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Here's the Day 6 entry. Please leave a review if you can.
"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes betters too." - Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
It was a nice sunny day in Magnolia. But if you were to ask Jellal how the day was, he would say, "It's a most wonderful day today and I hope everyone can enjoy it as much as I am." He'd been saying this for the past couple of days now. It was quite strange, to say the least, to see the former criminal look so blissfully happy. Didn't he used to be filled with crushing guilt? What changed?
And you would find your answer by looking at the person by his side.
He thought he knew what love was. He loved his parents, his childhood friends, and his guild mates. He thought loving her was enough, even if it was unrequited—though actually the feeling was mutual, but for the longest time he refused to see it that way. However that feeling of love—or what he thought was love—paled in comparison to the feeling of loving someone and having that person love you in return—the real thing. It was the most amazing feeling in the world that he sometimes wondered if he was still dreaming, if he was still in that cold cell dreaming of her. The world could be ending tomorrow but the only thing that he could care about right now would be the sound of her laughter, the brilliance of her smile, and the feel of her hand in his.
The world looked different now. He used to think it was a cruel world, where freedom was nothing but an illusion and didn't exist. But now he could see how brightly the sun shined, how sweet the flowers smelled, and how wonderful everything seemed to be. If he were to have just one regret, it would be denying himself this wonderful feeling for so long (really, what was he thinking?).
He was just so happy that he had difficulty putting it to words. Because now he was free to hold her, to touch her, to taste her, and to love her.
"What are you smiling about?" He was pulled out of his thoughts and turned his head to look at her, the source of his happiness. She gave him a teasing grin, as if she knew exactly what his answer would be.
His smile widened and he reached out to grab her hand and pull her closer to him. "You."
Because Erza was the only person he would ever love and to be loved by her was reason enough for him to keep smiling every day.