The Heart Never Lies - A Gruvia Story

Our First Home

Summary: Gray and Juvia take their son to visit their first house together, before they became a couple and reminisce about how happy they were for six months.

AN: Hello! So, it's been almost a year since I wrote this to the Gruviazine (thanks to everyone who bought it! It was beautiful, wasn't it???) and since people are finally posting their art, this was my contribution to it! My story was based on Ccrispy's drawing (I don't know if she posted it yet), but it showed Gray, Juvia and their son in a forest, it was beautifully done, and this is my take of it.

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Our First Home

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"Oh, Juvia had forgotten how beautiful it is in here during the spring!" The blue haired Water Mage exclaimed as they approached their destination. Her husband was a little behind her and their son, Gris, was chasing a few butterflies a few meters along the trail they were taking. "Baby, slow down, Mama needs to keep an eye on you."

The five-year-old yelled: "Yes, Mama!", but he didn't slow down much.

"I still don't know why you wanted to come here." Gray asked, catching up with his wife and walking side by side with her.

Even after seven years of marriage, knowing each other for thirteen, Gray still couldn't figure out his wife completely. "Oh, we're here!" She beamed in happiness and saw the abandoned village, their son had stopped and waited for them – he was such a good boy like that. "We arrived, sweetheart!"

"Oh?" The little boy cocked his head to the side in question and then looked to his parents. "Mama and Papa lived here?"

"We did." Juvia nodded. "A long time ago. Even before the twins were born."

The boy gasped. "That long?" He made it sound as if it had been a hundred years before, not 10.

"Yeap."

"Are there ghosts in there?" Gris seemed worried and the adults shared a knowing look. The village indeed looked like it was haunted – it was abandoned a long time ago and the wilderness had taken over: there were trees growing inside houses, vines on old walls, some animals roaming around.

"No, buddy." Gray put a hand on his son's head and messed his dark blue hair. "No ghosts, but when places are abandoned, nature takes over like that, you see?" Gray pointed to where a doe was grazing with its fawn at the edge of the woods. "Since no one lives here..."

"...the animals and trees do!" Gris' smile was as bright as Juvia's.

Gray chuckled, love filling his heart. "Sure, that's a simple way to put it."

Juvia picked the youngest Fullbuster from the ground and kissed his cheek while he got fascinated with the butterflies around them even more. "Let's go." She started to walk and Gray was a little behind them.

"Mama! Put me down!" Gris complained and Juvia chuckled but complied with his request.

Juvia put him down and waited her husband to stand next to her and she twined her arm with his and held his hand – throughout the years, Gray had learned to accept and enjoy Juvia's fondness for touching.

They walked in silence, their son chasing some wild rabbits and laughing to themselves and once in a while, either Juvia or Gray told him which way to go.

"I haven't been here since the day I left you behind." Gray said, quietly. He hated to think about that time and being where they were, he couldn't help it.