Sacred Song, Mirror Water [Fairy Tail Fanfic]

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Jellal was back in the university gardens, seeing the progress that had been made since his last visit. It had been about three weeks, and he noticed a bunch of the Fairy Tail guild members working on the eastern side and went over to say hi to them and thank them for their hard work.

From around a corner, someone appeared and walked straight into him. They swiftly stepped back and bowed in apology, and he recognised Serana, despite her face being hidden.

"My apologies. Are you alright?" Her tone was concerned and apologetic, and he smiled.

"Sorry, Serana. I'm alright. Are you okay?" When he used her name, she glanced up at him and looked even more sorry for running into him but relaxed a little when she saw his smile.

"I'm okay." She tilted her head to one side as she spoke and smiled back at him.

"How is everyone doing? Is there anything they need?" He asked and looked over to the rest of her group, and they walked together towards them.

Erza was close behind, as well as Coco and some of the people in charge of the project, who took notes and talked amongst themselves while he spoke to the workers and thanked them personally. Since they were working so hard, he wanted to ensure they were well fed and looked after and show appreciation.

The members of Fairy Tail all greeted him happily when they saw him, but were astute enough to refer to him as King, but usually, he was just 'Jellal' when he came to the guild on his own. As he continued talking to them, he checked in to ensure they were being looked after properly. He always ensured that they were fed by one of the various cafes in the area, or the palace cooks made meals for them as they worked. As he hoped, they were all happy and proud of their work.

Coco called to him softly, suggesting that they move on to other areas of the university construction to check on some other sites. He nodded in acknowledgement, but waved goodbye to the workers, thanking them loudly before he left. His eye caught Serana, and he watched as she picked up a large plank of wood, taking it to one of the carpenters.

He hadn't noticed before, probably because she was so close to him previously and he was distracted, but now that she was several metres away, he got a good look at her. She was wearing sturdy boots and denim shorts that only covered a small area of her thighs, and her grey t-shirt had the Fairy Tail symbol across the front. It seemed that she had dressed for comfort, but it had the other effect of showing off toned muscles, and shapely curves that no clothes could hide. Her eyes looked more like pieces of round silver in the sunlight, and her hair was coming loose from her plait, framing her face. As it began to cover her eyes, she raked her fingers through her hair to push it back off her face as she worked.

Distracting him from staring at her like a man starved, he watched her expression. Even though she was smiling, it wasn't quite reaching her eyes and he got the feeling that she was still getting used to everything. It wasn't that she was unhappy, just not quite comfortable yet. He couldn't entirely ignore the feeling that he wanted to get to know her better, almost like he was drawn to her for some unknown reason.

Coco broke him from his ogling by coughing pointedly and he turned back away from Serana and the others in Fairy Tail.

"Shall we?" He said to try and dispel the awkwardness, but it didn't quite work. Coco had clearly noticed how he was watching Serana but was doing her best to seem nonchalant about the whole thing.

They headed towards another part of the construction site, and it took another hour and a half to complete their tour and briefing of the building's progress. At this point, Jellal had forgotten about Serana, being distracted by his work and trying to ensure he carefully thought about any decisions he had to make. There was still a lot of work to be done for the project to be even half complete, but it was a huge undertaking. He was committed to it and willing to put in every effort required for it to succeed. It was ambitious for sure, but the culture and education in the Royal City were important enough for him to put in as many resources as needed.