Gray found himself in exactly the same restraunt that he was in last night. He sighed as he wondered how this could have happened. I can't believe I agreed to do this again. It was only supposed to be one night. His thoughts vanished as he began to hear Juvia's voice as she attempted to strike up a conversation. When the ice mage failed to answer, Juvia began wondering what he was distracting him.

"What's wrong Gray-sama?"

"N... Nothing". His futile attempt of a lie didn't even come close to convincing her.

"Come on Gray-sama. You can tell Juvia". The raven haired mage sat there for a moment, contemplating if he should tell her or not. It took him a few moments before he finally sighed and opened his mouth to talk.

"It's just..." he paused. He didn't want to hurt Juvia's feelings but a part of him felt like he needed to tell her. Like she deserved to know the truth. "It's just that, to be perfectly honest, when you asked me if I wanted to come to dinner tonight, I didn't really want to come, but I just said I did anyway". The small smile on the bluenette's face suddenly disappeared and it was obvious that Gray's words had hurt her. He felt guilty about it.

"If... If Gray-sama didn't want to come, he can just leave now". Water began to build up on the brim of her eyes. Gray couldn't let her cry. Last time she did, she flooded the guild hall, and this restraunt was a lot smaller.

"No, no. I'm here now so let's just enjoy the evening". His voice sounded more like he was asking a question than trying to reassure her. A few lone tears began to roll down her cheeks as her bottom lip quivered slightly.

"Juvia is sorry, but she can't. Not now that Juvia knows Gray-sama doesn't want to spend time with her". Without any more warning than that, Juvia stood up and walked down the restraunt, immediately breaking down into tears once she was outside. Gray mentally cursed himself as he pushed himself up from the chair and ran out after her.

Juvia had only left the restraunt a few moments before Gray had, and yet she had already disappeared into the darkness, leaving the ice mage stood out there, looking around to find her with no avail. Gray exhaled loudly and deeply as he rammed his hands into his pockets and started on his way home. Way to go, baka. You're probably even more stupid than flame brain.

Sorry about how short chapter is. The next one will be longer.