A/N: Hello my lovely readers~

(Please don't hurt me)

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You can read my little rant later at the end of the chapter, so, without further ado:

"You'll have to settle with Zeref...? Uh, what?"

"Or maybe Knightwalker...Later, Erza."

He turned around and began walking in the opposite direction as Erza shouted after him.

"Hey! Class isn't over yet! Jellal!"

Completely baffled, Erza sighed and sat back down at her desk.

What was his problem?

Jellal chuckled to himself as he walked back to his dorm-wait. If he walked back to his dorm now, he'd get caught for skipping! And the student council president, no matter how idolized by the student body, would never hear the end of it if he were caught cutting class.

He sat down on a wooden bench and smirked. "Erza, love, I'd never leave you...much less for Zeref...or that whore Knightwalker. But hey, two can play at that game."

Crazy Jellal and his weird ass monologues. Unfortunately, "that whore Knightwalker" also heard his little spiel.

Well. This can't be good.

"Whore?! I'm not a whore. I just dress for comfort. What attire could be better than the closest I have to the way I was born (naked)? 2 can play at that game? No, 3 can play at it."

"Hey-hey! Did you hear?! The new girl, Knightwalker, apparently, she, like, totally skipped the second half of her classes yesterday. And guess what! She was, like, seen leaving from the president's dorm last night!"

And the rumors spread. They were like STDs! Spread around by ignorant girls and boys that had over-the top-levels of hormones. Hell, they didn't just spread-they were established as solid facts by the beginning of first period.

It was all over the school forums, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. People even made gifs of the 2 and passed them on through tumblr. #Jelwalker and #Knightlal were trending school-wide.

Unfortunately, Jellal wasn't really a follower of social media and never checked these things frequently. He was unknowingly walking into just about the biggest soap opera Fiore High had ever seen-or so you would think. Miss Erza Scarlet was pretty chill though- or so it seemed.

K, I'll stop that now.

As Jellal walked through the unusually noisy crowd of students at the front gate, he received several winks and whistles from the male population of Fiore High-not to mention, a couple of high fives and "way to go, man!"s.

What the hell?

The female population, however, was a bit more gloomy than their counterparts. Well, "a bit" was an understatement. There were sobs-no, wails and cries from the poor girls, claiming that their "Prince Jellal-sama" was not as prince-y as he seemed. To have slept with that whore Knightwalker upon her first arrival at school-now that was a record. Normal girls don't just get laid that quickly. It takes time, care, and effort to nurture something as delicate as a pure girl's heart (though Knightwalker wasn't that pure anyways).

But really, of all people, why Jellal?! Why their beloved and perfect President that was matched with the equally loved and perfect Erza Scarlet?! Not some second-rate prostitute like Knightwalker. It should've been Hibiki-Loke, anyone! Anyone but their precious prince. She must have seduced him-done something evil to him-bewitched him! There was no way that Jellal Fernandez-Erza Scarlet's boyfriend- willingly slept with that whore Knightwalker.

(A/N: From now on Knightwalker's full name will be addressed as 'that whore Knightwalker')

Jellal wondered why he was suddenly popular with the guys and no longer so with the girls as he continued on his way to first period.

Knightwalker stood at the front of the gates, grinning. Oh, Erza Scarlet and her boyfriend were going to regret angering that whore Erza Knightwalker.

Meanwhile...

Jellal caught sight of his beautiful Erza and smirked as he realized the agitated look on her face. His plan was working perfectly. His "Get-Erza-All-Jealous-Of-Zeref-As-Revenge-For-Igno ring-Me-And-Hanging-Out-With-Mystogan" plan. In short, "GEAJOZARFIMAHOWM". But dear readers, don't be confused. The rumors were not spread by him-he didn't even know about them, being the blatantly clueless person that he was. The plan that our little Jellal was referring to was saying that he would settle with Zeref and/or Knightwalker.

...so then...who started the rumors about Jellal and that whore Knightwalker?

Or could it be? That they weren't rumors, but actual observations?! Could Jellal have inadvertently had sexual intercourse with Knightwalker in an attempt to make himself feel better about getting ignored by me?

Of course not. (How do you even inadvertently have sex)

Jellal's not a pathetic man (usually). He, regardless of the carefree facade that he puts on, is a rather serious and honest guy. He would never...right?

Erza sat at her desk, worrying about the aforementioned problems. She drew a deep breath and let out an exasperated sigh.

"You know what. Screw it. Relationships are all about trust, right? Right. I trust Jellal."

But this is a highschool drama. So, things like trust-if we had trivial things like that, then it wouldn't be a drama. It'd be a happily-ever-after-Prince-Jellal-Saves-Princess-Er za fairy tale where Princess Erza doesn't doubt whether or not the magical kiss that he used to wake her from eternal slumber would count as unlawful sexual harassment (check out Sleeping Beauty, guys).

Where Princess Erza doesn't sue Prince Jellal for trespassing onto private property and then coercing and kidnapping her onto a magical carpet ride without wearing a helmet (Aladdin, that's 3 charges right there).

Where Princess Erza doesn't think of Prince Jellal as a pretentious, superficial bastard that only wants her because she sings well, and can't even tell the difference between her and a wicked octopus lady (A/N: love Eric and Ariel, just saying).

But see, high school's not all that simple because certain things- more specifically, certain people (cough Knightwalker cough) tend to interfere. Like when the serpent tells Eve to eat the apple from the Tree of Knowledge. So what does she do? Eat the apple. And what happens? All hell breaks loose. Really.

So enough foreshadowing and let's see what that whore Knightwalker does, shall we?

Knightwalker sauntered over towards Erza and cracked a mischievous smile.

"He was great."

Oh dear.

"I'm sure he was. I chose Jellal as my partner, after all. It'd be a shame if he was lacking down there."

Ouch.

Knightwalker scoffed and went back to her seat, rather depressed at Erza's nonchalant response.

But really, was Erza seriously, genuinely, alright?

God, what's her problem?! Is she suffering from some kind of side effect from whatever heavy medication that she desperately needs to be taking? Is she really trying to pick a fight with me?!

I mean sure, she's got the looks (because she looks like you, right Erza?) but what sane man-no, what sane human being would ever think about sleeping with that?

Seriously!

And this has been bothering me since the moment I saw her today, regardless of her rumored sleepover with Jellal, BUT WHERE THE HELL IS HER UNIFORM!? I'm 100% positive- as positive as I am about her prominence in the world of prostitution- that I made arrangements for the office to ship a new uniform to her dormitory by yesterday night. Walking around, scantily clad in such inappropriate clothing, who the hell does she think is?

What the hell does she take me for?

AGGGGGGGHHHH THIS WOMAN.

CAN'T. STAND. HER.

While Jellal was obliviously admiring his ingenious plan (and resultantly, awkwardly laughing to himself like a creep) Erza stared at him skeptically.

"Weirdo."

"What did you say?"

"Oh, nothing. Enough about me though, so I heard you popped the cherry with Knightwalker."

"Popped the what?"

"Cherry."

"I don't-"

"Well considering it's Knightwalker we're talking about, she probably had it popped quite some time ago."

"Pardon-?"

"You know what you did with her."

"What did I do with her?"

"You did it with her. Don't make me say something so indecent."

"Did what? Erza, love, you have to specify what it is."

"It."

"What's it!? I don't know what you're talking about, Erza. But forget Knightwalker, aren't you the slightest bit jealous that I said I would settle for Zeref? No heart twinges-nothing? Is my cold girlfriend really all that confident in herself?"

"Of course I am, stupid. I know that you'd never leave me for Zeref. I'd kill you before you could."

He chuckled and played with the scarlet strands of her hair. Just like the infamous red strings of fate-he consolidated his belief that they truly were fated to be together. He couldn't stand that look on her face. He couldn't stand seeing her in pain. He couldn't stand seeing her in anything but utter bliss and happiness.

What was he even trying to do? Make her jealous? What kind of bull shit was that. How stupid could he get? Why would he ever even consider wanting to make his dearest person suffer.

What was wrong with him?

Trying to do something as petty as making his girlfriend jealous of another person-and a drug-dealing-gangsta-man, nonetheless.

Why couldn't he just cherish her honestly and unconditionally? Why couldn't he just be a sincere lover?

Seriously, look at her. Erza was everything he could possibly be blessed with-she is still. So why was he wasting his time doing such stupid things instead of using it to shower her with care and affection?

He needed to pull his shit together. Enough of this jealousy nonsense. She deserved his utmost attention and warmth.

She deserved his trust in that she really did care for him, because that's who she was-his girlfriend-Erza Scarlet.

"I love you", he whispered soft enough so only she could hear.

Erza smiled to herself. There was no way. Jellal would never do that to her. And she truly believed that. Erza trusted Jellal.

"Yeah. I know."

A/N: The theme of the day? Trust! And that whore Knightwalker c:

Hehe. Well I'm off to Cali (visiting Berkeley and Stanford wee), Hong Kong (FOOOOOOD) and Japan (!) this summer. I was swamped with work, really, I promise :P AP exams and finals, and things of the like. But it's finally summer! Woohoo! So since you have ALL that time, being on vacation and such, drop me a review please!

P.S. expect another update this month ;)

And thanks a bunch for keeping up with my sporadically updating shit. I love you~

-Hikari