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Gray cursed under his breath as he checked his watch. His legs started moving faster, turning into a jog. If only he hadn't stopped to get a morning coffee, he wouldn't have to be running to catch his plane.

The barista at the coffee shop had taken so long to make his iced americano! He could understand if the place had been crowded as to why it took longer than usual, but he had stopped by at two in the morning and it had been empty. Also, he wasn't sure why the barista kept spilling everything she grabbed, especially whenever she glanced his way.

"Fuck," he groaned when he finally managed to make it through TSA. His watch read: 2:58 AM. His plane was supposed to take off at 3:00 AM and it would take him at least another five minute to cross to his section.

"Natsu better never get divorced. Motherfucker is making me fly across the world for his wedding, the least he could do is stay in the relationship for a while," Gray complained as he picked up the pace from his slow jog into a full sprint.

Natsu was one of his friends from back in college when Gray was a business major. After they graduated and joined the workforce, they still stayed very close, and even shared an apartment for a while. He was more like a brother than a friend to Gray, but of course he wasn't going to say that to his face.

After a few years, Gray was offered a transfer job in London that was too good to turn down, and they had to go their separate ways. The last time he'd seen Natsu had been during his 29th birthday when his pink haired friend flew down to see Gray. At the end of his birthday bash, Natsu had admitted to him that he'd been seeing a girl. Not even six months later, Gray received the wedding invite in the mail.

Gray had to ask for a week off in order to be able to attend Natsu's wedding. He'd set for it to be in Australia, his fiancé's home country. Gray had decided to enjoy his time off a little more after the wedding. It wasn't every day that he flew across the country.

Just as he was rounding the corner to get on to the escalators that took him to the third floor, which was where his boarding section was located, he ran into someone. Like, literally ran into someone. His luggage and carry on went flying, and he landed on the floor rather painfully.

"What the fuck," he cursed as he massaged his pained back.

"Juvia is so sorry!"

It had been a girl with wavy blue hair and ocean blue eyes that had run into him. She'd fallen on the ground as well, and her luggage had also followed suit. "She's running really late. She's really sorry." She continued to grab him by the hand, and by some godly strength pulled him back on his feet.

"I—what?" he stuttered as she handed him his luggage.

"Juvia has to go, sorry again!"

He watched her run up the same escalators he had to take. She'd left him flabbergasted. He couldn't understand what had just happened, or how she was able to lift him up so easily. Gray also couldn't comprehend why she was wearing a thick, head to toe blue dress in the middle of the summer.

The overhead speaker came on and announced the last call for boarding.

"Shit," he cursed: He grabbed his suitcases and started sprinting once more, momentarily forgetting about the blue haired girl that had knocked him down a few moments ago.

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Sitting in his window seat, after he'd placed his carry on in the overhead compartment, Gray was finally able to sigh in relief. Somehow, he had made it.