Erlu Oneshots

Dancing

FLUFF
SONG: Perfect by Ed Sheeran

'Cause we were just kids when we fell in love,
Not knowing what it was,
I will not give you up this time,
But darling, just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own,
And in your eyes you're holding mine...'

Lucy closed her eyes and moved around the room to the beat. She had her arms in the air, one outstretched in the air acting as if she was clasping a hand and the other raised to act as if it was resting on another's shoulder.

Lucy hummed to herself as she remembered the steps that she had been taught as a girl. She remembered Ms. Herald, her teacher with a warm smile and fun ways of learning the steps. She remembered performing a quick ballroom dance for the other maids and butlers and then getting all of them to join.

'...Barefoot on the grass,
Listening to our favourite song...'

Lucy smiled.

"Quit making a ruckus, you useless brat!" her father's voice boomed through her head and she stumbled, having lost her concentration.

Lucy sighed.

"You're a lovely dancer." an unknown voice drifted from behind.

Lucy shrieked and spun around.

'Darling, you look, perfect
tonight...'

"Erza!" she yelled at the woman leaning against the doorframe. "Don't scare me like that!"

'Well I found a woman,
Stronger than anyone I know...'

The redhead chuckled. "I apologize."

Lucy grumbled and then blushed.

"How long have you been standing there exactly?"

Erza smirked. Lucy blushed harder.

'I found a love...'

"Are you going to explain why you came to the guild's basement and are now dancing?" Erza asked and started to walk across the room to the blonde.

Lucy sighed. "I was just practicing for the job we're gonna do."

Team Natsu has been assigned a mission to go undercover and attend a ball, where they would have to find a target.

"I see." Erza said. She was now standing in front of Lucy. "This will not do."

Lucy felt a pang of embarrassment and insecurity rush through her. Did Erza think she was a bad dancer?

'We are still kids but we're so in love,
Fighting against all odds...'

Erza placed a hand on Lucy's waist and pulled her close to her. Lucy instinctually put a hand on Erza's shoulder to catch herself. Erza grabbed Lucy's other hand and lifted it.

"You need a partner." said Erza.

'Oh no' Lucy thought. She remembered what happened the last time someone danced with Erza.

"Ready?" Erza asked Lucy. Lucy looked into her eyes and braced herself.

"As I'll ever be."

'Baby, I'm,
Dancing in the dark,
With you between my arms,
Barefoot on the grass,
Listening to our favorite song,
When I saw you in that dress looking so beautiful,
I don't deserve this,
Darling, you look perfect
tonight...'

Erza gently led Lucy around the storage room, swaying to the beat and stepping forward, side back, side, forward and repeated while spinning. Lucy followed her lead easily and they began a graceful dance.

Lucy's wide eyes stared into Erza's. She couldn't believe it. Erza Scarlet was dancing with her and doing so... perfectly!

"You can dance?!" exclaimed Lucy. "But with Natsu...?"

Erza smiled with a hint of a blush on her cheeks. 'Wait, what?' Lucy thought.

"It's not a matter of if I can dance, it's who I'm dancing with that makes the difference, Lucy."

Now it was Lucy's turn to blush.

'I have faith in what I see
Now I know I have met an angel in person...'

The song was beginning to close and Erza decided to change it up a bit.

'And she looks perfect...'

Erza slowly spun Lucy under her arm twice.

'I don't deserve this...'

Erza dipped Lucy.

'You look perfect tonight.'

The last note rang through the room and the two just stared at each other.

"Erza..." Lucy whispered.

Each heart started to speed up as the space between them began to shrink. They inched closer and closer to each other until...

A knock sounded through the room.

They sprung apart, blushing profusely and avoiding eye contact.

Mira's voice rang out from the top of the cellar's stairs. "Hey, Lucy! Don't forget to lock up when you leave!"

"Y-Yeah no problem, Mira! Goodnight!" Lucy yelled back.

Silence and tension hung in the air.

"Lucy, I'm apologize I-" Erza started but Lucy just turned and walked to the record player without saying a word. Erza sighed, slumped her shoulders and turned to leave but stopped when a few piano notes pierced the silence.

"Erza?" Lucy said and walked over to her and held her hand out.
"May I have this dance?"

Erza looked at the hand then back at Lucy and blinked.

Lucy smiled.

Erza smiled and took the hand.

"It would be my honor."