A/N:So I was away for so long.
Better.
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your life doesn't get better by chance, It gets better by changes.
-Jim Rohn
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Staring down at those big blue innocent eyes, Gray could not help the emotions that knocked him. With a strangled breath, he reached for the baby's hand.
His son.
The three month old baby grasped his finger with small hand. He could feel the strength that his son bore and he could feel his pride pumping his chest. A tuft of dark blue hair, the same with his own nestle on top of his head, and he felt his lips twitched into a smile when he noticed that his boy had curly hair, just like his mother. This was not the first time he had touched his boy, he even had carried him in his arms, but the myriad of emotions' still rushed to him like before. He felt his eyes stung when his baby gave him a toothless grin, a grin that reminded him of his girlfriend's own. The kind of smile that could light up a room, the kind of smile that could bring out the sun in a rainy day, the kind of smile that took his breath away.
Juvia's pregnancy was not something they planned of, but even so, he was glad it happened because they found a new love. He remembered how Juvia was so sorry she got pregnant, and how she explained that she did not planned it to tie him to her, and he could not blame her if she thought like that, their relationship was of experiment, if they would work out or not, and fortunately, it turned out fine, better even.
His life got better when she was with him, cuddles, kissing and not to mention the all blown out sex they had, but everything was better because he was in love with her. Before, their tangled limbs and passionate nights on messy sheets was just because they lusted each other, and then suddenly his movements got slower and him claiming her turned out gentler, and for once, in his life, he wanted to whisper sweet things and not something dirty and naughty. He got scared of course, because it was out of character for him, but it felt just right. It was not sex anymore, it was making love.
He saw her in a different light, everything she did made his heart go rampage, and it was love…They were on their second year of relationship when Gray told her his feelings and he did not know what to do when she just stepped back and looked shock. He thought that Juvia loved him too, it turned out she was not, he thought they were going to break up and he felt his world craving in, he felt his heart fell into million pieces, she asked for time and space and he gave her that.
Two months after that she came to him, and he was so happy, that he was not even sure how to describe it with words; he hugged her so tight and kissed her like he never did before and swore she would not regret it when she suddenly blurted the words "I'm pregnant".
He was shocked, emotions flooded him and he suddenly felt like drowning, but what was worse when she thought he did not want it, she started to cry, apologize, and then she told him that she loved him too. That was when he felt his tears fell, it felt like something stucked was taken out of his lungs and he could breathe again, those words were the only words she wanted to hear, because everything else did not matter no more. He did not want her to be with him because she was with child, he wanted to her to be with him because she was with child and she wanted to raise it with him, and because she loved him too.
A pair of arms snaked around his waist, and he felt her nuzzled her face on his back. He looked down at his son and saw him gave a big yawn. He braced himself because he could already hear him crying.
A loud wail broke through the house and Gray heard his girlfriend sigh, "He always do that when I am here" When her arms left him he felt empty but watching her carry their boy in her arms made him smile. Silver, their boy, was named after Gray's late father, whenever he could feel his mother's presence he would do anything to make her notice him.
"Aren't you a mama's boy? Yes you are" she cooed and Gray shook his head. The baby immediately silenced upon hearing his mother's voice and started to close his eyes. Juvia completely ignored Gray as she rocked back and forth on the rocking chair with their son.
"Silver looked just like you Gray-sama." She observed as she watched their son sleep.
"Yeah" he agreed, and put his arm around her shoulders and kissed the top of her head, "but he has your smile" he whispered
"I love you" he blurted out, this was the few moments when he pour out his feelings, and heard her hummed, "I love you too, Gray-sama", glancing down on her and their boy, he knew that his life was not better anymore because it was the best. And he could not wish for anything anymore.
Well, maybe Juvia would say yes when he asked her to marry him, tomorrow.
