The Heart Never Lies - A Gruvia Story

Gender Preferencies

fyriagita reviewed: (...) Anyway, if you still take prompt, would you consider make a story where Gruvia children guessing the gender of their new sibling and how they react differently? I think it will be so cute to see they have different opinion. Hahahaha.

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Gray looked at his family, his wife and their two sons sitting on the floor around the coffee table. It had taken Juvia some maneuver because of her growing stomach but she had managed with her husband's help.

"Daaaaaad." Gris whined. "Why are we all here?" The six-year-old asked, cleared bored with the family gathering. Gris was pretty much a carbon copy of his father in appearance (and personality) with the exception of his deep blue eyes and lighter skin color he inherited from his mother.

"Because your mother and I went to the doctor today and he wrote in a piece of paper if you two are getting a brother or a sister."

Juvia opened her purse and took the folded paper from inside.

"We didn't look yet." She told them. "We thought we should learn about the baby's gender together." The blunette was clearly excited.

"Yay! Baby!" River, their three-year-old clapped his hands, excited and Gray chuckled. River had his mother's personality, that was for sure. He never hid his emotions and was the sweetest child. Physically he inherited less Fullbuster's genes than his brother, with Juvia's nose and mouth alongside with the blue eyes but it was clear to anyone he was Gray's child.

"So, boys." Gray said the kids' eyes focused on him and he smirked. "What do you think we are getting? Another boy for us or a girl for your mama?"

"Mama will be happy with either, thank you very much." She said pointedly while rubbing her stomach lovingly. Gray didn't care if they got another boy or a girl either, all he wanted was a healthy baby.

"Come on, you must be tired of having boys." He chuckled. "They are quite handful."

Juvia laughed. "Another female around would be rather refreshing. You two look too much like your father." Juvia pointed to their sons theatrically, who grinned exactly like Gray. "See? Look at them! How can Juvia get mad with such cute Gray-sama faces." She playfully pinched Gris' cheek and the boy laughed, trying to evade her hands.

"Mom!"

Juvia tried to do the same with River but the little boy giggled and managed to get to Gray's lap to escape her. "Help, Daddy! Help!"

"I got you, buddy." Gray said to his son, smirking.

She smiled and rested her back on the couch behind her. "But really, Juvia is fine with whichever. This baby is already a surprise, whatever we get Juvia is sure will get into as much trouble as you two." She pointed at their children. "With your father's genes plus two big brothers, this little one will be trouble no matter the gender."

While Gris and River were carefully planned, baby number three was not. Apparently, you have to wait a couple of days after a vasectomy to have sex again, but Gray failed to listen to it so there they were, about to find out their new baby's gender. It was a surprise but thankfully they got their minds around it really fast and were happy to welcome their new child (as long as it was their last baby - they would be outnumbered already with three).

"River." Gray looked down to his son, who sat comfortably on his lap and the boy looked up to his father. "What do you want, huh? A brother or a sister?"

"Brother! To play!" He said, excited and then pouted. "Gris don't play with River anymore, Daddy."

Gray raised an eyebrow. "Girls play too."

"Girls are silly." River said, serious.

"Mama is a girl. Is Mama silly?" Gray asked.

River frowned and looked at Gray as if he were crazy. "Mama is mama."

"Of course she is." Gray nodded, trying to be serious and Juvia giggled.

"How about you, honey?" She asked Gris, a hand caressing his hair. "What do you think we are getting?"

"I want a girl." The little boy told her. "So I don't have to share my room and my toys. Again." He looked at his mother pointedly. When he heard about being a big brother, he was quite excited but when he realized it means sharing his toys, the excitement died a bit.

"Let's see." Juvia smirked and looked at her husband. "How about you, Gray-sama? Any preferences?"

"Yes, that one's gotta be an Ice Mage, no matter the gender." He put a hand on her stomach. "Hear me, kid? I lost River to Water Magic but you will join me and Gris on Ice Magic." Since they turned three, their children's magic was apparent. "Now let's see what we are having."

Gray grabbed the piece of paper Juvia had put on the coffee table and opened, reading its content while River stared at the paper too. He smiled at the word and River looked up, not understanding what the letters meant.

Juvia and Gris were also looking at him with similar blue eyes filled with expectation.

"Well..." He told them. "We are getting a girl."

"Yes!" Gris whooped, happy. "No sharing my toys!"

Juvia couldn't contain her grin as she looked down to her stomach, caressing it slowly and the tears threatening to fall from her eyes. "Oh, a little girl." She looked up to her husband. "We are having a little girl!"

"We are." Gray grinned and leaned to kiss her lips. "You can admit now you were hooting for a girl, you know?"

"Maybe Juvia was leaning a teeny tiny bit towards a girl, this time. You were too, admit it." He shrugged, non-committal but he had also been leaning on getting a girl. Juvia frowned when she looked down to River and saw hos lower lips trembling as he was close to crying. "Oh, baby. What's wrong?" River finally started to cry when he got up from his father's lap so he could hug his mother. "Tell mama, honey."

"River not win?" He asked between sobs and Gray tried his best to hide his snort and laughing fit with the kid's reaction.

"Oh, honey." Even Juvia chuckled as River hugged her while half-lying on her stomach. "It was not a game, no one won."

"I did!" Gris said, proud of himself which prompted his younger brother to cry again. "I guessed it right!"

"Alright, come on, Gris. Let's go outside." Gray said to the child when Juvia gave him an exasperated look. "Let your mom calm your brother down."

"Thank you." Juvia mouthed to her husband while he left the room with their eldest son and returned to speak to River softly, calming him down.

A girl.

Perhaps a little girl with blue hair like Juvia and just as beautiful and kind. Or maybe another one with Gray's traits as dominant, dark hair and way too stubborn. Her eyes, though. Juvia's eyes were to beautiful not to pass on.

Gray smiled. It didn't really matter in the end, though. He just wanted a happy healthy child like his boys were and soon they would get their little girl to complete their family.

Life was good.

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AN: I think it's no news that I'm a sucker for some Gruvia family moments, huh? HAHA

07/17/2017 ~ BonneyQ