Juvia gazed longingly across the guild hall at a particular raven haired ice mage. She had lost count how many times she'd asked him to dinner an dhow many times he'd accepted in her imagination. In reality, she had only asked him once and that was met with a resounding 'no' from Gray. Ever since then, she'd just used her imagination whenever she'd had the urge to ask him. Juvia had decided that this would be the day she'd go back to asking Gray to dinner in reality rather than her own fantasy world, even if he said no, it would still be worth a try. Juvia drank the last of her tea before getting up out of her seat and walking over the ice mage.

She reached the other end of the guild hall much faster than she had expected she would and was now standing over Gray, casting a slender shadow over him and causing him to look up at the bluenette.

"Gray-sama?"

"Yeah?" The ice mage responded to being called by name but didn't really look interested in having any sort of conversation.

"Juvia was wondering if you'd like to go to dinner tonight?" The water mage's words were so quiet that he could barely hear her, despite being less than a metre away from her.

"I'm busy tonight". Juvia sighed. She'd expected this from the moment she'd thought about getting up to ask him the question. She spun on her heels to walk away. Even without seeing her face, Gray could tell that she was close to tears. He sighed as he reached out and grabbed Juvia by the wrist as she started to walk away. "I'm not doing anything tomorrow night though..." Gray's words trailed off as he finished his sentence. Juvia stood idle for the longest moment in the known universe as she took in what he'd just said.

"Really?" Juvia decided to check if what she'd just heard was right, but then thought that she might be pushing her luck a bit.

"Yeah, why not?" Granted, it wasn't the most gracious acceptance of an invitation to dinner and he certainly wasn't any where near as excited about it as what he was in her usual fantasies, but she didn't care. This was hundreds of thousands of miles better than that. This was happening in reality. Having gotten a 'yes' from Gray, Juvia walked out of the guild, making her way home, head held high in pride, her heart pounding at what felt like a thousand beats per minute and butterflies fluttering around in her stomach. She had to get ready for a perfect dinner with her beloved ice mage.

That night was the longest night of her life. Probably due to the fact that she couldn't get to sleep. She was far to excited to sleep. In less than 24 hours now, she'd be sat across the table from the raven haired mage that she had come to love with practically all her heart. A feeling of great joy washed over her as she thought about the lovely dinner that the two would share. Juvia's eyelids finally grew heavy as she sank into her duvet and fell into a blissful sleep.