Just Our Secret - Gruvia

Intoxicated Confessions

Gray's POV:

Offering Juvia to live with me was something that first hovered around my mind when I told her I wanted to keep the baby. Simply because, I didn't want a custody fight. I've experienced it first hand.

Having my parents fight over me was the worst part of their divorce. My father didn't agree with the fact my mum had barely any time with me since he'd be the one responsible for raising me. I would be a mere visitor at my mum's house. My dad had met Layla before the divorce. Lucy too experienced my parents feuds whenever we hung out together. I was only eight.

Juvia would need to be the one who had our baby most of the time anyway. She's the mother and it's incredibly important for her to bond with them. I only have one problem with it: I don't want to miss a thing. I want to see my baby growing up, see them take their first steps, say their first word. If Juvia and I live apart I'm going to miss a lot, and when with me she might miss some of the miracles too. I know that will break her heart.

"Hey dude." Natsu heads straight towards my fridge as he lets himself into my apartment.

"What're you doing here?"

He digs his head inside the fridge before answering, a few seconds later pulling out a chicken leg by his mouth and a can of beer in hand.

"Thought we could hang out? We haven't in a while." Half of that sentence was pure mumbling since his mouth was stuffed.

I hadn't spent time with anyone apart from Juvia, really. Our baby hadn't left my mind.

"Sure."

"Actually," He shuts the fridge, following me to the couch, "I have something I wanna tell you."

He's either gay and wants to marry me, or has something dirty on me and wants to question if it's true.

"You tryna propose?" I chuckle, the tension had suddenly become thick, that was my way of decreasing it.

His face remained straight. He's actually serious? Natsu's the most lighthearted person I know. He's never not smiling, it's a part of his physique.

"I know about you and Juvia."

Fuck.

That could've meant many things by his choice of wording. He may have the wrong idea, or actually be aware of the fact I got her pregnant and we're having the baby.

"W-What do you mean?" Playing dumb to it... Our roles had reversed.

His eyes roll with frustration I didn't just accept it, "I know you're cheating on Erza with her."

Ah... I overestimated him.

There's no way he could've known about the pregnancy. Unless Lucy told him. Which I was actually still pissed about. Since Juvia has a lot on her plate I didn't make a giant fuss about it. Plus the story of how she found out calmed my temper.

"We're not together. Why would you think that?"

His eyes narrow at me. He's obviously got some sort of evidence that one might think I'm in a relationship with her.

"The day after my party, I came over here, and saw you two in bed together. Naked."

Fuck. I never should've given him a key. I knew that would bite me in the ass one day.

I wasn't lying, though. Merely hiding certain truths.

"Yeah, okay. We slept together. But we're not in a relationship."

Instead of getting a satisfied reaction that I admitted my truths, his face tensed and I instead received the opposite.

"Is that why you two left early?" He bites, "Not because she wasn't feeling great but so you two could get some action?"