AN: I had totally forgotten about the FluffFest until I read an Anon ask on my Tumblr and I wrote this in an hour, while sick and uncomfortable with my city's heat. Cut me some slack if this isn't good. LOL

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No Rainy Days

Day 01 ~ Cook

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Juvia decided to learn how to cook when she was thirteen after she heard that "a way to a man's heart is through his stomach" and she had just realized that she would never meet her parents, like she thought she would while a young girl, and the idea of starting her own family as the only way of her ever have one of her own became a personal goal: Find a man, fall in love, get married and have her own kids to love.

Cooking the greatest meals to her family would make the picture, perfect.

So, she became quite good at it to a point where she could rival a chef by the age of seventeen and when Juvia met Gray, she knew he was the one. She fell in love in an instant and by the time she saw the blue sky for the first time, she was planning to cook for him the rest of their lives.

The first time she gave a bento to him and he offered it to Natsu, it had hurt. Apparently, the way to Gray Fullbuster's heart wouldn't be through his stomach.

And it wasn't.

When she finally conquered his heart, it had been just because she was herself, not because her chocolate cake was flawless.

But cooking became a routine to Juvia, a way to unwind tension and everyone of Fairy Tail seemed to love her food – including her boyfriend, after all, the way to his heart wasn't through his stomach, but he certainly never turned down anything she made after he tasted her cooking for the first time – and in a way, her dream of cooking to her family became true; because that's what her friends became: her family.

Four months into her relationship with Gray (she still couldn't believe he was her boyfriend!), she spent the night at his apartment doing much more than just sleeping, like they had before.

It had been the single most amazing experience of her life, to be in his arms as he held her close and they became one with an whispered 'I love you', sweet kisses and labored breathing. To fall asleep in his arms – head resting over his chest while he caressed her hair – was just the cherry on top.

The morning after, though, she woke up alone in his bed and was confused for a moment until she heard noise outside. What could be more important than stay in bed naked?

The blunette sighed and grabbed one of Gray's t-shirts, not bothering to put anything else underneath - and went outside to find her boyfriend to urge him back to bed, since neither had a mission that day.

Once Juvia reached the hall, she smelled bacon and frowned when she stepped inside the kitchen just to see Gray, only in his white boxers, standing next to the stove stirring the bacon she had smelled. On the counter, she noticed, there was a plate with pancakes and another with scrambled eggs.

"Gray-sama?" Juvia called the man and even if it hadn't been her intention, it startled him.

"Shit, don't do that." He said, turning around and leaving the bacon cook. "What are you doing up?" Gray asked crankily and Juvia frowned with his tone. What had she done?

"You weren't in bed when Juvia woke up. Juvia was confused why." She explained and his expression softened. "And you are quite grumpy this morning." She said, nervous the night before had meant much more to her than did to him.

"Sorry." He stepped closer to her and put his hands on her hips, brushing his lips on hers (it only happened by his initiative when they were alone – god forbid Gray to show affection publically). "But I'm trying to be romantic and shit and you are kind of ruining it."

"Huh?" Juvia frowned in confusion.

Gray's cheeks became pink and he looked away from her, but his hands stayed in place as he rambled. "This is horribly cliché, but clichés only turn clichés because they were good, so I thought: 'here goes nothing, might as well at least try this romantic thing after last night', so, I decided to cook you breakfast and... have it in bed." He almost whispered the last part while Juvia stared at him in shock. Gray was red with embarrassment and she couldn't find a moment where he had been more adorable.

"You cooked for me?" Juvia asked in wonder and her boyfriend nodded. She looked at the pancakes and eggs once more and then to the bacon before return her gaze back to Gray. "No one ever cooked for Juvia." She could feel her eyes sting and soon she was tearing up. "Juvia is the one who cooks."

Misunderstanding her words, Gray looked slightly offended. "Hey, I might not be as good as you, but I can cook a little bit, thank you very much." He saw her eyes glisten and he rolled his eyes. "Calm down, it's quite eatable and if you don't want it, you don't have to eat it-"

Juvia cut him. "It's not that at all." She said. "It's just that no one ever cared enough about Juvia to cook for her just because." The Water Mage explained and Gray's expression became one of understanding. "You didn't have to, yet here you are, cooking breakfast so we can eat it in bed! I can barely believe that we are dating and that we made love last night" his cheeks became pinker at that "and now you are cooking breakfast! Maybe Juvia is dreaming. Or in a coma. This is surreal."

"It's just food, Juvia." He mumbled. "I can't very well let you cook all the time while I am capable of doing some stuff myself."

"Juvia still thinks she's in a coma." She said and Gray rolled his eyes.

"All of it is real." He waved towards the food and then pulled her closer to him, their bodies melting into one another, making her gasp in surprise. "Last night was quite real also."

Juvia shivered with his tone and the way his eyes darkened before he kissed her lips with intent.

"Gray-sama." Juvia whispered when their lips parted and they were both breathless.

"Hm?" Gray was kissing his way down to her neck.

"The bacon is burning."

His actions stopped and he quickly let her go with a cuss and stepped close to the stove, trying to salvage some of the food.

"Damn it!" He exclaimed. "You distracted me. Go back to bed. I'll be there in a few minutes. I will not have done all of this so we can eat it out here. Go."

The blunette nodded and stepped closer to him, hugging him from behind. Gray's body stiffened for a moment and relaxed as soon as he heard her whispered "Thanks for this" before she let go of him and make her way back to his bedroom.

When he entered the room holding an ice tray with their food (he didn't had trays in his house, so he made one with his magic), Juvia smiled widely when he joined her in bed and they ate, chatting about some thing or another.

His cooking was average, he was no chef, but at that moment all the food on that tray was the best in the world, even better than hers.

Juvia still loved cooking, and she was pretty good at it. She still felt pride when people praised her skills as a cook, but she'd rather have her boyfriend's lumped pancakes, overcooked eggs and burned bacon at any time.

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AN: Sorry about any mistakes and typos! This was written fast and on my phone (I searched for mistakes while I edited it before posting, but I never get all of them). I hope it wasn't bad. I will try to write at least a drabble this week, but with work, it can be quite difficult. Anyway, Happy FluffFest Week!

12/08/2014 ~ BonneyQ