Eight Members (A NaLu, GrUvia, JeRza, GaLe Fanfic) [COMPLETED]

Ch. 33: Alone Together

{Juvia’s POV}

I woke up to the sound of someone snoring.

Gray was peacefully sleeping with his mouth slightly open. I admit, he looked handsome that way. Adorably handsome. But no, I couldn’t sleep like this.

I wanted to wake him up, but I knew how much he hated it when he was disturbed with his sleep. I decided that I should find a place to sleep on, just not beside him. With that, I stood up and tried to find a place where I could at least take a nap.

As I was finding myself a comfortable place, I heard a low growl. At first, I thought it was just my imagination so I shrugged it off. But then another growl came off and now, it was louder. My skin had goosebumps, and I really tried hard to not yell. I looked around frantically and saw a pair of eyes looking at me with hunger. I couldn’t take it anymore so I screamed, and that’s when a lion jumped in my way. Gray woke up as I have seen in my peripheral vision. His eyes widened when he saw me... about to be eaten by a lion.

“Juvia, don’t move.” He whispered as he crawled his way toward me. I bit my lip and stopped my tears from falling. I couldn’t cry in front of this guy. Now, I wasn’t crying. Instead, I was trembling with fear. So much for not moving.

I then felt someone dragging me. “Run, you idiot!” Gray shouted as the lion roared and ran behind us. I shrieked and ran faster than Gray. Thanks to my adrenaline rush, I have hauled him to a place that was safe and unseen by the lion. I sighed in relief as I leaned on the wall, catching my breath with closed eyes. “What did you do and why did the lion chase you?” He said in a demanding tone. “You could die in there if I didn’t wake up!”

“It was all thanks to me screaming because the lion would’ve eaten you too.” I answered proudly. “And mister, I woke up in the middle of the night because of your annoying and loud snore, so I thought I should find a place for me to sleep on. I don’t know, I was just finding a comfortable place until the lion roared and that’s when it happened. So basically, it’s your fault.” I crossed my arms at him, cocking an eyebrow.

He huffed. “So you’re blaming me for the event that had happened? What kind of idiocy—”

“So now I’m the idiot! What a jerk!” I was almost shouting at him, and now I was angry. “You should’ve stayed quiet while I was sleeping!”

“It’s not my fault my snore was loud!”

“It is!”

“No, it’s not.”

“Yes.”

“No.”

“Yes.”

“We should just stop and find ourselves a new cave.” He surrendered, raising his hands in defeat. “It will be hard to go back to the camping site the next morning, so be ready for a little hiking.” I ignored him and stomped away from him in order to find a place to sleep on. “Hey, where are you going?”

“Finding a place.”

“Are you mad?” I kept to myself the urge to roll my eyes. “Hey.”

“Go away.” I replied irritably.

“Sorry.” I halted. It was the same way that he apologized. Whenever I was mad at him, that was his way of saying sorry. And he knew I couldn’t resist that.

I slapped him playfully. “Stand up.” Good thing it was dark. He wouldn’t see the scarlet tint on my cheeks. If you’re flabbergasted as to why I told him to stand up, it was because he was kneeling. He always did that back then just so I would accept his apology. Back then, it was fine by me. But now... I don’t know. He looked like he was courting me.