Book Quest 7

Juvia let out a surprise squeak when she felt Gray's large hand gripped her shoulder.

Her dark blue eyes darted over his locking jaw, his eyes were fixed on his orange-haired friend.

"What did you say?" he asked deeply and Juvia swallowed nervously.

Gray shoved her behind him, covering her being from Loke's eyes.

"I asked for Juvia-chan's number." replied Loke, smiling cooly as he stubbornly made a step forward, advancing on Juvia again.

Before Gray could lift his left hand to stop or probably punch his friend, Lucy stepped between them, a nervous smile on her face.

"H-hey guys..." Lucy held, both of her hands in front of her, facing Gray.

Natsu stood up as well, placing his hand on Loke's shoulder. "Hey man, I think Ice pants is not in the mood for teasing." Loke's smile only widened. "You know Im not talking to him."

Natsu's eyes traveled to his girlfriend. Lucy nodded in return.

"I think this is enough for today, right?" she turned at Gray, who's still glaring at Loke. The blue-haired girl peeked curiously from his shoulder, tip toeing.

"Since it's already late," Erza walked in, wrapping an arm around Juvia's shoulders. "Why don't you walk Juvia home, Gray?"

The black-haired boy broke off his glare towards Loke, glancing on his side.

He slowly nodded his head, without looking at anyone of them, he grabbed Juvia and wrapped his arm around her shoulders protectively.

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"Im sorry..." Juvia looked down as they stopped at the park. Gray had finally cooled down, the last thing he wanted Juvia to see is when he punch someone in this face. He leaned back on the bench, sighing.

"If you didn't introduced Juvia to them, this could be avoided." the girl continued to talk, peeking at him through her thick lashes.

The raven haired teen turned his dark eyes on the bluenette, scowling. "It's not your fault Juvia. If Loke could only hold his tongue for a minute, this could be avoided."

Again. The girl looked down on her lap guiltily. "Juvia should be contended, she only ruined your-"

"Shut up," Gray snapped already, he's already tired of Juvia always blaming herself.

Juvia wore a surprised look on her face, her mouth hanging open. She didn't expected Gray to snap at her like that.

Silence fell over them. Both looking away from each other. Another minute passed and Juvia finally stood up.

"Juvia needs to go now," she spoke quietly, her eyes glued on the ground. She bowed lightly, her long, wavy blue hair falling in front of her. "Sorry for the trouble." then she turn around.

Gray shot up and quickly extended his arm in front of him. Fortunately, he managed to reach the bluenette's elbow. "Juvia," he said deeply.

The girl looked at him and was surprised to see his sudden change of expression in the face.

He looked like he was about to cry. Like a child pleading to be forgiven because he made his parents upset.

"Gray-sama." Juvia turned around, facing him. She worriedly placed her hand on his. "A-are you-" but before she could even finish her sentence, Gray pulled her forward.

Juvia collided on his hard chest, the bluenette blushed at the contact immediately. "W-what do you think of Loke?" asked Gray quietly.

Juvia moved her head to the side, her face on his shoulder. "Juvia thinks he's nice." she answered innocently.

That made Gray to tightened his hold on her hand. "H-he's a playboy." he objected, searching for the right words to tell her.

"He's always playing with girls, even in Lucy, Erza, Cana, Mira, Levy..." and he went on, saying unfamiliar names of girls.

Juvia thought for a second, there is only one thing that Gray wants to tell her.

"Okay." Juvia nodded, "but Juvia thinks of him nicely as a person, we only met today that's why Juvia needs to be polite and-"

"Do you like him?"

She blinked rapidly, the question made her blush. "Y-yes..." and she felt Gray's breath hitched. "b-but as a person only, a friend!" she quickly amended. Gray sighed in relief. "Good then. But I'm telling you, don't get close to him too much."

"Juvia knows, and she wants to thank Gray-sama for warning her." she smiled then she felt Gray pulling away from her. He's already smiling but it looked so drained. "When he asked for your number," he kneaded the back of his neck. "You smiled and..." a blush appeared on his cheeks. "D-did you consider giving it to him?"

Gray punched himself mentally. How dare he ask something so forward like that?! How could he?!

He was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard Juvia's soft giggle. "Even if he asks for it, Juvia will not give it to him."

Gray gulped. Since he already knew Juvia for a longer time than that playboy, he can get it right?

Nice Idea Fullbuster.

He smiled at her nervously, still blushing.

"T-then how about me? Would you give it to me?"

Juvia blinked her eyes, "What will Juvia give you?" she asked, puzzled.

Ugh... Why is this so hard?! Gray sweat dropped. "I mean, your number."

"Oh... that?" Juvia said softly. "Juvia can't."

That made Gray really want to punch himself.

"Im sorry, I knew that kind of move is really forward-"

"It's okay." the girl smiled, "Well Juvia can't give Loke-san her number because she will not give it to him." she locked her eyes with him. "But if it's Gray-sama, Juvia will gladly give it. But the problem is..."

"Problem?"

The girl nodded. "Juvia doesn't have a phone."

Gray's eyes widened, the fact the the girl doesn't have a phone really surprised him.

"Are you serious?" Even kids nowadays have their own phone!

Juvia blushed embarrassedly. "It's n-not that Juvia doesn't know how to use one, " she flailed. "Juvia has a laptop and exchanging e-mails are much easier."

Gray nodded, holding his left palm in front of her. "Okay, I get it." his other hand went down to hold hers, a boyish smile on his face, the girl squeaked at his action. "Come on, I'll take you home now."

The next day, Juvia found herself standing in front of her locker.

The moment she opened it, water flowed and all her stuffs splattered on her feet.

Her dark eyes were wide, her whole body stiff. "W-what?" she muttered as her eyes began to water.

She looked around and saw some students pointing at her, some are whispering, some are laughing.

Her eyes rolled from side to side, her forehead sweating. She bent down to pick up her stuffs that she placed on her locker, now messy and wet. She also noticed that some of her notebooks had some messy and unfamiliar writings on it, saying: Bitch! Stupid! Feeler! Ugly! Gray-sama will not like you! And some other curses.

Her indoor school shoes was also in a mess, she lifted it and saw mud inside it. "N-no..." she breathed weakly, her eyes tearing. She quickly gathered all her things, her hands shaking. As soon as she finished, without looking at any of the students who are laughing at her, she run out of the school building and headed for home.

AN: Bully alert! Who could it be? Hmm... I want to thank Miya Minako Guest me ga mawaru for reviewing ^^ and those who added this on their follow list xD Gray's kida OOC, yeah?

Okay, I want to tell you guys that my other fics will be on a hiatus. I decided on finishing Book Quest first, but maybe I can update some of them when Im in the mood :) So good luck to me~! Thank you again!