Gray had his arm around Juvia's waist as she talked to his brother, excited about her finals in two weeks. Since he didn't know much about the moves they were discussing, he decided to stay quiet and pay attention at how they were acting.

After the introduction, Juvia had been her lovely self, trying to make Lyon feel less awkward once they explained he was a fan of her and couldn't believe she was there. She had blushed, thanked his brother and told him they were about to order and they should return to the booth. Gray asked for a moment to talk to his brother and Juvia nodded, going to the booth to wait for them.

"What the fuck, Gray?" Lyon hissed. "I start to pour my heart out and you didn't stop me!"

"Well, excuse me if I had no idea you were about to tell me you have a crush on my girlfriend!" Gray hissed back.

"I didn't know she was your girlfriend!"

"And I didn't know you had a crush on her." Gray pointed out and Lyon groaned.

"This is so fucked up."

"Yeah, a little bit." Gray put a hand on the bridge of his nose. "Let's go, otherwise she'll suspect something is wrong." He took a step before he felt his brother's hand on his forearm and when he looked up, Lyon's face was as red as it could be.

"Don't... don't tell her what I said."

"Trust me, I don't want for her to know about this clusterfuck." Gray snorted. "Come on, we'll talk about this later."

Lyon sat across of them and they had chatted. It was clear his brother was in love by the way he listened every single word Juvia spoke, eyes sparkling and soft. Gray could feel an ugly feeling inside his chest growing more and more.

He wasn't a jealous man, never were. Even after Daphne, he hadn't felt jealous since he started dating Juvia. One might think he'd be crazy with it after being cheated on, but oddly he felt confident; she was one of the prettiest women he knew and Gray was aware people looked. As long no one touched or said anything improper, he was fine.

Until his brother.

They never even liked the same types of women before: whenever Gray was into a blonde girl, Lyon was into a red-haired. If Lyon liked quiet girls, Gray liked the sassy ones. Their crushes never clashed, it was something Gray never thought could happen.

Perhaps it was their silly sibling competition, but all Gray wanted was to either pull Juvia away from Lyon's sight or just make-out in front of him so hard his brother knew she was taken.

Have not decided what was the best course of action, Gray sulked. He knew it wasn't very mature, but it was what happened.

Lyon excused himself to go to the bathroom and the moment he was out of earshot, Juvia turned his way. She had a frown on her face and she put a hand on his cheek.

"What's the matter?"

"Nothing." He looked away and it made her hand slip away from his face.

They stayed in silence for a few moments. "You seemed in a good mood when we left your apartment. Did... uh, did Juvia do anything wrong?"

Gray returned his gaze at her and saw she had moved a little farther away from him, looking down in embarrassment and he wanted to kick himself for making her doubt herself.

"No. Shit, Juvia." He put his arm around her shoulder and brought her back. "I'm sorry, I'm just being an asshole." She looked up, and Gray could see doubt in her eyes. Sighing, he decided to tell her the truth, as much as he hated to admit, but he wouldn't mention Lyon's confession, of course. "I'm jealous."

Juvia frowned. "Jealous?"

"You and Lyon have been talking about your performances for the past hour. He can discuss it with you because he knows what he's talking about. Do you know what I know about figure skating? That you look amazing while doing it. That's it." He told her. "And you look so happy to have someone to talk about it with. I can't do that, not like Lyon can."

"Gray-sama." Juvia looked surprised. She'd never guess Gray would get jealous of his own brother, much less because of something like that. "Juvia doesn't expect you to know about figure skating. You didn't know it when we met and Juvia still fell in love with you." She told him. "Juvia knows nothing about architecture. Does it matter to you?" Gray frowned and shook his head. "Well, then, why would it matter to me if you don't know about skating and fish?" She shrugged. "It goes both ways. Juvia's learning about hockey as she gets more in contact with it."

"You are learning."

"Yes, and so are you." Juvia smiled and Gray's stomach filled with the annoying butterflies people spoke so much about. "You know what's a layback-spin."

"With catch-foot." He added pointedly and Juvia giggled.

"See? You know more than you think." She kissed his lips and Gray sighed in contentment, feeling slightly better. "Besides, Juvia has zero intention of letting you go, no matter how much of an expert the next guy is."

"Good, 'cause I'm not turning into an expert anytime soon." He told her and Juvia laughed out loud before pulling him back for another kiss, deeper that time and made him want to go home at that very second so he could have his way with her. Later. Later, he definitely would. "I'm probably going to sulk a bit more but now it's because we are not alone so I can show you how much I know in another thing entirely."

Her red and embarrassed face made him smirk.

"Okay." She nodded and looked away, but Gray notice her cheeks get redder and she grabbed his hand under the table. "Juvia has to leave early, though, she has practice early."

"Fine." Gray nodded. "I'm about to have free mornings since the season is over."

"You are going to sleep-in late, aren't you?" Juvia giggled.

"Since I am a normal guy, yes I will." He shrugged. "You are welcome to sleep-in late with me anytime."

"Juvia will see what she can do when her own practices are over." She kissed his cheek and straightened herself when she saw Lyon coming their way, but didn't let go of his hand. That small gesture prevented him from sulking too much when his brother and his girlfriend started to talk again.

#

"It was very nice to meet you, Lyon-san." Juvia gave the white-haired man a quick hug. "You should come to Magnolia more often."

"Now that I know you are here, trust me, I will, Juvia-chan." He told her, gently and the suffix annoyed Gray more than it should have. "I will try to see your finals."

"That would be nice. If you do, call me so Juvia can find you some nice seats." Gray handed her the dark blue coat that was clearly her favorite and she put it on. "And go check that shoulder! You said it's still sore and you haven't seen a doctor."

"It warms my heart you are worried about me, Juvia-chan." Lyon grabbed her hand and kissed, offering her a wink, to which she laughed. "I'll go to the doctor as soon as I get home."

"See that you do." He let go of her hand and Juvia turned to Gray, who was still sulking a little but at least she knew he wasn't mad at her. "Should we leave?"

Gray fished his keys from his pocket and gave her. "Could you wait in the car just for a moment? I need to speak with Lyon."

"Alright." Juvia took the keys and after a wave in Lyon's direction, she exited the diner and didn't hear him say 'Good night, my darling', but Gray did and his face became red.

Lyon kept looking at her through the glass and he sighed. "Once I knew she was your girlfriend, I hoped that she wasn't amazing and I was wrong..." He kept his gaze on her, outside until she got in Gray's car; only then he looked at his brother. "But she is, isn't she? Nice like that."

"Yeah. That's pretty much her default setting." Gray scratched the back of his head. "What you saw tonight is who she is."

"I was afraid of that." Lyon sighed. "Was she anyone else's girl, I would go for it, you know? Usually I don't go for women in relationships but, damn it, she's great and I would try."

"Lyon..." Gray's frown deepened.

"I said if she were 'anyone else's girl', Gray." Lyon rolled his eyes. "You are my brother and she's your girlfriend. Of course I won't do anything. I might turn on the charm when she's around, but I won't make any advances."

"Good." Gray relaxed slightly. "Could you at least stop with the moony eyes?"

"Sorry, can't turn them off on will." Lyon snorted. "And hey, if she leaves you I'm no longer bound to broship and she's fair game!" He said in an excited tone, clearly cheering against his brother's relationship.

"Shut up. We just started dating, we are not breaking up anytime soon" It was Gray's turn to roll his eyes, hitting him on the shoulder and Lyon laughed.

"A man can only hope." The white-haired man shrugged.

"Leave already, I have to see you again next weekend and that's all I can take of you in less than seven days."

"I hear you." Lyon pulled Gray for a quick hug and patted them on the back. "Bring her home soon, okay? You know mom and dad will be pestering you to meet her. And Ultear will too once she hears about Juvia-chan."

"I know." Gray groaned; he was so not looking for the day Juvia met his family. Lyon was supposed to be simplest one and their meeting had become a love triangle. Hooray.

"If it serves any consolation, once you bring her home I'll be all praises after all, she might stay in the family if you two break up and I need mom's and dad's approval." Lyon winked and Gray snorted. "Well, off I go to my hotel room. Cold and alone."

"Tough luck." Gray told him. "See you next week."

#

Gray looked down to his wristwatch and saw it was almost time for his next class to start. He looked down to Juvia, who had her arm twined on his and looking to her side, where Lucy was with her boyfriend. She laughed at something Lucy said.

"Are we all up for dinner tonight?" Gray asked the other three. "We gotta go to class and I just want to know."

"Sure." Natsu shrugged and Lucy nodded.

"Alright." Gray gave one nod and looked down to his girlfriend. "Your class finishes first, right? Unless you want to wait for me..."

"Juvia will go home, don't worry." She smiled. "She'll meet you there-" She looked past him and Gray saw her eyes widen in surprise and her face became pale.

Gray frowned. "Juvia?" Quickly she untwined their arms – knowing he didn't like holding hands, it was her way of being close to him and Gray quite enjoyed it – and took step back from the three of them. "What the-?"

"Juvia?" He heard a male voice and looked behind him and there was a man, around their age, with light blonde hair, blue eyes, tall and very build-up coming their way. "Juvia Lockser? It's me, Jay!" He smiled and even though he wasn't very attractive, his smile was sincere and it seemed to make people at ease. "Remember me? I was friends with Bora. You two used to double date with me and my girl, Mara."

"Yes, Juvia remembers." Juvia said, clearly uncomfortable. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, my baby brother is looking into some colleges and he was considering coming to Magnolia so I offered my mom and dad to bring him." He shrugged and finally looked to the other three people with her. "Hi, Jay Nunes." He offered his hand to Gray in a friendly manner and seeing Juvia knew him, Gray felt no harm in shaking his hand.

"Gray Fullbuster." He told him. "Those are Natsu and Lucy." The blonde woman waved a hello to him and Natsu nodded his way.

"Nice to meet you." Jay said, happily. "Are you friends with Juvia?"

Gray noddes. "We are; I'm actually her b-"

"Jay-kun." Juvia interrupted Gray and he became even more confused when she didn't let him say he was her boyfriend. She stepped closer to the blonde man. "It is very nice to see you again, but we have classes now." In all the time he had known Juvia, Gray never heard that cold tone; and Jay was being really nice, which was even weirder. "You should go back to your brother."

Seeming not at all bothered by her tone, Jay nodded. "Yeah, I should." He scratched the back of his head. "It was nice to see you again. I'll tell Bora I saw you. He really didn't like the way you two ended things, he's a really nice guy and felt really bad-"

Juvia became even paler, but took two steps closer to Jay and in a low, cold tone, she asked him in a whisper: "He felt bad?" Her voice became louder. "He felt bad? Trust me, he didn't feel bad at all that Juvia had to move away because of what people were saying about me. He was relieved." She hissed at him. "Tell him you saw me and that I still know what he did, I'll never forget and tell him I'm still watching. If he crosses the line, I'll know."

Jay seemed surprised, then, and after a moment, he sighed. "I hoped that you didn't held on to this break-up after all these months. I guess you still need time to get over it."

Gray saw Juvia opening up her mouth as if to speak, but thought better and shook her head. "Sure, the break-up. That's what this is about." Her shoulders dropped. "No matter how many times..." She dried the corner of her eye and raised her chin. "Say hello to Mara-san for me."

"Sure. See you around, Juvia." Jay shrugged and after give Juvia a pity look, turned around and walked away from them.

"Juvia?" Gray put a hand on her lower back and he could see that his friends were also concerned about what they had witnessed; Juvia was always polite and nice to everyone she met. "What was that about?"

"Nothing." She started to walk and Gray quickly followed.

"Nothing?" He was surprised. "That wasn't 'nothing'. I've never seen you lash out on someone you know like that. Isn't Bora your ex-boyfriend?" Gray grabbed her wrist to make her stop and she did, but didn't look his way. "Juvia, tell me what's happening. You see this guy, gets pale, don't let him know I'm your boyfriend, tells him to send a message to your ex that you are watching him if he steps over the line? Talk to me because I am lost."

Juvia stayed quiet for a moment and pulled her arm away from him. "You are going to be late for class."

"Shit." Gray whispered and tried to follow her but a large group of people who had just come out of the buildings blocked his way and he lost sight of her. He looked around and instinctively knew she wasn't going to class. He got his phone and dialed her number. It rang and then was cut off; the second time he tried, the phone was turned off. "Juvia, come on." He whispered to himself and when he looked up, saw Natsu and Lucy coming his way, both concerned.

"Where is she?" Lucy asked.

"I... don't know." Gray looked around one more time. "I don't know." He whispered to himself.