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xhoess · 4 months

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Forbidden desire: a winter Vacation romance

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Seonghwa x fem!bod reader

Summary: your brothers best friend and girlfriend get invited to your family vacation. You are all going to you parents house in the beautiful Austria. But what nobody knows except for you best friend is that you have been crushing on your brothers best friend seonghwa since the day you met him.

Genre: smut with a little plot

Word count: 2.2k

Most people find themselves to have a crush on someone for a short period of time and for you it was the same, or so you thought. When you were 7 years old your brother hongjong invited a friend he made at the playground to eat dinner with your family. That was when you met seonghwa. Now 13 years later you still feel like the little kids you were back then every time you see him.

Seonghwa is 4 years older then you, when you where younger that seemed like a big difference but during the years you've started to see that 4years is not even a big difference. 20 and 24 is normal right? But unfortunately that isn't the only thing holding you back, seonghwa met a girl around 6 months ago and they are dating. When they came over to pick up seonghwa for some sort of activity you saw how beautiful she was. You can't blame seonghwa on that but you still couldn't help but feel really jealous, every time you see them together you get mad at yourself for not confessing to seonghwa before they met.

But now you are standing in the living room of your parents vacation cabin with your suitcase next to you and headphones laying on your shoulders. "Seonghwa texted that they will be at the cabin soon!" Hongjoong yelled from up the stairs. And yes, 'they' are seonghwa and Nali. Your mother was kind enough to invite seonghwa to your yearly ski vacation in the mountains but when Hongjoong mentioned that Nali and seonghwa have been together for 6 months she also invited her to come.

The door breaks open and seonghwa enters with a big smile "Hey guys!" He greets, not much later he gave everyone a quick hug en you where next, his arm quickly pulling you in his embrace and God you hated how good he alway smells. It's the kind of vanilla scent that you want to have as your home spray.

"Hey y/n long time no see" He says while pulling out of the hug "well yeah but same old really, how are you?" "Good really, nali and I are still together and I couldn't wish for more" He said with a smile. Well you could definitely wish for more. A few hours later everyone started unpacking, you already did that before seonghwa entered the cabin but you still went to your room upstairs.

There where not many rooms upstairs, only yours and hongjoongs the rest was all in the downstairs area. You quickly jumped on your bed and called your best friend. "Rico I swear seonghwa got even more handsome, HIS MUSCLES GIRL its like he has been hitting the gym for the past 4 months" you hear Rico laugh at your excitement on the the other side of the room "girl you say this every time and every time I get no proof, I swear FaceTime me and walk up to him. Just say I wanna say hello or something"

Rico has been your best friend since you excellently bumped onto him in your first year of high school. 2 years into your friendship he came out of the closet as gay and some people overhead him saying that to you and decided to make fun of him. But a few days later Hongjoong walked up to you guys, Hongjoong was rather popular at your school and told Rico he was proud of him for being his true self and that he should do the same. At that time you didn't know what Hongjoong ment with that but that changed a few months later when Hongjoong gathered the family together to Also come out of the closet as gay. Ever since that point you have been shipping Hongjoong and Rico but they both are still denying it.

"Okay okay I will give you proof this one time" You walked downstairs and gave the phone to seonghwa, you can hear your friend laugh at this comment seonghwa made but the conversation died pretty fast after that so you quickly grabbed your phone back and went back to your room. "I am right, right?"

"Yes girl you are oh lord" He says overly excited "but now you go skiing or something with your future boyfriend I need to go to work" and with that Rico hangs up the call.

A few hours later you and everyone else were sitting at the dinner table, waiting for your mom to bring out the dinner. Nali was sitting on your right and seonghwa was sitting on the opposite side, the amount of eye contact they made made your appetite go away in seconds, how can they be so lovey all the time.

Your thoughts got interrupted by your mother walking out of the kitchen with the first plates, you decided to get up and help your mother quickly so you didn't need to see seonghwa and his girlfriend being all sweet.

While eating dinner your were cutting your meat aggressively, "yo y/n, calm down the meat isn't walking away" Hongjoong said, it made you realize what you were doing and quickly looked if anyone else saw it "I wasn't paying attention" you say "I think someone is a little jealous" Hongjoong snickers. And ofcourse Nali needed to hear what your brother just said "y/n is jealous? Of who, I didn't know you liked someone" she said with the most sarcastic smile.

She obviously know that you are absolutely obsessed with her boyfriend, you can't blame her for being annoyed with you. "Its noting" you say, trying to change the subject but you don't get away with it so quickly "no no, now I'm curious too tell us" Seonghwa said while raising his eyebrows. God you loved it when he did it "no really Seonghwa its nothing"

Eventually the subject died down and everyone went back to what they were doing. The dinner was comming to a end and everyone just started playing games or started texting people on their phones but you were still eating your ice cream. Your phone suddenly lit up and you see it was a message from seonghwa, you couldn't have opened it faster and your eyes widen at the text. Well image to be exact.

Seonghwa just messaged you a picture that was definitely ment for his girlfriend. It was a dickpic. And hongjoong being the nosy boy he his was also looking at your phone when it lit up. He spat his drink out and quickly pulled you with him to the kitchen. "Wtf?! Did Seonghwa just send you a dickpic?" He asks with his eyes as wide as possible. "I think so? It's probably for his girlfriend joong" you say, trying to calm yourself down.

But how could you, you have liked this man for so long and now this?

"Are you gonna say something?" Hongjoong asked "I mean he should know he send it to me right?" You say unsure of what you should do. "Just send like 'uh, thanks? But I think this isn't for me' Like you don't wanna be rude the man just literally showed his dick, and plus you probably don't find it gross that is the worst part" you gently shove your brother at the last comment he made. But you send the message to seonghwa anyway.

From the kitchen you could see the dinner table, so you could also see seonghwas smile go down. His girlfriend obviously saw it and asked what was wrong but seonghwa was just frozen. She took his phone and looked at the message. And man she did not look happy. They excuse themselves from the table and walk into their room.

You didn't see them for the rest of the evening and eventually everyone went to bed, including you. It was around 2 am when you head a knock on your door.

"Who's there?" You ask "it's me" and you recognize the voice immediately "Oh come in" Seonghwa enters your room and he closes the door behind him.

"We broke up" he said "oh, shit I'm sorry I shouldn't have responded, I just needed to talk to you in private or something" you say, slightly panicking. "Hey, it's okay don't worry, it's probably for the better. Turns out she was still sexting her ex so" He steps closer "y'know, you've been really obvious the last few months, am I so hard to resist you blush every time I touch you even if it's just a hug" He says with a smirk "w-what are you talking about?" You say, trying to act clueless, but that doesn't work at all.

"Y/n" He puts his hands on your shoulders "do you remember 11 years ago, when you walked out of your room with your bight yellow minion pajamas, and you were complaining to Hongjoong about how all the girls in your class where dating someone?" "I do" "do you also know how bad I wanted to tell you I would be your boyfriend but didn't do it because you were 9 and I was 13?" You shake your head, blushing hard "no, no I did not" " I thought so, but now, you're 20 and I'm 24. It's not weird anymore" He says, eyes shifting to your lips.

"Maybe it's better I send the picture to you. Did you like it?" He asked "Seonghwa you just broke up with your girlfriend, do you really want to do this?"

"Don't get mad at me for doing this" He said before connecting your lips together with his, you were caught off guard and didn't react "y/n please I waited so long for this" He whines against your lips. You started to kiss back, after that the kiss quickly became a sloppy kiss while you were trying to unbutton your sleeping blouse.

"Let me do it" He demanded. He did it with ease and admired your curves, "God your so beautiful" He whispered in your ear while walking you to the edge of the bed.

"You weren't the only one waiting for this seonghwa" you breathe out. You swiths positions with seonghwa and push him on the bed. His hair was messy and his forehead was getting shinier because of the sweat. You slowly open the button of his pants and he groans at the feeling of your hand slightly sliding over the bugle in his underwear. "Y/n I swea-" you cut him off with a kiss "calm down baby boy I'm admiring you like this" He obeyently nods.

Putting him out of this torture you finally pull his pants and underwear down in one pull. His pretty dick springs up and touched his stomach for a second. "Mhmm the real thing is always better" you Humm while taking the base of his cock in your hand "fuck y/n" He curses and bucks his hips up to feel more but you stop him by pushing his hips down "no no, I will pleasure you, you just lay still and moan for me okay?" You ask with the sweetest tone.

He obeys and you continue to move your hand up and down, the other one now playing with his balls, and he did moan when you first touched his balls.

You quicken your pace and see that seonghwas lip start to bleed because he is trying so hard not to be loud. You decide to make him feel even better and give him a kitten lick from the bottom of his cock to the top of his mushroom like tip. Seeing him squirm like this makes you feel so powerful and you love it.

A bit of pre-cum comes out of him, seeing that you start to take him in your mouth. Bobbing your head up and down and your hand touching the parts you can't reach. "Y/n I'm gonn- ngh cum" He says, "alright baby, where do you wanna cum" you ask "tits, tits please, I've wanted to see them for so long" He said so desperately.

You quickly pull your bra down while still bobbing your head up and down. Your hand takes over and you move your hand up and down real fast. And he came, it did not only cover your breasts but also your chin.

Seeing you like this made seonghwa almost hard again."Come here baby" He said, you moved closer.to him. He swipes the cum on your chin away with his thumb and puts it against your lips "open up" and you do, licking his thumb clean and enjoying the bitter taste of his cum on your tongue. "

Well this was a first" you say

"Yeah, and definitely not a last" Seonghwa said with a wink.

(Sorry it's so rushed, didn't like the story line anymore but had to finish it!!)

#ateez smut #ateez fanfic #ateez #seonghwa smut #smut #seonghwa #hongjoong #ateez fic

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ftrarepairweek · 2 months

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Rare Pairs Week 2024

Banner by @kiliinstinct Brought to you by a new mod-team, we're thrilled to be able to bring this event back! It was previously hosted on @ftguildevents, and as we continue working on overhauling that page, we decided to give this event its own corner of tumblr.

Check out the Rules section for the list of ships that are excluded from this event.

Event Information

Dates: April 7th - 13th

Submissions - Anything and everything - art, fics, poetry, amvs, headcanons, manga colorings, aesthetics, etc.

Prompts:

💕 Day 1 - Warmth 💕 Day 2 - Distance 💕 Day 3 - Team Up 💕 Day 4 - Festival 💕 Day 5 - Fears 💕 Day 6 - Sanctuary 💕 Day 7 - Tradition

Event AO3 Collection: Fairy Tail Rare Pairs Week 2024

Event Tag: Use the tag #ftrarepairweek in your first five so that we can see it! You’re also welcome to mention the blog @ftrarepairweek. Please make sure to tag any triggers appropriately.

Extra Info: This event is open to all ships (excluding the ones listed below), including brotp, lgbt, and poly.

Please reblog to help spread the word!

Rules

No character bashing

No incest

No canon minor x adults ships

All entries must be previously unposted and original to the blog posting.

The following ships are not eligible for this event. You may still include them as side ships in your entries if you wish, but the focus must be on the rare pair. ✨natsu x lucy (nalu) ✨gray x juvia (gruvia) ✨gajeel x levy (gajevy) ✨jellal x erza (jerza) ✨mirajane x laxus (miraxus) ✨elfman x ever (elfever) ✨loke x lucy (lolu) ✨zeref x mavis (zervis) ✨natsu x lisanna (nali) ✨gray x lucy (graylu) ✨laxus x lucy (lalu) ✨gray x erza (grayza) ✨bickslow x lisanna (bixanna) ✨gray x natsu (gratsu) ✨sting x rogue (stingue) ✨freed x laxus (fraxus) ✨erza x mirajane (erzajane) ✨erza x lucy (erlu)

We will always accept late entries!

#fairy tail #ft rare pairs #ftrarepairweek

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justin-fried · 24 days

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#nalu #fraxus #elfgreen #jerza #bixanna #guilde #fairy tail #luxus #bixrow #fried justine #natsu dragneel #juvia lockser #gray x juvia #gray #animé #manga #mirajane strauss #evergreen #elfman strauss

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kcrev · 1 month

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ship headcanon + thomas & nalini

how did your muses meet & how long have your muses known each other ?

nalini conheceu thomas em sua primeira visita a bend, cerca de dois anos atrás. carter já pensava em voltar ao oregon e queria que a namorada conhecesse a cidade antes de convidá-la para ir morar com ele do outro lado do país. decidiram aproveitar o feriado do quatro de julho para irem até lá e passaram cinco dias na casa do pai de carter. conheceu thomas e sua então noiva, isabel, no segundo dia deles na cidade.

have your muses ever traveled together?

apenas para o sítio dos fitzpatrick, alguns meses antes. carter não estava nada animado para passar o fim de semana em família, mas cassidy pediu a nalini que o convencesse a ir. como carter passou os três dias num mau humor insuportável, nali acabou passando o tempo inteiro com thomas, que recém havia terminado o noivado.

what's the last movie your muses watched together?

como nali não tinha ido até a locadora de bend durante todo o ano em que morou na cidade, assim que possível thomas a levou até lá. entre os tantos filmes disponíveis, eles acabaram fazendo uma maratona de comédias clássicas, com superbad, american pie e ghostbusters.

do your muses have playlists made for each other?

nesse momento, não. mas logo depois de conversarem sobre suas playlists guilty pleasure, nali adicionou mais algumas músicas a sua antes de mandá-la para ele.

do your muses want children?

nali ama crianças e o desejo de ser mãe sempre existiu dentro dela. como cresceu muito próxima da irmã, gostaria de ter pelo menos dois filhos para que possam ser confidentes da mesma forma como ela é com bhakti. quando ela e thomas passarem a ser um casal, imagino que isso não vai ser um tópico de discórdia entre os dois - até porque nali já deve até ter mostrado sua lista de nomes para filhos a ele.

do your muses have any pets together?

além de marty, cosmo, marnie e dewey que nalini vai adotar como dela também, eventualmente os dois vão trazer a gatinha dela, ariel, de nova york. por algum tempo, serão os cinco. vontade de adotar mais animais não faltava, mas eles sabiam que espaço físico poderia vir a ser um problema. entretanto, logo depois de noivarem, os dois ajudaram a resgatar dois filhotes que estavam abandonados na estrada entre bend e eugene. inicialmente, ficariam com os dois apenas de forma temporária, mas se apegaram tanto a eles que, quando alguém os quis adotar, nali ficou com os olhos cheios de lágrimas e thomas soube o que tinha que fazer. E foi assim que eles acabaram com o Fred e o George, dois cocker spaniels de pelagem alaranjada.

which one of your muses is more affectionate ?

Não os vejo como um casal que demonstra tanto afeto publicamente quanto a Acacia e o Henry, por exemplo. Mas, em casa acredito que eles sejam muito carinhosos um com o outro e cada um de sua forma. O Thomas me parece uma pessoa de atos de serviço, ajudando a Nali a corrigir os trabalhos dos alunos numa noite de sábado, depois dela ter deixado um monte de coisa acumular durante a semana. A Nali, por outro lado, gosta de falar abertamente sobre o que sente, ao mesmo tempo que o apoia incondicionalmente em qualquer situação – mesmo que isso signifique que ela vai passar o fim de semana inteiro ajudando ele numa feira de adoção ou ajudando a resgatar algum animal que encontraram durante um encontro deles.

who's most likely to apologize first after an argument ?

Eles me parecem ser um casal bem racional quando se trata de desentendimentos, então vejo ambos sendo os primeiros a se desculpar. Acho que depende muito do contexto. Nenhum dos dois gosta de brigar, muito menos de ir dormir brigado. E, como não são pessoas orgulhosas, preferem admitir que estão errados do que manter o desconforto de estarem sem se falar.

#( nalini x thomas )#( oc: nalini kapoor )#bend verse

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grayluforever · 2 years

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#episode 98 #episode 132 #graylu #nali #gray x lucy #natsu x lisanna #fairy tail #gray and natsu support healthier ships #wife material #lucy heartfilia #lisanna strauss #gray fullbuster #natsu dragneel

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pyropsychiccollector · 2 months

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Natsu Harem: Fairy GET! 14/14

Made it to the end of this little carnival ride.... (人◕ω◕) As far as you guys know. More on that later, though~

Who could I possibly round out this group with? Gee, I wonder who it could be? (人◕ω◕) Sorry. If you've followed me at all over the years, you know I'd never leave Erza-chan out. Erza Scarlet~...

Is it predictable? I don't care. I'm violently opposed to Jerza for... many reasons. But I'll leave it at that cuz I've talked about it loads in the past. I was there when the manga was ongoing, and NaLi and Natza were dunked on very frequently. Natza is the progenitor of my Natsu ships, the "Naezono" if you will. ... Though I was into Fairy Tail way before Dangan. So it's probably the other way around. (人◕ω◕) All you need to know is, Jellal is one of my least favorite characters ever, and it's not really the good kind of, "I hate this guy." Cuz there's guys like Kotaro from Assassination Classroom, villains we're supposed to loathe... And they can still be satisfyingly evil. ... Jellal tried to go the redemption route, and he just bombed. And I'm under no obligation to spend time "fixing" him to my liking, so these days I just leave Jerza fans to their corner while decrying my own personal reasons for why I despise that pairing. My time is better spent with the glory of Natza and other Natsu ships.

... With the exception of Nalu, which I avoid like the plague. Because Lucy H is right up there with characters I just can't stand. Easiest thing for me to do is to pretend she doesn't exist, and wrest control of the plot from her since, from where I stand, she frankly has very little impact to events... She's literally there for the fanservice and the Nalu Stans. I wash my hands of Lucy H. (人◕ω◕)

Alright. That's enough of my soapbox stuff. Let's just get to it. (人◕ω◕)

When did they meet?

Of all the girls in the harem, Erza can be said to be the first to have met him. (人◕ω◕) Erza arrived at Fairy Tail in X776, banished from the R-System by Jellal and threatened to never breathe a word of its continued existence - or he'd kill their friends. She lost an eye during that tragedy, and had to get a replacement from Porlyusica. Erza was... pretty guarded for her first couple years in the guild, being rather stern and no-nonsense, even at her young age.

A year later in X777... Natsu arrives, and it's not as if Erza warmed up to him right away. It took time. Erza had a harsh childhood as a slave in the R-System, and she constantly fretted over her old friends, being careful to stick to Jellal's demands. Making new friends and moving on was... rough. Yet Erza did manage, eventually growing fond of Natsu and Gray... even if she had to constantly intercede in their fights. ... And a year later in X778 had to put up with Mirajane as her own rival...

Still, there was something about Natsu that drew Erza in. (人◕ω◕) All his talk about being raised by a dragon, Erza probably didn't believe it at first... As far as she knew, dragons were extinct. But considering her own circumstances as a former slave, she could never rule out his stories for certain. The same went for Gray and his tragedies with Deliora... Erza could tell they were all affected on some level by their experiences, with Natsu probably being the best off because he just wanted to find his dad... But that was fine. For Erza, it wasn't some contest who was more deeply scarred. What likely had an impact on her was Natsu's never-give-up attitude. Even if he was rambunctious and tried picking fights with Gildarts, their guild's Ace... Erza liked his positive attitude, regardless if he was a handful or not. (人◕ω◕) That's why she took it on herself to watch over him... and teach him to read. Which we all know Natsu loved sooo much. (人◕ω◕)

Even more than that... In those first few years, Erza decided she liked Natsu so much that she wanted to be a team with him. (人◕ω◕) Sure, she could easily go for the S-Class trials at the tender age of fifteen in X780... But in this alternate universe, she decides not to. She prioritizes training Natsu up until they're both ready, and they manage it in X782. ... Even if it takes threatening Master's porn stash. (人◕ω◕)

Erza can see that the loss of Lisanna that same year impacted Natsu a great deal, not to mention Mira, Elfman, and all their friends... But Erza and Natsu both agreed the best thing they can do is become S-Class and protect the friends they have left. Which they manage to pull off. And Gray follows in their footsteps a year later. (人◕ω◕)

When did they grow closer?

This sets the stage for the present, when they run into Lucy in Hargeon~... (人◕ω◕) By this point, Natsu and Erza are pretty good friends, and despite Erza still being rather strict, Natsu has helped her to enjoy life at the least~... Go out on adventures. Protect Fairy Tail's honor... Handing posers like Bora over to the Rune Knights. (人◕ω◕) Lucy is overwhelmed in meeting the real Salamander, although.... (人◕ω◕);;;

For some reason, Erza keeps giving her the stinkeye whenever she tries to help take a gentler approach with Natsu on transportation. (人◕ω◕);;; Natsu can take a punch to the gut. Surely? It's the fastest way to alleviate him of the queasiness of motion sickness. And besides, he likes resting in Erza's lap. The knight asserts this as fact. Lucy should mind her own business. (人◕ω◕)

Still, Lucy is generally welcomed to the guild by Team Natsu... Erza's just a bit hands-on with keeping Natsu in line and taking care of his needs. Natsu requires a firm, authoritative hand. (人◕ω◕) Soon enough they go to take down Eisenwald, then resolve that mess on Galuna Island, then that spat with Phantom Lord...

And eventually, the time comes to clean out the skeletons in Erza's closet. (人◕ω◕) She's not eager to drag Natsu and Gray into her mess... But they're both too stubborn to be turned away, Natsu especially refuses to let Jellal hang over Erza's head a moment longer. It's... Well, the battle is pretty intense, and Natsu and Erza both nearly don't make it a couple of times - particularly when abandoning the crumbling tower... But Simon gets them out of there, though Jellal seemingly fell to his demise.

As a result, Erza's past is... mostly laid to rest. Her old friends are saved and join Fairy Tail. Her one regret is not saving Jellal... though for the life of him, Natsu can't figure out why Erza spares time mourning the guy that betrayed her and tried sacrificing her... Jellal might have killed her friends if given the chance, and it didn't seem possible to negotiate with the guy. Natsu for his part could never forgive Jellal for hurting Erza... But even with this lingering regret of Erza's, she is grateful for Natsu sticking up for her and helping close this chapter on her life. (人◕ω◕)

Their bond grows stronger in the Battle of Fairy Tail arc, when taking down Laxus and the Thunder Palace... But soon after that, the mission to crush Oracion Seis happens, and... Jellal was revived. ... Much to Natsu's displeasure. (人◕ω◕)*** Erza keeps trying to resolve things with Jellal, circumventing Natsu's attempts to deal with the guy before he hurts Erza again... She's too attached to this idea she has of who Jellal was, as a kid. Erza believes she can bring that scarred kid back... and Natsu doesn't believe it will be that simple.

Jellal is arrested after Nirvana is wiped out, and Oracion Seis taken down. This ends up souring the victory a bit for Natsu... Cuz Erza's still depressed, and hung up on that guy. He wants to be there for Erza, but she's not ready yet to "move on" from Jellal... It's frustrating, but Natsu bottles up his bitterness. Jellal did try helping take down Oracion Seis... Natsu just can't forgive the guy for hurting Erza, for continuing to let Erza drown in sorrow and regrets.

Edolas comes and goes... The Tenrou trials are broken up by Grimoire Heart's invasion. And... because Fairy Sphere had to be invoked to save them from Acnologia, they missed out on seven years with the guild. It's a harsh future they come back to, with the guild hanging on by a thread due to not having the manpower to keep handling the tough jobs. Other guilds have risen to prominence in the meanwhile. And the Tenrou team needs to catch up to the rest of the world, having the same strength as seven years ago.

Natsu and Erza are no strangers to training hard... They thrive on it. ... But unfortunately for Natsu, Crime Sorciere approaches them, wishing to work with them to deal with a presence similar to Zeref. It's unfortunate because Jellal seems to be running that gang, and Erza gets caught up in the misery interacting with Jellal after seven years...

Natsu's not happy about it. Especially not when, after the resolution of the Grand Magic Games and the dragon invasion, Jellal joins the guild... To keep from thinking about it, Natsu throws himself into other interactions. There's a lot of new faces in the guild these days, and he wants to pal around with the old faces, too. He and Erza are still good friends, just... If he hangs around Jellal too much, he's bound to say or do something that will put himself in hot water with Erza. He's trying to "give Jellal a chance", the issue is that Jellal remains this hollow shell of a man. Even after being pardoned, even after Erza keeps saying she forgives him... Jellal is so empty and depressed, feeling "unworthy" of this new life. No one else in Crime Sorciere or Hydra Roots is as miserable as Jellal; a few might be grumpy about joining Fairy Tail, but they've all more or less accepted it... Jellal is just a sore spot for Natsu, and he keeps bottling up his issues...

They eventually deal with Tartaros. ... Natsu loses Igneel. And to deal with his deep sadness, he was prepared to go on a training trip alone, but the Strauss Siblings had other ideas and took him with them - informing the Dragon Slayer about the guild's disbandment. Natsu feels bad about leaving all their other friends to do their own thing... But they resolve to round everyone back up after a year. Give everyone time to collect themselves after that debacle with Tartaros~...

It figures that Erza and Jellal would be working together with the Council, when Natsu reunites with her a year later. He's still bitter about Erza dwelling on the guy... But apparently they're not "together" together. While various other women keep Natsu's spirits up and his thoughts off of Erza's thing with Jellal... He can't fully extricate himself from that situation. Much less when Erza still comes around, turning girls away from Natsu and insisting they have training and catching up to do... Erza and Mira especially get into it.

But Natsu... He just keeps brute-forcing through the pain and acting like nothing's wrong. Sure, it stings a bit that Erza's turning the other girls away at times... But he can see that it's not so cut and dry. Jellal's important to her, but so's Natsu. And... Natsu can't deny Erza's important to him, too. (人◕ω◕) He just wishes he could figure out why he's lingering on Jellal so much~... Why it "matters" who Erza cares for most. He just can't figure that out. ... Though Mira, Ultear, Meredy, and some others have long since puzzled that out, even when they're at war with Alvarez. (人◕ω◕)

When did friendship turn to something more?

Natsu and Erza's relationship is certainly... Well. (人◕ω◕) It's one of those "spontaneous" situations that I've brought up in prior posts. But here's why it took until after Alvarez to sort out their feelings for each other: ... Jellal. Simply... Jellal. (人◕ω◕)***

Erza has long wrestled with romance. She's latched onto every book she can get her hands on to learn about it, but it's a concept that's so immersive and hard to comprehend. For the longest time, she thought that the reason she was stuck on Blueberry was because she loved him... And perhaps as a child, she did have a crush. (人◕ω◕) However, as adults, seeing Jellal so down all the time after the various conflicts they've been through together... Erza came to see Jellal as her responsibility to "fix", to cheer him up...

But after so many failures, Erza came to realize something. She's not... happy doing all the work in this "relationship" with her childhood crush. Even after so much effort, the guy's barely plodding along... Hardly ever takes jobs unless there's a significant threat (not to mention, more than a few times he tries sacrificing himself to resolve conflicts), and in-between work he's just... so lost. Unsure of what he should be doing, constantly doubting if he's worthy of having friends... Everyone else in the guild has essentially welcomed him, though most give Jellal his space to sort things out himself. Aside from Erza, Meredy and Simon are the ones giving more of an effort to help Jellal move on with his life... Master Makarov tried bestowing his wisdom, but Erza can't be sure if it soaked in for Jellal...

Eventually, after much trial and error... They work out Jellal does better on the Council. He's accepted as a secretary, and the work keeps him... occupied. Jellal is more responsive now whenever Erza finds the time to speak with him, but he hasn't made much progress in the way of his personal life. He's a busybody, and he's never given much thought to a relationship with anyone.

On the one hand, this relieves Erza somewhat, as she's been coming to the realization she doesn't love Jellal... Not like that. He was a "project" for her, wanting to help her old friend... But he's drastically different from the idealized picture she had in her head of who "Jellal" is. A part of her is let down that friends is all they'll ever be... But conversely, she can now turn her attention to Natsu, who she's been a bit concerned about. Despite his smiles and easygoing attitude, he was always tense whenever Jellal came up as a topic, giving Erza a somewhat wide berth...

... And Erza doesn't like that. Natsu's special to her, and she wants the Dragon Slayer to confide in her, like how she trusts him with everything she wrestles through. Shortly after Jellal's transferred to the Council, Natsu does open up to her... And it all leaves Erza pretty flabbergasted and feeling whiplash from so many emotions all at once in her head...

Natsu still hadn't forgiven Jellal for hurting her as a child. He went all this time trying to honor her feelings, tried getting along with Jellal for his sake... But he just couldn't let it go. Natsu could see how depressed Erza was whenever Jellal was around, how attached she seemed to be to the guy... And despite unloading all of this on Erza because she asked, the Dragon Slayer was expecting to be hit or punished or whatever Erza needed to do...

Erza was angry Natsu held all this in for so long. ... Or maybe she was just annoyed.

She was angry he resented Jellal...

Yet she understood why, considering he kept asserting it was because she was hurt and miserable...

She was sad he expected violence for just speaking his mind.

She was touched that he cared about her so much.

In the end, Erza hugs it out with Natsu and stumbles upon some revelations, herself. (人◕ω◕) She could understand Natsu's frustrations at seeing her dwelling on another guy... After all, the same kind of ire rose up whenever she saw other girls hanging off of him... Erza didn't want Natsu hurting anymore, and she didn't want to just be his friend. They'd been past that stage for a long time now... Erza was just too caught up in distractions and not processing her tenderhearted feelings for the Dragon Slayer that she was so proud of and loved so much~... (人◕ω◕)(人◕ω◕)(人◕ω◕)

When Erza muses all this, it clicks for Natsu as well. He does love her. That's why he was bothered all this time... And it's nice to hug it out with Erza without her armor getting in the way. \(人◕ω◕)/ ... Sure, they'll have to talk about all the other... interested parties. Hash things out with all those other girls.

But Natsu doesn't wanna give up on a single one of them, much to Erza's chagrin. (人◕ω◕) They will make this work. ... Even if sometimes Erza-chan wants to rip off Mira-chan's head, or vice versa~... They don't always get along. But they can be all one big, happy family~.... Really. (人◕ω◕)

Fourteen's a nice round number... right? (人◕ω◕) Surely there wouldn't be any more surprises.

#Fairy Tail #Erza Scarlet #Natsu x Erza #Natza #Natsu harem

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