Me: I took over a week to update again! :( Sorry…but chapter 3 is here and is as long as the last chapter so YAY! :D There's not too much GrayZa in this one though….I figured that there needed to be a chapter where Gray got things straight with Juvia so I decided to make it this one. Some GrUviOn, LyVia, and NaLu and GaLe if you squint.
Juvia: What does Laynie-san mean 'get things straight'?
Me: Juvia, I told you, this is a GrayZa fanfiction not a GrUvia fanfiction.
Juvia:*cries* Why is Laynie-san so mean to Juvia?!
Me: J-Juvia…sorry. Would doing the disclaimer calm you down?
Juvia:*nods*LaynieCakes does not own Fairy Tail.
Erza got little to no sleep that night, though Gray wasn't any better.
Back at Gray's house, Gray thought over and over about his first job with Erza. "Man that was awkward!" he laughed to himself.
Trying to clear his mind, Gray decided that is was time to get some sleep. But just because he lies down doesn't mean that he'll fall asleep. His mind was on a certain bossy redhead. He couldn't stop thinking about her lately. 'She's been acting so weird lately…' the Ice Maker wizard thought.
Erza had been avoiding Gray for the past few months, which is odd being that they're best friends. Well, at least they were best friends. The last time that they had 'quality time' together, it was when they talked on the balcony during the Grand Magic Games about Juvia. Right….Juvia….
Juvia has been getting more and more annoying. Gray hadn't realized Juvia's feelings up until this past year. Though now that he knew, Gray wondered how he didn't realize it for all that time! Gray started noticing things, things like how Juvia greets him before anyone else, how she made sure that she gave him his present first on his birthday, how anger and jealousy seethes out of her when he even speaks to another girl. Heck, he didn't even notice her stalking him till more recently! They were all obvious things, but why did Erza have to point them out?
Don't get me wrong, Gray did care about Juvia, he just didn't…like her that way. But now Juvia thinks that Gray likes her. Why? Well it's one person's fault.
Lyon Bastia.
Ever since he came into the picture everything has been a mess. People-including Juvia-think that the reason he fight's Lyon is because he's jealous or something, but that's not it! Gray has a natural rivalry with Lyon; Lyon could've taken interest in Cana, Lucy, Levy, anyone! Gray still would've had the same reaction. He cares for all of his female nakama and would've fought Lyon for trying to flirt with any one of them.
He has that natural rivalry with Lyon, but truthfully, ever since the whole thing with Deliora happened, part of Gray still didn't trust him. Gray knew that Lyon has changed but after what happened, after what he did; Gray has always been keeping an eye on him. He didn't want to take the chance of him hurting Juvia.
You could say that this is all….protective. But when it comes down to it, it's all Juvia's choice. Gray knew that he needed to stop getting involved with her love life. It was her life, not his. His love life was still wrapped around Erza Scarlet.
His thoughts still lingering on about the Requip wizard, he was brought back to reality when he heard a knock on his door. Gray stood up and yawned, 'Who's here so late at night?' He walked towards the door, braced himself for whoever was behind the knock he heard, and opened it.
"U-um, hello…Gray-sama…" Juvia said shyly, with a hint of pink on her cheeks. "Juvia, what are you doing here? It's so late." He said, yawning again.
Seeing that her beloved Gray-sama was tired, Juvia got all flustered "Oh, did Juvia wake you?! Juvia is very sorry…" She said quickly, bowing a few times to show her sincerity.
Gray put up one hand and said, "It's okay Juvia, I wasn't asleep yet. But you're dodging the question, why are you here?" Gray asked.
"Juvia was here to ask you to marry Juvia and have 30 babies with her!" Juvia said excitedly "I thought you'd never ask." Gray answered, and then went on in picking her up and drowning her with kisses.
"Juvia…" Gray said.
"Juvia…" He said again, waving a hand in front of her; no use.
"JUVIA!" Gray yelled; that got her attention. "H-huh?" Juvia said, snapping back into reality, her face red.
She shook her head, 'That's exactly how it will go! All Juvia has to do is express her feelings!' Juvia opened her mouth to say something, but soon closed it. The words just wouldn't come out. 'No, Juvia can't say that, not yet…Juvia just needs to think of something else to say…'
After thinking for a moment, Juvia found words to say, "Well, Juvia knows that Gray-sama might be gone for 10 years so…Juvia wanted to say goodbye. Juvia also wanted to tell Gray-sama a few other things…" She finally said her face still slightly tinged with pink.
"Well what 'other things' did you come to say?" Gray asked back, now a little interested in what Juvia was saying. But his interest soon vanished, because he knew what she was going to say…
"Juvia has loved Gray-sama for a long time now, Gray-sama might've already noticed this…" she started, Gray knew it was just a matter of time before she confessed.
"And lately, Juvia's started to think that Gray-sama doesn't feel the same way. Juvia wanted to ask Gray-sama something." She said, looking up to Gray with a determined look on her face. Gray clenched his teeth; he knew what she was going to ask.
"Does Gray-sama love Erza-san?" She asked, even though at this point she probably knew the answer herself.
Gray sighed, "Juvia…" he started, but he was cut off. "Juvia knew it; Gray-sama does love her." She said, tears swelling up inside.
Just as she was about to run away in embarrassment and frustration a hand grabbed hers. "Yes, I love Erza. But don't think that I don't care about you either!" He said a little louder, Juvia looked at him blushing with tears still in her dark blue eyes, and then he continued. "Maybe I don't like you the way you like me, but I do really care about you. I can't really think of how to say in any other way…" More tears came to Juvia's eyes, and then the rain started. "But…" Gray pulled her into a hug "I'm sorry."
Juvia stood there in his arms, shocked. "I'm sorry that I can't love you the way you love me. I'm sorry that you chased me for the past few years hoping that I would chase back." The rain became lighter "I'm sorry, that I made blind to all the other guys out there that wouldlove to make you theirs…" He finished.
Juvia knew that he was talking about Lyon. And as if he read her mind, Gray mumbled something else, "Including that idiot Lyon…" Part of Gray still may've not trusted Lyon, but he's shown how he cares for Juvia, and he's shown that he would never do anything to hurt her.
Something in that moment changed Juvia, because the rain just, stopped. Just like when they'd first met. And then Juvia did something that no one thought she would do. She laughed, laughed. A light laugh, but a laugh all the same. Then she pushed herself out of Gray's arms. "Gray-sama doesn't have to apologize so much!" She said still slightly giggling.
Then her expression changed, she looked embarrassed. "Juvia can't believe it! Juvia had the wrong love rival the whole time!" She said "Juvia should probably go and apologize to Lucy-san…" She finished, looking guilty.
She gave Gray one last hug and said, "Juvia hopes that Gray-sama will come back soon! Juvia will miss you…" She said, and then added, almost whispering "And Juvia wishes Gray-sama luck with Erza-san."
Gray just stood there, shocked, just shocked. Juvia noticed this, "Hmmm, what's wrong Gray-sama?" she asked, a bit worried.
Gray cleared his head then spoke, "No it's just…I didn't think that you'd respond that well…" He answered truthfully, scratching the back of his head.
At this Juvia laughed again, 'It seems like Juvia is acting like herself in front of me now…good' Gray thought, smiling to himself. Hopefully, Juvia would quit obsessing over Gray now. Though now she wouldn't have a Gray to obsess over I guess he would be on a mission for maybe even 10 years.
As Juvia was walking away from Gray's house, a thought occurred to her, "Oi, Gray-sama!" Juvia called out one last time. Gray turned his head to her, "What?" he asked back.
"Your clothes." Juvia said with a knowing smile on her face.
Gray looked down, then screamed "WHEN DOES THIS HAPPEN!?" Then he went on to search for his clothes that he took off who knows how long ago.
Juvia giggled, then turned around a walked happily back to her apartment, 'I can't believe that Juvia was rejected, and yet, Juvia is happy!' Juvia thought to herself.
Once Juvia got back to Fairy Hills, she changed into her pajamas; a long sleeve, light blue v-neck and navy blue flannel pants. She collapsed onto her bed to see a plushy of Gray. Then she got a sad look on her face, she knew that he could be gone for 10 years. Could be, that is.
Sighing, Juvia got up and put to Gray plushy on her shelf, 'Juvia will keep this to remember Gray-sama while he is gone.' She thought, nodding her head.
Lying on her bed, Juvia exhaled out then got a goofy smile. "Gray-sama and Juvia are friends." She said aloud, as if trying to make sure it was true. "Juvia didn't think that she would be so happy about it, or maybe…" her voice trailed off, 'maybe it was because Gray-sama mentioned Lyon-sama…' she thought, not saying it aloud so no one could hear her.
'Well, time will tell, won't it?' she thought closing her eyes. A pretty positive thought to fall asleep to.
Oh, you thought that this chapter was over? NOPE! :D Keep on reading! ^^
Knock, knock, knock.
Juvia's eyes opened, though they probably didn't want to.
Knock, knock, knock.
She was awake now, and someone was clearly knocking on her door. Juvia forced herself out of her bed and dragged her feet to the door; she didn't like being woke up. She preferred to wake up on her own.
Opening the door, Juvia found herself in front of Erza; with her many, many suitcases. "O-oh, Erza-san what are you doing here?" she asked hesitantly.
"Just saying goodbye to everyone still here." She said with her usual smile. "Oh and, most of the girls are at the guild already so could you say goodbye to them for me along with the rest of the guild? I would myself but it seems that I've overslept…" Erza said sounding a bit guilty.
"I wouldn't want to be late." Erza finished. "Oh course! Erza-san wouldn't want Gray-sama to wait." Juvia said. "And Juvia will make sure to tell everyone goodbye for Erza-san!"
"Would you like to come and say goodbye to Gray?" Erza asked. Juvia was a bit shocked, but she didn't want to come in between Gray and Erza, so she declined. "Actually, Juvia already said her goodbyes to Gray-sama yesterday. She finally confessed to him, though Gray-sama didn't feel the same way…" Juvia started but was then cut off by a mad Erza.
"He rejected you? When I get my hands on that boy…" Erza said then continued mumbling on about how he should've thought about poor Juvia's feelings.
"Gray-sama did reject Juvia in a way, but Juvia isn't mad. Gray-sama is in love with another girl, deep down Juvia already knew that was the case. But Gray-sama apologized for not being able to return Juvia's feelings." Juvia spit out, talking very fast.
Erza looked a bit taken back. "Erza-san, are you okay?" Juvia asked, "Y-yeah, I'm fine but, did Gray really do that?" Erza asked, truly confused.
"Um yes Gray-sama did that if Juvia remembers correctly, why?" Juvia re-questioned
"No, it's just, that's so…romantic for him." Erza answered, Gray was never the most romantic guy, but when it comes down to it he could usually find the right thing to say. He had a certain way that he worded things; it made what he was saying sound all more important, and all less offensive. "And what do you mean he's in love with another girl?" Erza asked, her voice sounding a bit annoyed.
Juvia grinned, "Oh, and why would Erza-san be so worried about that?" She asked, almost channeling Mira.
Erza's face got red when she realized how she sounded when she said that. "Uh, well, uh…." Erza's mind trailed off to the Ice Maker wizard.
"Oh, does Erza-san really not know who it is? Well, Juvia will give Erza-san a hint. The girl that Gray-sama is in love with is beautiful, she is strong, and she can take care of herself. She can be girly too though; she absolutely loves cake and sweets. She is very kind but very strict. She is a happy person, who enjoys the little things. She is a very capable wizard that Juvia looks up to very much. Whether she loves Gray-sama back is unknown to Juvia. But Juvia thinks that Erza-san knows." Juvia said with a wink.
Now Erza's face was really red, you couldn't tell where her hair started and her skink ended. Part of her flushed face came from the compliments that Juvia was drowning her in. But it was mainly that Juvia knew, just knew that she liked him back. And she did, Erza knew that now was her chance to tell Gray how she felt, and she knew that was what Juvia was getting at.
"Juvia wishes Erza-san luck." Juvia said cheerfully.
"Thank you, I promise that we'll both be back in one piece." Erza said, walking down the hallway, hauling her wagon of many suitcases.
"That's not what Juvia was talking about." She said.
Erza stopped walking for a moment, then turned half her head to Juvia, "I know." She said with her usual, calm smile.
And at that Juvia couldn't help but smile herself. If Gray couldn't be happy with her, then Juvia would want Gray to be happy with someone. She thought that Erza was a good choice for him.
Juvia closed her door and walked back in her room. She quickly showered, got changed and was on her way out the door in no time. Off to the guild she went!
Walking there, she wondered if Gray and Erza were on the train by now. But she forgot her mental question as soon as she was standing in front of the guild hall.
Juvia opened the door to the guild; it was a bit quieter than usual. Probably because Gray wasn't around to fight Natsu and Erza wasn't around to stop them from fighting. Juvia frowned at this but, everyone would just have to get used to it.
"Good morning, Mira-san." Juvia said. Mira looked up from the plate she was drying, "Good morning Juvia!" Mira cheered with her usual smile.
"Erza-san told Juvia to tell everyone at the guild goodbye for her; apparently she overslept and didn't want to be late for her train." Juvia explained
"Well that is certainly odd…" Mira said. "Hmm? What's odd Mira-san?" Juvia asked. Mira looked to Juvia to her plate that she was still drying "Well, Erza isn't one to oversleep…maybe something was on her mind…" Mira said looking worried for her old rival.
Juvia didn't think about that, Erza was always one to exceed expectations so something like oversleeping was odd, at least for Erza. 'Maybe Erza-san had something on her mind…or someone on her mind…' Juvia though silently, grinning to herself. 'Maybe Erza-san was too busy thinking about Gray-sama to sleep…' Juvia internally laughed at her own joke.
But that laugh seemed to escape her lips as well.
"Hmm? What's so funny?" Mira asked as she heard a giggle come from the lips of the bluenette in front of her. "Oh nothing, Juvia was just thinking…" Mira put down her plate and put an elbow on the counter, resting her face in her hand. "Do tell." She said with her trademark smile.
Juvia wasn't shocked by this in the slightest; truthfully a part of Juvia knew that she would get questioned like this. Then again, Juvia almost made it too easy.
"Well, Juvia has noticed that something has been going on between Gray-sama and Erza-san. And Juvia knows how Gray-sama feels about Erza-san so; maybe Erza-san was thinking about Gray-sama and couldn't sleep?" Juvia said.
Mira smiled, well she was already smiling but her smile got wider. "Oh so I wasn't the only one who noticed that…" but her smile died down "but wouldn't you be upset about something like that?" Mira asked with concern in her voice.
"Well, uh, Juvia….confessed to Gray-sama last night and…" Juvia started before she was cut off by Mira "You what? You confessed? Tell me everything." Mira said.
"Yeah Juvia, give us the details!" Levy chimed in. "Did Gray reject you? Cause if he did, *hic* he's facin' hell *hic* when he gets his ass back *hic* here." A drunken Cana slurred.
Soon pretty much all the girls were surrounding Juvia, tackling her with questions. Juvia's face burned up and she started very fast and loudly. Noticing this, Lucy yelled over everyone "Hey give her some space, do you guys want her faint or something?" Lucy said trying to calm everyone down.
Lucy yelling didn't work but the guild doors swinging open did. And who was standing there? Lyon Bastia, he was smiling, and was obviously looking for Juvia. When he saw her his face lit up, and you knew that his smile was genuine.
"Juvia-chan!" Lyon cheered.
He walked over to her as fast as he could without looking like an idiot. He put his hands behind his back for a moment then moved them back to face Juvia. Only this time he had a rose made of ice in his hand. He handed it to Juvia, "For you, my dear. The rose itself is unbreakable, just like my love for you." He said in a suave tone.
Juvia blushed, "Um, Lyon-sama, why are you here?" Juvia asked as she grabbed the rose. "Hmm?" Lyon smiled "Well to see you of course!" He said.
Evergreen waved her hand in the air, "Hey, aren't you gonna tell us how you confessed to Gray?" she questioned irritably.
The other girls all look at her. "Mood ruiner." They all say in unison.
"Y-you confessed to Gray?" Lyon said he looked like he wanted to cry. "U-um yes but…he uh…Gray-sama rejected Juvia."
Lyon's sad face quickly turned into an angry one, "He what?" he yelled "That idiot! I'll kill hi-"
"Calm down Lyon-sama! Gray-sama didn't hurt Juvia's feelings. Juvia's not mad at Gray-sama. Gray-sama wasn't mean when he rejected Juvia; he apologized for not being able to return Juvia's feelings. And he said that there were plenty of guys out there that would like Juvia." Juvia said quickly. "Gray-sama is in love with another girl and Juvia wants him to be happy with her." Juvia added
Everyone was in silence; the guild has never been this silent, like ever. But it didn't last long before Lyon broke it "W-wait so, you mean, you're giving up on Gray?"
"Um, sort of." Juvia said with an unsure yet happy smile. Juvia saw how excited Lyon looked and cut in "B-but don't think that Juvia is going to return Lyon-sama's feelings so quickly!"
"Hmm?" Lyon looked to Juvia with a perplexed look, and then he smiled again. "Well that doesn't matter, because I'm still one step closer, right?" He said.
Juvia blushed. He was still one step closer. One step closer. She smiled, 'Lyon never really was one to give up now was he?'
"I still can't believe that Gray would leave on such short notice. Leave this beautiful water wizard? Not very gentlemanly if you ask me." Lyon said, mumbling the last part. Juvia laughed slightly and Lyon blushed heavily. "Juvia laughed, at one of my jokes…" He almost fainted.
Then Juvia realized why she'd been so happy today. Last night right before she fell asleep, Juvia knew that the next day would be special. There was something about the air when she was walking to the guild that made her feel happy. It didn't make sense at first; two of her closest nakama were leaving that day and may not come back for 10 years. But now it made sense, Juvia knew that today was going to be a good day. And now she saw what was so good about it, today was the day that Juvia realized Lyon's potential. The day she realized that the feeling inside her when she heard Lyon's voice was true joy. The fact of it was that Lyon made Juvia happy, and Juvia didn't want to admit it for all the time that Lyon had been chasing after her.
He'd been chasing after her, just like Juvia had chased after Gray, just hoping that she would chase back. And maybe, just maybe she would do just that. Now Juvia got what Gray meant a bit more.
He said that he was sorry for blinding her from all the other guys out there. Now that Juvia confessed, her mind was clear, and she noticed little things about guys around her.
Like Natsu for example. Natsu and Lucy have been dating for a while now and Juvia's started to notice why Lucy likes him so much. Sure he's an idiot but he's a goodhearted idiot. Out of everything else his is handsome, and he has a strong sense of loyalty.
Then there's Gajeel. He's an idiot too, but his laugh is seductive in a way. He's protective, but wouldn't let you get hurt. Levy probably feels safe when he's around.
Juvia never noticed these things till today, she smiled 'Thank you, Gray-sama.' She said in her head.
With Lyon visiting, the guild became it's rowdy self again quickly. But within it all Juvia's thoughts went back to Gray and Erza. 'Those two are probably on the train by now…' she thought.
END OF CHAPTER 3
How was it? Please review or PM me to let me know! So this one had a good bit of LyVia in it, but I'm an insane LyVia shipper so that would make sense. Yeah so as I'm writing this, it you guys have any suggestions please let me know! I would be more than happy to try and fit something special in just for you. ^^ The next chapter will be filled with GrayZa goodness, I promise.
Shoutout Time! To all of my lovely reviewers.
pinkkoaka213: Here's another shoutout! :D I love "girly Erza" as well! Writing that chapter was really fun so I'm glad that you liked it. ^^
IcedSoulFairy: YAY YOU'RE BACK! :D I'll make sure to just call you Ice then! ^^ Everyone seems to love "girly Erza" I love her too. I guess I put that in there because I love in the Deliora arc when Erza falls into Lucy's pit. XD I died laughing so I try and put that in as much as possible.
Kari Hitsugaya: I've never had my story called "Righteous" before but I am honored that you liked it enough to do so. ^o^
HayaaShigure-kun: Truthfully, I fangirl the entire time I write…thank you for being in love with my story! :D
Theformulaofpudding: 5EVA? That is either a typo or a new extreme of adorableness….I choose the latter. ^^
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