Chapter 5

"Do you like this one?" Lucy came out of the small dressing room and twirled around in a sparkling baby pink dress.

"That one is very beautiful, Lucy. Juvia thinks that is the one you should wear tonight," the blonde smiled at Juvia's words and looked down at her bare feet poking out at the bottom of the ballgown.

"As beautiful as it is, I don't think I have any shoes to match this… all my shoes are black or boots," she sighed. "I was hoping to attract a new fiance seeing as mine now has his eyes one someone."

Juvia blushed as Lucy winked at her before turning to get changed again. "If Lucy will stop teasing Juvia, she can lend you a pair of white shoes she thinks would match the dress."

"I suppose that's a reasonable deal," they smiled at each other and Juvia got up to search her wardrobe for the shoes she was speaking about. "You and Gray still haven't told me what happened down by that river, you know, kinda makes it more suspicious."

"That's because there's nothing to tell about," Juvia blushed as she held a pair of delicate white. "Gray was showing Juvia a frozen river, that is all."

"That's an odd thing to want to show someone," Lucy was trying on the shoes as she spoke. "You don't have to be scared to tell me, Juvia, I'm not engaged to him by choice and I would rather he be happy with someone else than stuck with me."

"Juvia knows…"

Three weeks ago…

"Juvia thinks it's strange how this water is able to stay in one place after living in the Marina Kingdom all her life," she gently stroked a finger along where the water should flow, feeling the cold nip at her fingertips.

"Yeah, I bet," Gray leaned against a nearby tree and watched her. "I usually come down here when life at the castle gets too much. Lyon can be a pain in the ass."

"Juvia still has to meet this Lyon," she stood again and faced Gray. "All she sees of him are his secret rendezvous' with Meredy."

"I'm surprised he hasn't called for you yet," Gray frowned and scratched the back of his head. "Usually when a Princess is in town he's all over them to get a 'worthy fiance'."

"Well, Juvia recently lost her home so perhaps he has some honour after all, huh?" she gently smiled at him and watched as his lips twitched as though he resisted smiling back. "Why did he force Lucy's hand onto you?"

"Honestly who knows. He said something about me being eliminated so none of the more beautiful princess fall for me instead and steal his 'perfect bride'... whatever," Gray shrugged. "Not really looking for a wife though, right now."

"Oh, why not?"

"Well, I guess when the time comes I know when I'll want to marry a woman, for now I'm fine with anything less than a fiance," he explained and looked at her with bored eyes.

"So, Gray-Sama wants a mistress?" Juvia tilted her head in confusion.

"No, nothing like that " Gray chuckled, "although, I do have my eye on someone. I really wanted to kiss her last night after I found her eavesdropping on the King."

Juvia's face turned purple with embarrassment, knowing he was talking about her. Unsure how to flirt back with Gray she replied, "why didn't Gray-Sama?"

"Well, she seems quite shy so I don't know if she wants to kiss me too," he spoke with confidence but when Juvia looked at him she could see he was truly unsure of himself. His cheeks were pink and his hands were pulling at the fabric of his waistline.

"Juvia thinks that this 'someone' would be silly to not want to kiss Gray-Sama," Gray's shoulders rolled back after she spoke and he shook his hair with his hand before standing straight.

"Are you sure?" He slowly walked towards her and licked his lips in anticipation.

Juvia's heart was beating harshly in her chest. Gray was so handsome, and also in her social standing. Although, he was engaged and she had just essentially promised him a kiss, and silently selfishly hoping for more. What she was doing was morally wrong.

"Yes," she whispered.

On the last step, Gray grabbed her cheeks and pressed his lips to hers.

A fierce first kiss.

He kissed her like it was the last thing he would ever do, his lips clashing hard against her own. He let go of her face and instead pulled her body closer to him by her hips as she swung her arms around his neck. He twisted them around and pushed her back against the tree he was once leaning on.

Their kiss lasted until they heard a twig snapping behind Gray. They sprung apart only to see a baby snow fox sniffing along the ground.

Juvia cleared her throat to rid of the awkward silence which had occurred. Gray looked her up and down.

"Are you alright with me visiting your chambers later?"

And thus began yet another secret royal affair.

"Ahh, Juvia my dear, there you are," Queen Naida suddenly walked into the royal dressing chamber. She bowed towards Princess Lucy in respect. "Excuse me, but may I have a moment with my daughter."

"Yes, of course," Lucy bowed back and exited the room after grabbing her original dress to change back into once she got back to her own chambers.

"Well, Juvia, how are things going with Prince Lyon?" Naida asked in a sweet tone while brushing back a strand of Juvia's hair. "Any developments I should know about?"

"I'm sorry, mother. But Prince Lyon has yet to even say hello to Juvia, he has not visited her since we started staying here," Juvia looked down at her lap as her cheeks became pink.

"That simply will not do," Naida removed her hands from Juvia's hair and started pacing the room. "This ball Prince Lyon is throwing this weekend is similar to the last one you attended. He is still in search for a suitable wife so he can be officially named 'King'. You must seek him out yourself and make sure you deem yourself worthy to him."

"Of course, Mother," Juvia felt sick to her stomach, she felt guilty for lying to her own mother. Yet she was too scared to admit to her that she was already sleeping with said Prince Lyon's brother.

"You must wear the lowest cut dress you can find, men are easily distracted by a woman's body. So, even if you screw up your words, at least you'll have that to fall back on," Queen Naida sighed as Natsu walked in on her instructions and glared at her servant. "And don't bring this bad luck charm with you this time."

Natsu stood with his back pressed against the door as the Queen passed him, bowing his head to her just before she exited. He slowly walked over to Juvia and patted her on the back in comfort.

"So, I was just doing the laundry when I noticed something pretty peculiar," he whispered, and stood up to gather the now empty plate of snacks Juvia and Lucy were sharing. "Want to explain why some of Prince Gray's clothes smell like your perfume?"

Juvia's heart shuddered, "Juvia doesn't know why."

She didn't look at him as he sighed and stalked out of the room, leaving her to her thoughts. Juvia was having fun in the time she was spending with Gray, what they had wasn't serious and was a break from their royal duties and family stress.

Sleeping with Gray was her sanity, right now.

Juvia brushed off the crumbs on her skirt and stood up to leave the room. She was almost at her chambers when she noticed a certain dark-haired prince leaning against a random door and staring at her.

"Can Juvia help you?" she sighed and rolled her eyes towards him.

"Probably," he quickly snatched her wrist and pulled her into the dark room he was guarding. His grip tightened. "You've been avoiding me."

"Juvia wasn't, she has been busy," she laid a hand on top of his on her wrist. "Picking a dress for a ball is not an easy task, you know?"

"Yeah, whatever, you still have another two days for that. These past three days have been crap, all I've been doing is watching Lucy making doe eyes at Natsu and him doing the same when she's not looking," he let go of her. "Do you have any idea how frustrating they are?"

"What do you mean?" Gray was now behind Juvia, she could feel him work on loosening her dresses corset.

"Ugh, they're just so… I can't even explain it. Their hands touched as they were stroking a snow kitten together and I almost snapped," he started kissing down her neck and along her shoulders.

"Ahh, Gray-Sama hasn't been getting laid so he is sexually frustrated and needs Juvia," she giggled and turned around to face him. "Juvia thinks she can help."

"Oh, yeah?" Gray smirked down at her and pushed her lightly towards the small couch that was inhabiting the room. If Juvia wasn't as distracted as she was she would notice she was in some sort of study.

Once lying flat Juvia pulled Gray into a kiss by his shirt collar and felt his hands work on removing her clothes.

"It seems Juvia is not the only one on a sex quest," Gray let out a laugh at her words and shook his head before agreeing.

A/N: SOoooOOOOooOOOooo fairy tail manga has ended and i am sad… i wont post any spoilers here tho incase some of you dont read it ^^

Anyway hopefully things arent moving too fast here although it aint really romantic more just having sex for the sake of it hahahaha. Im unsure as to whether i should post a smutty chapter or not so please let me know

(also i changed my user name so you guys have something to call me)

-hashtagzallie