a/n: just warning ya lads that things are going to be getting pretty sexual from here on in

Chapter 6

"Ah, there you are!" Juvia heard a smooth voice come from the other side of the bookshelf in the castle's library. "Finally. I thought I wouldn't see you at all this week."

Looking through the gaps Juvia watched as Prince Lyon embraced the small pink haired maid, Meredy. The young girl had her hand clutching the back of his blue uniform and her face smushed into his chest.

"Lyon…" she almost whimpered. Juvia could only admire the scene, the Prince-should-be-King of the North embracing a girl in rags like she was a glass sculpture, his hand twined in her hair and his hand on her back keeping her close. And Meredy clutching to him with seemingly all her strength, it broke Juvia's heart to see two people so in love but who couldn't be truly together.

"I'm so sorry, my dear, Queen Naida was requesting my presence all morning," he breathed into her hair. He pulled his face back and looked at the girl he was holding. "We have yet to discover any clues about the Marina Palace."

"It's okay. I'm sure you will soon, it's a mystery to even their family what even happened that night," Meredy calmly responded while caressing Lyon's jaw.

"Yes…" Juvia watched in fascination as Lyon leaned into the hand with a small smile on his face. "The real mystery is Princess Juvia, I have yet to meet her still…" Lyon explained. "It's been almost a month since the Marina Royal Family came here and only Queen Naida has spoken to me. Hell, even Gray has been in contact with Juvia."

"Oh yeah, Lucy and Gray went down to the lake yesterday with her and her servant, Natsu… The two are awful close, I'm starting to think you aren't the only royal in this kind of position," she sighed and looked at his chest, moving her hand to rest against his heart.

Juvia blushed hard at this. Did all the other servants believe that she and Natsu were an item…?

Ew.

"Hey, didn't you know it's illegal for you to frown in my presence?" Lyon nuzzled against her cheek and made her giggle. "Only smiles from the crowned Prince's favourite girl, please."

Lyon was now kissing all over her face while Meredy smiled brightly at the affection and tugged him closer by the collar and connected their lips in what looked like to be a long awaited kiss.

Juvia, feeling quite voyeuristic, made a quiet exit from the library to give the lovers some privacy. The princess had never seen such a pure kind of love before. Her father had died when she was very young so she didn't remember how he and her mother treated each other, though she found it difficult to believe that her mother would have shown her affection in public.

Looking out the windows that lead to the castle's courtyard Juvia saw Natsu and Lucy hunched over a rather large pond. Juvia shook her head as she realized Natsu was probably showing Lucy the fish he would try to catch for his cat.

How could anyone believe Natsu's affections belonged with Juvia when Lucy was quite clearly the recipient. His eyes practically glittered when she would giggle or smile. His would always brush against her skin as he spoke to her. His lips pulled up into a soft smile. His eyes flickering up and down her face, unsure whether to kiss her or not.

And Lucy would do the same.

Just watching them made Juvia suddenly get very flustered. The amount of physical and emotional tension between Lucy and Natsu was reaĺly getting to her for some reason… She didn't understand it.

She hastened her steps and looked directly in front of her. Determined to reach her next check point.

Only a few steps away now…

Just as she reached a hand out to open the white and gold door it was being pulled up by the other side.

"Oh hey, I thought you wer-"

Juvia pushed Gray completely into the room and slammed the door with her back, her breathing getting quite heavy. She looked up at him in disbelief and shook her head.

"You were right," she voiced, placing a hand on each of her cheeks. "About Natsu and Lucy. Oh god. They were only fishing but Juvia can't help but feel so… hot."

Gray chuckled and looked her up and down. "Yeah, I know." He took a stride to reach her and pull her up to full height. While leading her to his bed he entwined their fingers together.

"Juvia also saw Lyon and Meredy in the library," Juvia added. "He is concerned that he hasn't met me yet."

"Let's not talk about my brother when I'm about to play around with you, Juvia," he shook his hair and scrunched up his face.

"Sorry," she giggled.

Gray kissed the back of her hand and then tugged her closer to kiss her lips. He had already removed his shirt which allowed Juvia to immediately get her hands on the bare skin on his back to tug him closer.

Juvia felt herself being lifted up by the waist and she automatically opened her legs to wrap around his waist when he was suddenly ripped away from her. She felt a whoosh of air hit her and she was on her back bouncing slightly on the mattress, with Gray crawling up to her from between her legs.

He winked before pecking her lips and then going to work on her neck. Juvia felt her frustration growing the longer Gray took to properly touch her, she had started scratching at his shoulders to hurry him along.

He moved back slightly and grabbed her ankles, flicking her delicate shoes off her feet and onto his mattress. Gray kissed her shins a few times before looking back at her with mischievous eyes.

"Lyon's advisors are having a meeting across the hall, ya know," Juvia blushed and removed her legs from his grasp. "So you're gonna have to be quiet for this one."

He reopened her legs and moved to plant his lips against her neck, only leaving small butterfly kisses to rile her up more before kissing her lips.

Juvia grabbed the front of his white trench coat and pulled his body completely on top of her, both of them let out moans at the contact. Gray had a way of making her always wanting more and more without even trying.

She felt his hands glide up her thighs, pulling up the skirt of her long day-time gown to rest on her hips. Anxious for where his hands would go next she wiggled her hips only for him to rest two fingers on her clit above her panties. She loudly into his mouth before breaking the kiss.

"Shhh," Gray's breath fanned over her face. He kept his forehead rested on hers while his fingers started moving in small circles.

He used his other hand to caress her inner thighs. From their time being together she had learned that he had a thing for feeling up her legs.

Juvia removed her left hand from Gray's coat to grab the hand he was pleasuring her with, pressing it harder against her core. He chuckled and shook the hand away to hook away her panties, and plunge one finger inside of her. Juvia whimpered pathetically and looked at Gray in straight in the eyes as he moved his finger in and out of her.

When he added another she clutched his coat tighter and used her free hand to cover her mouth before she moaned too loudly. Gray bit his lip before also using his free hand to remove hers from her across her mouth and replaced her make-shift muzzle with his thumb. His other fingers resting on her jaw, keeping her head angled up at his.

He thrust his fingers faster into her and used his thumb to press on her clit. Juvia could feel herself growing hotter and the knot inside her stomach tighten. "Gray," she tried her hardest to moan his name while his thumb was stroking against her tongue inside her mouth.

He pressed harder and pumped faster at that, knowing she was close to her orgasm.

When it hit her she had hooked a leg around his waist and was clutching his hair and trench coat so hard she was surprised nothing had ripped in her grasp. Her mouth was still wide open when she was done and Gray made good use of this by filling the gap with his tongue.

They kissed for a while until Juvia decided she really needed to speak with him. She pushed his shoulders and sat up, regretfully removing his touches on her.

"So, you good now?" he smirked as she blushed and nodded. "I told ya those two were infuriating together, I don't know how we're gonna cope while you guys are staying here."

"Oh, I think we'll be just fine," she mused, watching one of his eyebrows raise. "Plus, they weren't the only couple I ran into this afternoon."

"Oh, please don't tell me…"

"Oh yes, Lyon and Meredy are just as awful to be around."

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After departing from Gray's bedroom and having an awkward dinner with her mother, Princess Juvia was finally able to simply lie on one of the sofa's in her temporary bedroom in the North Castle.

Well, that is until a very abrupt knock sounded from her door.

"Who is it?" She called softly, knowing it would either be Natsu coming to tell her about his day or Lucy wanting to discuss the upcoming ball.

"It's Prince Lyon, do you mind if I come in?"

Well, that certainly made her sit up straight.

"No, not at all!" Her heart was racing. What could he possibly want at this hour?

The door was opened and closed in the blink of an eye. The crowned Prince and should-be King of the Northern Kingdom was wearing full pajamas and locking her chamber doors. What is this day?

"Is everything okay, Prince Vastia?" Juvia decided it would be best to be formal with him during their first albeit strange meeting.

"Call me Lyon, and yes, everything is fine," he turned around and straightened himself up, "In fact, I'm simply here to talk to you."

She furrowed her eyebrows. Did he sneak into her room to talk to her?

"I heard some interesting news today that I wanted to discuss with you. About your servant, Natsu," she already knew where this was going. "You see I was told-"

"That I was having an affair with him," she spoke softly yet he still seemed startled by her sentence. "By the barmaid you were kissing in the library earlier?"

Lyon blushed and turned his head away from her, "Oh. I guess there's no point in sugar-coating then. Is that rumor true?"

"It is not," Lyon whipped his head back round to her in shock. "What's wrong?"

"But what about your bed sheets?" Juvia tilted her head in confusion. "Well, the cleaning maids have said you have, um, dirtied them…"

"Ah," Juvia blushed in shame. Of course, the maid's would know exactly who in the castle would be sleeping around as they were ones who cleaned the beds and everything else. "I don't know what to tell you now."

Despite the conversation being quite personal, she decided to force talking in the first person as he was still the crowned prince of the castle she was residing in.

"Well, you could start by thanking me for understanding your situation," Lyon puffed his chest out in what seemed to pride. Juvia giggled a little.

"Thank you for trying to understand my situation, but I'm really not sleeping with Natsu," Juvia smiled up at Lyon nervously. "I'm sleeping with Prince Gray."

Lyon's smug smirk immediately disappeared at her words as he looked at her in horror. He looked her up and down as if trying to solve a tricky puzzle before scoffing and closing his eyes.

"That idiot," Lyon wiped one hand down his face before resting it underneath his nose. "Of course he would luck out by falling for a noble."

Panic.

"Oh, no. Gray-sama isn't in love! He just wanted to have some fun before you made him settle down with Lucy!" Juvia flushed from her neck up as she looked at Lyon with wide eyes, her hands shaking violently.

"Well, what about you?" Juvia hesitated at his words. "You said Gray isn't in love, you didn't say you weren't."

Juvia broke their eye contact and looked out her bedroom window. "Because I am in love with him. I'm sorry."

"Don't be. I was never going to actually make him marry Lucy," that certainly caught Juvia's attention. Lyon scoffed, "what kind of brother would I be if I did."

"So, what's your plan, I know you have one."

"I'm glad you asked," Lyon smirked.

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A/N: I am very sorry I know I promised to update like 2 days ago but life is bcjskjvcvk

Again, thank you all for continuing to read this for whatever reason and hopefully, you look forward to all these affairs getting deeper lmao