"Her smiles will forever reflect the emptiness of her heart, his eyes will be perpetually sorrow, and she will never again look in the mirror without seeing the blood that she spilled. - juvia&gray&erza"

Scarlet Regret

"I refuse to wait any longer for you."

The blank expression on his face was enough for her to understand. He was willing to give her up. Willing to let her walk away, out of his sight, out of his life - forever. But she didn't want that, she wanted him to grab her hands and hold her close and kiss her soundly, until her breath was stolen from her and Mira and Lucy were giggling in the background.

She wanted to run her fingers through his azure hair, and kiss the crimson mark over his right eye. She wanted him to pull her into his chest and wrap his arms around her waist as she cried into his broad shoulders because she was just so, so happy.

And when she turned away, tears silently dripping from her chin and marking her trail, he stood there, gazing at her back, waiting before he was gone with a mere swish of his cloak.

She remembered falling to her knees, covering her mouth to muffle her sobs.

"I love you, stupid," she lamented. "Why can't you see that?"

She remembered Mirajane running out, clutching her like she wished Jellal had, singing to her and brushing her fingers through her scarlet hair.

"Strong women cry," the albino-haired woman had whispered. "It happens to the best of us."

She recalled Lucy, shooing off the spectators and smiling emphatically at her, winking and mouthing "you deserve better."

But the pain then was nothing compared to the pain now.

Seeing him on the ground, writhing in soundless pain, his mouth agape and his eyes popping out of his sockets, was horrifying. All she could do was stare dumbly at his bloodstained clothes and hair, the wound wide and gaping, going straight through his torso with a clear view of the bloodied ground.

"E-erza," he rasped, his breath leaving him in all the wrong ways. "P-please."

She understood instantly, no elaborating necessary.

"No," she stated firmly. "No! Who did this to you? How could they? Why didn't you call for me?"

Crystalline tears pooled in Jellal's eyes, "You were done waiting."

Erza choked on a wail, "You idiot! You are still my friend!" Friend. "Who did this?"

"Please," he begged. "I love you."

"If you truly loved me, you wouldn't ask me to do this," Erza chuckled darkly. "Who did this? They will pay, I promise you."

He was silent, save for his groans of pain permeating the air. Erza wiped her tears, knowing there was no one else nearby. Her comrades trusted her far too much. Too much for her liking. She wasn't the strong, immortal warrior they perceived her to be, she was just as human as the rest of them.

"Fine," she sobbed.

And so she brought down the sword, and watched as the light faded from his eyes.

"I'm glad it was you."

I'm so thankful to those who reviewed! :D Especially Princess of Woe. When I saw your review, it really brightened up my otherwise average day!

Yes, this is my last chapter. I have attempted to write a fourth chapter, but it just didn't fit. I kind of felt as though it would cheapen the whole story, and I kind of like having this open ending. I hope you guys understand why I put this into this order, right? Juvia sees everything, she knows everything but she doesn't really explain everything. Gray knows a little less, but not show's what's happening on his end. Erza knows nothing, except that she killed Jellal. THis is a sucky explanation, but yeah. And Divinion, there is a lot of assuming because it's sort of the character's "perspective" except in the third person because I do not know how to write Juvia in first person haha. I feel like the answers are all slowly revealed?

No, I do not know why Jellal was killed. This was simply a plot bunny and angst practice (I failed tbh). (I wanted to write heartbreak instead of love for a change.) I hope you all enjoyed anyways!

I was so happy to see all of the reviews I just updated...early. I was planning to update next week. Oh welp, close enough.

Kisses,

Miya~

Review Corner :3

Princess of Woe: Thank you so much! And here is the finale :,)

Kiwi Cx: Thank you! And yes, she doesn't. I love her character. And I'm glad to hear my angst practice worked a little, haha.

Divinion: I kind of already responded to your review, but hey, you get two mentions. xD I'm glad you like this! And yes you're making sense X3

: Yeah... I don't actually ship GrUvia as anything other than a friendship, so you probably won't get any of that out of me unless I'm feeling adventurous sorry, haha. And thanks so much! I'm glad y ou enjoyed it despite it not being what you were expecting.

claudiacorvo: Oh, thank you! I understand the too lazy to write a review thing, haha. Sometimes I can't just think of what to say. Nasty habit I should try to fix, to be honest. And thanks for waiting! Here it is! XD

Guest: Yep, this is the last chapter. And thank you so much! I'm so happy to hear that you enjoy my stories!