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

Better Now

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Leaving Hurts,
Hate Burns,
Love Heals

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Everything heals.

Your heart heals. The mind heals. Wounds heal. Your happiness is always going to come back.
Bad times don't last.

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Chapter 8: Better Now

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Magnolia

Juvia walked hand in hand with Storm to the guild with Storm. When she entered Fairy Tail, her hand was immediately by her side with nothing in it as Storm ran to his friends Lilly and Gale who were sitting at a table with their parents.

Juvia walked over to the bar where Mirajane was. "Hey."

"Hey! What may I get ya?" Mira rubbed her now visible belly as she leaned on the counter, feet throbbing.

"Nothing. I just wanna know if you need help with anything. Your getting quite big." Juvia smiled sweetly.

"Nope, I'm better than fine. I've been at this job for years now, do you think a baby is going to stop me?" Mirajane joked, who had now pulled up a stool to sit on.

Juvia laughed. "Nope." Juvia took a seat, too, not wanting to stand anymore. "But seriously, does Laxus ever bug you to rest? You work too much."

"He does…" Mirajane trailed off, biting her bottom lip. "Its just… I don't listen whenever he asks…"

"Oh, I see." Juvia nodded her head, knowing Mirajane never let anyone down when working. "Kinana has got it. She does great with or without you, and I'm sure Lisanna wouldn't mind taking over the bar instead of serving tables. Heck, I'd take over due to how I am doing almost nothing everyday."

"Its sweet of you to want to do it, but I'm thinking I'll stop in a few months before this little one is out so I can rest up for the birth." Mirajane touched her round stomach, which was growing a tiny little baby.

"I'm not stopping you." Juvia put her hands up in surrender, obviously not going to convince Mira to at least get a small break.

"Which reminds me, how did you carry Storm for 9 months? I'm going insane!" Mira let out a sigh.

"I honestly don't know." Juvia answered, no idea how she's even alive thinking back to the days of being pregnant.

"With Laxus gone on jobs frequently to get money for the baby, I find myself taking care of myself all of the time. Lisanna and Elfman help, but with Elfman helping Evergreen who too is carrying a child, he rarely can tend to me." Mirajane paused as she took a look at her brother and sister-in-law at a table chatting, little ways away was Lisanna serving drinks to tables with a dazzling smile. "I guess you had Gray who helped you… along the way…." Mirajane's eyes went wide when she noticed she let the 'G' word slip. She realized when Juvia tucked her head, a shadow casting over her eyes as her lips frowned. "I am so sorry! I didn't mean to-"

"Its okay." Juvia stood, the shadow still over her eyes as she turned away.

"Juvia- I really am-" Mirajane tried.

"I said its fine." Juvia said one last time before walking away from the bar where Mirajane sat guiltily.

Mira frowned, imaginably pounding her head in for making the chat her and Juvia shared to end with just one word which broke Juvia's heart with hearing. Bowing her head, Mirajane arose as a customer came up and asked for a beer.