Mira tells Gray that there’s something interesting on the job board that he should perhaps take a look at. Gray goes over to check and immediately spots the one Mira probably meant - a wealthy man wanting to recreate something like their fantasia float for his young son’s birthday party. He grabs it and skims through the others, eyes catching sight of a job requiring a water mage - and the word “date” is mentioned. Gray blinks and looks closer. It’s a request for a water mage to join a guy on a date. The pay is quite good for such a short and easy job. The name of the contact is ‘Reitei’. What on earth… Lyon? Why that son of a b…
“Have you found anything interesting Gray-sama?”
Gray jumps. “J..Juvia!” Gray quickly grabs the date job notice so she can’t see it and hands her the fantasia one. “I was actually looking for a longer mission, but do you fancy doing this one with me?”
“Oooh Juvia would love to Gray-sama. Juvia was also considering a longer mission, but this one seems too fun to pass up.”
Gray suddenly has an idea regarding the date job - and being far away after that would indeed be a good idea…
“We could do a longer mission together after the fantasia mission. What do you say Juvia?”
Juvia seems to be in heaven. Gray sweat drops.
“I’ll take that as a yes. Can you find one that would suit us? I’ll just visit the fantasia guy and agree on the details, ok?”
“Sure thing Gray-sama”, Juvia beams - and picks the longest possible suitable mission.
Gray visits the wealthy guy, who is happy that Gray and Juvia are interested in the job. His son admired their float so much he has been talking about nothing else. Gray gets all the info and looks around. After this, he goes to another guild that he knows also has a water mage and puts the job req on their board.
Gray and Juvia do a splendid job on the birthday party. The kid is in heaven and the father super duper satisfied. Juvia writes autographs for some of the young fans, while Gray collects their payment.
“So how long have you been dating?”
“We are not dating.”
The wealthy guy gives Gray a look as if to say “are you dumb?” Gray sighs.
Gray and Juvia leave on the longer mission the same day, without passing through the guild, at Gray’s insistence.
Shortly afterwards, Lyon is storming into Fairy Tail, demanding to know where Gray is. Everyone stares at him.
“Gray is away on a mission with Juvia. They will be back in a few months. What’s up?” Natsu says.
Lyon appears on the verge of exploding.
“Why do you need to see Gray?” Lucy asks.
“He posted *this* on the job board for Dullahan head!”
“Ok…so?”
“I posted it here at Fairy Tail…! The water mage at Dullahan head is male!”
The gang reads the job req and Natsu bursts out laughing. Lyon is not amused.
