The Gift That Keeps on Giving || Book 2 (A Gruvia Story) ON HOLD

~6

(another one drawn by me😂 sorry I'm running out of pictures to put at the beginning of every chapter. Btw, this chappy is gonna be all Gray's POV sorry but not sorry. There's gonna be a lot of foreshadowing😉)

Gray's POV

"Ughhh how long is this ride suppose to be again?" I groaned in boredom as I impatiently tapped my foot.

"I don't know," Thalia replied as her eyes didn't move from the window.

"Hmph."

I sighed. I've been on this train for hours, in silence, with nothing to do.

Thalia hasn't said much, infact she has kind of stared out the window this whole time.
At least if Flame Brain was here I could just make fun of his green, sick face.

"So how do you know that we're even going the right way?" I grumbled as my arms crossed over my bare che.. wait WHERE'S MY SHIRT?

"I know we're going the right way. I had to walk along these tracks for days," Thalia mumbled as her eyes took a far away look.

"It's that far away.. and you walked all of it?! Why didn't you just take a train?" I exclaimed. I noticed everyone in the train was looking at me.
I gave an apologetic smile before shrinking back in my chair.
This is even more awkward since I'm missing my shirt..

"I couldn't afford," Thalia started but then her face became a dull blank expression and I noticed her eye twitch slightly, "train."

That was..strange.. wait a second...

"So I'm gonna have to pay for this?!" I exclaimed angrily.

I glanced around and, once again, all eyes were on me.

"Oops um.. sorry," I mumbled in embarrassment as I shrunk even deeper into my chair.

"Mommy, why is that man naked?" "Cover your eyes Anna!"

I looked down at myself. "AGH!" I was only in my underwear.

WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME?!
I waited a minute to hear her warm delicate voice as she handed me my clothes.. but it never came.

"Juvia are you gonna give me my clothes or wha... Oh," I mumbled as I remembered she wasn't here.
I looked around me and saw my shirt and pants.

"So tell me more about this job," I muttered as I tried not to think about Juvia's inviting smile or how her soft porcelain hands fit perfectly in mine or how UGH GRAY STOP.

"The hospital I work at specializes in serums for those who seek magical abilities," Thalia explained as her face once again became a blank mask and her voice monotone, "We have three mages who use their powers to grow plants with  magical compounds. We then extract these compounds and pulverize them into drinkable and injectable serums."

"So where is this place?" I asked as I rose an eyebrow, "And how come I've never heard of it?"

"It's near the border of Milagros,  a place devoid of magic. The hospital doesn't really like to draw much attention," she replied blandly.

"Milagros huh? So if it's devoid of magic, why do you have mages working there?" I asked as tapped my chin with my finger.

"The hospital still is in Fiore, Mr.Fullbuster. The mages that work there are from here. Magic is foreign to Milagros. Therefore, it's our biggest profit," Thalia explained as her long wavy sea green hair bounced around as she shook her head.

So why be located in Fiore?

"Wait.. so what is it that you need from me?" I questioned as I just realized I had no idea what I was to even do there.