Title: Droplet

Summary: Small hands made a flailing movement and the small girl puffed her cheeks in amusement. "He~ yoo~!" then she giggled, cupping her mouth giddily.

"What the fuck," Gray's eyes widened. "I-is that...?" He lifted his index finger at the child. "Juvia?"

Gray sighed unbelieveably at the small figure in front of him.

Curly, short, blue hair. Large, deep blue eyes. Thick and long lashes. Small, button nose. Round, pale face. And an adorable pout on her lips.

Juvia stared up at him, scratching her right eye as her tiny lips yawned tiredly.

"Right in time Gray!" Mirajane clapped behind him, the said Ice mage jumped at the booming sound, his eyes ticking in irritation.

"Little Juvia has woken up!" The white-haired mage cheered, hooking her hands on the small girl's armpit and lifting her up. "Say hello~"

Small hands made a flailing movement and the small girl puffed her cheeks in amusement. "He~ yoo~!" then she giggled, cupping her mouth giddily.

"How cute!" Lucy came up, hugging the child that Mira carries.

Gray blinked his eyes. "...!"

"Aren't you going to say something Gray?" Lucy asked, pinching little Juvia's puffy cheeks. The small girl frowned at the blonde mage.

"What the fuck," his eyes widened. "I-is that...?" He lifted his index finger at the child. "Juvia?"

The blue-haired girl tilted her head to the side cutely, short curls of blue hair falling to the side, her eyes wide and unblinking.

Man... that's cute! Gray's inner thoughts kicked in.

"Don't you dare say bad words! We have a child here. A child!" Mira scolded him, hugging the little girl protectively on her arms. In Gray's vision, she's suffocating the poor child.

Little Juvia only squirmed, trying her best to free her small chubby arms.

"Mmmpfh!"

After that, the child's lips curled, the corners dropping down. Gray saw how tears form into those blue, doll-like eyes, blinking continously as it stared back at him. A few moments later, they heard a sob.

Little Juvia's arms were stretched out in the air, trying to grab Gray's collar.

She cried helplessly under Mira's embrace. A loud thunder clap was heard and the rain immediately fell outside the guild, just in time, a tear rolled from the child's eyes.

"Oh Mavis! Gray, quickly! Carry her!"

Without a word, Gray opened his arms, and Mira put the child into Gray's chest as gently as she can.

The sudden downpour outside stopped and was replaced by a drizzle.

"You scared her." Gray scowled at Mira. The child had it's arms around his neck, burying her small face on the crook of the Ice mage's neck.

She is still sobbing and Gray sighed, placing his free hand on lil Juvia's back, running it back and forth until the small girl stopped.

"Now. Explain." He told Mira, who was smiling at him mischievously.

Gray sat at the nearest chair he found, sitting stifly so he won't wake up the girl sleeping on his shoulder.

"You look cute!" Mira clapped.

"Oi! Quiet, she's sleeping!" He hushed, warning the barmaid. "Now what happened?!"

"Okay. Okay." Mira sat perfectly on the in front of Gray. "The child you're holding is Juvia."

"Indeed." He commented, throwing his hardest frown at Mira. He's not perfectly amused right now.

"She accidentally drank a potion which you see," she gestured at the child. "turned her into an adorable child." She finished with a smile, promptly reaching for sleeping Juvia's arm, which was dangled on the side.

"How long-" the child stir and Gray's eyes widened. Don't you dare wake up!

Lil Juvia only switched her position; from the previous place of her cheek on Gray's shoulder, she lifted her head infront of his face, mumbling incoherent words before her forehead bumped into his chin, continuing her slumber.

Things maybe funny for others, but Gray was feeling like an erupting volcano.

"..!"

"Careful! You might wake her up! No one knows when she's going to throw her tantrums!"

Gray gulped as he contained himself, hugging the small girl securely on his arms.

He pursed his lips forward, urging Mirajane to continue.

Before she speaks, she smiled motherly at Gray. "I don't know where she got the potion but earlier when she came here, she suddenly collapsed and when I brought her to the infirmary to sleep, a few hours later she woke up in that form." She pointed. "That's only a few minutes when you entered the guild."

"Everyone's aware of this already." Mira sighed. "Maybe we should consult this to Polryuska-san so she could make a solution and return Juvia to her old self."

Gray nodded, his eyes landing on the mess of soft blue hair under his chin.

"Juvia seemed to really like you Gray," Mira interjected. "Even her child version likes you very much."

Gray only rolled his eyes, despite the blush creeping on his cheeks.

"So... how about if you take care of her for a while?" The barmaid suggested, her eyes shaped in half-cresent moons as she smiled. Gray felt the hair on the back of his head stood up.

"W-why would I?" He whispered, careful not to wake up the girl. "You can do that, heh."

"Gray," Mira's smiling face remained. "Are you contradicting me?"

"T-then how about Lucy?"

"I think baby Juvia doesn't like her very much."

"Then Levy?"

"She's on a mission."

"L-lisanna?"

"She's having a part time job."

Gray moved his head a little, looking for someone who can take care of the poor child aside from him.

His eyes landed on Cana, gulping her seventh barrel of beer for today. Not good.

Then his eyes shifted to Kinana. No, she's too innocent, I don't think that she'll handle moody Juvia.

Then to Jet and Droy. The hell, what I'm thinking?!

To Natsu? Hell no. He might toast the little girl alive.

Then Laxus? Water's not a good match for him, idiot.

He brought his eyes back to Mira.

"Then Elfman!" He exclaimed in excitement. This one!

Juvia jolted up, her eyes sill closed.

Fck,. Gray quickly placed his hand on top of Baby Juvia, caressing her head as he coo-ed her back to sleep.

"You don't want her to shout: I'm a man! Aren't you Gray?"

The guild doors suddenly opened, revealing a tired-looking and pissed off Erza Scarlet

"Oh," Mira cheered. "Maybe Erza would do! Im going to ask her instead." Mira was about to stood up when Gray placed a placed a hand in front of her.

"What Gray?" She asked, faking innocence.

"Fine. I'll do it." he grunted lowly, hugging the small child in his arms protectively.

"Good!" Mira paused, "Make sure that she gets all what she needs okay?" She congratulated him after, she turned on her heel and was about to return on her work when Gray called to her.

"I'll do fine, tsk." He scowled. " By the way, how old is she in this state?"

"Oh, silly Gray." Mira laughed. "Ask her when she wakes up!" Then she winked at him.

Gray stared at Mira as she hopped her way back to the counter , his eyebrow twitching.

Just then, the small girl on his arms woke up.

With her half-opened eyes, she pressed her short, stubby index finger on Gray's cheek, laughing faintly at her amusement.

Gray stared down at her without any expression on his face while he attempted to bite the little girl's finger playfully, which brought the whole guild into silence, except only for little Juvia's hearty laugh.

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