He looked for his partner to ask her to finish their job and he already made up his mind to make her talk to him by all means, "For now, we have to finish this task first," he thought to himself.
He was walking in search for Juvia when the rain fell hard... Really, really hard. Like the heaven is angry for something. Plus there's thunder. Then he heard an explosion nearby.
He rushed to where he heard the ruckus and he finally found his partner and he was in awe because she wiped out the whole guild, save for Aria, whose at the side still eyes covered and saying something about being depressed, and Sol, whom she's battling right now.
"Damn, are all the dragon slayers this thirsty for fight and blood?" He thought to himself as he watched the blunette in awe as she showcase her newly acquired power.
He watched Juvia as she easily dodged the attack of Sol then he walked towards them.
"Hey, not fair Juvia," He called to her, "You got all the fun," he pouted playfully, forgetting that she's still angry at him.
She dodged another attack but she jumped backwards that she landed on her feet beside him.
"Well, I got tired of waiting for you," She merely stated without looking at him, "Juvia saw her old comrades and she only wanted to play with them for a bit," she finished with a smirk.
He looked at her face. He realized how much she has changed, despite that she's trying to change the way she talks, still if she's into the moment, the real Juvia comes out. And the way that she smirked in challenge, man he found it hot. She's still the same beauty, same person that he fell in love with, but she got stronger. And he got surprised that he said he love her in his mind. And he realized that lately, the women of Fairy Tail are developing this habit of smirking dangerously.
"Tsk tsk. Bad Juvia," He playfully answered back, "I want to play with them too. Why don't you give this one to 'Gray-sama'?"
She was caught off guard and sure she's still angry with him because she's trying to move on and leave him alone, just as he said back in Avatar and he's making it difficult for her, but damn how can she move on when he's here and he reminded her of all the reasons she fell in love with him. She only nodded at him absently.
"Good girl," He said and he walked towards the odd Earth element user, "Mind if I play with you monsieur?"
He bent sideways and sneered in delight, "Of course, but don't go home crying after this."
"Don't worry," he bumped his fists together, "I won't."