Issues

Chapter 22

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Issues.

Chapter 22.

Jellal woke up different today. He woke up with a smile on his face and a weight lifted from his shoulders. Why though? he thought. Jellal walked into his bathroom and took his shower like he normally did every day. When he walked out the shower he saw a note on his mirror. There was a date on it and Erza's name along with other words; Jellal blushed at the words. 'Forget and ask Erza out!' was written on it. Forget what? Jellal thought. Then he realized he had forgotten what he wanted to forget. There was nothing holding him back from asking Erza out anymore.

Asking out Erza, asking out the love of his life...That was going to be a challenge. Sure he knew she loved him and he was pretty sure she knew he loved her, the problem laid in the asking out part. That was a tough one for Jellal but if Natsu Dragneel was able to ask Lucy Heartfilia out, why couldn't he ask Erza out? Jellal stopped on his walk to school and noticed a flower stand. Erza liked flowers right? Maybe it would help his case by giving them to her Jellal thought. He went by the stand and bought a dozen flowers.

Jellal regretted the decision the closer he came to school. Flowers really? What was she going to do with a dozen flowers? Was she going to just carry them around school all day or something? Jellal started to pass out the flowers to random people passing him on the street. Was he an idiot?! He just spent most his money buying the love of his life flowers and now he was passing them away! Jellal sighed looked at the last flower left in his hand. He decided then and there to do the unexpected and ask her out as himself. No romance, no mushy words, just "Hey".

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Natsu had a secret. He had a secret he wasn't going to tell anyone, even his best friend. His secret was the reason he went to class with a smile on his face, why he was excited and eager to go to class. What was his secret some may asked?

Lucy Heartfilia was over his house right now.

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"Hello Jellal" Erza said greeting him.

Jellal walk up to Erza, squeezing tightly on the flower's stem

"I'm going to do something I should have done a long time ago" he told her leaning towards her lips.

Erza's brain went haywire. She had a crappy morning and now her love was about to kiss her! Embarrassed Erza's mind shut down, meaning her defense mode kicked in. Erza pushed Jellal away before he could reach her lips and sent him flying. Push wasn't a good word to describe what Erza had just done, shove should suffice.

"Jellal!" she yelled coming back to her senses.

She walked up to him and tired to help him back up. Jellal decided to stay on the ground though and pulled her down too.

"That was really unexpected" Jellal mumbled leaning up.

Erza was on her knees staring at Jellal with concerned eyes. Her hands were up, wanting to touch him but at the same time wondering if he would want to be touch. He thought that planned failed... horribly, what now? Jellal looked at the love of his live and suddenly he knew what to do. He held the lily he bought for her and placed it in her hair.

"I tried to buy you a flower as scarlet as your hair then I realized it would have been hidden" Jellal said.

Erza blushed as scarlet as her hair. Was this really happening?

"I know it was selfish of me to ask you to wait, I'll try not to do as many selfish things in the future. Erza will you go out with me?" Jellal asked.