Ship: Gruvia - Gray x Juvia
Warnings: Swearing, Alcohol
Ages: Gray-23 Juvia-21

Minor Nalu too

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His head hit the table and he groaned at the contact. Turning to verbally assult the asshole who thought he could get away with hitting him, he saw only his co-worker, Natsu Dragneel.

Judging by the look on his face, his pink haired friend was not too pleased. No doubt his wife, Lucy, had thrown him out again. It was a regular thing now, but with him there was nothing to worry about. His love life would be fully active again in 4 months when his kid's born.

Unfortunately that wasn't the case for Gray. He probably wouldn't ever find anyone else after Juvia. They'd had fights in the past, like any healthy couple, but this time he'd pushed too far. Like the Fucking idiot he was.

Before he could think anymore about it, the man in front of him spoke. His voice was strangly calm, usually when he came to the bar, he was all worked up about fighting with his girl.

"Dude what happened?" He asked, while taking a seat next to the tired man.

Gray just groaned before reaching for his seventh beer of the night. He took a large swing before answering "Feelings suck, man."

Natsu let out a humorless chuckle before leaning back in his chair. "Gods you look like shit!"

Gray peered into the reflection of his beer glass. His raven hair was messy and soaked from the walk, it had been raining a lot since his break up, he had dark rings surrounding his eyes and his skin was so pale it was almost translucent. To sum it up Natsu was right, he looked like a corpse the police just dragged out of the sewer.

"Thanks for the compliment" was his only reply along with a short chuckle. Nastu grimaced at his words and a deadly silence settled between them, the sounds from the bar fading away.

Natsu grabbed his wrist, stopping him from grabbing another beer. He lef out a short sigh before looking his friend in the eyes.

"I don't need to know what happened, it's obviously a touchy subject and I respect that, but your not letting her leave you idiot. Before you met her you were a mess, your personality sucked, your were an extreme alcoholic and everyone knew you were close to loosin' your job. Im not saying she's managed to improve this mess right here," Natsu pointed at Gray's face and continued ," Honestly I dunno what she sees in ya but you cant let her walk out of your life!"

Gray was shocked, and slightly insulted, at the pink haired man's speech, but now knew what to do.

He payed for his drinks and thanked the smiling idiot. Then he left to go to Juvia's favourate place, The crafting club. Juvia volunteered at a crafting club for kids with disabilities, making them dolls and making up stories for them. She loved to go there every chance she got and would sometimes take Gray along too.

Just as he suspected Juvia was just leaving. She looked beautiful in her long blue coat, her hair falling down her back and her lopsided, woolly hat. Her eyes showed shock as they locked with his and her lips trembled.

Gray lost it. He ran forwards and embraced her in a bone-crushing hug. Juvia was shaking as she hugged him back and the water he felt on the back of his head confirmed his suspicions that she was crying, since the rain seemed to have stopped.

Feelings suck, but they suck a little less right now.

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