SATURDAY 

GRAY'S POV

"Looks like Mr.Fullbuster has fully recovered, Mr.Gray. Just make sure he takes his medication seriously and without skipping his dose."

Doctor advised while seeing  dad's report to make sure his vitals are normal.

"Yes, understood, doctor. I'm happy that I'm finally going home." My dad exclaimed happily.

"Mr.Gray, now it's your duty to take care of your dad. ."

"Sure doctor. Thank you for your help. Dad, come let's go."

I carried the bag while Dianna who had accompanied me, helped dad in getting up from bed.

"It's okay, dear. I'm alright. Let me make myself useful." Dad exclaimed and kindly declined her help.

"Ok uncle, but don't strain yourself." She said with a smile and came by my side.

Once we reached home, luckily, I had cleaned up the apartment especially my dad's room as the place should be clean and hygienic, which I need to focus on seriously.

While dad was resting in his room, Dianna was cooking lunch for us.

"Thanks for coming today, Dianna." I said while entering the kitchen.

Hearing my voice, she was startled and turned around to look at me with a smile.

"It's okay, Gray. I couldn't visit uncle that day as I was winded up with some school work.
    Gray, can I ask you a favour?"

Her sudden question took me by surprise as in these three months she has never asked me anything for herself.

Soon her attention was back to the gravy she was making. I went near her and looked at her.

"What do you want Dianna? Let me, if it's within my powers to help out, surely I will do." I assured her.

"Can we just postpone this wedding for another three months?" She said in a serious tone without hesitation.

Her request brought mixed feelings within me. 

'Did Erza tell her about my past?'

Sensing my confusion, she spoke,
" Gray, I need some time to think about this marriage."

"Is it because of me? Are you having doubts whether I'm marrying just for my dad's wish?"

Dianna turned off the stove and turned around to face me.

"That may partly be a reason for this postponement. But I do have my personal reasons which I need to sort out before things go way out of my hands.
     For this to happen, I need your help Gray."

Then she told everything which she had bottled up in her heart. It really amazed me how both of us are actually standing on the same boat right now.

But one thing which made her different from me was she was ready to face the problem and sort it out once again unlike me who chose to run away from it.

Dianna left for her house on a happy note after having lunch with us.

'Whom am I to stop her from getting her happiness back? I'm sure this marriage isn't going to happen.' I thought to myself. 

Later at night, I decided to disclose this matter to my dad and hear out his opinion.

MEANWHILE 

JUVIA'S POV

I vacated my apartment and handed over the keys to the owner.

I talked to Gajeel-kun in the morning. He and Levy-San were delighted to hear my decision about coming back to Magnolia.

It was Gajeel-kun who booked an appointment with a packing and moving agency in Hargeon.

So now, my luggage will be moved to Gajeel-kun's address back in Magnolia by tomorrow.

Now, after making sure my luggage has been properly loaded into the truck. I went to train station to board train to Magnolia which was just four hours from here.

Before calling Gajeel-kun, I first called Meredy-chan and Lyon-San first.

I informed them about everything from losing my job to vacating my apartment to Erza-San's job offer.

Both of them listened carefully before sharing their opinions. I knew Lyon-San would eventually agree to this agreement but my worries were of Meredy-chan's.

My thoughts were on what would Meredy-chan say about this but to my surprise even she was also totally supportive of this arrangement.

I was literally awestruck when Meredy-chan agreed. She was the one who despised Gray-sama and wanted me to stay away from him at any cost.

But now, she wants me to go back and try enjoying my life to the fullest over there in Magnolia.

Did Lyon-San manage to change my bestfriend's mind this easily within the span of a few days?

It was after talking to these two, I gained confidence in my decision and decided to go with the flow.

I encouraged myself even if I met Gray-sama for real. I should behave like an acquaintance to him and shouldn't in any case bring up things which happened between us.

As Gray-sama has moved on with his life, my unrequited love feeling shouldn't cause him anymore trouble.

This should be my prime motive which I need to follow at any cost.

It was after talking to Gajeel-kun, he invited me to his house and also told me he would be the first one whom I will meet in Magnolia.

So it looks like I will be staying in his house for a few days until I find an apartment for myself.

AFTER FOUR HOURS

Finally, I reached Magnolia, the place which gave me both types of  experiences.

'No!! Juvia shouldn't think about anything bad.' I shook my head violently and then got down from the train.

As I moved along with the crowd towards the exit gate. As I neared the gate, I saw Gajeel-kun and Levy-San standing who greeted me with a bright smile.

Seeing them, my eyes lit up and a wide smile adorned my face. 

"Hello Levy-San..Hi Gajeel-kun"

I hugged Levy-San then Gajeel-kun. 

"Welcome back, Ju-chan" Levy-San wished me which made me giggle.

Soon we got into Gajeel-kun's car and drove back to his house. There I was greeted by two kids whom I saw at the wedding ceremony.

"Good afternoon, aunty" They said in unison and bowed down.

"Good afternoon" I wished them back.

"Kiddos, why don't you introduce yourselves?" Gajeel-kun told them.

"My name is Shou Redfox." The boy who looked like a mini version of Gajeel-kun with Levy-San's hair and eye colour said.

"My name is Emma Redfox." The girl who was an exact replica of Levy-San except for her red eyes which she inherited from Gajeel-kun happily exclaimed.

"We are twins and four years old." They said in unison.

"Aw!! So cute" I knelt down to hug them while Gajeel-kun and Levy chuckled seeing our interaction.

"Okay kids, let auntie Juvia get freshened up. Then both of you can play with her." Levy-San told them for which they nodded in agreement.

"Levy-San, your kids are so adorable. Luckily, your genes are dominant."

"Hey!!" Gajeel-kun pouted which made us giggle seeing his funny face.

Once I got freshened up, Levy-San arranged some snacks and juice which I ate with the kids.

Then I played with Emma and Shou with their toys for some time before Gajeel-kun took them to their room for evening nap.

"Ju-chan, Lu-chan was thrilled when I informed her that you are coming back to Magnolia. So later at evening, everyone is going to come here just to meet you."

"Oh, Juvia would love to meet and spend time with everyone. It's been a decade since Juvia had ignored to you all.
     Please Levy-San, don't think Juvia did this because she hated everyone.
      Juvia was coward back then. She chose to run away instead of facing it like a brave woman.
    It was so naive of her to think if she could cut down contacts with you all, she can forget Gray-sama...no Juvia means Gray.  
  But neither was the case as she still not able to move on."

My voice began to break and soon tears flowed down my eyes.

Levy-San hugged and patted my back,
"Don't worry, Ju-chan. Everything will be alright. Trust me, we will get everything back to normal.
      But first thing, promise me. You won't call Gray as Gray-sama.
    And you should only talk to him, in case if you meet up, only when he initiates the conversation.
      See Ju-chan, you may wonder, why I'm ordering you in your personal issues but if you want to know certain things then you ought to follow some rules."

I looked at her nodded in agreement. I knew what she meant by certain things.

Even I want to know the actual reason behind our break up so that I could move on with my life.

As I thought this might be one of the reasons which was making me laid back and preventing me from moving on with my life.

LATER AT NIGHT

SILVER'S POV

After eating dinner which Gray had prepared, I came back to my room to take tablets which was prescribed  only for night time.

"Dad, didn't I tell you, you should be taking pills with warm water not with cold water. Here take this." Before I could take, Gray had come with a warm glass of water.

"Thank you, my son." I smiled and took it from him. He watched me till that pill entered my mouth.

"Good. And there's your novel which you were reading before getting hospitalized." He pointed to the bed stand where my novel was present.

"Thank you, my son. Good night."
But he remained silent and looked at me with confused expression.

"Dad, can we talk for few minutes? I need to tell you something." He said in a serious tone.

I sat upright and gestured him to sit next to me on my bed.

"What is it, my son?"

Then he told me how Dianna wanted to postpone this wedding for few months as she was having mixed feelings about this marriage and her previous relationship.

"She says her ex wants her back. He's ready to quit the job and work in another school which was the sole reason for their break up few months back.
     I think she wants to actually reconsider this offer and get back together that's what I feel.
    So dad, can you talk to her dad about this as if it's a request from our side?" Gray pleaded me.

I held his right palm and gave a gentle squeeze to it before asking his opinion,

"Gray, want to do you feel? Do you want to get married to her or call off the wedding?
     Look Gray, when someone holds a person in their heart dearly, it's very difficult to erase their memories and thoughts because that person was an important part in those cherished moments.
     Of course, at times, some misunderstandings does occur while being in relationship but that doesn't mean we want to end that relationship for the case of that problem.
    But we try to clear away those problems by compromising it in a way that doesn't affect that person or the relationship.
   From what you told me about Dianna her ex has compromised just to have her back which makes their relationship stable once again."

Gray looked at me and asked, "What are you trying to say dad?"

I smiled, "Look Gray, after me, I want someone who loves you and cares for the same way I and Mika did for you in our stead.
      Even if Dianna comes back to you, I don't think there will true love in it which will make this marriage hard in the course of time.
     One thing became clear to me, she agreed to this marriage on a whimp without giving much thoughts.That's why, she hesitated to disclose this directly to her parents.
    So let's call off this wedding, what do you say?"

I asked him and he nodded,
"Even I was also thinking about the same. That guy quit his job just to be with her. This shows he loves her, dad and wants her back in his life.
       They deserve a second chance dad. So should I talk to her dad?"

He asked me for which I denied and decided to do it on my own.

"Gray, listen my boy, I think this wedding is being called off for some reason, so consider this as blessing in disguise.
    If you have anything to share with me, do tell me, as your dad, I will do anything in my means to make you happy.
     Think about yourself and consider this as your second chance. Now go take rest, you look exhausted."

He laughed and said, "You are the one to talk. Good night, dad. I feel less burden now after talking to you. Bye." He left after closing the door.

I know there are many things bottled up in his heart and mind which I wanted to uncover and make him understand as he was losing himself in this process.

I knew from the start Gray had agreed to this wedding just for my sake so that I stop worrying about him.

But how can a parent stop worrying about his child when they are undergoing something bad without their knowledge?

Ever since Natsu called me two days back, few things became clear about Gray. 

All I hope now is that whatever he's hiding just for the sake of protecting that person, just disclose that to her before even she decides to abandon him for real.