With Great Power Comes Great Responsibilty

Chapter 54

Gray was a little concerned about his unusually large appetite at lunch today. He normally didn't eat that much. Was he just feeling extra hungry today or was something wrong? 

"You really ate that much?" Natsu said when Gray told him about his meal later that day."

"Yeah it was so weird. I've never eaten so much food in my life. You think I'm getting sick or something?"

"Last I checked people don't really eat that much when they get sick because they'll just up truck all that food. Besides I eat that way all the time and I'm fine."

"Yeah? Give your cholesterol fifteen years."

"Look it's probably just your tiger D.N.A giving you a bigger appetite. You've always ate like bird, ever since we were kids and now that's not enough for your mutant side. It needs a little more protein. Nothing to worry about I'm sure."

"I guess you're right. I didn't really think anything wrong, I was just humoring Juvia. When she saw me eat like that I guess she was worried I was starving myself or something."

"Oh so Juvia went to lunch with you?"

"Yeah. So?"

"So you went on a date with her."

"No. I did not. She came up to me to tell me some big news, I was already on my way to lunch, and I invited her to come with me. That's not a date."

"But you wanted it to be a date right?" Natsu grinned.

"Shut up."

"You like her. I know you do."

"Shut up Natsu."

"So if you like her what's holding you back? I know what's keeping me from Lucy, it's the fact that she doesn't like me in that way. I mean she likes a part of me that way but let's face it that part of me can't have anything with her. But Juvia on the other hand is pretty much over the moon for you. The real you. So uh why not jump at the opportunity."

"Number one she's the sister of my boss so if we were to ever break up I'd most likely get fired. Number two liking her would mean that one of my aunt's blind dates was finally successful and that would boost her ego to a point that would drive me insane. And number three, the big reason she's just a friend to me."

"Oh please!" Natsu scoffed. "You were slack jawed the minute you first saw her."

"So were you."

"Yeah but that was because I couldn't believe someone who looked like her was related to Gajeel."

"So was I."

"No you weren't."

"Yes I was."

"No you weren't."

"Yes I was."

"Then why do you take pictures of her?"

"For Ur's sake. She likes Juvia, she didn't get to see her model for that charity event and she wanted some momentos of when she performed at that play."

"Sure." Natsu said sarcastically. "Well what about when you spied on her date with Lyon?"

"I told you! I wasn't jealous. I was making sure that she was safe because I suspected Lyon to be a murderous lunatic. Thankfully he was proved to not be one."

"So now that you know for a fact that he's not dangerous villain, it wouldn't bother you if he started dating her again?"

"First of all they only had one date but yes, if they had a relationship it wouldn't bother me in the least."