Juvia's POV

I was still gaping. Of all people I should meet, why her? I get that she's close with Gray but... Why now?!

She smiled happily and lowered her head. "Nice to see you again, Gray-kun and Juvia! Welcome to Anju's company! Please make yourselves comfortable since we're not acquaintances."

"A-Anju?! And what?! How did all of this happen?!" I exclaimed, still couldn't get over the fact that we're inside Anju's office and she's the owner of this industry and Gray is trying to have a partnership with it. She looked matured now than before. Except for her attitude.

"Apparently, she's the owner of her dad's company. Although, she doesn't look like the real CEO." He rolled his eyes off at Anju.

"Wha-?! Gray-kun, why are you so cruel?!" She pouted and folded her arms. "And here I thought that I would make a big party for you guys getting back together again."

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"Wait, what's with the cold atmosphere?? Did I say something wrong??" She asked and looked at the two of us. I avoided looking at Anju while Gray stared at her with a serious face.

"We didn't get back together, Anju." Gray answered.

"Eh?! But why is she-"

"She's just my P.A. No more, no less. That's it." He cleared his throat before continuing. "Anyway, let's get on with it so we can get back to Japan at an early time."

I noticed Anju's gaze at me before turning back to Gray with her usual smile. "Yeah, let's do it."

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I sat back on a sofa outside Anju's office and Sighed in relief. I just bought 3 coffees for the three of us from Starbucks and it took me awhile to find it because I'm not really used to this place.

Anju's company is really big but not as big as Gray's. Who would've thought that this was her future? It was so unexpected, to be honest. I thought that she's going to be an idol or something.

It's been 6 hours since we've arrived here and an hour in Anju's office. So, it's already afternoon here. I guess I need to buy Gray dinner too.

"Juvia~!" Anju suddenly appeared with a smile on her face again. She sat next to me and said, "Mind me sitting next to you?"

"No, it's fine with me." I answered.

She giggled and pats me on my shoulder. "Don't look so surprised. You're scaring me. Don't worry. It's not like I'm going to steal Gray like I tried to do back in high school."

My eyes widened. "What do you mean by-"

"I know about the truth, Juvia." Anju suddenly turned serious. "I know that you were forced to break up with him by Gray-kun's grandfather, grandpa Gold."

I gaped again. How did she know about it? "How-? What? I... Uh... Haha... Why? No, where did you learn about that stuff?"

"Do you remember when I first transferred to Japan and in Gray-kun's school? It was all a plan from grandpa Gold. He told me to steal Gray from you and end your relationship. Sure, I liked Gray-kun since we were kids but I moved on from it. I agreed with his plan because grandpa Gold helped me a lot when I was a kid and I was kinda indebted to him." She explained with her fingers intertwined with each other.

She frowned. "I thought about it after we graduated and you broke up with him... I feel like I'm an idiot. I shouldn't have agreed to that stupid plan. Though it didn't work and I'm glad that it didn't. Gray-kun became a really different person when you broke up with him. He really loves you, Juvia. I hope you two can patch up things and get back together. I wish I could talk about this with grandpa but he wouldn't listen."

It was my turn to frown at her. "I-It's fine... I really hope so too."

Her eyes widened a little and smiled. "You still... Love Gray-kun?"

"I ain't gonna lie anymore... Yes. If only... If only grandpa..." I sighed in depression as a few tears escaped from my blue eyes.

"Oh, Juvia." She pulled me into a tight hug and let my head rest into her shoulder. She caressed my hair as I sobbed. "You two have a really tragic love story..."

She kept on caressing my hair. Of all people, she's the last person who I thought would comfort me in times like this. Why do unexpected things keep on happening in life?

Grandpa Gold... Why are you doing this?

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It was already 11 P.M. when he finished with his partnership with Anju and we decided to go back to Japan even though it's already night time.

"Hey, how about you two have a sleepover at my place? I have three rooms at mine, for your information. And then, you can leave early in the morning if you want to." Anju suggested happily.

"What? But..." I said nervously. S-Sleepover? And he's in it? I suddenly remembered the time when we slept in one bed together at my birthday and nothing happened.

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What am I saying?? Am I expecting something to happen at that time?!

"This is odd. Is your fiance not there?" Gray suddenly asked.

I gasped and looked at Anju. "Y-You have a fiance now??"

Anju, who is still smiling, nodded at me. "Yes! I'm going to get married at Japan in the next 3 months. Oh, you're invited, okay? I won't take no as an answer."

"F-Fine." I said. Why are they all getting married? I feel like I'm invisible now.

Anju seemed to notice how I looked dreadful so she changed the topic back to the sleepover. "Oh, you two are going to have a sleepover at my house, okay? Now, let's go! We'll use my car."

Gray's eyes squinted at her. "Hey... Did you properly learn how to drive?"

"Of course, Gray-kun. I've improved." Anju smirked and took out her car keys from her bag. She holds her bag and opens the door of her office. "Let's go."

Gray sighed. "Guess we need to do this..."

Do what?!

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We got there after an hour because we first had dinner on the nearest fast food place. Anju's driving... Well, it's good. I don't really know what Gray was talking about with her driving.

Anju's house is a two-story building and it was colored white with brown bricks on the side. The front door is a sliding door and there's a terrace seen on the second floor. As we entered inside, we were greeted by a maid and helped us with this and that. They grabbed our bags and placed it in our rooms.

The walls of Anju's living room, dining room and kitchen are all the same. They're all colored in white and the floors are colored in yellowish-white. When you first enter her house, the living room is first seen. She has an 80-inch plasma tv on the side and 3 white couches with a black pillow on its center. If you walk in further, you'll see the small kitchen and on the right, you'll see the dining room suitable for 12 people.

"Well, I have 2 bathrooms. I'll go first and who's going to the other one?" Anju asked while we were all going upstairs.

"Juvia will go. I'll go after her." Gray suddenly said bluntly which made me widen my eyes. You could've gone first, you know.

"Okay then." Anju said and smiled at us. When we reached the second floor, you can already see the three rooms and 2 rooms on the left side. Maybe that's the bathroom. And there's a sliding door on the right side that leads to the terrace.

"Wait here for a minute." Anju said before going to the 1st room to the left. A few minutes later, she ame back with 2 blue towels and a pink towel on her right shoulder. She gave us the blue towels and said, "You two like blue, right? You can use this then."

"Thanks." I said and accepted it.

"Hm." Gray said and grabbed the towel and placed it on his left shoulder. "Well Juvia, I'm going to pick the middle room. You should go and wash yourself now. Just knock on my door if you're finished, okay?"

I nodded at him with an emotionless face and he goes in to the middle room without hesitation. After he closed the door, I sighed in relief.

"Juvia, let's go in now?" Anju asked, touching the door knob of the bathroom on the right.

"Yeah." I said and entered the bathroom on the left.

A smell of roses filled my nose when I first entered the bathroom. All of the things inside are well organized. It's a bit unexpected because it's Anju alright.

I took a deep hot bath on the hot tub for about 15 minutes, more or less. Well, I enjoy hot baths and I couldn't help myself. After shampooing my hair and doing all other things, I dried my hair off before wrapping myself with the blue towel Anju lend me.

"Now, time to change clothes-" I paused for awhile and I didn't see my bag inside.

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I mentally face palmed. Right... The maids took it and placed it in our rooms. What should I do now? Go out with nothing but a towel on me? But what if Gray... Ugh.

"He's in his room. It should be fine." I said, trying to calm myself in what I'll do.

I grabbed my clothes that I wore earlier and held it. I opened the door and stuck out my head to see if anyone is outside.

Coast Clear.

I quickly ran off towards the 3rd room using my ninja moves and opened tbe door and went inside. I leaned on the door as I sighed in relief.

I'm glad he didn't see me.

On the bed, I saw my bag there and I smiled. I walked towards it and placed my clothes in there in a plastic.

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Wait a minute...

Where's my bra?

I slapped myself in anger. "Grr... Juvia Lockser, what's going on with you today?? This isn't like you at all!"

I closed my bag in frustration and opened the door and stuck out my head. My eyes widened. My intuition was right. My bra was left on the floor... And in front of Gray's room?!

"Grr... Curse myself."

I quickly ran towards it and grabbed it. I smiled and looked around. No one is really here. They're in their rooms. I snickered. "I guess I can walk now."

As I was about to walk, just one step, the door on my left opened, revealing a certain raven haired boy. I turned to him with a blush on my face.

"What's with all the noise-?" He stopped when he saw me. "Ju... Via?"

I gritted on my teeth and blushed furiously. "P-Pervert! Don't look!" I said and tried to cover myself.

"Calm down, Juvia." He scratched his head and he's still staring at me. "It's not like I've never seen you in a towel before."

"That makes it worse, you idiot!"

"Ha?! Why am I an idiot?!"

"Because you're Gray Fullbuster! That's why!"

"That doesn't even make any sense!"

The door in the center suddenly opened and Anju appeared with a yawn. "Hey, what's with all the commotion-" She stopped and stared at us.

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"Can I be the aunt of your upcoming child?"

"YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG!"

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