Juvia suddenly leaves Fairy Tail.
Gray knows it is for sure not his fault.
But why does he feel so guilty?
who's idea was it to structure this like an arc with fights and all? oh no, it was me wasnt it.
Gray x Juvia
An arc between Tenroujima and the GMG in which Juvia runs from the guild and Gray gets her back (maybe)
Very angsty, a lot of self doubt, self hate, canon typical violence, gray is in focus
Rated M
To Gray’s surprise Juvia stepped forward and walked so close to Lucy that she could take her hand. “Juvia was never sure what her purpose in life was, but now she knows. Lucy-san and the others have to let Juvia help them for once.”
Juvia had helped them many times, Gray thought and was thankful that Lucy said it out loud so he didn’t have to. “You have helped us! Just recently… I mean well, recently for us… you were almost essential! I don’t know what is happening here, but I swear we would rather have you with us in the guild than alone here. Whatever it is, we can all solve it together like we should.”
“Exactly,” Natsu said, “Your enemies are also the enemies of the guild. So if these people have dragged you here we will take care of them.”
Gray saw Juvia’s lips curl again, but this time he was pretty sure she’d done it because she was upset. The insinuation that she needed someone to take care of stuff for her seemed to have hurt her in some way Gray could not quite put together. Either way, Natsu should learn not to run his mouth like an idiot.
“Do you not trust Juvia?” she asked Lucy directly and then at the others.
“Of course we trust you,” Erza said immediately and Wendy added: “That's what you should for your guild mates!”
Juvia smiled a very thin, but seemingly genuine smile: “Then you have to trust that Juvia knows what she is doing.” Erza let her mouth fall open a little and Gray too was a little impressed how well Juvia had set that up.
Then, to his complete shock, her eyes fell directly to him again. “Gray trusts Juvia too, right?” she asked.
He wanted to rip his mouth open and tell her that while yes, he had trust in her he still didn’t want her to shoulder any burden alone. That part of why they had worked in a team was because they did it all together, in the Battle of the Guild, on Tenroujima and on jobs. That she should share with him what was on her mind, what made her leave and if it was his fault.
Tell me if I can fix this, he wanted to say. Tell me how I can fix this.
But since his mouth did not cooperate he just stood there, fingers colder than he’d ever felt them, and nodded a yes.