#im.crying

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This was written in the middle of the night, and I do not regret one bit of it. Here, have some mindless fluff. I hope you don’t mind that I changed the prompt a little. 

Pairing: Jerza

Prompt:  “Just please be my best friend right now, and not the person I confessed my love to.”

Words: 328

“I won!” Lucy squeals in joy. Again. Jellal has lost count.

“No, I refuse,” Jellal declares.

“Accept it, Jellal, you’ll never win at this game with Lucy around.” Natsu flings his arms around, nearly whacking Erza in the head. He sits demurely once he catches sight of her murderous glare, though.

The remnants of a bloody battle lie strewn across the table. Monopoly dollar bills float in the air, a vicious reminder of Jellal’s hissy fit over losing. Jellal hates losing.

Erza stares at him amusedly. It seems she’s never seen this side of him before. He turns his face from hers away grumpily, locks eyes with Lucy, and mutters under his breath, “Cheater.”

He counts exactly two heartbeats before all hell breaks loose. More specifically, before Natsu breaks loose.

“Why, you little-” He screams, nearly lunging for Jellal, but his girlfriend somehow amazingly restrains him, tiny thing that she is. Erza’s reflexes kick in and she coolly shoves Natsu off his chair. Lucy nearly falls along with him, but she lets go of him at just the right moment.

“Alright, then,” Erza says as she sits back down next to Jellal. “How about we play once more?” she asks gently. Natsu frowns at her from under the table. Jellal feels it too – this is not her usual attitude to playing Monopoly.

Jellal stares at her with baleful eyes he shakes her shoulders. “Who are you and what have you done to my girlfriend? I want you to be my competitive best friend right now, not the person who’s dating me!” He shakes her again for good measure.

Erza’s eyes flash in response, and Jellal backs off fearing his life.

Lucy and Natsu watch unblinkingly as they are utterly demolished by Erza in the next round. There’s nothing anyone can do once Erza gets going.