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*Jellal's P.O.V*

As we walked into the kitchen I watched Erza's eyes lit up as she saw the creamy cake. Seeing how she was so excited over just one slice made me smile. She was so childish and cute when it came to her favourite dessert, it made me wonder if she had a split personality. Because at times she would turn from being a ferocious warrior to an adorable child whenever cake was involved! I guess it was just one part of all the reasons why I loved her.

"Look Jellal!" Her excited tone brought me out of my silly/serious thoughts. "I found more!" She extended her arm and pointed to the freshly baked cake that seemed to be far to conveniently placed on a table in the furthest part of the kitchen from the door, for my liking.

"If you like...I can...um...I'd be willing to.." Her cheeks were flushed and she was fidgeting nervously with the hem or her (incredibly sexy) dress. "S..sh..share!" she finally managed to choke out. I chuckled at her, how could you not fall for this incredible woman? She jumped at the sound of my chuckle and her body language changed from happy and excited to nervous, embarrassed and jumpy.

"Did you find it?" Lisanna called to us through the doors. I nodded but then remembered that she couldn't see us from behind the closed kitchen doors.

"Um yes thank you Lisanna." I called back in reply to her question.

"No problem," I think she called back to us but it was hard to hear over the typical fairy tail party noise, or maybe she didn't hear me and was replying to someone else? I looked back to Erza to see her tucking into the slice of cake that had been closest to us. I figured she was letting the full cake cool so she didn't burn her mouth like she often did when she got impatient, or she just went for the one that was nearest...the latter sounded more likely. I couldn't help but smile at the woman as she chowed down on her cake like a pro, believe me I tried not to but I failed miserably. It was only this woman, Erza Scarlet, who could make my facial expressions mirror the feelings in my heart, no matter how hard I tried to stop them. It was a good thing it wasn't a job otherwise I'd fail it miserably...not that I'd mind that much.

"Should we go back out there?" I asked, worried I would betray myself. She glared at me and shook her head back and forth until she swallowed the bite she'd just taken as I'd asked my question.

"No way!" She gasped. "They'll hurt it." I chuckled some where between a sigh and a laugh and nodded my head.

"I see I see, we'll stay here for a bit longer," I smiled as her face relaxed once more and we fell into a comfortable silence as Erza ate her dessert and I watched her. Taking in every moment I could not wanting to waste even a second I spent with her! Time was precious after all.

*Mira's p.o.v*

"Should we go back out there?" Jellal asked the cake devouring Erza.

"Now, now!" I hissed at Freed, afraid that they might leave before anything good happened. He sighed and did as he was told activating the rune trap across the kitchen doors preventing the clueless pair from leaving.

"No way!" Erza retorted as she swallowed her mouthful. Whoops, maybe I'd been a bit too hasty. "They'll hurt it."

My eyes widened as I realized she meant the cake, as I drew a deep breath in to laugh at my friends childishness, Freed slapped his hand over my mouth.

"Shush dear, this rune barrier won't mask all noise, only quiet whispers." He whispered into my ear as I nodded my head letting him know I understood.

"Sorry," I mumbled into his warm palm enjoying the feel of his body being so close to mine. I furrowed my brow though and turned my head just enough to see Freed but not enough to change our position, something was odd. I noticed for the first time that my boyfriend was wearing the same clothes as he usually did. I sighed he didn't even bother to dress up for tonight. I decided to check my theory. I placed my hand on top of the hand that was covering my mouth and licked the hot, salty, sticky palm. He pulled his hand away from me in surprise .

"You're hot!" I stated, reaching for the collar of his jacket and started to unbutton it.

"Wh-what are you saying and doing Mira?" He stuttered his cheeks glowing red. I wasn't sure if it was from the heat here in the kitchen around us or if he was blushing. I managed to get the jacket unbuttoned enough to push it back off his shoulders to expose the top of his wonderful sculpted pecs (hmm he really did have a great body), before he grabbed both of my wrists firmly enough to stop me but not hard enough to hurt. "Wai..Mira, stop!"

"Shush!" I hissed and gave him an evilly flirtatious wink, this time I knew he was blushing as his whole face went red.

"ot vas at?" Erza asked through a mouthful of cake. Freed instantly stiffened and once again covered my mouth with his one hand and wrapping his other around my waist pulling me up against him. Whoops I'd totally forgotten about those two. I leaned my head into the curve where his neck meet his shoulders and slipped a hand onto his exposed chest and slowly started to trace a random pattern with the tip of my finger. I blushed slightly at how intimate this was and the fact that we were in the guild kitchen and not at home in our own bed, made it all the more risque. It had also just dawned on me, Freed didn't wear anything under the jacket. Hmm that could come in useful one day.

"Who is there?" Jellal called out as he stared right at us but, thank kami, he was unable to see us.

"It was probably someone outside," Erza suggested as she picked up a new slice of dessert and took a bite. Jellal nodded at her but continued to look around suspiciously. I was worried he might see through the runes somehow and get the wrong idea, then I chastised myself for doubting Freed's magical abilities he was the strongest rune mage around! There was no need to worry.

"D-do you...w-want...some?" Erza cutely asked, holding out an extra slice of cake for Jellal to take if he wished. I watched as he nodded, turned back around to face her and accepted the slice graciously but also cautiously. I mean Erza wasn't known to share cake with anyone no wonder he was cautious! Actually I don't think I'd ever seen her offer to share her favourite food with anybody in the whole time I'd known her...She really must be in love with Jellal.

It was quiet for a long time after this as both mages slowly and shyly made their way through what remained of the cake. After I'd shuffled back around we watched them as they sat/leaned awkwardly against the worktops, neither daring to look at the other.

"Shall we return to the party?" Erza finally spoke. Jellal nodded and pushed himself off of his work top into a standing position, Erza watched him silently as if she desperately wanted to say something to the blue haired man. He turned to look at her and smiled when he noticed the small blob of icing at the corner of the redhead's mouth. He took a step towards her reaching his hand out towards her face without saying a word. Erza bless her soul, looked halfway between terrified and overjoyed at his actions, slightly jumping the gun Erza leaned up and into Jellal and softly pressed her lips against his. Jellal's eyes widened but he didn't pull away but stepped closer into his companion. SCORE! I wanted to jump up and down and cry for happiness at this but as usual Freed tightened his hold on me and kept me still.

After a few moments Erza pulled back and seeing the expression on Jellal's face made her jump away and blush wildly making her looking like a forest fire.

"I...was...just..." She spluttered incoherently, Jellal just had a weird half smile on his face as he finally managed to show her the icing that was clinging to his thumb as if nothing had happened, her eyes twinkled as she grabbed his hand and brought it to her lips giving him a small smile as she stuck his thumb in her mouth and sucked the icing from his skin. My eyes bulged out of my head at this and Jellal's face went redder than Erza's hair, but just as I was expecting him to, he pushed her away and jumped back.

His then seemed to get the weirdest expression on his face, at the fact Erza looked about ready to burst into tears at what had just transpired. He then got a determined look on his face and reached out with his hand and pulled a strand of her hair in between his fingers.

"Erza, the truth is...I love you...but you deserve a lot better than me and after what I did to you, I can not allow you to forgive me," He sighed looking her straight in the eyes. I couldn't take my own eyes off them, even Freed was being attentive to the scene unfolding before us. "I think I should leave the guild, I knew this was a bad idea but I let Meldy and you convince me it could work."

As if his words had snapped something within Erza, she drew back her hand and slapped it across the man's face swiftly making his head slam to the side due to the force applied.

"Fine then! Requip." She shouted activating her magic which switched her beautiful dress for her purgatory armour...wow she was really pissed off! "If you don't want me to forgive you...if you want to run away from me again, then fight me!" She yelled again stunning all three of us. Jellal stared at her in shock.

"Is this what you want?" Erza said as her expression softened and her eyes filled with tears. Jellal shock his head and stepped closer to her. As her armour dissolved once again replaced by her dress, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into the warmest, tightest hug I had ever seen.

"What I want Erza Scarlet is to be the only man to be allowed to touch you like this and to be the only man to belong to you! If you'll allow that? If you can accept me even after all I've done to you." He said pulling her even closer to him as he asked her permission. Her words had obviously made an impression on his pessimistic outlook on them being together.

"Did I hear that right?! I whisper shrieked to Freed who merely nodded that it was indeed true. Seeing how he was as shocked as I was, confirmed to me that yes it was really happening.

*Erza's p.o.v*

I was so stunned, I couldn't move, I couldn't think, but for once I wasn't shy about it. I wrapped my arms around his middle, seeing as I couldn't get them high enough to wrap around his neck due to his already bone crushing hold on me.

"I never once held a grudge against you." I replied which seemed to shock him. "I only have one condition about what you want though and I will gladly accept if you agree to my own terms. I am to be the only woman to belong to you."

Oh my goodness that sounded like a proposal...had I just in fact proposed to Jellal? (Author: Erza I do believe he just proposed to you.. Erza: *in her own deluded world. Author: you're hopeless) I hadn't meant it like that! Well, I had but...was that not a bit to much to ask right now? We hadn't even gone on a date or anything! And here I was asking him to be my one and only. As if he could feel my sudden nervousness and hear my jumbled thoughts, he pushed me back slightly and looked into my eyes.

"If you don't want to, we don't ever have to get married or anything...it's not like it's sudden, we've known each other a long time, what I meant was...Can I officially ask you to be my g-g..." He couldn't quite seem to get the word out so he took a deep breath to calm himself then continued... well more like spat the word out to be precise. "My Girlfriend!"

I smiled and nodded glad he'd asked me and made it official rather than leave me wondering as he had for years now. As if he had just won the best thing in the world, he threw his arms around my waist and embraced me burying his head into my shoulder. I smiled as I felt his body weight press into me it just felt so right and comforting but then I felt him tremble as he tried to keep his tears to himself. No one should have to carry so much guilt around with them! I lifted my hand up to the back of his head, his hair smoothly brushing against my fingers as I tried to calm him somewhat. Before I knew it though I too had tears falling from my eyes, from how happy I was that I could finally call Jellal my own and because I hadn't realized just how much pain and sadness he had been carrying around by himself for so long. From now on I wouldn't let him carry around any past baggage on his own I would be by his side always to share the load and help him finally move forward to the future! And hopefully it would be a happy future with our own happily ever after.