When he first saw her it felt like time had slowed down.
The light crested across her muscles that rippled with every move.
Punch.
Her scarlet hair cascaded down her back, while the sun brought out its hidden crimson undertones.
Kick.
Her hands caught in her opponent's hair as she brought their face into her knee, before stepping back and finishing them off with a roundhouse kick that brought them to the ground.
At that moment she turned to face him, and if time had slowed down before, then it had stopped now. His own breath froze in his chest, when her eyes made contact with his. A moment passed, then the corners of her lips turned up in a quick smile, before the ref yelled out the call, and time sped back up again.
Her opponent-a girl with dark brown hair stepped off the ring and brushed past him, jostling his gaze off the girl with red hair, and bringing him back to reality.
Jellal blinked a couple of times before looking at the girl again. She was sitting down, head tilted back. The muscles in her neck strained, as she swallowed the water from its clear container. And by god he shouldn't find such a simple act as mesmerizing as he does. But she's so beautiful and majestic, and she's making him feel like a thirteen year-old boy, but he's alright with that. That's probably why, when she asks for another sparring partner, he raises his hand.
Even when he realizes, a moment later, he knows nothing about boxing.
Signing up for a boxing class does not sound like something Jellal would do.
That's because it isn't.
If you were to ask any one of his friends to describe Jellal, they'd probably call him, "The other bluenette with straight A's." Apart from Levy of course.
There wasn't anything significant about him. He wasn't even the only one with blue hair. There were actually three other bluenettes!
All of his friends were special and god forbid if he felt a little insignificant at times.
Natsu was a natural pyro and his hometown football star, and Gray was the best ice hockey player he had ever seen. Lucy and levy were both English majors, and part-time cheerleaders with Mirajane, half bartender-half pediatrician. Juvia was a lightning fast swimmer, and Gajeel, a talented mechanic. If that wasn't the craziest bunch you'd ever heard of, then their friend Erza would really blow you away. Apparently she did Gymnastics, Kendo, was majoring in criminal justice, and did some other bizarre shit.
Jellal couldn't be happier for all his friends, and even though he loved them all very much, he still couldn't help feeling empty.
But that's why he was here. At a boxing ring of all sorts, because it was the most outrageous thing he could think of at the moment-well that and competitive speed eating, but that was a little too out of his comfort zone.
Back to his present dilemma, however.
The girl and the ref were both looking at him expectantly, and only her chocolate eyes pushed him to make the trip over to the boxing ring.
"Um," He glanced up at her, "I don't actually know how to fight. I mean this is my first time here."
"Hmm. Is that so?"
The tone of her voice gave nothing away, so there was no way to tell if she was angry with him her not, but he still said sorry anyways.
She chuckled, and for a moment he was entranced with the way the light played over her features. "No need to apologize."
She held her hand out at him, and for a moment he just stared at it before looking back up at her. She smiled, "would you like a lesson?"
His only thought was; "A boxing ring is such a weird place to meet your first love in."
Idk I know this is really weird, and I don't know if I portrayed Jellal right? I feel like this is what would go on in Jellal's nerdy li'l head. Anyways tell me if you like it!