Leaving Hurts, Hate Burns, Love Heals (A Gruvia Fanfiction)

A Break

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Leaving Hurts,
Hate Burns,
Love Heals

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When life gives you a Hundred reasons to cry
Show life you have a Thousand reasons to smile
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Chapter 2: A Break

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Gray arrived at the guild with no wife or child by his side or in his arms. This was because, well, his wife begged him to leave the home because he was doing a lot for her and Storm, so he just needed a break.

After a lot of fighting and comments like 'Its okay. I don't need a break' or 'You deserve the break this morning', Gray finally complied to Juvia's orders.

So now he was at the guild, too early for his liking.

He walked over to the bar and saw the pregnant bar maiden already there drying cups.

Mirajane turned to Gray and smiled, her tiny baby bump seen. "Hi, Gray. What may I get ya?" she asked as she set down the cup she was just drying.

"Beer, please." Mirajane followed his order and started pouring the beer she got from underneath the bar into a jug like cup, some of the foam from the beer spilling over the rim of the glass cup.

Mirajane slid the cold drink to her fellow guild mate. "There you go." she smiled sweetly before turning around to grab another cup. Gray mumbled a quick 'Thank you' before he took a sip of his beverage. "Where's Juvia and that cute little kid of yours?"

Gray finished chugging his drink, setting the glass down and bringing the back of his hand up to his face to wipe off the remainder of the drink from around his lips. "At home. She said I was doing too much for her and Storm, so she sent me here to relax.

"That's sweet of Juvia." Mirajane set down the cup she was drying and grabbed another one.

"I know. She's too much for me." Gray sighed with a smile. "My wife really is the best one."

"Yo Mira, can I get a beer?" another guild mate came and sat at the opposite side of the bar from Gray.

"Yup!" turning back to Gray while making the cold drink for the other man who wished. "You really are a lucky man. With that cute kid of yours, I'm afraid this little one will have competition." Mira pointed to her belly.

As Mira walked to serve the man who wanted a beer, Gray smiled. "Your kid and Storm will be the cutest. With Gajeel's and Natsu's offspring, they don't got much to fight for."

Mirajane tried not to giggle as she gave the man from across the bar his beer. "Don't be so rude. Lilly, Gale, and Luna are really cute as well."

"Lily sure is, but Gale looks too much like Gajeel. Luna is okay, but her personality matches Natsu's, and one Natsu is enough." Gray rested his head on his hand.

"Couldn't agree more." a feminine voice sounded from behind them. "I live with two Natsu's, its not fun." Gray turned to see Lucy with a 2-year-old Luna in her arms, with a fuming Natsu by her side.

"Your supposed to be on your husbands side, no some weird Ice-Freaks" complained Natsu.

Lucy only rolled her eyes and sat Luna by Gray. "Can Luna get some pancakes? She's been begging all morning."

"Of course! Coming right up." Mirajane turned to make the well desired pancakes.

"How was your morning, Gray?" asked Lucy as she sat beside her baby girl.

"The usual. But this time, Juvia let me take a break."

"I need one of those." she turned to glare at her husband, in which Natsu put his hands out by him in a surrendering motion with a smile that was scared but cheeky. Lucy turned back to Mirajane who gave Luna the pancakes. "Thanks, Mira" Mira nodded and went back to work. Lucy proceeded to rip up the just made pancakes which burnt her finger.

Luna was greedy, and immediately took a piece and set it in her mouth with a satisfied smile, immediately grabbing another piece without even finishing the other one.

"No! Chew the one in your mouth first, baby girl!" Lucy started freaking out. She and Juvia took a mothers class where they were taught not to feed their children large quantities of food without ripping the food into tiny pieces - also to not let the child eat another piece until the other was finished.

Gray only chuckled, bringing his beer jug up to his mouth to finish the remainder of it.

Just then, the guild doors slammed open revealing a 2 month pregnant Erza. From the looks of it, she had something serious to do.

When she called all of her teams names, they all stiffened at her demanding voice. "Up in Masters office right now." Erza turned to the stairs and started wobbling up the large steps.

"Duty calls" Natsu started for the stairs, leaving Lucy to deal with their daughter.

Gray got up and also walked to the stairs, Lucy following him after she did a quick eye roll, with her baby in her right arm and pancakes in the other.