MEANT TO BE | GRUVIA

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"Use force," Gray said.

"I am," Juvia said.

"Then why didn't the target make a sound?" he asked. She put her hands up and kicked the target again.

Jennifer chuckled to herself as she watched the two. She wanted Juvia to know martial arts, and she wouldn't participate in class, so she had Gray teach her. She could almost laugh at Gray's subconscious flirting alone, let alone how funny the two are. He would correct her, she would deny it and pretend to be mad, but do what he said anyways. It was truly a sight.

"You suck," Gray laughed.

"I'm new at this," she whined, crossing her arms.

"I did better than this when I started, and I was a lot younger than you."

"I'm not going to do this if you are just going to make fun of me." He held the target up for her. She sighed and kicked it, proving Jennifer correct.

"I'm going to run to the store real quick," Jennifer said. Juvia jumped, forgetting that Jennifer was even there. "That's enough for today. Juvia will be sore as it is. Gray, make sure she doesn't go anywhere."

Ding!

And Jennifer was gone.

"Thank god!" Juvia said, dropping to the floor. She had been kicking for over two hours. She, for once, agreed with her mother; she would be sore.

"Hey, try an actual fight," Gray said, sitting beside her. "It's exhausting teaching you." He leaned his head on her shoulder for effect. He wasn't going to keep it there, but he noticed that she didn't push him away, so he did.

"Am I really bad at this?" she asked. Yes, she was still thinking about it. She didn't really think she was bad, but he said she was.

No response.

'Damn,' she thought. She didn't realize that she was so awful he couldn't answer her. That's not why he didn't answer, though. She flinched when his head fell to her lap.

"You actually were tired," she laughed. He was nice enough to teach her, so she just let him sleep until Jennifer came back.

She got bored, so she started playing with his hair. She was surprised at how soft it was. Lyon's wasn't that soft. She smiled, remembering how jealous Gray got. Jennifer was right about him liking her. Now that she was looking for clues, she started noticing it. The funny thing was, he didn't realize he was flirting with her.

Ding!

"I thought the window was playing tricks on us," Jellal laughed, walking in with Erza. The two sat down beside the blonde and sleeping raven.

"He fell asleep, so it's not my fault," she said. She noticed the smile of Erza's face. It was a little creepy.

"He doesn't usually sleep this early, though," Erza said. "I've never once seen him take a nap. What has him so tired?"

"He was teaching me," she said. She saw the smirk on Jellal's face. "Martial arts! He was teaching me martial arts!"

Ding!

Juvia sighed as another person entered the dojo. Of course, it was Jennifer. Why did it have to be Jennifer? Because the universe hated Juvia.

"When I said a break, I didn't mean cuddle time," Jennifer said. "Sorry you two, but you need to go. Juvia needs to clean."

"That's a Saturday thing!" Juvia whined. Cleaning was not a Wednesday task. Jellal and Erza left anyways. She sighed and gently shook Gray's head. He slowly opened his eyes.