AN: Ok, so I have one more planned after this, but it might be a liiiitle late (blame school lmao)
(PS, I did make something for day 4 but it was a manga coloring and not a fic it can be found at post/142236366804/gruvia-week-day-4-vacation-no-fic-from-me-today (it's also the first post on the blog so if you don't feel like typing in all that just go to juvitheartmage))
Summary: An old acquaintance of Juvia's sparks fear in her.
Genre(s): Romance/Fluff
Rating: T
Pairings: Gruvia
Words: 1,107

~Day 6-Fear~

It was a sunny day in the beautiful town of Magnolia. Juvia Lockser, a mage at the local guild, Fairy Tail, was alone at an outdoor market. She looked happily at the beautiful spring flowers that decorated the stalls, and reveled in the feeling of the sun on her skin.

Juvia leisurely made her way to one of the clothing stalls, looking for the perfect outfit. She was having a date with the love of her life, Gray Fullbuster, later that day and could not have been more elated.

She picked up a light blue dress that would go to her knees and, once she determined that she would be able to make a slit to show her left thigh, she brought it to the owner of the stand.

"Juvia-chan?" Juvia's hands, which were grabbing the bag from the cashier, froze and began to shake. Droplets of rain manifested out of thin air and began to hit the pavement one by one, each meeting their end on the cobblestone streets. Her eyes were widening and fists tightened.

"Bora-san." She choked out, feeling lightheaded and dizzy.

Juvia knew this sensation well. It was what she felt when there was a rainstorm and someone wasn't comforting her, or when Gray disappeared without a trace for six months. It was what she felt when the rain followed her everywhere, and when she first joined Fairy Tail, not knowing if she would be accepted. This was fear, and Juvia was terrified.

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Gray was being scolded by Lucy and Gajeel when it started. Something about how if he hurt Juvia they would kill him, the same speech he'd been given countless times since he asked Juvia out on a date a few days ago.

"I'll use the Taurus star dress and-"

Drip, drip, drop.

"It's raining." Gray frowned, interrupting Lucy who was already on the verge of homicide.

"It's her rain." Gajeel sniffed the air and grimaced.

"Is she okay?" Lucy's look of anger had been replaced with one of worry.

"I don't know."

"Can you smell her from here Gajeel?" Gray asked, his worry levels also rising.

"No, too far away. Bunny girl, you two were talking earlier, do you know where she went?"

"A market! She said she was going to an outdoor market and if I'm correct, there's only one open now."

"Then let's go." The three mages ran from the guild to the other side of town, where Lucy said the market was.

"Even if she went in somewhere, I should catch her scent. It'll be raining the hardest around where she is too." The other two mages nodded and continued to run.

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"Man, Juvia-chan, you look so different, but still so young! You haven't aged a bit."

"Ah, yes, well that's a complicated story." Juvia shifted uncomfortably. She was a strong mage, much stronger than Bora was when they dated, but he had more than seven years on her now. He could have improved tremendously in the years that she had not seen him, and she didn't want to endanger herself.

"I heard that you were in the Grand Magic Games last year, I thought it must have been impossible since it was sunny." He laughed at his twisted joke, unaware of how much Juvia wanted to hurl on the sidewalk at that very moment.

"Yes, Juvia was. Fairy Tail won."

"What guild are you in? I didn't get to watch very much."

Juvia zoned out. She wanted to escape from him. She didn't want to tell him what guild she was in, he could find her if she did that. He brought his hand up to her face. What the hell was he doing? Why wasn't she doing anything?

In her dazed state, she didn't register the calling of her name, or the curses shouted in her direction.

"You bastard!" Shouted two voices as they ran through the puddles to where Juvia was standing. Juvia lifted her shocked eyes to see two of her best friends charging towards the man next to her.

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"I see her, she's with somebody." Gajeel, who was at the front of the group shouted.

"Who the hell is that?" Gray asked.

"Oh, that asshole!"

"Bunny girl, you know that piece of shit?"

"Yes, long story." Lucy huffed out.

"He's touching her. Damn it, I'm going to kill him." Gajeel growled as they ran to the two people.

"You bastard!" Lucy and Gajeel both shouted once in earshot. Juvia and the man turned their heads and their eyes went wide.

"Oh no, not you two." The man said with a terrified look on his face.

"Bora-san how do you know them?" Juvia asked, just before Lucy punched him in the jaw.

"Good job bunny girl."

"W-what are you doing here?" There was a twinge of relief in her voice as Juvia noticed Gray standing behind them, slightly confused.

"The rain." Her boyfriend said motioning to the sky.

"Oh, Gray-sama, Juvia's sorry." She looked at the ground, only just noticing the puddles. "Now the ground will be too muddy for a picnic."

"It's alright, we can have our picnic inside."

"Alright!" The girl beamed as the couple walked away from the stall, Lucy barely holding Gajeel back from murdering Bora.

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"So, Juvia, who was that guy? It seemed like Lucy and Gajeel knew him too." Gray and Juvia were now at the former's apartment watching lacrima movies and eating snacks.

"Oh, Bora-san? He was Juvia's ex-boyfriend." Gray practically choked on the food he was eating.

"You had a boyfriend?"

"Yes, right after Juvia joined Phantom Lord. It ended on less than favorable conditions." The girl laughed nervously.

"Ah, so that's how Gajeel knew him."

"Yes, Juvia doesn't know about Lucy-san though."

"I see, I wish I punched him too."

"Gray-sama," The girl laughed, but her giggles transformed into sobs.

"Juvia, what's wrong?" Gray pulled her close while she sobbed.

"Juvia was so scared. There were too many things from Juvia's past, Bora-san, the rain, teru teru bozu. She couldn't think! It was so scary."

"Teru teru bozu?"

"Juvia saw one in a store window earlier. It didn't bother her much then, but when she saw Bora-san and it started raining, everything fell into place."

"I'm here with you, Juvia. I'll make sure that you are never that scared again."

"Thank you." She reciprocated his hug as her tears stopped falling. At that moment, all of their fears were negated. There was no fear, no Zeref, no evil gods and dragons after them and their friends, just two teenagers hugging each other in a living room letting a movie play beside them.