Melting Hearts Chapter 2
She didn't know what was going on. Her mind was heavy and blurry from the sleep. It was hard to breathe. Had she gotten a cold over night ?
She opened her eyes and realised someone's arms were around her. It left her confused. Why was this person hugging her ? The Dark-Haired girl shifted her head slightly to look at the Blue-Haired woman, who was holding onto her as if her life depended on it.
The bright blue hair seemed so familiar to her. She didn't know why, It just was... Subconsiously, she lifted one of her hands and patted it slightly, it was soft. Grey-ish blue eyes looked at the brightness of the woman's hair, curiously. She thourght it was kind of sad that most people thourght of blue as a dark and gloomy colour.
Movement shifted underneith her hand and was surprised when a hand had grabbed hers and held it there slightly. The older Female opened her azure eyes and they widened in surprise when she saw the little girl, awake and touching her hair.
Instinctivly, she jerked her hand back and grabbed one of the pillows on the bed, pushed herself towards the wall that the bed was pressed against, then hid behind the pillow, using it as defense, covering her face.
"D-don't be afraid, Juvia's not going to hurt you." The little girl peaked out of the pilliow at 'Juvia'. The older woman seemd to be studding her carefully but when she noticed her own stairing at the dark haired girl, she stopped and smiled.
Small hands slowly brought down the pillow, and tilted her head slightly, curious of how she had got here and who this woman was.
"U-uh..." She stuttered out, quietly, barely audiable.
Juvia, looked at her gently and tried to reach out to her slightly. "Can you speak ?" The young girl shifted uncomfortably as she wasn't used to having so much attention, even just from one person.
"Y-yes..." Azure eyes brigtened and Juvia giggled slightly at her squeeky, yet cute voice, which was muffled, due to the pillow and her cold that she had gotten over night.
"What is your name ? Mine is Juvia." She asked trying not to let her personallity get the better of her and overwealm the girl. The dark haired girl opened her mouth to speak after a moment of hesitation, but was interupped when a spiky dark-haired male walked in.
Once again the young girl, grabbed the pillow in an instant and pushed herself against the wall and hid. It would have littrally looked like a pillow standing up to anyone who didn't know she was there.
"Gray-sama !" Juvia scolded her friend, with a slightly dangerous look. "Gray-sama scared her !" Knowing what she could do, Gray backed away slightly and held his hands up.
"S-Sorry !" He said quickly before looking at the pillow against the wall. "Is she...?
"Yes, Gray-sama, she is behind the pillow...again..." She narroed her eyebrows at the man before turning back to the girl, who was still hiding. "Juvia and Gray-sama apologise, Juvia is sure Gray-sama didn't mean to scare you."
Shaking, the young girl moved the pillow sideways and looked at the two adults in the room. Who were they ? Could she trust them ? Questions and other things ran through her mind like a high spped verciale. "U-uh... I... Uh..."
Gray stepped forward towards the girl and put one hand on his neck looking way slightly. "Sorry about that... I didn't mean to scare you..." He smiled gently at the child in front of him and sat on the bed which Juvia was leaning on from where she had slept. "What's your name ? I'm Gray, but I'm guessing you already guessed that from Juvia..."
"I-um... I'm... U..." She said her name quietly and looked at them both shyly from the pillow. Gray and Juvia exchanged looks before looking at her.
"Sorry, Juvia and Gray-sama didn't hear you..." Juvia said smiling to settle the girl down nand to stop being antsy.
"I'm... I'm Ur..." She said louder and clearer then before. Immediatly, Gray tensed up and his eyes widned at what she had just said.
"D-did... Did you... just say Ur...?" Ur nodded and Juvia looked at Gray with concern, unsure of how he would react. "But she's..." Gray shook slightly, not sure how to take on the information.
Thinking that she had done something wrong, Ur immediatly hid beind the pillow with only her face showing partly and tears forming at the corners of her eyes.
Gray looked up at the girl once again and narrowed his eyes, then stoppped when he saw that her lip was quivering and that she was about to cry. "Sorry... Just stop crying... It's just... I haven't heard that name in a while..." The little girl, now known as Ur, looked up at him curious but scared she had done something wrong. Juvia looked at the ground sadly, but smiled, remembering what happened on the 413th day anniversary.
"I-I-I'm sorry... I- Didn't mean to upset you..." She looked down at her feet. She had messed up again. Like she always did, either by accident or purpose, she had done and said a lot of unforgivable things to people, and this was one of them.
After seconds of silence, a loud growl filled the rom and suddenly two pairs of eyes were on Ur. Her face immediatly flushed red and she covered her face with her hands. She hadn't eaten anything last night and was hungry.
"Well... Ur-chan, do you want to get some breakfast ?" Juvia asked giggling at the young girl's embarrisment.
Hearing the word breakfast, she brightened up at the thourght of having it for once and nodded. "Yes please... Uh... Ju-va..." She said the name slowly. hoping she had pronounced it right.
"Ah, almost right, Ur-chan. It's pronounced 'Ju-vi-a'." She said correcting the young girl who wasn't that old, so it was understanding that the had got it wrong.
"Ju-vi-a... Juvi-a... Juvia...?" Ur said a few times to get it right, slowly and carefully. Both she and Juvia smiled with Gray deep in his thourghts in the corner.
"Well done, Ur-chan !" Juvia prasied the girl, patting her on the head. "Do you know how to pronounce Gray-sama's name ?" she asked.
Hearing his name, Gray snapped out of his thourghts and looked at them. "Hm...?"
Ur looked at Gray carefully, but shyly and slowly pened her mouth to speak. "G...G...G...G-ay..." She could pronounce most words right, but obiously she couldn't pronunce his name just yet...
"EH ?!" Gray jumped back at what she had accidently called him. "U-U-Uh... T-Th-That's n-not how y- you say it..." He stuttered out, blushing red, while Juvia was a bit more red then Gray, not from embarrasment, but from laughter. She had her hands over her mouth and was trying to not burst out laughing, seeing her enjoyment at the matter, Gray twiched in a fit of embarresment. "Hey ! D-don't encourage her like that !" All while Ur sat there, confused...
"I-I'm sorry...!" Ur said quickly, looking down ashamed and sad that she had done a second thing wrong today already.
"U-U-Ur-chan... Don't... be sorry... It's... Just what you said... was... really... funny..." Juvia said between fits of giggles. At Juvia's words, Ur smiled a little.
"H-hey... Maybe you should call me something else... though I'm not sure what..." Gray said, anything was better then being called that... he wasn't sure if he could take another hit of being called that.
"U-uh... Could... could I call... Could I call you...both..." Gray and Juvia looked at her curiously and smiling slightly at the previous situation.
"What ? We're listening." Gray tried to reasure her, Juvia smiled to tell her she didn't kind it despite her being able to say her name properally.
"Could... I call you... Mama and Papa...?" She said quietly but loud enough.
It was now both Gray's and Juvia's turn to be shocked.
"EH ?!"
Hey guys ! Thanks for reading the secnd chapter and I apologise for not writing in a while ! As you may be able to tell, this chapter was inspired by SAO.