Day 1 - Laughter: The Handmade Scarf
Juvia has a handmade gift for Gray and Lisanna and Lucy play cupids to help them.
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Juvia felt her heart pounding in her chest, opposed to how her surroundings seemed to freeze when she heard the most beautiful sound of this world. His laughter. A wide smile appeared on her lips and she squealed in happiness.
"Gray's here! He's finally here!"
She started running towards the bar the guild members always meet and looked around, searching for her loved one.
"Gray!"
She barely gave him the chance to turn around and see her, she jumped on him and wrapped her arms around his neck from behind.
"Juvia missed you so much!"
Gray couldn't help but smile at her love gesture. The days where he would avoid her displays of affection were long gone.
"I missed you too." He said after a while, smiling briefly.
After a few attempts, he finally succeeded on placing his hands on her back, much to her surprise and happiness.
"Come on, let's go."
Juvia clung to his arm and rested her head on it as they walked to the guild's building.
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Juvia had woken up very early the morning after. She quickly jumped out of bed and went to pick up a white square box hidden at the back of her wardrobe. Then she sat on her bed and took a quick look at it before getting ready to put her plan into action.
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It was a beautiful sunny day in Magnolia, and Juvia felt hope fill her heart. She was sure she was finally going to have her first date with Gray, and the mere thought made her both excited and nervous.
"Hey, Juvia!" Lisanna spoke and quickly ran to her. "Did you get a present?"
"Oh." The water wizard looked at the box in her hands. "No, it's a gift to Gray actually. Wanna see it?"
"Sure." The white haired woman said with a smile and watched her sit down on the sidewalk beside her.
Juvia took out a handmade white scarf, and Lisanna couldn't help but think her devotion to her loved one was really sweet.
"Wow, Juvia, it's very pretty! I'm sure he will love it!"
"Juvia hopes so."
"What are you gonna do now?"
"Leave it outside his apartment and wait until he gets it. Juvia wants to make sure no one will steal it."
"That sounds like a good plan." Lisanna said rather distracted, coming up with another plan in her mind, to help her friends.
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Lisanna spent all day watching Juvia from afar, just waiting for the perfect opportunity to put her plan into action. She was almost giving up when her friend finally had to go away for a short time. She managed to slide the card into the box, but was caught on her way back.
"Lisanna?"
"Oh my God, Lucy! You scared me!"
"Why? What happened?"
"Come on." Lisanna grabbed her hand and took her to a safe place. "Juvia can't see us at all."
"Why? Are you hiding from her?"
"I'm trying to help her out with Gray." She peeked into the hall again and noticed she was back.
"Oh." The blonde had understood what was going on and went to spy too. "And what did you do?"
"I put a note in that box inviting him to a date."
"Lisanna!"
"You think it was a bad thing?"
"I don't think so, but Juvia may think otherwise. We'll see."
"Hopefully me playing the cupid will be successful."
"I think it will."
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Gray wasn't able to hold in his smile when he came home later that day and saw the package in front of his door. He bent down to pick it up and knew right away who it was from. Still, he opened it and came across the note inside. He read it carefully and looked at his left.
"Juvia, I know you are there, come here."
"Gray!" She ran towards him and threw her arms around his neck. "Did you like my present."
"Of course I did." He took out the scarf and wrapped it around his neck. "In fact, I'm gonna wear it for our date tonight."
"Juvia is… what?" She screamed when what he said hit her. "A date?"
"That's right. Would you like to go on a date with me?"
"Juvia would love to!" She squealed and jumped on him.
"Great."
"Mission accomplished successfully." Lisanna whispered to Lucy as they high-fived each other.
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Juvia couldn't stop smiling and squealing over the fact she was finally going to have her long-awaited first date with her beloved Gray. She even kept chanting some lines about them. She spent a long time choosing what to wear because she thought none of her picks were good enough for the importance of the event that night. Eventually, she chose a long dark blue dress with a very generous cleavage and it also allowed her to show off her legs a little. She blushed heavily when she thought about Gray touching them.
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Gray found himself smiling when Juvia's voice echoed in his ears as she talked to him from inside her apartment. Then he thought about her laughter and how much he has missed it. But nothing prepared him to what he saw when she opened the door at last. He was absolutely breathtaken.
"Wow, Juvia!" Gray managed to say after he began to recover from his shock. "You look stunning!"
"Gray thinks Juvia looks stunning! It's Juvia's happiest day ever!" Juvia shouted and threw herself towards him.
"Okay, we should get going." He gently pulled away from her. "We are gonna be late for our date."
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see very soon."
It was a cool night, and Juvia tightened her grip around Gray's arm and rested her head on his shoulder, next to his forearm.
"It's such a nice night, isn't it?" She spoke softly as they walked down the street.
"It really is." Gray retreated his hand after using his ice power to decrease the temperature a little.
"So where are we going? You still haven't told me."
"I thought maybe we could go to the movies, but I just came up with a new idea."
"What?"
"How about ice skating?"
A large smile formed on Gray's lips as he watched Juvia having the time of her life in the ice rink he had made for them. It took only a few seconds for his smile to turn into laughter, after hearing hers echoing in his ears. He definitely missed it.
"Gray, come on!" She approached him and grabbed his hands, pulling him towards the rink.
He seized the opportunity to kiss her on the cheek and she was so surprised and happy she fainted in his arms.
"Juvia! Juvia, wake up!"