Anonymous said: Hey Bonney! Happy newyear! How was your new years eve? I hope you had a great time! So I don't know if you know TVD but there was this thing where Stefan and Caroline couldn't touch each other because of some curse. Could you maybe write something like that with Gruvia, like where they can't have skin to skin contact and they need to lift the curse. If you're interested obviously ;) Also I hope you have a great 2018!

AN: I hope you have a great 2018 too, darling! I don't know if this is what you had in mind but I hope you like it.

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Touch

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It didn't feel like winning.

They had won over a Dark Guild, after a long and hard fight but the moment they went to celebrate, she walked to her boyfriend and when they hugged, he bent over in pain and she panicked.

It took them a few minutes to understand it was her touch that sent him in pain. Hearing the commotion, their friends arrived and Natsu was the one to try to touch her to test the theory it was Juvia who was inflicting it.

The moment Natsu took his hand away from her forearm with a hiss, Juvia put her arm close to her body, eyes wide and confused. One of the men they had defeated laughed and went on and on about how one of their members casted curses and that man had been the one Juvia fought.

It didn't matter how much they tried to get information out of the guy, he didn't know how to break the curse and the man she fought had ran away.

Polyuska and Levy's research would help her much more than to stay in a small fishermen village so they decided to go home.

Juvia walked a few feet behind everyone just to make sure she didn't touch anyone while Gray went through some books they found at the Dark Guild to find some type of clue and he was getting more and more frustrated.

Gray looked over his shoulder and saw the Water Mage with an arm around herself, holding her arm as if she was afraid of touching anything, her eyes downcast and shoulders dropped. His heart broke at the sight.

"Alright, let's stay here for the night." Gray said, closing the last book just as they arrived at a clearing.

"There's still daylight for us to keep g-" Erza tried to say, but Gray glared at her.

"We are staying here." He said, his usual fear of her gone for the moment, knowing his girlfriend needed his support, and then walked to where Juvia had stood, away from them. "Hey, Juvia. We are staying here tonight." He said while getting closer and when she noticed, she took a few steps back.

"Don't come any closer." She told him and Gray stopped on his tracks, a few meters away from her. "This distance is fine."

Gray raised an eyebrow at the distance. "I highly doubt you can touch me within this distance."

"Just to be safe." She muttered. "Juvia doesn't want to hurt you again."

"This is not your fault-" Gray stepped closer without even thinking and she shrieked.

"Stay back!" All of their friends stopped making camp to look at the couple and Gray looked surprised for a moment. "Please, just... please, stay away."

Knowing she was scared and hurt with the curse, Gray started to speak to her slowly, trying to calm her a little. "Now that's a different tune from every moment since we met." He said. "From the first moment was all about you trying to get closer to me."

She couldn't help but to snort a little and didn't step away when he got closer but he stayed in a reasonable distance. "We just need to get to Magnolia and then I am sure Polyuska can do something and Levy can research stuff too. We won't rest until this curse is lifted."

"What if it can't be lifted?" She asked, looking at him, afraid and for a second, he got scared as well.

Usually, Juvia was the one who was optimist and cheery but that day, he would have to be the one to cheer her up.

"It will be lifted." He told her with certainty. "It will take a few days at most."

"A few days." Juvia sighed. "This... is going to be hard."

It would, he knew, and it would be even harder for Juvia. She was a very physical person, especially since they started dating and not being able to touch anyone would be torture.

He needed to find a way to-

Suddenly, he had an idea and told her to wait a second while he took off his backpack and took a coat from inside and put it on, a pair of gloves right after and he could feel Juvia's confused stare on him – it was a hotter day and he hated to use too many clothes, more into taking the clothes off.

"Alright." Gray nodded to himself once he finished with the coat's zipper, he stepped closer to her.

"What are you doing?" The blunette took a step back, eyes wide.

"I'm coming closer." The Ice Mage told her. "It's skin on skin contact we can't have. My skin is covered."

"But..." Juvia was confused when he put his arms around her and she tried to push him away. "No! You can't."

"Juvia, I'm not in pain." He told her, not loosing his arms around her and she stopped struggling, finally understanding him. "See?"

"Oh." She finally relaxed a bit since they found out about the curse and so did Gray.

Ever since they started dating and had more physical contact, Gray found out how he could relax by simply be held by Juvia. She had some kind of power over him and for once, he didn't feel as if it was a weakness.

She was wearing her usual hat so he could rest his cheek on top of it, one of his gloved hands caressing her hair.

"It's just a few days at most." He repeated.

"Okay." She whispered. "Can... can we do this a few times during those days?" Juvia asked, knowing full well she would need it and so would he.

"Sure." Gray agreed and then said, in a whisper. "By the way, you are so awarding me later for this. I am wearing too many clothes and I just went all mushy in front of our friends. In front of Natsu. Do you have any idea the hell I'm going to get for that?"

Her giggles were his reward and for those, he'd pass the humiliation Natsu had in mind a hundred times. Just a few days and she would be alright again, he'd make sure of it.

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AN: We all know Natsu will make fun of Gray. HAHA Sorry if Gray was a bit OOC here, but he was trying to cheer up his girl lol