Bloom

Month 4 of Juvia's pregnancy and Month 1 of Gray and Juvia's engagement.

It was bitter cold in the flower gardens in Mongolia but Gray didn't mind the cold but on the other hand he did mind Lyon who was linking arms with Juvia, walking a head of him and trying to persuade her to name the baby after him "Hey! Thats me and Juvia's job to name our kids, not yours!" Gray called out, she turned around, her large coat twirling as she turned to face him giving him that 'Don't be mean' face. Lyon came to Mongolia as soon as he heard about the engagement and then decided to stay a little longer.

"Oh! Juvi-chan we should go house hunting and buy a big house for all the children in the future!" Lyon said placing a hand on her stomach, Gray pushed him away and held Juvia close to him "I told you! thats Juvia and my decision only!" he reminded him, Juvia looked up at him "But Lyon-sama is right... we should think about moving into a bigger house Gray-sama".

Lyon perked up in excitement "Oh! We should start tomorrow! I want to help Juvi-chan pick a house" Lyon cheered as he threw his arms in the air and Gray just had to give him a disapproving look. "Gray-sama?" she gave him the puppy eyes, oh god how could he say no? "Sure, but Lyon has no say" he smirked "Ah, damn it, well I'm gonna get some hot coco, back in a sec!" Lyon said running to the stands near the flower gardens.

The couple continued their little walk through the gardens ditching Lyon in the progress; they silently made their way around, enjoying each other's company with the snow crunching beneath their feet. "Gray-sama... Juvia thinks it's time to pick names..." breaking the silence, he looked at her, watching her foggy breath drift away. He put an arm around her waist and sat her on the nearest bench and sat beside her.

"Okay, what do you have in mind?"he asked fondling with his hands, she took his hands in hers and leaned into him "Juvia thinks that if it is a boy we should name it after Gray-sama's Father, Silver-sama..." she whispered quietly, unsure if he would want to name his son after his Father, he smiled at her "Your very thoughtful but I was thinking something original, like..Storm maybe or-" he was interrupted by Juvia hugging him "Gray-sama, thats a wonderful name! I love it!" she smiled in delight, he smiled back "Now, I'm guessing you have a ton for girly names-" he was again interrupted when they heard someone calling out to them, they looked to where it was coming from and saw Lyon, Lucy and Natsu coming their way.

"Can't get a moment of peace with these people..." Gray mumble under his breath, receiving a smack on the shoulder from Juvia. They moved from their seat at the bench and towards their friends "Hey! Lyon was just telling us all about how you guys are gonna go house hunting and pfft...Naming your kids after him" Natsu teased, Juvia and Gray glared at the white haired man who was rubbing the back of his head and smiling nervously.

"We are not naming any of our kids after that white hair freak" Gray assured the couple making Lucy, Natsu and Juvia laugh and making Lyon annoyed "Do you want to go, kid" Lyon threatened ready to ice make, Gray already had a ice hammer ready "Oh, if it means beating your face in then yeah I'm always ready!" Natsu came forward with his blazing fists "I'm all fired up!" the ice mages looked at him "This is between ice mages only!" the both said but battled anyway with Lucy and Juvia watching from the sidelines.

"I didn't expect Natsu to get caught up in this too" she giggled "I did, he never backs away from a fight or any fight that doesn't even involve him..." Lucy stated and Juvia giggled watching the men brawl before them. The men came back all roughed up and mumbling it was a draw then they all sat on the snow covered picnic benches chatting away until everyone realised Lucy was staring at Juvia's tummy and then all eyed her tummy.

"What is it Lucy?" Natsu asked still looking to where everyone else was looking, Juvia shifted uncomfortable in her seat because of everyone looking at her tummy. "Juvia, can I feel it if you don't mind" Lucy asked, curious to know what it was like to be pregnant, "Yes, Lucy-san you can" Juvia smiled widely as she took Lucy's hand and put it to the bump, Lucy smiled widely "Wow, It's really warm and kinda weird" she chuckled still feeling the swell "I wanna feel too!" Lyon cheered kneeling down in front of Juvia beside Lucy to rub her tummy, "I want feel too!" Natsu said placing his hand on Juvia's stomach, Juvia's face turned red as a tomato as a group of people who were hypnotized by her bump and feeling it as if it were the cutest puppy ever, Gray could only stand there in disgust as people basically touched his girlfriend.

The awkward silence was broken by the rudest comment anyone could tell a pregnant woman "Wow Juvia, you're getting really fat" Natsu said smiling as if he didn't know how rude it sounded. Everyone gaped in shock at what he said and Juvia was beginning to tear up, he received the greatest beat up of his life by the 2 ice mages and Lucy and was drench in a waterfall of tears when he apologised, Juvia hugged his and cried into him saying she was sorry he got beat up and sobbed about how it was her fault, Natsu turned to Gray "Please help" Gray smirked "You got yourself into this pal".

Later Juvia finally releaed the drenched Dragon slayer and carried on with her walk with the two ice mages. "Is Juvia fat?" she asked looking down at herself, the two men stopped in their tracks knowing pregnant women where emotional about EVERYTHING. "Juvia... you're pregnant..." Gray stuttered afraid to talk to the sensitive water mage "Juvia knows that Gray-sama, but is Juvia too fat at this stage or what?" she said gesturing to her hips and stomach, Gray stood there trying to find a nice way to tell her that she was supposed to gain weight during pregnancy.

"Juvi-chan, you are not fat you are simply blooming into a beautiful flower"Lyon said in a charming voice, Gray looked annoyed then smiled knowing what to say, he held her by the waist and looked down at her obvious pregnancy bump then at her beautiful features "The baby is blooming into a beautiful flower, just like her Mother" 'Oh, yeah I topped Lyon's complement' he said in his head as he received a kiss from the water mage. She smiled to herself as she rubbed her tummy and feeling a slight fluttering inside "Baby's just blooming"