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I know it's been a while and I'm really sorry for it. And as usual, sorry in advance for any mistake.
CHAPTER 9
It was time for the student council meeting and being the student council president, Erza was the first to be there. In fact, she was there since lunch hour ended to prepare for the meeting since it was on short notice. One by one, the student council body began filling the room and took their respective seats at the table waiting for the principal to come.
Just then, the door opened and Principal Makarov strolled in with Mr. Gildart in tow. All of them rose from their seat and bowed in respect towards the two newcomers.
"Please be seated," Principal Makarov said as he took his seat while Mr. Gildart sat beside him on the right. "Is everyone here?" Principal Makarov asked Erza.
Aside from herself as the president, the student council body consists of Hyuuga Neji as the vice president, Cana Alberona as the secretary, Hyuuga Hinata as the treasurer, Levy McGarden as the historian/publicist and Ten Ten as the social chairperson. And they were all present at the meeting.
"Yes, sir," she simply answered.
"Good," he nodded. "First of all I would like to thank Ms. Scarlet for a job well done in arranging this meeting today even if it was such on a short notice," he acknowledged her in which she gave a small nod and a smile in return. She sat straighter in her seat as the principal began talking.
"I will be away for two weeks starting tomorrow. That is why I asked for a meeting today to address a pressing matter that will be happening in our school," he started. "The reason for the meeting today is because I want to inform all of you about an important event that will be held in our school next month."
Everyone looked interested by the small disclosure of information and they paid close attention to the principal.
"For your information Fairy Tail High will celebrate its 100th year anniversary since its founding. Since we are one of the most prestigious schools in the nation, the celebration is going to be grand and there is going to be media coverage on it."
Erza was excited to hear that. And from the look on everyone's face, they too were excited about the prospect of a grand celebratory happening in the school. The rest of the students would be delighted when they heard the news.
"It's going to reflect our reputation and our pride in the school, so I need all of you, the student council body to give full support and help in succeeding this event."
"Don't worry sir, we will try our best to make this happen," Erza assured him.
Principal Makarov nodded. "I know I can count on you guys," he said. "So for the details of this event, I will leave it up to Mr. Gildart to inform you as I need to get going now. I have another meeting that I need to attend," he continued as he stood from his seat.
All of the occupants in the room also stood and greeted him goodbye and only sat once he left the room.
"Now that the old man has gone, no need to be so formal okay," Mr. Girldart said casually.
"Sensei, are you badmouthing the principal?" Erza reprimanded him with a scowl.
He chuckled at her. "Relax Erza, no need to get so rile up. I was only joking," he said earning an amuse chuckle from the rest of the members present. It was a regular occurrence when Mr. Gildart was in the meeting room. He just loved to ruffle her feathers.
"So we will go through some of the events that will be held during the celebratory period." He motioned for Erza to pass the files that she retrieved from the copy room earlier.
"How many days will the celebration held at our school?" Neji who was quiet since the meeting start asked as Erza began to hand out the files to the rest of the members.
"A week," Mr. Gildart said opening his own files.
"Principal Makarov was not joking when he said it was going to be grand," Cana muttered as she scanned through the file. "Just look at the event we're planning to make," she motioned towards the file. "It's going to be splendid and quite exhausting."
Erza opened her own file and perused it. Cana was right, it was going to be superb but in order for it to be that kind of superb, strenuous work was needed. She looked at the activity that was going to be held and her eye caught an info that left her puzzled.
"Sensei, what does it mean by 'Arrival of delegation from Magnolia High'?" Erza asked. Her heart was beating faster just by hearing the name of her old school.
"I was just about to talk about that," Mr. Gildarts said. "For the 100th year anniversary celebration, we invite other nearby school to join in the festive."
"They're obviously not nearby," Erza countered.
"No they are not," Mr. Gildart agreed with her. "But Principal Makarov is a close friend with Principal Mavis, so he invited her school to join in the celebratory. And since Magnolia High is far from here, they are going to be staying at our hostel for the rest of the festive. But basically the invitation was out to everybody including the residents because it's a festive. We need people to celebrate. So the school will be opened to everyone during that period"
Erza could only nod at that. It would be fine as long as Jellal and Ultear won't come. She tried to assure herself.
"You noticed in the file that we're going to hold a friendly sports match."
They all nodded at this.
"It's between schools, so I hope you guys get the word out to our own athletes to train for the oncoming matches," he instructed.
"That will be my job," Levy spoke.
"I'll help you on it," Ten Ten interjected. "It kinda related to my job as well."
"Good," Mr. Gildarts said. "Now the details of the program we're going to do are available in the file. So Erza, I need you and your team to start organizing the schedule and so on."
"Okay sensei."
The discussion went on for another hour before they decided to stop since it was already late.
"I think that's all for the meeting today," he concluded. "I want you all to study the file and maybe we can have another meeting next week to discuss the progress."
"Yes sensei," they all chorused.
Everybody gathered their stuff and get ready to go home. But before Mr. Gildart left the room he reminded her one last detail.
"Erza, there's a list of student's name from Magnolia High at the back of the file. Check out how many students are there and made the arrangement for their stay at the hostel accordingly," he instructed.
Erza's eye widened hearing that. How could she miss the list before? She thought she had thoroughly gone through the file. "Y-yes, sensei," she stuttered.
Mr. Gildart simply nodded before he took his leave. Soon one by one, the members of the student council left the room after saying goodbye to her.
"Erza, you're not leaving yet?" The soft spoken Hinata asked as she was preparing to leave.
"I'm not going to be long. There's something I need to do before I go home," she informed.
"Alright," Hinata nodded. "I guess I'm going to go now. Bye," she said with a wave small wave towards the red head.
"Bye," Erza waved back to the Hyuuga heiress.
Once she was sure that she was alone, Erza opened her file with nervous feeling, looking for the list that Mr. Gildart told her about and saw the yellow sheet containing a list of student's names from Magnolia High at the back of the file.
She scanned through the list and saw some names that she recognized. But her eyes widened when she saw the name that she hoped was not included in the list. There, among the list of names was 'Jellal Fernandez' emblazoned in a black ink print. And she also found 'Ultear Malkovich' not far down under his name.
Erza slumped in her seat cursing her luck. There's no way that she could avoid meeting with Jellal now, especially since she was the student council president. She was sure that he would find excuses just to interact with her.
"Fuck me," Erza muttered in frustration at the predicament that she found herself in.
"I didn't know that you want me that badly," a voice spoke from behind her, startling her in the process. She swiveled in her chair to face the one that dare to disrupt her peace.
"You!" She said with a murderous glare towards the culprit.
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Sasuke waited patiently not too far from the student council room for the meeting to finish. As he saw the last person exit the room, he made his way towards it with his bag pack slung casually on his back. He slowly opened the door and peek his head inside. He was glad to see the red head alone in the room. She had her back towards the door so she didn't notice him enter the room. He wondered what made her so concentrated she didn't hear him closed the door.
What the hell is she doing? He thought to himself
Then he saw her slumped on her seat with a defeated sigh.
"Fuck me," he heard her muttered in frustration. He was shocked to hear the prim and proper Erza Scarlet muttered the F word. And being his mischievous self, he couldn't stop himself to tease her a bit.
"I didn't know that you want me that badly," he said with a playful grin on his face, making his presence known to her. He heard her gasped and swiveled in her chair to face him.
"You!" She exclaimed with a glare towards him. "What the hell are you doing here? School ended hours ago," she said.
"I'm here to see you of course," he pointed and she narrowed her eyes at him in distaste. "What, do you think you can avoid me forever?" He asked as he neared her and placed his bag pack on the table.
Erza got up from her seat and began packing away her stuff and put it in her own bag. Without any words to him she turned away and head towards the door.
"Erza stop," he said. But the girl paid no heed to his plea. Sasuke could feel the headache coming his way. "Erza," he warned. Seeing as she won't give in to his demand, Sasuke went to her and grabbed her arm, slamming her against the door.
She let out a gasped as her breath got knocked out of her from the sudden treatment.
"Would you please stop being so stubborn?" Sasuke asked heatedly in annoyance. He saw Erza glared at him in return.
"Let go of me," she demanded.
Sasuke responded by slamming both of his hands against the door, trapping her with his body, closing the distance. And her hands automatically went to his chest to push him away from her.
"W-what are you doing," she stuttered.
Sasuke stared at her with a serious expression. "Do I have your attention now?" He asked.
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Is he going crazy? Erza thought frantically in her mind. She tried to push him away from her but he didn't even budge from his position. He was stronger and the look he was giving her scared her a little.
"Do I have your attention now?" He asked. Erza didn't trust her voice at the moment so she just kept quiet there, caged between the door and his body. She was aware of their very close proximity. They were so close she could feel his breath on her face and smell the faint scent of his probably expensive cologne. If his fangirls saw them like this, president of the student council or not, she was a dead meat.
"What do you want?" She inquired. She saw as his features softened a little as he exhaled a little sigh. There was a remorseful expression on his face and he looked like he was debating with himself trying to get the words out from his lips.
"I know that you're angry with me but I want to apologize for what happened yesterday," he said apologetically.
Erza didn't expect that. It's true that she was angry with him, angry with the words that he carelessly tossed at her when he didn't even know her and the whole truth. It hurts because she felt like she was getting blamed for everything that happened even if it was not entirely her fault. She thought that he was going to blame her for ruining the date yesterday with her abrupt change of mood. She did feel a little guilty at that. She had a thought of apologizing to him herself but when she remembered his words yesterday, she felt angry. That was why she was avoiding him the whole day.
"I was out of line, I shouldn't have said what I said yesterday," he confessed, staring deeply into her eyes. "So I'm sorry. I hope you forgive me," he whispered.
Erza stared at the apologetic face inches away from her. She knew that he was sincere in apologizing to her. She could hear it in his voice and see it on his face. He really was sorry for his words yesterday.
"Okay," Erza nodded. "I forgive you."
His face lit up immediately at her words. "Really?" He asked as if couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Yes!" Erza hissed. "Now could you please move away," she instructed. "I thought we've had the conversation about personal space," she continued with an annoyed expression.
As if just realizing their rather intimate proximity, Sasuke moved away from her in lightning speed and both sporting a blush on their faces.
"Sorry," he quickly said in embarrassment.
Erza straightened herself up and cleared her throat awkwardly. "It's fine," she said with a hopefully firm tone.
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Sasuke silently cursed himself. He didn't know why he was acting unlike his usual self, trapping her against the door and all. He was so focused in trying to apologize to her that he didn't notice of their proximity until she pointed it out to him.
Putting that aside, he was glad that she forgave him for yesterday. But the atmosphere was tense with awkward tension. Silence filled the air as both of them didn't know what to say.
It felt like hours of dead silence until Sasuke felt the need to crack the thick wave of tension.
"So…," he muttered. "What about the 'fuck me' invitation earlier? You're still up for it?" He asked with a mischievous smirk on his face.
BAM!
"What the fuck Erza!? Again!?" He yelled as he rubbed his aching nose. It was déjà vu all over again. Only this time, the one that was sent flying straight towards his face was her bag pack filled with books.
"Serves you right!" Erza exclaimed in frustration. She picked her bag up from the floor and turned away from him with a huff before she exited the room slamming the door behind her in her haste.
"Damn it," Sasuke cursed as he took his bag and chased after the red head. He should just keep his mouth quiet. He should have learned it by now.
"Erza wait," Sasuke called out.
"What?" Erza hissed with a pissed off glare towards him once he caught up to her.
"I was only joking back then," he explained. "I was trying to break the ice. Don't you know how to take a joke?" He asked incredulously rubbing his still sore nose.
Erza snorted.
"And you really need to tone down your violent tendency. At this rate, you're not going to get any boyfriend. You'll scare them off with your aggressive attitude," he warned.
"As if I care," Erza countered with a roll of her eyes, unfazed with his warning.
Sasuke could only shake his head in defeat. There was no use in trying to reason with her sometimes. So instead of keep on arguing with her about the smallest thing, he asked her instead. "Where do you live? I'll take you home for today."
"No need, I'll just walk," came the quick answer.
"It's late already," Sasuke pointed out. "It's dangerous for a girl like you to go home alone at this hour."
Erza turned to face him. "Why do you care?" She asked.
Sasuke stared at the red head. Her question was ringing inside his head. Why did he care so much indeed?
"I'm your classmate, of course I care," he said. "What if something happen to you on the way back? I will feel responsible since I'm the one who last saw you today."
"There's nothing to be worried about," she said exasperatedly. "I'm the violent one remember," she reminded him.
"Please," Sasuke sneered at her. "You're still a girl."
Erza scoffed at him. "Yet you still get hurt by me."
Sasuke frowned. "You caught me off guard, that's all," he defended himself. "And let me remind you Erza, should I get serious, you wouldn't even stand a chance against me."
"Is that a threat?"
"I'm just stating the fact," Sasuke said exasperatedly, in which she had no comeback for it.
They reached the main hall that lead towards the exit way, when suddenly the rain began to pour down quite heavily without any warning. Erza was baffled at the odd weather pattern and a quick glanced at Sasuke revealed that he too was feeling the same. What in the world was happening? There's no way that she could make it home in this weather. She felt like somehow fate was pushing her to take up his offer of a ride home.
If she could help it, she didn't want to have more than necessary interaction with Uchiha Sasuke. For some reason, he could rile her up without even trying. He made her loose her cool and she hated it when she lost control of her emotion.
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Sasuke watched in fascination at the abstract pattern made from drops of rain hitting down on the quickly pooled water on the ground. Lost in his own thought, he didn't hear the soft exhale from the red head standing beside him.
"Strange weather," Sasuke heard the soft muttering of his company.
"Yeah," he replied, in agreement with her statement. He glanced at her and saw that she was staring forlornly at the rain outside.
"You have no choice but let me take you home," Sasuke stated.
He watched as many emotion played across her face, weighing the options of agreeing or disagreeing to his invitation. He rolled his eyes at her stubborn demeanor. "There's no way you'll make it home in this rain," he pointed.
"Alright, alright," she gave up without anymore objection.
He grinned at the defeated look on her face. It was not every day that somebody won an argument against Erza Scarlet, so he was going to cherish this moment for as long as he remembered.
"Let's go then," he said, and without warning he grabbed her hand, dragging her towards the parking lot, earning a squeal from the red head. He gave her a sexy smirk at hearing the girly squeal as they dashed through the rain in which she gave him a light glare in return. They made it to the parking lot in no time and Sasuke pulled his car out of the school as soon as they get in.
The ride to Erza's house went by mostly in silence with the occasional direction given from the red head. Both were lost in their thoughts, thinking about things that got them here today. Sasuke's mind wandered to the incident yesterday as they were driving along the same path that he took yesterday while looking for Erza, before he lost sight of the car that she was riding. He was getting curious about who was it that pick her up, but he didn't have the guts to ask her about it lest she got angry with him again. That question could be postponed for some other time.
A sneezed from the red head sitting in the passenger seat beside him garnered his attention and he looked at her worriedly.
"Are you okay?" Sasuke asked. He knew that she was caught in the rain yesterday.
She shrugged while answering. "Just a cold I guess, nothing serious."
"How can a cold not serious," he contradicted. "You need to see a doctor," he pointed out.
"No need. It will go away by tomorrow," she said dismissively. Sasuke could only sigh in defeat at her answer.
"Turn over here at the apartment," Erza instructed. Sasuke saw the nice looking apartment in front of him as he drove through the guard post.
"You live here?" He asked.
"Yeah," Erza said as he stopped the car in front of the building. "Thank you for driving me home," she said in small voice.
"No problem," Sasuke replied.
"Well I guess I'll see you at school tomorrow then," Erza said. For an unknown reason to him, she blushed hard when she looked at him with a shy smile.
"Yeah, see you tomorrow," he shrugged with an awkward smile.
Erza nodded and opened the door before she stepped out of the car. "Bye, Sasuke," she said with a small wave before she closed the door and walked away from him.
Sasuke only nodded in reply and watched as her figure disappeared from his sight before he drove away from there feeling strangely happy.
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Erza opened the door to her apartment and stepped inside, locking it in the process. She stood rooted there with her heart beating wildly in her chest. Having Sasuke sent her home made her feel weird inside. She was embarrassed for no apparent reason and she chided herself for it.
She stared at her hand that Sasuke grabbed earlier as they dashed through the rain, remembering the wild thump of her heart as their skin touched. She still felt the raw tingling on her hands as if his hand was still there holding hers intimately, marking its presence.
What the hell is happening to me? She thought frantically. It must be the cold, it makes me not thinking straight, she assured herself.
As if on cue, she let out a sneeze making her sniffled a little.
"Ughh… I hate this," she complained making a disgusted face as she made her way to her bedroom. She couldn't wait for a hot shower right now.
To be continued
A/N: I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. There's more about to come. Lucy shed some light about the past and Sasuke confront Naruto about his feeling for Erza. That will be in the next chapter. Read and review =)