Neavy's Note:
This third story, I made with setting after anime version of 413 days and before Tartarus arc. I thought that would be nice if we can imagine how hard Juvia learns to bake (we knows she can cook, but not all good cooker are also good baker). Hope you guys like this!
And thanks to 98ᵒ… so I can use their song as my themed song for this one shot!
p.s. I am using first people POV. So you are Juvia now…
Juvia's Cake
By Neavy
"You're My Sunshine after the Rain
You're The Cure against My Fear and My Pain
Cause I'm losing My Mind When You're Not Around
It's All…it's All…
It's All Because of You" - 98ᵒ "Because of You"
The sun is rising.
Birds are chirping near your window.
You are waking up now. Just like usual, you are opening your window, and say hello to world, and you are always doing fast stretching, before you are heading to bathroom.
You are tying your bluenette hair while checking your calendar.
Today is your 483 days celebration since you had meet Gray for the first time, and also 70 days since your 413 days celebration.
Yes, you are the water mage, Juvia Lockser, the future wife of Gray Fullbuster, the ice mage who you love so much.
Your heart is blooming with love, you always love him. You never asked him about what he feels about you, because for you, as long as he is happy, so you feels happy too.
Today, you want to bake a cake. You had planned this since a week ago; you want to practice so hard so you can give your cake to your Gray-sama. You made a promise to yourself that someday you will give Gray-sama a handmade cake by your hand.
Actually, you want to bake a birthday cake for Gray, but you don't know his birthday. You were asking Mirajane-san about his birthday and she couldn't tell you either. So you decided to give your successful cake after you can bake successfully.
After take a bath, you are planning to go to Magnolia. For almost a week, you always read a cook book that you were borrowing from Levy-chan; you want to try to make brownies.
The book said that Brownies is easy to make, but at the same time, you could fail easily. But, the power of love brought you up in your level of confidence.
"Juvia wouldn't give up... yooosh!" You said, right before you go to Magnolia city.
You are picking up your groceries when someone is tapping your shoulder.
"What are you doing in here, Juvia?" The soft voice is asking you, and you take a look to her.
"Ah… Mirajane-san and Lisanna-chan." You answering them, you are smiling to both of them.
"You look happy as always, Juvia." Lisanna praising you, her praise is making you so happy.
"Juvia want to bake brownies today." You are showing your shopping bag to them.
"That's nice! I would like to try but I am afraid that I would fail, because I heard that cake is difficult to make." Lisanna is praising you once again, which makes your face blush.
"This is Juvia's first time to bake brownies; she wants to learn to bake perfectly." You are answering her politely.
"Why you don't use guild's kitchen for baking? It's empty and clean…" Mirajane give a suggestion for you. Her suggestion making you nod as for agreement. And now, both of you three are going back to guild.
The guild's kitchen has everything that you need for your practice, the Strauss sisters said that they didn't want to disturb your practice time, so they are leaving you alone at the kitchen.
One hour later…
You are waiting impatiently. Your brownies is on oven, you're so anxious now, because you are feeling something wrong with your brownies, but your optimist side melt that feel away.
"Ding!"
You are taking out your cake immediately, your brownies looks so lovely from the outside, but when you are taking out from baking pan, it won't came out.
"Hm… something is not right." You Think, which is true because your brownies is stuck on baking pan. After you are trying to take Brownies out, that cake is on the plate but without a perfect looking; it's too dark and hard, a pout is forming in your lips.
Right after you put that cake on the plate, Droy is coming to the kitchen.
"Wow… what is this cake?" He is asking you, he is picking up a piece of your cake without your answer.
"Bweeeh… this cake is burnt… and hard. I can't eat this." Droy's disliked your cake and his statement is making you sad and upset. Like usual, your mood can change the weather and now, both of you can hear sound of rain. Droy can't read your mood; he just left you without any words.
"Juvia could not bake a cake. Gray-sama would be so upset with her." You are whispering to yourself. You are cleaning up the mess and you decided try before you dispose your cake.
"No wonder why Droy dislike it… it tastes bad." Your face look sad, the rain is becoming harder outside.
After saw Droy reaction, you are coming out from back door, because you could not meet them.
You are walking to the backside of the building where the big dumpster placed. A single tear is forming on your blue pretty eyes because you are failed again for baking something.
"What's with that face?" A sound came from in front you, you are seeing your Gray-sama, and he is taking shelter from rain that you created.
"Gray-sama." You are hissing, Surprised because you don't see him standing near you earlier.
He say your plate, he is smirk. "You made this?" He is asking you.
"Ah… it tastes bad, Gray-sama, this cake will make you stomachache." You are rejecting Gray-sama for tasting your failed brownies. But it's too late, he got a tiny piece of your cake and he bites it.
You are panicking now until you are closing your eyes, you don't want to see Gray-sama eating your brownies.
"I admit this chocolate cake has weird taste." You are hearing Gray-sama's comment. You are feeling so low now. Your blooming heart is falling into pieces.
But Gray-sama is taking another piece and eats it.
"But if you are trying harder to make it… I bet the taste would be better. Because I heard that practice is a key for success in baking." You are gasping because your beloved Gray-sama is cheering you.
"Juvia will practice harder, Gray-sama." You are telling Gray-sama.
He is only smiling before he walking in the rain, not long after he go, the sun is shining again and your heart is back to bloom again.***