The second time gray saw Juvia she was with a blue-haired man. His arm wrapped around her shoulders. Gray waved towards her and Juvia waved back an emotionless gloomy look coming off of her. She looked so unhappy, so sad.

The blue-haired man's eyes immediately snapped to gray's and then to juvia's. "Who the hell is he?!" He spat venomously while giving gray a dirty look. Juvia's eyebrows furrowed as she looked at the man in disbelief. "All he did is wave, bora. What's your problem?" She asked, giving bora an angry glare.

The so-called man named bora returned it "my problem is that you're defending him!" He stated cruelly, grabbing her arm roughly. Juvia shoved him away from her and got up in his face "because you're being an ass!" She shouted...and slap!!

She held her pained cheek in her hand. Glaring up at bora in radiant fury "if you're gonna hit me, hit me like a man" she spat in disgust. "you bitch!" bora yelled at the top of his lungs. Raising his arm to hit her once again. Gray stood in front of juvia in an instant, blocking his arm. The cold and dark glare on his face sends a cold shiver down juvia's back.

"stop" gray warned in a low demonic growl. Juvia backed up reflexively and stood silent, not knowing what to do. She's never been in this situation before.

"it's not any of your business. Get out of the way" bora said harshly, trying to reach out and grab juvia. Gray shoved him away, guarding juvia. "go to hell," gray said brutally.

He felt juvia's fragile arms wrap around his torso and her head laid gently against his back. "gray, let's just go." she said softly, and her voice. It calmed gray's nerves. He sighed and mumbled an "okay" and felt her smile sadly against his back. Gray glared at bora as juvia pulled him away. He walked side by side with juvia. Wondering as to if she was okay. She did just get slapped across the face. "hey, are you oka-" " I'm alright" she cut him off her blue eyes looking into the distance. Gray saw a red handprint forming on juvia's face and noticed other bruises leading up her arms. "Juvia" Gray said calmly. "Yes." She replied Looking at him in question.

"How did you get these?" He asked pointing to her arms. "It's of no concern to you," she said carelessly, casually pulling down her sleeve. Gray's eyebrows furrowed and his frown deepened.

"Is it from that prick?" He pried, making Juvia furrow her eyebrows in annoyance. "I told you it's none of your concern, so back off" she said glaring at him.

Gray rolled his eyes, stuffing his hands in his pockets. "whatever." he mumbled. "who even was that guy?" gray asked harshly.

Juvia released a tired sigh "bora. He's my boyfriend" stab! Gray felt a stab in his chest at the word boyfriend. "your boyfriend?" he asked again. Juvia nodded, looking gloomier. "He doesn't love me" she said miserably, looking into gray's cold eyes.
"but who would" she finished, averting her sad eyes from gray's. Gray didn't know what to say, he didn't even know what to think.

Juvia stopped walking when she arrived in front of a certain yellow house. "bye gray" she said emotionlessly as she walked into the house, closing the wooden door.
Gray stood in front of the house practically wishing death on bora.

"What an ass" he cursed with a clenched jaw, storming home angrily. He arrived home and immediately headed to his punching bag.

He threw a strong punch at the heavy black bag, it flew back and gray hit it again, over and over. His knuckles practically begging him to stop as they collided with the punching bag. Of course gray ignored the pain like he always had. It was when his brain landed on juvia, that he went haywire. Punching the bag relentlessly, unable to stop to grasp air.

That was until he was ripped away from the bag by Lyon. "gray!!" I've been telling you to calm down for the last 10 MINUTES!!" he screamed exasperatedly. "now calm down!" he screamed shaking gray by his shoulders.

Gray pushed Lyon away from him, rolling his eyes. "fuck off Lyon" gray said coldly, walking past him briskly and into his room. Cold sweat dripped down his body. He grabbed a cold water and sat on the edge of his bed.

He took a drink of the refreshing liquid, sighing in his instant relief. He grabbed a towel and decided to take a shower. He walked into his bathroom and turned on the shower. Unlike others, his showers were cold.

It was like the cold water brought him back to his senses and soothed him. He walked into the welcoming cold water and released a breath he didn't know he was holding in. The cold drops of water falling against his skin.
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That's the end of this chapter! I'll see you guys in the next one broskis. 🤟