A/N: OMG! I got 4 reviews! Thank you so much for reviewing you guys! XDDD It means so much for me! Well, as you may all know, i have some mistakes with my grammar, but please bear with me since English is not my first language! I am so happy that you guys liked my story! Well, this is the third chapter! I hope you enjoy reading it so far, and keep reviewing! :D
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MioKanon1 7/4/13 . chapter 2
wow Chloe looks like a really cute girl, kind of tsundere to haha, she was really adorable thinking about Juvia like a little fangirl, hopes she talks with her mother soon ! and the new friendship with Wendy it's really cute to ;;
Rep: Hahaha yeah she is ! Guess where she got that from? XDDD and yes, she is like Juvia's 'little fangirl' XDD Aww, gosh you thought so too? yeah, her friendship with wendy is adorable :D
Guest 7/2/13 . chapter 1
time traveling!
it's a very interesting concept
and they way you write the story makes it uber suspenseful :)
can't wait for more!
I hope you update soon!
Rep: awww Gosh thank you very much! And you shall got an update! Enjoy :D
Elibe7/4/13 . chapter 2
Awwww! Chloe is so cute!
I wonder what will happen to Gray and Juvia...
Please continue! I love this fanfic! (L
Rep : Thank you so much! :D Here's an update, I hope you like it :D
canisiusgirl4ever7/4/13 . chapter 2
Updaaaaaaaaaaate soon! It's so frickin' awesome! I just... If that was me, I'd be... Just... Gaaaaaah! Just update soon! :D Hi...
Rep: haha thank you! And here's your update! I hope you like it so far. And hello to you too :3
Disclaimer : i do not own fairy tail. I only own Chloe and her sisters.
Chapter three: Raindrops
"Prejudice is not good , you should know that better than anybody."
I was awake by the sound of the rain outside. It's not a usual rain, it was sad and frustrating. I know this rain. I placed my hand on the window as I sadly see through the window of my room. It's dark, it's cold, and it's sad. As I was observing the rain, I happen to see a figure who is sitting near the dorm. Curious, I got up from my bed and making my way towards the door, still in my night gown. I closed my eyes when I arrived in front of the dorm, and just focus with the sound. It's sad, and faintly I can hear somebody is crying through the night. I didn't recognize whose voice is it, so I just followed the sound and ended founding a girl with blue wavy like mine is crying. My black eyes widened when I knew the figure is.
It's my mother.
Sure, it's not my first time to see my mother broke down like that. But this is my first time seeing my mother in her youth, crying like that. It breaks my heart everytime I see her cries like that. Biting my lips, I gathered my courage and approached her. When I arrived, I just sit next to her and slowly try to touch her hair, the blue haired mage lifted her face and looked at me.
"…" she doesn't recognize me, and looking at her actions, she doesn't need to recognize who I am. She is clearly in pain, I can see it through her eyes. She doesn't need to say anything. I know. That look, those eyes. The reason of her tears is that person. He broke her heart again.
"Are you alright?" I asked after a long silence.
She just nodded slowly, whipping her tears away. Her gaze couldn't fool me. But I know she is not going to give up on my father. No, not until that day when they stopped talking to each other.
"Ju-Juvia is sorry!" she said. "She made it rain again.."
I sighed, as I curled up a smile on my face, and gently patted her head. She doesn't have to apologize . It's not even her fault to begin with. Her magic reacts with her emotions. It's just normal.
"You don't have to apologize, and you know that," I said to her as I chuckled. "What makes you so sad?"
She looked down before playing with her fingers.
"Juvia couldn't do this anymore," she said. "Gray-sama seemed disgusted with Juvia."
What the hell ?
Did she just said something which sounds impossible for me to hear? My mother just stated that that ice bastard is disgusted by her? Wait, through my father's stories when I was a child, he said that he is head over heels for my mother. Though, he does admit that he is a bit embarrassed for showing his affection towards her.
"Did he tell you that?" I asked.
Juvia sobbed. "He tells Juvia that she is too clingy and annoying. Juvia annoys Gray-sama!"
I know that my father is denying the fact that he does want her to be there for him all the time, but this is just too harsh. I can't never understand why is he so hard to mom. He even got mad when mom did a small mistake.
I don't understand.
I sighed. "Well then, he's stupid."
The bluenette stopped her tears and then looked at me with her serious look. O-ow, I know that look pretty damn well. She is not angry, but just troubled because I just call my father with 'stupid'.
"Gray-sama is not stupid!" she insisted.
I made a face. "Look, he has hurt you! Why are you defending him, Juvia?"
She blinked at me, puzzled.
" How did you know Juvia's name?"
I gulped. Oh crap, I forgot that she doesn't know who I am! I sighed before looking at the bluenette again before flashes a smile to her. She, for once; returned my smile with her usual gentle smile.
"I'm the new member of Fairy Tail," I said. "Earlier today, I saw you with Gray sitting together during the party."
My mother's eyes lightened up with excitement when I told her about my identity. It's as if as she remembered something from the party. It's so rare to see her bright expression for the last ten years.
It makes me happy to see her like this.
"Ah, that?" she chuckled slightly. "You're Chloe, am I right?"
For a second there, I nearly lost in my mind again before I hurriedly shakes it off and told myself to enjoy my time with my beloved mother. Since I won't get opportunity like this again once I'm back home.
"Yes!" I said with a nod. "Do you feel any better?"
She just nodded.
"Thank you, Chloe!" she said. "But can Juvia ask you one favor?"
I blinked at her.
"Please don't hate Gray-sama because of this matter. It's not his fault."
I can feel my jaw is dropping. Why? Why is she telling me the same exact words when she left me with my sisters? I can't do that, and you know that very well mother! I take a deep breath before looking at her once again. All I see is her gentle expression, and smile. She always did that when she was talking or asking about him.
"It's just Juvia who is emotional and annoying." She said again.
No! Stop that! Why is she always defending him and blaming herself in the end?! No matter what their age is, my mother is the one who is suffering! Why can't my father just be honest with his damn feelings?!
I hate this!
" Okay, I will not ," I said, assuring her. "But don't blame yourself."
It's too late, mother.
I already hate him for the past two years. And I can't seem to forgive him in so many different reasons. And I'm sorry for lying to you about this matter, but I can't just give him another chance.
A few hours after comforting my crying mother, I hurriedly go to the guild after finding Wendy and Carla went to the guild earlier than usual. I made a frown as I found that my bed has been made. Probably by Wendy, since she would do that. That girl is so cute and innocent. I don't know why, but I liked it being around her.
I smiled softly before accidentally dropping my father's journal from my desk. It's just an old notebook, filled with spells and his own handwriting about this guild. I bend down slowly before picking it up. Just when I was going to pick it up, I noticed that the book was open. I raised my eyebrows and hurriedly picked it up.
"Dad's handwriting…?" I mumbled to myself before reading it.
April 12th
Damn.
Today I saw her again. She is still with her cheerful smile when she approached me today. But I noticed that somehow she is different. She has bags under her eyes. It's like she hasn't been sleeping for is not as energetic as yesterday.
Crap.
Why am I writing all of this on my journal?! It's not like she is important or what. No, of course she is important! She is my friend, and I thought that I did a pretty good job for protecting her. But I'm not so sure anymore since she came to me with her red eyes. It seems like she is crying. I never seen her crying before, not to mention seeing the 'effect' of that.
Juvia never cried. Never. No matter how hard it is, she never cried. Or complain about it.
But this time I can see through her.
She is crying.
Damn it, I'm going to find the bastard who made her cry like that.
I blinked as I finished reading the last sentence from dad's journal. I mentally facepalming myself. How oblivious can he get? The reason of her tears is you. And don't tell me that you didn't see it coming!
You stupid bastard.
I sighed heavily as I closed dad's journal once again and making my way to Fairy Tail. Today , I am in no mood for even looking at the ice stripper's face. Damn him. He is so damn oblivious, though I know that he is aware that my mother is crushing on him. Since it's pretty obvious.
I take a sit in front of Mirajane, who is cleaning the dishes like always. And then when I was going to order something, I can feel that my cheeks are being poked by someone. I frowned. And I can see that Happy, is poking my right cheeks , and like always, Lucy is sitting next to me.
"Well~? How is your night in Fairy Hills?" Lucy asked.
I gave the blonde mage a smile. "It was great! Wendy and Carla are very nice to me," I said to her. "But how come you're not sleeping in Fairy Hills?"
Lucy made a nervous laugh.
"That's because I already rent a house before Fairy Hills existed."
I raise my eyebrow at her.
"Then why don't you just leave and come to Fairy Hills?"
Lucy blinked at me before giving me a nervous laugh. I just furrowed my eyebrows at her, having exactly no clue regarding her actions. I let out a sigh as I looked the other way, accidentally shared a look with a certain ice mage. He raises his eyebrows before approaching me.
And by the time he arrived next to my seat, Lucy is looking at me with her teasing face along with Happy who is saying 'this' over and over and over again.
" She liiiiiikes him!"
Gray looked at the two of them with his puzzled look. He has no idea about this thing going on between me and Lucy (and probably with Happy). My father is a oblivious and ignorant man. So it's just natural that he doesn't know about this current situation.
"Huh?" he blinked. "What are you talking about,Happy?"
By the look of his face, I'm guessing that he is pretty irritated about something. Though he never mention it to us. Not that I care about it or anything. His face is just disturbing.
Happy and Lucy continue to laugh. And the stripper doesn't even know what is going on. And he doesn't even bother to ask. Wow, he is even more ignorant than in his forties!
"What is it Gray" I looked at him. "What do you want from me?"
Straight forward. This is so me. I recognize that he wants something from me. I'm guessing that this is from the fact that I have been looking at him every time I met him in the guild. Well, what do you expect? I cant ignore you since you're my freaking father.
I can't even breathe without feeling awkward that he is indeed my father. How would you feel like if your father is around you when you're out with your friends?
Awkward .
Am I wrong? It's so awkward that I can't even look at his face without even sweating! It's as if you're making a mistake, but you don't want your parents to know about it!
"What is it with you?" he sighed, placing his right hand on his jaw, looking at me. "You have been staring at me ever since last night!"
I rolled my eyes as I take the glass in front of me and drink it. Oh, so he is not as oblivious as I thought he is. Good, since I will need him to notice some 'things' later. And what the hell? Is this the type of guy who writes everything on his journal? Pssh, more like a diary.
"Aww Gray, maybe there's something on your face?" Lucy joked.
Gray made a face. "Are you saying that I have a stain on my freakin face? The hell?!"
I snorted at him. "Like hell that's the main reason. There is no way I would stare at your freakin face just because of the stain, " I told him. "For starters, let's just say because your face annoyed me."
Oh yes it is. It's not even a lie.
"The Fuck?!"
Language,old man. Judging from his face, he is completely annoyed by the fact that I'm 'hating' him in the first place. Since we didn't know each other very well during my stay in the guild. And then again, I never like him in the first place. Well, maybe I used to like him when I was like a little girl. But it's in the past.
I don't care about it anyways.
"ouch~" Cana teased as she continue to drink the wine from the barrel . Okay, that girl is one heavy drinker! I could see Gray's face lightened up with anger as he looked at me. Well, who can blame him for that?
"You're saying that you don't like me without even talking to me first?" he said. "You're a prejudice."
Aww, did I make him upset just because of my words? I thought sarcastically before I smirked at him. He got that point, but I can't lie to myself. And I can't pretend to 'like' you by acting as a nice and good girl! That's just lying to myself and to you also! I can't live with that kind of life.
As I thought about that, I can see a certain blue haired mage is standing next to Gray. And to my surprise, she is having a worried pale face with her red eyes. I know those eyes. She was crying so hard yesterday that it made a mark on her eyes.
"Gray-sama is right,Chloe!" she scolded me. "Juvia thinks that you shouldn't judge somebody just because their face 'annoyed' you!"
Her face is so serious that I can't even look at my mother with my cold face. But when I wanted to open my mouth again, I can see that once again, my father's face become more and more ignorant when my mother said those words.
Lucy sighed and placed a hand on my shoulder.
"I hate to admit this, Chloe," she said. "But I think Juvia and Gray are right. You shouldn't do that."
Oh great, now everybody is siding with my father.
Just great.
"Tsk, I'm a blunt girl," I said to them. "I can't pretend for being nice to you, when I know very well that I don't like that person. It's like lying to him and to myself. I can't live like that."
My tone is a bit cold, but judging from both of my parents' expression ; I can sense that they are a bit surprised by my statement. The three of them just looked at each other in confusion. This is just who I am, they can't change me.
Not even my mother can change my opinion about my dad.