I'll just shut up for now, enjoy the chapter (:

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"Lyon-sama!" Juvia says a bit shocked, then she looked at Levy with her eyebrows furrowed. 'Why is he here? Why didn't Juvia see him coming?' Juvia said it pretty clearly; without a sound. Levy shrugged, and she opened her mouth to answer before she was cut off.

"You didn't see me? Juvia-chan, I bet Levy and Lucy have warned you." Juvia shifted her eyes to Lyon who's standing right in front of her. The color of red suddenly fills her pale cheeks, she's so embarassed that he knew what she was talking with Levy. "U-uh... right... But Lucy-san hasn't told me why are you seeking for Juvia." She bites her lower lip, hoping that Lyon doesn't have any intention to do anything weird.

"I have a lot of time today. I just wanted to take you somewhere before I go on a mission tomorrow." Lyon smiled, and Juvia can't deny that he's good-looking — not as good looking as Gray-sama, though. "So, would you like to come with me, Juvia-chan?"

"Juvia is—"

"She'll consider it. Do you mind waiting a bit outside while Juvia and I have a ladies' talk for a moment?" Lucy cut Juvia, and Juvia is bit mad that Lucy had answered the question which is supposed to be answered by her. "Sure. I'll wait outside." Lyon said, once again shoots that unexpectedly amazing smile. Lucy grins and quickly turned to Juvia once Lyon's outside.

"Juvia. Why don't you go with him for a while?" Lucy gave her opinion while Levy leaned closer to hear better. "Maybe you can forget about our issues and I can make everything clear with Gray." Lucy stared at her, waiting for her respond.

"What? You're not trying to separate Juvia and Gray-sama even further, right?" She raised her eyebrow, questioning Lucy's suggestion. Lucy's a bit surprised by this, but on the other side she's relieved that Juvia is back to her normal self. "No, of course not! Why would I do that? There's no reason to do something like that."

"Juvia-chan, Lu-chan is trying to help. So stick to her plan, and I know this will work out for both of you." Levy calmed her down, and she's making sure that Juvia understands. Juvia nods and she leaves. She's actually hesitated about this, and she's worried about Gray's feelings.

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Juvia's body is being dragged somewhere she doesn't know, and she doesn't care. Maybe her body is here, with Lyon; but her mind is totally somewhere else. She has been quiet since they started their 'date', while Lyon is the opposite. He has been blabbering about nonsense and sometimes saying those cheesy lines. Lyon had bought her ice cream, held her hand, and even offered her an expensive beautiful hat.

Juvia doesn't care.

"Juvia-chan, are you okay? Maybe you're not enjoying the date..." Lyon said, he's somewhat tired of Juvia who's ignoring him. "Lyon-sama. First, it's not a date. Second, Juvia is so sorry that her mind is being occupied by something right now. There's some personal issues that Juvia hasn't finished and Juvia's worried about this." Juvia's eyes looks sad, her expression clearly says she regrets that she had brought his expectation up. She pouts, and she looks cute even when she doesn't try to look like one.

Lyon can't stand her cute face and he gave up. Maybe someday Juvia will know that he loves her very much. But not now. He stopped holding her hand and smiles. "You should have tell me since the beginning. You should go home and go clear your issues, maybe it's the right thing to do now." Lyon weakly said, not daring to look at Juvia. Juvia is glad that Lyon finally lets her go. She slightly jumps and hug him.

"Thank you, Lyon-sama. Juvia really owes you one!"

Lyon's eyes widened. The girl he loves hugged him so damn tightly! His face turned red, and he tries so hard not to jump and scream in happiness. He calmed himself down and making sure that he looks cool. He patted Juvia's head and push her softly. "Would you like me to escort you, Juvia-chan?" He smiles once again and Juvia shakes her head. "No, thanks. Juvia can go by herself." She once again hugged him and runs; leaving him alone. Lyon somehow regrets what he has done. He has the feeling that he's letting her go permanently. But he realizes that Juvia doesn't really pay attention to him. He sighed in defeat and he goes home, alone.

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Juvia's legs brought her to Fairy Hills, and she finds Erza just opened the gate.

"Erza-san!" She yelled from metres away; and fortunately, Erza's ear can hear her. Erza's red head turned around and faced Juvia who's approaching her. Juvia's breaths are short and fast; she doesn't know that Lyon has brought her somewhere far away from Fairy Hills. Before Erza can ask what's going on, Juvia already cut her off.

"Erza-san, have you seen Lucy-san?"

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"Gray, can we talk for a moment?"

Gray stopped his little brawl with Gajeel and shifted his attention to the blonde who talks. He left Gajeel alone, and approaches Lucy. "What is it?"

"Uh, before that... can we go somewhere else?" Lucy asks, she doesn't want the whole guild listen to their private conversation. Gray just nods and turns around, heading to the back door. Lucy followed him without any words. Meanwhile, someone's ear perked up when hear the blonde wants to talk privately with Gray, and followed them both silently.

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"Uh, Gray... I need to tell you something important." Lucy says; she rubs her arms because of nervousness. "I- uh..."

First in her life, Lucy's lost at words. How come a writer to be cannot form even a simple sentence? She fidgets, trying to arrange those messed up words in her head.

"I know this is going to be bad."

His voice echoed in her head. Lucy's eyes widened, she doesn't expect him to know her intention to dump him. Lucy's heart beats faster than before, she's so screwed up! Why does he have to tell her about his intuition? This makes things even harder for her. Plus! He puts on his poker face, so Lucy can't tell how does he feel right now. She decided to gather all her courage & all the messed up words; then she inhaled deeply.

"Okay... Gray, I think our relationship is not right." Lucy looked him in the eye, though she doesn't dare to. She just wants him to know that she's being serious right now. Her sentence after this and his respond will affect her and Juvia's life. "Do you get what I mean? I think maybe I—"

"I know." Gray cut her off, his face still doesn't show any expression. "I know that you don't lo— " he paused, and he turned around. He looked around carefully, making sure no one's there to interrupt them. He turned around again when Lucy called his name.

"Uh, sorry. I know that you didn't take this seriously. I know you didn't feel the way I—" he stopped again, turning around; and it's not that he's lost of words. He feels like he's being watched, and he doesn't like that. He narrowed his eyes, trying to find out what or who's watching him.

"Gray, seriously, are you okay?" Lucy's annoyed that he didn't talk to her properly; she puffed her cheeks while watching him narrowing his eyes. He turned around slowly, facing the blonde again.

"Sorry. There's something bothering me. Where was I? Oh, you didn't feel what I feel for you. Maybe it's better if you get to—" he pauses, and Lucy saw him slightly smirked. "to say your point, even though I've already know what it is."

"I'm really sorry that I've brought everything this far. I should have told you since the beginning. I'm really grateful about the presents and the dates, but then I think this is wrong. So I want us to break up today."

Gray just nods at her explanations, and he smiles tenderly. Lucy doesn't feel the burden on her shoulder anymore, she's relieved that the issues are now clear. But then she frowns when remembered of something.

"Uh, Gray. You're not upset... are you?" Lucy's eyebrows furrowed, she's so screwed up if Juvia finds Gray's sulking after this. Gray chuckles, and he shakes his head. "No, I'm okay. I'm sorry about this, but I think I have fallen for someone else." He said proudly, but shade of pink appeared on his cheeks. Lucy smiled and nodded.

"I hope you've fallen for someone right, so you can have a happy life. Thanks for everything, Gray." Lucy kisses his cheek and leaves him. She hoped Juvia won't know and won't kill her for kissing him. After Lucy's gone, Gray turned around and slide his hands to his pocket.

"How long are you going to stay there?"

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Ha! Finally I published this! Sorry that I've left this fic for such a loooooong time, but believe me, I won't abandon my stories. I'll finish it until it's complete and I'll work on my new fic. I don't have any clear plots and school have been busy, so please understand me? I've worked on the next chapter, but I need your opinion on how it ends, okay?