I fell in love with this crack pairing, NaVia, that is TOO underrated. I mean, come on, these two fellas look awesome together!

This is a NaVia two-shot, 'Heartbroken', or, in other words, what would probably happen if GrayLu was cannon.


"Yo Luce, wanna go on a job with me?"

"Sorry Natsu, I'm really busy. I have to meet someone tonight. I can't go on a job today..."

This is how it has been going on between Natsu and Lucy lately. Natsu would ask her if she would go on a job. She would find excuses to not go. He was rejected.

"Oh, okay... Talk to ya' later then!", Natsu replied, putting on his biggest grin. Lucy sighed in relief as soon as he walked to a lonely table in the guild.

'Yeah, sure you're busy... Busy with icicle over there...'

Happy wasn't there to comfort him, and Natsu knew he won't be. The blue Exceed recently moved with Lucy and got closer to Carla, and the dragon slayer knew he couldn't take away the chance of Happy's life.

Natsu watched pained as Gray joined Lucy. She would occasionally giggle or laugh, or smile lovingly. Natsu tried to keep his mind off them while staring at the walls or at the floor like if it was the most interesting thing in the world.

His fire wasn't burning as hot as usual, and it was actually colder because of it in the guild.

But nobody, absolutely nobody noticed.


"Gray-sama, would you-"

"No."

"B-But, Juvia hadn't even finished-"

"Don't need to. You were going to ask me out. The answer is 'no'. Not tomorrow, not next week, not next month, never. I'm not going out with you."

This is how it has been like between Juvia and Gray lately. Juvia would try to speak to Gray. He won't even let her finish and say 'no'. She was rejected.

"O-Oh... O-Okay... Then Juvia will go...", said Juvia sadly, walking back to her table.

She watched from afar as Lucy, Gray and Erza were talking. Juvia noticed how Gray looks at Lucy, and how Lucy looks at Gray. She frowned, the sky getting grey.

'There they are... Laughing, joking, smiling... What's Lucy-san that Juvia isn't?'

Juvia got tired of always calling Lucy 'Love Rival'. She knew she would never win Gray from the blonde. In Juvia's mind, Lucy was just too skilled for her. Juvia was wearing lots of clothes that covered her, while Lucy was only wearing mini skirts and revealing T-shirts. What could Juvia do to win against the blonde?

She frowned again, sighing sadly.

And nobody, nobody heard her sighs.


- later -

"Urgh! Juvia hasn't got anyone to help her out on a mission!", Juvia groaned out loud.

Gajeel was on a separate job with Levy, and nobody else wanted to go on a job with her. Juvia let her head fall on the table with a loud thump.

'What can Juvia do? Lucy-san is winning Gray-sama's heart, Gajeel-kun is too busy to help me out, and no one else wants to help Juvia out...', she thought sadly, the sky covering with dark clouds.

Juvia was snapped out of her thoughts when someone shook her. She raised her head, eyes glimmering with hope that it would be her beloved Gray-sama.

But it wasn't. It was who she least expected.

"Hey, Juvia, would you go on a job with me?"

Natsu was standing in front of her, holding a request in his hand.

"Why would Natsu-san want to go on a job with Juvia?", she asked, confused. "Doesn't Natsu-san always go with Lucy-san on jobs?"

At the mention of Lucy's name, Natsu looked down, his bangs falling in his eyes.

"Lucy's... busy with that ice prick... ", the dragon slayer sighed. "A-And I heard you don't have a partner either..."

Juvia's eyes widened. 'Does Natsu-san have feelings for Lucy-san?' Her shocked expression turned into a soft smile. 'It all makes sense to Juvia now... Natsu-san feels sad because Lucy-san is hanging out with someone else...'

"Of course Juvia will go with Natsu-san!", she smiled. "When do we leave?"

Natsu's frown turned into his well-known toothy grin.

"Okay! We're leaving now!", Natsu cheered and took her by the wrist outside.

"W-Wait! Isn't Happy-chan coming too?"

"No, Happy kinda ditched me for Lucy... He said she has more fish than me, and her house isn't as messy as mine", Natsu replied, trying to keep his cheerful face.

Juvia frowned. How could his cat - his foster son, leave him with such an excuse? Don't they know how heartbroken he must be? Both his love interest and closest companion just ditched him, and they don't even speak to him? How could they be so insensitive to his pain? Why can't nobody see how hard he's trying to hide his suffering from her?

"Juvia? We're at the train station", Natsu said, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"R-Right!", Juvia replied a little too quickly.

Their ride with the train was mostly silent. Juvia watched as Natsu groaned, weakened by his motion sickness. Once they arrived in the city where the client was supposed to live, Natsu returned full-force.

"Yeah! The train stopped moving!", he cheered, jumping up and down.

Juvia giggled at his silliness, thinking about how different he is apart from all the people she went on jobs with. She was actually having a little fun with Natsu.

Also, this way Juvia could keep her mind off Gray for a while, because whenever she thought of him, her heart ached.


The job was rather easy. Catch some bandits. The hard part was finding their hide-out, hidden in a big forest, and also be careful to not kill them. So, they finally finished the job at sunset.

"So Juvia, what do you want us to do? Camp in the forest, or stay in a hotel?", Natsu asked the water mage after receiving their reward.

"Umm... Juvia would prefer a hotel, if that's fine with Natsu-san. Who knows what might attack us in that forest?", Juvia said, shivering at the thought of what dangers might hide there.

"Okay then, a hotel it is. Let's go!", Natsu smiled, and grabbed her by the wrist again, running to a hotel nearby.

'But I could've been able of protecting Juvia, even if she would've been right about creepy things in the forest...', Natsu internally mumbled.


"I am sorry, but we only have one room left with a two-person bed."

Natsu and Juvia stared at the receptionist with their jaws dropping on the floor. Natsu coughed awkwardly, not daring to look at Juvia.

"Does that room have a couch, at least?", he asked.

The receptionist shook her head, and Natsu growled to himself. He then turned to Juvia, who flinched at his sudden scary face.

"I'll sleep on the floor, Juvia. Is that okay with you?", he said, his expression softening.

"W-We'll see in the room, N-Natsu-san..."

They both took the key to their room, and rushed upstairs to check it out.


"Wow, well this looks awesome."

Natsu entered the room first, and now he was checking out the bed. It had clean, white covers and was placed in the middle of the room. The room itself was big and clean. Natsu jumped on the bed.

"I love this beeed!", he grinned, putting his arms under his head.

Juvia giggled. "Well, Natsu-san looks like he's enjoying it."

Natsu turned to her and grinned. "Wanna try for yourself?"

Juvia nodded and set herself on her bed. Smiling, she then let herself fall on the bed, next to Natsu.

"Juvia thinks this bed is awesomee~!", she sang.

Natsu chuckled. The Juvia he knew before wasn't like this. She was always stalking Gray and threatening any possible love rivals. But this Juvia was different. She didn't mention Gray not even once during their job, she laughed with him, and had fun, something he rarely saw the other Juvia do. And that was cute. In other words, he liked this Juvia. She wasn't always kicking and punching him whenever he did something wrong, like Lucy, she wasn't always sneering at him and calling him an idiot, like Lucy did... And he liked this better. But he still missed Lucy, and all her flaws, and the fact that she was now with Gray was hurting him...

"Is Natsu-san alright?", Juvia said, snapping him out of his thoughts.

Natsu blinked a few times before putting his best grin.

"Sure I am! Why would ya' ask that?"

"Because Juvia knows this smile is fake", was the water mage's simple reply. "Tell Juvia what's wrong."

Natsu smiled a sadder smile. "So, you're different, aren't you? Nobody has been able to notice my smiles were fake before..."

"Juvia understands. Juvia knows how it is to fake a smile, and nobody noticed. Now tell Juvia what's wrong!", she demanded.

"Well... I guess I have the same issue as you", he sighed.

Juvia raised an eyebrow, confused. "What does Natsu-san mean?"

"I love Lucy, you love Gray, Lucy and Gray love each other. The result is, me and you are left behind to sulk alone", was Natsu's explanation.

Juvia lowered her eyes for a moment. "So Natsu-san is heartbroken too?", she asked with a sad smile.

The dragon slayer only nodded in agreement.

"I put my fake smiles on and nobody notices I'm sad. That's how I'm coping with it", he sighed. "What about you, Juvia?"

Juvia frowned. "Juvia knew for a long time that Gray might not love her back, but she wanted to find a way to deny it. When Juvia finally saw that Gray doesn't love her back, she decided to drop the '-sama' at the end of his name. But Juvia knows it isn't that simple... Juvia's heart still hurts and Juvia... J-Juvia wants... She just wants someone to love her!", she said, tears forming in her eyes.

Natsu enveloped her in a hug, stroking her blue hair and hushing her. He had a pained expression on his face, too.

"Shh, Juvia, it's okay... I'm here, aren't I?"

Juvia smiled sad in his shoulder, letting tears roll on her cheeks.

"D-Did Natsu-san love L-Lucy-san?"

"...More than I ever thought I would...", he said, letting a tear slip down. "But Lucy started insulting me just as much as that popsicle, so I'm trying t-to forget her..."

They stood like that for a few minutes, crying their hearts out.

They were ignored, they were insulted by the people they loved. They had no shoulder to lean on when they were sad and pained. But now they at least had each other...

When Natsu finally released her from the hug, she already fell asleep. He smiled softly, setting her on the bed and covering her with the soft blankets before doing the same for himself. Juvia subconsciously moved closer to Natsu, hugging him. He decided to let it go, and stroke her hair gently.

"Goodnight, Juvia...", he whispered.

'Sweet dreams...', he wanted to say, but fell asleep.


So, as I said in the beginning, this is a two-shot. Expect a second chapter, 'cause this is not the end!

I hope you liked it. Spread the NaVia!