AN: Boo-ya! Surprised that I am updating this one? Haha, me too! Esthellar was the one who reminded me to do it; so, this one is for you, waifu s2
You should hear this song: You're my destiny by Jim Brickman & Martina McBridewhen the cue starts. It's such a beautiful song.
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Rainy Wedding
He couldn't believe that he was doing that on his wedding day. He was supposed to be waiting for his bride on the altar; waiting to see her in a beautiful white dress, and being surprised with how beautiful she looked, think about their future together while she walked towards him.
Gray Fullbuster was not supposed to be in the room his fiancée was waiting for her cue to walk down the aisle.
Once he arrived, the dark haired man saw that Lucy, one of the bridesmaids, was saying something to the door – which he knew that led to a closet –, while Levy, the woman that informed him about the crisis, pushed him inside the room so he could fix it.
"Gray..." Lucy sighed in relief. "She refuses to come out."
"Let me talk to her." Gray said, walking towards the blonde, and Lucy stepped away so he could talk to his fiancée through the door. "Juvia? It's me, Gray." The man heard her cry harder inside and he sighed: of course she was crying. Of course his wedding day couldn't be normal; it was impossible for something be normal for him. God forbids any normality in his life, right? Shit, he didn't even want to think about their children. "Juvia, what are you doing in there?"
"It's raining!" The muffled response came.
"That's not what I asked." He said with calm. "I asked why you are hiding in the closet."
"B-because it's our wedding day and it's ra-ra-ra-a-a-aining!" She sobbed the last word very loudly and Gray could picture her sitting on the floor, crying inside the closed and he hated it to hear her crying, even for something silly as rain.
"It happens." Gray tried to reason with her.
"Juvia chose to get married in the summer," Juvia responded from inside. "the driest one ever registered in Magnolia and it rains today?" She yelled in frustration, and her fiancée could see her in his mind, face red and eyes a little puffy from crying.. "Is it asking too much for an important day without rain? It isn't fair!"
"So, you decided to lock yourself in the closet?" Gray raised an eyebrow.
"Yes." Juvia answered.
"For the whole day?"
"Yes." She hesitated.
"Are you telling that you're leaving me at the altar?" Gray asked, knowing that that question would make her a little unsettled. Juvia was many things – unpredictable being one of them –, but sometimes he could read her like a book, and that day she was just overly emotional, since she was marrying the man she loved.
"What? No!" After a moment – he guessed it was difficult for her to get up quickly from the floor with a puffy dress – Juvia tried to open the door, but Gray held the knob so she wouldn't come out. Inside, the woman frowned, not understanding why the door wasn't opening. "Gray-sama? What...?"
"This is our wedding day." The man told her through the door, calmly. "I'm not supposed to see you until you walk down the aisle or it's considerate to be bad omen, right?" He asked.
"You don't believe in that." Juvia pointed out. Gray didn't believe in anything other than that you're the only one who can write your future, she was right. But this was special to her.
"I don't, but you do." He said, leaning on the door. "Like you believe that when you're sad, it rains. Are you sad for marrying me?" Gray asked and Juvia gasped so loudly that he could hear through the door. Good, it meant that she was having second thoughts about staying inside the closet.
"No! No! Of course not!" The blunette tried to explain. "Juvia is so happy that she thinks that her heart will explode."
"Then, why do you think that this has anything to do with your mood?" Gray was talking calmly. He knew that eventually she would come out: there was no way in the world that the Juvia he knew would get cold feet. Even he didn't get it, why should she? The woman's dream was to marry him, for goodness sake.
"Because..."
"Juvia, it rains sometimes when we don't want to, but it's alright. We can still make a good day out of it." Gray said and he could faintly remember that Lucy and Levy were there in the room.
"But..." Gray imagined that the blunette was biting her lower lip, then; she always did that when anxious or nervous.
"Look: I would still marry you even if you wanted us to go to the middle of a forest so a cuckoo bird could celebrate it. Stark naked too!" The man tried to lighten the mood.
"Gray-sama would probably like that." He heard her giggle and he smiled to himself, mission accomplished. Sighing in relief, the only thing that was left to do was to convince her to come out.
"Yes, I would." Gray rested his forehead on the door. "So, c'mon, Ju." He used her special nickname and for a moment there, the door ceased to exist and Juvia was resting her forehead on his too, even in all the weirdness, they still had their moments. That silly wonderful woman that made him feel like that. "It's just water. We make our happiness and if you get your ass out of the closet and go meet me in the altar, I'll promise in front of many people to love you every day from now on. Even when it rains. Especially when it rains."
"That sounds nice." She smiled sweetly, Gray was sure.
"Yes, it does." He cleared his throat when he heard Lucy say 'This is so cute' and blushed. Count him to go through all of that and forget that there were witnesses to it: he only showed his sweet side to Juvia and that was because somehow she managed to do it without he realizing it was happening. "Will I see you there in a few minutes?"
"Yes." The blunette said. "Sorry about that, Gray-sama."
"You've done worse, trust me." The man laughed. "I know exactly whom I am marrying: I knew that would be some drama today."
"Sorry." Juvia said once again, probably blushing in shame.
"Whatever, just get ready and let's get married already. This suit is going to be taken off soon: it will be during our honeymoon or during the reception: it's your call." Gray rearranged his tie, which was suffocating him. "Okay. I'm leaving then."
"You two are so meant to be." Levy said once he was almost leaving the room, and Lucy agreed, nodding and the man rolled his eyes. They were such girls.
"Please, this was easy." Gray scoffed. "You should've seen when she gained four pounds and didn't want to leave the bathroom for almost three hours. That was a toughie."
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The rest of the wedding went as planned, Juvia walked down the aisle wearing her beautiful dress and Gray finally understood why man looked so silly when they stared at their brides during the wedding: she was gorgeous. The dress was not as puffy as he thought it would be, it was perfect sized – much to his surprise, since once he was told that she was going to wear a Cinderella dress; it did looked like the movie's dress (yes, Juvia made him watch it). It didn't matter even if she was wearing her worst clothes, that smile would make her beautiful.
Yeap, he was definitely having a serious case of 'silly-groom-titis.'
At the reception, after greeting the guests they had another small problem: the dance floor was not covered (the probability of rain was really small) and the storm hadn't subdued yet. So, when the first melodies from their song started, Juvia looked to Gray.
"Sorry, Juvia forgot to take it away from the schedule…"
"Why would you?" Gray held his hand up and his fian-, his wife, took it, frowning in confusion; and 'eeped' when he pulled her away from the covered area, onto the rain.
What if I never knew
What if I never found you
I never had
This feeling in my heart
Once they've arrived at the dance floor, both were already very wet. Gray spun her around and then positioned himself, like he was taught to do in all their dance classes. Gently, he put a hand on her waist as they started to dance.
How did this come to be
I don't know how you found me
But from the moment I saw you
Deep inside my heart I knew
Following his cue, Juvia started to dance as well, but was about to protest that they would get even wetter if they stayed there. Seeing her mouth open, Gray quickly told her his motivations:
"This is our first dance after all." He smiled. "You were very eager to this part."
"But is raining, Gray-sama. We..."
"We first met while raining right?" Her husband reminded her. "Then rained again during our first date; and then again in our first trip together. We ended up deciding to marry each other and it's raining again in our wedding day; I think that this is a very good sign, don't you think?" Gray's smile widened. "All the good stuff happened during a storm."
I wanted someone like you
Someone that I could hold on to
And give my love until the end
Of time
But forever was just a word (just a word)
Something I'd only heard about
But now you're always there for me
When you say forever I believe
"And I remember promising to give your dream wedding." He could feel the water running down into his hair and down, but didn't care. He promised her something and wanted to keep it. "This might not be ideal, but…"
"No, it's not." Juvia out her left hand on his cheek – her new gold ring shining on its rightful place on her finger –, her dress was getting wetter by the second and her bangs wet and glued to her forehead, but she was smiling brighter than Gray ever saw her do. "It's better. It's perfect. Thank you."
(…)
Baby you're my destiny
You and I were meant to be
With all my heart and soul
I'll give my love to have and hold
And as far as I can see
From now until eternity
You were always meant to be
My destiny
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AN: Soooooo… Fluff. Like… really, really fluffy feels took over me while writing this.
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09/14/2013 ~ BonneyQ