Chapter 25: A Day without him
Juvia's POV
To: Gray-sama (●´∀`●)
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Good Morning! Juvia wants to hang out with you again today~❤
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I sent that to Gray-sama. The thing is, I just woke up, still in bed and I texted him. Juvia wants to spend this day with Gray-sama again. Yesterday's date is the best~❤
I got out from my bed and went to the bathroom. I brushed my hair, washed my face and brushed my teeth. My daily routine... Literally. After that, I heard Gray-sama's ringtone. Wait, he replied already?!
I was still brushing my teeth... But I'm excited to see his reply so I went out of the bathroom with my toothbrush on my mouth and opened my phone. Correct, its a message from him. I opened it and read.
From: Gray-sama (●´∀`●)
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Morning baby ❤
But sorry, I can't hang out with you today. I promised Anju that we'll go to the amusement park, where we always hang around when we were kids in summer. We were here last time.
Sorry but I'll make it up to you. Love you (^▽^)
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I dropped my phone.
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"Juvia, are you really sure that you're okay with then hanging out today?" Lucy asked. I asked her to hang with me today, same with Erza and Levy. We're at a café.
I nodded, drinking my coffee. "Yes, I'm okay with it. Juvia trusts Gray-sama. Besides, Juvia told herself that she won't worry about them. Gray-sama won't cheat."
The three of them looked at each other. Erza holds my hand and said, "Juvia, if you're not feeling okay, just come to us, okay?"
"I'm feeling okay." I said, reassuring her.
"Okay then!" Levy stood up and puts both of her arms on her waist. "Yosh! Let's make Juvia happy again by shopping!"
Lucy and Erza stood up and nodded. I sweat a drop at them. "I-I am okay."
"Juvia, no need to force yourself."
"Yeah! We'll make you okay in no time!"
"Now, where will we go?"
I sweat a drop again at them. B-But, I really am okay... Maybe.
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Mall-Department Store
"Now, we'll find lots of things here." Lucy said. How we got here? By Lucy's limousine. Pretty unrealistic, huh?
"Hey guys! Look!" Levy called out. We all looked at her and she was wearing a black mustache and she was posing. "Pretty good, huh?"
We all suddenly bursted out of laughter. She gaped. "Levy-chan! T-That's just... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"I-It looks good..." Erza said, controlling her laughs. I laughed when I saw Levy's reaction--- Weird, surprised but cute.
You know why were laughing? The mustache is UPSIDE DOWN. SERIOUSLY. She puts the mustache back to where it belongs. "Hmph! I don't know why you guys are laughing. Its weirding me out."
"Ne, Levy-chan." Lucy called out. Levy looks at her and gaped. Lucy has a mustache in the right position. Levy sulked at the corner. "Oh..."
"Well, don't feel bad about it." I said, cheering her up. We all went to the Female Clothes section. Levy is still sulking but Lucy is holding her hand so she can be with us.
"Ne, won't this look good on Erza?" I asked, holding a white T-shirt with a heart icon on the middle with a cute quote and some blue shorts. "And, this heart necklace?"
"As expected from Juvia! She's a real fashionista!" Lucy said, nodding. "It will really look good on Erza."
"I agree with them!" Levy said. Erza blushed, playing with her fingers. "S-Shorts? You guys really think so?"
"Yeah, it will look good." I said, reassuring her again. I grabbed her hand and went to fitting room. She went inside and I gave her the clothes.
Lucy and Levy caught up to us. We were waiting for Erza to come out. It will really look good on her, I'm sure. After a while, she opened the door and we all gaped at her.
It REALLY looks good on her. She's like a model who just started. "Wow, Erza. You rock in that!" Levy complimented, taking pictures of her.
"You should wear that during your dates with Jellal." Lucy whistled, teasing her. Erza looks at the mirror. "Come to think of it, this is Erza's first time wearing shorts." I said.
"I will buy this." Erza said, looking at the mirror. "And wear it for your date with Jellal." Lucy said, teasing her again.
"Juvia! Come here!" Levy called me. I went to her, outside of the fitting room. "Yes?"
She hands me a blue T-shirt with a quote at the bottom right and some white skirt. She also handed me a silver star necklace and white flats. "Here, try this in. I figured this would look good on you."
"Thanks, Levy. These clothes are cute!" I said, pulling her to the fitting room again.
~Meanwhile~
Gray's POV
Damn, why isn't she replying??? I sent 52 messages to her today and she didn't replied. Is something wrong? I was messaging her if she's going out today or where is she...
"Gray-kun~" Anju called out, clinging on my arm. "Let's try on that ride!"
"Um, Anju? Stop clinging unto me too much."
She ignored me. "Then to that ride--- Ooh! That ride looks fun too! Let's try on ALL of the rides!"
"S-Sure." She ain't listening. I'm worried about Juvia.
Juvia's POV
"That pink dress looks perfect on you, Lucy!" I complimented her. Its a plain pink tube dress and had a dark pink on the waist. Then, some white flats too and a flower silver necklace.
"Thanks! I'll buy his for our anniversary." Lucy said, smiling.
"Oh right, your anniversary with Natsu is almost here, right?" Levy asked, trying on a light violet dress and violet flats, with a circle shining necklace.
"OMG LEVY, BUY THAT." I said. She laughed.
"It looks great Levy. Yeah, its next week and I'm excited. July 31." Lucy said, blushing hard. "Juvia's happy for you, Lucy." Juvia said happily.
"Oh wait, Juvia, your anniversary with Gray is on August 15 right? Next 2 weeks?" Erza reminded me. I nodded. "Yes, Juvia's excited too and I hope Gray-sama will remember it."
"Well, if Natsu can, Gray can." Lucy said, giving me a thumbs up.
"Now," Erza hugs the three of us from behind and said, "Let's buy all of these and go to an arcade."
"Really? Arcade?" I asked.
"Yeah! We'll play there! Especially the crane machines~!" Erza said excitedly. We all nodded and went to the counter.
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"Argh! Darn it!" Levy said, punching the crane machine, literally. "And this is my twentieth time! I'm gonna ran out of money."
"Say, look at Erza." Lucy said, pointing at Erza who has 50+ stuff toys from the crane machine and she seems enjoying it. "She must have a lot of money today." I suggested.
I inserted a coin and started to move. I chose where to position the stuff toy I wanted. I pressed the button to get it and boy, I got it. It was about to go out and I was about to squeal but then, I heard Gray-sama's ringtone from my bag and instead of successfully getting the stuff toy, I quickly opened my bag and I gaped.
"Oh my..." I said, sweating heavily. Lucy went to me and asked, "What's wrong, Juvia? You look troubled by something. Is it about Anju again?"
He messaged me 75 times and I didn't noticed it at all! I just noticed it now... It was all, 'Juvia, are you going out?', 'Juvia, where are you?', 'Juvia, what happened?', 'Please reply.', 'Juvia, I'm worried.'
How come... How come I didn't noticed this earlier? Seriously? I quickly messaged him:
To: Gray-sama (●´∀`●)
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S-Sorry! I didn't noticed all of your messages, Gray-sama! \(;´□`)/ Please forgive me! I'm out with Lucy and the others for shopping.
My late reply has NOTHING to do with Anju, okay? DON'T get any wrong ideas! (/^▽^)/ Love you, hihi.
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I pressed send and sighed. This made me really scared. So, Gray-sama is worried about me all day... Even if Aju's with him. "Juvia?" And I forgot Lucy's there.
"G-Gray-sama messaged me a lot of times and I forgot to reply." Juvia said, gripping on her phone.
"Oh, he must've been so worried. Its a good thing that you replied." Lucy said, giving me thumbs up.
I nodded and went back to the crane machine and started playing again. I want that rabbit stuff toy. Yes, I like rabbits, especially the small ones. Cats, butterflies and anything that's cute is my favorite.
I was about to get it but then, I heard Gray-sama's ringtone and it disturbs me so I quickly opened my phone again.
From: Gray-sama (●´∀`●)
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You're too obvious. ┐( ̄ヮ ̄)┌
Don't worry, she's just a friend. Nothing more. Anyways, have fun with them. Love you too. ❤
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"But Anju has nothing to do with this!" I clearly shouted. I didn't noticed that everyone was looking. By the time I snapped, I was already outside of the arcade with the others.
"Juvia, you okay? We heard you shouting Anju's name." Lucy said, hugging me.
Oh my... Me and my loud mouth. "Anju? Did she do something to Gray?" Erza asked.
I shook my head and told them everything. Gray-sama thinks that I replied him late because of that girl... But it has nothing to do with it, swear. I don't even know why I'm mad. Is my jealousy track turning on again? This isn't good.
"Oh, so that's what happened." Levy said. "Look, Juvia, Gray's just worried about you."
"Yeah, besides, you said that you trust Gray, right?" Lucy asked, proving her point. "1 word: Believe. Believe in him."
"I knew you weren't okay. From the start." Erza bluntly said. "And, Lucy's right. You should believe in him."
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We were now on our way to my house. They decided to watch movie with me. Of course, I said yes because its been a long time since they visit here. It will be great.
Lucy's POV
"Juvia, what do you wanna watch?" I asked.
The three of us decided that we should accompany and make her happy for now. We're her friends and we're worried. Very worried. Its been a while since we watched a movie together, all four of us.
"Hmm... The Fifth Wave?" Juvia suggested. "I heard that its a very good movie and dad bought it yesterday."
"Oh! That movie is good! I'm excited to watch it again." As expected from Levy.
"I have no objections to that." Erza said, smiling.
Sign: Amusement park
Amusement park? Isn't this where----- !!
"Gray-kun~ Let's eat dinner together, ne?" Oh my--- Its Anju and Gray!
Why did they showed up?! Its wrong timing! I quickly looked at Erza and Levy. They nodded, knowing what to do. We all turned around, hoping Juvia didn't hear that.
"Ah! I forgot to run some errands! I just remembered it now." I made an excuse. "Juvia, is it okay if we go to the market then to your house?"
"Yeah, sure. Juvia doesn't mind." She said. Good, she didn't hear Anju.
Still, Gray's an idiot for not noticing Juvia's feelings with him and Anju. I just hope things would go well.
And to think that, their anniversary is on Juvia's birthday.
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