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Juvia was still figuring out what to do from the house visit. It's already been three months. Loretta was acknowledged as a full-fledged wizard and has now left Fiore. After all that has happened, Juvia still can't decide whether to propose to Natsu or not. Sure, everyday waking up was like a dream and Juvia wishes that it will never end, but there's still a voice that says it's too early for us to marry. And every time, Lucy's words would remind Juvia that it's just an irrational thought of Juvia's. So Juvia choose to pay a visit to Juvia's favourite counsellor: Mirajane.

"So, what happened to you to warrant a visit to my house?" Mira said, taking a sip from a tea cup and setting it back down on a saucer. In a dim, romantic lighting; during the darkest of the night. Mira sat on an armchair with a look that's ready to give out wisdom.

"You see, during the house visit, Lucy suggested that Juvia should propose to Natsu." Juvia twiddled with her thumbs while sitting on another black armchair, hands holding on a cup of tea.

"So you're troubled because of this?"

"Yes…"

"I see. There's no doubt that you two love each other very much, I don't see a big problem in you two marrying at such a young age."

"You think so too huh?"

"Yes, however, I don't think you should give it too much thought." Mira smiled with a sage-like look in her eyes.

"Then, you're saying that Juvia should trust her instincts?"

"Something along those lines." Juvia fell silent for a while, digging deep into her mind. The days Juvia spent with Natsu, all the joy we had, memories we made—all for them were something both irreplaceable to Juvia. They were the best moments of Juvia's whole life. Remembering the times we had wiped away the sea of thoughts and turned it to a single drop: Juvia wants to be with Natsu.

"Say if Juvia is trying to propose to Natsu, how should Juvia do it?"

"Have you prepared a ring?"

"Juvia said 'If'!"

"But the problem still stands, do you propose with a ring? Or without one? Personally, I don't think that Natsu will care about having a ring to symbolize you two coming together."

"Won't that come off as lazy or cheap?"

"Again, Natsu doesn't care about that, don't worry about it. Besides try to propose without sticking to conventional means. Remember, you're dealing with Natsu."

"That's true, he did say that he loves the weird side of Juvia."

"Even better. Then here's my advice: Don't use a ring to propose, try using something else, don't be influenced by the mainstream, it's your special moment, no one else's."

"Do you have anything in mind?"

"Let's see," Mira pouted as she thought, eyes losing their light, taking a drink every now and then until, she sighed. "I'm afraid here's where I can't help you, this is something that's for Natsu, you know him the most. Despite him being very simple, this is something I can't help you with. Sorry."

"No, no! You've been a great help so far, Juvia can't blame you for something that's originally Juvia's responsibility."

"While I can't give you the exact information one how to propose to Natsu, I can give you pointers."

"Juvia is listening." Juvia leaned in, signalling Mira to begin.

"As you know, the mood is important for these kinds of things. And since that your method of proposing in already unorthodox, do it in a setting that you two never see."

"Juvia has an idea."

"Good, the rest, I'll leave it up to you, do you have anything else you want to talk about? I don't when will I be free again."

"Then, can you tell Juvia about Natsu's childhood? He always so evasive about it."

"He wants to show you only his cool side I think. But don't worry, I'll tell you everything." A playful smile graced Mira's beautiful face.

"Please do." Juvia returned a similar smile at the lighter atmosphere.

Juvia woke up before Natsu as usual, her day would start out like this: After cleaning herself up, Juvia start cooking food for Happy as Natsu wouldn't wake for another hour or so. A meal with Happy later, Juvia will work on breakfast for Natsu—Juvia made him wake up earlier than before now that Juvia moved in. Then comes the fun part of waking up Natsu. Juvia and Happy will take turns in doing something silly to wake Natsu up. Travelling to the guild came after making sure Natsu finishes cleaning up and him eating breakfast.

Now in the guild, Juvia was standing in front of the job board to look for fun jobs to go on with Natsu.

"Juvia!" Lucy's voice caught Juvia's attention. "Come over here!" Juvia turned around and saw Lucy sitting with Gray and Erza.

"What is it?"

"Well…" Lucy's reluctant face told Juvia that she wants to go on a job with her team—Natsu included. "We're planning on—"

"Go ahead, Juvia won't stop you."

"Really!? I feel really bad taking Natsu away from you all the time."

"Don't worry, Juvia is planning on using this time to set up the surprise you wanted Juvia to do." Lucy became shocked and quickly turned supportive.

"So you're finally planning to do it!?"

"Yes, Juvia is going to do it."

"We're all supporting you!"

"Yes!"

"Then you don't mind if we take Natsu for a job?"

"No problem, when are you going?"

"In three days, assuming Natsu agrees to go with us."

"How long is the job?"

"Around a week."

"More than enough time."

"So you're getting a ring in that time?"

"Not a ring, Juvia will get him something else."

"What do you have in mind?" Juvia's enthusiasm dampened at the question.

"That's the thing, Juvia hasn't figured it out yet, only that Juvia should not follow the norm."

"I see. Well, we'll leave it up to you then, good luck."

"Juvia will try her best!"

Contrary to Juvia's eagerness, Natsu left and Juvia still hasn't made any headway in what to propose Natsu with. Frustrated, Juvia thought of Natsu, his charming face, intoxicating eyes, stimulating scent, seductive build. Then Juvia moved to what Natsu is wearing. Hit with a sudden spike of inspiration, Juvia quickly dug out a lacrima and connected it to a village.

"Nick-san? Can Juvia call in a favour?"


It's finally complete! Juvia's days of hard work paid off! Lying on the bed, was a scarf that was similar to the one that Natsu wears right now, just blue and not white. The checked pattern is still there, Juvia would hate to get rid of such a good design. Now that is left to do is to wait for Natsu to come back and ask him out on a date.

"I'm home!" "Aye!" Natsu and Happy announced.

"Welcome back!" Juvia was preparing a meal for the two knowing how they most likely didn't eat anything—especially Natsu because he either threw up his meal or didn't eat anything to minimize the damage on the way home. "Sit down, lunch is almost ready."

"You're the best Juvia!" Natsu said over his growling stomach. Happy was already eating a raw fish that he pulled out from the fridge.

"You two go eat, I'm going to find Carla."

"Good luck buddy!"

"Aye!" And the cat flew off with impressive speeds.

"Nastu?"

"What is it?"

"Do you think we could go watch the sun rise together tomorrow?" Juvia added a bit of shyness to her voice, not wanting to leak out her excitement.

"What's with you all of the sudden?"

"Well," Juvia shuffled on the spot while holding a ladle. "Juvia saw that Gray and Lucy watch the sun rise together and got jealous."

"Is that it? Sure, we can go!"

"But you'll have to wake up really early…"

"If it's for you, I'll deal with it." Natsu smiled.

"Thank You." Juvia placed a plate of food in front of Natsu. "As thanks, here one of your favourites."

"Really!? Thanks, Juvia!" Natsu started eating at his usual pace, while Juvia went into our room to hide the gift that Juvia prepared for her proposal.


Tonight, Juvia couldn't sleep at all, her heart was racing at the thought of proposing to Natsu. Even though Juvia knows that Natsu won't do it, there's still a strand of thought that asked Juvia: what if he rejects Juvia? That was soon erased as Juvia saw Natsu's peaceful face. He wasn't snoring like the few occasional nights; just soft puffs of air would escape the dragon slayer's mouth. As always, Natsu somehow finds his way to embrace Juvia that was hugging the doll she made. He was facing Juvia, with his arms wrapped around her waist, legs mingling with Juvia's. It's time like this when Juvia would question Natsu's intelligence. Is he faking it? The reason for this, is because every time we sleep like this, Natsu would end up using Juvia's breasts as a pseudo-pillow, one way or another. It's troubling on a day like this because Juvia is hoping that the pounding of her heart doesn't ruin the cute and docile face. Other times, Juvia doesn't mind because that just means Juvia gets to observe Natsu sleeping in a more detailed way. In the end, Juvia didn't get a single hour of sleep.

For the first time ever, Juvia woke Natsu up at a time earlier than eight. We were climbing up a mountain two hours before sunrise. To make sure that nothing goes wrong, Natsu was using his magic to light up the way, revealing over-grown roots and large rocks that may have hindered our climb.

"Natsu, Juvia knows you're tired, but you knew what you were getting yourself into." JUvia reminded the yawning Natsu, who's footsteps were shaky at best.

"I know but, I'm still sleepy." Juvia reached into her packed that held her gift and pulled out a round pellet.

"Here, have a mint."

"You know I hate those things." Natsu grimaced.

"Just so you know, Juvia didn't get any sleep and Juvia isn't complaining, now hurry up and eat it."

"Fine…" Natsu held the pellet in his hands and stared at it like it's an adversary that he must beat. Closing his eyes, Natsu tossed the thing in his mouth and started chewing. The reaction was instant, Natsu threw his head back at the strong taste of mint rampaging in his mouth. "How much did you put in there!? It hurts!"

"The right amount." Juvia giggled and enjoyed Natsu's overreaction over a such a small thing. Juvia waited for Natsu to calm down before speaking. "Are you awake now?"

"Yeah…"

"Then let's go, we wasted a lot of time already."

"Fine…" The rest of the hike was uneventful as we walked continuing our usual banter without a care in the world.

Finally, we reached the perfect spot that over looks Magnolia. Seeing a few orange lights from the house below did make Juvia curious as to who's awake at this time. However, that was overshadowed by the grand view we got of the town. The lively town being so sombre and romantic just wasn't something Juvia was used to seeing. With Juvia's head resting against Natsu's shoulders. We waited for sunrise.

At first, it was a line of gold peaking over another mountain. It grew bigger and the radiance it provided followed. A hemi-sphere then popped out, brushing the town with an amber light. We watched in awe as the sun slowly became brighter as it conquered the mountain it was behind. Juvia almost forgot what we were doing here. Until Natsu spoke up.

"Juvia, I'm glad you dragged me up here."

"You're welcome…"

"Juvia." "Natsu."

"May Juvia go first?"

"Sure."

"Juvia is so glad that Juvia met you. Juvia can't stress that enough, you saved Juvia more times than you think. Every moment Juvia spent with you was a dream come true, everyday was exciting, Juvia's love for you only grew. That's why…" As Juvia started to pull out her scarf, Natsu's words stopped Juvia.

"The same here, before when Gildarts was talking about love and how it changed him. I thought he was nuts. But now, seeing the perfect girl right here. I can't think that anymore. Juvia you were the best thing that ever happened to me—even more so than Fairy Tail…" Natsu's complicated expression was the signal for Juvia to keep pulling out the scarf.

"Juvia, please marry me!" "Natsu, please marry Juvia!" Both of us was bowing to each other, the only difference was that Juvia was holding out a blue scarf that was glowing ever so slightly. Over-loaded with emotions, we didn't say anything, staring into each other's eyes. We didn't need to; both of our faces were more than enough. Juvia threw herself to Natsu's chest, repeating 'Yes' over and over. Natsu gently pried away the scarf in Juvia's hands.

"This is?"

"A replacement for a ring that Juvia wanted to propose to you with. Mira said that Juvia should do something weird."

"You talked to Mira too huh?" Natsu said, while examining the scarf with care.

"Eh?"

"I asked Mira how I should propose to you, she told me to do it in my style."

"Then the reason why Mira told Juvia to not worry about proposing to you was because—"

"I talked to her first." Natsu was loosening his scarf. "But still, I'm must be the luckiest man alive." He put on the scarf Juvia made for him and wrapped the old one around Juvia. "To marry a girl like you."

"What are you—"

"That's yours now, cherish it for me." Natsu said with a warm smile.

"Juvia can't do that, it's the last thing you have to remember Igneel-san by. In the first place, Juvia never expected you to wear it, that scarf was too precious for you, Juvia was hoping that you hung it around the house and—"

"He wished for it."

"What…do you mean?"

"You met him too, right? Before he…" Of course, how could Juvia forget her promise to him before he left? To take care of Natsu. "He told me to give the scarf to you."

"Is that alright with you?"

"If it was anyone else? No way in hell. But if it's you, I'll even give you my life." Natsu's eyes burned with a strong passion, that made Juvia yield.

"Juvia doesn't need it." Juvia hugged Natsu. "Because, from now on, we are one."

"Then, let me add the finishing touches."

"Huh? What do you—" Natsu kissed Juvia with all the love he had—bottomless and undying. Juvia felt something that she never felt before the past kisses, it entered Juvia's mouth and travelled throughout her whole body, burning Juvia with an intense hellfire. Natsu pulled out and smiled.

"You thought that you were the only one with a present?" Natsu nodded to himself. "I love you even more now." Juvia was about to ask what he meant when Natsu reached out for Juvia's locks and showed her. At the tips of Juvia's hair a gradient from blue to pink transformed Juvia's hair. Because of curls at the end of Juvia's hair, the pink tips look like claws more than anything. "Now, everyone knows you're taken, anyone smart that is." Seeing Juvia's wavy hair having something new to them was exciting news, never in Juvia's life did she expect Natsu to give Juvia something like this. Juvia pulled one parts of her hair and played with them, heartbeat racing every time Juvia saw the pink colours.

"Thank You, Juvia loves them…" We turned our attention to the bright burst of light that hit our cheeks, the sun has fully risen, gracing us with a fantastic glow. We kissed once more, allowing the sun to cast a shadow of us in the moment.

"How do we tell the others?"

"Juvia is sure, just by looking at us, they'll know."

"Then let's stay like this for a while longer."

"Yes!" We laid down on the grass, facing each other, Natsu played with Juvia's hair, and Juvia tugged on his scarf, lost in our own world, not caring about anything else.

""What a weird way to propose."" We giggled like kids and watched the town slowly come to life.


Thanks for reading! This should be the second to last chapter in this story. So, please mention anything weird about the story. I'll correct or adjust the chapters accordingly. I most likely won't update this story anymore so please don't hesitate!

That being said, I want to know what you think about this chapter, I know that proposals in stories like this are a big part of it, so I want to know what you think of it!

Again, keep the pairing ideas coming! Got some interesting ones so far, and I want to have a bigger pool of pairings to choose from.

Until then, I hope you enjoyed! Have a great day!