It was everything Juvia could've wanted.

The moon was full, shining down upon the guild hall, and the sky was clear.

The guild was lively with music, as the mages danced and laughed together.

It was everything Juvia ever wanted.

The doors busted open as two men crashed the party they had been invited to in the first place. They both stared Juvia down to her knees.

"Juvia," they screamed. "We need an answer!"

Juvia woke up tired and stiff. She knew she and Gajeel should've stayed at her place that at least had a pullout couch, but no! Gajeel's had been closer and he could barely walk. Juvia knew she shouldn't be bitter for sleeping on the floor, but then again, Gajeel hadn't exactly provided any sort of commodity for her.

"Gajeel~", Juvia whined as she shook his shoulder. "We have to get back to guild and report to the master! Juvia knows you are tired but we have to!"

Gajeel gently pushed her hands away, yawning as he sat up slowly. "You just wanna see Gray, you puddle!" he smirked as she made a face. "Just patch me up again and we can go!"

Juvia complied as she cleaned and re-dressed his injuries. What Gajeel said was only partly true. Well….no, it was 100% spot on, but either way they DID have to report back to Master Makarov.

And, well, see Gray of course.

Juvia smiled as she worked on Gajeel's bandages. Gray; HER Gray. It was finally happening! After the last mission she'd gone on with him, he finally seemed to connect with her. Had it been her fighting? Her determination to save him? Perhaps the fact that Juvia had nearly died in that fight? She didn't know, but so far they had been dating for a whole month and everything seemed pretty swell. Gray was more open and kind to her, and she felt a lot less clingy too. She no longer had any rivals; all was good with the world.

Or so she had thought.

Juvia and Gajeel walked back to the guild at a slow pace. Juvia couldn't bring herself to leave Gajeel behind, even though he kept insisting it was fine. Juvia wanted to see Gray, but she was not one to leave her friend behind, specially when he had been pretty badly injured during their quest. She had originally offered to split the reward 60/40, seeing as he needed the money more than she did, and he HAD caught the dark mages while she was out cold, but he'd refused.

Juvia smiled. Gajeel may be one of the most powerful and intimidating wizards in Fairy Tail, but he was secretly a lil' sweet heart. Juvia was so happy she had a friend like Gajeel looking out for her.

As they both walked into the guild, they were greeted with warm smiles and loud salutations. Gajeel was immediately pulled into a hug by Levy. It was short; but very sweet. Juvia smiled from ear to ear. He was such a sweetheart.

As she left her teammate in the hands of his girlfriend, Juvia made her way to the bar. She greeted Mira with a smile as she sat down.

"Juvia, glad to see you alive and well!" Mira smiled. She handed Juvia an Ice Pick* with a wink.

Juvia gave her a big smile, "Mira you read Juvia's mind!" she took a sip, "Have you seen Gray-sama around today?"

Mira shook her head, "He left for a job with Team Natsu shortly after you and Gajeel left; but seeing as you and Gajeel are back, and your job was ranked harder, he should be back by this afternoon!" she smirked at Juvia "You got anything planned?"

Juvia blushed, giving an awkward laugh. "N-Nothing like that, Mira. Juvia wanted to take Gray-sama to the library today."

"How come?"

"Juvia wanted to talk to Gray-sama about the 19th Moon ceremony." Mira waited for Juvia to elaborate, but seeing as she was too busy with her Ice Pick, she gave her a nudge. "Sorry, Juvia spaced out! The 19th Moon ceremony happens on June 19th, when the moon turns red. When a water mage comes of age, they are to stand beneath the moon and gives themselves to it, as the moon is a symbol of power to Water Mage's. And this year Juvia has come of age, or will be of age on the day of the ceremony."

"Oh, so your birthday's coming up then!" Mira peeped excitedly.

"Yes, but Juvia's more concerned with the ceremony. There's just a lot that goes into the ritual of the 19th Moon. The mage has to be in perfect conditions, and the ceremony requires a person who loves the Mage to recite the incantation. Usually it is the parents that recite it, but Juvia lost her parents a long time ago, so Gray-sama offered to help Juvia out!"

"Woah, so I guess it all worked out in the end with Gray then! I'm so glad!"

There was a loud slam as the guild doors burst open aflamed. Natsu stalked in with a face that didn't match his fierce entrance. His cheeks sunk into his bones and his eyes looked tired. Juvia didn't think anyone else noticed seeing as he was still smiling and returning greetings.

Gray and Happy walked in, followed shortly by Lucy, Erza, and her ridiculous luggage wagon.

Juvia got up and walked with a smile towards Gray. The closer Juvia got, the more tired Gray looked, even if he too was smiling warmly. His eyes met hers, and Juvia instantly felt his heart beat faster. She stretched her arms out and he walked into them laying his face on the crook of her neck. Gray had been growing a lot lately, so he had to bend down in order to do that. Juvia didn't mind getting on her tippy toes to hug him though.

"Welcome home Gray-sama!" she said to him kindly.

"Its nice to be back to normal." he responded.

Just as she was about to let go of him, Juvia felt Gray flinch. They broke the hug, and he excused himself to go report to the Master. As Juvia watched him leave, she realized there was another sets of eyes on him aside her own.

She turned to Natsu, who didn't seem to sense her gaze on him. His eyes bore holes in the back of Gray's head, like he wanted nothing more than for it to explode, which wasn't unusual. But something about Natsu's clenched jaw and stiff stance made Juvia worry that this time he would actually blow Gray's head off.

She walked over to him, though his eyes stayed on Gray the whole time. She stood carefully behind him, practically feeling his anger radiating from him, but she was too focused with the task at hand to mind it for now. She leaned in and as gently as she could, she blew on Natsu's ear.

He screamed. She laughed. When she and Gray started dating, she'd gotten more familiar with Natsu, and he was a pretty good friend of hers nowadays.

"OI, JUVIA WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA!?" he flushed as he turned to face her.

"Natsu was staring at Gray-sama!" She made a hopeless face at him. "Could it be Natsu has become Juvia's love rival?"

He gagged at her, "No way! You keep him!" he crossed his arms and turned away.

Juvia sighed mockingly, "If Natsu says so, Juvia supposes she has to keep dating Gray-sama now!" she started walking away when he grabbed her by the elbow "Eh? Natsu?"

He looked even more tired now that he wasn't smiling or brooding. "Juvia can we actually talk for a second?"

Juvia was about to say yes, but her voice was drowned by the sound of someone calling her name.

"Juvia! Are we still going to the library?" Gray walked up next to them, shooting Natsu a glare.

"Oh, how did Gray-sama know Juvia was going to take him to the library?" she tried pulling free from Natsu but he didn't budge. She didn't say anything but she could feel the air around the three of them getting more awkward and...dark, by the moment.

"Mirajane told me," Gray said as he forced Natsu's hand off her. He smiled like nothing had happened. "Shall we?"

"Yeah…" she laced her fingers with his, but before they both left she turned to say goodbye to Natsu.

The words died in her throat. He looked so helpless and tired for a split second; right before he turned to face the guild with a toothy grin.

A fake smile. A smile Juvia used to know so well.

'What on earth happened to you, Natsu?' she wanted to say, but it came out as "Bye-bye!" as she and Gray made their way of of the guild.

"I'm sorry we didn't find what you were looking for." Gray said as he smoothed Juvia's hair.

The library they had been aiming for had been closed, and just as their luck would have it, no other book store or library in town had the book they had been looking for.

Juvia sighed, "It's okay, Juvia just feels bad for wasting Gray-sama's time."

He laughed, "Hey, your birthday preparations are not a waste of time." He was being very sweet. Juvia appreciated that.

"Gray-sama can come in for tea if he wants to, Juvia wouldn't mind!"

His smile waivered, "It sounds tempting but I'm very tired from the long trip and I kinda wanna get home and sleep."

Juvia nodded, she had felt the same way just last night; not to mention she did drag him all over town looking for the stupid book. "Juvia understands, she'll let Gray-sama rest." she game him a smile and pulled him down for a kiss. He seemed to hesitate before pressing his lips to hers in a chaste kiss. It didn't last long as they were both startled by a loud bang.

"Thunder?" Gray stretched his hand out to see if it was raining.

"Juvia can smell a storm coming, Gray-sama should go before he gets caught in it!" she ushered him out and waved goodbye. "Juvia loves you, Gray-sama!" she called out.

He stopped walking. "...Love you too. Bye Juvia!" And he didn't look back.

Juvia stood out on her porch for a while; it even started to rain, though she wasn't sure if it had been the storm or her.

She knew she was being silly, he had said he loved her. 'No he said "love you" not "I love you" AND he hesitated' she thought. Those were two different things.

And he hadn't looked back to her as he walked away.

Juvia shook her head. She was being paranoid, that's all.

She walked back into her house, her heart almost coming out of her throat from the scream she gave.

Natsu was standing there, dripping wet, staring her down.

"N-N-N-NATSU!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN JUVIA'S HOUSE!?" she tried to stop screaming but her heart was in her ears.

"I told you I needed to talk to you, didn't I?" He said seriously.

Juvia huffed. "Yes, but that doesn't mean you get to barge into Juvia's house!" she took a deep breath, trying to calm down. "We will talk, but first dry up! Rent is expensive enough without Natsu damaging the flooring!"

That got him to smile. "That's rich, coming from the girl whose body is literally made of water!"

She stuck her tongue out playfully, tossing him a towel. As she let him dry up, Juvia walked into her kitchen to fetch some tea for her and her intruder/guest.

She set the water for the tea, gathering the tea cups in a tray along with sugar and milk to take to the table. As she re-entered the living room, she saw Natsu with the towel around his neck, sitting glumly on the couch.

She was about to ask what was bothering him so much, when he answered her question.

Juvia stopped dead in her tracks. She lost her grip on the tray, teacups smashing, milk spilling; so much for not damaging the floor.

Soon her own legs gave out, dropping her on the floor. Her ears were ringing, and she couldn't breath.

"Gray's been seeing another girl."

She screamed as thunder cracked; the storm reflecting the growing pain inside her.

* Ice Pick: an alcoholic drink made with 10 ½ oz of Ice Tea and 1 ½ oz of Vodka

Wow, okay, so this account still exists! Ha ha, I haven't used it in two years! Well I've been watching Fairy Tail, and I have to admit; while Gruvia is one of my faves as well as Nalu, Navia is just so cute! I just have a thing for water and fire okay!?

Anyways, I'll be updating every Friday or so, unless something comes up! Let me know what you think by reviewing! Hope you enjoy my Navia fic cause I've been working very hard on it!

Sincerly, Baker.