Accidental Confession

Meredy and Juvia both have a problem- How do you tell the person you like that you really like them? Like, Like Like them

"Lucy, I can't do this!" Meredy wailed as she hastily retreated from the doorway of the guild hall.

"Meredy, you are one of the strongest mages I know, with bravery unmatched," Lucy sighed as she patted the younger woman's back. "I don't understand where this is coming from."

"Come on, Meredy," Lisanna said gently. "We've all seen how much Juvia admires you. What's keeping you from telling her how you feel?"

"I can't get the words out," Meredy mumbled staring at the ground. "Everytime I look at her or she starts talking to me I just lose all ability to string words together."

Lucy and Lisanna shared a look over Meredy's bowed head.

"Not to be that person," Lucy said with a quirk of her head, "but couldn't you just… you know… use your sensory link?"

"Lucy!" Meredy looked horrified at the suggestion. "I could never do that to Juvia!"

"Juves," Cana drawled as she took a seat at the bar where Juvia and Levy were sitting. "Please tell me today is the day you tell Meredy how pretty you think she is and how much you'd like to kiss her. If Meredy is willing, of course." Cana took a sip from the drink Mira placed in front of her. "Though who wouldn't want to kiss you?" she said with a wink.

"Cana!" the exclamation came not from Juvia but from Levy. "I'd almost gotten her to the point where she could tell our stand-in Meredy how she feels." Levy's exasperation was not solely with the brunette that had joined her and Mira as they coached Juvia, but she certainly pointed it at the card mage. "Now you've gone and ruined the moment."

"Sorry," Cana replied not looking the least bit sorry. "Stop putting it off Juves! Please for the love of alcohol and my wallet, just put us all out of our misery and kiss the girl!"

Juvia blushed and burst into tears. Cana laughed but patted her friend's shoulder. Levy started trying to calm the water mage while Mira went to get the mop.

"Why not?"

"Because she'll be able to feel how I feel and I'll be able to feel how she feels, but if she doesn't feel how I feel we'll both know it; one of us will be hurt and the other will feel really guilty for not feeling the same way as the other one feels!"

There was a pause while Lucy and Lisanna caught up.

"So no sensory link," Lisanna said. "Guess you'll just have to tell her."

They walked through the door just in time to see Juvia start crying. Meredy was instantly at her side.

"What's wrong Juvia?" Lucy asked.

"Cana said Juvia should tell M-M-Meredy how pretty she is and how much J-J-Juvia wants to kiss her," Juvia said through her tears not looking up, "but Juvia doesn't know how to do that!"

"You just did," Meredy said as she laid a gentle hand on her shoulder.

Surprised, Juvia stopped crying to look in the direction of the touch. "Meredy?"

Both women had an intense staring match. Pink hearts manifested on wrists for a brief instant before they were crashing together in a heated embrace.

"I guess you won the pool," Levy said to Cana.

"Indeed I did," Cana smirked. "Now who wants to bet when they'll come up for air?"