" Still awake ? "
She smiled.
" Couldn't sleep "
" Oh, so even the great Titania has sleeping disorders "
" said the insomniac "
" Touché "
He made some steps towards her and settled next to her. The balcony was their refuge since the begin of this mission. A mission choosen by Lucy and which, according to her, would be "easy and quick". Quite funny, it already passed a week since their arrival and they still had not find one of the five dark mages that they were supposed to arrest.
It was a special request from the magic council itself and only addressed to five guild on the continent. Lucy has been the first to respond and just like that the four other requests vanished and they were employed by the concil. The job was well paid but in exchange they were watched. Something that Erza didn't really appreciate nor did Grey, especially since two days. Council constantly asked progress reports, what, coming from the one who failed to intercept the dark wizards first, was a little annoying. Council's members were harassing them for results, what was becoming a little suspicious.
" So what were you thinking about ? "
" Council. I made my report hour ago, I just needed some fresh air I guess "
" One hour ? "
He looked at her before exhaled, she was wearing a black turtleneck in soft but obviously not warm fabric and a skirt. How could she be that oblivious of the cold.
" Come here "
She looked at him with a muddled look.
" Ravish to notice that you trust me "
" I do "
" So prove it. Come "
And with a still unsure look she straightened up, moving away from the guardrail she was leaning against, and moved closer to him.
" Now close your eyes "
" Seriously ? "
She was a little annoyed but he was too amused to stop here.
" Thought you trust me "
His tone was so irritating but rolling her eyes a bit, she did. He took off his jacket and came closer so that he could heard her reluctant breath and, the care with which she made sure he knew how much he had pissed her off made him smile, by placing it on her shoulders.
" could you please stop smiling like that "
" How do you know I do ? Your eyes are closed "
" I can feel it and it's annoying "
He chuckled. Pissed Erza was definitely funny. Then she flinched feeling his breath against her face and he realised he was too close. His eyes slided dangerously towards her lips and then he stepped back.
" Sorry. It was too tempting. You should reopen your eyes "
She did and he thanks himself for his ability to sound cool and confident, whereas he was destabilised as much as possible. He had move until a reasonable distance and for some seconds he force himself to look anything but her.
" Nevermind. Thanks "
She put the sleeves on and readjusted it, her nose just grazed the collar and she breathed the scent of his parfume. She hurried to raise her head before he notice she did fortunately for her he seems too occupied to look at the landscape.
" So what did they say to you ? "
" Nothing new under the sun "
He looked at her puzzled. She was not the kind to quote the bible.
" Could you elaborate "
" Of course. First they are pissed we still had not catch these wizards. Secondly they want to be inform of all our moves, which leads to a third point : according to them, as the chief of the operation, I have to be more precised in my reports. Finnally they suspected us of not doing our best or at least ask themselves if they have not overestimated us. And they ask we now stay in official building instead of the inn"
" I see. Now I understand what you were annoyed "
" No, annoyance was definitely your fault "
" If you say so "
She smiled brightly and he smirked back. He was smiling a lot lately and mostly because of her.
" So what we do ? You still don't want to talked at others ? "
" Not for the moment if Natsu knows that the council threaten us to accelerate he will definitely confront them or at least be angry and destroy more stuff that necessary. I don't need any more pressure on our lack of discretion. Futhermore if we put Lucy in the secret she will be force to lie to Natsu which will be nocive for both of them. So for the moment we keep the secret, they don't need to know that the council has contacted us as long as I'm taking the blame for the failure. "
" We could at least talk to Wendy "
" You know her, if we tell her she will feel guilty each time we would follow a wild goose chase. Morever I prefer to tell to no one than just some of us. It gives the impression that i don't trust everyone the same way when i actually do "
" Me who felt special that you tell me, that's heartbreaking "
" Correction. You discovered it and harrased me for the true, I didn't tell you "
" No need I know you enough to see when something is off with you and it was quite obvious "
" Not that obvious if you are the only to saw it "
" Seems that i can read you as an open book. Maybe you should be worry "
" But I'm not "
They look at each other with more intensity. They always played and teased the other in a flirtatious way it was not new but they rarely were that ambiguous.
"I trust you, I always did "
" As I do "
She smiled and once again she straightened up, moving away from the guardrail she was leaning against, and moved closer to him. She was to a kissable distance at only some inches from him. His heart miss a beat. She finally leaned on the tiptoe and kissed his cheek before stepped back.
" Good night Grey "
She was crossing the balcony letting him behind. He was still disturbed but succeeded to answer.
" Night Erz' "