Gray X Reader (The Puppet Maker)

Chapter 27: Rivalry, A Battle For Love?

Chapter 27: Rivalry, A Battle For Love?

You are just standing there, not knowing what just happened. Juvia suddenly appeared and asked you for a match.

"Are you alright?" Sera pocked your legs and asked you with his worried looked on his face. "It's nothing" you answered in return but after reassuring Sera of having no troubles, Natsu, Lucy and Happy appeared.

"We heard all of it!" Natsu shouted in excitement.

His excitement was erased when a flying kick made by Katherine landed on his face.

"Ouch that hurts" Natsu groaned in pain.

"That's what you get for being noisy" Katherine said while his arms was crossed.

You realized that Lucy is looking at you worriedly so you asked her what was really going on.

"Why does Juvia wants to fight me?" You asked her. "What?!" both Katherine and Sera was surprised to what you just said. 

You reached out your hand to get Katherine. You carried her while preparing yourself to know why Juvia wanted to battle you. It's really a nerve wracking situation after all, you are not good in battle, you are not good in using your magic so in this fight, you will fall down on your knees not giving her anything good.

"Juvia also said of being worthy beside Gray and I don't know what that even means" You said confused.

"Hmm let's say..." Lucy is hesitating to get out some words in her mouth. . "It's really hard to say but...... we followed you two?" After saying those words, her eyes closed readying herself if you ever tried to scold to what they just did.

"What's so wrong about it?" you said.

Lucy opened her eyes and sighed in relief. "I thought you'll be mad at us" She said.

"Why would I?" and you smiled at them.

"Because it's a date" Happy blurted out the words that made you flustered.

"You silly, it's not a date, we didn't even consider it as one" you said to them. "Then why are you blushing when you said those words?" Natsu asked and point out your face.

"It's nothing like that really" You tried to reasoned out. The hang out with Gray is not considered as a date. He even corrected it at first and why would they even think of it as one? Gray is demanded to do it, he's just doing what he was told. You are just a thing who needs to be taken care off because of what happened between you and Soluna. Also, from what you heard, Mavis made this favour to protect you, so why would it even end up as a date?

"Answer my question first" you said looking at Lucy.

Lucy sighed "Juvia thought it's a date and seeing Gray happy being beside you made her jealous and started this fight for love thing"

"Ahh" so that's why he wanted to fight me "W-wait... what?" you tried to sink everything to your head and it made you more confused.

"But I don't even like Gray" You answered Lucy but eventually getting back what you said earlier "Uhh.... I don't like him in a romantic way okay, I only liked him as a friend, that's all" you corrected it so they can't think any bad things about what you said earlier.

"It would be awesome if I can watch a battle though" Natsu was hyped. You forced a smile while shaking your head saying 'no'

"So this is why you are troubled" Sera said. "but (y/n) can't fight, right?" Sera added and looked at me with his straight face.