Chapter 5: Decisions

"Juvia... Juvia thinks she loves.." After Gajeel answered her question, she suddenly ran of to Lyon's room.

"Lyon! Lyon!" She called. She reached his door and knocked quickly. She knocked for a few times but he wasn't opening the door. She thought that he was busy. She reached out for the door knob then opened. Why was it unlocked? What was he thinking? She was puzzled. She entered the room slowly, thinking about the unlocked door.

"Lyon!" She blinked then ran to his room.

"Wha? L-lyon?" She couldn't believe herself.

She doesn't want to believe what she thought Lyon just did. She browsed his room. His cabinets, desks and other things. His things weren't there. She showed a fake smile, trying to calm her self down. She ran to the bathroom, thinking that Lyon was just taking a bath but he wasn't there either.

She was almost down to tears. She slowly walked to the couch to breathe. When she sat down, she saw a note on the table and a big paper bag beside it. She checked the things inside the paper bag. She was confused. Her things were all packed. She hurriedly grabbed the note and read it. Her eyes narrowed.

Dear Juvia,

I'm sorry. I'm sorry because I did this. This is the only thing that I thought was I just made the biggest mistake of my life and I regret it. I felt like I was killing myself slowly because I told you that. And you decided to continue it. It hurt me.

i know you still love Gray.. But.. I love you, Juvia.. I love you, and I... Was very hurt because you told me that we were just pretending.. I know it's also my fault because I'm the one who insisted it. I shouldn't have said that.

i thought.. Did those days, when we were together, were they true? were they true to you? Or you thought of it as pretending? So I thought of going away. I know you decided to continue pretending, but I can't take it. I can't stand having fun with you, but in the end, I look back and realize that we were just pretending. Everything was just nothing but a dream.

Juvia.. I'm sorry. I might not be with you... But you will always be in my heart. And I know that Gray will always be in your heart too. Even though I hate him, and thatyou don't deserve him? I thought that you would never love me back.

I love you Juvia.. And I'm Sorry..

Love,

Lyon V.

As she read the letter, she cried. Tears were dropping on the note that Lyon wrote. She kept the note in her pocket. She grabbed her stuff and ran back to their room. She was crying.. Gray stood up as he saw her.

"Juvia! Why are you crying? What happened?" He asked.

"Lyon... Lyon left.. He left Juvia.. Because he loves me.. And he was hurt.. Because.. Juvia loves Gray!" She cried then ran to the bedroom. Gray was speechless. When Juvia arrived in the room.

"Why are you crying Juvia?" She asked.

"Juvia is mean! It's all Juvia's fault!" She blamed herself.

"Why?" Erza looked troubled. Juvia explained everything. Erza grabbed her by her shoulders.

"Juvia.. If you love Lyon, leave.. Find him. It's hard to find someone when you have no clue on where he is.. But if you know that you love Gray.. Then, stay." Juvia can't choose. She still has feelings for Gray. She just wanted her wound to heal..

"Juvia can't choose.."

"But you can't love both of them!" Erza said. Juvia looked into her eyes and thought of somehing.

"Lyon must've left something! He can't just leave without telling Juviaabout where he is! Juvia knows... That Lyon.. Loves her.." She said. Erza smiled and knew her answer. She wouldn't act like that if she didn't like Lyon.

Juvia grabbed the paper bag and removed everything inside it. She looked for something, then soon she found a small piece of paper.

"I am not your rival.."

It was all it said. Juvia smiled as she read this. She knew where he was. He was at the park near Honeybone. In Crocus..

"Erza! Lyon is... In Crocus!" She said.

"Will you go? If you do, I'll handle everything Here." She asked.

"Hm.. Juvia wants to go home. Juvia will think for a while." They smiled at each other and continued packing.

Hours later, Gray went in and found Erza and Juvia asleep. He smiled as he looked at Juvia's face. She fell asleep, sitting on the floor, leaning on the bed. He crouched down beside her and brushed her hair away from her face. He cupped Juvia in his arms and carried her to bed. He tucked her in her blanket then kissed her forehead as goodnight. He smiled then went to bed as well.

The next day, juvia woke up, wondering how she got up on her bed. She looked around and saw erza standing By the window.

"Erza?" She called.

"Did Erza carry Juvia to bed?" Erza looked confused.

"No.. I slept before you, right?" She said As she picked up her luggage and went out to the Living room.

"G-gray-sama?!" He was the only person that can carry her to bed. She raised her hand to her mouth then went out of the bedroom. She looked around for Gray to thank him. She saw him at the kitchen, drinking water.

"G-gray-sama?" Her habit of calling him with -sama returned.

"J-juvia!? Um.. Ohayo.." He was startled. He didn't expect her to talk to him.

"Ohayo.. Ano, Gray-sama.. Did you carry Juvia to bed?" She asked, with a shade of pink on her cheeks.

"Yeah.. Juvia I-"

"Juvia thanks Gray-sama." She smiled at him. Gray's eyes widened. Did she forgive him?!

"Juvia.. Do you forgive me?" He looked down and asked with a deep voice.

"Juvia forgives Gray! And.. Juvia is sorry for saying mean things to Gray yesterday.." She smiled. Erza eavesdropped on their coversation, bringing a smile on her face. Everything was going fine.

"Thank you Juvia.. I'm sorry for being mean to you too.." He pulled her close to him and hugged her. Juvia blushed. Gray was starting to like her.. But he still hasn't fully admitted it to himself.

"Juvia is happy." She hugged him back as she smiled.

They all prepared for leaving and gathered outside.

"Yosha! Is everybody here?" Makarov said.

"Hai!" They all answered.

"Let's go home!" He said.

They all went back to the guild and partied. When they arrived, they saw a banner that said Congratulations to Fairy Tail! That was made by the other guild members who weren't at the Resort.

"Tadaima!" they all said then celebrated their victory!

Later that day at Fairy Hills, the girls asked Juvia about her story. She told them that Gray and her were fine and that she'd leave to go see Lyon when she's ready. Now that they were okay, Lyon was the one who had problems. He figured that all three of them can never be happy.

Everyday, Lyon stays at the bench where they talked, hoping for Juvia to come. he already realized that Gray and Juvia were fine now because Juvia went back to the even knowing this, he still hoped for Juvia's presence at the park.

The next day, the mages were all worn out from partying. Juvia's life had changed. Gray talks to her often these times that she didn't even have to stalk him. He just goes and talks to her at times. She was happy, but she was still thinking about going to crocus. So her focus wasn't all out to Gray. She still misses Lyon. And she knows that he is waiting for her at the park..

They all made their own decisions. Juvia's decision was to stay for a few days at Magnolia and eventually leave and go to Crocus. Gray decided to straighten up and show his interest in Juvia little by little.

Lyon's decision was to patiently wait for Juvia's answer. Without knowing how long or if she even plans on answering..