Serendipity - A Gruvia Story [COMPLETE]

VII

AN: The last chapter. Thank you for giving this a chance and thank you for the support.

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Serendipity

The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way

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The first couple of weeks the babies were home, Gray stayed too after getting a leave from work. Silver offered to stay and help, but the couple declined the offer, saying they needed to get used to their new role of newborn's parents.

They tried to balance their time between the twins and Meredy, but thankfully she understood the babies had priority because they were tiny and couldn't tell what they needed. Either way, every night one of them tucked her in and took time to play with her for a while.

The day Gray needed to return back to work, he was hesitant to say the least; he just couldn't stop looking at Gris and River – they were a perfect fix of him and Juvia with their bunch of dark hair and beautiful blue eyes.

He had to, though and just a couple of weeks after, he could see how tired his wife was, after all, taking care of a seven-year-old and twin boys who were just a little over seven weeks. She looked like she was exhausted all the time and even though Gray helped during the night, Juvia also woke up, she couldn't help it.

Oh, Gray hated to see her that way. Juvia had been such a light during the whole time he knew her and seeing her pale and with bags under her eyes, that he wanted to help her, especially after seeing her have a breakdown one night after the kids were tucked in.

Juvia was seated at the edge of their bed and Gray had been telling a story to Meredy and was surprised to see his wife crying her eyes out.

"Juvia?" Gray called her and strode to kneel in front of her, looking at her body in search of injuries. "What is it? Are you in pain?" They hadn't been intimate after the boys were born because the doctor said it wasn't advisable, and Gray knew it wasn't that. She had been putting the boys on their cribs, so... "Are the boys alright?"

"They are fine." Juvia sobbed and it relieved Gray to know his children were fine, but worried him to not know what was wrong.

"Then why are you crying?" He asked with patience.

"Be-beca-because I'm a ho-horrible m-mo-mother." She said between tears and Gray blinked a few times as if to understand her.

"What?"

"It f-fe-feels dif-ferent."

His father had not been kidding when he told Gray that women tended to get a little crazy and hormonal after giving birth. "Different? What feels different?"

"It's not the same." She calmed down a bit with the sobbing. "The way I feel about River and Gris and Meredy. And it shouldn't be. They are all mine, bu-but feels different."

Gray sighed and got up from the floor in front of her to sit by her side. "Juvia, of course it feels different. It feels different for me too."

"Really?" Juvia looked up to him, her blue eyes were a battle of emotions.

"Yes." He put an arm around her shoulder. "We adopted Meredy after she was all grown up, we were not an active part of her life when she was a baby. River and Gris, I watched as your stomach grew larger, I saw the ultrasounds, I saw you give birth. It's a different bond."