A/N: Okay this authors note is rather important. I won't be updating for the next week! Why? Because quite frankly this writing sucks, because I'm rushing to get it uploaded in time—so I'm going to do as much pre-writing as possible in the next few days okay? Then you can have better updates to read… and they'll be on time!
This is for Crazy Anime.
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"Gray Fullbuster I don't particularly like surprises," Erza ground out, trying once more to see through Gray's fingers, which covered her eyes like a mask. If she was being totally being honest though—she never had really a surprise like this (well unless you counted the messed up parts of her life when things took an unexpected turn) before. She didn't really know how to react.
"You've never had one before," he answered smartly back, and she glowered into his hands. He was such a smartass sometimes….
Still, she was rather surprised he'd picked up the courage enough to ask her at all—she was about to ask him out herself—and decided to trust him, this once, with the task of surprising her.
They'd taken a carriage from the guild for two hours, and now stepping out—she could taste the fresh mountain air on her lips. She still had no idea where they could possibly be—these things didn't come naturally to her.
"Okay, you can open your eyes—now!" Gray said, removing his hands from her face. She opened her eyes expectantly, and gasped in surprise.
"Oh Gray it's beautiful!" she gushed happily, her brown eyes lighting up. The backdrop was the beautiful southern mountain range a couple hours carriage ride from magnolia, the mountains tipped with freshly fallen snow. It looked beautifully picturesque, and the best part was a picnic blanket, spread over the grass, complete with a beautiful brown basket filled with goods.
"You really like it?" he questioned, a smile filling his features at her obvious delight.
"I've never had a picnic before," she gushed happily, practically skipping over to the blanket and sitting down, crossing her legs beneath her like a child. He chuckled at her, before moving to sit down beside her as well.
"I tried to make this as perfect—" then, as if some great force was laughing on their plans, the sky opened up and rain began to pour. Literally, there were blue skies one moment and the next it was pouring. (Juvia was sobbing as she watched the couple from behind the trees.)
"Damnit!" he swore, his whole face crumpling, "what the hell?" Erza didn't let it get her down. She smiled at him instead, her face glowing.
"It's okay," she said, "we can still have fun!" She reached for his hands and took them into his, "Haven't you heard all the romances that start in the rain?" Just as she said that—the rain stopped. Of course it did. While raining can be sexy, wearing wet clothes is mostly just irritable.
"Gray, your shirt." She said dryly, and he swore, searching frantically for his shirt. Just then, a giant monster came down from the mountains (a monster that suspiciously looked like a dragon costume breathing fire—and Erza could have sworn she saw a pink haired boy) came out the mountains and attacked them. Gray and Erza automatically went on the offensive, Erza whipping out all her swords and a white cloud of ice particles radiating rather scarily out from Gray's fist. At the sight of the two venomous mages, the 'dragon' turned and fled into the hills.
"NATSU YOU FUCKING IDIOT YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO RUN AWAY!" The could have sworn they heard Lucy shout. Surely Lucy and Natsu wouldn't be trying to ruin their date however though?
The rain began again, and Erza started to sneeze. This time Gray really did see Juvia, and he swore loudly when he saw she was accompanied by both Mirajane and Lisanna.
"Everyone is trying to ruin this," he said in realization, his face folding into the lines of despair.
"Surely not," Erza defended their friends, "They would never do something like that—this is the happiest thing—"
Just then Natsu and Lucy fell out of the trees, the blonde was attempting to get the pink haired boy out of his costume. Erza and Gray both openly stared at them, soaking wet, their food ruined—and their first date a disaster.
"What the hell is wrong with you all?" Gray said loud enough that everyone could hear. Then he began to walk—walk not ride in a carriage, back to Magnolia.
…
Erza went to Gray's the next morning. (After she gave everyone a fierce beating) She knocked loudly on the door, and the disgruntled ice mage opened.
"Hey Erza," he said nonchalantly, his dark blue eyes gazing over her coolly. She glared back at him.
"You ditched me on our date!" She protested, her voice coming out high and childish.
"You can't tell me that you actually want to go out with me after that—after they so blatantly don't want us to be together—"
"Who gives a damn what they think?" she asked him, "and if whenever we date it rains—I'll get used to it. I've heard kissing in the rain can be very romantic." She said the last part with a smile, and he looked surprised.
"So…"
"Let's have a second date," she said, holding out her hand for him to take, "Right now, before the others can formulate a plan to ruin it."
So they did, smiling and laughing the whole night long.