A day after they had made their new agreement, when Juvia was no longer sore from her last mission, Gray had waited for her when he had finished his paperwork and then walked with her to her apartment, where he proceeded to apologize for his actions a few days before.

His way of apologizing, though, almost made Juvia faint.

Juvia was on her bed, the only thing covering her was a thin sheet while she lied down on her stomach, absolutely spent in the best way possible. If the night of their disagreement Gray tortured her about sending her close to the edge but not let her get there until he said so, his way to ask for forgiveness was to go down on her and make her come so many times she begged him to stop or she would die.

Gray didn't listen to her, telling she still had one more in her and the next thing she knew, Gray slid inside her and Juvia could feel herself respond to him, wrap her arms around his shoulders and even when she was spent, she asked for him to never stop. That time, he came with her and Juvia could've sworn she had lost consciousness for a moment, because her next memory was of him chuckling when he pulled her next to him and she rested her head on his chest.

He caressed her back for a while until he announced he was hungry and he would be right back; Gray got up from the bed stark naked and left Juvia lying there. She couldn't move just yet, her head floating with happy hormones and she was afraid if she moved, she'd woke up because that had to be a dream.

"Got this chocolate cake." Gray announced when he returned to the bedroom, closing the door behind him, knowing how Juvia wouldn't want Snowball to come in and see the many ways Gray intended to have with its owner.

"Cake is good." Juvia mumbled and finally turned so she was on her back. Gray was looking at her with an eyebrow raised and if Juvia had the strength she would've rolled her eyes at the obvious male pride in his stare: he had made her absolutely powerless to do much. Men.

Gray sat next to her and with a groan, Juvia moved the pillows so she had support to stay seated; he offered her a piece of cake and she gladly ate it. That had to be the most delicious cake she's ever eaten. Erza had told her she wouldn't regret it going to the pastry place she got her cakes from, and she had been right.

"Yeah, I'm getting kind of jealous here that this cake is making you moan more than I can." Gray said and only then she realized she had let out a loud sound of pleasure when she tasted it. With a smile, Juvia took the plate with the cake and the tiny fork he had brought. The blunette took a piece and raised into Gray's mouth and when he tasted it, his eyebrows rose up. "Okay, got it. This cake is pretty good." Juvia giggled and offered another piece. "Not too sweet, just as I like it."

"That exclusive thing? Probably not going to work." She ate another bite. "Juvia is certainly going to cheat on you with this cake often. And if she ever meets whoever makes this, well... it was fun while it lasted between us." She shrugged and Gray snorted. "You know, now that we have this new agreement between us, we should talk about important things from our past."

"What important things?" Gray frowned.

The blunette seemed to think for a moment. "Okay, I got it! First kiss." Juvia asked, taking a piece of the cake with the small fork before offering it to him. He ate it and she got a piece for herself.

"Julie Spencer, second grade."

Juvia laughed and slapped his forearm. "Don't joke."

"I am not." Gray grinned. "You remind me of her, actually. Grabbed me during free time by the jungle gym, kissed me right on the lips and just announced she was my girlfriend. She followed me around all school year." She giggled – in a way, this Julie was just like her. "Sarah Fletcher, I was thirteen. We were out at a birthday of one of my classmates, I had a crush on her, she had one on me... Next thing I knew, we were kissing behind the house. It was very... wet." Juvia laughed. "You?"

"Gary Surge. Juvia was seventeen." She shrugged and ate another piece of cake.

He looked at her in surprise. "You had your first kiss at seventeen?"

"It wasn't even a proper kiss, he was just as nervous as I was. It was more of a peck, really." She offered him a piece of cake and he took it, but still looked at her in confusion. "Juvia was always moving from town to town, making friends was hard and boyfriends? Even worse. I wore very large clothes, hiding my figure so boys were never really attracted to me. I had this lab partner, Gary, and he was an outcast too: geeky, worn just as much clothes as did Juvia, not really a looker. We decided to not leave high school without having never kissed anyone."

"You decided to kiss each other?"

"Yeah. But he panicked. He had a crush on me and I never knew, so..." Juvia shrugged. "At least we got that peck on the lips."

Gray seemed to think about that for a bit. "Why is that you wore those large clothes?" He asked. "If you hadn't... trust me, boys would've been all over you."

She laughed. "Juvia was raised by her uncle. He was in the military, never got married, never had children. The day Juvia had her first period, it was at school and a teacher had to tell me what was happening. Uncle was not happy to pick me up early and when he heard why, he went so red." Juvia chuckled and fed Gray another piece of cake. "After that, my body started to develop the curves of my hips, breasts.... When I told him I needed a bra... he became an even brighter red. Gave me money to buy a few, but told me that boys would look now and Juvia had to be careful. He went to buy clothes with me and all of them were very baggy." She took a piece of the cake herself.

"He didn't know what to do with a girl, so he tried to hide the fact that you were one." Juvia nodded. "By high school, you got used to it."

"Only when I was eighteen and joined the army, Juvia met a few other females and they taught me how to dress, and put some make-up on. It was not the latest fashion, but Juvia came to realize that men turn useless when a pretty girl wears a shirt a little too tight on the chest or a dress that is too short."

"I certainly can't complain about how things turned out." Gray looked pointedly at the thin sheet over her form. Juvia smiled and kissed his lips.

"First time." She asked, trying to divide in equal parts the reminisces of the fabulous cake.

"It was actually Julie Spencer." Gray chuckled when Juvia looked up in question. "We were in different Middle Schools, but at High School, we were at the same class and that time I was the one with a crush on her. She wouldn't give me the light of the day, but I was pretty convincing even if she was playing hard to get." Juvia raised an eyebrow. "She was my first girlfriend and a couple of months later, we had our first times. I was sixteen and those were the best two minutes of my life." Juvia laughed and offered him his last piece of cake and while he chewed, he raised his chin for her to tell him her story.

"Juvia was nineteen, it was with her first boyfriend." She frowned. "He turned out to just pretend to like me because Juvia was better than him in everything when we were recruits and wanted Juvia to slow down so he could be better. The actual sex was very... disappointing. And it kept being more of a chore than anything else until we broke up." She ate the last piece of the delicious cake. "It got better once Juvia's heart wasn't broken any longer and she decided to think rationally about her sexuality."

"That's a crappy first time story." Gray frowned. "At least Julie knew I really cared for her and... well, we got better after that."

She shrugged. "Juvia has never been someone's Julie, I guess." She put the plate on her bedside table and stretched her arms, feeling much more like herself other than just a puddle of happy hormones. "But it's fine. She very much prefers to be Gray-sama's Juvia." She offered him a big smile. Gray stared at her for a moment, some kind of sentiment she couldn't identify passed his eyes and then he groaned.

"Dammit, Juvia." He pulled the sheet away from her body and she gasped in surprise, but was interrupted by him leaning down and kissing her, possessively.

Well, she sure could get used to those kisses of his.

#

A month after their new agreement was made official, at the middle of the afternoon Cana entered Juvia's office, a grim expression on her face; she told her boss that Lucy got the news about her father passing away; Natsu was taking his girlfriend home and then to her hometown to prepare for the funeral.

Juvia nodded, feeling bad for her friend – she knew how it was to lose a parent and just a few months back Lucy returned to speak with her father. Juvia could barely concentrate on her work all day long until she gave up and told Cana to go home as well. The brunette told her boss she got a text from Natsu saying that the funeral would be the next day and whoever wanted to come, would be welcomed – Lucy needed to see some friendly faces.

When she was ready to go to sleep, she received a text from Gray.

From: Gray-sama

22:23: Wanna a ride tomorrow?

To: Gray-sama

22:23: Yes.

From: Gray-sama

22:24: 7 a.m. good for you?

To: Gray-sama

22:24: Sure.

From: Gray-sama

22:24: Are you okay?

To: Gray-sama

22:25: None of this is okay.

From: Gray-sama

22:25: I know.

22:26: But she's going to be alright. Natsu's with her and so is Levy. It'll take some time, but she'll be alright eventually.

To: Gray-sama

22:27: I know.

22:27: See you tomorrow.

#

The next morning, Juvia exited her building and Gray was already there, leaning on his bike, the two helmets in his hands. He was wearing a thick coat and when he saw her, he put the helmets over the bike's seat and met her halfway.

"Hey."

"Good morning." Juvia tip toed and gave him a peck on the lips and wrapped her arms around his middle, she also had a thick coat covering her, knowing they would spend a couple of hours traveling to Lucy's hometown on his bike and it was going to be really cold.

"Good morning." He kissed her again, that time deeper. "Ready to hit the road?"

"Yes." Juvia stepped away from him and Gray offered her a helmet.

An hour into their trip, Juvia was holding Gray's waist as he drove the bike and she watched the beautiful landscape between there and Lucy's hometown when something caught her attention and she forgot how to breathe for a second.

"Gray-sama!" Juvia told him through the microphone inside the helmet. "Stop!"

"What?" He answered, confused.

"Stop the bike, please!"

"What the hell-"

"Gray-sama, please." It might've been the despair in her voice or how it was shaking because of her unshed tears that made him decide to stop, but Juvia didn't care which.

The moment he stopped, she got off the bike, took off the helmet, placing it on the seat and ran to where a large field with yellow flowers were. A few moments later, a very confused Gray was by her side.

"This is..." She smiled through her tears. "This is a field of buttercups. Oh, it's been so long since I've seen one." Juvia looked at him and chuckled when saw him frown as if she were crazy and maybe she was a little bit. "These are Juvia's favorite flowers." She looked back at the field and she started to cry harder. Gray put his arms around her.

"Juvia?" He was panicking.

"I'm sorry, Juvia just remembered her parents." She whispered. "It's such a wonderful coincidence to see this today." Gray said nothing, just held her as she sobbed. After a few moments, Juvia succeeded on control herself and took a deep breath. She got away from his embrace, but stood not too far. "Sorry."

"It's alright." Gray said softly. "Wanna tell me why you asked me to stop my bike and then ran to the middle of a field full of flowers? Not judging, but I'm curious."

Juvia smiled sadly at him. "Did Juvia ever tell you how her parents died?"

"Car accident."

She nodded. "I was in the car with them. They died at the crash, while I didn't have a scratch on me. This is some of the things survivors wonder for years after: 'How am I alive while everyone else is dead?'" Gray took a step closer to her and put a hand on her lower back, she could feel it even through the layer of clothing. "A week before that, my dad found this field of buttercups when we were driving home after visiting my uncle. He stopped the car and we made a day out of it." Her smile was sad when she looked at Gray. "I remember the yellow flowers, my father running after me while my mother recorded it with a camera. She was so beautiful. I got my hair from her, eyes from my dad, but if Juvia shows to you a picture of her, we could've been twins." She teared up a bit. "That afternoon between the buttercups is the last happy memory I have from them. The next is about the car crash." She shuddered and that time Gray put an arm around her and she sighed in contentment.

"Dad was a botanic, that's why he was so fascinated with the flowers. Mother... she was a meteorologist and the story about how they met is so ridiculously romantic I wonder if it was true." Juvia chuckled. "She told me that she found my father in the middle of one of the worse storms she's ever witnessed: he was trying to secure some kind of rare plant and she saw him looking utterly ridiculous in the middle of the woods, trying to shield a stupid plant while soaked to the bone. Mother actually had to pull him away just before a lightening hit a tree and fell where he stood before. He said he fell in love with her the moment she fell on top of him."

"That's an interesting first meeting." Gray pulled her down to the ground and settled her between his legs, her back on his chest. "What happened then?"

"Dad followed her expeditions, annoyed the hell out of her until she cave in and went out with him."

Gray chuckled. "Ah, so that's where you got it from?"

"Stop it." She slapped his thigh. "Four years later, they got married and two years after that... Juvia." The blunette put a hand over his, that was resting on her stomach. "She named me that way because in some language or another, it means 'rain' and that's how they met, it was raining when I was born too. To my mother, rain brought her happiness, it was what she loved. I did too, once." She squeezed his hand. "We would go out in the rain when I was little and have fun. But that day they died... it was raining so hard the car that hit us lost control and..." She took a deep breath trying to contain her tears. "I have hated when it rains ever since then.

"When Juvia moved in with her uncle, he lived at a base near the west; it rained every day and inside my head I relived that day over and over again. Juvia was miserable for weeks." She reached for one of the flowers. "But then, one day, a girl who took care of our house brought a bouquet with flowers and as it happened, they were buttercups. For the first time ever since my parents died, I smiled because I remembered when we were together." Juvia tried to dry her tears, but it was in vain as they kept falling. "That's when I promised myself that no matter how sad I get, when I see a buttercup, I'll let myself be overwhelmed with happy memories.

"And this field looks just like the one Juvia was with her parents so many years ago. I still remember the way my mother held me – the warmth of her body, how my father threw me up in the air and caught me, how we made a crown of flowers before we left and made mom wear it until we got home. I remember all that and right now I am trying to be happy, but I am missing them too much." She cried and felt Gray's arms around her get tighter.

"Of course you are." He rested his chin on her shoulder. "A friend of ours just lost her father and you were just hit with a heavy childhood memory that is both good and bad; it made you remember what happened to you. It's overwhelming." Gray held her a bit before speaking again. "I love snow days. Always have ever since I was a boy. When my parents died, it was snowing. When my foster mother dies, it was also snowing. Depending on how my day is going, I can get happy or not about seeing it is snowing. It's natural that sometimes the things you love the most, are also the ones that hurts you almost beyond repair."

"Do you ever think how different your life would've been if your parents have lived?" Juvia asked him in a whisper after a while.

"All the time." Gray sighed. "You?"

"A lot." She admits. "We can't change the past and we can't live of 'what ifs', but we can't help it but wonder." They stayed in quiet for a few moments when Juvia decided to talk. "My Dad would've like you, you know?" Juvia looked over her shoulder, to him, with a small smile. "His family was from military and he was quite a shooter. Always made Uncle annoyed because even though he was just a biologist, his aim was much better than Uncle's."

Gray laughed. "And my mother would've liked you. She was also from a military family and even though she became a nurse, she knew her ways around guns and she broke a few noses in her time. My father's included."

"Did she?" Juvia laughed.

"Oh yes. He loved to tell people about that story; apparently, she did it on their first date and then fixed it." Gray smiled. "I think your buttercups are working, even I am thinking happy memories."

Juvia offered him a small smile. "Too bad we don't see them everywhere. It would make life so much better if every now and then we forced ourselves to think happy memories, even when we think we have none. Everyone has a happy memory."

"Well, I think I'll steal your idea." She frowned at his words. "When it starts to snow and I feel I'm about to be sad, I'll remember the snowball fights I had with my family, or when we built snowmen."

"Let the good outweigh the bad." Juvia kissed his cheek and then dried her own. "We should go or we are going to be late."

"There's no rush. We'll be there in half an hour." Gray told her. "I quite like this good memories thing, let's enjoy it." She relaxed in his arms and they stayed in silence for a few minutes. "So this is what makes you happy, huh? Guns and flowers?"

"Not any flower." She corrected him.

He snorted. "Buttercups."

"Exactly."

"Guns and buttercups, huh? Most women prefer roses and chocolates."

"Juvia will never be that predicable." Juvia looked over her shoulder and offered him a light kiss on the mouth. She didn't tell him, but for the past few months, another things was added to the list of what made her happy: Gray Fullbuster, and that moment on the field made her even more certain that she loved him.

#

Jude Heartfilia's funeral was an ordeal for close friends and the people who worked at their house and were almost family. When it was time for Lucy to speak, she had chocked a few words, but gave the most beautiful speech and there wasn't a dry eye by the end of it. The blonde had to stay at her hometown to deal with inheritance and Natsu refused to leave his girlfriend's side, so, they stayed there.

Meanwhile, Gray teamed up with whomever needed assistance and a couple of times with Juvia and Gajeel, but all missions were easy enough.

After Lucy came back to FT, things went back to normal and the busy schedule was driving them all exhausted. Juvia had been so tired that she even didn't care that their first 'date night', Gray had to rain check it because he wouldn't arrive in time and as much Juvia wanted to go out with him, she was so tired all she did when she got home was to take a hot bath and go to sleep. By the time Gray was in Magnolia, Juvia was on her period and both decided to postpone the outing because Juvia knew she would want to jump him as soon as possible after the date but that was a no go at the moment.

Gray didn't seem at all bother by the fact that she was not going to offer him sex that week; when she told him, Gray just shrugged, got in her apartment with the take-out food he bought, sat on her couch and looked for a suitable action movie on her TV they could argue about what could be real or not and told her to sit by his side.

Juvia didn't tell him, but she considered that to be their first date.

A few days after that, the women were having an all-girls dinner and Lucy said she received an invitation from her godmother, a woman who had been friends with Lucy's mother for years, to go to her resort south of Magnolia and she didn't want to go there alone with Natsu, otherwise her godmother would embarrass her.

Cana apologized, telling her she already had plans with Mirajane for months that weekend, to which the white haired woman and Lisanna nodded. Erza was the first to agreed, telling Lucy she loved to go to the beach, and it was hard to miss the sparkle in her eyes. Levy agreed to go, she needed a few days away from computers and she would talk to her friends, they also needed some fresh air. Wendy eagerly agreed as well. Juvia searched images of the beach and the resort and saw how beautiful it all was and also agreed, saying she would talk if Gray would want to go as well.

Convincing Gray to a weekend away was so easy it surprised her and when she told him that, he just shrugged and said: "After all that happened these past year, we need two days of lazing around on a beach."

Well, Juvia couldn't deny that, so she grabbed her phone to make their reservations.

Once she was off the phone, she found him looking at her with a frown on his face. She asked what the problem was and he answered: "You... you booked just one room for you and I."

"Yes?"

He scratched behind his ear, so she knew he wasn't comfortable talking about the subject. "We don't do that." She raised an eyebrow in question. "Sleep with each other. The only night you spent here was when I was sick."

"The first time we had sex, you expected me to stay." She pointed out.

"Because it was a one night stand thing, then. Now..."

The blunette sighed; it was true, they hadn't spent nights at each other's apartments because somehow in his mind it would make whatever they were, real. She lost count of how many times she went to her apartment at two or three in the morning and Gray did the same after they were done, parting with a kiss. It was an unsaid agreement between them and they never talked about it until that moment.

"Gray-sama, it's going to be two nights at a hotel miles away from here." Juvia reasoned with him. "Everyone going in this trip knows about us, we will most likely use it just to sleep and spend all our days out at the beach. It's cheaper to share a room other than two, especially when we both know you are going to mine." Juvia looked at him pointedly, her period would be finished just in time for the trip and she was certain he was counting the days to be allowed to have sex with her again. "It'll be easier to both of us if we share the room." She shrugged and stepped closer to him, putting her hands on his chest. "Imagine how nice it's going to be if Juvia's allowed to step in the bathroom and have a shower with you." She roamed her hand down to the growing bulge on his pants. " Wake up to a very naked me just within your reach." She kissed his lips slowly and soon he was so wrapped up around it that Juvia easily pushed him towards his couch, where he fell seated and she straddled him a moment later. "Can you imagine?"

"Uh huh." He nodded, closing his eyes when Juvia rotated her hips above his just the right way. "I can imagine." Juvia smiled and kissed him.

"One room it is?" Her fingers unfastened the zipper of his pants.

Gray groaned in relief, it's been days since her hands were on him that way. "Fine."

#

The Celestial Spirit World Hotel was as stunning in person as it had been online. Beautiful crystal water at the beach, white sand, people having fun and everyone seemed really nice. Since the sun was already setting when they arrived, the group decided to go early to the beach the next day, choosing to settle in at their rooms before having dinner at the restaurant later.

Juvia was impressed by how beautiful their room looked, a large comfortable bed, a beautiful bathroom and the room even had a balcony. She started to unpack her bag while Gray just threw himself on the bed and watched her movements.

"It's two days. Why do you need so much crap?" He kicked off his shoes and lost his shirt.

"Because Juvia doesn't know where we will be doing and she might need different clothes." She shrugged. "And it's not that much. Did you see Erza-san's suitcase?"

Gray chuckled. "It seems like she's starting a new life here, huh?"

"At least Juvia knows if she needs to borrow some clothes, Erza-san has it. We are roughly the same size." Juvia shrugged and finished her unpacking, putting her small luggage inside the closet as well. "All done."

"I'm not unpacking mine." Gray said from the bed, playing some game on his phone. "I'll just get what I need it from inside and it's all good."

"Alright." Juvia went to lie on the bed with him, after all they were tired from traveling two hours by plane. The blunette grabbed her own phone to send some texts to Cana. "We should take a shower and meet them downstairs."

"In a moment." Gray stretched his body and put the phone away before he rolled to be on top of Juvia, grabbing her phone and putting away from her grasp.

"Gray-sama! Juvia was texting Cana-san abou-" Her next words were cut by his mouth on her, her focus solely on the way he kisses: like he wanted to brand her.

"It's over, right?" Gray asked when their lips parted and she frowned in confusion. "Your period. Is it over? Can we have sex tonight?"

"Hell yes." She breathed, pulling him down for another hungry kiss. Gray shoved her summer dress up, parted her legs and settle his hips there, moving it so the seam of his jeans' zipper stimulated her clit with only her underwear as a barrier. "We should be getting ready to have dinner." She moaned, still not releasing him.

"In a few minutes." Gray said between kisses and then kissing his way down to her throat while one of his hands grabbed her ass and the other found its way between them, right on her sex and she should feel embarrassed how wet she already was, but Gray's moan of approval when he felt her slickness there made her feel hot all over. "I missed touching you like this." He easily slid a finger inside her and Juvia bit her lip to prevent herself from crying out when he added another. Gray chuckled. "Missed those sounds as well."

"It was just for five days, Gray-sama." Juvia managed to say even when he started to move inside her, looking for the place he knew she would cry out for him.

"Five days too long." He snarled and his hand left her ass to pull down the front of her dress so he could have access to her breasts and a second later, he was sucking one of her nipples on his mouth and Juvia just gave up on being quiet, especially since he touched the spot inside her that made her hips bulk up to his hand to find more friction and then his thumb was touching her clit and she almost screamed.

Juvia just need a few more moments to come, she knew it. The blunette had her hands on Gray's shoulders, almost clawing him. Just when she was about to orgasm, Gray stopped his movements and got off of her.

"Wha-?" Juvia asked in a daze and saw Gray standing next to the bed, grinning down at her.

"We need to get ready to have dinner with our friends." He said, grabbing a towel and walking towards the bathroom, leaving Juvia confused and very horny. The door to the bathroom closed and Juvia huffed in annoyance, she desperately needed to come or she would burst. Seeing that Gray was not going to finish her off, Juvia slowly slid her hand underneath her panties and just when she was about to start, Gray opened the door and looked at her with a smirk on his lips. "And you are forbidden to finish it on your own. I'll know if you do, Juvia." He looked pointedly at the hand between her legs until she removed it with a sound of indignation. Only then he returned to the bathroom.

Juvia grabbed a fluffly pillow, put it on her face and yelled in frustration.

#

She was really grumpy when Gray came out the bathroom with his wet wonderful body and a towel wrapped around his waist. Juvia just grabbed her clothes and went to the bathroom. For a moment, she thought about getting herself off but Gray would see in her eyes and would make a whole thing out of it, so, even if she was horny as hell, she would behave herself.

Just a bit.

When she came out of the bathroom, Gray was already dressed to go to dinner and Juvia just told him she needed a minute to put her make-up on. He nodded and his eyes focused on the rather small strapless dress she chose for the evening – light blue and tight just on the right places. Juvia decided to just put some lipstick on and just a bit of eye shadow.

"How does Juvia look?" She asked him and Gray got up from the bed, pulling her for a hot kiss. "Oh." Juvia gulped. "She'll take that as a 'you look good'." Gray chuckled.

"Shall we go? I'm actually quite hungry."

Once they arrived at the restaurant, they saw that Levy, Wendy and Erza were already there with Droy and Jet, whom Levy brought along. A few minutes later, Lucy and Natsu arrived and by the way Natsu's smile was very wide and Lucy was blushing, it was very clear why they were late.

"Lucky them." Gray whispered to Juvia.

"You are the one who stopped." She whispered back and he shrugged, but there was a small smile on his lips and Juvia decided to use the card she had under her sleeve. Gray reached for his glass of water and was taking a sip when Juvia grabbed a menu, opened and told him casually in a whisper. "Juvia is not wearing underwear."

Gray started to cough and the blunette almost laughed when Droy hit him on the back until he was breathing again. Everyone went back to their conversations and Gray glared at Juvia.

"That's playing dirty."

"You started it." Juvia shrugged, still reading the menu, but one of her hands went to rest on his thigh and it was quickly making its way up to his crotch. Juvia smirked when she heard him cover a moan with a cough.

That was going to be an interesting dinner.

#

By the end of the dinner, Gray was sitting uncomfortably and so was Juvia, all that teasing was going to make them burst any second, but they were trapped with their friends; after all, they were there to support Lucy, not that it stopped her and Natsu to most likely go at it like bunnies earlier.

Lucky Lucy.

"My godmother is coming here tomorrow. She got caught up in some business, but she'll be here and asked us to meet her at the Blue Room tomorrow night." Lucy told her friends after everyone had finished eating. "So I was thinking we could go enjoy the beach tomorrow after breakfast. Let's say... 10 is good for everyone?" There was a humming in agreement around the table. "Great! Should we get dessert?"

Juvia looked in panic to Gray, who just had the same expression on his face and they both knew they were not going to survive dessert.

"You know what?" Gray said, putting his napkin on the table. "I'm full and very tired, I had just arrived from a mission when we got the plane and I am quite tired. And hurt." Gray got up. "The food was great, but I really need to go."

"Oh, okay." Their friends frowned and Juvia got up as well.

"Juvia is going too... Because... Yes." She was sure blushing when Gray grabbed her hand to leave. "Tomorrow at 10. Bye. Good night."

Juvia should've feel shame because it was clear that they were trying to leave to go to their room and enjoy their privacy, but she didn't care, especially when they got inside the elevator and Gray started to kiss her just the way he knew made her knees weak.

"God, I thought this dinner was never going to end." He said between kisses. "And you teasing me was not fun at all."

"You started it." She reminded him once again, her hands on his hair, bringing his face closer to hers. A ding made them aware they arrived at their floor and Gray pulled her by the hand out the elevator and towards their room – she needed to remind herself not to say anything about him holding her hand or he could stop, it was one if the few times he showed affection in public.

He struggled for a moment with the keycard, but once he opened the door, he pulled her inside and to his chest, stealing a kiss, promising one hell of a time that night.

And she believed him.

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"Fuck, you were not kidding." Gray said as soon as he pulled Juvia's dress away from her, she helped him by raising her arms and he stared at her naked body with his eyes dark in desire. She was straddling him and pulling his shirt from inside his pants to just undress him as well. "You were not wearing underwear at dinner." He touched her hips and grabbed the softness of her ass while she tried to undo the buttons of his shirt.

"Gray-sama." Juvia whined. "If you don't undress in thirty seconds Juvia will just unzip your pants and have you like this." Gray's eyes became even darker, if that was possible and he groaned.

"Now that's an incredible idea, Juvia." He put a hand between her legs and found her already wet – she had been that way throughout dinner – and she sighed when he mimicked the movements he had touched her with earlier that day. She forgot to try and undress him, just grabbed his shirt and moved her hips, matching his thrusts with his fingers.

"Oh, Gray-sama." She put her hands on his face and brought him closer so she could kiss him, her hips moving faster as she chased her release. "I'm so close." She whispered and Gray moaned, picking up his pace with his fingers and she followed his lead, touching her clit with his thumb and Juvia could feel her orgasm coming, but Gray stopped his hands and Juvia cried out in frustration. "Not again, please." She whined.

"I need you to come around me." Gray said between gritted teeth and started to undo his pants to free himself and Juvia raised herself a little bit and helped him lower his zipper and then lower his underwear just enough to free his erection. He sighed in relief when she fisted him, up and down two times, but a moment later he told her to stop.

He put his hands on her hips and pulled her down, sheathing himself inside her with one single movement, making both moan in pleasure. Juvia wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed his lips while Gray touched her clit between them, to which she gasped.

"Come." Gray said, his lips hovering hers and Juvia just followed his orders when he lowered his face to her chest, moving up and down, his finger touching her clit in strong strokes and tongue sucking a nipple just the way she loved it. Not too long after, Juvia was moaning louder, her release just around the corner and when Gray pinched her clit tight and bit the side of her breast, it was all too much and Juvia screamed out her orgasm.

Her body tightened and Gray kept her moving on him with his arms on her hips, letting her ride the wave off and also keeping her excited.

"Fuck." Gray breathed when Juvia rested her forehead on his shoulders, tired and blessedly full of amazing sensations. She could feel, though, Gray inside her still hard.

"Gray-sama." She whispered, her inner muscles still clenching around him. "You didn't..."

"I will." He said between gritted teeth. "Just let me catch my breath here." Juvia finally managed to take off his shirt but to take off everything else, he would need to get out of her and a better idea was for her to just ride him that way. She didn't realized she had said it out loud until he laughed. "Maybe tomorrow I'll let you do that again, but I've been thinking all week about a position I want to take you." Her insides clenched around him with the thought and he moaned. "Damn it, Juvia."

He raised her enough to exit her, earning a protest sound from her and gently put her on the bed. Juvia lied on the bed, watching as Gray kicked his shoes away and then pushed down his pants and underwear.

Juvia licked her lips looking at his magnificent body, his cock hard and coated with her juices and just like that, Juvia's body was on fire all over again. A moment later Gray covered her body with his, kissing her and touching everywhere he could.

"Stay lying down." He told her and she nodded. Gray kneeled in front of her and opened her legs, staring at her sex for a moment before he moved to straddle her left leg and pull her right up to his shoulder, a hand securing it while his other used the bed to steady himself. Juvia could feel her body grow hot and when he slowly slid in her in that angle, she let out a loud gasp.

"Oh, fuck." She whispered, closing her eyes and feeling him stretch her muscles, touching her places she never knew existed inside her.

Once he was fully sheathed inside her, Gray started to move slowly and Juvia felt him kiss her leg before asking: "Are you okay?"

"Yes!" Juvia moaned. "Harder." The next thing Juvia knew was the wave of pleasure with each stroke he made, touching exactly the g-spot inside her with each movement. Juvia knew she was being loud, but she didn't care, not when Gray was making her feel that way. "Gray-sama." She moaned. "Just fuck me." She never said that when they were together, usually he was the one muttering cuss words while she moaned and hearing her say those words must've pleased him, because he started to do exactly what she asked for.

"Open your eyes." Gray told her and Juvia did as asked and seeing him that way, eyes dark, hair glued on his forehead and looking at her as if she was the most beautiful thing he has ever seen made her almost come. "Touch yourself."

Her hands, that had been fisting the bed linens, quickly made their way to her breast and the other to her clit. "Gray-sama." Juvia whined. "I'm gonna..."

"Not yet." He snapped at her and she moaned in complain. His movements became more erratic and so did the way she touched herself. She pleaded him to let her come, but he would just say 'not yet' and when she was about to tell him she couldn't hold it anymore, he finally gave her his consent. "Come now."

And she did, screaming like never before while pleasure hit her whole body, her toes curled and her vision turned white. Good god, could she die from an orgasm? Maybe she could. Maybe that was it.

Juvia remembered flashes: Gray lowering her leg after exiting her, Gray lying next to her breathing hard. She must've drifted off for a moment; she opened her eyes and Gray had a warm towel between her legs, cleaning her.

"Are you okay?" Gray asked with a chuckle.

"Hm." Juvia hummed in agreement and looked at the towel. "Thanks."

"Sure." A few moments later he was finished, threw the towel away and went to lie next to her, putting his arms around her frame. He kissed the back of her neck an put his arms just under her breasts.

"Nope, not gonna happen." Juvia mumbled. "Keep your hands on the stomach area and that's it. Juvia doesn't think she can go again right now."

Gray laughed. "Don't worry, I need a little more time too. I thought I was going to have a heart attack with how hard I came. I'm still weak."

Juvia giggled, feeling sleepy. "That would be priceless: we survived the army, wars and bombs just to die having an orgasm."

"If I could choose my way to go..." Gray said and she smiled. "Sleep."

"Hmmm, you too."

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Gray's skittishness about sharing one room during the trip was over quickly when in the morning Gray slid inside her from behind and they lazily made love before sharing a shower and then put on their bathing suits so they could go and have breakfast with their friends.

After they ate, they decided to go to the beach and enjoy the sunny day. Juvia grabbed a book and stayed under one of the umbrella the entire time while the girls decided to sunbathe for a while, the boys went swimming and then building sand castles.

They had lunch at one of the kiosks next to the beach, delicious sea food and then the boys decided they wanted to get tanned as well. When Lucy and Levy asked Juvia to go to the water with them, she accepted, noticing the sun was much cooler then.

The girls talked for a while about their jobs, Lucy making a perfect impression of Gray and Natsu when they were grumpy that made the three of them laugh. When Levy did the same, but imitating Gajeel, their laughter was even louder.

"What are you three laughing about?" Natsu said getting closer to them and only then they noticed both him and Gray were swimming their direction.

"Nothing, Natsu-san." Juvia smiled to the pink haired man and then to Gray when he swam to stay behind her, an arm over her stomach bringing her closer to his chest.

"I'm going back to stay with Erza and Meredy." Levy told them.

"Levy, don't-" Lucy tried – Juvia noticed Natsu had done almost exactly what Gray did when he got closer to his girlfriend.

The petite blunette chuckled. "I don't want to be the fifth wheel." She looked at them pointedly and started to swim back to shore. Natsu kissed Lucy's neck, and she blushed before the pink haired man pull her farther away from where Gray and Juvia were.

Gray turned Juvia to face him and saw her frowning. "What is it?"

"Gajeel-kun needs to talk to her about why he's not doing anything about them." Juvia said.

"And why is that?" Juvia gave him a pointed look. "I should know better than ask by now, shouldn't I?" He sighed and Juvia giggled, putting her arms around his neck.

"You should." She kissed his lips. "Having fun?"

"Hm, yes." Gray put his hands under her thighs and lifted her so she could wrap her legs around his waist under water. "Getting better and better. I noticed you didn't sunbathe with the girls. Why is that?"

Juvia pouted adorably. "Juvia doesn't get tanned. Her skin is so fair that it just turns red and burns when she's at the beach. It sucks. Juvia wishes she could get tanned. You can." She touched his skin – it has always been darker than hers and it had darkened a bit more with his day playing around the beach and he looked even better. "You look so handsome tanned like this."

He must've noticed by the way she looked at him how hot she thought he was because he brought her even closer to his body and whispered in her ear: "Stop looking at me this way or I'll take you right here."

Even though her whole body woke up with his words, she pushed him away a bit. "Oh no, you won't. Sex on the beach might be hot and romantic or whatever, but it's full of sand and nasty bacteria that can go inside me and give Juvia an infection. A very uncomfortable infection. So, no thank you."

Gray rolled his eyes. "A 'no' would suffice."

"We have a very comfortable bed that we made sure can support us during sex." She smiled. "We can use that later tonight."

"Count on it." He kissed her. "Wait, why tonight? We are heading to the hotel in a few minutes."

"Because we are going to take a very well deserved nap." Juvia told him. "You are tired too, don't deny. And later we'll have to meet Lucy-san's godmother. Better keep our strength."

"Fine."

They stayed together, talking about what they would do later on, enjoying the warm water around them and kissing each other. When Juvia told him it was time to go back to the hotel, Gray nodded and let her go as they started to walk towards the beach. Juvia spotted Natsu and Lucy not that far away from where they were and she had an idea when she saw the blonde's blush.

"You can thank me later." Juvia told Gray (who looked confused) and then the blunette said, loud, to the other couple: "Lucy-san, don't do it. Juvia will explain about it later." By the way Lucy blushed she understood exactly what Juvia was referring to and pushed Natsu away slightly.

"Juvia, I swear to god I'll cock block you with Gray soon!" Natsu yelled at the blunette.

Gray threw his head back and laughed out loud, pulling Juvia for a kiss. "Beside the sex this morning, this was the best thing that happened all day long. Best girlfriend ever." Gray kissed her again, still laughing and when they were apart, he still held her hand.

He missed the big smile on her face, or if he noticed, he thought it was because of the stunt she just pulled, but the truth was that her heart was beating faster inside her chest and her stomach was filled with butterflies. He had just called her his 'girlfriend' without even realize.

Damn it, she loved him so much.

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"Really, Gray-sama?" Juvia complained when she left the bathroom and found out Gray had lowered the air conditioner so much it felt like they were still in Magnolia in the middle of the winter and all she was wearing was a thin lingerie. "It's so cold."

"I was born somewhere cold." Gray shrugged, already underneath the blankets, waiting for her so they could take a nap.

"It's always your excuse." Juvia combed her wet hair and went to the bed, hiding herself underneath the covers and sliding to be closer to Gray and rob his warmth. "This room is freezing."

"It's not."

"It is." She complained.

"It was like this last night." Gray told her.

"Well, last night we were rather busy touching each other and then screwing to notice." Juvia hid her face on his chest.

"True." He chuckled. "This is nice, sleeping together." The blunette hummed in agreement, but more worried to put her arms around him. They stayed in silence for a few moments. "Juvia?"

"Hm?" Juvia asked, blessedly warm with her whole body underneath the covers.

"Why you never stayed at my place when we are together?" He asked and Juvia frowned.

"What?" She pushed the covers away from her to look at him. "You were the one making a big deal out of it when Juvia booked just one room for us."

"Because it's something we don't do." He told her. "You always leave when we are done and I just do the same."

Juvia sat on the bed and he did the same. "You've been leaving my apartment because Juvia does the same when she is at yours?" He nodded.

"It didn't bothered me at first because I didn't know it could be nice, I don't do this crap." He explained and Juvia nodded in understanding. "But yesterday was nice, and this morning. And now." She could see his cheeks get pinker. "I... I talked to Mira about it and she told me to see if I would enjoy this weekend to see if I wanted that with you. She gave me a homework in case it was."

Juvia put a hand on his thigh. "Gray-sama, Juvia doesn't want you to do this because of some homework Mira-san gave you."

"It's not." Gray pushed her concerns away. "She said to take my time and only do it if I feel comfortable with it. And... I do." His face had an expression of confusion. "I like it when it's you and me at one of our places. And I liked sleeping next to you."

Juvia's heart was beating so fast she thought she might have a heart attack. "You will have to say the words, Gray-sama." He made a disgusted face. "But only if you are prepared to, Juvia doesn't want to..."

"No, it's fine. I can do it. I... I am just not used to having to do this. I've never had what we have." He explained it to her and both stayed in silence for a few moments while he figured out what he wanted to say. "Juvia." He looked at her. "When we return to Magnolia, would you" he stopped and the blunette waited with patience "like to stay the night when we are at my apartment?"

Her smile was so wide her cheeks hurt. She cupped his cheeks and kissed his lips. "Of course. And you can stay in mine as long as you want."

Gray let out a breath. "This was harder than I thought it was going to be." He frowned. "It's hard to me to, and I quote Mirajane here, speak about my feelings and needs, unquote."

"I know." Juvia kissed him again. "But Juvia's patient."

"And uh... Take the invitation whenever you are there, don't make me say it every time. I'll tell you if I don't want you there. Deal?"

Juvia laughed. "Deal." She smiled and saw his body relax and suddenly an idea popped in her head. "Lie down." She said and Gray gladly obeyed and by the way he opened his arms, he expected her to lie there – and it would've be a terrific idea if she didn't have another idea in her mind.

She smiled and kissed his lips, then trailed down to his neck, chest, his six-pack and navel. When she was pulling down his boxers, Gray asked what she was doing. Juvia just smiled and said: "Rewarding you for being brave enough to ask for what you wanted."

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The Blue Room was a magnificent place and it was all decorated so the roof looked like a starry sky. Lucy squealed in happiness when she saw many of her friends were there, many of which knew her mother. The blonde woman introduced everyone but one of the most impressive ones was Lucy's godmother, Aquarius.

She had long straight blue hair and seemed to be around forty, a few years younger than Lucy's mother would've been if still alive, but according to Lucy, they were thick as thieves.

"Look at you, little girl!" Aquarius said, poking at Lucy's side. "You are way too thin. Layla would've killed you if she were here. Come on, let's eat. My husband is making you a plate. You better eat it."

Juvia looked at the interaction with curiosity, Aquarius seemed to be one for tough love and Lucy seemed used to it. Juvia saw Gray a bit further away talking with Loke (Lucy invited him as well and apparently he was nearby because he had something going on with the sweet girl named Aries. Huh. Who knew?), Levy was talking to a man who looked a librarian, Wendy seemed in deep conversation with a man with a weird moustache and both Natsu and Erza were by the buffet, eating.

Feeling a bit like a fish out of the water, Juvia went to sit down to watch the part, glad everyone was having fun. A few moments later, she heard the chair in front of her get dragged and Aquarius was seated across her from the table.

"So. You are the girl who kidnapped Lucy."

"Erm..." Juvia felt her cheeks get warm – it had been so long since that happened she didn't even thought about it anymore.

"I know it was Jude's idea, he could be an ass when he wanted to." Aquarius shrugged. "Especially after Layla died. Lucy also told me what happened concerning a certain tower." She smiled. "You are good people. I am a good judge of character, almost never wrong. It's good Lucy have friends like you."

"Thanks." Juvia nodded.

"So... You get a man yet?" Aquarius' blunt question made Juvia stutter.

"Er... Well..."

Thinking the answer was 'no', the older woman tsc in disapproval. "That's no good. At that rate you'll end up like Lucy." Juvia saw Lucy going their way, but when she heard the question, she stopped and turned away.

"But she does have a man."

"What?!" Aquarius asked, surprised. "Who?" When Juvia told her it was Natsu, Aquarius groaned. "Really? The baboon with the pink hair? Well, she could do better, but the heart wants what the heart wants." She found Natsu between the people and he was looking at Lucy with adoration in his eyes. "And the boy is clearly over heels for her. I'll just give her grief for not telling me, then." Aquarius winked and Juvia laughed, putting a hand in front of her mouth. "So, which one is yours?"

"The one with black hair." She tried to find Gray and when she did, her heart almost stopped and an ugly feeling blossomed inside her chest. Gray was next to Lucy, laughing at something she said and then he put a hand on the blonde's head and messed her hair, still laughing.

She hadn't felt that jealous for a long time and she hated it, especially when Lucy was also a dear friend, but she just couldn't help herself.

"Oh, he is cute." Aquarius smiled. "Nice." She gave Juvia a thumbs up and then caught her husband between the guests. "I'll be right back."

Juvia spent the rest of the party talking with some of the other guests, but every time her eyes met Gray's, she quickly moved it away and she was sure he would ask her what that was about later.

Once everyone was saying their good-byes and promising to spent the Sunday at the beach again, they said their good-nights and took the elevator back to their floor. Gray was looking at her strangely the whole ride and only when they arrived at their room, he asked what was wrong.

"Nothing." She said, going to the bathroom to take off her earrings. "It's fine."

Gray turned on the air conditioner and took off his shirt. Before leaning on the bathroom threshold, arms crossed over his chest. "I know that look. What happened?"

"It's silly. You are going to laugh about it." Juvia mumbled.

"Try me." Gray raised an eyebrow and waited for her to keep talking.

"Juvia..." She sighed – she didn't want to tell him, but he had made an effort that day asking her to stay the night with him, she could tell him what bothered her. "Juvia didn't like the way you were all buddy-buddy with Lucy, messing her hair." Her blue eyes were down, she didn't want to look at him.

It took him a second, but he started to laugh and Juvia's eyes watered as she pushed her way out of the bathroom.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Gray was trying to stop his laughter.

"I knew you were going to laugh." Juvia wanted to cry, but held it together while she grabbed her lingerie so she could get ready for bed.

"I know and I'm sorry." Gray reached for her waist and spun her around. Only when he saw the unshed tears in her eyes, he stopped laughing altogether, sobering immediately. "Juvia, Lucy is my friend and we do friendly things. I mess with her, I hug her, I play with her but all of that because she is my friend. When I met her, I thought she was pretty and I might've tried something if I hadn't seen she was enamored with Natsu from day one. But that was two years ago and I swear I want nothing but her friendship, not an affair." Juvia looked at him. "Okay?" The blunette nodded and Gray kissed her before let go of her, sitting on the bed to remove his shoes while Juvia took off her clothes to put her nightwear. "I mean, how would that even work?" Juvia looked at him in confusion.

"When would we have the time to have that affair?" He asked. "Not at work, her boyfriend is at the office next to mine and yours is across it. When I am at missions, I am with her boyfriend, so, not there." Juvia groaned. "Maybe after I am with you and leave your apartment at three a.m. I meet with her after she ditches Natsu, who sleeps next to her?" Juvia threw her shirt at him. "No, I'm serious! If you think I have the time to have an affair with Lucy I am seriously underestimating my time!"

Juvia laughed when she passed by him and he pulled her to sit on his lap. "Okay, Juvia got your point."

"Good." He smiled. "Now... What do you think about taking a shower together to save water for our planet?"

"Best idea you had all day."

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