Disclaimer: Fairy Tail does not belong to me but to Hiro Mashima

Clearing up the misunderstanding

Juvia was walking home from the guild when she saw the two people she wanted to avoid the most, sitting together at an open-air café. She wanted to go away, but in the end, her feet brought her behind a large tree near the café. Gray and Erza didn't seem to notice her. Erza was eating strawberry cake while Gray was sipping his juice. Juvia could not hear what they're talking about, but she could clearly see them from her spot.

"Juvia feels stupid for watching them like this. Is Juvia really that desperate? Juvia will only disturb their date! Juvia really has to stop it and just go home." But no matter how she willed herself to go home, she couldn't move. She looked at the back of Gray's head. Gray was facing Erza, his back to Juvia. It was actually not a date. Just two friends, hanging out like usual.

Gray had been complaining about Juvia's behavior and how Natsu and the other guys had avoided fighting with him these past few days. Erza was listening to his rant while munching her cake. Suddenly, she noticed a movement behind the tree. Then Juvia realized. Gray could not see her because she was behind him, but Erza, who was facing Gray, could clearly see her. Juvia quickly hid behind the tree, praying that Erza didn't notice her, but unfortunately, she already did.

"I mean, I just don't get it. Juvia is acting weird and now the flame-brain too. Have you noticed that he never pick a fight with me anymore? What exactly is..."

"Gray."

"Hmm? What?"

"It seems that your opportunity has come" Erza said while pointing to the tree behind Gray. "Behind that tree is Juvia."

"Huh? How do you know?" Gray asked while turning back to look at said tree.

"I saw her peeking behind it just now. Go talk to her before she run away. Confess to her now."

"Um... Okay..." Gray made a motion to get up but stopped suddenly. He looked nervous and fidgety. He looked back at Erza. "You sure it's a good time to con- OUCH!" Erza had kicked him under the table.

"Just do it."

"Okay! Fine! You don't have to kick me. Sheesh... You and Cana... both of you keep pestering me."

"Cana?"

"Anyway, I go now. Wish me luck."

"Yeah, sure."

Erza finished her cake and left Gray to his business. She planned to go home when she met Cana on the way.

"Hey, Erza. I see you with Gray just now."

"Yeah. We were hanging out when I saw Juvia. I told Gray to talk to her."

"Oh? And why is that?"

"She's been acting strange around us lately. I wonder what's going on."

"Pfft... Yeah, I wonder why" Cana said with hint of sarcasm that didn't go unnoticed by Erza.

"What're you talking about? Do you know something that I don't? You hide something from me?"

"Oh come on Erza, you're the one who's hiding something here. Like your relationship with Gray perhaps?"

"What?!"

"Everyone already knows so you two better stop hiding it. And yet, you still wonder why Juvia's acting weird. Do you know how this secret relationship thing hurt her? My advice is, you just admit that you..."

"Wait! Hold on! What is this about me and Gray?!"

"Your relationship of course. Natsu said he heard Gray confessed to you about his feelings. He did, didn't he? "

Erza was quiet for a moment, before she started to laugh. "Oh... that... He did confess to me about his feelings... more precisely his feelings for Juvia."

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Juvia was still hiding behind the tree. Ever since Erza discovered her, she's afraid to look back. "Will Erza-san be angry at Juvia for disturbing her date? After all, Gray-sama already belongs to her now. And Juvia already asked Erza-san to make Gray-sama Happy so Juvia should not bother them anymore." She didn't hear anything. "Have they already left?" Juvia peeked behind the tree only to be faced with Gray's face.

"AAARGH!"

"AAARGH!"

The two mages jumped away from each other, surprised to see one another's face. Juvia didn't expect to see Gray's face so close to hers and screamed. Gray also screamed after hearing Juvia's scream.

"G-Gray-sama..."

"Um... Uh... Juvia..."

"You... what're you... no... I mean... Juvia..."

"Um... Uh... You see... Erza... S-she wanted me to talk to you."

Deg! Her heart skipped. "Juvia is sorry!" she said, bowing her head.

"Huh?"

"Juvia didn't mean to disturb your date. Juvia knows that Gray-sama and Erza-san are already together..."

"What?"

"Juvia promise that from now on, Juvia will not bother you two anymore. You don't have to hide your relationship because Juvia already knows, and Juvia accepts it. If it makes Gray-sama and Erza-san happy..."

"Wait! What are you talking about? Me and Erza? Relationship?"

"Well, Juvia heard Gray-sama's conversation with Cana-san. Gray-sama confessed to Erza-san right? You two talked about relationship. You like her right? You admitted it to Cana-san yourself."

"Wha...Ooh..." Realization dawned on Gray. Clearly, there was a misunderstanding. Gray sighed. He knew he had to fix it.

"About that... What I was talking about with Erza... We did talk about relationship. But not our relationship, as in my relationship with Erza, but my relationship with someone else. I did confess my feelings to her, but not my feeling about Erza, but about my feelings about a girl I like."

Eh? Juvia was shocked. So at that time with Cana, he didn't talk about Erza at all?

"So when Gray-sama talked with Cana-san, Gray-sama didn't talk about Erza-san?"

"Of course not. You know, Erza is like a sister to me. And she and Jellal are sort of an item, though they still haven't admitted it. Erza only encouraged me to confess to this girl I like because she's someone close to both of us. So... yeah..."

So Erza and Gray weren't dating but Gray did have someone he liked. But it's not Erza? Juvia pondered over this. "So... Gray-sama has someone he likes but it's not Erza-san?"

"Y-yeah..."

"Who is she? Is she in Fairy Tail?"

"Uh... yeah..."

"Can you give me a hint?"

"A hint? Uh...well...she...she... She is related with... liquid!" he said, blushing. Gray had wanted to say 'water' but he figured it was too obvious so he chose 'liquid'. Seriously Gray?

Now Juvia was a smart girl, but when it came to Gray, her brain turn into mush and she would jump to conclusion too quickly. She could not even solve the obvious hint.

"Let's see... Close to Gray-sama+Close to Erza-san+Related with liquid =... *gasp* Could it be..." "It's Cana-san isn't it?"

"Huh?" Gray looked at her incredulously. "Why Cana?"

"Because she loves drinking booze. Booze is liquid."

"What? No, it's not Cana!"

"Then maybe Mira-san? Or Kinana-san?"

"What? Why them?"

"They serve the booze."

"No! The liquid I'm talking about here is not booze, it's... Argh! Fine! It's water! You hear me? She's related to water."

"AHA! So it's Lucy-san after all."

"Why Lucy?"

"She has Aquarius-san as her spirit."

"Why that far?! Oh god! Are you dense, stupid, or idiot?!"

Juvia looked nervous. "Can you give Juvia another hint?"

Gray sighed. Another hint? What should it be? "Um... her hair is blue."

They grew quiet for a while. "Levy-san? Or is it Wendy?

Good grief! He couldn't be subtle with her, could he?! Her guesses were getting more ridiculous each time! Gray let out a huge sigh. He looked at Juvia for a while. She's still thinking hard of who the girl was from the hints that Gray gave her.

"Could it be... Oh..." Realization dawned on her. She looked at him. He looked away blushing.

"I... is it... Juvia?" her voice was barely above whisper. Gray only nodded.

Silence settled once again between them. Was it a dream? To Juvia it felt like a dream. Was it true that the love of her live, the guy she had been in love with for the longest time, liked her too?

"Ju...Juvia didn't know what to say... All this time... Juvia thought that Gray-sama liked Erza-san."

Gray sighed. "I'm sorry... Now I understand why you avoided me. All those misunderstanding... It must hurt you a lot. But you know, I actually like you. Not Erza, you... Once again, I'm sorry. If only I confessed earlier, all this misunderstanding can be avoided. I just couldn't find the courage to do so. Erza encouraged me... And Cana too I guess... But I was too nervous to..." But he was cut off when Juvia throw her arms around him and press her lips on his. Gray was stunned but quickly kissed her back. None of them talked. They just kissed. Actions sure speak louder than words.

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The next day:

"So Erza and Gray are not in relationship after all. We're all worked up over nothing!" Lucy whined.

"But it's good that Gray-san and Juvia-san is finally together" Wendy commented, smiling. Erza had explained everything to Cana the day before and the next morning, everyone saw Gray and Juvia walked into the guild, holding each other's hand. It's obvious that they were an item. Cana volunteered to explain everything to the others.

"Yeah, I guess. By the way Natsu, I haven't seen you fight with Gray lately."

"You're right Lucy. Ice Pant! Fight me!"

"Oh, I should've not said that."

"Finally! My body's itching to fight with you. Why did you avoid me anyway?"

"Because I thought you were a masochist. It's weird for me to fight you when you enjoyed being hurt. It's just not normal. It's creepy."

The guild was silent for a moment, until Gray exclaimed, angry, scandalized and embarrassed. "WHAT GAVE YOU THE IDEA THAT I'M A MASOCHIST?"

And finally it's over. I'm writing another story, still about Fairy Tail. Don't know when I will update it. Soon, I guess. I have too much free time. This chapter is a bit short in my opinion. Do you enjoy this chapter? I hope you do. Thank you for all the reviews and supports you gave me. I hope you read my next story. It's about Natsu next. It's not romance but have a hint of romance. Not with either Lucy or lisanna.