Request: Jellal absolutely loathes apples and Erza tries to get creative in feeding it to him. (Mystogan likes apples and it's been implied that what their Edolas counterpart may like, the Earthland ones hate.)
One-Shot:
Erza Scarlet-Fernandes, a rather dominating figure off and on the battlefield, was having trouble feeding her husband. Of course, really, it was a matter of pride now, but she wasn't going to admit that. She was just going to say that Jellal was a goddamn stubborn man when he wanted to be.
Sitting at the kitchen table and staring out the frost-covered window, she couldn't help but pout in concentration; how the hell was she going to get him to eat an apple?
Fingering said fruit thoughtfully, she thought of everything she already tried.
First, she denied any type of contact with him until he ate the apple. In that case, her own willpower hadn't been strong enough; his teasing, ghostly touches had brought her right back into his arms.
Second, she tried getting Natsu and Gray to do the dirty work for her; challenge him to a fight with the loser having to eat the apple. Needless to say, her husband kicked their asses through the roof; despite her pride, she was sulky about the fact he still hadn't had to eat the apple.
Third, and probably the most desperate of all, she had slipped the pieces into her lingerie and had tried to get him to swallow them whilst they made love. That one didn't exactly work out right: the pieces had been discarded along with the offending clothing.
Sighing, she leaned back and grabbed her coffee, taking a sip of the lukewarm sweetness and closing her eyes in relaxation. Should she tie him up and forcefully make him swallow it? Or should she hire a little child actor to guilt him into eating the apple?
And it was then it hit her.
Smiling slyly, she stood quickly, grabbing a knife and slicing the apple into thin slices. She heard the toilet upstairs being flushed, and she hid the extra pieces in the fridge, all the while cackling to herself. If this didn't work, she'd give up.
She had to time this properly. Waiting to hear his familiar footsteps just outside the kitchen, she smirked and slipped the slice into her mouth.
Jellal's arms came around her waist and she turned, smiling up innocently at his sleepy face, before leaning up and locking lips with him. Growling with teeming happiness, he responded, arms coming up to wrapped themselves around her waist, and he licked her lips, asking for approval. And so she gave it.
Wrapping her tongue around the apple slice, she plunged both her tongue and the fruit into his mouth, falling back to keep kissing him so he had no choice but to swallow.
Pulling back satisfied, she beamed up at her husband, who was trying hard not to gag.
"That…was a dirty trick," he grunted at her, plopping into the seat with an air of defeat surrounding him.
"I know," she laughed. "But apples are pretty great, aren't they?"
He smirked. "Only when delivered like that."
A/N: Wow, I'm exhausted. Uh, caught up on all the requests from Tumblr ; A ; enjoy, please!