I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE STORY THAT WILL ANSWER A LOT ABOUT SOME THINGS YOU GUYS WERE ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT. I FINALLY CAME TO THIS CHAPTER EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE 21ST CHAPTER BUT WE FINALLY MADE IT WOOHOOO. THANK YOU TO ALL THE AMAZING PEEPS OUT THERE.

AFTER THIS CHAPTER IS THE REAL EXCITING PARTS. I SAY THIS AND THEN MY NEXT CHAPS ARE REAL CRAPPY. :(

DISCLAIMER: MASHIMA SENSEI!

~~~THREE YEARS AGO: Magnolia Beach: July 20~~~

The sun shone on Erza's face as noon approached. She had forgot to close the curtain. . .again. She tossed and turned, covering her face with her blanket to try to catch another minute of sleep. It was summer vacation in Magnolia and she had planned to catch up on some rest.

Erza lazily got off her bed and walked towards her sliding glass door. Currently, she was at her summer house, a small condo that had a superb view of Magnolia beach and the wide ocean. She would go back to sleep but the view of the crisp sky caught her attention. She slid the door open and took a breath of the fresh air.

She was just about to go back when she felt sand suddenly rubbing against her feet. Disgusting. Erza shook it off and just when she was going to return inside inside, she saw sand flying in the air before landing on her feet. Someone was purposely throwing sand onto her own balcony.

Irritated, the girl walked to the side of the balcony and searched for the culprit. Her balcony wasn't that far from the ground since she lived on the first floor. Almost immediately she spotted a boy in the distance, taking his shovel to scoop up a pile of sand.

You could tell the boy was going to return and fling the sand onto Erza's balcony because the moment he turned around to see her, he dropped his shovel. "Oops," he said in a very sarcastic manner.

"What are you doing?" Erza asked.

The boy had nicely styled blue hair that matched the sky above him and green eyes that matched the leaves nearby. He was wearing a black bomber jacket with tight jeans. He also wore a white button-up shirt with a tie that could have definitely been tied much better. Honestly, Erza would be lying if she said she didn't find him to be the least bit attractive.

But she knew no one could rival Gray. Gray went to middle school with her and she liked him, but never would she admit that. She was fourteen and this was going to be her last year at middle school. Would Gray go to same high school with her? Who knows, but she knew that even by the end of the school year, she wouldn't have mustered enough courage to confess.

"Aren't you Titania?" the boy asked.

He called her Titania. Erza raised an eyebrow, surprised he knew her name. "Y-yeah, who're you?"

"Your mom."

"H-hey! I just asked!"

"And I just answered."

Erza rolled her eyes. There was a bad vibe coming off from this guy, and she knew she should try to keep her distance from him.

"Go away. You're on my family's private beach. I'll. . .I'll tell the police if you don't and you will get into big trouble! I'm the heir to Scarlet Company! And Im not Titania, I'm Erza Scarlet!"

The boy shrugged if off. "No you're not. You're Titania. And I don't care. I'm only here at Magnolia for a little bit anyways. Besides, you can't order me around even if you're all powerful."

He walked up the Erza's balcony with his shovel, and Erza slowly backed up to her glass door. Surprisingly, all the boy did was throw the shovel on the balcony's ground. "Play with me," he ordered.

"W-what? Why?!"

"Because I said so." Without another word, he turned around and walked back to the place where he was shoveling.

Erza was very tempted to decline the offer, but at the same time a feeling of happiness filled her. Outside of her usual circle of friends, never have anyone invited her to play because she was considered the "queen." She was Titania and considered the holy untouchable.

Erza smiled as she looked at the shovel and walked back into her room.

Twenty minutes later, Erza was on her family's private beach, and the burning sand stuck to her feet and poked her as she walked. The hot weather caused by the glaring sun was not making her day any better.

She found the boy not where he was before, but hidden by the shade of the side of her beachhouse. He was carefully stacking another pile of sand on top of what was already made and meticulously shaped it into a cylinder. It took one glance to figure out what he was trying to make.

"A sandcastle?" Erza asked.

"Stupid, what else does it look like?"

"Do you want help?"

"No." Ouch.

"Then, uh, why did you want me here?"

"Your company."

Erza got quiet as she blushed at the answer. But what was she saying? She settled herself next to the boy and watched his fingers pat some sand away to form an ideal shape he had in mind.

"How do you know my name?" Erza suddenly asked, curious.

"How would I not?"

"W-where are you from?"

"Fiore."

"What do your parents work as?"

"Not the same thing your parents work as."

"Oh, um where do you go to school?"

"Fiore too."

Erza sighed, keeping a conversation with this. . .this idiot. . .was no use. She got bored quickly and was going to walk back until the boy called her again. "Hey, you can't leave! Not until I let you go," the boy shouted. Erza frowned, since she disliked being commanded by someone she barely knew. She yanked her hand away and walked off, ignoring the boy.

The boy didn't decide to run after her, and instead shouted, "Meet me here tomorrow too, Titania, alright?"

But Erza didn't respond as she stomped away.

The next morning, Erza absentmindedly tossed in her bed and she had been doing so for an hour.

"Should I go out?" she mumbled to herself. No, maybe not. She hated the sand and the stickiness left in her hair from the ocean breeze. But maybe she should. It was summer vacation, the time of year she had been waiting for. Plus, she got a special invite. . .

Erza got off from her bed and headed to her bathroom to change. Yes, she would go meet the boy again. It was just one day.

Like yesterday, she found the boy plopped on the floor, shaping the sandcastle, though it was much larger than before. He detected Erza's presence and looked up, eyebrows raised because he was surprised she actually came.

His gaze shifted back to the sandcastle as the redhead sat down. He cleared his throat. "Er, sorry I was such a jerk yesterday," he said, eyes still on his work.

You're a jerk alright.

"Wanna, um, help out?" he added.

Erza silently looked at the well-shaped castle before turning to the boy himself. She shifted to the castle's side and started drawing windows on the sand walls.

"So about where I was from. . ." the boy started, bringing up the unfinished topic from yesterday. He talked about how he's from outside Magnolia, though he used to go to school here.

Erza raised her eyebrows. "Really?"

"Yeah, except I left by the time I'm in first grade. I got kicked out because of some really stupid thing I did."

"W-why did I expect that?"

"Yah! Shut up." he returned, stifling giggles from Erza.

WIth his conversation skills, he and Erza started talking about school to cool places in Fiore to cheesecake factories. Yeah, don't ask.

The two spent the whole afternoon laughing at really random, bad jokes. The two were talking and they barely noticed the darkening of the sky and the flickering of the street lights that were turning on. Honestly, Erza would be lying if she said she still thought of him as a brat because inside, the badboy image had completely dissolved.

Except in her heart, she felt just one person was missing.

"I wish Gray was here," she sighed. If he was here, he would've made castle-building much more fun.

"Who?"

A smile unconsciously formed on Erza's lips. "G-gray Fullbuster. He's really tall and he's really good at sports. He goes to school with me and we're, like, best friends."

The blue haired boy got really quiet and didn't stay anything as he continued stacking another layer on the castle. "So, uh, do you like him?" he asked.

"Maybe."

"Maybe?"

"Um. . .don't tell anyone I said this, but I think yes."

"You think? There's no 'I think' when you like someone. But Scarlets and Fullbusters were. . ."

"Yeah, but I-I really like Gray. So what if he's a F-fullbuster? We've been together since kindergarten and we will forever be at each other's side."

The boy snorted. "How do you know that?" Erza was a little surprised by his change of tone.

"W-well, I've known Gray for such a long time. . .he won't betray me."

The two continued the construction of the castle in silence, and a tense mood quickly shifted over the two. The air once filled with laughter was gone and the two were awkwardly sitting next to each other.

Suddenly, the boy spoke. "Forget it, Titania. How would your families even let such a relationship between you two? That's right they won't. Just watch. In another few years you'll think that liking Gray was such a stupid thought."

Unexpectedly, the blue haired boy stood up from his position and without looking at Erza, walked away.

Erza sat there, traumatized by the boy's words. Why did she feel that he was correct? She tried to remove the feeling but it was clinging on to her heavy heart. She turned to the boy, who was still walking.

"Don't leave me," she shouted. She wanted to fight back, scream at him, and reflect each of his arguments. Why would he say such a thing to Erza?

The boy turned around, staring at Erza. He rolled his eyes, as if he was annoyed at the girl, before walking continuing walking away.

Erza sat at the sand and angrily watched him pace away. She was in disbelief. The two were great friends ten minutes ago. Why would the mood turn so sour so quickly? Was it Erza that did something wrong? Why did everything never seem to go her way?

Erza angrily stood up and started walking back inside.

That night, she couldn't sleep. She laid at her bed staring at her ceiling. Is there something wrong with me? She was angry. Very angry. The words the boy said to her were on repeat.

A thought hit her. The sandcastle. The thought of it only fueled her impulsiveness. It was nearing midnight, but she found her way out of her beachhouse and to the site of the sandcastle.

She didn't second think it and before she knew it, she was stomping the life out of the castle, destroying the once prideful building. She toppled layer by layer and leveling

the sand mound when she was done.

Now, her feet was covered with those bothersome grains. Nasty.

"You're here too?"

She turned to the voice and shot a glare when she realized it was that blue haired boy. After the day, he had the nerve to come back and treat her like nothing happened. For the first time, Erza wished he could see her as Titania, scary, all-powerful, and definitely not someone to mess with.

"What do you want? Get away from me," she asked in a cold tone.

He held up his hands and stared at the ground. "I'm sorry." His voice was quiet.

"Apology not accepted. Get out. This. . .this is my house." Her voice was starting to crack. There was a lump in her throat that made it hard for her to speak. Even worse, she could feel something blurring her vision. Were they. . .tears?

The boy raised his eyebrows. "What?"

She scrunched her eyebrows. "Why are you suddenly here to apologize? S-shouldn't you be annoying me right now and asking 'Oh Titania why are you so retarded?' or something like that?"

The boy sighed. "I'm actually sorry. Look, I feel really bad. I said things I shouldn't have and I angered you without knowing. I'm sorry."

"Why should I trust a jerk like you? I thought you were a good person and next thing I knew, you were talking shit about the person I like."

"Please just give me one more chance. I just overreacted a little because I got angry at Gray."

"No."

"Listen, I'm sorry. If you don't want to accept it, that's fine. I'll never bother you again."

"If you do apologize, I don't think I'll forgive myself. You know what i want? I don't want an apology, i want you to get out of my life. Get out of my property, my eyesight. . .everything."

Erza's brown eyes burned holes into the boy. There was a strong will inside her to reject him, as if she knew something bad was going to happen. But she looked back at the day she had. Why was her heart racing?

She took a deep breath. "Why were you angry at Gray, hm?" Her heart beated faster and a feeling that only occurred that was associated with Gray's presence came back to her.

"I. . .You don't wanna know. Why do you ask?"

"You know what, then don't talk to me." She rolled her eyes and took her gaze off him as she prepared to go back home. "Go home. Go away or I really will report you."

"Well, today's my last day in Magnolia anyways. I'm probably never coming back."

Titania stopped in her tracks. "What? Really?" She stopped to think. "N-nah, y-you're lying. You're just saying this so I can accept your s-stupid apology."

"Erza Scarlet," the boy called. "Look at me."

The girl slowly turned around, a little hesitant. It was the first time in the two days he had called her by her full name. It felt. . .weird. She slowly met the boy's olive eyes. Her chest felt like it was about to explode as she gazed at him longer.

"Um," he started. "I guess I'll just say goodbye right now. I'm not coming back tomorrow. But, uh, thanks."

Erza immediately ripped her gaze off from him. Her vision was blurring even more. Before she knew it, a tear drop rolled down her pink cheeks. It was a good thing it was dark enough so the boy wouldn't be able to see her stupid face right now. She must look like a mess. "W-well, have a great time wherever you go."

"Okay, bye," he said. Erza could hear her footsteps as he started to walk away.

"I-is that all you're gonna say?" she asked, making him stop.

"Why? What else do you want me to say?"

Erza froze. The boy was right. Why was she so nosy, roaming into the boy's business like a creep? Why did she even care?

"This past day, I felt so. . .happy. I don't really know. I guess i-it's because no one really invited me to hang out with them before. Once you leave, I-I'm going to be lonely," she shyly admitted.

The boy chuckled. "What? Are you saying you like me?" he asked in a playful tone. But Erza could sense a hint of seriousness in his voice. He continued, "No you don't. It's just your hormones. You don't like me, and I don't like you," the boy replied, still keeping his joking tone.

As Erza heard the words, a wave of disappointment hit her. She had knew it was too quick and prepared her feelings, but her heart still sank. "Oh, then." She tried to avoid the subject and tried to push her feelings away. "Um, I'll go back to sleep, so b-bye."

As Erza started her walk, she couldn't help but feel a little sad. Erza might have known him for two days, but she knew she would really missed his presence.

"Wait, Erza!"

She turned to the voice and raised her eyebrow. "Y-yeah?"

The blue haired boy ran to her side, panting. "Can I say something?"

She shrugged. "Depends."

"I don't want you to be sad. Silly," he patted Titania's head. "There doesn't have to be light for me to tell how sad you are. We might've only knew each other for two days, but, these two days really meant a lot for me, too. I thought you rich people were mean and stingy, but after meeting you. . .I can't help but smile every time I see you. I-I don't know. Remember that joke I made about you liking me. But, uh, Erza, I. . .I think I like you."

Erza's eyes widened. Her heart was pounding. This feeling felt so familiar. Just as she was about to speak, the boy covered her mouth.

"Sh," he said. "Don't say anything. I don't want to know. You know what? Just pretend nothing happened. Pretend as if you never met me and erase these two days from your memory." He stuck out his pinky. "Pinky promise? That way none of us will get sad, alright?"

Her messy red hair, her puffy brown eyes, her tear streaked face. . .Why was she so sad when she barely knew him? Still, she reluctantly hooked her pinky with his.

He smiled. "Thanks, Erza Scarlet." Without another word, he ran off into the distance. Erza watched as his figure melted into darkness. She sighed.

Nothing ever happened, she told herself, as she stared at her pinky.

As if these two days never existed.

Nothing.

And she didn't even know his name.

I NEED TO STOP WRITING THE CRINGIEST CHAPTERS EVER BUT I'M A REALLY BAD WRITER :( AND I HOPE YOU LIKE CRINGY STUFF :)

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