"Its been a while since we worked together," Jellal stated as they're walking down the road, "It feels nice."
"I couldn't agree more," Erza answered softly, "It's been a while."
They walked in serenity when Jellal interrupted the silence, "Do you think we should talk about it?"
"About what?" Erza asked back, though she knew where his question heads to and she really did want to talk about it.
"Ummm, you know..." He shyly started, "About us?" he finished his question.
Erza stopped in her tracks as she blushed madly with his question, "I w-w-wanted to t-talk about that too," she shyly answered and looked at him in the eyes.
They stared for a brief moment then they looked away in embarrassment.
They're both blushing when Jellal confessed, "I don't have a fiance."
"I know," Erza answered with a soft smile, "You are not a good liar."
He placed his right hand behind his neck with a weak laugh, "That's what Ultear said."
"I know you'll say that you have to atone for your sins," Erza started to say, "but I don't care. We have our own sin to bear and it is not right that you'll suffer for it forever," she finished.
"I know," he answered back, looking away from her, "But, you're too good for me, Erza."
"It's not for you to decide," the redhead said, slowly walking towards him, "Don't be too selfish."
"But this is the right thing," he told the requip mage, "We can't be together."
Erza chuckled weakly, "Give yourself a break, Jellal," now standing in front of him, "Look at what you're doing. You're destroying dark guilds, destroyed a lot already and you've done enough."
He touched her cheek and ran his fingers through her hair, "I really like the color of your hair," he smiled softly, "It stands out."
"And the color blue doesn't?" She teased softly as she held the fingers that played with her hair.
"Well, there's a reason that I wear a hood, don't I?" He retorted back and held on to her hand, caressing it with his thumb, "So how does this work?"
"We'll take it slow," she held his hand tighter, "We'll make it work," she said with a promise.
He was about to kiss her when a couple of the members from the dark guild that they're hunting interrupted them by causing a ruckus in the town, "Damn those bastards," he hissed then he held the face of the girl that he loves, "We'll continue this later on."
"Sure," she agreed, "We have to beat their asses first."
"Hell yea," He said darkly, "They sure would receive some beating after that," he cracked his knuckles as he went towards the dark guild members who were causing trouble.
Erza only chuckled, "Hey, play nice," she said and followed him afterwards, "And save some for me."
"Can't promise that, love," he winked at her, "No man likes to be interrupted."