The Possibility

A Broken Heart

Author's note: Hey everyone! I have had this idea for the past few days for a fanfiction about Natsu and Juvia spending some time together and getting to know each other more. This is my first one, so constructive criticism please! Hope you enjoy reading it!

DISCLAIMER: Fairy tail belongs to Hiro Mashima and not me! (If it had belonged to me, all the ships would have reached the horizon by now. :3)

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1. A Broken Heart

"So boring..." was all Juvia could say with her head resting on the countertop.

"Bad day, huh, Juvia?" Mira asked with a comforting smile on her face when she saw the way Juvia's shoulders slumped.

The water mage shifted her position so she could look at Mira, "It started off pretty well. Juvia woke up earlier than usual to take a stroll. She also baked a batch of heart-shaped cookies for Gray-sama, but she now realizes that she did it for nothing!", she said with a sigh.

"I don't think it was all for nothing. Gray could just be late. He might come in any second now!".

"Gray-sama almost never is late at the guild, except for when he is really busy with something important." She stated with an unconvinced expression.

"Well, what if he does have something important to take care of?" Mira asked, her efforts proving to be futile as the only response she got from Juvia was a 'Juvia knows he doesn't.' and a half hearted 'hn' when she tried to convince her to go and talk to other people in the guild instead of waiting for Gray. Realizing that it wasn't working, she went back to serving the customers and decided to give the sulking water mage some time to get over Gray's absence.

"Oh, Gray-sama!", Juvia groaned. "Your absence drives Juvia crazy, you know?"

Suddenly, as if sensing something—or someone—she sat up straight, eyes wide. One could see the gears in her mind work.

"Hey, Juvia, you okay?" she heard someone ask, but she chose to ignore the question and continued her thought process.

"Juvia's 'Gray-dar' is sensing something! Maybe Gray-sama is around here somewhere! Maybe he's on his way over to the guild!" she excitedly looked around. As she turned to look at the entrance to see if someone was there, as if on cue, a certain ice mage walked in, fortunately, with all of his clothes on. All the colour lost from Juvia's face returned and she got up with hearts in her eyes and full of energy, happy to see her beloved.

"Gray-sama, you're here! Juvia missed you so much! She was worried you weren't coming today! She even thought of paying you a visit, but then you could have been busy and she didn't want to disturb you! Where were you?"

Chuckling inwardly at her excitement, he said, "Hey there, Juvia. It's nothing to worry about, I just woke up a little late today."

Looking at her with a soft smile on his lips as she raised her eyebrows and her mouth formed a little 'o' indicating that she understood, he felt himself enjoying Juvia's company more and more as the days went by. Sure, she could be a little—okay, more than a little—possessive and clingy when it came to him but still, she was really fun to be with.

Realizing that he'd been staring at her too long, he noticed the slight blush dusting her cheeks and looked away, feeling his own cheeks heat up.