Gruvia Week Day 5 - Sounds

A/N: This is my entrant for Day 5 of Gruvia Week - Sounds. Nice and short today after yesterdays marathon!

It was the colour of your hair… That was what Jellal had said to Erza. Gray chuckled at the memory of the night Jellal had been arrested by the council. He hadn't thought of the significance of those words at the time but now he understood the meaning behind those words perfectly well. Juvia. It wasn't just the colour of Juvias hair he liked. It was her smile. Her eyes. And her voice. The sound of her voice could make his heart race, his head spin, his palms get sweaty but most of all it made him question everything. He had vowed to live a solitary life, not letting anyone get close to him, they always died. But Juvia. With all her 'Gray-samas' and quirky thoughts, her jealous accusations and love declarations, she had made her way into his heart, she made him not want to live alone anymore, she made him want to share his life, she made him believe that he could live a life of love like anyone, that he wasn't cursed to love and lose everything and everyone. She gave him hope.

"GRAY-SAMA!" The icemage heard a scream from Juvias room, the sound piercing his core, shaking his bones, making his blood run cold and his muscles tense. Gray got up and went to her room, hesitantly he pushed the door open slowly.

"Juvia?" His voice rang out in the deathly silence, when there was no answer he pushed the door open and walked into her room a little bit allowing his eyes to adjust to the darkness arms folded against his chest. He always acted impulsively around her when he thought she was in danger without thinking of the consequences.

"Gray-sama….." A quiet voice whispered through the shadows as Grays eyes finally adjusted (helped by the fact Juvia had opened a curtain, the moonlight pooling onto her bed illuminating her pale skin and lighting up her blue tresses. She was shaking and rocking, her body wracking with quiet sobs and tears trickled down her cheeks. Gray strode over to her bed perching on the edge a little behind her as he swept her hair back behind her ears, it was damp with sweat, her skin was boiling hot. The watermage turned to face him her blue eyes shining with even more tears her cheeks flushed a deep red. "Juvia had another nightmare…" She was still whispering. Juvia rested her head on his shoulder and Gray loosely placed his arm around her. "The same one… Juvia keeps dreaming that she is beaten by General Invel and then Gray-sama tries to avenge Juvias defeat only to be beaten and killed in front of Juvias eyes. And Juvia can never do anything to help Gray-sama…" Gray sat there in silence for a few moments, it was the same dream over and over again.

"But Juvia… We defeated Invel…. Together…." He paused. "It was a tough battle and I know we only did it by the skin of our teeth. But still. We did it…"

"Juvia knows it silly…" She looked up at him feeling safer with him. "Gray-sama doesn't have to stay with Juvia anymore." She spoke softly letting out a yawn before quickly covering her mouth in embarrassment.

"Hm." He pretended that he hadn't listened. "Nah I think I'll stay a little while longer…" A small blush crept along his cheeks. "And besides you're boiling hot you need to cool down… I can help with that…" He tried to make it sound matter-of-factly and not so cheesy, but he knew in his heart he wanted to stay with her. The watermage mumbled something as she burrowed her face against the crook of his neck, feeling his pulse beating hard and fast as she drifted off into sleep, Gray mindlessly stroking her blue waves as he cooled her down with his ice magic. After a few minutes he settled his self and the sleeping blunette down so they were lying on the bed her head now on torso listening to the sound of his heart, with each thrum it pushed all her negativity away and as Gray lay there with her in arms (for the fourth time that week) he relaxed allowing the sensation of happiness and normality run through him, he'd end up falling asleep again waking up next to her in the morning, but he didn't mind. After the fight against Invel and Zeref, Gray and Juvia had come back to their house in Amefurashi Village to heal, he had asked her to go with him, he still had to give her his answer to, but if that fact he spent more nights in her bed than his own was anything to go by then she should already know his answer. Gray felt sleep start to take him as his eyes relaxed deeper into his sockets, the sound of Juvias steady breathing comforting him as he drifted off.

A/N: Hope you like it! I'm looking forwards to posting the next two days prompts :-D they will tie in with this one!

CrookedMoonlight