Just To Say
Theme: Message
Pairing: Jellal X Erza
It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now ~ Lady Antebellum (Need You Now)
The man slipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. Staring at it for a moment, his finger slowly pressed down on the buttons. With each button he pressed, the beeping noise echoed throughout the room, resonating with the hesitation in his soul. As the phone line rang and connected, Jellal stood and gazed out of the windows of his high rise apartment.
Walking out the door this morning wondering what it is that's going on with you.
"I am unable to take your call at the moment. Please leave a message after the tone."
Beep.
"Hey," he started softly. Pausing momentarily, he composed himself and continued. "I know it's one in the morning but I just wanted to tell you something."
Thinking of a way to say I'm sorry for something I'm not sure I do.
Jellal bit his lip as his heart sank. "I know you're angry at me and I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what I did Erza. I…don't actually know what I did wrong to make you feel this way but if it hurt you that badly, I know it must have been my fault."
Something must have made you so mad, what can I do to make you say 'come back to me'?
Another pause and he sighed deeply.
"So yeah…I guess that was what I really wanted to tell you." His voice cracked but he pressed on. "But just so you know that…"
The tears ran down his cheeks and he choked on his words, gasping pitifully. His shoulders shook as his sobs racked his whole body and a shaking hand reached up to cover his face. Struggling to keep his emotions in check, Jellal swallowed forcefully and spoke once more, voice thick with emotion.
"I still care. I still care about you."
I'll be here in the morning if you say stay, if you say stay to me.
The phone line went dead as Jellal hung up and the recording machine whirred into action.
Her hand reached for the machine as his voice faded and it floated on top of the 'delete' button hesitatingly. But then, she pressed the button next to it and the message replayed again.
As the message looped for the whole night, his voice echoed in her ears and she fell asleep with tears in her eyes.
Hmm, so I was actually inspired by Need You Now but when I was writing this, I kinda drifted to Safetysuit's Stay. I'm not a particular fan of songfics anymore, but the lyrics were just too good to pass up :) The dialogue here is a bit choppy but I wanted a more raw emotion injected into it and so I imagined the whole 'message' thing to be how I would speak if I was Jellal. And I guess this one was also inspired by true events. I had a friend and one day she just started to ignore me and get mad at me and stuff. Never found out what happened but I'm sure one of my friends know. But of course, I never did all the crying/leaving message kinda thing :P
Since I didn't like chapter 6, am I redeemed by this chapter?
And I knowwww, why is it I put all the angsty stuff for Jerza?