#jelu

It is flipping hot and the air conditioner broke, so I'm writing this in the dark while I'm practically sweating. Fuck summer. I'm over this. I'm also learning how to write and send a letter because my partner is at basic training. That's pretty fun. 

Everyone, I'm sure that you're also dealing with terrible heat, at least to some degree. Please, take care of yourselves. Drink plenty of water, stay as cool as you can, and keep an eye on any friends and families that may be negatively affected by the heat. Stay safe! I love all of you!

Also, a quick heads up, I am looking toward graduating high school in December (a whole semester early) by taking two college classes, and I am aiming for an internship with a college history teacher. If I don't get an internship, then I will be getting a job. This is so I'll have an extra A that'll boost my GPA. Because of this, updates on my works will probably slow down a bit, depending on the hours that I'll be spending doing either schoolwork, internship work, or just normal work. I do not have any plans of abandoning you, so do not worry about that. It's just that since I am getting ready to start the college phase of my life, I might be a bit slow on updates. It's too soon to say though, but I'll keep you updated on that, if you are interested. 

I hope you enjoy!

Jellal and Lucy?! (Jellal x Lucy ft. Team Natsu)

Lucy stepped off of the train and looked down at the job request she had taken. After checking the listed address of the job requester and began making her way there. After Erza went on another date with her partner whom she hadn't yet introduced to the guild, Natsu and Lisanna went on a job, and Gray went to Lamia Scale to visit Lyon, Lucy decided to take a solo job. She liked the idea of earning a full reward and not having to fix the destruction that her team would leave behind. 

She took a job that looked more difficult than the rest. Take down a small dark guild. She already had a plan. Have a few of her spirits fight the dark mages while she uses her star dresses to fight the master. It was a great plan in her mind. The reward was great too. three-hundred-thousand jewel. She smiled, excited to fight this dark guild and get her money. 

She had found the job requester and got the location of the dark guild's hideout by the end of the day. She trudged through the nearby woods, looking for a clearing with a large building in the middle of it when she heard rustling in the undergrowth behind her. Lucy swung around and pointed Loke's key outward, ready to summon him and fight alongside him. She was just about to call out the Zodiac celestial spirit when a man that she recognized emerged from the undergrowth. 

She sighed as she hooked Loke's key back onto her keyring and lightly scolded, "Jellal! You scared me! I thought that you were and dark mage and was just about to summon Loke to beat you up!"

Jellal chuckled as he approached her, responding, "sorry, Lucy. What are you doing here? Where is your team?"

Lucy answered, "they are doing their own things. I'm here on a solo job." 

Jellal nodded as he walked in the direction Lucy had been walking in and Lucy walked right next to him. The blue-haired man asked, "came to fight a dark guild here?"

Lucy nodded, guessing, "you're coming after the same guild?"

Jellal nodded, giving her a smile. Lucy blushed and looked away. For some time now she's had a crush on Jellal. She never thought much about it at first, but as it remained and grew, she's had difficulty ignoring it. She doubted that he felt the same way, so she quickly decided that she'd complete this job as soon as possible, collect her reward, and head back to Magnolia before she ended up making a fool of herself. 

Her attention was drawn back to the independent mage next to her when he gently elbowed her and suggested, "mind if I help you? You never know what could happen when fighting a dark guild and it might be good if I assist you." He then quickly added, "I'm not calling you weak or incapable of handling yourself! I just don't want you to get into serious danger. Dark guilds are unpredictable."

Lucy chuckled before she answered, "I wouldn't mind the help." She really didn't mind fighting a dark guild with Jellal. It would give her a chance to get a bit closer to him without running the risk of making a fool of herself because she'll be too focused on fighting this dark guild. She also liked the idea of spending some time with him since it had been several weeks since the last time she had seen him and his guildmates. 

She asked as they stepped over a fallen tree, "where are your guildmates? I would've expected to see them with you." 

Jellal shoved his hands into his coat pockets as he answered, "their fighting other dark guilds. I decided to fight this one on my own since it's small." Lucy nodded. So, his reason for coming after this dark guild was the same as hers. She was sure now that defeating this dark guild would be very easy with Jellal joining her. 

She was about to continue talking to him but was quickly stopped when Jellal stopped walking and grabbed her arm, bringing her to a stop. He pointed ahead of them, whispering, "the dark guild's headquarters is right there. Just through the trees." 

Lucy stared ahead. She leaned closer to Jellal to better see through the mess of trees, at the large building that looked like a warehouse. She noticed Jellal shifting away from her, causing the blonde to look at him and see him looking away with a slightly pink color on his cheeks. Assuming that he was uncomfortable with how close she had gotten to him, Lucy leaned away. She felt her cheeks heat up in embarrassment. 

She questioned in a whisper, "what do you think we should do?" 

Jellal asked with a low, joking tone, "did you not have a plan when you came here?"

Lucy answered, "well, I was planning to fight the master while my spirits fought the other mages, however, that was before you showed up." 

Jellal chuckled. He then responded, "how about this? You fight the master and I fight the rest of the guild." 

Lucy inquired, "do you want me to summon any of my spirits to help you?"

The blue-haired man shook his head, reassuring her, "I'll be fine on my own." 

Lucy nodded. The pair crept forward and peered through the undergrowth that they hid behind at the building. Jellal whispered, "it'll be easier for me if either most or all of the dark mages come out of their hideout. I'll be able to ambush them and fight in a wide-open space. Do you have a spirit that can bring them out?"

Lucy nodded. She unhooked Virgo's key and turned around, pointing the blade of the key away from her and calling, "Open! Gate of the Maiden: Virgo!" 

With a flash of golden light and the chime of a large bell, Virgo stood in front of Lucy. She bowed and spoke, "you summoned me, Princess? Is it punishment time?"

Lucy shook her head with a sigh as she hear Jellal next to her stifle a laugh. She then instructed, "we need the dark mages inside that building to come outside. Can you bring them out?"

Virgo responded, "of course, Princess," before she used her Diver spell to disappear underground. Lucy and Jellal turned around and watched for the dark mages they were targeting to run outside. 

They heard the sound of Virgo emerging from the ground inside of the hideout, which was followed by the sound of magical attacks being launched. Within a few minutes, Virgo emerged from the hideout, followed by ten mages. Lucy asked, "how many mages are there in this guild? The job requester didn't specify that." 

Jellal answered, "ten in total, not including the master. That's all of them." 

They waited for Virgo to disappear back to the Celestial Spirit World before they jumped out of their hiding place. Jellal launched his surprise attack on the dark mages as Lucy raced into the hideout, placing her hand over her keys. The doors slammed shut, causing her to nearly jump out of her skin. 

She turned back around to find a man sitting on what looked like a throne in the middle of the room. He stood up and sneered with an unsettling grin, "so, you're going to fight me all on your own, little missy? How laughable." He then followed his words up with a cackle. 

Lucy unhooked Loke's key. She pointed the blade away from her and called, "Open! Gate of the Lion: Loke!" 

Her faithful celestial spirit and close friend appeared, saying, "your knight has arrived, Princess."

Lucy then pointed the key's blade at herself and spoke with a strong voice, "Star Dress: Leo Form!" She became engulfed in a golden light and when it faded, she was clad in an elegant outfit that fit beside Loke's suit. 

The spirit next to her smoothly remarked as he wrapped an arm around her waist, "my, my, Princess. You look gorgeous in that outfit. I wonder what you'd look like in a wedding dress. Care to find out sometime in the near future?" 

Lucy gently pushed him away with a sigh, responding, "focus on fighting this guy, you troublesome lion." The pair then bolted forward, attacking the dark guild master. 

After Lucy and Loke had gone back and forth with the surprisingly weak man, the celestial wizard had delivered a Regulus Lucy Kick to the dark mage's back, sending him flying toward Loke who used a Regulus punch to finish him off. 

Lucy, not feeling at all tired despite the fight, thanked Loke and sent him back to the Celestial Spirit World before she exited the building. She found the dark mages scattered around the clearing, unconscious. She watched as Jellal strolled toward her, a smile on his face. He asked, "ready to get your reward?" Lucy nodded and the two mages walked back to the job requester. 

After the job requester had handed Lucy the reward money, she took out one-hundred-fifty thousand jewel and handed it to Jellal. The blue-haired man looked at the money before he turned his gaze to Lucy, an eyebrow raised, and he asked, "what are you doing?" 

Lucy responded, "giving you half of the reward. You help so I think that's only fair if we split the reward."

Jellal chuckled as he pushed the money away, saying, "I don't want any part of the reward." 

Lucy exclaimed, "but, you helped me by fighting the guild members so I could fight the master! I need to thank you in some way!"

Jellal looked away for a few moments, appearing to be thinking over her words, before he looked back at her and suggested, "if you really want to thank me, then how about you go on a date with me?"

Lucy stared at him dumbstruck. Was Jellal actually asking her on a date? Like, a date that couples go on? Did he feel the same way about her? She was snapped out of her thoughts when Jellal began chuckling at her reaction. He then said, "I would love to go on a date with you, Lucy. A romantic type of date." 

Lucy blushed deeply at what he had said. Jellal really was asking her on a date! She couldn't remember the last time she felt this happy! She nodded her head furiously, exclaiming, "yes! Yes, I would love to!"

Jellal chuckled as he held out his arm for her to take, saying, "then let's go get some food. How does that sound?" 

Lucy hooked her arm with his and answered, "sounds great!"

Two weeks.

That's how long Lucy had been away from Fairy Tail. She and Jellal would go out together every day and talk, getting to know each other better and falling in love. However, Jellal had not asked Lucy to be his girlfriend, much to the blonde woman's dismay. Was Jellal not as interested in her as she was in him after all? 

They were sitting on a park bench, talking and laughing, when Natsu, Gray, and Erza suddenly appeared in front of them. Lucy and Jellal stared up at them in surprise. The three mages had their arms crossed over their chests and they looked less than pleased. Lucy swallowed thickly, afraid that her teammates would disapprove. 

She stood up and asked sheepishly, "Hey, guys. What are you doing here?" 

Gray was the one that answered, "you've been gone for two weeks, Lucy. What have you been doing?"

Lucy rubbed her upper arm, unsure of what to say for fear of how her friends would react. Should she say that she was hanging out with Jellal? But, how would that be an excuse for not returning to the guild for two weeks? Should she say that she's been dating Jellal? Honestly, she wasn't even sure if she and he were dating. Did she have any right to call him her boyfriend when he hadn't asked her to be his girlfriend? 

As Lucy was struggling to come up with an answer for her protective teammates, she felt Jellal wrap an arm around her waist and answer for her, "I'm sorry for keeping Lucy away from Fairy Tail for so long. We've been having so much fun together that we both didn't notice how much time had passed."

Erza raised an eyebrow as she asked, "why are you spending so much time with her, Jellal?"

The blue-haired man answered with a smile, "she's my girlfriend. Why wouldn't I spend time with her?"

The three mages in front of the couple exclaimed with surprise, "what?!" while Lucy stared up at him in just as much surprise. 

Jellal looked down at her and said, "if it's okay for me to call you that."

Lucy pressed a kiss to his cheek and said, "of course it's okay." 

The pair were then enveloped by Erza in a hug. Once the red-haired woman pulled away, she said as she brushed away a single tear, "I'm so happy for both of you." She then turned around to look back at her other two friends and asked them, "what about you two?"

The shirtless Gray answered with a smile, "as long as he doesn't hurt her, I support it." 

Natsu, however, crossed his arms over his chest and looked away, answering, "I don't like it. I don't think he's good enough for you, Luce."

Lucy glared at her best friend as she scolded him, "well, I love him and I think he's good enough, so I'm going to be with him whether you like it or not." 

Natsu huffed and turned away. Gray rolled his eyes and said, "he'll get over it." 

He’d first noticed it back in the Tower of Heaven, but it wasn’t until he met the Lucy from the future that it gave Jellal pause.  It wasn’t just the single-minded determination that was par for the course with Fairy Tail, or even the deep seated love for her friends - all of which were exemplary in their own right, don’t get him wrong.

But there was something else there inside the celestial mage, something Jellal had difficulty putting a name to.  It was in the way she’d stood up again even after her comrade had been turned against her in the Tower.  It was in her missing hand - a wound that had long since healed, a wound much more than a few days old.  It was in her eyes, knowing that she wouldn’t have a future even if she succeeded in changing the events to come.

She was reckless, akin to that of her partner.  Possessed inner fortitude a match to Erza’s.  And kept many things buried deep down, in a place of guilt and shame, much like Jellal himself.

But unlike Jellal, unlike Natsu, and unlike Erza, there was a light shining brightly inside of her - like gentle starlight, a guidepost in the darkness of night.

She was a person upon whom one could place their faith, and never be led astray.

Totally forgot to post it 😅

There you go, a pregnant Lucy 🤰🏼💕

Chapter 8 is out now~ take a look at it if you want~

Prompt: “You look surprisingly angry while chewing gum.” for JeLu

Starry Night

Lucy rested her head against the bus window and pulled her coat tighter around. She loved being a TA for the first year astronomy classes, but hated taking her class to the dark site in the dead of winter, especially when there was snow on the ground. Jellal, her teaching partner for the night, sat beside her with his eyes closed. She watched his jaw clench then fall slack and couldn’t hold back the comment on the tip of her tongue.

“You look surprisingly angry while chewing gum.”

Jellal looked at the woman beside her. Noting her sly smile. “Wipe that grin off your face, Lucy.”

“The hell is wrong with you?” she questioned, trying not to draw attention to the two of them.

Jellal sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. “I’m sorry, Lucy. Erza and I…we’re having issues,” admitted.

“I know,” she snapped and went back resting her head against the window.

Erza always made it known to her when something had gone awry in her relationship with Jellal. She used to feel sorry for her roommate but since the previous semester she’d been actually become good friends with the man and heard his side when the couple was having complications. It wasn’t that either one of them were doing anything wrong, but they both lacked communication with each other. She’d tried telling them that what they really needed was to just sit down and talk, but Jellal always said the same thing to Lucy; all Erza ever wants to talk about is their childhood.

They were both raised in foster care and had suffered at the hands of a particularly cruel guardian for a time. She’d heard about it from Erza and understood why the woman wanted to be a social worker. It was an admirable dream, to prevent others from experiencing what she had but Jellal had his own dreams and he was pursuing them. Jellal wanted to move forward. To leave his past behind and he sometimes wonder if maybe he needed to leave his childhood friend behind.

He cared about her deeply and wanted her to be happy but that never seemed to be the case with him.

He looked over at the woman beside him when the bus came to a stop. Before last semester he’d only met her in passing when he dropped Erza off or was picking the woman up. He was thankful for the familiar face but at first he didn’t know how to act around her. It wasn’t long before she confronted him about his awkwardness.

“Lal… Jellal,” she called, snapping her fingers before his eyes. “You with me?”

“Shit. Sorry again,” he said.

Lucy just shook her head and placed a hand on his shoulder. “I’ll do the talking tonight, okay?” Jellal nodded at her. Once again thankful to have her as a friend.

The blonde explained to the students exactly which constellations they’d be looking at tonight and which ones that needed to be drawn on their worksheets. The TAs and students filed off the bus and Lucy wasted no time in pointing out the major constellations before letting the students work. She walked back over to Jellal, standing close to him to fight off the cold.

He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her against him. “Thanks.”

“You’re welcome.” Jellal wondered how things between him and Lucy would change if he and Erza stopped seeing each other. “Hey Lucy?”

“Yeah?” she asked and tried to stand closer to him.

“How would you feel about me if I ended things with Erza?”

Lucy looked up at him, eyes wide with confusion. “Why would it matter what I think?”

She truly wanted to know. Yeah, she’d be sad for her roommate but Jellal was her friend too and for to be considering that option couldn’t be an easy thing. She understood why he thought letting Erza go would be the best option.

Jellal just shrugged. “I like you Lucy. And I don’t want you to have to work with a guy you might end up hating.”

The blonde rolled her eyes and looked up at the clear night sky. “Don’t say stupid stuff like that,” she warned. His eyes followed hers, and for the first time in a while, he thought about the maybes of the future instead of the what if’s of the past.

This is for a sweet anon who came into my ask box and asked for a Jellal x Lucy fic. Enjoy!

Longing.

It’s something Jellal knew very well. Not a day passes by without it manifesting itself somehow. Longing for a better life, longing for her.

But it could never happen. Not for Jellal. So he watches from the sidelines, watches from across the classroom. He sees her every day, only adding to the torture. It doesn’t help that they have the same major, Astrology.

He sits in a riveting lecture about black holes but it’s Lucy who his attention is gravitating towards. She’s wearing his favorite sweater of his, not that he has any right to have a favorite. He watches her subconsciously tuck a strand of hair behind her ear as she takes notes. He watches her, captivated, as she turns her head and her golden brown eyes meet his.

It isn’t until she smiles when he realizes he’s still staring.

Shit!

Jellal looks in the opposite direction as if it wasn’t too late to recover and he can feel his whole body heat. Idiot. Idiot! He could only blame a mental lapse for such a foolish error.

Jellal isn’t recovered by the time class ends. Getting out of the lecture hall is priority number one as he shoves his books into his backpack. He moves as fast as he can but it still isn’t enough. He isn’t quick enough and he stops dead in his tracks when he turns to leave.

Standing directly in front of him is Lucy Heartfilia with a smile on her face.

Busted.

Before he can think of a coherent excuse Lucy says, “Jellal, right?”

Words fail him and he nods. What is going on here…

“You have Dynamics of Particles and Waves next, right?” That’s right, they share all of the day’s classes.

Jellal continues to nod.

“Want to grab a coffee before heading over there?” She absentmindedly twirls a strand of her hair, not meeting his eyes as if she was nervous. Lucy Heartfilia, of all people, nervous to speak to him? “I wanted to hear your thoughts on last week’s lecture.”

This time Jellal finds his voice.