A/N: Time for the next chapter! Off we go!
It was an accident. It really was. Gray had not meant to see Jellal and Erza share a kiss. He had gone in there to check on Erza but Jellal had already been there.
Of course. He thought. Jellal had wanted to talk to Erza in private.
Gray found himself thinking about Juvia yet again. She changed a lot. Not only in her personality, but also in her looks and dressing. She was so much more beautiful and confident than she was when she had left. He missed Juvia a lot more than he liked to admit. He remembered seeing hats on display and thinking how Juvia would have brought it. He remembered seeing butterflies and being reminded of her clip. He remembered seeing her in almost everything he did. So now he needed to tell his special water mage that he loved her. The only problem was finding out how she felt about him now. He remembered an idiotic guy who claimed to know the future tell him that he would have trouble with water and women in the future.
Water and women. Juvia. Could it be?
He saw Sting give Lisanna a quick peck on the lips and hurrying off somewhere.
Lisanna. Gray wanted to burst with joy. She's Juvia's best friend. She should be of help.
"Hey Lisanna!" He walked towards the girl with a serious expression. "I need your help."
"Well Gray, You are complicated." Lisanna said. But the next second her eyes were shining. "You both would make such an adorable couple! Oh and your babies would have…"
"Uh… Lisanna, we're going off track." Gray wondered if matchmaking was contagious.
Lisanna cleared her throat. "Quite frankly, Juvia didn't tell me anything about you or even ask about you! But she still loves you."
"Really?" Gray was happy now. "So if I tell her that I love her, she'll say yes?"
"No"
"Why not?" Gray was confused.
"That you'll have to figure out yourself."
The only progress Gray got from his talk with Lisanna was that he understood that girls could be super weird.
"Rain woman." Gajeel said coolly.
"Gajeel-kun." Juvia smiled. "I missed you."
"Rogue looking after you all right?"
"They all take good care of me. Even Lector and Fro does." She smiled yet again.
"I took your advice. I'm with shrimp."
Juvia laughed. "You made the right choice by staying back." Gajeel smirked.
"Gajeel!" They heard a rather high pitched voice calling out. Seconds later an excited Levy appeared.
"I should go now. Tell Levy the magic words soon." Juvia winked knowingly at him and Gajeel went a tiny shade of red before regaining his stoic expression.
Juvia disappeared round the corner as Levy came closer to Gajeel.
"Who was that?" She asked.
"It was Juvia."
"Juvia? Why did she leave? Is it because I came?" Levy was aware of the relationship Gajeel had with Juvia. He had had a hard time coping with Juvia's absence and Levy was glad that the iron dragon was understanding enough to notice her love for him and return it.
Gajeel shook his head. He thought back on what Juvia had told him to 'let a girl know how you feel about her and make her feel special'. Gajeel and Levy had been dating for 3 years now, but he never told her the 'magic words'. Gajeel felt guilty for having hurt Levy while he was in Phantom Lord and was constantly trying to make up for it. He volunteered to be her partner during the S-class exams on Tenrou Island for that very reason. He always feared that one day Levy would leave him and that he would be alone in the world. When Levy found out about his fears one day, (Courtesy to Juvia and Lily), She slapped Gajeel and asked him if he thought so low of her, crying her eyes out and had yelled at Gajeel that he would always be her love no matter what happened. What could he do for a girl like that?
"Levy?"
Levy turned around, shocked that Gajeel had called her name.
"Yes?" She asked hoping that nothing was wrong.
Gajeel looked at the sky and then he turned towards her and yelled out so loud that the whole of Crocus could hear. "I LOVE YOU!"
Levy looked startled before smiling and jumping on Gajeel, kissing him on his lips.
He kissed her back and Levy was in heaven.
Lucy was smiling to herself as she remembered the scene where her best friend kissed Gajeel. Lucy couldn't help but wonder if those two would take thing to the, well, next level.
"Luce, wait up!" Natsu was running toward her minus happy and she got a real weird feeling that Natsu was up to something. "Let's kiss!" he pulled Lucy towards him.
"Natsu we're in the streets!" Lucy was blushing madly now.
"But Gajeel's kissing Levy! I won't let him have more kisses than me." The last sentence came out in the tone that told Lucy that they wouldn't be going to the inn that night.
A/N: I promise the next chapter will have Gruvia! Thanks for reading up until now! And leave a review!
