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It's finally complete! Our house no longer looks like construction had just finished. The drywall in our bedroom was given a light blue coat, Juvia's bed replaced the old one we were sleeping on—Natsu agreed that Juvia's bed was comfier—the old one was now moved to a guest room in case we need to host a sleepover or something along those lines happens. The best of all, Juvia doesn't have to worry about rent anymore!

Before Juvia got a chance to admire her hours of planning, Happy came flying in our bedroom with a fish in his paws.

"Do you need anything?"

"Juviaaaa, Natsu got in trouble again, come quick!"

"What did he do this time? He only went on a job that should last for a day."

"He got mad and now he's charged with property damage."

"And Erza is punishing him as we speak?"

"Aye!" Juvia massaged her temple and formulated an answer.

"Juvia understands, let's go before Natsu gets hurt too badly."

"Aye!" Juvia will just have to enjoy her work later, saving Natsu takes priority.


Seeing Wendy caring for Natsu's wounds told Juvia that she was too late. After greeting her friends, Juvia went to meet Erza to apologize for what Natsu has done.

"Good morning Erza, Juvia hopes that Natsu wasn't too much of a hassle. If so, Juvia is sorry for his actions."

"Juvia, good morning, you came at the right time. I'm sure you heard from Happy."

"Yes. Is Natsu alright?"

"No problem, I just have to teach him how to control his anger."

"What happened exactly?"

"Natsu was reporting to his client that he took care of the Vulcans in the mountains. The client apparently had a bad attitude and berated his fellow villagers. So Natsu destroyed his clients house to 'teach him a lesson'. As you can imagine, Natsu is in trouble because of that."

"That sounds like Natsu…" Juvia can't help you here Natsu.

"He was being a prick!" Natsu insisted, waving his arms about.

"Natsu! Hold still, I'm not done yet." Wendy chided.

"Fine…"

"Anyway," Erza called attention to her again. "as punishment, Natsu isn't allowed to go in solo jobs for a month, possibly longer, depending on how his team performance goes. I hate to ask this of you but, do you think you can keep an eye on Natsu until his probation ends?"

"That's fine, Juvia is slightly responsible for not going with him."

"You had other matters to take care of, the blame isn't on you. If anything, his team members, me should have went with him. Speaking of which, have you finished?"

"Yes! Juvia is ready for your visit anytime!"

"Then, I'll let Gray and Lucy of the news. Sorry to have you cook dinner for us as well."

"No, it's fine! Juvia is happy to have friends come over. Of course, Natsu is as well."

"Then, we'll arrive at around six. Before that, I need to take Natsu to Master's office." Erza tugged Natsu by the scruff and dragged him behind a door, kind of like a lioness picking up a cub. Seeing that there's nothing left to do, Juvia joined her friends in a gossip session.

"Ooh Juvia!" Cana beckoned Juvia to sit down with the group. "We were just talking about you."

"What for?"

"About you moving to live with Natsu."

"What's wrong with that?"

"How is he?"

"Perfect! Natsu does this cute yawn when he wakes up, and his warmth body is always great to cuddle, Juvia didn't need to sleep with a blanket. Also—"

"Not that, I'm not interested in your daily life. I'm talking about your sex life." Cana said bluntly. At least try to say it in a way where Juvia can misinterpreted it!

"That's…"

"An immediate reaction!" Cana hollered. "Your face is even redder than mine! He must be really good then!"

"That's…not…it…"

"Could it be he has a small one? No way!" Cana looked at Master's office door. "Didn't expect a guy like him to be small."

"We…didn't have…se—sex yet…"

"Whaaat!? You haven't? What a waste! You two are out in the woods you know, you can go as wild as you want, and no one will hear you. If I was in your position, I would—"

"Cana!" Levy shouted, slamming her book shut. "You're making Juvia uncomfortable." Guilt spread across Cana's face

"My, my bad…I didn't mean it that way. Sorry Juvia."

"No, i—it's fine Juvia was just shocked about the sudden question."

"Then, do you want to do it with him?"

"Cana!"

"It's fine! I'm just asking."

"O—of course…but, Juvia wants to wait for the right moment."

"So Juvia is the traditional type huh?"

"Ple—please change the topic!" Cana laughed heartily, taking a mouthful of alcohol.

"Alright, alright. So Levy, how was the job you went on?"

"Gajeel caused so much trouble! He first started to intimidate the client because he said the client had a bad attitude. Then, he caused more damage than he needed to." Levy continued ranting about Gajeel's faults, all the while wearing a fond smile. She took the liberty of exaggerating some parts of the mission for the sake of making the story more enjoyable. Juvia normally wouldn't bat an eye to these liberties, Natsu does it all the time. However, Levy normally doesn't do these kinds of things.

"Sounds like you had a lot of fun." Lisanna pointed out.

"It was, I could do without the destruction and trouble." Levy smiled dryly.

"Have you notice the stares Jet and Droy have for Gajeel?"

"No, what do they look like?

"Envy or jealousy I think."

"Why would they do that? I don't think Gajeel has something that is particularly worth envying over."

"Weeel, I think we all know what it is." Lisanna winked at the girls in the chat. We but Wendy all nod.

"What do you mean?"

"I'll let you figure out that one. I'm sure you can!"

"Cana!?"

"Sorry, it's more fun for you to figure it out yourself."

"Laki?"

"Same here."

"Then, Juvia!?"

"Sorry to say, Juvia can't help you, though Juvia most likely understands Jet-san and Droy-san more than anyone else here."

"Pleaseee?" Levy's eyes didn't have any worry she had before. Now it's just hungering to find out the truth.

"Like Lisanna said, you'll figure it out. Besides, isn't more fun to do it without help?"

"That's true but, I don't like how all of you are leaving me in the dark…" The doors of the guild opened, a blushing Lucy walked in, followed by an equally red Gray. "Luc-chan!" Levy dove into Lucy that was coming towards us. "Listen! They're hiding something from me."

"Wha—what happened?" After hearing Levy's explanation, Lucy also held an apologetic expression. "Sorry…I can't tell you."

"You too!?"

"Just run through the reasons why someone would get jealous and you'll find out. You're smart right?"

"Fine!" Levy huffed and sat back down.

"Never mind that, can you tell us why you two can in so red?" Laki probed.

"That's…" Lucy squirmed on the spot. "something I just can't say…"

"So how was your date Lucy?" Juvia asked after getting a closer look at Lucy's clothing. While they were the usual shorts and T-shirt, they were slightly messy like someone just grabbed them. The biggest giveaway was the red spot just barely peeking out from Lucy's collar. If Lucy had a darker skin, Juvia wouldn't have noticed.

"Juvia!?"

"But to do it so early in the morning…Juvia is jealous, Natsu won't wake up early enough to enjoy the rising sun like you two did."

"How did you know?"

"Why else would you have a date in the morning? Also, your boots are muddy. Juvia should know better than anyone that walking up a mountain after the rain will leave those marks."

"Good going Juvia!" Cana cheered. Quickly slugging an arm over Lucy, Cana pulled Lucy over to us. "Did you two do anything else there?"

"We…we were just making out!"

"Is that so?" Cana threw her arms behind her head, releasing Lucy. "Ahh! I want a boyfriend too! Loretta, you think so too right?" Cana turned to Loretta that was silently listening to our conversation.

"Well, training has been taking too much of my time to think about relationships. Besides, I plan on study abroad once I satisfy father's requirements, so finding a partner feels wrong if I'm just going to leave for four years or so. But, if I have to say, I think having a boyfriend will be lovely."

"Didn't you finish your magic training not too long?"

"Around the end of June, yes. I still have some remaining time, so I asked Erza to teach me her magic." Loretta's face paled looking back at Erza's training methods.

"That sounds tough…"

"Well, I did ask her to push me to my limits, I want to learn her magic before I leave."

"Don't worry, by the end of next week, I'm sure you'll get it down." Erza cut in, back from her trip to Master's office. "I would hate to have you leave without at least a month of making memories with us."

"About that, I spoke to my parents to see if I can become a full-time wizard once I come back from my studies. They agreed so, please take care of me once I come back!"

"You can count on it!" Erza pounded her breastplate. "By the way, Lucy, Juvia is done with her house, tell Gray that we'll come visit at six."

"Got it!" Lucy gave Erza a thumbs-up.

"That's not fair!" Levy complained. "I want to see Juvia's new house too! Don't you all?" Everyone in our group nodded.

"Then, let Juvia ask Natsu." Juvia spotted her lover in a spar with Elfman. "Natsuuu!" He turned around to face Juvia, dodging Elfman's right hook at the same time. "Come over here for a second!" Natsu avoided another blow just by casually strolling to us.

"What's up?"

"Everyone here wants to check out our house, is that okay with you?"

"The more, the merrier right?" Natsu walked back to an angry Elfman that was most likely claiming Natsu's actions being 'Unmanly'.

"And there you have it, please come to our house by six, Juvia will cook dinner too, so don't worry about eating."

"Sad that Mira-nee leaves really late, she really would love to come with us."

"She has lots to do after all." The remaining conversation devolved to mindless chatter; a way to enjoy ourselves and to kill time. Juvia left with Natsu to prepare for the guests that we'll be receiving.


Juvia spent the remaining hour or so in cleaning up the house, throwing away the packaging, dusting the house, rearranging some items Juvia didn't like. Natsu was helping out with moving furniture to places that Juvia felt to be more appropriate. But more than anything, he brought back a boar he found when he was burning some trash outside. While cooking game was something Juvia wasn't experienced in, going on trips with Natsu taught Juvia a few things. Lessons from Bisca on skinning and butchering animals played a big role in the process of preparing the boar.

By the time Juvia finished cooking dinner, knocks announced our friend's arrival. Ever since Juvia moved in, Natsu started locking the doors. He mentioned that carrying a key is strange, so Juvia ended up carrying a key for the both of us.

"Coming!" Natsu hopped down the couch and ran to the door. "Yo!"

"Good evening." Erza greeted. "Hope we're not bothering you two."

"Come in! Dinner's ready. Oh! Leave your shoes on that shoe rack over there, Juvia gets mad if you don't" Natsu said, not caring about Erza's concerns.

"That's only because you came in after playing the rain with Happy!" Juvia shouted, pulling out two large loaves of bread using the oven mitts Lisanna gave Juvia. People started pouring in into the wooden flooring, starting from the stoic Erza and ending at a blasted Cana. Despite having so many people come in, Juvia is surprised that the living didn't become cramped—Juvia did make sure the house is big enough for her kids to run around in. It was made in a shape of a 'L', with the longer portion used for eating, and the shorter part held two couches surrounding a coffee table. To complete a rectangle, was Juvia's kitchen. Looks like the ones enjoying the large space first wasn't her kids…

Laid out on the oval dining table, was a massive feast that even Natsu alone can't eat. The guests looked at the walls to find some photos Juvia framed—including the picture we took at the picnic. A potted plant grew in the corner where Juvia couldn't think of what to put there.

"We'll start our tour after we eat!" Juvia said as she placed a bowl of soup along with a slice of bread to each plate. "Please help yourself!" Juvia took the seat next to Natsu and waited for the them to sit down.

"Quite a banquet you got here." Lisanna commented while looking at the amount of food the table. "I'm honestly amazed that the table isn't bending."

"That's because the table is marble. Juvia can't trust a wood one knowing Natsu's appetite." Juvia covered the table with a cloth so that they couldn't tell what it's made from.

The dinner was well received, no one complained about Juvia's food. Though Juvia will be complaining at the amount of dishes she will have to do later. For now, there're taking a bath. Juvia pointed to the corridor leading from the couches.

"That goes to our first bathroom, storage and Natsu's workout area, we don't have a basement or attic after all. The storage is mainly empty since we don't have much stuff yet. Juvia is sure that upstairs is what you all are interested in." Getting nods, Juvia guided them upstairs. Another corridor that expands into five rooms, three in front of us, and two sandwiching the stairs we came from. "The two on the furthest right and the middle room are the only ones being used, the rest are guest rooms for now." On the occupied rooms, two distinct door plates that told the respective owners of the room.

"Carla, want to come in my room?" Happy asked, voice filled with hope.

"If it gets you to stop pestering me." And the two Exceeds disappeared behind a white door. Juvia opened the door to our bedroom and ushered the guests inside. A king-size bed laid on an ash carpet at the middle of the room. On each side a night stand with distinct items that told people which side of the bed was who's. The left had nothing on it while the right one has a jewelry box, glasses case and a lamp.

"And I think we know which wardrobe yours is Juvia." Cana pointed to the bigger cupboard with two doors and a bottom drawer. Natsu's wardrobe only has one door and is shorter than Juvia's. A lone dressing table was sitting in a corner of the room.

"Next, is the most important room in the floor." Juvia gestured the everyone to follow Juvia to middle room. Once Juvia opened it, a long rectangle room was shown to everyone. Every side of the wall was covered in job requests and memorabilia's. Already, it was an overwhelming sight, and that's not including the things that's hanging from the ceiling. Everyone was stunned by the sight of the room, walking around and pointing out things they recognized from their adventures with Natsu.

"Juvia, can I have a moment?" Lucy said.

"Sure. Natsu, you handle the rest."

"Got it!" Juvia followed Lucy back downstairs and to the empty storage room.

"I don't think Natsu can hear us from here."

"What's the matter?"

"I'll cut straight to the point, when do you plan to propose to Natsu?"

"Wha—what's this all of the sudden!?"

"You want to right?"

"Yes but, we need to take more time to know each other and—"

"Juvia, you know that's not needed."

"But we're so young! Juvia is only nineteen this year you know!?"

"What's the difference between marrying early or later? Both of you are loyal, and I don't see you two changing minds any time soon. Why not just go for it?"

"Isn't it strange for a girl to propose though?"

"Not at all, Bisca did it."

"Juvia thinks that his pride won't it."

"His love for you disregards all that."

"Then, when should Juvia do it?"

"That's for you to choose, just get a ring ready so you can do it at any time. Of course, you make the final decision, I'll leave you to think about it." Lucy waved as her left the storage, leaving Juvia conflicted as to how she should advance her relationship with Natsu.


Thanks for reading! So I'm finally starting to wrap this up, I say that this story has around two chapters left, give or take one chapter.

So the main purpose of this chapter was for me to dabble with dialogue flow, one of my favourite things about talking with someone is seeing the seamless transition from one topic to another. So I wanted to try emulate it in this chapter. Let me know how I did, was there any parts that seemed a bit awkward?

Anyway, I still want to know what you guys think about adding more of Juvia's delusions to previous chapters. I still haven't receive any opinions on that matter. Also, still looking for pairing ideas! Got any interesting one? Hit me with them!

Until then, hope you enjoyed, and have a nice day!