Will say this again, this is not mine. Its from Harvester girl, And its from pokemon, sorry if I forgot to change some are the story
'Heehee, let's go build another mountain Gray!' A childish voice echoed through Juvia's mind as she tossed and turned in her sleep. The moonlight overshadowed her room, causing the whole room to have a dreamlike effect in the midst of the night.
'I-I had another nightmare! Please, let me stay!' The voice echoed again, causing Juvia to toss and turn more frantically.
'N-No! You can't leave!' The voice finally echoed once again, but this time it sounded like the young childish voice was crying.
The moon's light sparkled as it settled over Juvia's face, which caused the blue-haired girl to finally stop turning as she settled in the light.
And as the moon did so, it became visible that tears were gently flowing off of Juvia's face.
'That'd you never forget me.'
"Gray…."
-FlNatsu Back-
"Alright Kids, it's time for recess!" The perky kindergarten teacher announced as all the little children rushed out to the play yard outside. The first one out the small door was a playful girl with long blue hair, who giggled as the bright warm sun greeted her cheery face.
She made her way to the vacant sandbox were she knelt down on her knees as she began to scoop sand into a big pile. It was a typical recess for the young Juvia Loxar, the brightest and sweetest girl in kindergarten. She kept scooping sand in a huge pile and patted it all down into a round dome shape.
'Perfect! My mountain is done!' She rejoiced as she looked around for something to top her masterpiece.
SMNATSU!
Juvia, as if in slow motion, turned around in horror as she saw her precious mountain smNatsued and reduced to bits!
'M-M-My Mountain!" She cried as she looked up to behold the face of her 'mountain-killers'. There before her stood 3 HUGE looking second grade boys who all laughed at the poor girl.
"SMNATSU! SMNATSU!" A fat boy with a bandage over his head shouted as he jumped up and down on were Juvia's sand pile used to be.
"N-No!" Juvia cried as she tried to push to fat boy off but another, lankier, boy shoved her into the sand as she tried to do so.
"Watch it girlie! This is OUR sandbox and we decide what goes in it! And we don't want some sissy mountain right here!" He yelled at the girl as Juvia tried her best not to cry. This was not fair! This was HER recess, that was HER mountain, and they just smNatsued it?!
"W-Why you!" Juvia shouted as she tried to punch the boy but he just restrained her back by holding his palm to her forehead, laughing in the process.
"Hey, I know what would be more fun then smNatsuing a mountain!" A snotty looking boy exclaimed, looking mischievously at Juvia.
"I know what you're thinking!" The fat boy agreed, 'Let's have fun with this girl!"
Juvia gasped in fear as she tried to run away but before she could escape the sandbox, the three boys grabbed her by the legs and began to push and shove Juvia in all directions, passing her to the other boy like a ball.
"O-Ow! P-P-Please Stop!" Juvia cried as she felt tears run down her cheeks, this only caused the boys to laugh and push her even harder.
"Hear that guys? She wants us to stop!" The snotty leader of the group laughed as he shoved poor Juvia to the ground, causing her to cry out in pain. The three boys' shadows overpowered the girl as they approached her, a mean look in their eyes. They were thirsty for more pain and misery. Juvia, being completely and utterly defenseless, shut her eyes and braced herself for the pain to come but suddenly…
"HEY! LEAVE HER ALONE!" A boy's voice yelled as he approached the trio of bullies. Before them stood a small kindergartner with black hair and grey eyes, he looked angry, VERY ANGRY.
"Aw look! Another one!" The fat boy laughed as he pointed towards the small boy who came to Juvia's rescue. Juvia was too scared to even look; she kept her eyes shut, afraid to open them.
"Let's have fun with him too!" The snotty boy declared as he pushed the purple-headed boy.
Oh, but HE wasn't going to take that.
Suddenly, rage filled the small boy's eyes as he smNatsued his fist hard against the snotty boy's nose, causing it to bleed. The bully recoiled as he fell back onto the sandbox, shocked to see how much damage this kindergartner had done.
"That little brat made my nose bleed!" He yelled in disbelief as he ran his finger over his bloody nose.
"Now you're going to get it!" The snotty boy cried as he took a swing at the boy, but he expertly jumped over the boy's head just in time to avoid the attack. Before the bully could even realized were he went, the purple-headed boy ninja-kicked him in the back, causing him to fall face first into the sand.
Regaining his feet, the shaking boy looked at the small five-year old in horror .Smirking, the small boy took a step closer to the bully, which caused the bully to take step back.
"WHAAA! Don't hurt me!" The snotty boy cried as he ran away from the scene, screaming.
Juvia's hero smirked at the scene and turned his attention towards the lanky boy and the fat boy.
"Who's next?" He asked with an evil expression on his face.
The two bullies looked at each other in horror before they too fled the sandbox shouting in unison "MOMMY!".
"…Pathetic…" The small boy muttered to himself as was about to walk away until he heard a faint cry. He raised an eyebrow as he turned around to see Juvia sitting in the corner of the sandbox, tears in her eyes.
Sighing, the fellow kindergartner reached his hand out to his classmate. Juvia looked up, scared and confused. What should she do?
Was he a friend, or a new bully?
"Relax; I'm not going to hurt you. Are you alright?" He asked sweetly as he helped her up, Juvia nodded as she stared at the boy in astonishment. Just a matter of seconds ago he had such an evil look in eyes but now his eyes softened, causing him to have a friendly and happy face!
"T-T-Thank you!" Juvia burst into hysterics as she embraced her savior tightly, which surprised the boy very much. Awkwardly, he patted the girl's back as he helped soothe her tears. As Juvia let go, she began to cry again.
"W-What's wrong now?!" The boy asked, annoyed with the girl's crying.
"The meanies s-s-mNatsued my mountain! And it took me almost the whole recess to make it!" She cried as she hugged the boy again. Juvia couldn't help it, she felt safe with the boy. Almost if he would always hold on to her and never let her go...
"Oh…well I guess I could…" He began but stopped to consider the outcome, "I guess I could help you build your mountain!" He finished as he smiled at the girl, which caused Juvia to sniff out a "Really?"
"Sure! And it'll be bigger and better than the last one!" He smiled as he took Juvia's hand and led her to the spot were her previous mountain had been smNatsued. They both settled down as they piled loads of sand into an area and soon a new mountain began to form.
"Um…by the way…what is your name?" Juvia asked shyly as she added more sand to the mountain.
"…Gray." Gray said as he looked at Juvia, which caused a smile to form on her face. Juvia then giggled to herself; Gray looked at her, confused on what she laughing at.
"Yay Gray!" Juvia finally cheered as she lunged herself on top of Gray, hugging him in the process.
"I-Idiot! You just smNatsued your own mountain!" Gray insulted as he took note how Juvia completely landed on the pile of sand as she tackled him. He tried to break free of Juvia's hold; this only caused Juvia to burst into more giggles.
"Heehee, then I guess we have to build another one tomorrow!" Juvia giggled as she laid on top of Gray, amused on how Gray could beat up a bunch of big bullies but he wasn't even able to get free of her hold!
"F-Fine! Just, let me go!" He replied as his face began to turn into a light pink, embarrassed by the girl's actions.
"Promise?" Juvia asked as she gave him the infamous puppy-dog pout.
"Promise!" Gray shouted a little red in the face. This caused Juvia to giggle once more.
"Kindergarten! It's time to line up!" The teacher yelled as she blew a whistle, signifying that recess was now over. Juvia rose to her feet and helped Gray off his feet as well, and as she did, Juvia began to laugh again.
"What's so funny?" He asked, which caused Juvia to smile brightly.
"Friends?" She asked as she let out her hand sweetly. Gray stared at it long and hard before he replied:
"…Friends." Gray replied with a smile as Juvia smile grew wider as she did so.
And on that day in kindergarten, Gray Fullbuster and Juvia Loxar became best friends.
Ever since that day in the sandbox, Gray and Juvia were almost inseparable. When Gray would come into the kindergarten class to put his stuff away, Juvia would rush right over to him and start talking to him non-stop. It didn't matter if he replied back or not, Juvia would just keep talking.
And if Gray didn't come into school one day because he was sick, it would take the teacher and student aideshours to calm poor Juvia down.
"B-B-But who am I going to play with?" Juvia cried as the teacher tried to calm her down.
"Sweetie, I'm sure Erza would play with you." The teacher consoled as she gestured towards Erza, another one of Juvia's closest friends, who was coloring with Jerall.
"B-B-But I-I want P-Gray!" Juvia cried even louder.
However, their friendship was not one-sided. Whenever a bully or a snooty person even lookedat Juvia the wrong way, well, let's just say that person met Gray's fist in a matter of seconds.
"D-Don't hurt him too hard Gray! I'm s-sure he didn't mean to dip my hair in paint!" Juvia would always try to make the person Gray beat up appear less guilty then they already were, but Gray would simply shrug it off and say:
"Silly, what are you going to do one day when I'm not around?" He'd laugh, which cause Juvia to laugh too but once again, she closed her eyes for censorship once Gray returned to pummeling the kid in the face.
Juvia, even though she was sometimes against Gray's violence, was thankful for him to be her friend…
"I'll always protect you." He would always say to her if she cried, always giving her a warm hug in the process.
He was just like her guardian angel.
A 7 year-old Gray was sleeping one night in his bed until he suddenly felt someone shake him. Being the light sleeper that he was, he awoke to find no other than Juvia right besides him!
"J-Juvia?!" Gray asked in a surprised tone, shocked and confused how Juvia got into his room, IN HIS HOUSE for that matter. Was he dreaming?
"I-I had a r-really s-s-scary dream that you went away and never came back!" Juvia cried as she hugged Gray, who was still too shocked that Juvia was here, in her pajamas, in his bed, at three in the morning!
"S-So?! That's no reason to sneak into my room and come crying to me!" Gray shouted in a harsh whisper, more embarrassed on what would happen if his parents or older brother walked in to check on him and found Juvia there with him!
"Your suppose to go to your mom when you have a bad dream, stupid girl!"
"But I d-didn't want to see her, I w-wanted to see you! I wanted to make sure you were okay!" Juvia replied back as she held onto Gray even tighter.
"How did you even get into my room anyway?" Gray asked as he looked around his room. The door was still shut closed, and his window…Oh God, she used his window.
"I sorta climbed through your window! Juvia began, "Heehee, it's good that my house is right across from yours!" She added with a giggle.
Gray couldn't believe it; she must have climbed up the vines that grew on the side of his house, opened his window and woke him up! Well, he wasn't going to ask her, he really didn't want to know.
"Well, I'm fine, see? Now you can go back home!"
Juvia bit her lip and gave out a pout, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"…Juvia…No. Not going to happen. NO!" Gray stated to the girl before she could even ask. He knew exactly what she wanted and he did not want to!
Juvia continued her little 'hopeless and alone' bit, but adding more dramatic sniffs and her eyes becoming wider.
'Why me?' Gray thought as he looked over at Juvia.
"…Fine…"Gray sighed as he pulled back his gray covers on his bed, which caused Juvia to smile gleefully as she snuggled in next to Gray.
"You just have to be out of here by 7am, okay? The same way you came." Gray added as he tried to settle himself without coming into any contact with Juvia, when he found a suitable area, he closed his eyes.
"Hey Gray…" Juvia said with a sing-song voice.
"What. Juvia?" Gray asked, annoyed. He just wanted some sleep!
"We should get married one day, that way I won't have to come to your house every night I get scared! You'd be right there!" Juvia giggled as she looked at Gray, whose face turned a deep red.
'Idiot, t-there's more to marriage than being with someone you care about! You have to love them!" Gray whispered frantically to the girl as his face turned a deeper shade of crimson.
"But I do love you Gray!"
"N-Not that kind of love Juvia! Like, the kinda of love that you'd want to kiss me kinda love!"
"I'll kiss you!" Juvia giggled densely as Gray smirked.
"On the lips?" He smirked at the girl, who turned a shade of light pink.
"Ew! No way! You got cooties Gray!" She whispered in a disgusted low tone, as if it was some top secret. Gray laughed. He turned over on his side.
"Good night." Juvia sweetly said as she wrapped her arms around Gray like a teddy bear, the girl soon drifted into sleep as she did so.
"Good night…" Gray said back in a whisper. He was annoyed that the girl snuggled up against him but Gray was too tired to even care.
Or push her away for that matter.
"-Gasp- Isn't that the most beautiful necklace you have ever seen?!" A 10 year-old Juvia exclaimed as she stood there in awe of a display in a department store window. She wore her favorite outfit that day, her polka blue dress, white beanie hat, and her blue boots.
Today was Saturday, and Juvia decided to bring Gray with her on one of her little shopping trips. Why would you ask that Juvia would bring her rude friend to go shopping for accessories and such and not one of her girl friends? The answer was simple: She loved him.
Now, Juvia knew not to go in over her head. After all, she was ten years old!
'It's just a crush! It's just a CRUSH!' Juvia would keep telling herself over and over again, well, she wasn't fooling anyone. Juvia honestly didn't know how it even started in the first place, probably because she was always with Gray and how he always was and still is so protective of her.
"Um, Sure." A 10 year-old Gray said as he walked up to the amazed girl. "But I doubt you could afford it." He added with a smirk, which caused Juvia to turn her attention back to Gray, shouting:
"And what does THAT mean?!" She snapped as she put her hands on her hips.
"Troublesome," Gray began in an annoyed tone as he examined the blue cross-shaped necklace, "its 500 jewells."
"Eh?!" Juvia screamed as she looked at the necklace in shock, say it wasn't so!
"Why?!" Juvia cried to herself.
"Well, if you paid attention to the gray rock in the middle, that's a real diamond." Gray told her like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"No!" Juvia moaned as she heard Gray's words, "And I really wanted to wear it too…." It wasn't that Juvia didn't like pink diamonds, in fact, she loved them. But how would a 10 year-old afford such a thing?
Juvia wondered what it would be like if Gray gave her the necklace as a gift, the very thought mad Juvia blush like crazy.
Of course, that would never happen.
Now, Gray wasn't the dense type like Natsu but he wasn't aware of Juvia's feelings for him either. Well, not that she was aware of. She couldn't tell him even if she wanted to anyway; their whole childhood friendship would shatter if it all went downhill! And not being Gray's close childhood friend was something Juvia couldn't bear…
"Whatever. Let's keep moving." Gray said in an irritated tone as she began to walk again, hands in his pockets.
"AW! But I wanted to look at the necklace some more!" Juvia complained as she reluctantly followed the purple-headed boy.
"I've should have brought Levy or someone if I knew you were going to be this boring." Juvia mentioned as she glared at Gray, he simply smirked.
"Relax, who knows? I might not be here the next day, so savor the moment." He teased in his annoying monotone, which annoyed Juvia like heck.
"UGH!" Juvia shouted as she marched right in front of Gray, staring him in the face. Gray simply gave her a smug smile in return.
"Shopping." Was all Juvia said, "You know what? Now we're going to shop two more hours! All because of your attitude!" There, that would be enough punishment for the gruff Gray!
Gray smirked as he walked past her, "Fine, but we're going to hit the clothing stores first."
"Really?!" Juvia said as her eyes sparkled, were her ears deceiving her?! "Yay Gray! Than-"
"To buy you a longer skirt. I'm telling you Juvia, your not going to be able to pull that off and still be labeled 'innocent' when your older." He smirked as he cut her off; Juvia stood there, her jaw dropped.
"ARGH! Get back here Gray!" Juvia screamed as she chased after Gray in her 'death-glare'. Gray saw this and started running, smirking as he did so. Honestly, like she would be able to catch up with him?
He looked back towards the girl, Yup; she was still definitely at it. Gray sweat dropped as he saw the girl, who was angrily pushing pedestrians to the side hoping to gain on Gray.
His eyes softened as she did so but Juvia was not aware.
He was really going to miss her…He really was.
Juvia awoke sleepily the next day to the sound of the sound of trucks and van constantly honking and moving.
"What…the?" Juvia thought aloud to herself as she looked out her window. But as soon as she did, she regretted it instantly. Her face paled, her skin formed goose bumps.
"No…No…it can't be…!" Juvia screamed in disLevy.
Not even bothering to change out of her pajamas, which consisted of a blue tank top and blue pants, Juvia rushed out of her room and out the front door, tears in her eyes.
"Juvia?!" Johanna cried as she looked up from the breakfast she was making. Juvia ignored this however and kept on running.
'Why Gray…Why didn't you tell me?!Juvia cried to herself as she stooped in front of Gray's house out of breath, where workers handled furniture and placed them in vans.
'…That you were moving…
"Juvia?" A voice from behind Juvia asked her, Juvia quickly turned around.
"Gray-! Oh, it's you Ultear…" Juvia murmured as she saw Gray's older sister, looking at her confused on why she was here.
'Um, is there something wrong?" He asked as he tilted his head to the side, Juvia shook her head quickly.
Ultear's eyes softened as she saw her do so, she knew exactly what was going on in her mind. His brother didn't even tell her…
"Gray's over there, you can talk to him if you-"
Without even giving him the chance to finish, Juvia rushed right past Ultear and to where Gray was. Once she finally caught visual of him, she couldn't contain herself any longer.
"GRAY" Juvia cried as she threw her arms around Gray, whose back was turned from her. His eye widened once he heard her voice.
"J-Juvia?" He asked as he turned around to behold seeing his best friend, in tears.
"W-Why didn't you tell me?" She asked as she clutched her heart, her eyes tightly shut but tears still managed to drift out of them. "Why are you moving?!"
Gray looked at her with remorse, he really wanted to tell her the truth…but he couldn't…not now.
"Juvia…I'm sorry…I didn't want to tell you because I thought it'd make you feel-"
"Feel what?! Miserable?! Well, earth to Gray! What do you think I'm feeling now?!" Juvia spat as more tears vigorously fell.
"I wanted your last day with me to be ordinary, I didn't want you to be acting like this the past week. " He mentioned as he gave her a solemn look, Juvia shook her head, hoping that this was all just a bad dream.
"B-But I need you! You said you'd always protect me!" She cried even harder, Gray couldn't take it anymore; this was too hard for him to bear. He embraced her into a tight hug, which was quite unusual behavior for Gray. Juvia's tears stopped instantly as her eyes widened.
"Don't say that! No matter were I'll be, I'm always going to protect you no matter what!" He told her as he embraced her; Juvia tightly embraced him back, crying into his shoulders.
"And you're going to have to promise me that you're never going to flaunt yourself with those short skirts anymore. If any guy hurts you, I'm going to beat the living shit out of him, even if I have to travel to the other side of the country to do it. Understand?"
Juvia nodded into Gray's shoulder as she continued to embrace him.
"And…" Gray began as Juvia felt something cool wrap around her neck. As soon as Gray removed his arms, Juvia stepped back and placed her hand over her neck, only to find a necklace around her neck.
That beautiful necklace in the department store window.
"B-But how…" Juvia murmured as she looked over at Gray, who had a faint smile on his face.
"You seemed to be in love with that thing, so I thought if I bought it for you…" Gray trailed off, Juvia could feel more tears stream off her cheeks.
"That'd you never forget me."
"G-GRAY!" Juvia wept as she lunged to hug him once more, Gray did not hesitate to stop her. She cried into his shoulder, fearing that if she let go, Gray would disappear forever. But that was the thing, as soon as she did let go, Gray would probably disappear, and probably forever.
"Hey, don't forget that one thing you told me." He chuckled as he looked down at the crying girl. Juvia looked up with tears in her eyes.
"You know, one day we should actually get married, I mean, and then this would never happen again right?" He laughed, which caused Juvia to gasp, her heart racing.
"Y-You're serious?" She shouted, red in the face.
Gray shrugged his shoulders which caused Juvia to blush harder!
"Then, t-that means we're e-engaged!" Juvia thought aloud as she came to realization.
"As long as you keep that necklace, then yeah, I guess." He said with a smile as he rolled his eyes. Okay, so Gray wasn't exactly planning on having this mushy conversation with Juvia right now.
'Gray! It's time to hit the road!" Ultear called out to Gray as she drove up in a black BMW.
"I guess…it's time for you to go, huh?" Juvia weakly murmured as Gray nodded.
"Remember," Gray whispered to her softly as he pointed to the necklace, "As long as I'm here and as long as you want it, I'll forever keep that promise." Gray reassured her, referring to his and Juvia's engagement.
"Y-Yes."
And with that Gray brought her into one final embrace before he let her go. And as if in slow motion, Juvia saw Gray get into the car and drive away. Juvia still stood in that exact position as he did so, watching as the moving vans followed after them, and then she was alone on what was once Gray's front yard.
The wind gently blew on Juvia's body, causing her hair to gently flow with it. Tears streamed down her face as Juvia watched the Gray she knew,
Her Friend.
Her Protector.
Her Support.
And her potential Fiancé,
Drive out of Her Life, Forever.
Juvia took Gray's message to heart when she entered Middle School. She made sure to wear her longest possible skirt to school each day, nice black flats for school shoes, and her hair in her typical hat style.
Whenever a boy would come up to her, Juvia would simply giggle and say "Sorry, But I'm already spoken for." Juvia's feelings for Gray still stayed strong over the three years of his absence, which meant to Juvia that she liked him way more than a crush. And to think one day they might marry, well, that is if Gray wasn't kidding with his promise.
But she didn't care, she loved him.
He was her Best Friend, and he always will be. That is, Juvia thought so until that one day in 8th grade.
"Oh My God, is that Gray?! " A fan girl screamed as many others created a huge mob in front of the Middle School Building.
"Huh?" Juvia asked Erza, one of her closest friends who walked to school with her that day.
Ever since Gray left, Juvia and her friends Aries, Levy, Erza, and Lucy became closer than ever and that was the only good thing about Gray leaving. She loved her friends to death. She was able to confine to them with "girl" issues and talk about the latest styles in the latest fashion magazines. None of them really were quite aware of her friendship with Gray, well, except Erza but Juvia really needed a shoulder to cry on after he left.
Of course, Juvia left out the whole engagement thing. No one, not even her mom, knows about that. And Juvia preferred to keep it that way, although she did chuckle whenever a fan girl would obsess over Gray when his name was mentioned.
'Wait a minute…Gray?!' Juvia cried in realization to herself as she pushed her way through a mob of fan girls. It couldn't be, was he really back?! The mere thought made Juvia's heart burst with joy.
As she made her way to the center, Juvia gasped. There before her stood her childhood friend, purple hair, grey eyes, yup that was him! His back was towards her as he just stood there like he always used to.
"G-GRAY!" Juvia cried out as she embraced him from behind, this caused many fan girls to gasp, but Gray didn't respond. He broke free from the brace and turned to face his childhood friend.
Juvia's eyes widened as she did so. Gray had changed so much! His body looked better built then his 10 year-old self, his face a little less rounder. But something was different…his eyes…looked more angry.
"I-I missed you so much!" Juvia said, as she saw his eyes flicker into an angry glare. She didn't know how to react, what was WRONG with him?!
"Hn." Was all he said as he nodded, Juvia looked confused.
"Eh? Is there s-something wrong?" Juvia stuttered, taking a step closer to Gray. Gray responded by taking a step back.
"Nothing. Just wondering why some freaking girl I don't know is talking to me." He stated flatly as he smirked. This caused all the fan girls to swoon over him.
Juvia's heart sank, her face paled. He didn't remember her!? After all they went through?!
"G-Gray, don't you remember?! It's Juvia!" She cried, trying her best for tears not to fall from her face.
"Oh now I remember, that annoying girl who lived across from me, who wouldn't leave me alone."
"What are you saying?!" Juvia cried, trying not to break down. Why was he doing this?! To her?!
"Honestly Juvia," Gray smirked, "You seriously thought we were friends?"
"B-But you promised…" Juvia wept; she couldn't contain her tears any longer.
"YOU SAID YOU'D ALWAYS PROTECT ME!" She finally cried out, Gray's eyes widened but he was quick to conceal it.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He stated in a harsh tone.
"Y-Yes you do, D-Don't lie! You said you'd always protect me! And that one day we will-" She began but Gray quickly cut her off.
"I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! LEAVE ME ALONE!" He bellowed as he began to walk away.
"No! Gray!" Juvia shouted as she lunged after him, arm out, tears in her eyes. She grasped his arm, and caught hold on him. He gave her an angry glare as he shoved her off, causing Juvia to fall to the ground in pain.
"Ah!" She cried out in pain.
"Gray…Why?" Juvia murmured to as she pushed her arms up, so that she was partially lying on the cold concrete. She looked up to Gray, crying, and only to find him with a smug smile on his face.
But how, do you expect me to live alone with just me, cause my world revolved around you, it's so hard for me to breathe!
"Get lost pathetic girl, you already wasted enough of my time." Gray finally said as he walked away from the scene. Juvia's vision blurred from tears as she saw Gray's back walking away from her.
'Gray…'
Erza rushed over to Juvia as she stammered up to her feet. The by standers that had witnessed the event all snickered at Juvia, Erza sent them all death glares when she caught them doing so. Juvia didn't even notice.
"Don't say that! No matter were I'll be, I'm always going to protect you no matter what!"
'Where those words lies?'
"You know, one day we should actually get married, I mean, and then this would never happen again right?"
'Were those lies too?!' Juvia cried to herself. She looked down at herself, only to find her uniform all dirty and tattered from when …Gray pushed her.
"C'mon Juvia…there's still twenty minutes until first period. We can go to your house and quickly change before then." Erza consoled as she took note of Juvia's uniform. Juvia meekly nodded as she walked towards the direction of her house.
'Just forget him Juvia. Please, just forget it all.'
But Juvia couldn't forget, in fact, she couldn't even if she tried.
No matter what seemed to happen, she'll always be in love with him.
Gray Fullbuster.
"A-Are you sure your going to wear that?" Erza asked as Juvia walked out of her room wearing her shortest uniform skirt and her black heels, she also un-tucked her white uniform blouse for added effect.
"Yes, I'm quite sure." Juvia said as she headed for the front door.
If Gray didn't keep his side of the bargain, then why the hell should she keep hers?
Unfortunately, Gray didn't seem to take notice of Juvia's new look when she got to school, in fact, he seemed not to care at all. This shattered Juvia's heart.
"And you're going to have to promise me that you're never going to flaunt yourself with those short skirts anymore. If any guy hurts you, I'm going to beat the living shit out of him, even if I have to travel to the other side of the country to do it. Understand?"
He really seemed not to care about her anymore…but that was okay. Juvia would always look out her bedroom window where Gray's house was. Lucky for her , he moved back into his old house, but then again, it doesn't matter now…
He Hates Her.
But that's okay, as long as she had her memories, then that would be enough right?
Juvia caressed the necklace Gray gave her, the very one that signified their "engagement".
Right?
"ARGH!" Juvia screamed as she chucked the necklace at her vanity, becoming forever lost in the clutter that was settled upon it.
"Remember," Gray whispered to her softly as he pointed to the necklace, "As long as I'm here and as long as you want it, I'll forever keep that promise." Gray reassured her, referring to his and Juvia's engagement.
"I…don't want it!" Juvia shouted to herself, hoping for her words to make truth.
But the thing was, Juvia wanted it.
And She Wanted it Badly.
"And that's all Juvia ever told me…I guess they were pretty close." Erza finished as she looked over at the girls, hoping that they finally had a decent understanding of the whole situation.
"I never knew…" Levy remarked in complete shock, it was the next day during lunch period and everyone was sitting at their usual table, waiting for Juvia to catch up with them from her last period.
"But…why would Juvia even care if Gray ignores her?" Aries asked oblivious, everyone at the round lunch table scoffed and gave themselves face palms.
"Think a little, Aries." Levy implied sympathetically, feeling sorry for Juvia's unrequited love.
Erza had told them all she knew, but even Erza herself didn't know the whole story. On what Juvia told her, Gray was her close childhood friend and that was it. But then…Erza and the others soon picked up on her true feelings.
At first, Juvia didn't want to admit it when they asked. She'd laugh it off with a weak laugh and continue on what they were doing, bring up a completely different subject as she did so.
They knew Juvia didn't want them to know.
"She really does love him." Lucy finished as she poked her salad around with a fork. "She never wanted us to know…"
"But why?" Levy asked.
"Because she knew that if we knew the truth …she'd have to face that fact that it was reality and not just a nightmare…" Lucy replied, tears welling up on how painful it must be for Juvia.
"But how does that have to do anything with the scene in the hallway? Until then, they just ignored each other but then it seemed that something definitely happened…" Levy asked towards Erza.
"Hmm, I don't know." She replied as she cuffed her hand around her chin, dumfounded. She didn't get it, even as she replayed the whole event, it still made no sense.
Juvia and Gray fell, Gray helped, he saw…something, and stormed off. Juvia didn't even hesitate to stop him. It was all too strange…
"We should ask her!" Aries bubbly chimed.
"NO!" Everyone hissed, their eyes glaring at Aries.
"She CAN NOT know that I told you this. She's not even really happy that I know!" Erza harshly whispered towards Aries.
"I just hope that Maybe there is some way we could help…" Lucy began, but an approaching figure cut her off.
"Help with what?" Juvia asked as she approached her friends with her tray of lunch, oblivious to the fact they were talking about her. Lucy and everyone nearly choked on their food as they heard Juvia's voice.
"N-Nothing! Um… just about the costume fitting tonight, that's all!" Levy frantically covered as she waved her hands back and forth in front of her.
"Y-Yeah! Mirajane wants to take your measurements and stuff!" Lucy added as she helped Levy with her story.
"Oh, well okay! Is there anything I should bring for the fitting?" Juvia happily asked towards Lucy, who was still recovering the close call she had with Juvia.
"Not really, you'd be surprise how serious my friends are taking this. They already have most of our costumes picked out already!"
"Ooh, really?! What does mine look like?!" Levy asked Lucy, excited.
"I honestly don't know, they won't even let me look!" Lucy complained as she stole a chip from Levy's bag.
"I hope that mine's pink!" Aries said with excitement, "It's my favorite color!"
"We all know Aries." Erza laughed as everyone else joined in.
"I'm just so glad the show is only in a few more days, revenge on Gray is going to be the best thing ever!" Juvia laughed. It was a sweet laughter, like it was normal conversation.
Her friends knew better now though.
"Yeah…" The girls agreed, how could Juvia lie to herself like this?
"Heehee, after all…he's such a jerk!" Juvia giggled to herself.
Levy, Lucy, Aries, and Erza all gave each other sad looks as Juvia continued her little scheme. She wasn't fooling anyone.
"I mean…after…all" Juvia continued to giggle but her giggles became more faint and tears formed in her eyes.
'I'll always protect you…'
"Who…would love him anyway…" She cried to herself. She hung her head low, her hands over her face, sobbing. Aries put an arm around her, rubbing her back to soothe her tears. Why did Gray have to put Juvia through so much pain? Why did Juvia have to bottle her emotions up so badly?
"Because she knew that if we knew the truth …she'd have to face that fact that it was reality and not just a nightmare…"
"…I do…I love him…" Juvia whispered to herself.
"Keep your back straight, Fluffy!" The coach yelled at Aries, who was trying her best to jump over the many hurdles that were scattered across the track field. It was after lunch, and it was time for Aries's worse class… the dreaded Gym class!
"Ugh, at least it can't get any worse!" Aries complained as she sweated under the hot sun in her white tank and small red shorts. Her long flowing pink hair was tied in a tight high ponytail, which annoyed Aries sometimes since every time she ran faster, it would whip against her sweating back.
"Hey Aries!" Loke called out as he caught up with her running distance, keeping a steady pace with her. He wore a white t-shirt and red shorts as well, but he didn't even seem to break a sweat!
"Too Late." Aries sweat-dropped as she looked over at the spiky-haired boy, who was obviously in the mood to flirt with her. And of course, this was the only class when it was just her and Loke, why couldn't she be Art like the others?!
Her heart race sped up, why does it always have to do that when he's around?!
"What do you want, Perv?" Aries asked as she referred to his little "peep-show" he had with her. Loke smirked.
"Aw, you're still in a fuss over that? I sure enjoyed it." He smiled from ear to ear, Aries blushed from embarrassment.
"Of course you did, that's why you're a pervert!" Aries blushed as she frantically jumped over more hurdles, trying her best to get away from Loke.
"Don't be like that, I couldn't help myself." He snickered as he easily caught up with her. Aries looked over at him, why did he have to be so damn cute and so damn perverted!
"Well, the butt-smacking could have been helped!" Aries countered harshly.
"More back,Fluffy!" The coach continued to yell at Aries.
"Well Maybe that could have been help, but I couldn't resist. You're so cute." Loke flirted, Aries turned a deep red.
'He said what?!' Aries screamed to herself.
"In fact, I always thought you were cute." Loke continued to flirt with the crimson girl.
Aries couldn't breathe, her vision was blurring. Was Loke going to ask her out?! Now?!
She kept running but her limbs began to go weak. That didn't stop her however …but she still didn't see that one hurdle…
Crash
Aries tripped over and fell flat on her face!
"Aries!" Loke called after her as he helped her regain her feet. He wrapped his arms around her, becoming her only support for her to stand. Aries's heart began to go a million miles an hour!
"Fluffy! Are you alright?!" The rough coach asked as he rushed to the scene. He blew his whistle to notify the other runners.
"Um…Y-Yeah…" Aries stuttered as she held on to Loke. Not because she felt like it, but because if she didn't, she'd collapse to the floor again!
"Loke! Take Aries to the infirmary to check out her leg." The coach instructed towards the boy, Loke simply nodded.
"Can you walk? If not, I could carry you-"
"N-No! I'm fine!" Aries quickly said. Loke couldn't carry her!
W-What would others think?! Plus, Aries probably won't be able to bear any contact with Loke…
She tried limping to the school building but she gave out a cry of pain when she put her weight on her left ankle.
"Nonsense, you can't walk." Loke said as he approached the girl, his arms crossed, smirking.
"Don't-!" Aries cried out but it was too late. Loke effortlessly picked her up bridal style and headed towards the infirmary. Many students stopped and stared.
"P-Put me down right now! People are staring!" Aries complained as she turned multiple shades of crimson. Loke looked down at her and smirked, "Good."
'Good?! What does that mean?!'
It was only until he checked her in and laid her on top of one of the small cotton beds that he let go of her. Aries, as much as she hated to admit it, found Loke quite sweet at times when he wasn't so perverted.
"Um…thanks I guess." Aries mumbled as she poked her two index fingers together, blushing madly.
Loke smirked at this and decided to have fun with the girl. He suddenly grasped one of her wrists and loomed over her whole body, his eyes mischievous. Aries's heart sped up to an impossible rate, her face pink. He wasn't going too-! No!
"What would you do…if I went further…?" He whispered into her ear, causing the hairs on her neck to rise. Just when you thought her heart couldn't go any faster, it did. Loke slowly pulled her hair out of its ponytail, letting her long locks to cascade down her shoulders.
"Err…Um…" Was all Aries managed to say through her quivering lips. She couldn't believe it! Loke was practically on top of her, on a bed, she was practically immobilized from her ankle! If he really wanted to...he could…
Loke pressed his lips against her the side of her neck, chills went down Aries's spine.
'Oh My Freaking God!' Aries screamed to herself.
His lips moved towards her cheek, her nose…then the corner of her lips…
"H-Hold it!" Aries practically yelled as she managed to shove Loke off, Loke smirked.
"What, you didn't like it?" He teased as he sat on the edge of the white bed.
Aries turned bright red, she couldn't answer! She was still stunned on his bold move! Thank God Nurse Kinana walked in right at that moment.
'Finally!' Aries rejoiced in her head, happy that the nurse can check her leg and get her out of here!
"Hello Miss Fluffy, I hear we had a little incident out on the track." The sweet nurse asked as she looked over Aries's bruised leg with her cold fingers. Aries's back shivered, as the Nurse Joy continued to look over her leg with some sort of cold appliance. Aries looked towards Loke, who seemed to still be smirking from only a few minutes ago.
'Why can't it be Loke's hands-' Aries thought to herself but stopped mid-sentence.
'What am I thinking?! Why would I want it to be Loke touching me?!' Aries cursed to herself as the nurse finished, with a smile on her face.
"It's just a big bruise; it'll clear up tonight if you soak it in hot water and put a hot patch on it. You should be walking by tomorrow." The Nurse Kinana sweetly said as she was about to leave the room, but she took a look at Loke and Aries before she added,
"It must be so nice to have such a nice boyfriend to take care of you."
"B-But he's not-!" Aries was about to argue but the nurse has already left.
After the door closed, Aries slowly turned her head to Loke, who was smirking.
"So, where were we?" Loke began as he once again loomed over her. Aries couldn't believe what she gotten herself into! If she just watched out for that one hurdle, she wouldn't be in this situation!
Loke's face leaned in closer and closer to Aries's lips, his arms wrapped around her waist.
Aries finally couldn't take it anymore, her heart was beating way too fast and her face was way to red! Her vision blurred once again as shepassed out on the bed.
Loke smirked as he laid her head down on the pillow, content that his plan worked. Making Aries pass out was always one of his favorite pastimes.
'It's so much fun to toy around with her.' He thought as he was about to get up but the peaceful look on Aries's face made his heart beat fast.
He restrained himself as he stood up and was about to leave for the door but a small mutter from Aries made him stop.
"…Loke…" She muttered in her sleep. Loke's face turned a bright pink.
"…You…want to give it a go?" Aries muttered once again, repeating one of her lines from her and the girls' talent show performance. Of course, Loke didn't know that.
He walked over her and slowly but surely, he gently placed his lips over hers. Millions of sensations ran through his body as he did so, sure he kissed before, but not with Aries.
He felt guilty but he couldn't restrain himself. His feelings were too much for him to bear. He could have sworn he felt her kiss back but he probably was just imagining it.
He gently let go and looked at her once more, kissing her forehead before heading back towards the door.
"Aries is sleeping, be sure to have her awake for the next period." He instructed Nurse Joy as he walked out and headed to his next class, blushing madly. Did he and Aries…just have a moment?!
Meanwhile, Aries rolled over and slowly opened her eyes. Her expression was completely dream like. She had bed room eyes, a bright pink spread across her face.
Pretending to pass out sometimes has its benefits…
"Stupid pot, stay still!" Levy shouted to her pot as she spun it on a pottery wheel. Unlucky for Levy though, brown clay kept spewing everywhere.
"Levy, you have to be more gentle." Lucy instructed as she showed the bluenette how to gently do it.
"Yeah, but it's so hard! AH! Hit the deck!" Levy screamed as a giant clop of brown goo flew from her wheel and onto…Gajeel's face!
"Watch it, McGarden!" He shouted as he wiped the gook off his face and threw it to the side.
"Heehee, but it looks so good on you!" Levy teased as she flicked more onto him.
"That's it, now you're going to pay!" He countered as he grabbed a chunk to and tossed some at her. It landed right on her face!
"Argh!" They both cried as they each grabbed mound fills of clay and ran around the room, having a clay fight.
"You know, if you didn't know them, they seem like a newlywed couple." Juvia teased as she walked to Lucy's station, holding an art palette in her hands, a white smock over her uniform.
"Yeah, I know." Lucy giggled as she observed Levy and Gajeel, who were ducking behind the art canvas's, running back and forth, huge piles of clay flying through the air.
"Good thing the teacher isn't here right now." Natsu said as she approached Lucy from behind, who silently shrieked as she heard his voice.
"Natsu! Don't sneak up on me!" Lucy yelled as she clobbered him with her fist.
"Ow! Stop it!"
Juvia laughed silently to herself, she looked over to the hallway and her eyes widened.
"Oh my god, guys! Is that Aries and Loke?!" Juvia quickly said as she saw the duo, "and is she in his arms?!"
Lucy and Natsu looked over and they jaws too dropped.
"Woah, looks like Loke made his move." Natsu commented, Lucy and Juvia gave him an Natsu-Say-What?! Look.
"Yeah, Loke has sorta thing for her. He tries to hide it by being such a jerk though. It's too funny." Natsu laughed as he grabbed a gob of clay and rubbed it between his fingers.
"Wait until we tell Aries!" Juvia said giddily as she hugged Lucy, happy for her friend.
"That is, if she doesn't already know." Lucy added slyly, I mean, why else would Loke carry her bridal style?
"Well, I got to get back to my painting, um, where's the blue paint?" Juvia asked as Natsu pointed towards the big paint-filled table in the back.
Juvia approached the table and scanned over the paint buckets. Meanwhile, behind her stood a mean looking boy, whose glasses tinted in the sunlight.
"Aw, here is it!" Juvia happily said as she leaned over for the pink paint.
The mean looking boy saw his and was about to reach for Juvia's skirt until a quick hand grabbed his wrist and threw him to the ground.
WHAM!
The boy struggled to get up but a foot was placed on his chest, preventing him from getting up. That foot belonged to no other than, Gray!
"Eh?" Juvia asked, completely unaware of the whole event as she turned to see Gray restraining a boy to the floor! Gray just stood there, foot on the boy's chest, hand in his pockets.
"W-What are you doing?!" Juvia cried, feeling sorry for the boy. She was completely unaware that that boy intended to do some unpleasantthings with her.
"He was about to touch something mine." Gray covered up smoothly as he moved his foot to the upper part of the boy's chest, causing him to gasp out in pain.
"S-So?!" Juvia yelled at him shakily, this happened to be the first time Juvia spoke to him since the hallway incident. "That's no reason to hurt him!"
"It's mine." Gray said with a harsh tone, was Juvia completely aware on what "his" was?
Natsu and Lucy looked on, worried expression on both of their face. Unluckily, Levy and Gajeel didn't notice the little event and ran past them, chucking clay at each other. Just when Gray was about to let go of the boy, a stray-a-way pile of clay hit Juvia in the face, causing her to fall! Well, on her way down, she grasped the table cloth that held all the paint and brought all the paint with her!
THUMP!
Juvia stood there, in the middle of the floor, covered in all the colors of the rainbow! The whole entire class burst into laughter, everyone except Gajeel, Levy, Lucy, Natsu, and…Gray?
Juvia couldn't believe it! She must look like a five year old who made a mess!
Just then, the teacher came in and gasped.
"W-What happened here?!" She shouted as she looked at Juvia.
"You see…" Levy and Gajeel were about to take the blame but Gray was quick to cut them off.
"I knocked over the table of paint and Juvia was in the way. It was none of her fault." Gray said in his usual monotone, Juvia sat there, her jaw dropped.
Did Gray just take the blame, for her?!
"Here Juvia; let's go help you get cleaned up." Lucy and Levy offered as they rushed to their friend in need. Juvia weakly nodded. As they led her out of the room, Juvia looked over her shoulder to see Gray just standing there, helping the other guys in cleaning up the mess. There was a certain…look in his eyes.
"…What?" Juvia weakly muttered to herself as she was led out of the room.
"Ooh! Like, you made it!" The three girls chirped as Levy, Erza, Aries, and Juvia entered Lucy's house for their fitting that night.
"No time to waste, girls like come here!" Evergreen said as the girls came to her, they sweat-dropped as she carried many shopping bags.
"Aries, you're first! Go in the bathroom and we'll hand you your stuff." Lisanna instructed the girl, who nodded as she entered the small bathroom. Mirajane took out a handful of items and opened the door, handing them to Aries.
"Tell us when you're done so we can see!" Juvia said on other the side of the door.
After a couple of minutes and a few 'Ows!', Aries emerged from the bathroom, fully 'dressed'.
"Um…wow Aries!" Levy complimented as Aries proudly showed off her attire.
Aries strutted out in a jaw-dropping piece. She wore a low-cut light pink strapless top with black lace embroidering around her chest area, plus a tight black choker around her neck. Aries proudly flaunted her legs, which wore very short black shorts and fish net stockings that only came up to her knees, showing off her bare thighs. On top of that, she wore a dark pink pair of high heels and black gloves.
"I love it!" Aries said as she bubbly bounced up in down.
"It's sooo you, but we need one more touch." Mirajane added as she took out a pink feather. She sat Aries down and pulled her hair so that it was half up and half down, then she twist some hairs to incorporate the feather.
"Viola! Sexy showgirl!" The white haired girl announced as she displayed her work of art. Aries's hair was still down but towards the top in the back, an elegant pink feather stuck out, finishing off her look.
"Aw Aries, you look so pretty!" Levy and Juvia complimented, Aries giggled.
"Alright, change out of it so we can go to someone else."
"But…it took me forever to get into this! Can't I keep it on?" Aries begged as she gave them the infamous puppy dog eyes, they all shook their heads.
"We can't risk you getting it dirty or anything, sorry."
Aries moaned as she headed back to the bathroom, and a half an hour later, she came out in her usual blue tank and red skirt.
"Next, Levy!"
"Alright!" Levy said as she grabbed the clothes from Lisanna and headed towards the bathroom. The girls waited patiently for Levy to come out. Erza went to go help Evergreen with the many clothes.
"So Aries…" Juvia and Lucy began as they waited for Levy on the couch; Aries looked up at them from the floor.
"Yeah?"
"So, would you care to explain why we saw Loke carrying you in the hall?" Lucy began suggestively.
"EH?! YOU SAW THAT?!" Aries screamed as she stood up, completely red in the face.
"We just want to know…if anything happened…" Juvia added teasingly.
"O-Of course not!" Aries blushed madly, "I bruised my ankle badly during gym and he just helped me to the nurse's office but when we got there he-!" Aries was about to spill but she covered her mouth right before. She was NOT going to tell her friends, no matter how close they were, what Loke did! That would be so embarrassing!
"He still didn't have to carry you like that…" The girls continued to tease.
"Hey!...Err…Um…ARGH! Forget it!" Aries flustered. Lucy and Juvias simply giggled, it was so cute.
"I think he liiiiiikes you." Juvia cooed.
Aries sat there, her arms over her legs. She thought over the events that happened. She thought of the kiss that they shared and she blushed a light pink.
"Yeah…" Aries giggled quietly to herself.
"Bam!" Levy declared as she came out of the bathroom.
"Hello!" Lucy, Erza, Aries, and Juvia shouted as Levy came out.
Levy walked out in what defiantly seemed to be her style. She wore a orange top hat that had the cursive writing of L in silver, a orange laced bra, red choker, small orange panties, and high orange leather boots. She also wore black fingerless fishnet gloves and various bangle type bracelets.
"Levy…that's like nothing!" Lucy cried out.
"So? I like it." Levy defended as strutted her stuff around the living room.
"I think it's like an excellent match for her! Next is you little Luce!"
Lucy grabbed the clothes, mumbled something out of her mouth, and headed towards the door.
"Anyway, I'm soooo sorry Juvia! If Gajeel and I didn't have that fight-"
"Don't worry about it, I'm fine." Juvia replied happily.
"Is there any way I could make it up to you?"
"Nope, seriously, don't worry about it!" Juvia laughed.
"Mirajane, Lisanna, Evergreen!" Lucy stormed out of the bathroom; all the girls gave gasps of delight at Lucy's appearance. She wore a white diamond encrusted bra and white panties, where on the back had a long white train. Add white sheer leggings, white boots, a diamond like necklace, and white gloves, and you'd get Lucy's outfit!
"That won't work…" Mirajane began as she approached Lucy.
"Thank you!" Lucy agreed.
"You need to pull out this ridiculous side ponytail." Mirajane criticized as she pulled the ponytail out. Lucy's long hair fell down to her shoulders.
"H-Hey!" Lucy began.
"And you need some extensions too, don't worry, we'll add some in on the night of the show."
"WHAT!"
"Don't worry, you look pretty Lucy and Natsu will be sure to notice you!" Aries added, all her friends agreed.
'Now hurry and change so we can get to the lovely Juvia!"
"Eh…" Juvia murmured.
'Crap….' Juvia cursed to herself; she could only imagine what they had in store for her.
Lucy quickly changed out of her outfit and sat on the couch, content to be back in her own clothes. Juvia got up and was handed her "outfit". Slowly, she closed the door. She looked down on what was in her hands. Skinny black panties, two white-laced garters, white fishnet stockings,blue high heels, blue long gloves, and…a small tight blue corset.
She threw on the panties, they barely covered her cheeks!
"Oh well…" Juvia mentioned to herself.
Struggling to get her feet through the stockings, Juvia fell over.
"AH!"
"Are you alright?" Erza's voice asked through the other side of the door."
"Y-Yeah!"
Juvia put on her pink high heels, and pink gloves. Then she slid on the garters, and then came the hard part…her corset. She tried getting it on but she needed someone to help.
"Um, can someone help?" Juvia asked as she poked her head out of the door. Evergreen came rushing to her aid as she placed the corset over Juvia's chest and tied the strings.
"Juvia, hold on to something." She instructed.
Juvia held on the door as Evergreen tightened the corset.
"Now, hold your breathe!"
Juvia did so and one, two, three….
YANK!
Juvia let out a huge gasp of air as Evergreen tightened the corset. She laced the back with a white ribbon before stepping back.
"Wow Juvia, you look amazing!" All the girls cried in unison.
Juvia stepped back and looked at the mirror in the living room. Juvia didn't even recognize herself. The blue corset was small and tight. It showed off her navel, and since it was so tight, it made her chest look larger. Her black panties were laced and it barely covered much in the back. Juvia admired her white fish net stockings and blue high heels, the garters really helped it blend in with the color scheme!
Lisanna soon rushed over and showed Juvia various jewelry that was suppose to go with her outfit. She placed a diamond ring over one of her pink fingered satin gloves and a few bracelets too.
"Now, we just need a necklace!" Mirajane chirped.
"W-Wait….!" Juvia mentioned as she rushed over to her purse, her heels clicking against the wood flooring. She dug through it and pulled out a sparkling object.
Her necklace….
She looked in the mirror and placed the gray cross-shaped necklace around her neck. The silver chain tightly hugged her neck while the gray diamond in the middle of the silver cross shone brightly. It seemed to be made for the outfit.
"Perfect." Was All Juvia said as she stood before her Revenge.
Late that night, Gray looked over at his window, staring forlornly at the bright moon.
'Why does she have to make this so damn hard?!' Gray cursed to himself.
'But I do love you Gray!' Juvia's childhood voice echoed through his mind.
He banged his fist against the wall as he recalled all his childhood memories. He couldn't, he just couldn't keep that promise!
His thoughts ran to the hallway incident. He sat on his bed and ran his hand through his hair, a habit he's always down when he was frustrated.
"She still has it…." He murmured to himself, referring to the necklace. That only meant one thing, she still expects him to keep that promise…
"I'm sorry Juvia…But I can't." He added quietly as he looked over at his phone.
"YOU SAID YOU'D ALWAYS PROTECT ME!" Juvia's painful cry rang through his head like shattered glass.
"I'm still protecting you; you just aren't realizing it
He picked it up and looked towards Juvia's house; there was a very good reason why he couldn't be with her, why he couldn't marry her, why he couldn't be her friend….
He began to dial a number and held it to his ear.
That reason was so simple.
The phone hummed, signifying that the other phone on the line was ringing.
So simple that not even Juvia could understand.
He hesitated as he heard the phone pick up.
He Loved Her.
Juvia rushed out of the bathroom, a towel wrapped around her body. She was taking a shower when she heard the phone ring, and since her mother wasn't home, she had to answer it.
"Hello?" She asked innocently, panting out of breath.