Fate's Game[STINGLU FANFIC]

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Gray-sama rarely asked anything of Juvia, but when he had arrived, shirtless and soaking wet, and asked her, she had not hesitated. Lucy, although her love rival, was a dear friend of hers as well. Juvia would do it for her and Gray-sama. She'd thought it'd be quick but now a whole month had passed and she achingly missed her raven-haired prince. She also wondered how Lucy was faring too in the brief moments of clarity when she wasn't thinking of Gray-sama.

Had it not been the glint of the light and the slight rustling of the bush she would have missed it. Juvia has not failed you, Gray-sama.

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Without a cloud in sight, the sky was like a never-ending light blue sea ready to be swam in and underneath the sea was a vast expanse of greens and yellows rolling as an undercurrent swept past.

In between the waist-high grass moved four figures with two flying cats buzzing around them. Instead of a cool and refreshing dip in the sea, the weather was hot and humid from the blazing sun. The pink-haired male strolled next to the sweating trio who dragged their feet in the dry dust of the plains, stirring little dust tornadoes in their wake.

"Gray, can't you cool us down?" The blonde whined, wiping the sweat of her forehead to no avail, immediately there was another layer of liquid replacing the previous.

The undressed man frowned at her, "If I'm usually colder than you, and I'm sweating along with you, what makes you think I am any better off than you?"

An embarrassed smile graced her features, "Oh, right."

"Um," the young girl interrupted, speaking for the first time, "I can cast a spell to cool your body temperature."

Gray and Lucy exclaimed together, "Why didn't you say so earlier, Wendy?!"

Flustered, Wendy cast a spell on all three of them. They all sighed in relief, content to finally be free of the buckets of sweat that had been pouring out.

"If he's rich," Lucy whined, "why does he choose to live in the middle of nowhere with no direct access to transportation to and from the closest town?!"

"You had an entire town built on your estate!"

"That's true, but we made it accessible! This is just a dirt road!"

"Come on, guys! It's not that bad!" Natsu grinned at them

Syncing once again, Lucy and Gray yelled, "You have no right to talk!"

Gray thought it almost felt like it had been before. Almost. He grinded his teeth in annoyance and looked away as Natsu playfully head-butted Lucy and she laughed. They were acting like c-couple. Gray tried to not gag at the word.

He would have been happy for them in any other world, maybe even if it was just one of those stories Fairy Tail's raving fans occasionally mailed to them asking them about their thoughts on their latest chapter. It was weird to read about himself and his fellow comrades but he had to admit some of them had been pretty good. There had been one in particular that had had him in tears and cursing himself for being so stupid. After a couple of days of moping around the guild, he had decided he would no longer read them.

They were too distracting and just plain weird. Of course, only after he found out what happened to Gray and Lucy's current failing relationship. He needed a happy ending, dammit.

He blinked out of his useless rambling and watched as Lucy shoved Natsu to the side. Right. Reality was different.

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