Just Our Secret - Gruvia

Satisfactory Chaos

Part 1 - Gray's POV: 

I don't visit my dad often for a number of reasons. One, he smothers me. Two, he doesn't run crucial things by me, like if my mother is coming to the same event my pregnant best friend will be at. 

The only possible silver lining is that Juvia and I can get it off our chests now, and not stress over it for another four weeks. 

Natsu was off his rocks and passed out with his forehead on my knees, Ultear had put Meredy in my bed as she became cranky, as did Natsu before collapsing on me, I hadn't seen Lucy since she retrieved the wine bottle from Natsu, and Lyon startles me as he slumps in the seat beside me. 

"Did you know that Juvia is pregnant!?" His eyes were sprung open with fret. 

I scoff, peeping over to the kitchen and noticing Juvia with Ultear. 

"Yes." Is all I say. 

The way his eyes widened further after I responded, he seemed both humiliated and on the brink of collapsing. 

"Do you know who the father is? Do you think they're gonna move in together? What if they get married!?" He pauses, his hysterical behaviour subsides, replaced with bitterness and clear envy, "I bet she was drunk when she slept with him, and he's not even that good looking. God, I bet he'll end up leaving her too. Poor Juv-"

"I'm the father." 

I was not about to allow Lyon to make horrific assumptions about Juvia's choice of sexual partner for a night. And another. Also another after that, even though I never went through with it. 

He chokes on his own saliva, bleakly gawking at me once finished. 

"S-Seriously?" He scoffs, assuming my statement is some pathetic form of humour. 

"Yeah. About three months ago, she came over, we had one or two drinks and had sex. Four times." Obviously leaving out that second night - I doubt Juvia and I will ever discuss it again. 

His head shakes in denial, fidgeting in his spot. This was just as entertaining as I had hoped for. 

"Four times!?" The sound of his voice pitching and cracking, beautiful. 

I pull a smug smirk, "Yes." 

After several in-denial head twitches,  his breath out of rhythm and perhaps a bit concerning, he throws his head over his shoulder in search of Juvia. We spot her just outside the kitchen, Ultear now vacant and Juvia's deep in what seemed to be a tense, sweaty conversation with my intimidating mother. 

He turns back to me. I can't pick out how he feels about this. Lyon is quite a dramatic person, and with this I knew he wouldn't react well. I just can't suss out whether he's angry, jealous or sad. If she let's anything slip out I swear to fuck...

"Dude, you can't be mad at me or Juvia, okay? You two broke up over a year ago, and with what happened that night between us I never expected there to be any strings attached, nor did I wish for it," I wasn't really sure about that last detail, "Juvia's happy keeping the baby and so am I." 

He stares down, furrowing his eyebrows in defeat as he learns he has to learn to accept the changes in our lives, "Yeah. I'm not mad. It's just weird y'know? Imagine me... Getting Lucy pregnant." 

I scoff, "That would be a problem between you and Natsu." 

Juvia kept throwing glances at me, implying she needed immediate assistance. As I was about to stand and jump in to prevent my mum from saying anything insulting, and Juvia anything to do with me, her, sex and baby, their conversation concludes as my mother heads in my direction.