Day 1: May 24th 2015
Erza woke up and stretched her arms out while yawning lazily. It was another day, another morning. A day like the day before and the one before that. But not everyday was the same.
As Erza blinked and her hazy view of her room at Fairy Hills became clearer she smiled. Erza really loved her life at Fairy Tail with her friends, she couldn't think of anything better. That's not true...it would be nice to see Jellal. I'm happy with my friends though. Before the red haired mage's thoughts could develop any more about the convict, she noticed an out-of-place red blob by her feet. Her forehead creased in confusion and a frown formed on her face as she blinked a few more times to make sure what she was seeing was actually there. Slowly, as if the object could be dangerous, she reached her delicate arm out and her fingers brushed over the stem of a de-thorned rose. She carefully lifted it close to her face to inspect it carefully. The rose was a dark crimson colour, almost identical to Erza's hair. It's soft petals were so smooth and there wasn't a visible blemish on them. The rose also had two, lush green leaves attached to the stem. Who could have done this? The first, most obvious thought ran through Erza's mind as she deducted who would go into her room, while she was asleep, and do such a thing. Natsu and Gray wouldn't dare play such an impractical prank and no one else in the Guild is that bothered about me. As the blue-haired mage flashed into Erza's mind her face flushed pink and she shook off the thought. No, Jellal isn't like that, it's not like him. As different people ran though her mind Erza lifted the rose to her nose and let the sweet perfume trickle into her nostrils. Ichiya. Not wanting to be rude, Erza would have to thank him later, though it was slightly creepy that he would sneak into her room at night. Erza then quickly got up, and after finding another rose on her window-sill, changed into her armour and set off for the Guild.
But before Erza could get out of her dorm, Laki intercepted her.
"Good morning, Laki." Erza greeted with a bright smile as usual.
"Good morning. Erza, I found this outside your door." Laki held up a dark red rose that was identical to the two Erza had found in her room.
Instantly Erza's eyes widened as she spotted yet another rose. She was frozen for a reply and after a long pause she finally answered tactically taking the rose from Laki.
"How strange, I've found two of these in my room."
"Hm, well you remember the rule about no boys here right?" Laki asked.
"Of course. If I saw anyone I would personally throw them out." Erza responded more convincingly.
"Ah well, are you heading to the Guild?"
"Yes. Would you like to go together?"
"No, I have somethings to sort out here so you go on ahead. See you around Erza!" Laki waved walking down the corridor and back to her room.
"Yes, it was nice seeing you." Erza was slightly relieved as she quickly placed the rose back in her room before properly setting off for the Guild.
Erza eventually reached the Guild after finding 32 of the exact same roses on the way there. By now Erza's light-hearted mood she had this morning had decreased and she was very annoyed at the person who did this. One rose is enough but 35 is taking it too far Ichiya!
The enraged red-head burst the doors of the Guild open, alerting everyone inside the Guild who turned and faced her angry wrath.
"I demand to know who the culprit is!" Erza called with an authoritive voice that sent shivers up the spines of a few mages.
Gray and Natsu, who had previously been fighting, now clung to each other in fear while the rest of the Guild was silent.
"H-hi E-erza...w-what happened?" Lucy fearfully asked looking very stiff.
Erza turned to face Lucy with very instense eyes making Lucy almost tremble. "I've been finding these all over Magnolia and in Fairy Hills." Erza held up the roses she had collected for the entire Guild to see.
"Oh wow, that's almost like something out of a romantic novel!" Levy commented daring to edge closer to Erza to get a better view of the plush roses.
Confusion crossed Erza's features.
"Hey Erza, you sure you haven't got a secret admirer or summin'?" Cana shouted to her from the bar and the Guild's tensed atmosphere started to relax.
"Not that I can think of...unless..." An image of Ichiya holding a rose out in a proposal-like style appeared in Erza's mind and she dreaded the thought.
"It looks like you're popular Erza!" Lucy came over along with Lisanna, Levy, Wendy and Cana who all investigated the roses.
"What do you think Carla?" Wendy asked her exceed.
"Erza is a grown up woman so of course she is going to have admirers." The cat replied sounding rather wise.
Erza was stunned silent at the girls interest in this and she wasn't exactly sure what to do either. After a few minutes of questions from the girls, Natsu quickly pushed them aside.
"Eh Erza! Looks like some one might actually like you!" Natsu yelled.
"What does that mean?" Erza had a hint of warning in her voice that made Natsu's confident attitude decrease.
"The question is who did this?" Gray added walking over with Elfman and bringing the group back into discussion.
"A real man would own up to this!" Elfman boomed.
"Thats not the point of a surprise Nii-Chan!" Lisanna commented holding one of the roses put into the sunlight with a finger on her chin.
Juvia was hidden behind a pillar but her emotions shone as if she was in broad day-light. Could Gray-sama be the culprit? But then suddenly her thoughts changed direction. Would Gray-sama do something like this for Juvia? And then Juvia drifted off into a dream world of Gray and roses.
At that moment Mirajane appeared by the bar and noticing Erza in the big gaggle waved over to her.
"Oh Erza! Some one left this for you." Erza parted the crowd and walked over to Mira where she found yet another rose but with a note on it.
To Erza,
The culprit will be by the cherry blossom tree in Magnolia at 7:00.
Erza read the note carefully, inspecting for any hints or faults that could give there person away.
"So what does it say Erza?" Mirajane had an innocent but curious look on her face.
Erza repeated the words of the note sending everyone into confusion.
"The culprit will obviously mean the culprit of the roses." Lucy mutter loudly to herself.
"Well of course, that's obvious." Happy commented making Lucy look stupid.
"Wouldnt it be best to go and meet this culprit?" Wendy suggested quietly.
"Of course not! You have to handle situations like this delicately." Carla scoulded Wendy.
"Ah, I'd say just go and meet the person. What's the worst that could happen? He might have free boose?" Cana added the end bit hopefully.
"Yes, Wendy is right. The best way to find out is to talk to the culprit face-to-face." Erza declared and finally the Guild started to settle down again.
The rest of the day drew on with a couple more roses. As 7:00 neared Erza headed for the cherry blossom tree, almost expecting to find Ichiya there. Once reaching the bright pink flowers, she found no one. On closer inspection she spotted a smalled red blob in front of the tree trunk. Another rose?! Once reaching it Erza was taken by surprise as it was not a rose but was, in fact, a strawberry. It wasn't just any strawberry though, Erza could recognise this as the extremely rare maximum sweet strawberry, one found high in the mountains, growing in a vet delicate biome. Carefully, as if the strawberry had fragile printed all over it, Erza picked up the sweet treat and placed it in the palm of her hand. She was in total awe of the strawberry that she didn't notice the person behind her.
"I heard you liked this type." A low voice spoke causing Erza to spin round in surprise of the ever so familiar voice.
"Jellal!"
"Erza, it's nice to see you again." The mage's hair was slightly scruffy but apart from a few out of place creases on his shirt, he looked perfect like a picture.
"This was..."
"Yes, it was partly Meredy's idea though." Jellal's eyes turned to the ground as he blushed slightly.
Erza beamed at him. "I'm very grateful. But why did you do this?"
"Don't you remember?" Jellal frowned.
"Remember what?"
"Its been seven years since you changed me. Seven years since the fall of the Tower of Heaven. Seven years since Simon's death, since I killed him."
Memories flooded back to Erza of her childhood and her not so happy reunion with her friends. She remembered the time when Jellal killed Simon and almost her and Natsu too. She remembered preparing to give up her life to save them, but then Jellal saved them instead.
"Jellal..." Erza was about to say something but Jellal held his hand up for her to let him finish.
"I know I don't have a right to do this, but I thought we could visit his grave together." Jellal's eyes were now glued to the ground, afraid of something bad happening.
"Okay. That would be nice." Erza answered after a pause and Jellal looked up at her, not expecting that answer.
A small smile spread on his face before he noticed the strawberry still in Erza's Palm. "Arent you going to eat that?"
Erza looked down and noticed the strawberry still in her hand. Quickly she panicked, worrying it might wither, and took a large bite out of it. The sweet juices filled her mouth and lubricated her tongue and she almost let out a soft moan of pleasure from the delicious taste. Jellal's smile grew a tiny bit as he was please Erza like his present.
"The roses and the strawberry are a thank-you present, for saving me. Though I might have destroyed the continent otherwise."
Erza's checks went bright-pink as she was unsure of how to respond. Instead she looked at the ground unable to bare the thought of Jellal seeing her embarrassed. And I thought it was Ichiya dropping all those roses.
From the corner of her eyes, Erza caught Jellal taking a side-ways glance before taking a step closer to her. "Meredy told me to also do this."
Jellal's cheeks were burning red as he placed one hand on Erza's hip and the other pressed the back of her head. Slowly he tilted his head and leaned forward to their lips met. Erza was surprised at first but sank into the kiss, her eyes fluttering shut. Jellal did not know if it was that maximum sweet strawberry Erza just ate or whether it was just Erza in general, but the sweetness of the kiss intoxicated him.
They broke away and Erza smiled at Jellal, letting him know she was happy that he kissed her.
And so, the streets of Magnolia were very quite just after 7 at night, the sun was setting a warm orange glow onto all the surroundings. The couple by the blossom tree couldn't feel more blissful in that moment and the roses and strawberries of the day faded into a memory along with the fading sun.
Hey everyone! Jerza week is here at long last! Yay! One of my favourite weeks of the year! So this one was meant to be slightly comedic at the start and more fairy tale-ish at the end? What do you think? Was this a good start to Jerza week? I hope you like it! This is Stephano over and out.
