Gray parked his car close to the restaurant he would meet his parents and he took a peek of himself at the rearview mirror. Sure, they knew he had spent the night away but he didn't have to appear in front of his parents as if he had had a wonderful time having sex with his girlfriend.

Which he did, actually.

A very male pride spread through him with just the thought of Juvia's reactions to him the night before and just a couple of hours after he talked on the phone with his parents. She had woken up before him, put his shirt on and was in the kitchen preparing their breakfast when Gray hugged her from behind and kissed her neck, saying good morning. Juvia had giggled and told him she needed to finish but Gray ignored her and dragged her back to the bedroom, so he could have his way with her. After breakfast, they had shared a shower and Gray spent a long time soaping her body.

It had been a very good morning.

She packed a bag so she could stay that night in his apartment – Gray wasn't going to let her come back to her place, not when he knew she had the next day off and they could enjoy themselves. Gray put the backpack in his car and drove her to the diner. Juvia kissed him good-bye and told him she would see him after the game.

Looking at the rearview mirror, Gray noticed he was still smiling like some lovesick puppy and if he didn't wipe it off, his father would have a field day with it.

He finally stepped out of the car and went to the restaurant. Locating his parents wasn't hard, his father had his arm around his mother's shoulder and he was whispering something to her and she laughed with whatever it was. Gray groaned and stepped close to their table.

"Can you two stop being gross, please?" He said and the couple looked his way. Silver and Gray looked so much alike it was uncanny, both with dark hair, same shapes of eyes and built; Ur, though, was slightly smaller than her husband, had short dark hair and even though she looked fragile sometimes, she was the most kick-ass woman Gray knew.

"Can't do it, son." His father laughed. "I have to make sure people know she's taken, otherwise she might get better suitors and leave me."

"It's been fifteen years, Silver. I think you are stuck with me now." Ur pushed Silver away when he tried to kiss her and got up to hug Gray. "How on earth are you still getting taller?"

"Maybe you are getting smaller." Gray told her and Ur slapped his shoulder, making Gray laugh. He kissed her cheek. "Hi, mom."

"Hey, kid." Ur said and then sat back down while her husband got up and hugged their son.

"How's your day, Gray?" Silver asked, his tone filled with innuendo and Gray rolled his eyes with how predicable it was. "Anything interesting happened?"

"You, shut it." Gray said and his father was smiling when he let go.

"Come on, Gray. A father worries." Silver winked and sat back down while Gray sat across from them. "So, tell us about this girlfriend of yours."

Gray grabbed the menu and started to look up the options. "Haven't you learned everything from snooping her Facebook page?"

"We want to know what she's like, there isn't too many personal stuff there." Ur pointed out. "We just need to know if she's a good girl."

He rolled his eyes, but kept staring at the menu. "You know I'm an adult, right?"

"You will always be that snotty kid I met, no matter your age." Ur told him. "I just want to make sure you are not getting hurt."

With a sigh, he put the menu away to look at their parents. "She is nice, she has a scholarship and works at a diner close to the university at night. Her dream, since she was a kid, is to become a marine biologist and by getting the ice skating scholarship, she will be able to. She likes to bake and gets really excited talking about fish." He took a moment. "I've watched her punch a guy double her size on the nose after he touched her without permission, so she can take care of herself. And she was the one to ask me out because I was afraid to do something about it." Gray stared at his parents. "There, that's who she is. There's nothing to worry."

His parents were stunned with his revelations about Juvia, that was clear. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. You caught me in a good mood and I talked about my girlfriend. No need to look at me as if I just gave you nuclear codes."

Silver was the first to speak. "Well, she must be something."

"Sure sounds like she is." Ur raised an eyebrow. "Did she really punch a guy?"

"Yeap." Gray popped the 'p' and his attention returned to the menu. "We were just friends at the time and when I saw it happen, I actually got up and was about to try a big rescue." He snorted. "Turns out I didn't have to worry, she broke the guy's nose."

His father laughed. "Well, Fullbusters need strong women so they can hit us on our heads when we need. That's how I always chose my women anyway."

"Urgh, Silver. Don't you call me 'your woman', I'm not a possession: I'm your wife." Ur told her husband. "Jeez, I don't even know why I married your sorry ass."

"Sorry, dear." Silver looked at his wife as angelic as he could and she rolled his eyes at him, trying to hide a smile. Gray glanced at his father and he winked, having planned to riled up his wife, making Gray snicker.

"So, when you are introducing her to us?" Ur asked. "I really would like to meet her."

"We've been dating for a little over a month, it's too soon." He answered easily. "But I'll let you know when we are ready." Gray snorted. "Besides, I introduce her too soon and you two will scare her away by being crazy."

"Oh, smart." Silver nodded. "You will let her get attached to you so she won't mind the crazy in-laws. Very smart."

"I am not a crazy in-law." Ur snorted and looked at her husband. "You are, though."

"Agreed." Silver shrugged and looked in his son's direction. "What can I say? I'm very invested in my children's love lives."

"Yeah, stop investing on mine; I'm more than fine. Your two other children are single, invest on theirs." Gray looked in Ur's direction. "Can you tell him to knock it off?"

"I do, he never listens." She shrugged.

"You two love it." Silver snorted and then his gaze focused on something behind Gray. "Oh, here comes the other one." Gray looked over his shoulder and saw his brother approaching the table. His white hair stylized to the side as always, he was smiling and his dark eyes sparkled in happiness to see his family. "Hello, son."

"Hey." Lyon smiled and opened his arms to receive a hug from Ur, who got up to embrace her son. "Mom."

"I swear, you two are still growing." Ur said and kissed Lyon's cheek; she released him and it was Silver's turn to have a hug. "How was the trip here?"

"Fine, the team is actually visiting some places until it's time to head for the game and since I've been here before I was able to come." Lyon said and then sat next to Gray, offering his fist, to which Gray bumped with his own fist. "By the way, we are crushing you tonight."

"In your dreams, I'm sure you will." Gray snorted. "I know it's your last game, but I won't make it any easier for you."

"You won't have to." Lyon smiled.

"For the record, we don't care who wins." Ur said, pointedly. "You two were great all season."

"True." Silver nodded, looking very solemn. "Just remember: whoever loses, gets written off the will." He hissed in pain when Ur slapped his arm. "Ouch! Don't do that!"

"I have to, if you are going to say crap like that."

"Please." Silver rolled his eyes. "We've raised them right, they know we are proud of them either way and we don't care who wins or loses, they are both great."

"It's fine, mom." Lyon chuckled.

"Yeah, let's eat, I'm starving." Gray picked up the menu again.

"I bet you are." Silver smirked and Gray groaned. Lyon frowned and turned to his brother to try to understand what that was about, but it was Silver who answered. "Your brother has a new girlfriend and when your mother and I called this morning, guess who answered?" Silver wiggled his eyebrows in a stupid way and Gray wanted to punch him.

"Oh, really?" Lyon looked at his brother with curiosity. "I'm hurt you didn't tell me."

"He didn't tell anyone." Ur said. "He said something like not wanting to scare her off because of us."

Lyon laughed. "Yeah, you two can be... overwhelming."

"That's an understatement." Gray snorted. "Now can we please drop the subject of my girlfriend?"

"I'll want more details later. I think I've missed the beginning of this." Lyon told his brother.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Gray waved his hand in dismissal. "Whatever. Let's order."

#

After lunch, Gray went home to leave Juvia's bag and get ready for the game. He had agreed with his teammates to get there early so they could go over their game plan again. Once he was done, he sent a text to Juvia, saying he was heading to the rink. She answered saying she still had two more hours to go before she could leave, but she'd be there on time and she wished him luck again.

Once he had arrived, he went straight to the locker room and some members of his team were there and they started to go over their play and before he knew, it was time for the game to start.

After reassuring his team they were already winners to making that far, and they needed to play like always and be great.

Entering the rink while people cheered all around him always gave him quite a rush while skating around. His heart was beating so fast, he was actually nervous.

Gray watched his brother and his team skate and their black and white jerseys clashed with Gray's blue and yellow. It was the day they would finally know who was the best.

As captains, both skated towards the middle of the rink, the ref in tow and they shook hands.

"Good luck, little brother." Lyon smirked that I'm-older-than-you-and-you-are-just-a-kid smirk that always got on Gray's nerves while growing up.

"Oh, you can keep the luck. You're going to need it." Gray winked.

Lyon chuckled. "Keep dreaming."

"The next family dinner will be super-awkward, won't it?" Gray snorted.

"Oh yes." Lyon agreed. "Now let's do this."

And so the game began.

#

Gray felt another teammate pat him on the back while they headed outside the locker rooms, telling him it was a good game and they had deserved the win. Gray thanked him and watched as he ran the exit; they had a party to go to so they could celebrate.

It had been a tight game but in the end, Magnolia U had won by a tiny margin. Victory was theirs.

After the game was over, Gray skated towards his brother and they had hugged; Lyon congratulated him for the good game and told him if he were to lose, better to someone he knew was damn good. Gray and Lyon had bumped their helmets, like they did back home, and Gray skated back to his team, his blood boiling with the adrenalin of winning while the cheers coming from the bleachers kept his heart beating like crazy.

The moment he stepped on the hall, he was received with a round of claps and cheers. He looked up and smiled with how excited people were with his winning. After thanking them and walking between some people, he finally located the group he was looking for.

His friends were holding signs of support and they all tried to hug him at the same time, and Gray laughed while receiving pats on the back.

"Let him breathe." Erza commanded and they stepped aside. "Congratulations, Gray."

"Thanks." Gray smiled and he finally saw Juvia trying to get past their friends and he threw his bag on the floor just in time, since she jumped on him, her arms around his neck and he managed to put his hands under her thighs and she wrapped her legs around his waist and gave him a kiss that made his knees go weak as people cheered them on. "I guess you liked the game." He asked between pecks on the lips, not minding the audience.

"You were amazing." Juvia breathed, going in for another kiss.

"Yeah?"

"Oh yes." She nodded. "Juvia got worried you got hurt. Are you hurt?" She looked down to herself and made the move to get away from him, but Gray didn't let her. "Juvia just jumped you and you were thrown-" The blunette was interrupted by a kiss.

"I'm fine." He told her and she nodded, kissing him again and she stopped when they heard catcalling around them.

"Gray-sama?" Juvia whispered and Gray hummed in acknowledge. "Everyone is staring."

Gray blinked and glanced to his side; she was right people were looking at them. "Oh." He slowly put her on the floor, but she didn't step away from him, just put her arms around his waist and hid her face on his chest, embarrassed.

"Get a room." Cana said with a snort and Gray put his arm around Juvia's shoulder.

"We will, later." He told his friend, who looked surprised with his answer.

Cana crossed her arms over her chest. "Well, well, well... Look who thinks is a grown-up now."

"I just won a championship against my brother. Can I celebrate the way I want to?" Gray asked the brunette.

"And you want to celebrate by dragging your girlfriend to a room and having sex with her?"

"After going to a party with my team and friends? Yes." He nodded.

"Well, then." Cana smiled. "Let's get this party started."

#

"This is one of the best days of my life." Gray told Juvia as they got off the elevator of his building and walked towards his apartment. Juvia chuckled and showed him his keys and he pointed out which one was the right one and she unlocked the door. Deciding he deserved to get a proper celebration, he asked if Juvia would mind driving so he could drink. After she agreed, he got some beers and had a great time with their friends.

"Juvia's happy you are happy." Juvia said, looking over her shoulder and Gray stepped closer to her, his arm going to her stomach to pull her closer and his lips on the side of her neck. "Gray-sama..."

"You wore this on purpose, right?" He asked, kissing her jaw while taking a few steps inside the apartment so he could close the door.

"Hm?"

Once they were inside, Gray closed the door with his foot, much more interested in his girlfriend. "Your jersey." He told her. "It has my name on it."

"Oh, that." Juvia giggled. During the first game she went, Juvia had bought a random jersey, just to fit in, but since she was dating the main star of the team, she thought it was appropriate for her to get one with his name. It appeared he approved. "Juvia did buy on purpose." He hummed in agreement, his hand slipping underneath her shirt to touch the skin of her abdomen. "Juvia takes you like it."

"One day you'll just wear that for me and I'll show you how much I liked it." Gray whispered and she shuddered. His almost perfect day was very close to being perfect, until she pushed his hand and stepped away from him. "Juvia..." He all but whined.

The blunette chuckled. "Go take a shower, the one you took in the locker room was just so you are not all gross."

Knowing she was right, Gray sighed and nodded. "Fine." He stretched his body. "Your stuff is in my bedroom."

"Alright." Juvia gave him a quick peck on the lips and walked towards the bedroom and Gray fished his phone from his pants' pocket and noticed he had new texts.

From: Dad

22:01: Great game, son! Congratulations! Your mother and I are very proud of you and your brother, both of you played an amazing game. We were going to talk to you after, but we saw you with your friends and your girl and didn't want to intrude; you made it clear we'd get to meet her when you were ready.

22:02: By the way, your mother and I really liked the way she made you smile; they were quite rare coming from you and we are happy it's back. She's cute too. That's my boy!

22:03: Oh, your brother is staying until the day after tomorrow, you should meet while he's here. Anyway, just wanted to congratulate you!

22:03: Your mother says we'll leave very early tomorrow and you better go home for the weekend next week. I would go, she's mad you missed the last one and you know how scary she can be.

22:05: Apparently I wasn't supposed to say she's scary because she is really scary right now.

From: Mom

22:07: Never mind your father. We are proud of you, we love you and we hope you enjoy yourself tonight. See you next weekend, kid.

Gray snorted at his parents' banter even by text and answered quickly, knowing they were probably already asleep.

He went to his bedroom and saw Juvia choosing what she was going to wear; she smiled his way while he stepped inside the bathroom. Gray shed his clothes off, throwing them on a corner and got in the shower, moaning with the hot water that touched his skin; he wasn't really hurt, but he would be sore the next day.

After he was almost done with his shower and ready to step out, the shower door slid open and he watched from over his shoulder as his girlfriend, in all her naked glory, got inside, closing the door behind her. Gray turned to face her and she wrapped her arms around his chest, the hot water falling on her.

"Juvia was thinking if she should've or not stepped in here with you." She told him, her hands caressing his back while he just looked at her, wishing it wasn't a dream. "She decided to try. Is it okay for Juvia to be here?" Unable to find his voice, Gray just nodded. "Good."

Her hands traveled from his back to his ass, then to his strong thighs and Gray could sense his blood going south. "You looked so amazing tonight." Juvia commented and one of her hands found its way from his ass to between his legs, where he could feel himself harden. "Juvia was really impressed."

"Yes?" Gray squeaked when she curled her hands around him, stroking him lightly.

"Yes." Juvia pushed him towards the wall so the water fell on her back. She started to kiss his chest and down, eyes still on him. "You worked so hard tonight."

"I did." He nodded. "I won and everything."

Juvia giggled, her hand still moving on him and her lips finally reached his bellybutton. "You won, yes." She kissed his navel and Gray was still speechless, just watching as she went to her knees. "Juvia thought that to show how much she enjoyed the game, she could show her Gray-sama how good she is too. In another thing entirely, of course." His loud moan when her thumb circled the head of his shaft, made her smile like a Cheshire cat. "Juvia did say last night she needed to taste Gray-sama."

"Oh, holy fucking shit." It was all his brilliant brain was capable of producing when she bit his navel, as if to make sure his attention was still on her. His heart was beating even faster than when he was in the game; she was a fucking vision on her knees and talking innuendo, her blue eyes sparkling in desire. "I take it back."

"Hm?" She asked.

"This is not one of the best days of my life; it's the best day of my life."

Juvia's smile made his heart stop for a moment. She got up really quick to give him a peck on his lips before kneeling in front of him once again, her lips surrounded his shaft and Gray's mind focused only on her.

#

Morning came too soon for Gray, especially because his phone was ringing and he really needed to answer that before it woke Juvia up – she was lying on her stomach, looking away from him and he had his arm crossed over her back.

He got the phone and silenced the call to not disturb her and noticed it was his brother calling. Gray glanced to Juvia and even if he regretted leaving bed, he didn't want to wake her so he got up, grabbed a towel and put it around his waist.

"Hello?" Gray answered the phone.

"Hello, little brother." Lyon's voice was oddly cheerful. "Sleeping until this late hour, I see."

"It's only 9." Gray rolled his eyes.

"Sure, whatever." His brother said. "So, I just had breakfast with mom and dad before they took the train and they told me to call you so we could have lunch or something. My team is touristing around the town."

Gray looked to the door of his bedroom, thinking about the sleeping woman there. "Uh... I really can't. I'm with my girlfriend."

"Ah, the mysterious girlfriend." Lyon chuckled. "I supposed you spent the night celebrating victory?"

No reason denying it, so he shrugged. "Pretty much."

"I hate you." Lyon groaned in annoyance. "You won the game, you got laid... You really shouldn't have everything, it's unfair to the mere humans like me."

Gray laughed. "Sorry?"

"Whatever." Lyon said. "You can't make plans for another day?"

Gray snorted. "I'm sorry, but I am not going to trade my day off – which I might add is very rare – with my very naked and amazing girlfriend, who also have a day off, to spend it with your sorry ass."

"Yeah, I wouldn't either."

"How about this?" Gray asked. "We are having dinner with our friends tonight. You know, the whole gang, and you haven't seen them in a while. That way everyone gets to see you and you'll be around more people."

Lyon seemed to be thinking for a moment. "Sounds good. That way I can spend the day with the team, showing them around. Text me the address later."

"Okay. Show up around seven or something."

"Are you going to introduce me to this girl of yours?" Lyon's tone was of teasing, but Gray could see he was also curious about Juvia.

"Sure." He shrugged. "As long as you promise not to go weirdo about it and don't tell mom and dad otherwise the next weekend I'll get grilled to introduce you and not them."

"Deal." Lyon agreed. "See you later, then."

"Yeah." Gray said and ended the call. Even though he wanted to go back to bed right away, he went to get a glass of water and a muscular relaxant, since he felt aches all over his body.

It wasn't just the game, but also having had a couple of rounds of amazing sex with his girlfriends. Then, he still had been pumped with adrenalin and he had been on her the moment he was finished recovering from her having her mouth around him in the shower.

He had been very driven the night before, almost rough but by the way she asked for him not to stop, he was more than glad to fulfill her wishes. Gray smirked; she had matched his enthusiasm with every thrust, every bite and kiss.

Even so, he would try to get gentler during the day because one thing was certain, Gray wasn't going to let her leave; only god knew when they would have another opportunity to just laze around all day, with no work nor school.

After he took his medicine, Gray walked back to his room already planning what they would do once they were both up.

#

The diner was very loud, mostly because of the large group chatting happily. They were catching up with each other's lives and whenever they got together, they tended to be very loud. Juvia even managed to get Gajeel to go.

Juvia was seated by his side, his arm resting on the back of her chair while she had a hand on his thigh without even noticing and she laughed at something Natsu said, making Gray's stomach get butterflies.

After spending the whole day locked away in his apartment, Gray felt as if that was as much as a good day as the one before that. Once they were up, Gray cooked them breakfast and declared they weren't leaving the apartment until it was time to get to the diner. Plus, his new rule about not wearing clothes on lazy days had made it very interesting.

She had complained about it, but he told her it was his house, his rules. Grudgingly she agreed.

The best idea he ever had, right after his plan of christening every room in his apartment. They hadn't yet, but it was a plan in motion. Gray like especially how the afternoon had ended: on the couch. Juvia on top of him while he gently caressed her back as they watched a documentary about whales and Juvia blurted out interesting facts.

His mind returned to the present when Juvia told him she was going to the bathroom with Lucy and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

A minute later, Gray got up and went to the counter to ask for a milkshake when he felt someone pat on his back and he immediately knew who it was.

"Don't let your guard down." Lyon told him and Gray rolled his eyes.

"You know, whenever I start to feel homesick I just remember having to tolerate you all the time and suddenly I'm not anymore."

"Ha ha." Lyon rolled his eyes. "What are you ordering?"

"Milkshake. This place has one of the best." Gray told his brother.

The white haired man nodded. "I'll get one too." He signalized the waitress and made his request. Once they were alone again, he turned to Gray. "So, where's this girl of yours? I had a look on your table and I know everyone there. Unless you are dating one of the girls there, I haven't located her."

"She went to the bathroom." Gray said. "Remember not to tell mom and dad."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I-" Lyon glanced somewhere over Gray's shoulder and his eyes widened in surprise. "It can't be." Gray frowned as his brother's face became redder. "How do I look?"

"What?"

Lyon was trying to straighten his clothes and even passed his hand though his hair. "Do you see the girl with blue hair?" Lyon raised his chin motioning Gray to look that way; the only woman with blue hair was Juvia, beautiful as always;

"I do." Gray said, confused. "Lyon, that's-"

"She's an ice skater and a very good one. You wouldn't believe the amount of medals she has." Lyon told his brother. "I've been following her career for the past two years and... oh, god, she's really here within my reach." He laughed and Gray noticed he was genuinely being a fanboy. "I've had a crush on her from the moment I saw her. In her interviews, she seems so nice and when she's skating... oh, that's pure beauty."

Oh, boy. Gray thought.

"Lyon-"

Noticing his brother's reaction, Lyon waved him off. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like figure skating, it's my guilty pleasure, big deal." He rolled his eyes. "I knew she had transferred from her University and came here, but I never thought I would actually see her this close!"

"She's talking to Lucy!" Lyon couldn't contain his excitement. "They know each other! I'll see if Lucy can introduce her to me. Should I ask her for a picture? Do you know her?" His eyes widened in horror a moment later and he looked to the floor. "Shit, she's coming this way. Oh my god she saw me staring at her. She's coming this way! Is it because I was staring? Shit, shit, shit." He panicked. "Seriously, man, do I look good?"

Gray was spared to answer when he felt a hand on his back and then Juvia was by his side, smiling to him and then to Lyon. "Hello."

"Hi." Lyon's cheeks became red and he was very much starstrucked.

"Erm, Lyon." Gray said to get his brother's attention. "This is my girlfriend, Juvia." The older man's eyes went wide with the revelation. "Juvia, this is my brother, Lyon."

"Nice to meet you." The blunette offered a hand and Lyon still looked shocked.

Oh, boy indeed.