The Nerd and The Knight?
By CleideJam
A/N: This is going to be a very short dedication for MirZa. I can't help but wonder why the creator of Fairy Tail failed to dedicate even one episode for them. Nyahaha!
Disclaimer: I hate not owning anything though my heart is already owned by someone.
Summary:
Mira Strauss is known as the nerdy student librarian in Fairy Academy. Bullies in her school love to play with her innocent and kind personality. She is beginning to lose all hope that her high school life would be full of nice memories. However, all of her doubt vanishes when one fateful summer she meets the famous student council president of Fairy Academy, Erza Scarlet, who has just returned from her long training in Europe.
What will happen between the two of them? Will Mira finally have her wish come true? Or is Erza just one of those bullies?
3rd POV
Along with the heat of the sun, people are enjoying the short break they have in this summer vacation. Couples make the best of their dates, families go to different places to enjoy a new environment and others simply enjoy the refreshing sensation that the public pools are giving them. Even cicadas are relishing the summer moment with the noisy sound they are emitting. Even though it's a vacation, some students are still busy in school. It's either their club activities or their make-up classes.
And in one certain famous school in the wealthy city of Magnolia, a group of students are patiently waiting in front of the gates. A pink spiky haired guy holds a long banner with the words 'WELCOME BACK TITANIA' written on it while another guy with spiky hair but in a deep shade of black is carrying a huge three-leveled strawberry cake. Together with them is a girl with bluish short hair holding balloons of different colors and beside her stands a younger blue-haired girl that is simply smiling.
"Hey! Gray! Is she here yet?" the pink spiky-haired guy wearing the uniform of their school with the long sleeves fold up to his elbow asks impatiently.
"Wait, I'll give her a call, Natsu" the guy named Gray replies while balancing the cake as he dials a familiar number with his IPhone 5.
"Ohh! Juvia can't wait anymore! The student council president is finally returning after being gone for two years!" the older girl with short blue hair giddily reacts like she is a fan girl.
"Yep! I can't wait to see the Kaichou as well! I wonder if something has changed with her…" the younger girl named Wendy adds as she twirls on her feet just like a kid.
"Keh! Knowing that woman?! It will take an entire millennium before anything or anyone could change her! That straight-forward, stubborn, strict, bossy-"Natsu, the pink spiky-haired guy gets interrupted when Gray butts in.
"I can't reach her phone so I called Loki. He says that the Kaichou escaped again" Gray blankly informs everyone as if the information is nothing new.
Everyone gapes and twitches at the information. All of their preparation has gone into waste because the guest-of-honor is nowhere to be seen.
"Told you it will take a millennium before that woman changes" Natsu says with a wide grin.
"*sigh* I guess we'll just bring these things to her apartment and we'll surprise her there" Wendy informs as she helps Juvia in carrying the balloons.
"That plan will be perfect, Wendy. That is if SHE ever shows up. As we all know, she'll be wondering off somewhere and return when the sky is peach black" Gray reminds them about the unwavering hobby of their Kaichou to suddenly disappear and return when the day is gone.
"Well. It's worth a shot, right? Gray! Call everyone! We'll be blowing an even bigger party for her! Haha!" Natsu happily announces as they all begin to walk towards the school building.
"Wow… I never knew Natsu-sempai cares so much for the Kaichou" Wendy says in wonder because for all she knows, the pink spiky-haired guy is scared of the Kaichou.
"Don't believe that bird brain, Wendy. Natsu just wanted to have a bigger party because the amount of food he'll be able to eat would be bigger. Isn't that right, Juvia?" Gray says proudly as his girlfriend, now with her right hand free, clings onto his left arm.
"Ha~i! No doubt, Gray-sama is right, Wendy. What Natsu all wanted is the food!" Juvia replies and glares at the nervously chuckling pinkette.
"Hey. What can I do? I love food. Aye!" Natsu grins even wider.
Meanwhile in Airport XXvXX, a certain blonde haired hunk is pacing left and right as he ponders just how the Kaichou escaped him. The blonde guy named Loki pauses on his pacing as he looks at the crowd of girls looking at him. He sends them his finest smile and as soon as he returns to his pacing all of the girls get sweep off their feet. "I am such a charmer" Loki snickers and ponders again but gets interrupted when his Galaxy Note rings.
"Loki he-"
"Oi! Charmer, get your ass off that place and come to the Kaichou's apartment"
"Eh? Her apartment? Wait. What are you planning, Gray?"
"Well, Salamander here decided to throw a bigger party for her. So quit blabbering there and get your kinky ass here!"
"Okay. Okay. If you say so… I just hope SHE won't get mad. You DO know how much she hates it when someone walks into her personal space, right?"
"Of course! But I'm sure she won't mind especially when I got something to cool her off"
"O-Ohh...and what could that be?"
"Just get your fat ass here, Loki. Juvia and the others are already preparing the things we'll need. Come and just give us a hand already!"
"Hai. Hai." With the phone call done, Loki heads towards the parking lot but before he steps out of the lobby the blonde gives her best killer smile to the ladies.
While everyone is busy in preparing a party in their Kaichou's apartment, a certain nerdy student-librarian enters the school ground of Fairy Academy. Today, she is opted to give the head librarian a hand as they rearrange the books that the students forget to put back, PROPERLY. Mira Strauss, while fixing her big and circular non-framed eyeglasses, sighs as she enters the school ground. She has to cancel her schedule for the day just to help the head librarian. Luckily, it will help her in hiding from those students who bully her.
BULLY.
Just the word itself sends shivers to the student's spine. Her long grayish white bangs hanging over her eyes covering half of her face sways to the left as a lone hand suddenly slaps her cheek HARD. Mira fells onto the sandy ground as the pain from the slap still stings her face. This is it. She should have known it. She would never be able to escape the dreadful shadows of her bullies.
Why do they love hurting, teasing and bullying her is something she doesn't know.
She gazes up and her eyes, hidden from the eyeglasses and from her long bangs, find the culprit for her now reddish cheek. She cringes when she hears the evil laughter of the woman towering her slump figure.
"Ever Green…" her soft voice says the name of the other student in a hurt and pleading tone.
This, however, just make the other girl to laugh heartily and evilly.
How could she do this?
She isn't even looking at the woman. She is just silently minding her own business when suddenly Ever Green gets the idea of slapping her. Luckily, the girl's boyfriend, who is another bully, is not around thus making her fortunate.
"Hey, baby. What are you doing here?" a guy with spiky blonde hair walks towards the direction of Mira and Ever Green.
At that, Mira's eyes widen when she turns her head and recognizes the new figure coming.
"I guess I just lost all of that luck" the bespectacled girl muses to herself as she tries to stand up.
"Ohh… now I know why you are taking so long, baby. You're still playing with the school mascot. Well, then I'll play with you as well!" Laxus' voice is now full of mischief and Mira could clearly imagine a grin making its way onto the guy's face.
She recognizes it. The fist that Laxus owns is slowly reaching her face. Mira reminds herself to call her friend to help her clean her wounds later. For now, she'll just bare the pain of this common situation.
"Taste this-!"
With Laxus' shout, Mira shuts her eyes closed preparing for the pain that will either reach her face or her stomach.
But…
Nothing arrives?
Slowly, Mira looks up to see what has happened to her bullies. Something is blocking her view. All she can see is a fracture of a surprised and…scared look on the faces of Laxus and Ever Green.
"What's going on?" Mira asks herself as she steadies her vision and follows the trail where her two bullies are looking at.
And there she is, the person who has just saved her from the everyday routine that she is slowly growing tired of. In front of her stands a girl same as her age she thinks. A girl with long beautiful scarlet tresses proudly stands in front of her. A girl wearing long sleeves white polo and a pair of leathered pants hugs the curves of her savior.
"Oh my…why am I eyeing this stranger? This is not like me…" the student-librarian asks to herself as she watches her savior and her bullies.
"E-Erza?! Wha-what are you do-doing here?" Laxus' voice falters for a moment when he speaks those not-so-intimidating words.
"What do you mean, Laxus? Last time I checked I still DO study here" the girl named Erza replies in a matter-of-fact tone and crosses her arms over her well-shaped chest.
"Erza… I thought… I thought you are never coming back?" this time it's Ever Green who steps forward and speaks at the savior of Mira.
"Well, I quickly finished my training over there and so here I am, AGAIN. I hope you guys didn't miss me that much" Erza says smugly as her brown eyes gazes at the girl who is still sitting on the ground. She then gazes back at the two bullies.
As soon as Laxus and Ever Green recognize the huge mistake they have done…
"I see that you guys still have not changed? Bullying? Really now. Isn't that something for the grade schoolers?" her voice is mocking and belittling the other two.
Mira watches in awe just how frustrated, angry and fuming Laxus is looking like. Her savior sure knows what buttons to push to make the ever cool blonde bully to be angry.
"Why… you!" Laxus quickly grabs a lone wooden stick on the ground as he lungs himself towards the redhead's direction.
"Watch out!" with full concern, Mira calls out to her savior. She knows just how that attack would hurt. Laxus is the captain of the Kendo Club after all and she has been at the receiving end of those attacks for so many times.
Erza gazes at the girl for a split second and… is that a smile? Yes, even though Laxus is already lunging towards her, her savior isn't doing anything but just smiling. Erza then turns around and faces Laxus with a smirk.
"Er…za!" Laxus voice roars as he attacks the redhead. This then let Mira to shut her eyes closed. She doesn't want to see it. She doesn't want to witness another tragedy happening in front of her and all she could do is watch.
After hearing a loud THUD, a tap on Mira's shoulder causes her to open her eyes. And in front of her stands her savior with a hand holding out for her to grasp on. She hesitantly takes the offer and stands on her two feet but as soon as she stands, her ankle hurts like hell. She instantly falls but is easily caught by strong yet gentle and soft arms of her savior.
"Does it hurt?" the husky yet girlish voice of her savior asks.
Mira looks up at her savior and her breath hitches.
"Such beautiful eyes…so sincere yet so firm…" Mira says to no one but herself.
"Hey… are you alright? Is there anything else that hurts?" once again that sincere and concern voice. Mira feels a sudden tug in her heart. No one has offered concern towards her except for her closest friends and her family.
And now this stranger is showing concern for an ugly and nerdy girl like her.
"No… I'm alright. But I think…" the bespectacled girl pauses and gazes at her swollen ankle.
Erza seems to quickly get the message and she scoops Mira in a bridal style.
"Eeep! Th-this is embarrassing. Please, put me down. I think I can walk on my own" Mira pleads as she instantly wraps her arms around her savior's neck not wanting to fall.
"No. You can't walk in that condition. Just allow me to help you, okay?" Erza asks as she smiles at the girl in her arms. She tightens her hold when Mira slowly nods her head as a response.
On their way inside the building, Mira tilts her head a bit trying to get a glimpse of what has happened to Laxus and Ever Green. Her mouth gapes at the scene before her. On the ground, Ever Green is desperately trying to wake up an out cold Laxus. Mira could see that the pupil of Laxus has gone up to the back of his head and the wooden stick is lying beside him in half as it is cut down by a saw.
Mira turns her gaze to her savior when she feels a chuckle coming from Erza.
"Don't worry, that bastard won't be bothering you for a good week or so. I made sure he'll be sleeping for a while" Erza says and continues chuckling.
Mira doesn't know if she should be happy or scared on what her savior just says to her. She inwardly sweats drop but a small smile tugs her lips and she flinches when one of the hands holding her is removed and opens a door. She recognizes it as the infirmary of the school. Seeing that no one is in the infirmary, her savior lays her down on a vacant bed.
"T-thank you…" she says coyly with her head down.
"It's nothing. Are you new here in Fairy Academy?" Erza asks as she takes a seat.
"Yes, I just moved here last year. I'm Mira Strauss and thank you...errr…?" Mira pauses as she waits for the other person to give her name.
Erza stands from her seat and kneels in front of Mira making the other girl to be surprise. Just before Mira can speak a word, the redhead slowly grabs her hand and kisses the top of it. After kissing her hand, Erza's brown eyes find Mira's blue ones.
"Nice meeting you, Mira. I am Erza. Erza Scarlet" the redhead says and smiles when she sees a full blown blush on Mira's face.
Although the eyeglasses and the bangs are covering her beautiful face, Erza easily finds the pools of Mira. And she finds those blue irises to be so beautiful, "But much more beautiful if she'll just smile" the redhead adds inwardly.
The two girls are lost in their own world when suddenly a cough interrupts the two of them.
"Still the great knight, Erza-san" the voice so familiar to Erza speaks causing the redhead to smile and stand from her current position.
"Well, I am born in a chivalrous family after all, Cana-sensei" the redhead replies as she faces the school doctor.
Mira watches at how familiar the two seem to be with each other. "Just who is she? Even Laxus and Ever Green know her" the student-librarian asks in wonder as she stares at the handsome and at the same time beautiful face of Erza.
"Erza…" Mira unconsciously says getting the attention of the redhead.
"Yes?" Erza's face is an inch away from her. She feels the hot breath of Erza. She can feel her mind going haywire and her heart beating like a drum.
"So close…" Mira inwardly notes to herself and forces herself to back away from their close proximity.
At that awkward moment, Cana grabs the redheaded knight through her collar pulling her away from the student-librarian. Erza blinks at what has just happened and she swats away the hand of her friend and at the same time sensei.
Cana looks at Mira with an apologetic smile and, with her hand, points at the bewildered Erza.
"Haay…" the teacher with long slightly wavy black hair moves beside Mira and looks at Erza.
"Please forgive her, Mira-san. That girl" Cana pauses and glares at Erza who glares back at her, "doesn't know the meaning of personal space" she ends and grins at the fuming redhead.
"Oi! I do know the meaning of personal space! Personal space is a place that is occupied-" Erza begins explaining the meaning of personal space, literally. The teacher gapes at her intelligent yet dense student.
"Damn, you ARE dense, Erza-san" Cana claims and laughs hard.
Erza fumes harder and, with a pout, she looks away from her teacher. The two are still quarrelling but stop when they hear a soft giggle coming from the injured student. The two silences down and look at her in wonder. Erza quickly moves towards the said girl and sits beside her with a smile on her face.
"Hey. What's so funny?" the redhead asks in a sing-song voice.
Mira in turn faces her still giggling. Erza blushes because she finds the giggles to be music in her ear, the smile to be so picture perfect and the once dull blue eyes now have that beautiful sparkle in them.
"Scarlet-san is such a literal type of person. Maybe that is the reason why Cana-sensei called you dense" Mira, finally stopping her giggles, informs the redhead. Mira looks at Erza but finds the redhead already looking at her with a frown.
"Hey! Don't call me Scarlet-san. I feel so old with that. Just call me Erza, okay?" the redhead offers and grins cheekily when Mira nods her head in agreement. "Well, I guess I'll be calling you Mira now" Erza adds and smiles wider realizing that she has just gained a new friend.
"Escaping Loki was so worth it" the redhead congratulates herself inwardly.
Meanwhile, Mira, after having heard her name escape from Erza's lips, couldn't help the blush occurring on her pale cheeks. She raises her head a bit to get a glimpse of Erza who is still smiling at her. As she looks at Erza, Mira realizes something.
"Erza-san is so nice and so kind. She is not like the others who are so judgmental, so boastful and so abusive. Maybe she is finally the person that I'm waiting for. A friend that I can have and share good memories with. Maybe just maybe Erza-san is the one fo-" the student-librarian stops her thinking when images of romantic scenes between her and her savior suddenly pops into her mind.
"Oh…my…" she mouths to herself inwardly, "I never knew that I swing that way…" her eyes widen as the realization of doing those things that only lovers do, with the redhead is not that bad.
Her blue eyes travel towards the redhead who is now lying on the bed where she is sitting on. The redhead has that smile that Mira finds to be contagious. And she feels something warm slowly building up in her stomach and up to her…
Chest…?
Heart…?
"Maybe if it's with her… I won't mind. It's been so long ever since I felt this warm before…" Mira happily smiles with a twinkle in her eyes and plops down over the bed beside the redhead who smiles at her in return.
On one of the corners of the infirmary, the left Cana-sensei watches the two girls who are happily doing nothing but smiling at each other while they are lying over the bed. And her lips curl up into a smile and then into a grin.
"Who could have thought that knights are still alive? Heh, how cheesy and stupid? A knight bringing a smile to the dull and nerdy student-librarian. Maybe the Kaichou will change the rumors about Mira-san being scary and nerdy. Maybe the lonely girl will finally have friends and enjoy her stay here. This is so worthy of my break time" the sensei ponders within herself and smiles inwardly.
"Nah~! Drinking alcohol is still the most worthy thing to spend my break time on! Wait for me, beer coz' here I come!" Cana moves out of the infirmary with a dreamy smile and her mind already flooding with barrels and barrels of beer leaving two girls over the infirmary bed.
A/N: Is this the end? Of course NOT! xD