Moments with Little Gray: Chapter 12

Moments with Little Gray

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by ILoveCelestialIce

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Chapter 12

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And now, seeing their proud smiles, everyone concluded that the mission went on successfully.

“Gray-sama, Juvia is back~” the water mage chimed, with animated hearts and flowers glimmering around her. She looked around, surveying the area for a certain raven haired, ice make mage. Realizing that he’s not in the vicinity, the hearts and flowers vanished and were replaced by gloom lines.

Gajeel sighed and rolled his eyes at his friend and strides towards the bar, yelling his order of some refreshments and food (iron foods, which was served especially for Gajeel). Juvia followed him, thinking that there’s nothing else she could do.

As she sat beside the iron dragon slayer, she was surprised to see Lisanna tending them and not Mira Jane or Kinana. And, hoping that the short, white haired girl knows her dearest loved one’s whereabouts, she asked, “Does Lisanna know where Gray-sama is?”

Upon hearing the ice mage’s name, Lisanna stiffened, as her hand suspended halfway from placing Gajeel’s orders in front of him. She doesn’t want to be the one to break the news to Juvia. God only knows what she’ll do to Natsu…and probably to Lucy if she learned that Gray’s been living with her. Well, not that Lucy wanted that to happen, but still, the water mage might get the wrong idea. She is Juvia after all.

Juvia’s eyes turned into slits as her suspicion against Lisanna rose.

“Is Lisanna hiding Gray-sama to herself?”

“Wha?!”

To say that Lisanna was stunned was an utter understatement. As expected of Juvia…and her never faltering suspicion to every living woman in the guild, considering every single one of them as rivals in love.

The youngest takeover mage sighed and placed Gajeel’s order in front of him. “Juvia, I don’t like Gray like that.” Lisanna announces as her light blue orbs gazes at Juvia’s pools of dark blue. The rain woman’s eyes softened as if believing her friend’s words, but traces of doubt could still be seen. “Then, where is Gray-sama? Is he and his team still on their mission?”

“No, he’s actually in the infirmary right now.”

Juvia eyes bulged out of her sockets in shock, “Is Gray-sama hurt?”

“No, but he’s―”

The water mage didn’t wait for her explanation. She stood up immediately, making Gajeel choke on his meal, and ran upstairs towards the infirmary as panic and anxiousness took over her whole being.

“Wait! Juvia, there’s something you have to know first―” was the last thing that the water mage heard before her hearing was clouded by concern and trepidation.

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“Gray-sama!”

Juvia burst the door open with all her might, startling a little boy awake. The blue haired mage looked around for her loved one but only saw a disconcerted boy, who looked a lot like Gray, sitting up on bed.

The rain woman felt a twitch of annoyance. “Juvia didn’t know that Lisanna could trick her like that.” she muttered and closed the door with as much force as she did when opening it.

She immediately ran back down and stomped her way towards the bar with a menacing aura around her, making the people she passed by shiver in fear. As she got to the bar, Juvia slammed her fist on the counter, making Gajeel choke once again.

“Is Lisanna playing games with Juvia?” she asked, eyes narrowing by the second.

Lisanna was surprised again. Didn’t she saw Gray inside? She asked herself inwardly.

“Wh-what are you talking about?” the short fair haired girl stuttered.

“Juvia didn’t see Gray-sama inside the infirmary,” Juvia answered, “She only found a boy that looked like Gray-sama.”

Lisanna’s heart beats faster she could hear it in her ears. A bead of sweat started trickling down the side of her face as she weighs her options.

Should she tell Juvia? Or let Natsu or Lucy explain things and stay quiet? Then how could she get out of her current situation if she doesn’t tell her anything? How would she explain the boy she found on the infirmary?

There are so many things to think about and the pressure is so hard to handle. Looking at Juvia only makes it harder.

Gulping the lump on her throat, Lisanna decided to tell her. She’ll freak out either way, anyway.

“Well?” Juvia said, obviously getting impatient. The whole room was silent, the only sound that reverberated their ears are the laughs inside the guild’s kitchen. Everyone was on the edge of their seats, waiting what will come out of Juvia and Lisanna’s conversation.

“Uhm, Juvia, I-I hate to break this to you but,” Lisanna started. She sighed once more before looking at Juvia straight in the eye, determination reflected in her light blue orbs. “That boy you saw inside the infirmary…”

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“That boy is Gray.”

..ooOoo..