AN: There's a change in rating. ;) (but don't worry, it's not 'the event' yet)

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Gray was waiting for Juvia outside the diner, leaning on his car and checking his texts – he had sent one to Juvia five minutes before and she replied telling him she would be ready in a bit – rolling his eyes at Cana's messages asking where he and Juvia were. After he replied, Gray glanced up towards the door and his eyes widened at the sight.

Juvia was wearing a tight strapless black dress, it reached to middle of her thigh and her legs looked even better with the black high heels she was using. Her cleavage was also accentuated because of the dress, and Gray didn't know his favorite place to look. Her blue hair was loose and fell in waves and curls over her shoulders, her make-up was dark around the eyes, but she chose a soft lipstick color.

She had a backpack in her hand and she smiled his way once she spotted him and Gray just knew he was looking like an idiot. "So?" Juvia asked once she was close enough, putting the backpack down and circling to show him the whole look. "Does Juvia look okay? This dress is Cana-san's, she told me it looked good."

"It does." Gray said, dumbly, staring at her. "You look..." He cleared his throat. "Good. This is very good."

Juvia looked pleased and stepped forward, putting a hand on his chest. "Great." She kissed his lips and Gray was eager to kiss her back; she looked stunning and he couldn't help it but to make it longer than it was proper for a public kiss. "Oh." Juvia breathed when their lips unlocked and he kissed her softly one more time before getting her backpack from the ground. "So you really liked this dress."

Gray smiled. "Perhaps." He opened the back door of his car and put the backpack inside. "This thing is heavy."

"Juvia's going to sleep at Lucy-san's place tonight after the party." Juvia told him, opening the car's door and getting in, Gray did the same once he walked around the car. "She asked me yesterday, I forgot to mention."

"It's alright." He shrugged and put the seatbelt on, and so did Juvia. "It's nice you two are getting closer."

The blunette hummed in agreement. "By the way, we are going to the movies tomorrow afternoon around two, us and Lucy-san and Natsu-san. Is it alright for you?"

"Great." Gray rolled his eyes. "Two hours in a closed space with Natsu."

Juvia chuckled, leaned in, kissed her way from his cheek to his ear and whispered, after nibbling with his earlobe: "Juvia will reward you for it, Gray-sama." He turned his head and captured her lips with his, his hand going to the back of her neck. She chuckled when she interrupted the kiss and he tried to do it again. "But the reward comes later. Now we need to go to the party."

Gray closed his eyes, groaned and rested back on the seat. "That damn party. Do you really want to go?" He opened one eye to look at her and her grin was the answer he needed. "Fine. I hope I get compensated later."

"Of course." Juvia told him. "Now come on, Gajeel-kun said he was getting there and if Juvia's not there soon, he'll leave. Or worse, talk to people unsupervised." Gray snorted, but nodded and started the car.

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The party was, as expected, loud and Gray had lost Juvia to the swarm of his female friends once he told her he wasn't a big fan of dancing in public. After making sure Gray would go find Gajeel, Juvia left and was happily dancing with the other girls.

Gray, Gajeel and Natsu were by the bar and the only one without an alcoholic beverage was Gray, as he would drive home afterwards.

"I really don't see the fun in a place full of people and loud music." Gajeel told the other two men.

"They are having fun." Natsu waved towards the place the girls, his girlfriend included, were. "Single guys come to parties like this to find someone to hook up with. I have a girlfriend and I prefer a place with only my friends partying, but Lucy likes the music or whatever so I come with her when she asks me to."

"I don't mind." Gray shrugged. "I'd rather be home, but this is not too bad. They are having fun over there, we are talking over here." He looked over his shoulder just to make sure the girls were fine and after a quick look, he saw them laughing and knew they were. "It's cool to me as long as everyone is having a good time."

Gajeel snorted. "I don't even like this kind of music." He said as they heard electronic music echo.

"Yeah, because we do." Gray said sarcastically and rolled his eyes and Natsu laughed. "We like rock better and I suppose you do too?" Gajeel nodded. "You see, once you are in a relationship, you can teach your girlfriend about your tastes and she'll get some of that to herself as well. But it works both ways."

"I can stand romantic songs now. Electronic doesn't bother me anymore." Natsu told the long haired man. "And Lucy hums rock songs without even noticing. It's a two-way street."

"I don't do relationships." Gajeel snorted.

Gray and Natsu looked at each other with knowing eyes and their attention returned to Gajeel. "Sure you don't." Gray patted him on the back. "I thought I wouldn't have a relationship again, but then Juvia appeared and changed the game."

"I didn't think about relationships until I met Lucy." Natsu added. "Some people are really not interested in it and others just need to find the right person."

"How many of those did you have?" Gray laughed and pointed to Natsu's beer. "You sound so sappy."

"Shut up Mr. My-Heart-Was-Made-Of-Ice-Until-Juvia-Melted-It." Natsu punched Gray's shoulder lightly.

Gajeel looked at them as if they were crazy. "You two are idiots."

"Pretty much."

"Yes." Gray agreed and took a sip of his soda. "So, what are the bands you are into?" They started to chat about some of the best bands and the discussion became heated when they talked about the best songs of all time, but it was entertaining enough.

A while later Gajeel seemed to have found someone in the crowd and excused himself. The remaining two looked the way he ran to and they identified the petite blunette as their friend, Levy McGarden. Gray raised an eyebrow and looked back to his friend, and Natsu just shrugged. "Hey, as far as we know, she's his right person." Natsu said.

"God knows we've found them in the craziest places." Gray said and took a sip of his drink. They started to talk about Gray's game the following week and plays he could make; so time flew for them. Both realized how much time it passed when their girlfriends hugged them from behind in a coordinated attack.

"Hi, Gray-sama." Juvia kissed his cheek and Gray turned around in her arms. She was sweating a bit, her hair was glued to some of her skin but her smile and the sparkle in her eyes made her look breathtaking. She kissed his lips and he could taste tequila in her mouth.

"Having a good time?" Gray asked, putting his hands on her hips. "I thought you didn't like to drink and that you got sad when you did. You don't look sad."

"Two shots of tequila." She showed her two fingers and he smiled. "This is the line. If Juvia takes another one, tears. But right now she's just... buzzed."

"Buzzed?" Gray wondered, clearly amused by her actions and she nodded, a large smile on her lips. She reached for his soda and finished it. "Alright, then."

"Juvia was thinking..." She said, playing with the collar of his shirt, his mood sobering quickly. "Maybe she can reschedule her sleepover with Lucy-san tonight and go home with you."

His heart was beating so fast and he couldn't believe her words. "Uh..." He gulped. "Juvia, you drank, we really shouldn't-"

The blunette giggled. "Just to sleep tonight, Gray-sama." He let out a breath he was holding. "We will talk about going further."

"We... will?" Gray's mind was threatening to leak from his ears.

"Don't you want to talk about it?" She pulled him for a peck on the lips. "Hm?"

"Talking is good." He nodded. "I'm ready to talk." Juvia smiled at how he sounded and he felt his cheeks get warmer. "Shut up."

"Alright, then. A sleepover with you it is." Juvia giggled. "I want to dance more!" She told him, excited, gave him a last peck on the lips and stepped away, grabbing Lucy's hand and pulling her towards the crowd. The blonde interrupted the sentence she was speaking with her boyfriend and laughed while being pulled, waving at Natsu.

"Hey, why are you so red?" Natsu asked, looking at Gray, who became even redder with the question.

"Nothing." Gray cleared his throat and asked the bartender for another soda. Natsu kept looking at him as if waiting for an answer and Gray huffed in annoyance. "Juvia... she said she wants to sleep at my place tonight instead of Lucy's."

"Finally you will get laid." Natsu slapped him on the back, laughing. "Maybe now you'll stop acting like you've got a stick up your ass."

"Natsu!" Gray was surprised.

"What?" The pink haired man smiled his way. "I know you being an ass is your default setting, but since Juvia appeared you are better. And you've gone through what? Six months in a dry spell? Anyone would be moody."

"Eight months." Gray managed to muttered.

Natsu whistled. "That's a long time. Do you still know how is it done?" He asked, feigning concern. "Do you think you will be able to hold on, you know... a while?" Gray groaned and hid his face on his hands while his friend put a hand over his heard and put on a worried façade. "What? I'm a concerned friend."

"Just... shut up." Gray told Natsu between gritted teeth and he laughed. "She's just sleeping over there."

"Sure she is, buddy." Natsu snorted.

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It was early morning by the time they left the party, Gajeel had appeared briefly to say good-bye to Juvia around two in the morning and his face was quite red and no one dared to ask him why. Gray gave Natsu and Lucy a ride back to her apartment and drove to his apartment, Juvia was chatting to him about how much fun she had that night.

He got her backpack and led her inside once he parked on his building's parking garage. Juvia grabbed his hand as they rode the elevator to his floor.

"This is your apartment?" Juvia asked in wonder the moment she stepped inside. The apartment was spacious and well furnished, there was a large TV on the wall of the living room with what she assumed was the best video-game he could afford, the couch was L shaped and looked quite comfortable. She noticed the beautiful table at the same room, but two different spaces: living and dining room. She gave a peek on the kitchen and it was all very clean and new. She turned to look at him in surprise. "This apartment fits easily two of mine and Juvia didn't see everything yet."

Gray shrugged. "It's my dad's. He's an architect, like I told you, and he owns a construction company and he has buildings all over the country. He had this one set up for me when he knew I was graduating in Magnolia."

"This is actually yours?" She blinked in surprise.

"My dad's." He told her again, taking off his wallet and keys from his pocket and putting on the kitchen counter and her backpack next to it. "But sure, right now it's mine. Come on, let's see the rest." He offered his hand, which was unusual, but Juvia just grabbed his hand to follow him.

"I really went through the rabbit hole this time." She muttered to herself.

Gray showed her the guest room and she commented she never had a guest room before, and she looked surprised when she saw his bedroom and the clothes scattered on the floor. "Shit." He said and started to take them off the floor while she giggled. "Sorry, I wasn't expecting-"

"It's alright, Gray-sama." Juvia touched his back. "It's actually cleaner than Juvia thought it would be for a single man living alone."

Gray threw the clothes over a chair he had on the corner where he had his study desk and his face was redder when he looked at her. "I wasn't expecting company. And Magnolia is very hot, so I just... take off my clothes and I forget to pick them up and I-"

Juvia stepped closer to him, put a hand on his chest and kissed his lips. "Juvia is messy too."

He put a hand on the back of her neck, their lips almost touching. "I've seen your apartment; you are really not messy." He kissed her deeper.

"You should see Juvia's kitchen when she's finished baking." She told him when he started to kiss her jaw. "It's messy." Gray hummed and Juvia giggled when he kissed her neck.

Gathering all his power, Gray gave her one last kiss before stepping back from her, regrettably. He cleared his throat and pointed to a door at the other side of the room. "The bathroom is that way. I'll get you a towel." She nodded. "Erm, do you want me to prepare the guest bedroom or..." He waved in the direction of his bed.

"Juvia is fine sleeping here, unless you don't want her to." She told him.

Gray nodded. "Okay, I'll get a pillow for you at the other bedroom to bring it here. I'll shower in the guest bathroom." Juvia smiled and went out of the bedroom to get her backpack while Gray found a clean towel for her. Juvia thanked him and went inside.

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Juvia was looking at her reflection in Gray's bathroom mirror, suddenly feeling nervous. She put her toothbrush inside her small necessaire and passed a hand through her hair. And examined her clothes and she groaned; she should've brought something better than shorts and a tight white shirt.

"Now that's sexy, Juvia." She muttered to herself, arranging her hair to fall over her shoulder. "Okay. Okay. You can do this. Just sleeping. Some great kissing if Juvia's lucky." Juvia rearranged her breasts so they looked better and once she was satisfied, she nodded to her reflection once more. "You were pretty forward today, let's not disappoint now. You can do this."

After taking a deep breath, Juvia opened the bathroom door and took a deep breath when she saw Gray standing next to the bed. He was shirtless and wearing pajama bottoms. If she thought she knew what he was hiding underneath his clothes, she was mistaken. It was unbelievable how defined his muscles were and his six pack was unbelievable. She couldn't take her eyes away from him even when she placed her backpack on the floor next to the door.

He looked up in her direction and Juvia couldn't help it but to smile. "Juvia would've chosen something better if she knew she was going to spend the night here." She looked down to her clothes and Gray snorted.

"That's fine." He shrugged. "Do you prefer a side?" He pointed at the bed. "Usually I sleep on the left, but I don't care much."

"Juvia will take the right side, then." Juvia told him and walked closer to the bed.

Gray suddenly seemed nervous. "Do you need anything else? I could-"

"Gray-sama." Juvia cut him and he looked her way. "Let's not make this awkward." She sat on the bed and looked over her shoulder, in his direction. "It's past 4 a.m., let's sleep."

"Okay." Gray cleared his throat and went to turn off the lights, the only ones left were form the lamps on each side of the bed. "Not making awkward. Sure." He muttered to himself and Juvia smiled, pushing the covers away and sliding underneath them, happily lying down on the comfortable mattress. She watched Gray do the same.

A few seconds passed before Juvia looked to Gray's side and saw him looking up to the ceiling. "Uh... Gray-sama?" Juvia asked in a whisper and he looked in her direction. "Can Juvia get closer to you?" He nodded and Juvia first turned off the lamp on her side of the bed and then slowly slid closer to his body. She put a hand on his bare chest and felt his heart beat underneath her fingertips. He turned his body her way and she smiled. "Can Juvia kiss you?"

"Are you really going to ask permission for everything?" Gray rolled his eyes and kissed her before she could answer, his hand going to her hip, bringing her closer to him. Juvia's hand went to grab his shoulder, and she smiled into the kiss when he rolled over and was on top of her. They had made out a lot during the three weeks they had been going out but that was the first time he was actually on top of her; usually he let her take the reins to what she was comfortable with.

Gray kissed her jaw and down her throat to the junction between her neck and shoulder while Juvia caressed his back, gasping every time he bit her skin. "Gray-sama." Juvia breathed when he kissed her cleavage and she groaned in protest when he stopped.

"We were supposed to sleep." He told her and kissed her lips, his tone coated with regret. "And you drank."

"Two shots of tequila aren't enough for Juvia not know what she's doing." She pointed out.

"I know." Gray gave her a peck on the lips. "But if we don't stop it will be even harder for me to fall asleep." Juvia pouted but nodded and sighed. Gray rolled off of her and Juvia rested her head on his chest. He kissed the top of her head. "If you wake up before me and need anything, just get it. I don't mind."

"Alright." She kissed his cheek. "Good night, Gray-sama."

"Good night." He told her and turned off the lamp next to the bed.

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The first time Juvia woke up, she was confused for a moment before she turned and saw Gray, lying on his stomach, facing away from her. The blanket he had pulled over them a few hours before, was low, just above his butt and Juvia smiled. She kissed his shoulder and glanced at the clock, seeing it was just a bit after eight.

Juvia got up and quietly went to the kitchen to get a glass of water and she looked around the apartment before she put the glass away and returned to Gray's bedroom, she was still tired from the night before.

When she got inside, Juvia saw Gray was sitting on the bed, looking confused. He looked her way when she closed the door behind her. "Where-?"

"Juvia went to get some water. Sorry." She told him and she was glad his curtains were heavy and there was almost no light coming from the window.

"It's too early to be up." Gray lied back down the bed and watched Juvia return to under the covers. He slid closer to her, her back touching his front. Gray put a hand over her stomach and hid his face on the back of her neck. "You wake up too early."

Juvia chuckled, she'd never guess Gray liked to cuddle. "Sorry." Gray hummed in agreement. "Let's sleep a bit longer."

His breathing became rhythmic after a few minutes and soon Juvia was falling asleep again as well with the feeling of Gray's body pressed against hers.

The second time Juvia woke up, she was alone in bed and Gray's side was lukewarm. Juvia stretched her body and glanced at the clock, 12:11 p.m., and it surprised her to have slept that late, but it was time to get up.

She went to the bathroom, took care of her morning needs, brushed her teeth and finally walked out the bedroom. The TV was on, so Juvia walked to the living room and saw Gray lying on the couch and the moment he noticed her, he sat. "Hey."

"Good morning." Juvia said, stepping closer to him.

"Good morning." Gray answered, watching her sit on the couch next to him. "Was the TV too loud? I didn't want to wake you."

"You didn't." She rested her chin on his shoulder. "Juvia slept more than she usually does."

"I can't believe you don't sleep in even during your off days."

The blunette chuckled. "Juvia's an early bird and if she hadn't danced so much last night, I wouldn't have returned to sleep after that first time I got up. Give me two hours of sleep and Juvia will be wired the following day. Give me 6 hours of sleep and Juvia will be lazy the next day."

"You are so weird." Gray told her with affection and she smiled.

"Lie down." She told him and after looking at her for a moment, Gray did what was told and Juvia lied on top of him; her head on his shoulder, one of his hands on the small of her back. "What are we watching?"

"A documentary about ancient monuments." Gray answered, looking to the TV. "I was just waiting for you to get up so we could eat, but it's quite interesting."

"Hm." Juvia watched the documentary for a few minutes before she got bored. Maybe some other time she could watch it with more interest, but at the moment Gray was shirtless underneath her and she was more than happy to enjoy the time they had on their own. "How interesting?"

"Very." He told her. The blunette started to kiss the side of his neck slowly and her hand touched the firm muscles of his stomach and up. She nibbled his jaw and she felt his hand lower from the small of her back to her ass. "What are you doing?"

"Distracting you." She answered.

"You are doing a great job with that." Gray muttered and Juvia kissed his lips, deepening it, getting his full attention. Juvia sighed into the kiss and lost notion of time while kissing her boyfriend, content to be there but after a few moments, it wasn't enough anymore.

Juvia could feel he was getting harder under her and she started to rock her hips, grinding onto him and Gray let out a moan when they stopped kissing to get some air. She didn't stop moving, feeling more excited while she kissed his chest, Gray threw back his head when she kissed his chest and one of her hands slid between them to grab the bulge on his pajama pants.

"Juvia." Gray said between gritted teeth when Juvia moved her hand slowly, caressing him. "Oh."

She kissed his lips and whispered: "Remember when Juvia told you she was fine with you touching the skin she was showing?" Gray nodded and groaned in annoyance when he tried to kiss her, but she moved away instead, sitting on his lap providing a painful pleasure to him. He put his hands on her hips and watched as Juvia reached for the hem of her shirt and pulled over her head. "Same rule."

"Oh, fuck." Gray whispered, his eyes wide and gaze glued to her breasts, the only thing she was wearing was her shorts. His hands moving from her hips to her waist as he sat, their chests almost touching. "Juvia..."

She kissed his lips and suddenly Gray's hands were everywhere, touching her bare skin, her hips moving on top of his once again. One of his hands grabbed her left breast, pinching her nipple and Juvia stopped the kiss to gasp, her hands going to his shoulders. Without hesitating, Gray kissed her cleavage, the top side of her right breast and finally sucked on her nipple.

Juvia gasped his name and her hands went to grab his hair while she threw her head back, her body arching to get closer to Gray and her hips moving to get some friction. Gray did the same thing with her other breast and Juvia could only feel his lips on her skin and how hot that made her.

His mouth worked harder on her breasts and Juvia's eyes rolled to the back of her head when he bit her lightly and then harder. "Gray-sama." Juvia moaned and it seemed to only fuel Gray even more, his hands on her hips, moving her faster on top of him.

"Fuck." He said when he let go of her breast and pulled her to kiss her lips. "Juvia." They were both breathing hard, and even though Juvia was feeling more than excited, she knew it would take a bit more for her to get there, but by the way Gray was pressing on her center with only their underwear as barriers, and the way he was moving her on top of him, he would snap soon.

Juvia kissed his mouth and it seemed his focus went that direction, thankfully. Juvia slid her hand between them, touching his chest, down to his stomach and finally to his erection and Gray moaned loudly into the kiss, but Juvia didn't give him time to think too much, continuing to kiss him. Juvia slipped her hand inside his underwear and curled her fingers around his shaft, that time Gray stopped kissing her.

"Oh god." He moaned, moving his hips to get friction. Taking it as consent, Juvia kissed his jaw and down to his neck while moving her fist, as Gray held her hips in a strong grasp, moving them so Juvia grinded herself on his leg. "Juvia, I..." Gray gasped when her thumb circled the head of his shaft. "Shit, Juvia I'm gonna-"

"Let go, Gray-sama." Juvia whispered in his ear, nibbling his earlobe and her hands moving faster. "You can come."

With a loud groan, Gray threw his head back and tensed, his hold on her hips tightening to almost painful. Juvia felt his release in her hand but she was much more interested in watching Gray's face and she couldn't believe she was responsible for it.

Juvia brought Gray's face closer to hers and kissed him, he was still recovering from the orgasm, but he kissed her back lazily lying back to the couch, Juvia on top of him. She gave him a peck on the lips and removed her hand from inside his underwear, cleaning it up the best she could on her shorts – she had to remember to put that on the washing machine the moment she got home.

"Holy shit." Gray whispered a few moments later, his breathing still labored and he was looking to the ceiling with his eyes wide and then looked down on Juvia, who was lying half on top of him and half on the couch. "That was- It was-"

Juvia smiled brightly at him. "Juvia guesses you enjoyed that?"

"That's an understatement." Gray blinked and looked down to himself. "I know I made a mess but I really don't care right now." The blunette smiled and kissed his lips. "You know, I will repay this to you, just let me catch my breath here." Gray muttered, his mind clearly plotting something already and Juvia's body got hot all over.

"Juvia wishes we had the time." She told him and pouted. "But remember? We are going to the movies with Lucy-san and Natsu-san? The session starts at two and we need to take a shower, get dressed, have lunch..."

"Damn." Gray groaned in annoyance, while his eyes roamed over her naked torso and she saw him lick his lips. Juvia looked down and noticed that on her breasts, her normally pale skin was red because of his ministrations and even though he had been quite close with them just a few minutes before, Juvia felt the urge to cover them so Gray could focus back on their conversation. He sighed at the lost, but his eyes returned to Juvia's face. "Can't it be rescheduled? We are having so much more fun in here on our own..."

"Juvia already rescheduled the sleepover." She moved away from him and got up from the couch and she blushed when she couldn't find her shirt right away. "Where...?"

"Close to the end of the couch." Gray pointed out and he looked way too satisfied than he should've. He watched Juvia grab the shirt and put it over her chest. "Are you sure we gotta go? This has been the best morning I've had in months."

"It's way past morning, Gray-sama, but nice try." Juvia told him and Gray huffed in annoyance but got up, looking at himself with a disgusted face to his underwear and lower abdomen.

"Cleaning up is never fun." He sighed in resignation and got closer to her, leaning to kiss her lips. "Just so you know, next time I'm making you as crazy as you made me."

Juvia shuddered with his promise and cleared her throat. "Good." She told him. "Next time we are not stopping." She told him and turned to walk towards his bathroom.

He groaned. "You can't say that to a guy when we are going to be in public in a few minutes. That's not going to get out of my head." Juvia giggled with his words.

It wouldn't get out of her head as well.