Circle of Truth (18+)

Chapter Fourteen

The weekend at the amusement park landed the group with disagreements, and many awkward moments. Now that Monday had rolled around, it was back to business. Juvia was yet again being physically dragged out of her house by Jellal, this time kicking and screaming. "NO. Jellal, i am NOT going!" She shouted. Jellal growled in irritation, he had barely managed to get her dressed. His eye twitched in annoyance as she kept resisting. The blue haired man grabbed her wrist and lunged her over his shoulder, picking her up and walking off towards the school as she protested. "Jellal, I'm not kidding!" She yelled, other students walking towards the school and stared, whispering. "Stop shouting." He sternly said, using his hand to spank her butt that sat next to his face. Juvia sighed in defeat as they entered the school. Sometimes she wanted to drown him. "We have gym class first." Gajeel stated as he approached them, Juvia dismounting from Jellal's arms. She slouched, leaning against Gajeel's arm as she huffed. "You woke me up for gym class..." She whined as she was dragged off to the gymnasium. 

Entering the changing rooms, she was greeted by Lucy, Erza, Levy, Mirajane and Lisanna. She smiled at the girls, expressing her frustration towards morning classes and was met with agreement, from Lucy and Lisanna. Erza and Levy expressed enjoyment for academics. Juvia changed to their gym uniform, a white top with incredibly short blue shorts. Juvia tied her hair up, today was an especially hot day and the track was waiting for them. The girls joined the boys in a class workout as Mr Clive instructed them to start running laps. 

Ater a few laps, many of the students were complaining, breathing heavily. Juvia was lost in the trance of her own thoughts as she jogged, her eyes following Gray as he overlaps her and keeps running. He had been avoiding eye contact since the ferris wheel, not that she blamed him. She sighed deeply, shaking her head as she continues jogging. "What's got you down, beautiful?" Juvia's attention was drawn by the familiar concern of Lyon, who jogged next to her, slowing down to her pace. "Nothing, just not a morning person." Juvia said with a smile. Lyon grinned, nodding. "And this gym class is the worst. I hate jogging." She added on with a giggle. Across the field, Gray watched as Lyon and Juvia interacted. His teeth gritted as he kept jogging, slowly catching up with them. "Are you tired?" Lyon asked Juvia, who nodded defeatedly. Lyon nodded, thinking for a few moments before slowing down, pulling her wrist to stop her running. Lyon smiled at her as she stared at him with a confused expression. He leaned down and scooped her up in his arms, carrying her bridal style. He resumed jogging. Juvia blushed intensly and gasped as their pupils and her friends stared. "Lyon!" She tried to protest, holding onto his broad shoulders as he jogged. "Relax, I just want to help you rest." He flirted with a smirk. Behind them, was Gray who had been catching up to them again, he scowled deeply as he watched Lyon hold onto Juvia and run with her. 

As he was about to overlap them, he purposely shouldered Lyon, causing him to be shoved out of the way, with Juvia in his arms. Juvia frowned and was brought along as Lyon caught up to Gray again, this time shoving him with his shoulder too. Gray snapped his head to Lyon, stopping his jog as he glared. "What's your problem?!" Gray growled. Lyon scoffed, stopping as well as he gently placed Juvia on the ground. He patted her back with a comforting smile before returning to Gray. "What's YOUR problem? You shoved me first, remember?" Lyon retorted. "God, I'm so sick of you! You're fucking everywhere. Always touching things that aren't yours. You make me sick." Gray scowled, stepping forward to stand face to face with Lyon. Lyon frowned deeply, pushing Gray back. "You better take a step back, I'm not kidding, Gray." Lyon warned. Juvia looked between the two. "Lyon... please don't fight." Juvia tugged Lyon's sleeve. Lyon and Gray looked at Juvia. Lyon smiled at her gently, patting her head. "Don't worry your pretty head." He said, Gray gritted his teeth, clenching his fists and storming forward, pushing Lyon back. Lyon scowled at him and pushed back harder, this caused Gray to retaliate by punching Lyon in the face. He fell down on the ground as a result and Gray mounted him, punching him again and again. Lyon flipped them over and got his own hits on Gray before the two were split apart by some of the guys. Both were told to take a walk and cool off as first period ended early. Juvia frowned as she curiously watched both of them storm away, her attention being taken by Jellal who rushed to check that she was okay, since she was so close to the fight. "I'm okay. Though i told you i should've stayed home today."