My girl friend Erza

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'Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought we were dating...' Gray thought for the umpteenth time of the day, staring at Erza out of the corner of his eye.

He was insincere. Erza had never spent so much time alone with another man.

Gray refocused on the couple opposite them. Unlike the two mages of Fairy Tail, nobody would doubt that they were dating... And yet, they were just staring at each other lovingly and tenderly. Gray sniggered internally. The day when Erza will act that way, Natsu will stop destroying everything in his way...

Yet, it wasn't for want of trying! During the whole day he had tried to act as a boyfriend, in vain. He had tried to make her feed him – which she did, but anybody would have had the impression that her purpose was to suffocate him, giving him one mouthful after another without giving him the time to swallow – to hold her hand (which had been a success... until they met Wendy and then Erza took her hand as well, considering this gesture as a friendly one), or to tickle her when they were alone... But it had ended up in a competition.

In short, no matter what he tried, nobody could ever imagine that Gray Fullbuster and Erza Scarlet were going out together. Not that he wanted the entire world to know his private life, but if only she could act as his girlfriend at least once, just to be sure that they were well and truly dating. Because yes, sometimes he wondered if he had not dreamt of their first kiss or if it had not had any significance to her like bathing with a childhood friend.

Gray stared at his girlfriend, his elbow on the table and his head against his palm. She was eating a strawberry cake (for a change). A smile appeared on her face which had suddenly become innocent. She was really cute when she was eating her favourite dessert...

Erza then noticed that he was staring at her, a smile across his lips.

"What?" she asked, frowning. She brought her hand to her face, thinking that she had a bit of cake on her cheek.

Gray started to chuckle.

"Nothing... Can't I admire my girlfriend?" he asked, pretending to pout, his head on his two palms this time.

Erza started blushing madly. She averted her eyes to avoid his look.

"Don't say such embarrassing things..."

This was the Erza who only he knew... He really loved seeing her with her adorable and embarrassed appearance.

Gray smiled even more.

In the end, it was better like this. He loved those faces that only he could see. He loved when she didn't know how to react and when she blushed with embarrassment. He loved how she cared about her friends. And most of all, he loved Erza Scarlet.