Published on Tumblr: 02/13/2015

#

The first ones Lucy and Natsu were reunited to Gray and Juvia when they were traveling back to Magnolia; Natsu had smelled the two and grinned to the blonde woman and Happy before running in the direction of the couple.

After being attacked by Natsu – quite literally – and having a friendly match in the middle of the woods, Gray laughed and patted the pink haired young man on the back while Juvia rushed towards Lucy and hugged the blonde in a tight embrace, an embrace Lucy happily accepted.

After deciding a place to stay for the night, the four mages and the exceed sat around the fire Natsu made and started to share the adventures from the past year and Lucy heard it all with intent – the writer inside her just bursting with ideas of how she would transcript it to her diary later. She learned that Gray and Juvia had spent most of their time alone up North, on the mountains, training.

It should've shocked Lucy that Gray and Juvia had been traveling together during that whole year, but it didn't; they had a bond no one could deny.

What did shock the blonde, though, was how much better at showing affection Gray was. He fixed Juvia a plate with the soup the girls managed to make and offered to the blunette once she returned from washing her hands, he whispered something very close to Juvia's ear during one of Natsu's stories– which made her giggle. He also casually played with the ends of Juvia's now long hair when he thought no one was seeing.

The confirmation of Lucy's suspicions about them being more than friends came later that night when they were set to sleep. She watched in amazement as Gray rolled the double sleeping bag on the ground and lied on top of if – Lucy doubt it he would lie inside with the weather as good as it was –, resting his head on his rolled up coat. The Ice Mage, then, called Juvia's name and she went to his side with a smile on her face, lying next to him.

Lucy couldn't see what happened next because Gray got on his side and blocked her view, but she could hear Juvia's giggles and Gray's low chuckles for a couple of minutes before they were silent and then the giggles started again. That's when Lucy realized that they were most likely kissing.

Her face grew hot and she turned to Natsu, who was preparing to sleep, not too far away from where Lucy was, and the Dragon Slayer raised an eyebrow at her expression. "What?" He asked, lying on the bare ground.

"Did you know that Gray and Juvia are together?" Lucy whispered and Natsu frowned, turning to the young woman.

"Of course they were together, we found them together."

"No!" Lucy whispered loudly. "Together as in dating!"

"Oh." Natsu frowned and then widened his eyes. "Are they?"

"Well, they are sleeping together down there." Lucy pointed over her shoulder. "I guess it's safe to say that they are together."

"What?" Natsu sat and stared in the direction where he could see the couple. "Oy, Ice Brain! I swear to god that if you start having sex over there with your girlfriend, I'll kill you!"

"Shut up!" was Gray's answer.

"Oh my god, Natsu!" Lucy said with a whisper full of mortification. "I didn't tell you for you to tell them!"

Natsu snorted. "Yeah, but my hearing is too good for them to go rolling on the sheets while we're right here."

"We can hear you, dumbass!" Gray said from his spot on the ground and Juvia giggled loud.

"And I can hear you, so it's all settled: no sex over there!" Natsu laid back down, crossing his arms over his chest. "I hate staying too close to couples: they make weird noises and smell like hormones."

"Sorry, Natsu-san!" Juvia said and Lucy could hear the smile in her voice.

"Nah, I'm used of the smell coming from you." Natsu said loud enough so the Water Mage could hear. "It's Gray who's all hormones now. Yuck."

"Okay, everyone shut up and go to sleep." Gray groaned. "We've been reunited for a few hours and I'm already considering another one year vacation."

Lucy couldn't help but to giggle when Natsu sat and started to insult Gray, who did the same thing while Juvia sat behind her boyfriend, watching the boys in amusement. She had missed that: missed their pointless fights, missed the ruckus and chaos.

She was happy for Gray and Juvia finally getting together. She was happy they found their way back. She was happy Natsu seemed to be enjoying having his frenemy back.

Lucy was simply happy.