Little | Future Jerza

Epilogue

Epilogue

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"You're back!"

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀The Fairy Tail guild only consists of the Dreyar couple and half awake Miralexa at this present midnight time, who all looked at the front door to see the exhausted Fernandes family, only to see two of them actually awake and up. Eric was sleeping soundlessly in Erza's arms, and Jeraline was on Jellal's back and also sleeping as she was minding her own business because she was too tired and she was now resting, so her papa gave her a warm piggy back.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"You've been gone quite a while, Erza, Jellal! It was almost one and a half weeks gone!" Mirajane said, beaming at Erza and Jellal, who took theirselves to sit at the front of the bar where Mirajane's family was at.

     ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Laxus coughed and walked to his blue haired friend, and then gave him a hard punched buggy on his shoulder as Jellal glanced and he frowned, while Laxus greeted him with a short annoyance. "In the beginning, you did tell us how you'll handle it on your own and of course, it wasn't a problem. But you should of let us helped you, it was a tough job to do, Mystogan."

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Jellal closed his eyes, sighing heavily. "Yeah, and I said in the beginning that I leave Jeraline and Eric to you, for them to be safe and not hop on with us, didn't I?" Jellal questioned, making Laxus lower his gaze and slightly turning away while Jellal blamed him. "Now, look — they ended up coming with us and getting injured and that's specifically what I wanted not to happen!"

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Laxus bit his lip while closing his eyes, and put his hands on his head in the relaxed position. "You should learn how to not boast on me — biologically, I'm still older than you." The blond haired lightning dragon opened his eyes and leaned to the countertop and looked at his white haired wife. "Pass me a heavy glass, my little demon."

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Mirajane and Erza stopped talking and Mira smiled, then preparing a drink for her husband. "Hai, anata." She said, and then continued to talk to her scarlet haired friend while she was getting the strong alcoholic drink.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Laxus turned to Jellal and closed an eye. "You still good to drink?" He asked, as Jellal dozed off for one second. He did want to have another massive drinking contest between this lightning jerk however, he looked at the time to see it was just about to strike midnight.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Take the game tomorrow — I need to rest properly." He rejected, also worrying for his children and Erza's sake; his beautiful scarlet haired queen did seem to want to lay down and sleep. And with even thinking about it, Erza glanced at him and told him a nudge.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"We should go home now, anyways," Erza said, and then standing up. "Jeraline-chan and Eric-kun should sleep in a comfy spot after days of not a proper spot to take a rest." Erza stood up as Jellal raised his head and have a turn at Laxus and Mira. Jellal gave a pat to Laxus before he stood up.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"We'll be going, then." Jellal told, and then satisfying the Dreyars'.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Jaa, tomorrow then!" Mira called out. And finally, her husband added something before the Fernandes family exited the guild.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Oi, don't forget to have the beverage with me!" Laxus reminded, and then the doors swung when they went out.

* * * * * * *

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀After Jellal and Erza laid both Eric and Jeraline in their separate rooms and beds, it was just the two of them left in their own room, facing different directions; Jellal facing his left on the right side of the bed and Erza facing her right on the left side of the bed. It was not until Erza suddenly had a memory of something during the battle with Ebusa Coast, making her uphold her voice.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"You still awake, love?" Erza asked, and then turning to her left to face Jellal and she wrapped her arms around her husband from behind, resting her face to his back and smelling his presence. I don't think I'll ever forget this smell; after all, pine trees with Jellal's fragrance is my favourite scent.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Erza snapped out of her thoughts when she felt her husband's hands handle hers from his front, and then turning around to face her and keep her close to him. "Nani? Is something wrong?" Jellal questioned gently to his wife, as the scarlet head suddenly looked down to her hands. Jellal did see that there was certainly something bothering her.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Remember what happened during the time when we awoke back in Ebusa Coast's headquarters?" Erza asked, as Jellal thought about it and he nodded, looking back at her and Erza seemed to hug her husband tighter, shivering. "Kurai — he — I'm sorry." Tears started dripping down Erza's face unstoppably, as she almost gripped Jellal to much, holding on to him and not letting go parts of his shirt that her hands were holding tightly.

     ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Erza whimpered. "I tried to — but I couldn't do anything," she explained, "I'm sorry I —"

     ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"I know, you told me that already," Jellal said, gritting his teeth as he pulled her closer to him and kept his hands to her back and head. "He didn't do anything worse because I got there as soon as I could. You could stop crying —"

     ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"No, Jellal," Erza whispered, and then trying to calm herself down. "It's. . . It's still bad. Although he didn't — go further, I was still half undressed and he — it just wasn't you, Jellal. I felt so. . . scared." Erza confessed, trembling so much until Jellal suddenly leaned his face toward her and let his lips touch hers, without any special movements. A simple kiss, made Erza seemed serene and peaceful, in just ten seconds.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Erza only looked at him with startled eyes, but as like she is, there appeared soft blushes on her face. The two shared the longest breath taking eye contact there was in the world, not by surprise, but by holding on and not letting go. They've been married for quite a long time however, their appearances, doubts and relationship with each other didn't change one bit, only that they are more open, for obvious reasons.

     ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Erza," Jellal said, "All of you fully belongs to me, and nothing will change that. I'm here with you, and I'd kill just to protect you." He did know that what he just said sounded very sentimental however, he knows that him and Erza are assumably the grown up couple that says old fashioned things. As much as he knew that, Jellal and Erza never really gave it a bother.

     ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Erza froze, as her trembling and sobbing ended, closing her mouth. Her eyes were glimmering, not moving any other attention to anything else except her husband who's face was close to hers. The scarlet head then looked down, and then she smiled. "Jellal," she mumbled, now leaving herself at ease. "I love you."

     ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Jellal let out his breath a bit, and then the ends of his lips curved upwards, as he pulled his wife closer to him but let himself smell and play with her hair. "You know I love you more." Jellal said, as he knew his wife gave a soft beam after he said that.

     ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"I'm happy that Jeraline-chan and Eric-kun are safe now," Erza said, quitting the affectionate talk, although she didn't actually want to. "I'm actually quite. . . honoured, that Jeraline-chan would defeat the strongest segment, Leyco. She even defeated some of them by herself too — I'm truly proud of that child."

     ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Jellal chuckled. "She's still growing," he mentioned, "I'm sure she'll pickup new things and become an S-Class soon."

     ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Eric-kun has a nice older sister to look up to — I'm sure he'll become a Ten Wizard Saint in the future, just like you," Erza said, never forgetting about that small scarlet head. "I really love them."

     ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Eric will be like his sister, or even surpass her," Jellal said. "She's so little but she was able to save us, once and for all." And that, was the last thing he said after Erza smiled until they suspended their consciousness and dreamed off.