Hello, I'm back with another chapter.

I want to say thanks to dear Guest for leaving a review, I'm happy you like the mystery and the characters, I am trying not to change much of them from their real personality, and this is how I imagine Jellal's personality if Jellal didn't already know Erza of course. I hope you enjoy the rest of the story!

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Disclaimer: Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima.

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Chapter 6: Busy President

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One month has passed since school started, two weeks since last event.

Erza was at the student council office with Mirajane, they were even busier now that the first exams of the first semester were coming up.

"President, I did a list of all club activities including all students names in them, just like you asked." Pointed out a boy.

"Oh, thank you Riku! You can put it down on that table please." Erza requested, glancing briefly at him and pointing at another table.

Riku was a boy with light green, slightly curly, short hair and black eyes. He had lots of fangirls since he was considered handsome by most of the girls. He was one of the council members and the one Erza trusted the most with important council 'jobs'. They had known each other since middle school and decided to be part of the council later on, since both of them were good with paperwork and both had high grades.

As he laid down the list on the table, Erza added. "Are you taking part of the basketball tournament this year?"

Riku glared at the red haired girl and smiled, confident. "Yes! I will do my best."

Erza smirked and focused on her work again, happy that Riku could finally participate. Last year he was badly sick and unfortunately he couldn't make it to the tournament.

Riku and Erza weren't really close like best friends, but they shared lots of moments since their middle school, Erza saw him more like her little brother, even though he was one year older than her… And she was happy to have him there, he was a kind and reliable person.

Riku also saw Erza as his little sister and sometimes he'd been worried about her and her stubbornness, but eventually got used to it. He was also happy he was part of this with Erza and the others, Riku also had a girl he liked but his fans were so annoying he had to go out secretly with her, but he was really happy either way.

"President, don't overdo it at the Jiu-Jitsu competition." He added, recalling last year and how Erza was so motivated and stubborn, she got injured on its last day, even if it led her to actually win the match.

"Oh, yeah... but I will think about that when the time comes anyway, right now we have to prepare for the exams... and school camp." She said not even glancing up from the papers. They were organising a two weeks camp after the exams and the final of the first semester, motivating students to have a reason to study for them.

"Eh? But the club tournaments are a month and half from now!?" He said confused since usually they always had to prepare beforehand.

Erza jumped from her seat and sweat dropped. One month? She didn't realized.

"Why are you telling me that only now?" She tensed. "Just pass me that list, I will start today when I finish these damn papers."

Riku laughed, Erza always forgot the important things because she always gave her 100% on what she was doing at the moment, she would probably stay here until very late today, doing all that… but he knew he couldn't change her mind anyway, so he just handed her the list and went to help preparing for the exams.

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"Jellal, let's eat together!" Meredy shouted running towards Jellal at the school yards.

Jellal was quietly eating under a tree and glanced up to see Meredy just after her shout, which somehow made Jellal to hate her for a second. She quickly sat down beside him and happily started biting her sandwich.

"whes Utea?" She asked, chewing her sandwich at the same time.

Jellal gave her a disapproving look but replied the same. "Ultear is at the council office, she said she would come to lunch with us though."

Jellal tried to avoid Ultear and Meredy after the last event with his father. He first approached the girl to find out if she had anything to do with that case but after all this and knowing she doesn't, he didn't really want to get closer to her, he didn't want any friendship or close people, he knew he would probably leave anyway, when this was all over. But Ultear and Meredy always followed him around, enjoying his presence even if he was quiet, so he just gave up and accepted their company.

"And here I am! Mind if I join?" Ultear suddenly said, appearing from behind the tree with her lunch box in her hands. Meredy was heard choking on her food as she was surprised with Ultear's presence.

She sat down before they could answer and started eating, inviting herself in.

"Ultear! You are at that student council office more than with us now!" Meredy whimpered.

The black haired girl chuckled. "Sorry about that, we are actually very busy there with exams coming, and the club activities too… I mean the competitions are here in a month, so…"

"Club activities uh…" Jellal whispered, thinking he hadn't actually applied for any.

"Oh, do you want to join one? I can make you a list so you can chose wisely." Ultear advised.

"No, that's okay, I have no interest of joining any for now." He quickly denied.

"That's a pity." Said Meredy this time. "You could come to Arts club with me."

Jellal didn't comment anything on this. He just stared at Meredy with a 'no' written all over his face.

"What about you? Which club are you on?" He asked Ultear, suddenly thinking he didn't really never heard her talk about it.

"Any, I don't really want to join any club, I already have the council to worry about." She replied, seeming tired of it.

Meredy nodded as if she agreed with the statement, but she was just probably thankful Ultear didn't get any more busier than this.

Some minutes later and they had finished their lunch. They heard the bell ring and went to class, Meredy taking a different way from them.

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Classes went through fast and finished before they could even process, they had two that afternoon but one of them was canceled, since the teacher was absent… though they had someone else to force them to work anyway, making them stay at the classroom and study. That last class they had was Geometry and it was shared with class 2-B, so Erza and Ultear studied happily as Natsu and Gray pestered Lucy, or as Jellal fell asleep bored. It was a little over the chaos since the teacher wasn't there today, Erza had to throw some of her books at Natsu again.

When class was over, the red head went over the council office again trying to finish everything she had to do. She felt really exhausted but she wanted to do as much as she could so she won't be late with the preparations at the last moment.

Mirajane, Riku and all the others tried to offer her their help but she insisted they go home and rest, since they were there all day helping her already.

"It's hot in here." She mumbled after opening a window nearby and going back to her seat, laying her head on the table. "I still need to finish all these though."

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Meredy and Jellal were waiting for Ultear outside their classroom,when class finished they started walking to the dorms but Ultear suddenly asked to come back as she had forgotten something.

Meredy had just hung up her phone when they heard Ultear's voice.

"Sorry for making you wait." Ultear shouted, coming through the door just after that.

"It's okay, did you get what you wanted?" Jellal asked, not really bothered with it.

"Yea but…" She glanced down at her hands, she was carrying some papers. "I also forgot to take this to Erza, she will probably kill me tomorrow if I don't lend it to her."

"Oh, are you going to her dorm to give it to her?" Asked Meredy this time, slightly confused.

"No, I'm pretty sure she is at the council office." Ultear said bluntly.

"Why is she there? Class already ended." Meredy seemed even more confused now.

Jellal could only sigh and think the stupid president was doing all she could, overworking again. That explained why he didn't see her at all these days apart from class, after what happened last time. But it was better for him that way, he didn't want to deal with her. At their last shared class he noticed how Ultear rushed to Erza's side and he sat at the corner and tried his best to sleep to avoid any interaction with these two.

"She is… finishing some paperwork." Ultear replied, annoyed at the stubborn president.

"So?" Meredy was waiting for her to just spit out whatever she wanted to say.

"The thing is, I really have something to do. Mirajane asked me to go with her somewhere and we have to meet in 10 minutes, can't you go give her this for me instead, Meredy?" She pleaded, staring at the pink haired girl.

"Eh, but my parents are waiting for me at the dorms, I told them I would be there right away. Why can't we just give it to her tomorrow?" The pink haired girl panicked, not wanting to say NO to her friend but even more to her parents, they were kind of strict with time and all and she just confirmed her presence when they called her a few minutes ago.

Ultear sighed. "She need this to finish what she is doing." Ultear explained, thinking about what to do.

The black haired girl glanced over Jellal with pleading eyes, she saw him flinch and looking away. She knew he didn't like go to the student council office since last time she forced him to study with Erza, even though she didn't really understand why.

"Jellal, please." She started. "You just have to hand her these and go back."

When she saw he was hesitating, she tried another way. "Oh wait, are you actually afraid of Erza too?" She smiled evilly.

Jellal winced and grabbed the papers Ultear had. "Why would I be afraid of her? I just didn't want to go all the way there only to give these." He retorted.

Ultear chuckled and Meredy lifted her eyebrow, not really sure what was all this.

Ultear grabbed Meredy's wrist and started to pull her over the exit after shouting 'thanks' to Jellal, who was already on his way to the council office, much to his dismay.

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Jellal knocked on the council office, reluctantly. He had decided to give it to her as soon as she opened the door and then leave right afterwards.

He recalled a few days ago, how Ultear pestered him about his uniform and how the president would most likely punch him if he saw him again like that. He tucked his shirt inside with one hand while waiting for her to open the door, but nobody came.

He frowned and opened it, he would kill Ultear if there was no one inside.

The blue haired boy stepped inside the office spotting the scarlet girl at the right, her head on the table, facing the opposite direction. He could see some of the papers falling down on the ground with the breeze coming from the opened window.

He paced towards her and glanced over… She was sleeping.

He sighed in relief, like this he really didn't have to actually interact with her at all.

Jellal placed the papers on the table and went to close the window so they won't fly with the wind. He didn't understand why she opened it to begin with, it was kind of cold outside, at this hour.

He glanced over her face one more time, noticing her frowning face, like she was in pain.

"Is she having a nightmare?" He whispered to himself, confused.

Jellal got closer and noticed her red cheeks. His eyebrows quirked and he instantly placed his left hand on her forehead. "She is burning." He stated, quit annoyed at it. The blue haired boy crossed his arms over his chest and added quietly. "Idiot."

She really was an idiot, she probably overworked until the point she got sick, so much to finish these.

He sighed annoyed at the thought, what if he hadn't come to give her the papers?

"Idiot." He stated, louder than before, trying to reach her somehow.

She didn't even flinch at his comment, he guessed she was really out. He wondered about waking her up but thought twice and decided to carry her to the dorm, it wasn't far away anyway, and it was better than trying waking her up since she had a high fever.

Jellal dialed Ultear's number and after she answered, he quickly asked her what number was the president's dorm's. After Ultear's hesitant reply and before she could add 'why?' to her reply, he hung up the phone.

He took Erza on his arms after taking all the papers she had on her table and putting them inside her bag, taking it along his own on his shoulder.

He walked over the room, towards the exit and was relieved knowing no one was around at this time around, it would be so misleading for others to see this.

Erza grabbed his shirt, clenching her hand on it, making him jump by surprise. He glanced over nervously and saw she was still sleeping and frowning, probably grabbing his shirt because of the pain. Feeling her so vulnerable like this made him uncomfortable, after what happened with his father. He quickened his pace, not trying to look at her too much. It still unsettled him, just like last time, and he didn't really want to duel on that thought.

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Jellal knocked on her dorms door, unsure. He hoped her roommate was inside.

After a few seconds the door opened to reveal a blond haired girl, he knew her as Lucy. Her eyes went to confusion to surprise when she saw Erza on his arms.

"She… has a fever." The blue haired boy said avoiding her stare, somehow embarrassed.

She blinked but let him inside and led him to her room, so he could lay her down on her bed.

While he was placing her carefully on her bed and nervously taking her hand off from his shirt, Lucy quickly ran to grab a wet towel and some water and came back after that, taking some medicine too so she could give her once she woke up.

"What happened?" She asked while kneeling beside her friend placing the towel on her forehead, decreasing the temperature.

"I went to give her back some papers Ultear had forgotten, when I arrived she was sleeping with her head on the table, I saw her cheeks were red so I noticed she had a fever and decided to bring her here." Jellal explained, feeling calmer now that her face was slightly less in pain.

"Oh… she probably overworked again." She concluded, sighing with annoyance, not really surprised with it.

Lucy glanced over the blue haired guy and added. "Thank you for bringing her here, I'm sure she would be still sleeping at school and would wake up even worst tomorrow if you didn't. I'm kinda happy Ultear forgot these papers."

"Y…Yeah." He said quietly, still annoyed at the fact she actually was stupid enough to get sick with this. "I'll be going then."

Lucy saw how Jellal left, he was kind of mysterious, but she was happy he brought Erza here. The blond girl was already thinking about what to shout to her stupid friend when she woke up.

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AN:That's it for chapter 6, this chapter hadn't any mystery but I hope you enjoy, mystery won't appear on every chapter, and the story will be slow paced because I need to bring you all these details of their building relationships. I hate rushed relationships on fanfics tbh xD

About Riku, don't worry he won't be any boy who falls in love with Erza at all, I just wanted to create a character of my own hahaha xD You will probably like him too later on. Or so I hope :)

Let's see what happens when Erza gets up next chapter.