Chapter 2

Juvia paces around Natsu's drawing room and tapping her chin with a finger. Natsu is sitting on his sofa with his legs spread wide and his hands behind his head. He watches her with an irritated expression.

"Juvia enough! The pacing is giving me a headache." He moves his hands to the side of his head like he is in pain. "Besides, we've been at it for an hour now and we haven't figured anything out yet."

Since Natsu is not allowed inside Fairy Hills, they decided to come to Natsu and Happy's home to make the plan. But alas! Till now, neither of them has been able to think of anything worth working on.

"That's because, Natsu-san, Juvia is the only one that's doing the thinking. Natsu-san is only sitting there waiting for Juvia to make the entire plan."

Natsu stood in a jiffy, "Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" He says loudly.

"Just what it sounds like Natsu-san." Juvia chuckles behind her palm.

"Well, I came up with a good idea, you shot it down without even thinking about it." Natsu folds his hands in front of his chest and complains to the bluenette.

"For the last time Natsu-san, Juvia is not stripping in front of the entire guild or in any other public place."

"I don't get it. Wouldn't it be easier if you had something in common with Brain Freeze? You can bond over it."

Juvia thumps him on his head. She, normally, doesn't resort to violence unless necessary but Natsu is saying the most ridiculous things ever.

"Gah! What was that for?" He yells at her.

"Natsu-san is being rude to Juvia." She simply states.

Natsu frowns at her and narrows his eyes on her. A second later, his eyes widen like he found the answer to all his questions.

"I know what you should do." He smirks at her.

"What?" She joins her hands on her chest and looks at Natsu eagerly.

"You need a wardrobe makeover." He says with a sense of finality. Like it is the answer to all the problems.

"Huh?! And what would Natsu-san know about fashion." She scoffs at him.

"If you must know, I know plenty. I may not know the names of all the colours. I may not know the names of the styles. But dammit, I know that since my scarf is white, I should be wearing black. So, the white and black are balanced out in my outfit." He gestures to the clothes he is wearing.

Juvia's jaw drops. 'Natsu-san thinks he knows fashion because he knows just that?' She clears her throat, "Natsu-san…" She realises she's at a loss of words.

"You know change up your sense of style. Show off those legs a little more." He slaps her thigh lightly and holds her hand up, "Show off your arms."

She pulls her hand out of his hand, "What's wrong with Juvia's style?"

"It's too boring. Honestly, other than the long slit, you've got nothing going on for you. Look at Lucy." He suddenly has stars in his eyes. "Her beautiful legs, her thin but strong arms, her tiny waist and ohhhhh… her huge boobs." He gestures with his hands.

Juvia's face goes red. She lands a big kick on his gut and he falls on the other side of the room.

"Now that was uncalled for." Natsu gets up and dusts himself off and he runs towards her and drives a fist into her gut.

She looks at him with a shocked expression on her face as she lands on the floor. She fights through the pain and stands up, "Does Natsu-san want to fight Juvia?" She asks sharply.

"Oh! I'm always up for a fight!" Natsu's fists light up.

"Water Slicer!" Juvia shouts. Water shoots out from her hands in form of small, sharp objects.

Natsu gets hit a little but dodges most of the attack. Water Slicer also hit his sofa and the wall behind the sofa. Some cracks appear on the wall.

"Haha! Now my turn." He moves quickly and lands a flaming punch on the side of her face.

"Natsu-san!" Juvia yells. "No face!" She balances herself quickly and lands kick on his ribs.

"Oaf!"

Natsu and Juvia go on for a while destroying a large part of his house in the process. The roof though damaged, is still in place. After half an hour both of them are on the floor and taking in rapid breaths.

"Now that I think about it, we've not fought before." Natsu observes.

"That is true." Juvia agrees.

"By the way, I think you are right. You shouldn't be changing yourself for anyone." Natsu tells her after calming down a little.

"Thank you, Natsu-san. Though, Juvia thinks that Natsu-san you should reduce his trips to Lucy-san's house."

"What?" Natsu's jaw drops and he looks straight at her.

"Please hear Juvia out." Juvia sits on the floor and brings her hands in front of her to tell him to calm down.

Natsu also sits, facing her and gestures for her to go on.

"See if Natsu-san slowly reduces his trips to Lucy-san's house, she'll wonder why Natsu-san has not been dropping by. The point of this is to make Lucy-san think about Natsu-san."

"Huh?! How will she think of me if I'm not around her?" Natsu scratches his head in confusion.

"Natsu-san, according to the books Juvia has read, what also matters is when a person thinks of the special someone when they are not around. Like how Natsu-san is thinking about Lucy-san now." Juvia explains.

"Hmmm… Makes sense." Natsu says while mulling over her words. He imagines Lucy running up to him with moist eyes and saying, 'Natsu, why don't you come to my house anymore? I miss your surprise visits.'

Juvia snaps her fingers in front of his face.

He comes back to reality, "Well, then you need to stop calling Gray 'sama'."

"Why? Why?" Juvia panics. "But Juvia loves to Gray-sama 'sama'."

"Well, it's just like you said. It will make him think 'why you are not calling him 'sama'? Don't you think so?" He suggests doubtfully.

Her eyes light up, "That's brilliant! Natsu-san is making good suggestions after fighting." She gasps like she's come to a conclusion, "I see, Natsu-san's brain works better during and after a fight."

"Hey! I'm right here." He says loudly.

She ignores him, "What else do you think we can do Natsu-san?"

"Aaaahhhh…" The sudden spotlight on him makes his mind go blank.

Juvia takes a look around the house and the mess they made. "Natsu-san, I'm so sorry. I'll help you rebuild your home."

Finally Natsu notices the wreckage they caused. He also notices that their clothes took a small bit of beating too.

"Nah! It's fine." 'No, it's not. Building it all again is going to be tough. I don't have the patience to do it alone this time.'

"No, I will help. We made the mess together, I will help." She gets up from the floor for more emphasis.

"No, it's okay, Juvia. I will do it."

"Natsu-san, please, we are nakama. Let me help."

He huffs like there's no way to get out of it but he is happy there is someone to help him.

"Well, Juvia thinks Natsu-san should concentrate on cleanliness a little bit." She brings her thumb and index finger close. "Lucy-san likes cleanliness." She sits down again.

"I think… you should stop stalking Gray."

She starts to say something but stops. She nods after a few long seconds.

"You should treat him like you treat the others. Make him feel like he is about to lose you."

Juvia's eyes widen. She interlocks her fingers in front of her chest and her mouth opens a little.

'Juvia let's go on a date." Natsu-san says.

"But Natsu-san…" Juvia stalls.

"No Juvia, don't say no. Gray doesn't care about you b-"

Natsu gets kicked in the face… by Gray.

Gray takes Juvia in his arms. "You stay away from her, Flame Breath! She's mine!" He looks into Juvia's eyes, "Juvia I won't let you be with anyone else because I love you."

She's brought out of her reverie by a roar of laughter, "What's so funny, Natsu-san?"

"So, that's what you keep thinking when you are talking to yourself. You are really hilarious." Natsu rolls on the floor in laughter.

Juvia goes red as she realises that she actually spoke it all out instead of just imagining it.

"None of that when you are around him." He tells her when he finally gets over laughing.

"Natsu-san shouldn't touch Lucy-san inappropriately." She thumps her fists on the floor for effect.

A few instances of 'accidental groping' came to his mind. "Right." He says while looking at the floor.

She looks at the sofa. "Natsu-san, I'll replace the sofa."

"Huh?!" He looks at the sofa. "It's alright, you don't have to."

"We'll go to the store tomorrow and get one. Or maybe you can select one and we'll pick it up after we rebuild your place. I'll pay since I damaged it." Juvia declares.

He sighs. He didn't really have enough money to replace the sofa. 'It's not like I am home a lot so replacing the sofa is not a necessity. Besides, if I really need a sofa, I can always go to Lucy's home.'

"No, no, no!"

Natsu realises that Juvia has his vests in her fists and shaking him, pulling him out of his thoughts. This is the first time they both are so close to each other. 'Well, she is a pretty girl. That bastard, Ice Cone!'

"This is what we have been talking about, Natsu-san. Natsu-san can't just barge into Lucy-san's apartment anytime he wants. Natsu-san wants Lucy-san to see him in a new light. To fall in love with him."

"Yes, I will not go to her place. But where am I going to stay until we rebuild this place?"

"I have an idea." Juvia says but doesn't say anything more.

Natsu looks at her expectantly. "Well? Are you going to tell me?"

"We'll get to it when we leave from here. So, we'll meet up at the guild and go get the supplies for building Natsu-san's home?" Juvia asks.

Natsu nods.

"Natsu!"

Juvia and Natsu look away from each other and see that Happy had just entered the house through a broken wall. Happy stands in silence and takes in the damage. The house could fall down any moment.

A naughty smile creeps up Happy's face as he sees Natsu and Juvia standing close to each other and Juvia's hands still on his vest. He puts his little paws on his face, "Natsu and Juvia llllloooovvvvvveee each other."

I'm sorry, I'm updating the chapter a little later than I expected. Please read and review! I had a lot of fun reading the reviews for the previous chapter, so thank you!

There could be a few mistakes in this chapter so please forgive me. I hope, you like the chapter though.

Enjoy! Neepa... :-)