Seven Days of Love ~ Gruvia Week
By: BonneyQ
Day 02 – Unspoken
She knew.
It was one of those things that you know in your gut, and gets even surer with the actions. Gray never told her they were together, she just knew they were. Sometimes when they were at the guild, he would grab her hand for a moment before leaving to somewhere else. They would eat away from the rest of the guild mates (those were their dates, she knew). And they had kissed twice.
If that wasn't dating, she didn't know what it was.
They were not a normal couple, of course. Juvia was well aware that Gray didn't show his romantic feelings. But she knew he had them. He had them for her.
If she counted right, they had four dates; all the other times they ate together with someone else. And even though Juvia was very capable of going home by herself without a problem, Gray always accompanied her. She would wave him good-bye and go inside her room at Fairy Hills to jump in happiness.
And one of those nights, he had leaned and brushed his lips with hers very lightly (so lightly that she even doubted that it happened for a moment); much to her surprise. Gray muttered a good night and left a paralyzed Juvia with hearts instead of eyes.
The second time, she was more prepared. It was a week after the first one and Gray was escorting her home again; they had stayed out until Frank's closed (this time they had eaten outside the guild, much to her surprise. Yes, it was a real date, he just didn't say) and when he was about to say good night, Juvia wrapped her arms around his neck. He was surprised, but didn't push away. They stared at each other for a moment; neither sure of what to do from there.
The moment his eyes wandered to her lips for a second, Juvia knew. She kissed him firmly on the lips for a few seconds before stopping. His eyes were wide and she was about to apologize, but his hand went to the back of her neck and brought her lips to his once again, this time with no hesitation.
It was nothing like she thought it would be; yet it was exactly as she imagined as weird as it sounded. When their tongues met, Juvia was sure she would turn herself into water. Kissing Gray was the best thing she ever experienced in her life; it was better than fight a powerful opponent, better than finish an S-class mission by herself, it was even better than winning the Games. She couldn't tell what his feelings on kissing her were, but he did wrap his arm rather tightly around her waist and had a hand buried on her hair, bringing her closer.
When they stopped for air, neither let go. They just breathed hard and stared in each other's eyes. Good thing there was no one else around; otherwise she was certain that Gray wouldn't give her the smile he did. He kissed her once again, calmer and slower this time. Muttering his good night, he let go of her and watched her get inside Fairy Hills, where Juvia only gave two steps and promptly fell on her knees; blushing and with jell-o (actually, her lower half seemed to have turned into water) legs. It took all of her to not fall in front of him.
In their own weird way, they were dating, together or whatever people might call. They didn't need the words, they needed each other; and they had each other.
She knew. He knew. And that was all they need.
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AN: Things will get better tomorrow, I promise. Yes, I am excited about day 3. I really liked the chapter.
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~ End of Day 02 :)