's scarf as to tell him that Juvia is still a bit cold. Then, he would emit more heat, erasing all of Juvia discomfort. Occasionally, Juvia would see a faint silhouette hiding in the snow, getting Juvia's hopes up that our trip will some be over. However, it turns out to be snowman a kid made or a bush void of any leaves, it was frustrating honestly. The fact that we can't talk well because of the raging winds made the wait even more unbearable and Natsu can feel Juvia's troubles. It was sweet of him to try help Juvia by reassuring that we're almost there and shifted his weight in a way that encourages Juvia to sink deeper in his scarf—Juvia still can't find a scarf better than his.


A soft cry stood out from the roaring wind. We were in a snowy field, Juvia has no idea when the trees went away due to the poor visibility but, that didn't matter because Natsu's slowing footsteps told Juvia we're here. A group of silhouettes—Two big, two small—came closer to us. Natsu let Juvia down and pushed Juvia towards the shadows. It wasn't long until Juvia saw a herd of deer walk towards Juvia. They were pure white with a pair of lovely blue eyes. What was truly magnificent, is the antlers the male had. A tree of beautiful blue grew from the male deer's head, semi-transparent and without imperfections. Each tip of every horn, was finished with a different colour, all of them bright and bewitching.

"These are friends that I found not too long ago, they seem to really curious."

"Juvia can see that." The two younger deer were sniffing at Juvia's trousers and nuzzling her gloves. "Awfully cute these two." Juvia stroked the back of the fawns, making them cry happily. Juvia knelt down and the fawns slept on Juvia's lap. The parents were surrounding Natsu without being cautious at all.

"Let's play a bit, we did come all the way here." The deer shot up at alarming speed and dragged the two of us further in the fields. After a while the male deer formed a beach ball sized orb and fired it to Natsu. Natsu hit it back to the kids, they headbutted the orb to Juvia. So that's what Natsu means by playing, Juvia launched the orb two the female deer, while thinking how strange this situation is. Fun, but weird.

By the time we finished playing, the blizzard has died down to a gentle snow fall; the dark sky with countless stars told Juvia the time. After saying goodbye to the herd, we walked hand in hand back to Natsu's house.

"What did you think about today?"

"Extremely fun, though unexpected as a date."

"I got one last surprise for you when we come back."

"Just how long have you been planning this?"

"I did get some help from the stripper."

"You asked Gray for help!?"

"Only for you, no one else! Be—besides, he said he owe me one."

"What did he do?"

"You'll see it just about…now." Natsu pointed to his house, or rather, houses. One was the same one Juvia was used to seeing, cute and homey. The other, was at least twice the size of the old one. It was primarily made of stone, with clay slates forming the roof. A balcony hung from the second floor, and a front porch stood proudly at the bottom. From what Juvia can gather, the porch was the only thing made from wood—save the door and windows.

"How did you finish this so quickly?"

"I didn't only get help from Gray."

"But still, Juvia was only gone for two weeks."

"Are you just gonna complain and not check out the inside?"

"Fine." Natsu guided Juvia inside the house. The living room was plain with no decorations at all, only consisting of a hearth plus a couch without a coffee table.

"Not much to see."

"I wanted you to design the inside."

"You didn't even paint the walls!" Though the house was made of stone, a layer was constructed between the stone to allow for more customization. Except, only a sad plaster wall stood.

"Just wait for the bedroom!" Natsu insisted, pushing Juvia down a corridor and up a flight of stairs, turning deaf to Juvia's complaints about how dry everything looks. Though, that was just for show, Juvia was more than overwhelmed from the construction time of the building to the freedom Natsu gave Juvia to decorate the house freely. We stopped at a red door with 'Natsu and Juvia' as a doorplate. Opening it, Juvia found a large bed with a massive book lying on it. Juvia flipped opened the book to find that the first two pages were already filled with memories. Natsu took control of Juvia's hand and flipped over to the third page.

"Look into this one." Natsu said, embracing Juvia from behind. Juvia did as told, tapping lightly on the photo, bringing Juvia into Natsu's memories, and by a certain extension: Juvia's memories.

"I'm gonna miss you for two weeks." This was the time when Juvia was about to leave for her job with Wendy and Lisanna. It was slightly strange seeing Juvia in Natsu's eyes, Juvia would focus on the minor details of Juvia's appearance, the slightly messy fridge; off-centred coat—just the most ridiculous stuff. Which is the least of Juvia's concerns, knowing what's going to happen.

"Don't worry, Juvia will come back soon. It's not like you're the only one suffering. Juvia will miss you a bunch."

"In that case," Natsu's voice became more assertive, leaning closer to Juvia. Re-living this part and seeing Juvia's blushing face for the first made Juvia realized how bad it was, just like a ripe tomato. "here's a parting gift." Juvia saw nothing as Natsu finally kissed Juvia, all the while holding Juvia tightly. When Natsu released his grip from Juvia's head, the mess that was Juvia's flustered face just intensifies the feelings Juvia has now seeing this scene again. "I love you." The surrounding started fading, blurring together.

The shock didn't end there, once Juvia was free from the book's message, Juvia found out that Natsu was kissing Juvia while Juvia's mind was occupied with the memory. It wasn't just a light kiss either, this one conveyed more passion than usual. Natsu's tongue brushed against Juvia's for the umpteenth time, tracing the canal he was thoroughly familiar with. Something hot trailed down Juvia's throat and to her heart, if it wasn't on fire before, it is now. Natsu took it a step further by pressing Juvia's body close to his. After getting over the shock, Juvia move tongue around and re-familiarize herself with Natsu's mouth.

"I love you," Natsu said after releasing Juvia. "more than anything else in the world."

"Same here, Juvia finally found happiness and she won't ever let it go." Maybe Juvia plans on moving in earlier than before. This house does need a royal make-over. For now, Juvia will make some food, this day couldn't be any better.


Thanks for reading! I'm getting somewhere in this story! It feels like picking away at a mountain with a toothpick when I first started, glad to see that it's finally accelerating. Thankfully, I am learning about pacing in a story, so hopefully the next story shouldn't be as bad.

With this chapter, I'm done with the winter season, considering on skipping spring and straight to summer and move towards the seventh of July , Natsu's birthday. But, we'll see.

Thanks for the concern about my health by the way! Surprising at the community so far, pretty friendly as far as I can tell. But rest assured, I'm feeling better from the exercise I'm getting, turns out, being fat and sitting all day isn't too good for you.

My personal health aside, I'm looking to end this story soon, so, please tell me of any weird or badly written parts of the story, I already have one chapter I need to fix thanks to a person in the reviews. Also, I'm thinking of doing a questionnaire at the end of the story to ask on your opinions of the story overall, what do you think of that? Judging from the poll results—only five people voted—I don't think many people will even do it, but I really want feedback so I'm torn whether I should do it or not.

Also, since I'm planning ending this story soon, please give me suggestions on what to write next. Please keep in mind that I have the final say. However, you guys can influence my decision the throwing out a interesting concept or pairing.

Until then, hope you enjoyed! And have a great day!