Ch. 15 - Tales of Blood and Rain

Day: 15

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. (Is it just me or is this getting a bit repetitive?)

Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Hurt/Comfort, Family, Friendship (Oh My Mavis that is a lot of genres…)

Summary: Gray is the drummer for the famous rock band Fairy Tail, and Juvia is… his vampiric stalker?

"Take five, everybody!" Mirajane Strauss, lead vocalist for the rock band 'Fairy Tail,' shouted with a smile. Gray lunged out for his water bottle, but stopped as pain laced up his arms. His muscles were painfully sore, a result of the hours he had just spent pounding away on the drums.

Lucy, another vocalist, looked down at him worriedly. "You okay?"

Natsu sauntered over, guitar still in hand. "Bah, I'm sure he's fine." He grabbed her by the arm. "Luce, come on, we should go practice our solo!" The blonde huffed, but they still ended up walking out of the studio together to go find another practice room.

Up in the front of the room, Mira was chatting with the band's songwriter, Levy McGarden, about a new song. The small girl talked passionately about one of her ideas, eyes glittering.

Loke was doing nothing but leaning back in his chair, eyes closed and feet up on the keyboard in front of him. That was odd, to say the least. Usually he would be hitting on some girl or another. Gray stood up and walked over to him, hands stuffed in his pockets. "Hey."

"Yo." The ginger-haired teen responded. He opened his eyes a crack. "What's up?"

Gray shrugged. "I was bored."

Loke raised an eyebrow. "Nice to know where I stand in your mind."

"No problem." The drummer replied sarcastically.

"But in all seriousness, what do you want?"

"I just wanted to know why you aren't flirting with some random chick." Gray stated.

"Is that really what people think of me?" Loke asked, sitting up. "My whole life isn't made up of being a shallow womanizer, you know." He sounded a bit aggravated. Gray started to apologize, but Mira's voice broke through his.

"Alright, fellas, on your feet! Let's do it again!" She yelled, clapping her hands together. The door shut with a click as Levy slipped out. Sneaky bluenette was going home early.

"We can't." Loke said dryly. "Lucy and Natsu making out in one of the practice rooms."

Mira crossed her arms. "You pouting over losing the game, lover-boy?"

The ginger began to protest, but was quickly cut off by Lisanna as she barged into the room, wearing a loose pair of patterned pajamas.

"Mira-nee!" She shouted. "It's nearly three o'clock in the morning! Let your poor bandmates go home!"

"Really?" Mira checked her watch, then blushed. "Haha… oops?"

Lisanna did not look impressed. She turned to the two boys. "You two can go." She said in a kinder voice.

Loke quickly brushed past Gray and out the door. The latter sighed and ran a hand through his hair. Then, he followed his friend out of the studio. "Loke!" He called. But the ginger was nowhere in sight.

Gray walked slowly out of the building. It was raining. Though that didn't really describe it. Water pounded down furiously, instantly soaking through his clothes. He shivered; it was as cold as the snow that had melted a few months earlier. Wrapping his arms around himself, he started to walk down the sidewalk, giving up on apologizing to his friend until the next day.

He didn't notice the blue-haired girl sticking her head out from the alleyway behind him.

Juvia sighed as her beloved faded out of view, and turned back into the alley. Every day, she watched him walk out of that building, but every day, she couldn't muster up the courage to talk to him. He was just too… perfect. And she, she wasn't even human. Her hand tightened

"What you doing here, Juvia?" A gruff voice startled the pale woman out of her daze.

"G-gajeel-kun!" She stuttered, whipping around to face the large man. His mane of dark hair was matted and wet, and his studs were coated in water, but he just grinned. His fangs were as long as Juvia's pointer finger. They were needle-thin, good for piercing through skin.

"You know that he will just reject you if you talk to him, right?" Gajeel said gently.

The woman's eyes widened. "J-juvia doesn't know w-what your talking about!" She squeaked.

He ignored her denial. "We are the objects of nightmares. If he realizes what you are, he will be horrified, disgusted even."

Juvia trembled. Her parasol dropped to the ground and splashed in a puddle. Her hands flew to her face as she began to sob uncontrollably, collapsing to her knees.

Gajeel put a hand on her shoulder and opened his mouth as if about to say something comforting. Instead, he just stated stiffly. "Jose is waiting for us in the Guild Hall."

As I write this, my cat is sitting on my shoulders, and I am competing with my friend over who will be forever alone…. Yeah, enough said. *Sighs* You can thank my little sister for the length. She was nagging me, and I accidentally deleted more than half of it… And now, I have to entertain her. BUT, what do you guys think? Especially of the rock-band *wiggles eyebrows* And yes, there will be GaLe. There will always be GaLe.

Gray: What. The. Actual. Hell.

Juvia: *squeals*

Lyon: *walks away*

Well, see y'all tommarow, and don't forget to review!