AN: This one is all mine LOL

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Double The Love

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"One of us should go talk to him." Juvia whispered to her husband while they were watching their five-year-old son sulk on the couch, little arms crossed over his chest and a pout on his lips – he looked a lot like Gray when he sulked.

"I'll go." Gray offered. "You should take a nap, you were complaining about how tired you were before we got home."

Juvia hesitated. "Are you sure?"

"Yes." The Ice Mage nodded and kissed his wife's lips, his hands on the barely noticeable bump on her stomach where Baby Number 2 grew stronger each second. "I'll deal with Gris, you go take a nap. I bet he'll join you soon, though, since it's almost time for his nap, so be ready."

"Juvia will be." Juvia smiled and started to walk towards the master bedroom.

Gray turned to look at his son and sighed: Gris was not a happy camper at the moment, not since his parents told him he was going to be a big brother in a few months. He had been pouting ever since and though it was cute, it also could be very problematic in the future.

Sitting next to his son, Gray asked, already knowing the answer: "So, Gris... how are you handling the news?"

"Stupid baby." The child muttered, and Gray stopped himself from snorting.

"Don't say that." Gray tried to be stern. "Come on, kiddo, this isn't going to be so bad. You'll have a little brother or sister to play with."

"No!" Gris was as stubborn as Gray and Juvia combined – not their best traces. "The baby will come and you and mama will forget about me and love it more! Lenny told me!"

Lenny was a boy in Gris' class and had had a little brother six months before and was clearly not thrilled about it.

"That's not true, Gris. We will love you and the baby just the same." Gray said.

"No, you won't." The little boy sniffled. "How can you love two kids?"

Gray thought it over for a moment, trying to come up with something to convince his son he wasn't going to be replaced when he finally got a good example. "Do you love me and your mom?"

Gris finally looked up to his dad in question – goddammit the boy was good looking, he and Juvia knew how to make pretty babies – and answered, as if his father had just become crazy. "Yes."

"You love me and your mother the same, right?" Gris nodded. "Well, if you can love your mom and me just the same, why can't we love you and the baby the same?" The little boy tilted his head to the side, in thought and when he did that, he looked just like Juvia. "Does it make sense?"

"Maybe...?"

"When the baby arrives, we will have to pay more attention to it because it will be too small and it won't be able to tell us what is wrong. You are a big man now and you will help too." Gris' arms uncrossed – progress! "I'm gonna need your help."

"How... how can I help?" Gris asked, hesitating a bit.

"Well," Gray told his son "since you are a big man now, you know babies grow inside mother's bellies, right?" The little boy nodded. "Because of that, Mama is going to be very tired and we will need to help her, as a team."

"Did I make Mama tired too?"

"You did. And veeeeery hungry." Gray exaggerated, trying to make Gris smile and was rewarded with a smile. "She liked to eat a lot of ice cream when we were waiting for you to get ready to come out."

"I reeeeeeally like ice cream!" Gris said, excited. "I liked it even inside Mama's belly?"

"Oh, yes." Gray chuckled, remembering all the times during the night he had to go to the store to buy some for his wife. "But you see, Gris, once the baby's here we won't be able to make much noise when your mom or the baby are asleep and that will happen very often. It will also be loud when the baby's upset. It's just for a little while, though, while he or she is getting used to the world. After that, things will go back to normal, but normal will mean there are four of us instead of three."

Gris became quiet again. "And you won't forget about me?"

Gray put his arms around his son's shoulders, bringing the boy closer. "Never. We are not dividing the love we have for you to share with the baby: we are doubling it, so we love both the same."

"Just like I love you and Mama." Gris nodded.

"Exactly right." Gray grinned to his son. "Can we count on you, kiddo?"

"Alright." The boy agreed.

Knowing what would cheer him up even more, Gray said: "This is our next mission: to make your mother feel her best while we wait for the baby to come out and don't bother her with problems. I can help you out with stuff, alright?"

With the prospect of getting a 'mission' with his father, Gris perked up. "Okay! Mission Mama is on! We can think of Mission Baby later."

"Good, little man." Gray messed with his son's hair. "Now, she's waiting for you in our bedroom so you two can take a nap."

"Mama is taking a nap with me?" The bit perked up right away.

"I told you she will be tired, I'm guessing you two will be taking a lot of naps together."

"Yay!" Gris said in glee and all but run towards the room before he turned to his father? "Are you coming to take a nap too, daddy?"

Smiling, Gray nodded. "Wouldn't miss it for the world."

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AN: Just some fluff stuff I wanted to get off my system HAHA