A/N:

Shoutout to EmmyHippo for giving me this idea :3 Though I twisted this a bit (this is after the Dragons Arc, so Ultear is gone and Meredy… I dunno.) I'm getting lesser and lesser reads on my story L I had over 600 on the prologue and now the latest chapter has 88. EIGHTY-EIGHT. THAT'S BEYOND LAME MAN. ;-;

TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG

(CHAPTER CONTAINS KINDA SPOILERS NOT RLY JUST TO BE SAFE YAY)

As more and more people trickled into the guild, their reactions ranged from fearful to furious. When Natsu came in, he sniffed the air and growled, "That fire dude's been here. And the rest of the Element Four."

Lucy whispered, "Even Juvia?"

"Yeah."

Instead of the enraged reaction from Erza everyone expected, she simply looked sad. She talked to no one as she grabbed a hose, a bucket, and a mop and began cleaning silently. She vaguely heard the guild doors slam open. She heeded nothing of it, until she heard a surprised shout-

"Jellal!?"

She immediately turned bright pink and looked away.

"No, I'm Mystogan. I was sent to Earthland to track a strange trail of magic," he explained briefly, his voice muffled by his mask he always wore."What happened here?"

Macao grimly explained to Mystogan about Juvia's return to Phantom Lord. He nodded sympathetically. "I understand," he said softly. "At the very least, I can help you clean while I'm here." Macao thanked him, and Mystogan walked over to Erza.

"Hello," he greeted.

"You can't fool me," Erza simply replied. His eyes twinkled. "You're a horrible liar."

"I can never get past you, huh?" he chuckled, pulling down his mask to reveal his soft, pink lips. Erza desperately averted her gaze from them.

"Honestly, you need to polish up your lying skills," Erza commented. "I'm surprised anyone fell for it. Well, the people in our guild are pretty dense," she glanced around, noticing Lucy smirking at them. She flushed bright red and returned her attention to Jellal. So Lucy hadn't fallen for it, either.

"So, what're you really doing here?" Erza questioned sternly.

"Well, in Ultear's letter, she told me to come here. I don't know why she wanted me to, but I figured I might as well grant a dying wish," Jellal said mournfully, eyes showing sadness.

Erza put her hand on his shoulder, feeling him stiffen slightly. "I'm sorry for your loss," she murmured. He simply smiled a tight-lipped smile, his mysterious, dark eyes revealing no secrets as he took a mop and a bucket of water and began scrubbing furiously at a spot that was already clean.

Lucy strolled over, slinging her arm over Erza's armor-clad shoulder. "You liiiike him~"she trilled in her ear. Erza turned beet red.

"S-silence!" She hissed back, desperately wanting to wipe the smug smile off the celestial mage's face. "You and Natsu certainly looked cute the other day," Erza grinned, satisfied by the flushed squeak that came from Lucy's mouth. She quickly skittered away, Erza smirking after her.

That day, Gray "went on a job," and went straight home. Erza decided that she would go check up on him. Jellal grabbed her hand. "I'm coming with you," he declared. "I have a bad feeling about this." Erza nodded curtly, wrenching her hand away from his with pink cheeks.

As they strolled through the streets of Magnolia, Jellal fondly noticed Erza staring not-so-secretly at wedding dresses. "Planning on marrying someone?" he teased. She turned scarlet.

"Of course not, idiot."

"We can go in, if you like," he suggested. She shook her head firmly. "Come on," he grinned. "I've always wanted to see you in a wedding dress anyways. Unless I'm not allowed to see the bride before the wedding?"

"Shut up!" Erza hissed, looking away.

Jellal sighed. "Another day, then."

The conversation faded out as they silently walked through the cobblestone street. "H-hey, how's your fiancée?" Erza asked, partly trying to make conversation and partly wanting to see his reaction.

He glanced at her, obviously in discomfort. He was aware that she knew he was lying, so why was she asking? "She's….fine."

"Liar," Erza accused, and in a moment of boldness, grabbed the blue-haired mage's hand. He flushed a dark red, and quickly pulled his hand away from her. It felt too intimate. Plus, he had sworn that he wasn't going to fall in love with anyone who walked in the light.

Erza looked slightly disappointed, but shook it off as they approached Gray's house. She took a deep breath, then kicked the door down swiftly, with Jellal gawking at her.

"He never lets me in if I knock properly," she explained, strolling in as if she owned the place.

"Right…" Jellal muttered, and cautiously walked in after her. "He's not here; I can't sense his presence," Jellal informed Erza. She narrowed her eyes in concern, walking over to his desk. Sprawled on it were countless papers with Gray's messy scrawl, which she did not read due to privacy. A note caught her eye, however, and she picked it up to read it.

Whoever is reading this,

Don't look for me. This is something I should do alone.

-G

A/N:

DAMMIT GRAY. Btw, Jellal didn't join Fairy Tail in the manga. (Yet. *grins deviously*) so that's not the spoiler. Anyways, some good ol' Jerza for ya. *still crying about my reads* I listened to a soundtrack of Aomine talking and I forgot how hot his voice was *;;* /nosebleeds and runs away to find a boyfriend

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~Jamie