CHAPTER 1: MEMORY

A/N: Hey fellow Gruvians! It's that time of the year again! It's Gruvia Week! I'm so excited to post my entries and read wonderful and beautifully written fanfics this week. If you have time, please do leave me a review or any comment. It will really help a lot for me to improve more. Hope you enjoy and Happy Gruvia Week!

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That Which We Remember

"Hey Juvia. Could you come here for a sec?" called Gray from their bedroom.

"In a bit, Gray-sama!" she replied. Juvia washed her hands and dried them on her apron before she went to check on Gray.

Upon entering their room, she smiled at Gray and approached him, "Do you need some help in packing, Gray-sama? Juvia is almost done outside," she said.

Gray scratched the bac of his neck, "Well, I was just finishing up packing our stuff when I found something," he said. He paused for a while and Juvia just nodded her head, encouraging him to continue. But instead of further explaining, he went over to the bedside drawer and opened the topmost door, where he took out a large plain brown notebook with silver bindings and was securely held with a blue ribbon. He showed it to Juvia, whose eyes immediately changed from curiosity to horror.

"G-gray-sama! Where did you find this?" she almost screamed as she snatched the notebook from Gray. She then proceeded to examine it, looking for some evidence that it had been opened or tampered with.

He was taken aback at her sudden outburst, more so at the attitude she was showing now. Feeling a bit hurt and offended, he made a move to defend himself, "I found it under our bed… Well, under the mattress, actually. And look, it's not like I opened it. The ribbon is still intact and if I DID open it, the ribbon would look like a mess, I swear," Juvia still looked pretty doubtful so Gray just sighed, "You do trust me, do you?"

This time, it was Juvia who looked taken aback, "Of course, Gray-sama! It's just… Juvia wasn't planning on showing this just yet… She wanted it to be a surprise," she explained.

Gray's eyes softened as Juvia continued to fidget awkwardly, still clutching the notebook in her hands.

"Well, how about you show it to me now?" Gray suggested, "We could look at it together."

Juvia's eyes widened, "But… it's not even done yet and…"

"…And I want to see it. Come on, I was dying to peek inside," he then led her towards their bed and sat down. Juvia looked at him for a while before sighing and untying the ribbon.

When she opened the notebook, Gray's eyes widened and his breath hitched.

Turns out, it wasn't just any notebook. It was a scrapbook of sorts. It has a lot of pictures of them, complete with captions. And when Gray saw the dates, he was even more surprised that she started the day they first met.

Gray kept turning the pages and entries and the pictures went on and on. His eyebrows creased, the pictures looked awfully familiar.

"Juvia asked Reedus-san to draw the pictures," she said, as if reading his mind, "Juvia described everything while Reedus-san drew them. He's really talented."

Gray just nodded dumbly, still speechless. Suddenly all those side trips to the department store and talking to Reedus made sense.

She has been making this all this time.

"Juvia…doesn't have anything that reminds her of her childhood. No photographs, no documents. When Juvia met you, she decided to make a journal documenting every wonderful memory we have, so whenever we miss each other, we would have something to remind us of one another.

Juvia rested her head on Gray's shoulder as he continued to flip through the pages. She timidly gazed at hima and saw him looking intensely at the entries. She looked down at her lap and voiced out her concern, "Does Gray-sama like it?" she asked silently.

She didn't hear Gray's answer. But she heard the notebook close and felt Gray stand up from their bed. She was about to stand as well when she felt Gray's hands cup her cheeks, his thumbs caressing her smooth skin.

"I don't just like it… I love it," he answered softly.

She looked at him, surprised. Even after finally getting together and eventually being married for almost two years, it was still rare for Gray to express his feelings vocally. He smiled at her and helped her up before wrapping his arms around her.

"Thank you," he mumbled, "I don't have anything else to remind me of my parents either. So you doing something like this for both of us means everything to me."

Juvia smiled, "Anything for Gray-sama."

He reluctantly released her, his eyes traveling to the scrapbook she diligently made when an idea crossed his mind.

"Tell you what, let's continue making this scrapbook together. I noticed you haven't written anything about our dates and wedding yet so…"

She gasped, "Gray-sama wants to… continue this… together?" she squeaked.

Gray just smiled, "Those memories… They were not just because of me you know. You're in them too. That's what makes them more meaningful and memorable."

Juvia beamed at him with tears in her eyes as she pulled him down for a sweet kiss.

"Cheers to our memories?" she whispered.

Gray grinned widely, "And to more memories to come," he replied before kissing her once more.

A/N: How's that for Day 1? Thank you for reading and see you tomorrow for Day 2!