MEANT TO BE | GRUVIA

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"What?!" everyone yelled out.

"I'm serious," Gray said.

"There is no way that she kissed Lyon!" Lisanna gasped. She blushed and looked down at her lap. She met the guy a year before when he came with his Master to meet with Jennifer, and she had a tiny crush on him. She couldn't believe that Juvia kissed him after knowing him a day.

"Looks like Gray will have to fight for Juvia," Levy teased. She would really like to see Gray fight Lyon, now more than ever. She witnessed a fight between them before, and it was really intense. She couldn't imagine them fighting for a purpose.

"Why is he fighting for me?" Juvia asked, sitting at their lunch table. She picked the perfect day to optionally sit with them.

"Because of Lyon!" Levy exclaimed. Juvia started laughing.

"What's so funny?" Jellal asked. He didn't think she was in a situation to laugh.

"Did you think I was with Lyon?" she asked after catching her breath. Everyone exchanged glances. "He's hot, but I wouldn't date him."

"Didn't you guys kiss?!" Lisanna blurted out. She received a glare from Gray, who received one from Juvia.

"I was repaying a debt," she said. She thought about the fresh pack of cigarettes sitting under her pillow. She would have to find a good time to smoke them without getting caught.

"Don't you owe Gray for saving you from that creepy guy?" Levy asked, raising her eyebrows in a teasing way.

"I was his pillow while he slept all weekend. What more could he ask for?" Juvia remembered that she had to ask him why he was so tired, which she did.

"Gray," Erza hissed. "You've been overworking yourself again, haven't you?"

"What is she talking about?" Juvia asked.

"Gary's parents got into some trouble with a gang. That's actually how they got killed. He's living with his aunt, who actually married into the family. That's why they have the same last name. Well, the idiot here feels the need to work too much to pay back the debt his parents got. Then he wants to protect Wendy, so he works too hard at martial arts. I'm surprised if he gets two hours of sleep a night," Erza explained.

"What gang?" Juvia asked. Gray just stared at her. "What gang?!"

"Red Shadows," she said. Gray watched in horror as Juvia got her phone out. She clicked a few buttons before putting the phone to her ear.

"Hello?...Yeah, it me...Hey, I got a friend here who is having some issues with you guys," she said flatly. Gray gasped and tried to grab the phone. "Fullbuster...What are you talking about?...I guess I'll talk to you later then." She snapped the phone shut and glared at her friends.

Actually, Ur was Gray's true family. He was just having one of those weekends when you are so tired you can barely walk.

"Erza was just kidding!" Natsu tried to reason. He saw the evil look in Juvia's eyes.

"I was!" Erza said. She never thought a day would come where she would fear someone. "I just made up a name to go with the story. I had no clue that you actually knew a gang!"

"How many gangs do you know?" Lisanna asked. "You must know a lot for a fake name to work."

"When you travel the world, you meet some people."

X

"Why do you hate me?" Juvia asked with a straight face.

"I'm trying to help!" Jennifer encouraged her daughter. She turned back to the rack of clothes and started looking.

"I'm not going to wear anything you buy me from this store," Juvia said. Jennifer ignored her and continued picking things out for her to try on.

"It's okay!" Wendy blurted out. "I think you'll look pretty in these clothes, right Gray?"

"Huh?"

Wendy and Jennifer laughing. He rolled his eyes and went back to his phone. He was trying to explain something math-related to Natsu. He would have just went to his house, but alas, he was forced to drag Juvia shopping with Jennifer and Wendy. He was starting to accept her style. He knew she wouldn't give up easily. Why bother putting her in a frilly pink skirt if she would take it off in public? Oh yes, that happened. Jennifer bought her a skirt the night before for her to wear today. Long story short, she took it off in the middle of the street, and he got punched in the face. Why she decided to punch him was beyond him. He gave up trying to understand her long ago.

"What about this one?" Wendy asked. She had up a plain black skirt.

"You know what?" Juvia asked. "I think I saw some clothes over there I might like. Why don't you look there?" She pointed to a random spot in the store. After Wendy and Jennifer left, she grabbed Gray's hand and ran.

"Why did you bring me?" he asked, sitting down at the food court. Juvia shrugged and sat across from him.

"I didn't think you would want to sit there by yourself like a loser," she said. She pulled out her phone and started texting someone. Gray just knew that it was Lyon. Even though she said it was a weekend thing, he knew they were still friends, much to his dismay.

"How do you feel about older women?" Juvia asked.

"What?" he asked. Where did that come from?

"I was just wondering." She started laughing. "My mom has a little crush on you." As soon as she spoke those words, she started laughing again.

"What?!" he yelled. That was creepy on so many levels.

"The other day, she told me how perfect you are, and said all of your admirable qualities," she explained. "I-I mean in her mind." She didn't want Gray thinking that she found them admirable.

"Like?" He was really getting interested.

"You have a car, a job, and she said you were very attractive." She started laughing again.

"Oh my god!" someone squealed from across the food court.

"I know!" another squealed.

"Are we going to have a problem?!" Juvia roared, standing up. The four girls looked up and paled. "That's what I thought." She sat back down. She hated squealing girls. They gave her a headache.

"What do you think they were talking about?" Gray asked, looking over at them.

"Why don't you go ask?" she asked sarcastically. Gray smirked and stood up. "I didn't mean it!"

She watched as he walked over to the table. He said something to them, and they blushed. He laughed and said something else. The one girl nodded and started talking. The other one added something else. He said something short before walking back.

"Well?" Juvia asked.

"They said I had a pretty girlfriend," he said, smirking.

"Moving on!" Juvia yelled. She really had enough of talking about her dating him.

"They said some hot Italian guys moved here. I guess they moved into an apartment complex down the road from you. Maybe we'll see them around?"

"Juvia Lockser!"

The blunette flinched and looked up. Jennifer came stalking towards her, bags in one hand, Wendy in her other.

"If you wanted a date so bad, you could have said so," she said.

"Stop saying that!" Juvia yelled, blushing. Gray laughed at her. He was starting to like the idea of them dating. People thought they were, anyways.

"I got you lots of pink clothes for you to wear," Jennifer said in an evil voice.