A/N: I got many requests for a Part Two to the Valentine's Day gift, so here is one for White Day.
Part 2
White Day Wishes
Erza knew she should not get her hopes up just because it was White Day. Jellal was a fugitive. There was no way he could simply show up. Plus it seemed like a few people found out she had given him a gift on Valentine's Day, so authorities might be waiting to apprehend him today. She had to be realistic.
Still, she woke up early, showered, shaved her legs carefully, fixed up her scarlet hair, and spritzed on some perfume she almost never wore. Instead of armor, she put on a dress she had recently bought.
Not that she bought this dress purely for White Day or anything! It just happened to be on sale.
However, when she was about to leave Fairy Hills, she first checked the mail. Inside was a letter. Her heart leaped up into her throat. Could it be...?
She pulled it out and saw the handwriting. He had not even bothered to hide his writing, although the return address was to a "Sieg Hart" and the location was all the way in Bosco. Was he not even in Fiore anymore? Still, Erza rushed back to her room and opened the letter.
Dear Erza,
I hope you are well, and I hope this letter arrives on time. First, let me say that your chocolates were delicious. I enjoyed every single one of them, despite Meredy's pouting demands that I should share.
"Idiot," Erza laughed, knowing she was blushing already at simply the letter's introduction. "You could have let her have at least one."
She read on, and in her mind she could hear Jellal's velvety voice speaking the words to her as if he was right there in her room, sitting beside her on the couch, with his blue eyes gazing over her body. She was glad to be alone so she could blush like the silly girl she was deep inside all the cold armor plating. However, the next paragraph made her smile sink.
Now, I'm afraid I must apologize. With any luck, this has reached you on or before White Day. I sincerely wanted to be there in person. I've been wondering what I could get you for weeks. I even asked Meredy for suggestions since, quite honestly, I've never bought anything for a girl before. I'm really not sure what women like. Pathetic, no?
After all of my fretting about the perfect gift, fate played a nasty trick on me. Meredy and I were pursued and forced to flee Fiore. We thought we would only need to stay in Bosco for a week, but while here we've come across a group of people who desperately needed our help. It would defeat all I have worked toward if I abandoned these people to what would be a fate worse than death, all for something as selfish as my own heart. I want to stay in the light, even if that means I must cast a shadow on my feelings. That being said, I can't leave Bosco early enough to make it to Magnolia by March 14th. I hope this doesn't darken your heart too much, or I really will have to repent for such a grievous sin.
So I tried to think what I could send as a White Day gift. Sadly, I can't send anything physical over the kingdom border without risking detection, and if I smuggle anything illegally to you, I could risk you getting in trouble as well. So I'm afraid I must sound foolish and say I send this letter with my love attached. You may have it, if you still want it.
Still, that's not quite enough. I took something more than chocolates from you on Valentine's Day. I've returned it below, in the area I circled. When I see you again, I will certainly at least give you back equal payment for that other gift, since your lips are far sweeter than any candy.
(Please don't roll your eyes at that line. Meredy was looking over my shoulder and demanded that I write it. She wouldn't go away until I did. Now I have to finish this letter before she returns.)
Have fun on White Day. I would say "I hope you get a lot of gifts" but I have an uncanny urge to punch anyone who might dare give you a gift on this day. I guess a man can't purge all the darkness within him.
Yours sincerely,
...well, you know who I am.
Erza saw the place at the bottom of the page with a circle. She realized Jellal must have kissed that part of the page...probably something Meredy suggested as well, a way to return the kiss he stole last month.
"You're an idiot, Jellal," she chuckled private. Erza put the letter up to her lips and kissed that spot, leaving behind a faint trace of the lip gloss she wore. "I accept your love and your returned kiss. Just be safe and return to me some day. That's the best gift I could hope for."
Somewhere in the country of Bosco, Meredy's eyes went wide, and she reached up to touch her lips. At the same time, Jellal blushed and lightly touched his lips as well.
"She got the letter," he whispered.
"The magic I placed on the paper must have worked," Meredy exclaimed. "I wasn't really sure if it would work on paper, or over this distance. The sensory link is only a one-time thing, though."
"That's fine," Jellal said with a smile, tugging his hood down to hide his blushing. "It wouldn't be fair if I felt her kiss more than once."
"I guess that's true...but now I feel like I've been kissed!" Meredy whined.
End
ADDED NOTE: I even checked Hiro Mashima's Twitter this morning to see if he had anything I could write about, and at the time he didn't. After I had written this, he posted this:
t. co/k49XTE70x2
Okay...that works too!
