A/N: So, this is my first real ship fanfic (and it's in English! Eep!)... I don't really know what I'm doing but well, I almost never do. I totally ship Gruvia way too much to leave them be. This'll be fun. (Hopefully...)

Juvia didn't exactly know what she was doing here.

Or well, scratch that, she knew she was looking for a job. But why here, of all places?

Truth was, Juvia's only skills were dancing and poetry, and since you couldn't just get hired as a poet - or at least, it was very hard to get published - Juvia figured she would try working as a dancer. It would be fun, right...?

But wherever she'd sought, people brushed her off. Her clothes were too odd, speaking in third-person was weird, she was too depressing and she liked the rain too much.

So here she was, a pretty prude girl holding a pink umbrella in the rain outside Gray's Anatomy. It was the last place you would've thought to find Juvia Loxar, but the twenty year old girl had swallowed her pride and went to search for a job at a strip club.

She balled her fist to knock at the door, and then she just left it hanging in mid-air, hesitating. Maybe she could try some other place first? Sure there was some dance studio left...?

She didn't have a chance to change her mind, because suddenly the door jerked open and a man was thrown out, wobbling a bit.

Juvia's eyes widened.

"I'm comin' wback Natshu!" The black-haired man slurring shouted at the guard, making Juvia notice him for the first time.

The pink-haired male just shook his head at the black-haired man who was holding a bottle of alcohol and constantly taking a swig of it.

"I know that Bacchus, you come back every weekend - no, scratch that, you come here almost everyday - and you know that if you get too drunk I'll have to throw you out."

The man - Bacchus? - snorted and walked away with his chin raised high, although it didn't make that much of an impression since he was wobbling back and forth, hickuping from time to time.

The guard was about to turn back inside when he spotted Juvia and froze on the spot before lighting a grin towards her.

"Did you want to come inside?"

Juvia stared at him, paralyzed.

"N-no, Juvia..." She mentally faceapalmed at her stuttering. She had to make a good first impression!

"Juvia was actually looking for a job here." Juvia said while tilting her head up to look at him.

The guy blinked in surprise, before snickering a bit.

"Okay then! Come with me here so we'll go to the owner and talk about that!" He said, and motioned with his hands for her to come inside.

"I'm Natsu Dragneel by the way", he said to her while closing the door. "If you're going to work here, we'll sure see more of each other."

"Juvia Loxar", Juvia shortly told him.

The place was crowded.

It was dark, hot and loud.

Juvia spotted a white-haired girl serving drinks at a bar in a corner, while a scarylooking red-head was guarding the place, effectively scaring away people who tried anything.

After rounding a corner and finally getting away from the people, Natsu stopped at a door, motioning for her to knock.

She knocked on the door, and while they were hearing footsteps coming closer Natsu whispered to her what an asshole the owner was, suddenly making her insecure.

An ink-haired guy with a frown on his face opened the door with a jerk.

"What, Flame-brain?" he said, obviously annoyed.

Juvia had a hard time thinking. Somehow was she drawn to the black haired guy - he just seemed perfect, like a god, unobtainable. Her heart beated faster than she was comfortable with, and her sweaty hands were shaking as she held her folded umbrella tight.

"This chick wanted a job, Ice princess", Natsu said while pointing his thumb towards her.

Juvia barely noticed. She was in a daze, staring at the black haired guy. Oh my, how she would love to trail her fingers down the lined abs on his -

"Juvia?" Natsu waved a hand in front of her.

"Sumimasen! Juvia did not hear what you were saying!" She told them, bowing her head in apology while trying to hide the blush crawling up on her neck. Just what was that guy doing to her...?

The owner looked at her critically, trailing his eyes up and down, tsking now and then and frowning. Juvia's blush reached her cheeks as she fidgeted in order to escape his sceptic gaze.

"She has the body, but her personality... She seems a little unexperienced. Not exactly a person you'd expect to work at a strip club, considering how unpredictable horny, drunk men are."

"Excuse her, but Juvia is quite the experienced dancer. She has danced in a lot of weird places."

The owner raised a brow. "So she has some courage at least... Although she's speaking in third person, but a lot of the men would probably just get turned on by that." He said, making a dismissal wave with his hand.

"Well then." The owner turned back to Juvia, making her knees turn into jell-o.

"I'm Gray Fullbuster. Your shifts will start at 8pm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and end at 2am when the club closes. Will that be okay?"

Juvia didn't know what to say. She was still studying to become a full-fledged artist and finishing at 2am every Monday wouldn't do great for her sleep. But she needed the money, and she knew she had to do anything to get them.

"If it's not too much to ask, Juvia would like to work during Wednesdays and Thursdays as well."

Gray blinked, caught by surprise. Then suddenly the surprise was replaced by a snicker.

"Well that's a first! Okay then - Juvia was it? - Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and you get paid by tips, as you maybe knew", he said, looking at her to see if she was surprised.

"Juvia knows. She said she had danced in many odd places and she has." She stated.

Gray nodded. "Well then, get an outfit somewhere - for starters, you can probably borrow one of one of the other dancers - and then you start tomorrow. Put together whatever dance you want to, but I'll kick you out if you're bad enough to lower the club's reputation."

Juvia swallowed and nodded. "Arigato, Gray-sama. Juvia will not disappoint you."

And with a quick bow, she walked out of the room.

"Sumimasen!" Juvia tapped the blonde girl's shoulder. The stripper turned around, confused.

"Yes?"

"Juvia is going to start working here tomorrow, and she doesn't know if there's some clothing theme or something like that here."

The blonde blinked in surprise, before shaking Juvia's hand excitedly.

"So you're new, eh? You have to meet everyone! I'm Lucy, by the way", the blonde girl said while dragging Juvia towards a room backstage.

"Girls! We got a new one!" Lucy shouted while waving towards a group of girls with Juvia's hand.

A brown-haired girl holding a wine bottle came up to them.

"I'm Cana", she said and took a sip - a very, very large sip - from the bottle. "Thank goodness we're getting something entertaining, it always gets so boring when Bacchus gets thrown out."

Lucy rolled her eyes at the drunkard. "Cana's always like that, so you'll just have to get used to it. The sooner the better."

"Hello!" A petite blunette in a orange and white short top with a matching skirt - more like panties - said, sneaking up on Juvia.

"I'm Levy. Nice to meet you!"

"Juvia", Juvia stated.

"For your knowing, don't hit on the pinkette guard, the doorman or the blunette guard." Cana said.

"Huh?"

"They belong to these two and Erza", she said, motioning towards Levy and Lucy.

"Cana!" Said girls hissed.

"I'm not going out with Natsu, get that into your drunk brain!" Lucy said, crossing her arms over her chest.

"O-okay... Who's Erza?" Juvia asked.

Cana pointed at the guard with the red hair and Juvia winced. Yeah, better not anger that one.

"And the guy next to her, with the tattoo, is Jellal. Forbidden territory." Lucy explained.

"And the doorman's not here today. So, what more do you need to know?" Levy asked.

"Ehm, what Juvia should wear..."

Lucy facepalmed. "Yes ofcourse! Just... wear what you're comfortable with. What do you like?"

Juvia blinked. "Juvia likes the water very much."

Lucy stroke her chin. "Do you like swimming, Juvia?"

Juvia tilted her head. "Yes?"

The blonde grinned. "I have the perfect outfit for you."

A/N: So, first chapter done! In the beginning it was going to be a one-or-two-shot, but I realize that it'll have to be longer, tbh. Hope noone minds. :/

And I'm sorry, my writing skills are way too poor to write Gruvia fanfiction (jk. Everybody should write Gruvia fanfics uwu. Or atleast have the choice to do so, no offense GraLu/ Lyvua/ whatever shippers. Oh wait. If you're shipping them then you're probably not reading this and - where am I going with this?). Anyways, reviews and ratings and whatever are apprechiated (I can't even spell why the hell did I need to be Swedish help), because I need to know what to do better.

This is a sketch of what it's gonna be! Probably gonna edit this a LOT.

With that, BAI! ;* 44444