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"E-Erza! It's not-" Natsu began nervously trying to save his blue haired friend from his imminent beating but was interrupted by the tormentor herself.
"SHUT UP! I WAS NOT ASKING YOU, NATSU!" Erza's merciless eyes never left the tattooed face of her prey while she was scolding the idiot who was dumb enough to answer her question. To avoid any more interruptions, she summoned a hundred more of her blades to act as a wall between the two of them and their guild mates. The thought of being the only person not knowing anything makes her inexplicably mad. "So? Still not gonna talk?" She challenged Jellal.
"I-I w-will but c-can you p-put d-down your w-weapons first? P-Please?" The poor man was near breaking point and the guild felt badly for him because it wasn't his fault that they knew. Sort of.
"No."
Sighing in defeat, Jellal took a deep breath so he can regain his composure and a little bit of his dignity before explaining. "I would have you know that the only person I told was Wendy because I needed another person's opinion of my… plans. Unfortunately for me, I told her right outside the guild doors." He paused to take another deep breath. "As soon as we went in, we found the guild already talking about it and making their own plans. It turns out, Natsu, Gajeel and Cobra heard every single detail and took the liberty of announcing it to everyone who were having their breakfast without my knowledge. You know how fast news travel around here so by the end of the day, I have personally threatened every single one of the mages in the guild to keep their mouths shut. It was only a miracle that they managed to keep it from you." Hiding his eyes under his bangs, he confessed. "Now you know why I didn't really want to talk about how to break the news to them. I didn't want to raise any suspicion when you insisted we talk about it at the gates." He closed his eyes when he was done with his story bracing himself for any pain coming his way.
After a while, he opened his eyes. Erza's weapons are now gone, her expression was back to normal and she has her hand out to help him up. He let out the air in his lungs. He forgot to breathe when he closed his eyes earlier. Phew. So that's what it feels like to dodge a bullet.
Erza's face is now unreadable and she hasn't said anything. Seeing he has completely stood up, she turned to face her guild mates but after one step, she stopped. Jellal was surprised to see Erza's face in front of his again then the next thing he knows, his back was flat against the ground again holding his sore jaw. Erza has punched him.
"That's for being stupid enough to forget how good dragon slayer senses are. And that we have four of them in here." She admonished. "But I must say, you're getting better at lying. I don't like it." Jellal let out a weak laugh. Of course, how could he even for a moment think that he was let off the hook that easily?
Gajeel, Natsu and Cobra, fueled by their guilt, ran to help Jellal stand up but they stopped when they met Erza on the way. "I'll deal with you nosy dumbasses later." She said as she passed them on her way to the ladies. As soon as she was out of kicking range, they continued on their way to Jellal.
"Yo man, you okay?" Gajeel asked.
"Listen, we're sorry if you had to suffer because of us." Cobra said with a straight face.
Jellal looked at the three as if they all had sprouted an extra head each. "No, you're not." He added.
Natsu smiled widely baring his fangs and replied, "Yeah, we're really not." All four of them were laughing as they went inside the guildhall.
The four passed by the table closest to the doors where all the girls are closely huddled around the blushing Erza as they ask all kinds of questions about the details of the proposal and admiring her gorgeous ring. Squeals and giggles dominated their conversation. Jellal caught Erza's eye when they were walking and winked at her, making her face turn into a deeper shade of red. She's so cute. Seeing all the girls, he noticed the absence of a certain little bluenette and it made him frown. "Where's Wendy?" He asked no one in particular but everybody stopped to look at him.
"Oh, she went on a job with Romeo. They'll be back tomorrow." It was Meredy who spoke.
"On a job? With Romeo? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Which idiot allowed her to go?" All heads turned to look at Mirajane who has a bright smile painted across her face until that instant. She started crying, hurt for being called an idiot. Jellal's sweat dropped and guilt consumed him. "Ahh… I-I didn't mean to. Mira, don't cry. Carla is with them, right? So she should be fine."
After Jellal consoled Mira and made sure that she's back to her jolly self for the tenth time, all the guys started their way to the other side of the room. Jellal scanned the boys' faces and found it amusing that their excitement are exactly like the girls', although their eyes are still intact and are not replaced by hearts. Even though they won't admit it, they are all hopeless romantics just like the women of Fairy Tail. Of course, that was an unspoken understanding between them and no one has to know. As soon as they settled down, he was greeted with light punches, tackles and pats on the back. When he finished recounting the events of the day, Master cleared his throat. Automatically, the whole guild fell silent and looked up. He was standing at the ledge of the guild's second floor.
"Today is truly an important event not only for two people but for our whole family." Master's face was red and it's evident that he was trying his best not to cry. Then he looked at the couple before continuing. "Jellal and Erza, congratulations!" He raised his mug for a toast and the whole guild echoed his gesture and last word. "I can't believe my children are growing up too fast! Soon, kids will be running around this very hall... LET'S PARTY!" Unable to contain his emotions anymore, he started crying hard.
"YEAAAAAAH!" The whole guild was once again in a happy drunken chaos complete with miniature fireworks going off in all directions courtesy of Reedus. The three dragon slayers started their chicken wing eating contest with Meredy as the referee. Elfman challenged Laxus to an arm wrestling match while the Raijinshuu cheer on. Juvia threw herself onto Gray, asking his hand in marriage. Cana, Wakaba and Macao are all sitting atop their own barrels of alcohol, holding tubes that act as huge straws. Vijeteer was dancing on the table where Max, Laki and Warren are situated on. Alzack and Bisca were watching Asuka play with Happy and Lily. Lucy and Levy were immersed into their own corner, possibly talking about a new novel. Jellal was comforting Master who was still crying his eyes out. Kinana and Lisanna are manning the very busy bar.
As everybody go on their merry way around the guild, Erza heard Mirajane call her to the bar gesturing to the seat beside her. She walked up to her and settled on the seat the barmaid was pointing at earlier. "Mira, what is it?"
Mirajane pushed a piece of strawberry cake in front of Erza before taking out the light pen (A/N: a magic item that allows a person to write in air) in her pocket. "Say Erza, do you and Jellal have plans for the wedding already?"
"Yeah, we decided that there would be a small ceremony at the back of the guild six months from now and-"
"No, that won't do!" Mirajane exclaimed with a determined face.
"But-"
"You are both Fairy Tail mages! You know very well that we only go big."
"I know-"
"Even Alzack and Bisca had a grand wedding despite not having enough funds seven years ago!"
"Don't-"
"I won't have any of your excuses, Erza! This is the Master's order." Mira's last statement effectively shut the requip mage up. She knows that Erza respects Master Makarov so much and knows better than to go against the old man's wishes. "Now, all you need to do is listen because we already planned the whole thing out." She smiled kindly to the soon-to-be bride while uncapping her light pen. It's very hard to hate on the she-devil when she has that smile on.
Between listening to Mira and looking at the lists and diagrams written in air in front of them, Erza had to call Jellal over for moral support. What the guild has planned is the very opposite of what the engaged couple had in mind. The whole plan was just plain crazy and she refuses to go through all those nonsense. But knowing her guild, even as the bride, she doesn't have any choice. She knows how persuasive they can get. Even though she's Erza Scarlet, the mighty Titania who defeated 100 monsters on her own, she doesn't stand a chance against the whole guild. Her head hit the table in defeat. It's gonna be hell for the next three months.