There was a week left until Christmas, and Fairy Tail was preparing itself for their annual party - which usually annoyed all of Magnolia since it lasted all throughout the night- which meant that Mira was hanging up garland and holly, and of course mistletoe. The barmaid planned on getting all the couples in the guild under it this year since everyone had someone special, however she only wanted to use it on two people in particular, two people who loved each other very much but they weren't together: Jellal Fernandes and Erza Scarlet. Mira was determined to get them together, and she really wanted them to kiss under the mistletoe, a great way for them to end their year, but at the same time, start the new year: together. It was a secret that she had invited Crime Socière, well, mostly a secret, everyone but Erza knew about it but that's just how Mira wanted it to be. She looked over her shoulder to see Lucy, Juvia, Evergreen, and Lisanna hanging up Christmas ornaments on their gigantic tree that Gray and Natsu proceed to find every year after they destroyed a forest, which looked lovely right in the middle of the guild. Around the holiday season it was always so nice to see everyone get along and not try to kill each other, and of course Mira wished it could be like this all the time but that wasn't who Fairy Tail was. They were loud, rambunctious, full of energy, and always fighting; just like a family. Maybe that's what Mira loved about the winter holiday so much: the fact that everyone respected one another and refused to fight in order to really feel the joy of being a family. She smiled softly to herself as she went back to hanging up the garland, and the little candy cane decorations while she hummed softly to herself.
Erza sat at the bar eating a piece of her favorite food in the entire world: strawberry cake. She looked around the room with a soft smile on her face as she saw how happy and friendly everyone was being. This time of year was special and it warmed her heart with joy to see the guild getting along and not fighting. As she took another bite of her cake she smiled softly to herself knowing that Jellal had sent her a letter wishing her a happy holiday. It pained her to know that this would be just another holiday without him, but she did have her family which made up for it. Their happiness meant the world to the Titania and just seeing everyone smile was enough for her.
"Gray-sama! It's snowing!" The redhead heard Juvia proclaim loudly as she pointed out of a window. Gray was grinning to himself; he knew it was snowing and he was loving every minute of it, but seeing how excited Juvia got every year around this time made him love it even more.
"I know, it's pretty right?" Gray said as he wrapped an arm around Juvia's shoulders. She was blushing profusely by her boyfriend's gesture. She couldn't properly think of the right words to use to respond with so she simply nodded back to him.
"I'm glad Gray finally understood her feelings," Erza said softly. It was three months ago that the two got together and they had been together ever since. She remembered how Juvia fainted when Gray asked her to get some dinner and take a walk down by the water in Hargeon. Although it took awhile for them to get Juvia to wake up, it made everyone smile to see that Gray shared her feelings.
"Natsu!" Lucy giggled, "stop! The lights go around the tree!" The blonde was laughing when he saw that Natsu had wrapped Happy up in a string of Christmas lights. It happened every year, but it was always so funny. Natsu was grinning like an idiot the whole time as he laughed right along with Lucy. This really was a joyous time of year.
Author's note: First chapter, sort of short so I apologize. I plan on getting this finished in three days so its up just in time for the holiday so I'm going to just write my butt off. I plan on making this a two (maybe three) shot just depending on the next chapter. So yeah, I should update again tomorrow. Hope you all enjoyed this, and again, sorry it's short but I just wanted to get the whole intro to this story out of the way since it's not the main focus, Jellal and Erza are. They'll be mentioned in the next chapter since this one had mentions of NaLu and Gruvia.
