Today is Valentine's Day, and all the first-graders in Mr. Markarov's class are celebrating by bringing candies.
Everyone's up and walking around, putting candies in each student's decorated box. The boxes are aggressively pink and red, dripping with glitter glue and covered with badly pasted construction-paper hearts.
People drop in extra candies or cards for their friends, and some for their crushes (with small giggles).
Erza went a little over-the-top and brought a strawberry cake for the class, to be cut and divided. But everyone's happy. Natsu and Gray fight over who's going to get the first piece.
Mr. Markarov lets Erza cut the cake and she gives Jellal the first piece with a small blush. Natsu and Gray are upset, so she gives them the next pieces, after Lucy, who is Erza's official best friend.
Because she's a good person and a gracious host, she takes the last piece for herself. Okay, so, maybe the last two pieces. Definitely not three, though.
She got Jellal a card, too, except she's a little scared to give it to him. She's only told Cana that she brought the card (although she's not sure why she told Cana, of all people), and the brunette urges her on with a smirk and a small push.
So, she pushes the card into Jellal's hands and backs up quickly, tugging at the ends of her short red hair.
Jellal's face lights up. "I got a card for you, too," he says, excitedly.
She has a card from Jellal. The thought makes her face flush red as her hair. It's the best Valentine's Day ever. And that's that.
Years later, Cana grins like the Cheshire Cat. "Would you have given him the card if it wasn't for me?" she asks.
Erza shrugs. "Probably not."
"So, then… can I be Maid of Honor for your wedding? For, like, getting you two together?"
Suspicious now, Erza answers slowly. "Sure?"
Cana fistpumps. "If I give the position to Mirajane now, she'll probably supply me with free booze for the next few months!"
Jellal sighs to himself. Erza facepalms. They decide to have the wedding on Valentine's day. It's going to be the best Valentine's Day ever. And that's that.