A/N: This happens after Girl Talk 13 and will be the first of two chapters based around Chapter 14 of that fic.
Things are about to get really sloppy all up in here, so… Be prepared.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail
After the party at the guild, Jellal and Laxus had left for the latter's apartment.
"I hope you're not going to crash on my couch your entire stay," Laxus replied.
"Why would I need to?" Jellal asked.
"Fairy Hills being all girls and Erza not wanting to stay in a hotel when she could be at home," Laxus told him.
"Fairy Hills may be all girls, but it doesn't matter when the one enforcing it is the one helping you break it," Jellal told him.
"Now that the cat's out of the bag are you going to tell me how many times you two have broken that little rule?" Laxus asked.
"Not as much as you'd imagine. Erza usually comes to meet me to avoid guild members."
"Smart," Laxus replied. "I'm sure Gajeel wishes he thought of that himself."
"You thought of it?"
"No, but until recently I had a policy of only hooking up with girls when I was out. Now it can't be avoided, but since Mira's involved there isn't much teasing," Laxus told him. "No one wants to piss off Mira."
"I suppose," Jellal sighed.
"What are you planning with Erza, anyways? Rumor among the guildmasters has it that you're planning a move, maybe behind the Queen's back," Laxus told him.
"As long as no one tells Hisui about the thought projection, I should be fine," Jellal joked. "But in all seriousness, she's actually the one that proposed using the thought projection. She could care less if I moved, but her advisors are another story."
"So she's going to let you do it?"
"For the most part," Jellal told him. "We need to figure out the fine details before she gives her final approval. We both anticipate that there will be some amount of time each year when a thought projection will not be sufficient."
"Thank fuck," Laxus said. "I'll finally get another sane man in this town to talk to."
"How is there no one else? Don't you have the Thunder Legion?"
"They're great, but they kiss my ass too much to be honest with me. And the rest of Fairy Tail? Sane? Maybe Levy and Lucy, but none of the guys."
Jellal pondered that question for a bit and sighed. "I suppose not."
"So are you getting your own place or moving in with Erza?" Laxus asked him.
"We were planning on buying a house," Jellal answered. "I believe we're planning to start looking while I'm here."
"I know it's pretty soon, but have you started looking for a ring yet?" Laxus asked his friend.
Jellal pulled a small box out of his pocket and opened it to show his friend. "One step ahead of you."
"Don't pussy out now," Laxus teased.
"I'm nervous, but I don't think I can wait," Jellal replied.
"You know there's no way in hell she'd say no."
"I know," Jellal admitted. "But I can't help myself."
"If you don't propose by the time you leave for Crocus, I'll spill that you already have the ring," Laxus said.
"Then I suppose I must do it," Jellal smiled back at Laxus.
The next morning Jellal and Laxus came into the guild early, but not so early as to justify how empty it was. Inside Jellal could only see Mira setting up the bar and Erza sitting across from her. They were chatting comfortably.
He assumed that people were simply too tired from the night before, as Laxus didn't seem suspicious at all. Jellal walked over to Erza, who appeared embarrassed to see him. Thankfully, Laxus was there to provide a distraction. He had gone behind the bar to greet Mira. She ignored him as he grabbed her ass and tried to kiss her.
Much to Erza and Jellal's embarrassment, Mira grabbed Laxus and gave him a deep kiss before pushing him away. "If you need something, see Cana. I'm not putting out until after Christmas. There's far too much to do." The creep of her demonic magic emphasized her point, causing Laxus to retreat. "Although I suspect you have something to tell me, and I would appreciate it if you would tell me later."
"I'll be up in my office if you need me," he huffed before sulking off.
"So, Erza? Doesn't it feel more free to be open about things?" Mira asked her friend. "Maybe I'll get to see you two kiss some time."
Erza glared at Mira and then shyly kissed him, and it began very apparent why Mira had kissed Laxus like that.
"Oh? Only that? I was hoping to see something more passionate than my kiss… After all, I'm not dating Laxus," Mira pouted.
Jellal watched Erza as she tried not to be baited by Mira into something more.
"It's good to see you Erza," he said, trying to distract his girlfriend with a conversation. "I'm sorry I couldn't see you last night. I didn't want to bother you during the party."
"It would've been alright," Erza told him. "But I'm still happy to see you today."
"It's still a few days until Christmas. Would you like to go on a job? I've never been on a normal one?"
"Really?" Mira asked him.
"I suppose it does make sense," Erza replied. "And we could get some more money for the house. Is there anything well-paying but short, Mira?"
"I haven't been paying too much attention lately, so you should probably check for yourselves," Mira told him.
"I'll ask Nab when he arrives," Erza said. "In the meantime, can you get Jellal some breakfast?"
"Of course!" Mira said. She opened the door to the kitchen where Kinana had been working.
Only a few minutes later, members of the guild began to trickle in. When Team Natsu came in, Erza and Jellal moved their plates to the table the team liked to sit at. As the team began to come over with their own breakfast plates other mages gathered around to swarm the newly revealed couple.
"So, why didn't you tell us sooner?" Gray asked.
"About what?" Erza asked him.
"About you dating Jellal for a good nine months now," Gray replied.
"How did you find out? Juvia?" Erza focused her eyes right on the water mage.
"No," Jellal stopped her from standing by putting a hand on her shoulder. "The boys had a party of their own last night. They listened in on your party."
"Are you trying to get us killed Jellal?" Gray hissed at Jellal. The girls were all looking positively murderous.
Jellal read the atmosphere and decided to attempt to correct his mistake, even if he did think what they did was wrong. "To be fair, they didn't hear much. As usual, they destroyed the lacrima far too early in the conversation to hear much beyond the news of our relationship."
This did little to soften the expressions on the female faces.
"I know why she didn't tell us sooner," Cana said, slinking onto one of the benches with her morning keg of beer.
"Why?" Natsu asked.
"Look at this guild," Cana replied.
Lucy nodded. "It makes perfect sense."
"Complete sense," Levy said.
"But now that that the cat's out of the bag, you'll need to tell them of every major development," Bisca added. "Because as much as you think your engagement ring can hide in your requip space indefinitely, you'll want to wear it."
"Are you saying she has one now?" Lucy asked.
"No, but when she does have one," Bisca replied.
"So, at this rate, very eventually," Levy said. "They danced around dating for what – nine years? Well, only two if you discount Tenrou, but ultimately nine. Getting engaged will be at least nine more of dating."
"I wouldn't be so sure," Gray replied. "I think Erza's more likely to just elope with him to piss us off."
"No, she wants a big wedding," Natsu replied. "We all know that."
"I would prefer if we didn't discuss that until it becomes an issue," Erza replied, sounding positively murderous.
That shut them up.
"So, did you guys hear about what drunk Gray does to Juvia?" Cana asked, sparking another spirited discussion.
Christmas Eve began the same way it always did for Fairy Tail: doing community service around Magnolia. Jellal wanted to join in, but Laxus had convinced him to go out shopping instead. Apparently he had been late on his shopping, and needed to get something for Makarov before the party started.
The party itself was being hosted at the guildhall this year. After what Jellal assumed was too hard of a party the year before (too hard even for Erza – who he had found walking home naked), it appears the girls had wanted to avoid a repeat. Laxus explained that Mira didn't know Jellal was coming and felt she needed a way to ensure an aggressively drunk Erza wouldn't pull anything. At the guildhall there would be the same amount of drinking but less potential for Erza to try to rope everyone into some messed up game.
When he entered Erza had only just begun drinking. Someone handed him a beer that he began to sip. Laxus was drinking his own beer on the top floor. He had assured Jellal that if the man wanted to avoid all of the craziness of Fairy Tail parties he was welcome to join Laxus on the second floor.
The party started off normally enough, or what Jellal assumed was normal, with occasional fights broken up by Erza or Makarov. Members of the guild exchanged gifts with their friends and sang Christmas songs. Mira, Lisanna, and Kinana ran around to keep the alcohol flowing and food supply adequate. At around the fourth fight Jellal did move up to the balcony to join Laxus. They chatted as they watched the bustle of the guild occur below.
Erza was chatting with Bisca and Mira. Levy was talking with Lucy and Wendy. The men were in some sort of drinking competition that no one seemed to be winning. Soon they spotted the first mess.
"The fuck is Gray doing?" Laxus laughed.
Jellal scanned the hall until he saw Gray. The near-naked mage was openly groping Juvia, much to the later's distress. She was too drunk herself to put up much of a fight and was in fact beginning to strip herself. "It appears he's getting too affectionate with his girlfriend in public."
"I'm surprised no one's told them to get dressed," Laxus said.
"I think Erza is too distracted to notice," Jellal replied. Erza was now showing off a couple of new sexy outfits she got as presents from Mira and basking in the praise she was receiving.
"As are you," Laxus snorted.
As it neared midnight the youngest and oldest members of the guild began to leave.
Cana brought them both shots with a smirk on her face. "The night is still young and you two boys haven't had enough to drink. Down it!" she ordered.
"We'll be fine drinking beer," Laxus told her.
"I'm not leaving until I see you down 'em," she responded.
"Fine," Jellal said. Laxus looked surprised as Jellal knocked the shot back.
"And one more," Cana said, pulling two shots out of nowhere.
This time Laxus took the shot with Jellal.
"Now that you're starting to get all loose, come join us," Cana said. "You can't stay up here forever."
The two men grumbled but followed her down the stairs to mingle with their guild members. They spotted the first messy couple acting even more messy.
"Is that Gray dry humping Juvia against that pillar?" Jellal asked.
Laxus snorted.
"Yup," Cana replied. "Apparently he's decided it's a good idea to try having sex in the middle of the guildhall, but somehow they've kept just enough clothes on to prevent that."
"That's not what Gray's normally like when drunk," Laxus said.
"Maybe someone spiked his drink with something," Cana replied as she walked off, shaking a small vial of clear liquid for clear emphasis.
Jellal's eyes widened. He leaned up to Laxus's ear. "Shit. What if they spiked our drinks?"
"Why would they? Cana and Mira both know what I'm like," Laxus replied. "You, on the other hand, you should worry."
"I have reason to believe you were affected as well," Jellal replied.
Laxus snorted. "What makes you think that?"
"She didn't discriminate when handing us the shots – she didn't care who got which one, which suggests none were spiked or both were," Jellal explained.
"Shit," Laxus said.
"Anyways, I should probably find Erza and take her home before the potion kicks in to embarrass me," Jellal sighed. He walked over to where his girlfriend was standing with the other women. When he got close enough he brushed one hand over her back. As Erza turned her head to see who it was he kissed her on the lips.
"Jellal," Erza looked at him, a cute blush on her cheeks, probably from the alcohol. He brushed one had against her cheek in response.
"Erza," he said, savoring the sound of her name on his tongue.
Erza's blush grew brighter as Jellal wrapped an arm around her waist and kissed her again.
"Shrimp!" Gajeel's gruff voice interrupted their conversation. Jellal saw Levy bound over to him. "Ready to go?"
"Not really," Levy told him. "But it's probably for the best."
"Then let's get back," Gajeel said. He gathered her up in her arms and giggled his signature "Gihi" before practically running out of the guildhall with her. Jellal could feel a smirk on his face as he watched.
He stood by, rubbing Erza's back as she chatted with Lucy. He was so relaxed that he quickly lost track of time.
She reached up to kiss his ear shyly before whispering into it. "As much as I'd like to go home with you, can you wait a little longer?"
"I- is he?" Lucy asked, horrified.
Erza suddenly moved her head away from Jellal's ear.
"Maybe we should stop them?" Lucy mumbled.
Jellal looked over to where Erza and Lucy looked in horror. Gray was using his hands to keep Juvia sitting on a table. His head was well up her skirt and appeared to be right against her crotch.
Erza was already requipped and ready to rip Gray away from Juvia for the night when Jellal placed a hand on her shoulder. He used the hand wrapped around her waist to direct her to a bench. "I'll be back with you in a minute," he assured her.
This was the first time at the party that he felt like the only sane man. Laxus was at the bar with Makarov laughing in Gray's general direction. Mira had an evil smile on her face – as if she was also involved in Cana's plan. She didn't seem ready to stop anything any time soon.
"Gray?" Jellal asked as he approached the overly amorous couple.
Gray made an appearance from under Juvia's skirt, his expression grumpy until he noticed it was Jellal he was seeing. "Fuck."
"Perhaps you'd prefer to take that upstairs? Or to your apartment?"
"Nah, nothing's happening," Gray replied.
"Nothing?" Juvia wailed, obviously so drunk herself that her inhibitions were nonexistent. If they weren't, Jellal was fairly certain that Juvia would've already taken Gray away. Then again, he wasn't entirely certain that her drink wasn't spiked as well.
"Then what do you call eating Juvia out in the middle of the guildhall?" Erza growled.
Jellal knew he needed to calm her back down. He put his nose into her hair and began speaking softly. "It's okay Erza, I can handle this." He punctuated that assurance with a kiss on the top of her head.
"Fine!" Gray exclaimed, fairly exasperated by this point. He grabbed Juvia's hand and led her to one of the guest rooms.
"Ready to go?" Jellal asked Erza, deciding he didn't need any more of the guild's antics, especially in light of the growing influence of the aphrodisiac. He was sure the alcohol had been working for a while, but he was just now being overcome with lust.
"No," Erza replied, walking over to talk to Mira.
Jellal grabbed her by the waist and gave her a searing kiss. He was well aware that the previously buzzing guildhall went silent during the kiss – the first one he'd given Erza in front of them that wasn't chaste. When the wolf whistles started, he stopped the kiss. "Now?"
"Now," Erza nodded.
She led him out of the guildhall and back to Fairy Hills. On the walk over he took opportunities to grope her, but tried to keep it as innocent as possible. People looked up to Erza, and he didn't want that to be tarnished. He was surprised to see that she had taken out her fuzzy handcuffs to use on him almost as soon as they returned to the room. She blushed as she applied them to his wrists.
"I see Cana and Mira got you as well," Erza said.
"Got me?"
"The aphrodisiac. They wanted to make sure we all had a good night. Cana in particular considered it her Christmas gift to the guild. I didn't support of their plan, but I didn't attempt to stop it once they told me they were only targeting certain individuals," Erza told him. "It appears they targeted more than I thought they would."
"Who did they target?" He questioned.
"I think Gray and Laxus were the big ones, along with Alzack. Although they wanted to target Natsu and Gajeel they were unsure if the potion was actually as scentless as described," Erza replied. "I also know that I saw Cana spiking Mira's drink with whatever was left in the bottle when we were leaving. I'm a bit disappointed that I didn't get to see that. I'm also disappointed they targeted you."
"Are you complaining?" Jellal asked her.
"No, but I didn't believe you'd need the encouragement," Erza answered. She immediately requipped into the hottest lingerie he'd seen her wear yet and understood why.
"But how am I supposed to unwrap you?"
Erza blushed. It was at that moment that he knew she hadn't thought this one through. He laughed until she silenced him with a kiss. "Maybe you should see how skilled you are at telekinesis when drunk, then."
Jellal smirked, ready to show her just how good he was.
Omake
The party was winding down. Jellal had ditched him to go bang Erza, Gajeel was being overprotective of Levy as was par the course with her pregnancy, and Juvia and Gray had been forced to stop their gross levels of PDA. Of Team Natsu only Lucy and Natsu remained. While there were still a good 20 to 30 other guildmembers remaining, he could see that Mira was ready to close up shop.
Although he did catch himself looking at Cana and Mira more than he'd normally dare to in public, he assumed that was due to the alcohol. So far he hadn't had any reason to believe he'd had any of the aphrodisiac himself.
Suddenly Cana called across the guildhall. "Mira! You up for a threesome?"
Heads around the guildhall turned towards the barmaid and then immediately turned away as demonic energy rolled off of her. They all moved away as she made her way across the guildhall towards a far-too-happy Cana.
Laxus leaned forward with curiosity as the two met. Much to his surprise, Mira grabbed Cana and pulled her into a deep kiss. Laxus heard Lisanna stomp back to the kitchen. Kinana followed with a stack of plates. Macao and Wakaba watched with big smiles on their faces.
He felt himself harden as his two friends with benefits started really making out, ignoring all the stunned looks from their fellow guild members. Mira had somehow managed to get Cana's belt undone and her pants unzipped and had taken off her own skirt, revealing the lacy black cheeky panties she wore. Cana's hands helped undo the halter on Mira's dress. Laxus could now feel the aphrodisiac taking over. He fought it, trying not to get up and go to them.
Mira was about to undo Cana's top when she spotted him. Laxus tried to act nonchalant, but it obviously wasn't fooling the demon. She grabbed Cana's hand and brought her over to Laxus. Both of them appraised him before coming to a silent agreement. Cana began to kiss him, clouding his mind enough that he didn't bother stopping Mira as she reached into his pants to grab his erection.
His mind was so clouded that when the girls got him up to go to a guest room he didn't bother to resist, instead he tried to flag down Jellal (forgetting he had long since left with Erza) for a celebration. When he remembered that little complication, he tried to play it off by giving a thumbs up to the other men of the guild.
Not thinking of the consequences, he followed Cana and Mira into the guestroom, happy as a kid in a candy shop.
A/N: Umm… so that was a sloppy party. I know it was just Jerza week, but I couldn't help including some other ships getting sloppy at the Christmas party.