A/N: There will be a oneshot of the Jerza situation here posted at some point because I was so inspired by the idea I had from this. It will be added to "In Which Everyone's A Perv" since it fits there better than in Speculation. (Also IWEAP is more citrusy than Speculation) For whatever reason, I have a headcanon that Erza is one of those girls that bleeds a ton her first time, if only because it would freak Jellal out.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail

Setting: Roughly 6 Months Post-Alvarez

"What's bugging you, Lev?" Lucy asked her friend. They were having a girls' night in Lucy's apartment to celebrate the end of Lucy's book tour.

"What do you mean? I'm fine," Levy insisted, despite the annoyed look on her face.

"I don't know," Lucy said. "Maybe you've just seemed grumpy all day."

"Well, I guess I'm a bit frustrated about something," Levy admitted.

"Did Gajeel do something?" Lucy asked instinctively. She knew he'd changed, but she still had issues trusting him with her best friend.

"Why do you always assume it's him?" Levy defended her boyfriend. "Well, I guess you're right though. It is something with Gajeel."

"What with Gajeel, though?" Lucy was prepared for the worst.

"You know, I don't really think of myself as needy – I love being independent – but I really just want a ring on my finger," Levy replied.

Lucy wanted to point out that they'd been dating for barely a year, but she knew that Gajeel and Levy had been somewhat close long before that. Besides, in the life of a mage it wasn't an excuse – mages tended to marry quickly. "But why? I thought last week you said you didn't care if you ever got married."

"Another mage I'm friends with just got engaged," Levy sighed. "I don't know – just seeing all of them get engaged now I want to!"

"Anyone I know?"

Levy shook her head. "She's a mage I worked with at the council. Unfortunately, I don't see her too much anymore. Lots of people at the council are getting engaged or having babies. I guess it's just getting to me now."

"I'm sure you'll get engaged someday," Lucy assured her. "Gajeel like romantic things, right?"

"Yeah – he said he wants to have a family eventually," Levy replied. "And he's certainly still interested in cheesy romantic things."

"Maybe he's trying to make the best ring out of iron for you?" Lucy tried to suggest.

"Or maybe he's just oblivious to all the people at the council getting engaged," Levy grumbled.

"Have you been invited to one of the weddings?" Lucy asked her.

Levy nodded.

"You could try taking him to the wedding to see if it would inspire him to propose," Lucy told her.

"Unless it's you and Natsu getting married, he won't be inspired," Levy said.

"W-what?!"

Levy grinned deviously. "Oh, you know you like Natsu. After all, you did rewrite his book to save his life."

"N-no! That's not what I meant! How would us getting married inspire Gajeel?"

"Oh, I'm sure you know how competitive our men are," Levy replied. "If Natsu had a wedding, you know Gajeel would want to have one just so it could be bigger and better."

"What do you mean, our men?" Lucy scoffed. "Natsu's hardly mine."

"Yes, but didn't you re-write his book?" Levy said, wiggling her eyebrows.

"What do you mean by that?"

"What I mean, Lu-chan, is that you are the one responsible for his current existence," Levy said. "So he's your creation of sorts."

"No! All I did was replace what Zeref wrote," Lucy said.

"How do you know you got it 100% right?" Levy pointed out, grinning. "Then again, maybe you should've edited it a little."

"Why would I edit it? Natsu's fine how he is," Lucy replied. "Well, he could be smarter, or less destructive, or care about personal space, but you know."

"Well, I mean, you could've turned him into an incubus or something about him being a sex god," Levy teased her.

"But why?"

"Because why not?" Levy said. "He's too clueless to be good right away."

"You never know," Lucy reminded her. "Maybe he's less clueless than we thought."

"You do like him then," Levy teased her. "Defending him like that."

"No! I just think he's smarter than we give him credit for. And who's to say I didn't put some smarts into the book?"

"You. You just said you tried to replace what was missing," Levy pointed out. "Besides, we were all so worried. Why would that be anyone's first instinct of what to do?"

"Well, Cana."

"Yeah, Cana," Levy sighed.

"Speaking of sex demons," Lucy said.

"Yes?"

"I've always been morbidly curious – does Mira have a succubus soul?"

"I think so?" Levy said. "She's mentioned it, but it's obviously something she doesn't show off a lot, if ever. But if we're being honest here, the girls have all tried to get her to show it off and she's refused, so who knows."

"Well, she doesn't lie, so maybe it's one of the few things she's actually embarrassed by?" Lucy proposed.

"It would make sense. Or maybe it makes her really aggressively sexual and she doesn't want to come onto us?"

"Yeah – though, let's be honest, it would be Erza."

"And only Erza," Levy giggled.

Their giggles soon turned into full blown laughter.

"I was thinking it'd be better to ask Mira this, but I'm wondering what I can do with Gajeel," Levy said.

"About proposing?" Lucy asked.

"No," Levy said. "About sex."

"What would me, the virgin of the guild, know about that?" Lucy balked.

"That's why I was going to ask Mira," Levy replied. "But I was going to ask you because you're someone I'd feel more comfortable asking."

Lucy nodded, encouraging Levy to go on. "I'll try to help, but I don't know what I can say."

"Thanks. You see, Gajeel keeps trying to be really gentle and romantic, but I want to try something more adventurous," Levy said. "I still like gentle, though I've heard so many things I want to try that he's scared of!"

"Gajeel? Scared?" Lucy asked in disbelief.

"Yeah! He's so much bigger than me, so he thinks he'll hurt me if he changes it up. He also is a creature of habit – even if he'd like it, he doesn't like to mix things up," Levy sighed.

"I don't really know what to say," Lucy sighed. "I hope it works out, but Mira's definitely the better choice to ask."

That was how Levy found herself sitting on a barstool in the near-empty guildhall as Mira closed up for the night.

As she was waiting, Mira's communication lacrima rang – somehow Levy wasn't surprised that Mira's ring tone was one of Mira's own songs – the girl didn't like to admit how self-centered she could be at times. Levy tried not to listen to the conversation, but it was intriguing.

"Erza?" Mira greeted the caller. It was apparently Erza, who had left late the night before to fill in for the master at a meeting in Crocus. "Why are you so worried about sharing a room with him?" She paused to listen to what Erza said. "You'll be fine – you've done it before, I don't see what's different this time." Mira nodded her head as she listened to Erza. Levy couldn't make out what she was saying, but she could tell that Erza was panicking about something. "Look, Erza. I can't tell you what to do about it. Just trust your instincts and do what feels best. You'll be fine." Mira stopped again to listen. "I'm making it sound like it's going to happen because it's going to happen eventually, and why not tonight? Good night, Erza." Mira hung up and turned off her phone to prevent her presumably still-panicking friend from blowing up her phone all night.

Levy assumed somehow Erza was put into a room with Jellal at the guildmasters' meeting (why was he even there?), but she wasn't about to ask Mira. She knew as well as her guildmates that Erza was incredibly private with all things personal – if anything was to happen, they wouldn't know until the wedding. And if she found out that Mira let her overhear even half that conversation, Erza would be out for blood.

"Hmm… So it sounds like Gajeel's being too cautious," Mira mused. She didn't miss a beat in the conversation despite the interruption. "I think you'll have to take some initiative."

"Initiative?" Levy asked.

"You'll have to force him to see that you're not as delicate as he thinks you are," Mira replied. "I don't think he'd like handcuffs, but maybe they'd be necessary?"

"He'd probably try to eat his way out of them," Levy confirmed her suspicions.

"Unless he found it hot, but that wouldn't happen right away," Mira said. "How often do you initiate?"

"Actually, most of the time," Levy answered. "He's pretty shy about initiating it himself, but he's been doing it more recently."

"How do you seduce him?"

"I don't know," Levy thought. "I usually just kiss him or show up in sexy clothes."

"That might be the problem," Mira replied. "Show him you're the boss. Maybe costumes would work? Something like a sexy rune knight or maybe even a dominatrix?"

Levy blushed.

"I didn't think you'd be too shy to consider that," Mira said, considering what to do. "Can you push him on the bed?"

"No way! I'm stronger than I was, but I can't push him onto the bed," Levy admitted.

"If you try, maybe he'll let you," Mira offered. "Or just wake him up with a blowjob and then sit on him as soon as he wakes up so you can easily set the pace. Unless he lets you be on top?"

"I've never tried," Levy said.

"Then try it," Mira said. "Don't even suggest it or ask about it – just do it. He'll like it, I promise. Once you show him you're not so fragile, he'll be more open to experimentation."

Levy nodded.

"If that doesn't work, come back to me and I'll give you some handcuffs." Mira winked at her.

"Ones he can't eat?"

"Of course," Mira assured her.

Levy got up to walk out, but paused, wondering if she should ask Mira about her succubus soul.

"Something wrong?" Mira asked.

"I was just wondering," Levy said, swallowing for a bit of extra courage. "Do you have a succubus soul?"

Mira's look turned dark as magic energy rolled off of her. "Oh, do I," her suddenly deep and seductive voice said. "But that's reserved for Laxus when he's having a bad day."

Levy stared at her like she'd grown a second head – Mira and Laxus weren't an item in any sense of the word, and as far as she knew they'd only slept together once. "I thought-"

"We weren't in a relationship?" Mira finished for Levy. "Oh, we aren't. It's just, when he gets grumpy and needs some help calming down, I help out."

"Help out?" Now Levy was curious – especially since Mira seemed willing to tell her.

"Succubus feed off sexual energy. When my succubus soul has sex with him, his energy gets sucked out and converted into my magic energy, so he takes a little nap," Mira explained. "So if he gets too feisty or annoying, I'll intervene. Not that he complains."

"W- wait? So that's why he disappears sometimes?" Levy tried to confirm.

"Only when he's being a bad boy," Mira said suggestively. She reached a finger to Levy's chin to pull the girl's lips towards her own. Suddenly, the magic power was gone and Mira had moved back from Levy. "But you should be getting home and trying to get Gajeel to cooperate! Good night, Levy!"

"Good night," Levy said. Mira's satan souls were always jarring, but this one… Levy now knew why Mira didn't let it out much.

The next evening, Mira found herself walk towards Fairy Hills to find Erza. She had heard that her friend had returned from the guildmaster's meeting, but she hadn't seen her at all. After the panicked call the night before, Mira knew she would have to discuss what happened (or didn't happen) between Erza and Jellal.

Once at Erza's door Mira began the knock she'd created to tip off Erza to her appearance (deemed necessary when Cana had always decided to crash their conversations). Before she could finish the series of ten knocks, she was being pulled into the room. As soon as she was inside, the door was shut and locked behind her.

"Good evening to you too, Erza," Mira greeted. "How was your trip?" She didn't see Erza in the room. Erza wasn't nearby – Mira figured it was one of the rare occasions on which Erza deemed it appropriate to open the door with telekinesis. That usually meant Erza was in a bad mood. She turned down the line of rooms to enter the sitting room and found that it wasn't bad; if anything, it was likely good.

Erza stood in the center of the room as she examined various pieces of clothing scattered around her. All of her best new evening dresses were hung on mannequins. Her couch was covered in a collection of swimsuits much more extensive than Mira remembered (Erza usually went for plain black bikinis, but there was a smattering of all sorts of swimwear). On a chair sat Erza's meager supply of lingerie – all courtesy of Mira with the exception of a black set Erza had worn for a magazine spread. She had laid out a few sets of matching underwear she presumably happened to own next to the lingerie.

Mira walked to the mannequins to stare at the dresses. "So how did last night go?"

Erza turned around and blushed. "G-good."

"You realize you must tell me everything," Mira instructed her. Mira herself was now evaluating each dress. She felt the fabric of each dress and imagined how each one would look on Erza.

"W- well," Erza started. "I didn't realize that the meeting was at the palace, or that we were staying there for it. I- I guess Queen Hisui didn't realize that Jellal and I weren't dating-"

"Everyone thinks you're dating, Erza," Mira told her. "You two certainly seemed close during and shortly after Alvarez."

"My team doesn't," Erza stated.

"Because they're oblivious," Mira reminded her. "Go on."

"Anyways, she had us share a room. When I got up there after the meeting, Jellal was in the shower."

"Which is when you called me," Mira interjected.

Erza nodded. "And he came out pretty soon after I hung up. He was surprised to see me, but he was happy. W- we didn't really talk. I was nervous, but I decided to kiss him. I don't know why, but he just looked so, so…"

"Kissable?"

"Kissable," Erza confirmed softly, a blush on her face. "So I kissed him and didn't let him go until he began to kiss me back." She swallowed nervously. "And then things just went from there."

"He didn't protest?" Mira asked.

"No. After, he said that with Zeref's death he knew he could no longer use selfish excuses," Erza said. "He said he considered stopping me, but that he had wanted it for so long that he couldn't stop himself once the opportunity presented itself with no excuses for him to use.

Mira almost immediately moved towards Erza. "Oh, I'm so happy for you!" She hugged Erza as tightly as was realistically possible. "Was it good?"

"Wonderful," she said. "It didn't even hurt like you said it would. There was a lot of blood, which scared Jellal, but after I cleaned up he stopped panicking."

"He panicked?" Mira giggled.

"Yeah. I guess no one told him that it happens sometimes," Erza sighed and shook her head. "I can't believe he didn't know. He almost called the palace doctors he was so worried!"

"It is rather surprising," Mira agreed. "But were you bleeding a lot?"

"A good amount, but nothing that a box of tissues couldn't fix," she said.

"A whole box? Maybe you should've gotten that checked," Mira mused. "But that's beside the point since you're still standing. What's all this?"

Erza's blush deepened. "I- Well- Hisui wanted to give Jellal a gift, and since she thought we were together, she decided to give us tickets to the Elm River Resort for a week."

"Why, though? Isn't he still a criminal and isn't that resort the best in the country?" Mira asked.

"She decided to pardon Crime Sorciere. That's what the meeting was about – to ensure that the guilds would be fine with it, which they were, or at least the guilds that matter," Erza said. "She won't announce it until next week, when the buzz of King Toma's retirement has died down."

"But why the present?"

"She wanted to thank him for his help with the Eclipse Gate incident and for putting his life on the line to distract Acnologia," Erza explained. "She also wants to hire his guild to hunt dark guilds threatening trade routes simply because they're the only guild who can legally do that, being independent. So she wants to build a good working relationship with them."

"That's great," Mira replied gleefully. "So the vacation will be after the pardon's announced?"

"I requested it for a couple weeks after the pardon. I don't want anyone to know we're in a relationship until we are both comfortable with everyone knowing," Erza said. "If I mysteriously disappeared for a week as soon as the pardon was announced, people would surely figure it out."

"Maybe I could make up a fake mission for you in that general area? Or find you one? Just as a cover story for you," Mira offered.

"That would be great," Erza agreed.

"I understand why you'd want to keep it a secret, but you know you can't keep it a secret forever," Mira warned her.

"Of course," Erza acknowledged. "But we can certainly keep it a secret longer than other couples if we only plan to meet on the road. Besides, I'm a good actress. No one will have to know."

"No you aren't," Mira told her. "But you two aren't ones for PDA, or even standing closer than two feet in public, so I'm sure you'll look distant enough."

Erza glared at her. "Are you going to help me or not?"

"Yes! I forgot," Mira lied. "So, you'll need the lingerie. Maybe we'll need to buy you some more – you don't have enough for a week and your normal stuff isn't sexy enough – not that I think Jellal will care, but you will."

Erza stared at the lingerie. "What else?"

"A lot of these dresses have deep, plunging necklines, so you won't be able to hide any of that under it. Unless you were planning to change back at the hotel room?" Erza shook her head. "So we'll have to plan that out when we go shopping – or maybe buy a couple other dresses. The swimsuits are all good, so you're fine on that. How about casual clothes?"

"I only have a couple of things," Erza answered.

"Well, then. We have our work cut out for us, don't we? Next Saturday?"

"Next Saturday."

Levy was surprised to find Mira walking out of Fairy Hills when she returned for the night. "Mira?"

"Oh! Levy! I didn't realize you'd be returning tonight," She said. "Did my suggestion work?"

"Yeah, for the most part," Levy said. "He's more enthusiastic about trying new things, though do you think you can get me anti-magic handcuffs?"

"Oh, I don't have time for that – something else came up, but I could give you the address of a shop that might have them," she replied. Mira pulled out a sheet of paper and wrote something down to hand to Levy. "Good luck."

After Mira left down the hall, Levy looked over to see that Erza had been watching their conversation. "Anti-magic handcuffs?"

"Yeah, Gajeel doesn't want to try anything new, and I want to get handcuffs he can't bite or magic off of his wrists," Levy told her.

"I have a pair I've enchanted to resist magic," Erza proclaimed.

"I don't want something you've used on Jellal," Levy told her.

"How do you know about that?!"

"About what? I was just joking. Wait – No way – you're finally dating?"

"No! I didn't use the handcuffs for that," Erza scrambled to backtrack. "I just wanted him to stay put after Alvarez so he wouldn't hurt himself."

"Oh yeah, I did know about that," Levy said. "I guess you told Cana when you were drunk, and she told me about it."

"But you can use them if you wish," Erza assured Levy.

"No thanks," Levy insisted. "I'll get my own. Who knows when I may need them again." To convince Erza, she put on a perverted grin she usually only showed Gajeel or Lucy.

It seemed to work. Erza nodded. "Good choice. I'm sure you'll find them very useful."

"Of course," Levy replied, trying to keep a straight face. "Good night, Erza."

"Good night, Levy," Erza said, walking away.

Levy watched her return to the room, suddenly grateful it was Erza who saw her – if it had been Cana, she didn't know if she'd hear the end of it. And how would she explain the need for handcuffs to Wendy?

"Levy-san? I could enchant anti-magic handcuffs for you and Gajeel, but why do you need them?" It was Wendy.

Levy's heart sank. She needed to think – fast. Luckily she was smart. "They were useful when I was on the council. I was thinking of giving some to Gajeel for his birthday since he's been taking on more missions requiring him to apprehend bandits."

"I know that's not what you're using them for. All the girls have been talking about them for some reason – and not even the ones that like to catch bandits," Wendy said. "I'm old enough to know now."

Levy didn't know what to say – she didn't want to be the one to tell Wendy. If anyone, it should be Erza – the one that made everyone find out that anti-magic fuzzy handcuffs could easily be enchanted. Not to mention Erza was the one that had Wendy teach her how to enchant anti-magic handcuffs so that she could enchant a pair for herself and Mira.

"No. No you aren't." Levy sighed in relief – it was Carla. "You're only 14. You can wait another four years."

It wouldn't be four years – someone would have to tell Wendy the details of sex soon or she'd research it on her own. After all, she would be curious when a baby boom came to Fairy Tail, and Levy knew that baby boom would probably be coming sooner rather than later. She walked to her room and sighed, wondering if she and Gajeel would be the one to start that baby boom.

A/N – Hope you enjoyed! Please R&R!