Fairy Tail One-Shots

She's A Bit Clumsy (Gruvia)

*Juvia speaks in third person

Juvia Lockser couldn't believe her luck when she saw that her new assigned seat was next to Gray Fullbuster, and Gray was thinking the exact same thing; although, not in the positive way Juvia was.

"Gray-sama! Juvia is so happy she and Gray are now lab partners!" she exclaimed excitedly.

Gray tried to hide his grimace as he responded, "Yeah. Just sit down already before your clumsy ass breaks something."

Juvia smiled and inched her stool closer to Gray as he rested his jaw on his hand, looking out the window with an expression of boredom.

"Alright class," the teacher clapped her hands together for the students' attention, "today we're going to do a simple lab, so just follow the instructions on the packets at your lab tables."

Juvia happily flipped to the first stage of the lab as Gray read over her shoulder. He couldn't help but feel worried seeing all the vials and liquids depicted on the pages since he knew that Juvia's clumsiness usually caused her to spill things.

"Juvia, just bring the stuff over and you read out the instructions while I do the mixing," Gray explained, hoping she wouldn't pick up on the fact that he'd be doing all the sciency stuff.

"Ok Gray-sama!"

As Juvia made her way back to their table with the tray of supplies, she was stopped in her tracks by a familiar boy with white hair.

"Juvia, my love, allow me to carry that for you," Lyon offered, taking the tray from her delicate hands.

"It's alright Lyon. Juvia can carry it herself," Juvia attempted to get the tray back but Lyon simply held it out of her reach.

"Don't worry Juvia, I'm not as useless as that idiot Gray. You can rely on me."

As if summoned by the mention of his name, Gray appeared beside the two and snatched the tray from Lyon.

"Move! You've got your own partner to help!" Gray exclaimed angrily, holding the tray in one hand while dragging Juvia by the arm back to their lab table.

"Ok, I think you got everything so just read out the first step," Gray requested after laying out the chemicals and vials.

"Gray-sama must pour the red solution with the green solution," she explained aloud, "then, Gray-sama must mix the two until it bubbles."

Gray couldn't help but feel frustrated mixing the solution, wondering what they were possibly learning by following instructions off a packet to mix substances that were being referred to by their color. Weren't there supposed to be chemical names or something?

Juvia reached for two more solutions, "Juvia will mix these while Gray-sama does that."

"Wait Juvia I don't think that's a good—"

Gray wasn't able to finish his sentence before a loud crack was heard. Somehow, Juvia's mixing was aggressive enough to crack the vial, causing the liquid to spill. If that was all the harm done Gray wouldn't have been so shocked, but as the liquid started spilling onto Juvia's legs— which were uncovered due to the skirt she was wearing— his eyes widened in horror as red burn marks followed the trail of liquid down her legs.

"AH!" Juvia exclaimed.

She covered her mouth in an attempt to hide the pain. But as she scrambled off the stool to get away from the liquid dripping off the counter, Gray finally managed to snap into action.

Juvia let out her signature squeal ("Juvin!") as Gray picked her up in his arms and ran to the sink. He pulled harshly on the sink's hose, which thankfully was bendable, and let cold water rush out onto Juvia's legs as he used his hands to try and scrub off the liquid.