All She Ever Needed (A Gruvia Fanfiction)

Seclusion

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Chapter 23 - Seclusion

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"She has no other injuries besides her cheek," Porlyusica stated, putting ice in a bag as she tied it up immediately after. She walked it over to where Juvia sat on the nurse's room bed, handing it to the girl carefully and moving her hand to help her put it on her swollen, red cheek. "Keep it there until I tell you to remove it."

Juvia nodded her head in response, leaning against the wall as she let the cold feeling soothe her cheek.

Ever since they had gotten there, she never spoke a single word. It was as if she had lost her voice, not knowing where it was in her numb mind. It was extremely quiet in that room, and Juvia could only feel the tension as Meredy sat in a chair by the bed, and Gray stood leaning against the wall, inspecting the situation.

"I will be back. I need to get Makarov." Porlyusica wiped her hands on a cloth before turning towards the door to leave. She walked passed Gray and immediately looked him dead in the eyes "Make her feel comfortable, and if you can, try to make her talk." she said it so seriously, she made Gray feel overwhelmed. But it wasn't anything he could help... Porlyusica then left to go retrieve the principal as said by herself.

The silence returned as soon as Porlyusica closed the door.

Really, the only thing heard was the soft breathing the three made, and the sound of ice clashing together every time Juvia moved her hand which held the ice bag.

Although Gray was told to make Juvia talk, he didn't know how he could. What was there to talk about? He couldn't just bring up the certain activities that happened during lunch--no, that would hurt Juvia. And Gray couldn't just steer the topic to a different subject because that would just be showing he didn't care (but he did). And, above all, the two girls in that room hated him because of some silly assumption he and his other friends had made a social media account about Juvia.

Gray was at a loss, but he had the desire to make her talk. He needed to hear Juvia say it herself that she was okay. And at that point, he didn't see it happening.

Breaking the silence for Gray after an eternity, Meredy smiled a fake one "Are you okay, Juvia?" her voice was shallow, shaking as if just talking would make her cry again. Her eyes were red, and her cheeks were stained with the tears for a friend.

Juvia nodded, looking over at Meredy with nothing in her eyes that could show she was alright "why wouldn't I be?"

Meredy shrugged her shoulders, looking at the ground as if searching for something to say. It was obvious to her, and even Gray, that Juvia was anything but okay. And the girl seemed to be playing it off cool, which made Meredy all the more worrisome. She frowned, not knowing what to do at a moment like that one.

Observing Meredy losing her smile while looking towards the ground after Juvia began talking did a number on her swollen heart. Her broken mind began assuming she made Meredy sad, which in return made Juvia feel even worse.

A shadow casted over Juvia's eyes as her heart ached even more "I'm sorry..." her voice was hollow, showing every ounce of her sorrow within as both Gray and Meredy looked her way. She was looking down, both hands on her lap as the discarded iced bag fell onto the floor with a crash.