Will you…?
Jellal smiled as he read Erza's message.
He cracked his neck, then his fingers, and started typing his answer.
Erza tapped the table impatiently.
That idiot was taking forever to respond. What was he doing this time?
A 'ping' filtered through her earphones and she clicked open his reply.
Mystogan:
If I had met you in another time, another place, perhaps this could have been different. If I had met you sooner, or underwent the brazen waves of life and the relentless storms of conflict by your side for a longer period of time, perhaps it would have been possible. In a world where the rising sun does not signify tedious labor and back breaking rehabilitation, but the rise of a new morning by my partner's side; perhaps it would have been feasible. But alas, the cruel weaves of fate have spun, and with each passing day the dawn lays a new burden on my shoulders. I am but a simple man, looking for a job, trying to surmount the enumerable obstacles that my health summons forth. A busy student trying to make his way between an assignment and the next. A man forsaken even by sleep. I cannot accompany you, for before selecting a new path I must first clear the ones that were laid before me. Not that this would count as a loss, on your part, for you will find others, better than I while I will remain branded by the mark of a man who has missed an invaluable opportunity. I wish thee luck, Erza Knightwalker, not that you'd need it anyway. This marks the beginning of a new era for you, an era of happiness and prosperity and I pray that you would keep me by your side, as a friend, and you as my aide so that we may pave our way through our own hurdles, side by side.
The female rolled her eyes and replied.
Knightwalker: I merely asked if you were walking with me to school tomorrow morning. A simple 'no' would have sufficed, you idiot.
A/N: My friend actually wrote Mystogan's reply for me. Credit goes to him, thanks buddy, it was awesome.