AN: Heheh oops, this has taken me ages, sorry, i kept getting distracted by other fanfics, you know how it is :P Also i ended up writing a 3 chapter NaLu thing so...anyway, i hope sorta drunk!gray makes up for my slackness :P
Also, as i was writing this i realised i dont know where Gray lives o.O like if he has an apartment or stays in a dorm or anything so...i just made it up :/
Also...Gray-Chan Fallen ;) You guessed it ;)
Chapter 7- The Drunk
She was horribly late. She squeaked worriedly and wanted to smack her head. How could she have fallen asleep in the bath like that?
Juvia stumbled around her room, trying to run her brush through her hair while simultaneously trying to slip her glitzy black heels on. After Gray had left, well over two hours ago, Juvia had decided she would have enough time to treat herself to a relaxing bath; after all, keeping her hands off the ice mage all day was exhausting.
She dropped her hairbrush onto her bed and plucked up her dark coat even as her body flushed at the memory of the time where she hadn't kept her hands off Gray.
Groaning and reminding herself that she was truly awful for keeping him waiting, Juvia shrugged into her coat and hurriedly clipped out of her room and down the stairs. She bit her lip worriedly, conjuring up the different things Gray might say to her the next time she saw him.
She exited Fairy Hills and tugged her curve-hugging black dress down a little, glancing back at the building for a second, wondering if she should even bother going to the restaurant when it had been so long.
Gray-sama might be long gone from there! Oh, he is going to hate Juvia!
She clutched her coat tighter around her, despite the night not being at all cold. No, she had to go; she had to know if Gray had turned up and if he had waited for her.
Navigating expertly, Juvia soon found herself on Dandelion Ave, the restaurant/bar's sign was still shining brightly. She lightly jogged towards it, her shoes clicking and clacking against the pavement. A small crowd of tipsy people were leaving the building, causing the water mage to have to wait impatiently while they did so.
Finally, she pushed into the building. She spotted Gray immediately. He was at the bar, in his boxers. Relief soaked into her, along with mild confusion, why was Gray still here after all this time? Of course, Juvia was happy to have found him so easily but still…
She made her way over and slipped onto the barstool beside him hesitantly, unsure of how he would react to her. He would surely be angry with being left to wait, wouldn't he?
Finding that she couldn't look at him just yet, she stared at the floor. Her eyebrows twitched as she realised his pants, shoes and shirt were in a pile at his feet.
"Juvia!" Gray abruptly exclaimed, realising then that she was there. She jumped in surprise, her eyes finding his.
She was about to apologise when he suddenly lifted his arm and jabbed a finger into her cheek.
"Are you real?" he asked her, his voice slurring a little and making her realise just how drunk he was.
"Yes, Gray-sama," she answered slowly, "Juvia is real."
"Why," he frowned, thinking about his words, "Why'd you take so long time for?"
Before she could stutter a reply, the bartender appeared.
"Miss?" he enquired in a soft, deep voice, recognising her from Gray's many descriptions from the past few hours, "You should take your boyfriend home now, he's had quite a lot and has been here a while."
Gray jumped to his feet, his expression shocked as he demanded, "You have a boyfriend, Juvia!?"
Her cheeks turned pink and she mumbled, "He means you, Gray-sama."
Gray suddenly brought his face close to her, "I'm your boyfriend?"
She so desperately wanted to say yes, "Um…no."
The ice mage sighed loudly and straightened up and Juvia took his sigh to be one of relief instead of regret. Her heart squeezed painfully.
"Juvia will get Gray-sama home safely," she told the bartender as she also got to her feet.
The bald man nodded and Juvia looked back to Gray. She yelped, not expecting him to be right next to her, making her personal space non-existent. She took a deep breath and tried to ignore the way her body flared up.
"Gray-sama," she said seriously, "We're leaving now, get your clothes."
He grinned at her and her heart fluttered.
He is not himself at all, she thought as she watched him scoop up his belongings. Thinking he would be right behind her, Juvia walked back over to the front door, sneaking between dancing people and those that were coming and going.
"Juvia!" called the panicked voice of Gray Fullbuster, "Juvia!"
She spun around and sighed, seeing that Gray was turning about in a circle trying to find her.
"Gray-sama!" she called back.
He stopped spinning, swayed a little, registered where she was and then pelted towards her. When he was a step away, he surprised Juvia by crushing her to him in a hug and burying his face in her neck. He mumbled something against her steadily heating skin, causing her muscles to clench hotly.
"W-what was that, Gray-sama?" she asked.
He pulled back a little and then rubbed his face against her blue hair, "You smell like a unicorn forest."
Her brain fizzled out.
"W-what…Is…is that a good thing?" she inquired, wincing.
He rocked her from side to side and then let her go.
"Of course!" he said proudly, "It's like…like, uh…"
He never did finish that thought. Juvia glanced away from him, trying to figure out how to deal with this…unusual version of Gray. That was when she noticed the way some of the other patrons were eyeing Gray's exposed torso.
"Right," she said decisively, "Gray-sama, let's go."
She grabbed his hand and towed him out into the street. If she had thought people would stop staring at him there, she was wrong. Sighing, she dragged him into a side street.
"Gray-sama, put your clothes on, please."
He frowned, shrugged and then did as he was told; though he couldn't manage the buttons of his shirt and decided to leave it open. He spread his arms out in a gesture of 'look at me!'
Juvia smiled, "Well done, Gray-sama."
She turned away, "Now follow Juvia."
Satisfied by the sound of his rather unsteady footsteps behind her, Juvia walked along the pavement, glancing occasionally up at the brilliant stars decorating the inky blue/black sky. Suddenly she remembered that she hadn't apologised to him for making him wait so long. She stopped and turned around.
Gray's dark eyes slowly flicked up to meet hers. Heat bloomed low in her as she realised that he had had his eyes trained on her ass the whole time she was walking. She blushed, glanced away to the brick wall nearby and then back to him.
"J-juvia is sorry for being so late," she said shakily.
He was moving slowly and purposefully towards her, causing her heartbeat to stutter and then accelerate.
The alcohol he had consumed served to melt away the reasons Gray had had for thinking that he shouldn't go after Juvia. To him, all that mattered now were the facts that he wanted her, she wanted him and she was right there, standing just a few feet away in a ridiculously sexy black dress.
He continued forwards as he studied her, taking in every detail. Her soft blue hair fell in loose waves past her shoulders and it looked so…touchable. The tight dress, which stopped mid-thigh and drew attention to her blue guild mark, also made other parts of the water mage look touchable.
"Juvia," he said quietly, a smile touching his face.
She stepped back and watched him warily as he approached her with a predatory glint in his eyes. She couldn't help but think she was about to become his prey and she wasn't entirely sure how she felt about that.
He was drunk, he was not himself and…he was nearly pressed up against her. Juvia stumbled and Gray reached out, planting his hands on her hips and guiding her backwards until she was up against the cold wall.
"G-gray-sama?" she breathed in question, feeling her whole body go on high alert because of his close proximity.
"Juvia," he purred in her ear, dragging out her name playfully as he gave into his desire to stroke his fingers down her hair.
She was about to ask him why he was acting like this, but then she reminded herself that he had been drinking.
"Gray-sama," she said, trying to be firm, "Step away from Juvia."
Though it was dark and the street was barely lit, she could still see that he was smirking at her. He waggled a finger in front of her face.
"Nah uh ah," his smirk grew, "Mistress Juvia has gone home for the day."
She frowned up at him, thoroughly confused, "What?"
He slid his hand to the small of her back and pressed her closer as he whispered in her ear again.
"You're my pet now."
Heated desire dripped down inside her, pooling low. Her breathing quickened and she knew she had to get away from him before she didn't want to get away, before she allowed herself to forget that he was not himself.
"You wanna be my pet, Juvia?" Gray asked her huskily, gently brushing his nose along the shell of her ear and eliciting a shiver from her.
The hand on her back pulled her even tighter against him, making his desire for her even more overwhelmingly obvious. She moaned a little, her hands coming up and resting on his shoulders.
"What was that, Juvia?" he prompted slowly, "Was that a 'yes'?"
She pushed at him a bit, trying to give herself some space to think, but he didn't budge an inch. The hand that had been playing with her hair now glided down her body, grazing her sensitive breasts before moving to slip beneath her coat and cup her ass. She bit her lip to hold in her gasp.
A hint of desperation tugged at her mind, she needed to stop him, she needed to get him back to his house and stop him from trying to take things further with her. She mentally groaned, almost unable to believe that she now had to stop Gray from touching her. Maybe one day he would touch her like this again but actually be in full control of his actions…
She tried to push him again and he growled at her, bringing his hands up and quickly grabbing hers, holding them behind her back.
He then found her eyes with his own and said in admonishment, "You're not behaving very well, my little pet, what should I do about that?"
Her body pulsed with a heat she tried to ignore, it proved very difficult, especially when Gray leaned down and bit her neck. She whimpered, surprised at how the bite had caused both a bit of pain and a bit of pleasure. He mumbled her name and she could feel his warm breath fanning out across her skin as he moved slowly downwards.
Gray's body was thrumming and burning, the thought of having Juvia as his pet was just as seductive as being her pet. He wanted to touch her, she had been tempting, tormenting him all day and he couldn't hold back anymore.
He was about to let go of her hands so he could be free to have his own roam over her curves, but then she spoke up in a breathy voice.
"G-gray-sama, Juvia will…b-be your pet o-once we g-get to your h-house."
She had been right to hope that that would distract him.
"Really?" he drawled, a grin growing, "But I thought you already were?"
"O-of course," she stuttered nervously, "B-but Juvia w-will, um, be a b-better p-pet at Gray-sama's house."
He hummed low in his throat as he considered her words and nuzzled against her hair.
"What are you going to do for me when we get there?" he asked her after a moment.
His question shot a thrill down her spine and had her scrambling for words.
"W-what, w-would G-gray-sama want J-juvia to do?"
He chuckled, "Well, that's a long list."
Releasing his hold on her, he stepped back and said something that made her whole body tingle and pulse.
"I want Juvia to be tied to my bed so I can play."
He looked around and then frowned back down at her before smirking.
"Pet, take me home," he ordered.
Juvia dragged in a shaky breath and sidled along the wall, trying to collect herself and wondering if she could even manage to remember where his house was. After a few more breathing exercises, Juvia was reoriented; she took a step to the right, the direction that would eventually take them to their destination.
She didn't even get to take a second step. Gray's hand snapped out and grabbed her wrist, jerking her back against him and causing her to lose her breath.
"Not so fast, Juvia," he said amusedly, "I don't want you getting too far away from me."
He then wrapped his arm around her shoulders and leaned rather heavily on her. They were pressed right up alongside each other, Juvia struggled to concentrate. She put an arm around him and got them walking, but he was quite unsteady, one of the reasons for that being that he wanted to nuzzle into her neck and so wasn't focused on putting one foot in front of the other.
"Gray-sama," she mumbled, she tried to sound grumpy but couldn't help but feel delighted by him and the fact that she had his complete attention.
Their progress was slow and each time they saw someone, Gray delayed further by growling incoherently at them. Juvia was mildly entertained by the way he seemed playing the part of a guard dog to her. After the most recent night time pedestrian disappeared around the corner with a worried expression, Gray stopped growling and began to sniff Juvia's hair.
She giggled and then sighed in relief as she realised his apartment was just up ahead. He lived on the bottom floor of a three storey and rather cosy looking building on the corner of the street. His front door was next to a set of stone steps that led to the other apartments.
"We're nearly at your house, Gray-sama," she told him.
That made him speed up considerably and, with his arm still around her shoulders; it caused them both to stumble forward quickly.
"Slow down, Gray-sama!" she cried, disliking the sensation of not being in control of her movements.
"But I want you on my bed now!" he exclaimed like it was obvious.
She gasped and then, with a final lurch, they were leaning against his door. He grinned lazily at her and senselessly tried the door handle.
"Gray-sama, you need the key."
He stuck his tongue out at her and then grinned even wider than before. Juvia eyed him with a little apprehension, noticing the mischievous hint his expression held.
"It's in my pocket," he stated arrogantly, indicating the pocket of his pants that had the chain dangling from it.
She waited a second and then, after he made no move to get the key, she sighed.
"Is Gray-sama going to open the door or not?"
He leaned forward, "You do it, pet."
Juvia's eyes widened and she bit her lip as she considered. She sighed again a moment later and then slowly reached out and slid her hand into his pocket. She could feel his thigh flex and the heat from his body but…no key.
Quickly pulling her hand out, she told him as much.
"Hmm, that's weird," he commented, shrugging.
A slow, cheeky smile spread on his face and Juvia exhaled forcefully.
"Gray-sama!" she accused, "There never was a key in your pocket at all, was there?"
He chuckled, "I dunno, do you want to check the other one? The back ones too?"
She blushed, shook her head and said disapprovingly, "Gray-sama is trying to trick Juvia."
He abruptly lost his cocky grin and stared at her seriously.
"Are you doubting me?"
Unsure about his sudden change, she responded nervously, "W-what?"
He lowered his face so they were only a few inches apart, "I don't think my pet should doubt me, I think maybe I should punish her."
Juvia swallowed loudly. He pulled back and nodded like he had decided something. Then he used a little of his magic and fashioned the key to his apartment from ice because, even as muddled as he was from the alcohol, it was something he was used to doing. He pushed the door open and clumsily gestured for her to enter the dark cavern first.
She stepped in, uncertainty weighing down on her. Or maybe that was Gray's hands on her shoulders urging her forwards…Either way, she felt like it was going to be a long, trying night for her.
AN: Well that was fun! I actually rather liked that chapter, the unicorn forest thing was something my little nephew said once and i thought it was cute :D Oh and i think there's probably only gonna be two or maybe three chapters left in this fic :O
That last chapter had 8 reviews! wow :D *thumbs up*