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Omake Take Two: Wherein Erza admits she has a problem
Erza Scarlet had many things to love about her life. At the top of the list sat strawberry cheesecake and a certain blue-haired former wizard saint. She also loved her Fairy Tail family, which was one of the several reasons she took it upon herself to act as an elder sister/surrogate mother figure to many of the younger guild members.
Erza Scarlet was also not a fool. Though they may have been sneaky, the redhead had picked up on how Natsu enjoyed the company and physical contact of a particular celestial spirit mage a bit too much to escape suspicion. There hadn't been an appropriate time to confront the reckless dragon slayer about it in Alvarez or during the explanation of Fairy Heart by Mavis. After the rest of the guild set out to aid in evacuating Magnolia and prepare for war, however, Titania pulled him aside.
She knew Natsu cared for his family with as much passion as she did, but while she trusted him with her life in a fight, she had doubts about his delicacy. Yes, Erza had sincere, very reasonable, very appropriate concerns regarding Natsu's approach to romantic feelings. She sought only to educate and support him and protect Lucy's sanctity.
"Natsu," she began, going over in her head the lengthy speech she had ready for the occasion. "I know that you are in the age of your life that leads many young males to seek out sexual intercourse with others."
Erza paid no mind to the sweat dripping down Natsu's brow. He kept his mouth pursed closed, no doubt pleased and glad that one such as Erza had noticed his predicament and taken the responsibility of helping him.
"However," she continued. "I must warn you, in the interest of not inflicting injury unto Lucy"
The fire dragon slayer's face, which had been pale, regained its color and his expression changed from one of mortification to severe alarm.
"Who's gonna hurt Lucy?" He demanded, his magic igniting while he gripped and shook Erza by her arms.
Erza didn't get through her entire talk, but as she snacked on a piece of strawberry cheesecake in her room at Fairy Hills, she reasoned that it hadn't been necessary anyway. Natsu clearly cared too much about Lucy's well being to ever cause her harm or take advantage of her. The requip mage closed her eyes and nodded in approval. She respected the dragon slayer for his appreciation of what was important.
Granted, she only came to this conclusion after she'd given him the beating of his life for interrupting her in the middle of a topic as critical as romance. Wendy had been near at hand, so none of his injuries necessitated worry. Erza did respect Natsu- she respected him straight into the ground.
Sitting in her room considering the topic of love and enjoying the sacred dessert, Erza became lost in the wanderings of her mind. When the image of Jellal clad in nothing but frosting, cake batter lining his stomach and holding a strawberry in his mouth by the stem, Erza felt her face flush. She admitted then that she might, maybe, have a slight addiction to strawberry cheesecake. Of course, she still took more than a few moments to appreciate the mental image.
A/N: So. This one might be... very silly. And brief. And I may or may not be as pleased with it. But college is getting very real on me all the sudden and I'm an insane person so I also started another FT fic which I'll be posting the first chapter of tonight. And I'm also aiming to have the next chapter of my other FT story, Mutual Burns, ready to go by tomorrow morning. Take that, and this, for whatever you will! Hopefully it's enjoyable, even if more of a snack than a tasty dessert! (Tying in the authors notes with the subject of the chapter. Ain't I classy?)
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