~She'd lost count of the times he'd rejected her, and in so doing, put yet another crack on her already fragile heart.~
Broken Heart
She was happy. She told herself that every single day and, to some degree, she believed it. She would be happy as long as she could see him every day. He had saved her, in a way, and so to see her savior in the guild, at the bar, every moment she could, was all she needed.
It was hard to convince herself of that after a while, though, her heart crumbling and breaking to pieces every single time she'd make a move, ask him somewhere, and he'd soil all her hopes with either a hard 'no' or an eyeroll.
She was happy, but sometimes it was hard to keep that smile on her face when he broke her heart she'd given him every second he could.
The Duel World Challenge - Elemental Hero Knopse - write about something crumbling - "soil"
It's nice to see Juvia getting at least a little bit better reactions from Gray here as the manga progresses. ;3 I really do wonder exactly what Mashima has in store for them.
~Foxtail