Gray thought a moment, wondering how she figured it out. He couldn't even ask how. He decided to go with a different approach. "Does it have something to do with what happened before we woke up?" She nodded again, happy that he was asking that, it could help a lot.

He frowned. "Thing is, I don't remember what happened, I just saw a bright light and then woke up here." She pointed at him nodding. He raised a brow. "What? Did I say something useful?" She nodded again. He thought back to what he had said. Then it hit him.

"The light? It has something to do with this?" She nodded again, happy that he was getting it, at least a little bit. However, Gray was just becoming more confused. Nothing new he noted.

Noticing his confusion she again made his ice make hand sign. He raised a brow. "Ice make magic?" She shook her hand in a way that said 'keep trying'. He thought again. "Magic in general?" She nodded happily.

"So you're saying that the light was caused by magic? Like a spell?" She pointed and nodded again. At this rate he should be able to understand that this was a spell. She hoped.

Gray thought a moment. So if the light was caused by a spell, than that meant...That's when it hit him. "Are you saying that we're in a spell caused by that light?!" She nodded, though surprised that he didn't remember the spell after figuring it out.

He had to think this over for a moment. So they were in a spell. It must have been a pretty powerful one to put them in an alternate world. He glanced over and saw that Juvia was looking at him expectantly. Must be waiting for another question. "Wait...Do you know how to get out?" She looked uncertain, but nodded.

Juvia knew that if they finished the fairy tale, then they would go back home, as the spell said. But she was worried. He still had no idea that they were in a fairy tale, and that could be their downfall. She knew that he didn't have any romantic feelings for her. She also knew she only had three days to break the spell, literally. She feared what would happen if they weren't able to break it...The very thought made her blood run cold. She didn't know what she was going to do. She has been trying to get Gray to fall for her for more than a year and nothing has happened yet. How was she going to do it in three days?

Gray gave a worried look. She had turned very pale. Was it that bad? What did they have to do? "Okay, so in order to break this stupid spell, we have to do something inside of this world?" She nodded and put up three fingers. He raised a brow. "Three?" She nodded again. He frowned. Three what?

She thought a moment before pointing up at the clock hanging on the wall. His raised brow looked down in thought. "Time? Three minutes?" She nodded at 'time' but waved her hand in a way that said to keep trying. "Hours?" She continued to wave. "Days?" She nodded, happy that he got it.

Wow, they really were playing charades...

"We have three days to break the spell?" She nodded again. He was very confused. How would she know that? "So you know what we have to do in three days?" She nodded, though it had lost a lot of confidence. He became worried by the way she looked uncertain. "You...don't think we can do it?"

He was surprised when she looked up at him with such a sad, and somewhat broken, smile. What did that mean? It was almost like she wasn't sure. Like she was losing hope. What could he ask to help her gain confidence again? If he could only understand what they had to do, then maybe he could help her not make such a face.

He ran a frustrated hand through his hair again. "What do we have to do..?" Juvia tried to think of something to get him to guess. But how would one mime 'you have to fall in love with me'? She decided to just go with one word at a time. So she pointed at him.

He blinked, also pointing at himself. "Ah..Me?" She nodded.

He blinked again. What about him? Did he...Oh. "I have to do something?" She nodded again, then she pointed to herself. He raised a brow. "I have to do something for you?" She nodded happily.

Gray wondered where this was going, but decided to let it be as Juvia started to think of what to mime. He took this chance to study her. She no longer looked like she was in pain, unless she was really good at hiding it. He hoped not. He hoped that the pain had passed and that she was fine.

If only he knew how wrong he was. Juvia's gut still felt like there was a sword in it, and she constantly had to make sure her feet weren't touching the ground, in fear that it would cause another lightning bolt to course through her body. She had finally mastered covering up her pained expression by thinking about the problem at hand.

"So, what is it that I have to do for you in three days?" She glanced at him, maybe that would work...She leaned over and put her hand on his heart, witch Gray wasn't going to lie, freaked him out a bit, not that he showed anything other than a few blinks on the outside. She then moved her hand away from his heart and put it to her own. He raised a brow, looking into her eyes, which were filled with emotions he couldn't quite place. "A-Ah, our hearts..?"

Juvia sat down and motioned for him to try and continue. He seemed pretty confused but he was on the right track at least.

She was right, he was confused. What else could that have meant? She seemed to take pity on him and took his hand off of the table, placing it palm up, she started to trace the word 'love' onto his palm with her finger from her free hand.

At first he didn't get it, but after realizing that she was writing, he let her re-trace it again, this time paying attention and writing it in his head. L...O...V...and E. He blinked at her with slight surprise, trying very hard not to believe he was blushing. Though hesitant, he had to ask. "...Love?"

She stopped tracing and looked up at him, nodding. She then pointed to him. "Me?" She nodded, then pointed to his palm. "Love." He continued, though you could clearly hear his discomfort. She then pointed to herself. "You..." She gave him another nod before putting up three fingers again.

Gray wasn't liking the sound of this. "I have three days to love you? Like, fall in love with you?" Instead of nodding eagerly with happiness like before when he guessed something right, she leaned back in her chair and nodded meekly, not even looking him in the eye.

A silence filled the air again, one of deep thought, both thinking everything over carefully.

Juvia was somewhat glad that Gray reacted with a thoughtful silence rather than anger or hopelessness, but she was still very worried about this situation. Her voice was taken from her, so she can't confess her feelings like she had planned the day before. What about 'actions speak louder than words?' Yeah right. With this pain, she wasn't going to be able to do much. She glanced up at Gray, who was still in thought, and wondered what she was going to do...

On the other end of the table, Gray was thinking very hard about this whole situation. Was this just another attempt to get him to fall in love with her? He shook his head, instantly regretting thinking such a thought. Juvia did some...crazy things, but she wouldn't lie to him. She was also in pain because of this stupid spell. But...in order to get them out he had to fall in love with her? In three days? He still wasn't sure what he felt for the Water Mage. He clearly knew how she felt about him though.

He stole a glance in her direction. She was sitting very still, looking at the ground, also in thought it seemed. His eyes opened in quiet shock as he thought back.

"You...don't think we can do it?" 

He was surprised when she looked up at him with such a sad, somewhat broken, smile.

Without really knowing it, he started to stare at her in silent realization. She knew. She knew how he would feel about it and that's why she gave such a face, a face that was losing hope. He was taking his sweet time in figuring out his feelings that she was losing hope that he could somehow feel the same way. It was his fault that she gave such an expression. He was hurting her because he couldn't make up his freaking mind.

Juvia sensed his stare and looked up to find that he was looking straight at her, as if he had remembered something very important. She was starting to get worried again until he closed his eyes while taking a deep breath. She blinked when he looked back at her, a strange look it was too. She wasn't sure what he was going to say, but his expression was somewhere between uncomfortable and determined.

Gray took a deep breath too. "Juvia...I-" He swallowed. It was such a perfect time for his throat to feel like it was closing. "I just need some time..."

She blinked, and after the words sank in, the shining hope once again returned to her eyes as she nodded happily. She gave him that bright smile, surprisingly he noted, for the first time since they woke up in this place. He couldn't help but give a small smile in return.

That's when quiet sobs were heard from across the room. They both blinked in the direction and found poor Reedus poking his saddened head out from behind the kitchen doorway, tears running down his face in rvers. Juvia moved her gaze back down towards the untouched food and realized that it was because they hadn't eaten. The poor man must have thought they didn't like it.

She looked up at Gray, who seemed very confused as of what to do, and waved to get his attention. He had noticed and followed her gaze down at the food as she picked up her fork and started eating it, though it wasn't hot anymore she still thought it was good and gave the chef a thumbs up and a smile.

Gray, understanding her look, also started eating, blinking at how good it was. It was very similar to Mira's cooking. He also gave the poor man a thumbs up and the chef stopped crying finally and smiled brightly at them, going back to work in the kitchen, humming the whole time. Huh, they had never heard Reedus hum before.

Weird.

Then again, everything in this world was.