Hey, Dark Gothic Lolita here!

So as you can probably tell, I'm on another little roll, releasing a few chapters here and there. I'm secretly working on different chapters and you just never know lol! Why do you think I take awfully long breaks? Getting these bad boys set up!

We should all know by now that I don't own Fairy Tail

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T is for triangle

"Wendy-chan, you hang around with Natsu a lot, do you know if maybe...he likes someone?"

Juvia twiddled her fingers as her face was bright red from asking such a question. She was usually so vocal about the people she fell in love with, if her past proclaims for her love for Gray wasn't so obvious. Now? She learned how to lay low about everything. Her love life, her personal life, even with how strong she was. Nobody knew much about what Juvia was doing these days, and that's the way she wanted it to stay.

Wendy and Carla's jaws dropped. Had she really just asked that question? The pair looked at each other before turning their heads towards Juvia who looked like she was sweating up a storm. It had taken a lot out of her to finally build up the courage to ask the younger dragon slayer that question, and with the look that the two of them were giving her, she wished she never said anything.

"Um, Juvia? Why exactly are you asking?"

"Seriously child, that's your question?! She clearly likes him. I think the question is more of 'when' did this happen."

Juvia forgot how annoying Carla could be and really didn't really want to deal with her right now. She wasn't really the sort of person who would dish out empathy for you or give you some heartfelt advice. She was just snarky and sarcastic. That's not what she needed right now.

"Actually, you know what? Forget I asked you for anything."

She waved her hand dismissively and stood up, more than ready to walk away when Wendy called out to her.

"No, Carla didn't mean for it to come out rude, did you?" Wendy glared at her companion, as if to make her feel guilty, but Carla just shrugged and crossed her arms. Juvia really hated that cat.

"In a less rude way, when did you start falling for him?"

Juvia sighed when she realised that it would be rude for her to walk away from the question now. After all, she wasn't a certain snobby, stuck up white exceed that she had honestly come to dislike, and she really didn't want to dislike a nakama.

"It was when you guys came to find me when I had that fever because I basically over used my magic to constantly make it rain. When Natsu made that promise to me and he helped me find Gray, even though we barely interacted with one another, it made me see how big his heart his. I don't know, it's hard to explain."

Juvia sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose and Wendy looked on. "Why don't you tell him? I mean, you never had a problem always telling the world and Gray himself that you love him. What's the issue with Natsu?"

Juvia rubbed at the back of her head and she looked sheepish. "Not sure if you've noticed, but I've gone through a change. I'm trying to lay low now, keep myself kind of unknown. Why am I doing this? Simple. I don't want a repeat of what happened back at the grand magic games. I embarrassed myself and Gray, then proceeded to let Lucy get hurt when the water is the one element that I should reign supreme in."

"Hopefully you're working on your modesty too."

Juvia sighed in frustration when Carla said that and almost told the cat to shut her mouth when she said that. Carla seemed to get the message and noticed that Juvia wasn't very comfortable around her and decided to keep her mouth shut.

"I need to sit back and learn how to assess a situation. I mean, I always jump to conclusions and while sometimes that can help you out, most times, I can see that part of me ruining my bonds with my nakama. I need to get stronger against the enemies we have, I need to learn to stop putting one singular person on a pedestal and learn to treat everyone equally."

Wendy nodded her head, understanding where she was coming from and made her judgement. "Okay, I guess I can help you! But Juvia, I want you to know that I like you the way you are, we all do. We don't want you to change who you are just to accommodate us. You've got a big heart too, you can't help but show off your love to everyone. I wish I was like that, and there are some people who can take a leaf out of your book."

Carla narrowed her eyes, knowing fully well that she was talking about her and Juvia snickered. She took into account what she was saying before nodding her head.

"Yeah, you know what? I'm going to tell him anyway! I can always play it off as some sort of joke if it goes all wrong. Who knows?!"

"You won't if you don't try."

Juvia laughed and smiled at the younger mage. "Thanks Wendy."

Juvia got up and turned around, trying to find Natsu and take him off into the corner for some privacy or something, but her smile died when she realised who he was sitting with.

He had Lucy sitting right next to him, and he was staring at her as if she was the centre of his universe. He had on a smile that no one had ever seen before, and surprisingly? He was listening to her every word that she was saying. His attention wasn't divided, and her doey brown orbs stared right back into his onyx ones.

Juvia turned back around and sat down, her cheery mood gone all of a sudden. Wendy had also seen the interaction but didn't know what to say. It was Carla who spoke. Her tone was soft and gentle, as though she had suddenly gained compassion in the last 30 seconds.

"I know that what I was saying was extremely rude of me, but I was kind of prepping you for this moment because I kind of had a vision about this moment. It was a pretty random vision now that I think about it. I usually only get visions of a war."

Wendy gasped, hearing that news for the first time and Juvia just gave her a heartbroken smile. "That's okay, thanks for trying though. Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I need to go and buy some ice cream for me to eat for the next few days while I lock myself up in my apartment. If anyone actually does ask, I'm sick."

Juvia got up and noticed that she had to pass the couple by before she got to the door. Yes, sure they're friends, but it was obvious that even a blind man could see how in love they were with each other. Juvia groaned internally before she waved at Wendy before stepping down.

With every step she took, her heart felt like it was taking a bullet. She couldn't do it. She looked at the couple and then the door. She wasn't so far away from the door and she wore a small smile on her face. She could do this!

"Hey Juvia, how's it going?"

Oh KAMI no! Why in the hell has he decided to stop her and talk to her for? He's already got Lucy to talk to! Why does he have to torture her this way? He really didn't know how much he was killing her. Instead, she just braced herself and turned around with a smile.

"Juvia is good, thanks for asking! She was just heading out to go and get some ice cream! Kind of craving it right now." She hoped that it would get them off her back. It seemed like Lucy bought it because she returned to start up her conversation with Natsu, while Natsu himself gave her a weird look as if to say he didn't believe her, but rejoined the conversation in front of him.

Juvia bit her lip as she turned around and fled, not noticing that out of the corner of his eyes, Natsu had watched her with a longing gaze before turning his full attention to Lucy, hoping that she didn't realise that he was looking at Juvia like that. He knew the teasing that he would get from her.

Oh, she noticed.

So how was that? Haha, tried to be sneaky in there, adding in that little triangle. Technically, there was no triangle, only that Juvia thought there was one, you know? I was actually getting a little frustated writing it like, JUVIA NOTICE THAT NATSU IS LOOKING AT YOU WITH LOVE, TURN BACK AROUND! But hey, the other half of my brain had another idea lol.

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