Summary: Having his girlfriend die after kissing her the first time has leftZeref with some self-esteem issues when it comes to kissing….

Pairings: Zeref/Mavis, implied Erza/Cake, Brotherly Zeref/Natsu, jokingly implied one-sided Mavis/Natsu, and brief mention of Natsu/Lucy.

Author's Note: Thank you so much for already giving me over SEVENTY ONE HUNDRED reviews!

No one would ever deny that observing Zeref and Mavis was the most entertaining thing in the guild since Natsu first brought a girl home. After all, these were once the two most powerful mages in magical history, Zeref being the most evil, and Mavis being one of the great light mages, and now they were dressed like normal teenagers and tried to behave like a normal couple.

There was a lot of blushing, and hands brushing against one another, and awkward smiles.

Mira was in shipper's heaven.

Everyone watched transfixed, and no longer bothering to hide it, as Mavis and Zeref were sharing a slice of cake ("Master Mavis is amazing," Erza said in awe, "I could never share a slice of cake."). Mavis had decided to throw all caution in the air and sat herself in Zeref's lap as she switched between eating the cake herself and feeding Zeref.

"It's nice, isn't it?" Mavis said cheerfully, "we never had something so delicious a hundred years ago."

"Yeah," Zeref mumbled in agreement, "it's delicious."

Mavis giggled. "You have some icing," she said in a husky voice, "right….here…" she licked her finger and reached out to wipe off the small smudge of icing on the corner of Zeref's lips. Zeref flushed bright red and there was a long, tense, silent, moment as he and Mavis stared into one another's eyes. "Zeref…" Mavis murmured before she leaned in, her lips coming closer to his, and then –

"Oh my God!" Zeref blurted out as he suddenly stood up, flinging Mavis onto the floor, she landed with a thump and a squeal. "I think I'm late for a fishing trip with Natsu! Got to go!"

"….eh?" Natsu blinked. "We were going fishing?"

"Yes!" Zeref hissed as he gripped onto Natsu's wrist tightly. "We promised, remember? To go fishing. All week. Maybe longer."

"But that's boring!" Natsu whined.

"Natsu," Zeref snarled quietly, "help me out here!"

"But I don't un-"

Zeref didn't get to hear the rest of Natsu's sentence as Mavis grabbed hold of him by the shirt and forced him to face her. Her other hand snatched at his collar and dragged his face down to her furious red once. "WHY WON'T YOU KISS ME, DAMNIT?!" she screamed into his face.

(Unseen by Zeref and Mavis, several people were now giving Cana money. She so knew Mavis would have snapped sooner or later.)

"You want me to?!"

Mavis' mouth dropped open in disbelieve. "Of course I want you to! Why wouldn't I want you to?!" she demanded to know. "We're no longer cursed, and now you no longer have an evil split personality you are absolutely perfect. You're smart, funny, sweet, and you're the most gorgeously adorable guy I have ever met-"

"Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" Natsu whined childishly as he pulled a disgusted face. "His little brother is sitting right here."

Mavis ignored him in favour of staring intently at what, she believes, was the handsome Dragneel brother. "And," Mavis continued, "That one kiss we did have was amazing."

"How can you know that?!" Zeref despaired. "Our one and only kiss killed you. Our lips barely touched before you literally dropped dead at my feet."

"Yes but that wasn't anything to do with your kissing skills," Mavis said rationally, "That was because of the curse."

"We don't know that!" Zeref snapped. "I've never kissed anyone else before or after. What if I'm just that dreadful at kissing that I accidentally kill someone again?"

"That's not going to happen," Mavis rolled her eyes, "I have never heard of anyone dying of bad kissing."

"You did!"

"That wasn't the kissing that was the curse we were both under!" Mavis yelled. "So get over yourself and give me a freaking kiss before I decide that Natsu is the better Dragneel brother and kiss him instead!"

"What?!" Natsu squeaked. "You can't do that! I don't wanna! I only want to kiss Lucy!"

Natsu's protests were completely ignored as Zeref's face darkened with jealously. He grabbed hold of Mavis' head and waist, pulled her closer and tighter to him, before his lips quickly, forcibly, covered hers.

Mavis sighed blissfully and returned the kiss.

It last for an uncomfortably long time that caused everyone in the guild to fidget and look around awkwardly, and Natsu to give up eating his lunch altogether, until finally they pulled apart and gazed into each other's eyes.

"How…" Zeref panted, "How was that?"

"Dreadful." Zeref almost collapsed out of horror, his worst fears were pretty much confirmed, and he was a dreadful kisser. He kissed terribly. Mavis thought it was dreadful….Mavis laughed in his face. "But that's okay," she grabbed hold of both of his cheeks and pulled his face closer to hers, "because that means we should practice. A lot. Because practice makes perfect."

Comprehension filled Zeref's eyes before the trademark Dragneel mischievous grin (very rare to actually see on Zeref) blossomed on his face.

Mavis then decided that was the perfect time to tackle Zeref to the ground and try a bit of French kissing.

Suddenly the guild all had to find something else to do because if they continued watching Mavis and Zeref they were going to see things that were way too graphic for words.