On The Surface

"I hath returned," Laxus roared as he swept open the door to the apartment with Lily close in tow. "Bow before me heathens!"

He was promptly ignored by the two people in the room, both of whom were engaged in a rapid-fire conversation.

"I hate you," Erza snarled at Jellal.

"I love you too."

"I'm not a fucking tsundere!"

"That's such a tsundere line. The circular mixed messages you sent me." A cheeky grin appeared on Jellal's face. "I picked them up."

"There were no mixed messages! There was only one!" The female gestured wildly, face darkening. "N-O! That was my only message!"

The blond shot Lily a 'is-he-asking-her-out-again' look and Lily nodded, torn between amusement and exasperation at their friends' antics.

"How could you do this to me, Erza?"

"Clearly I'm heartless."

"Oh," Jellal mimed patting himself down, "your heart's with me but here, you can have mine."

"Shut up or I'll beat you up."

"Oh, you can beat me alright."

Lily cleared his throat. "I feel like we just walked in on something here."

"Walked in on what?" Jellal wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. "Something stormy?"

Laxus grinned as he caught up with Jellal's line of thought. "Something steamy?"

"Something sexy?"

"Something private," Lily sighed.

"Lily!" Laxus exclaimed, an exaggerated look of betrayal marring his face. "There are no secrets between friends!"

"Fuck off, Laxus." Erza threw him a dirty look.

"Damn, Erza being mean makes Minerva seem like a loving mother." Laxus shook his head.

"Wow, I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or insult."

"Well," Jellal piped up, "Minerva makes you, when you're being mean, which is pretty much all of the time, seem like a loving mother. Better?"

Erza rolled her eyes, tone laced with sarcasm. "You sure know how to charm a girl. I'm positively swooning."

"Wow, wasn't even trying back then." Jellal swept back his hair in an exaggerated motion before flexing his muscles mockingly. "I have to tune down my charm even more now."

"Such a shame," Erza deadpanned.

He threw up his arms. "Finally! Someone sees my pain."

"Oh, I've always seen it. I just ignore it most of the time."

A/N: Ooc but hey, I needed to get something down. I'm a bit stuck on writer's block.