A/N: This chapter is edited and re-posted on 2018/12/04.

Finally this is the last chapter. I have never expected that editing an old fic will take me this long. And it was really such a pain to do the work myself after my beta-reader disappeared halfway. Still I thank her for what she had done for this fic, to make it better. I knew to really improve the quality of this fic I should have found a new beta-reader. But the unpleasant experience aside, I was also afraid that the fic may be edited into something completely different from my style. I'm certain there are still many flaws in my writing despite my attempts to correct the mistakes. But I've done what I'm capable of to make this fic better, even it's only slightly. And I hope you find the reading enjoyable, whether you are new or old readers.

Erza glanced at the clock on her bedside table. It was ten minutes to midnight. Usually, she would have gone to bed already at this late hour. But not for tonight.

She checked herself in the mirror one more time. The sleeveless mid-length purple dress had a simple design but it perfectly brought out her body curves with its' tight-fit cutting. Her scarlet long tresses flowed down her front from either sides of her neck had been made curly from shoulder-down, which she thought had made her look move lively than usual. She had not put on any makeup, but she had cleaned her face and smoothed her skin with cream and used tinted lip balm to make her lips look rosy and glossy. Satisfied with her look, she smiled at herself in the mirror, before turning around and walking out of her bedroom.

Erza went straight to the dinning table once she entered the living room and took a seat on one of the dining chairs. After resting her forearms on the table, she intertwined her fingers and stared at her wrists with anxious gaze. It didn't take her long to see a virtual pink bracelet of heart-shaped pattern slowly appeared on her left wrist. She sighed in relief with a small smile, then raised her head to look at the empty chair opposite her. After a minute or so, a ghostlike projection of a blue-haired man with a red tattoo on his face running from above his right eye down to his right cheek formed in front of her eyes.

"Hi, Erza." Jellal spoke with his baritone voice; his usual gentle smile adorned his face.

Since Erza and Jellal confessed their love to each other and decided to develop a long distance relationship three months ago, Jellal had sent his self-projection to Fairy Hills weekly to see Erza.

It was a day before they said goodbye to each other at the end of Crime Socière's vacation when Jellal told Erza that he thought sending his self-projection to see her should be the safest way for him to keep regular contact with her. It didn't require him to show up in the public and wouldn't leave any trail that would expose his location. And if his self-projection was to appear in her room only, no one should find out that they were secretly meeting each other.

Erza gladly accepted Jellal's suggestion. However for the plan to work out smoothly, they needed to fix their meeting day in advance so as to make sure that Erza would be at home when Jellal send his self-projection. They also needed to decide how frequent they should meet. It seemed to be too long to wait if they were to meet on monthly basis. But meeting daily seemed to be unnecessary and too frequent which would only cause them inconveniences, considering that it wasn't uncommon for Erza to be away from home for a few days for jobs while the works of chasing dark guilds were quite time and energy consuming in Jellal's case. So they settled for meeting weekly on Monday night. There was no particular reason why they chose Monday. They just picked the day because it happened to be Monday when they discussed this issue.

But their meeting tonight was an exception; since it was not one of their regular Monday meetings.

"Happy Valentine's Day." Jellal looked at Erza with tender loving gaze.

"Happy Valentine's Day to you too, Jellal." Erza replied softly.

"You look very lovely tonight, Erza."

"T-thanks. You look great tonight too." Jellal was wearing a dark cord suit and a burgundy turtleneck shirt underneath. His bangs had been styled to the left that the full shape of his facial tattoo could be seen.

Jellal chuckled. "I'm glad that my attempt to please my girlfriend's eyes isn't a total failure. I'm really happy that I can see you tonight, Erza. But I'm sorry that I can't bring you a present as a projection."

"That's perfectly fine. You being able to show up tonight is enough to make me happy."

"I'll compensate you when I get the chance to see you in person."

"You certainly make me look forward even more to our next meeting in person."

"I wish we can meet sooner too. And I promise I won't disappoint you when the time comes. But for now," Jellal raised his left hand. Around his wrist wrapped the same pink bracelet appeared on Erza's left wrist. "Would you mind telling me what are you planning to do by asking me to ask Meredy to apply sensory link on us?"

"Just a moment."

Erza smiled sweetly at Jellal before leaving her seat to go to the kitchen. When she returned, there was a strawberry cake in her hands. Jellal's eyes widened as he realized what Erza was going to do with the cake and the sensory link.

"I baked this for our first Valentine's Day." Erza explained in an exciting tone. She looked at the cake in her hands with dreamy eyes for some moments, before lifting her gaze to look straight into Jellal's eyes instead. Her cheeks were now tinted with a shade of pink. "A projection can't eat. But with the sensory link, you can taste the cake too…...while I eat it."

The idea of tasting the cake through Erza's month also caused Jellal to blush lightly.

"That's…...very thoughtful of you. I-I'd love to taste your homemade cake." Jellal swallowed. "Thanks very much for arranging this for me…...for our first Valentine's Day, Erza."

"I simply want to see you being happy, and I'm glad to know that you like my idea." Erza smiled a contented smile and looked at Jellal expectantly. "So…...should I start eating the cake now?"

"Sure." Jellal could sense Erza's eagerness from her intense gaze, and there was really no reason for him to delay her in enjoying her favorite cake. He only wanted her to be happy too.

Jellal's answer made Erza's face light up and her eyes shine. She picked up the fork, cut a bite-sized piece of cake and put it into her mouth.

Immediately, the tastes of strawberry, cream and cake spread in Jellal's month.

"How's it?"

"It's sweet." Just like you. Jellal thought to himself as he looked at Erza adoringly. "And delicious."

"I like it too. But I think it's still not as good as the one bought from my favorite bakery."

"But you baked this one for us. Even the one from the bakery tastes better, I'll still prefer your homemade cake."

A happy smile formed on Erza's face. It warmed her heart to know that the person she loved treasured the thing she did for him, for them, even it was not perfect.

"Then I guess you wouldn't mind me finishing the cake while the sensory link is still functioning on us, would you?" Erza asked with a playful tone, knowing the only answer Jellal would give her.

"No, of course I won't." Grinning, Jellal answered firmly.

"Good."

While Erza continued eating the cake, they chatted about the happenings in Fairy Tail and in Crime Socière in the last few days.

Seeing Erza's smiling face and noticing how much she enjoyed the time spent with him, Jellal felt once again that he really had made the right choice to be with Erza. After all, to make her happy was what he wanted to accomplish the most in his life, and he did it.

A/N: Basically, the purposes of this epilogue are to give you a glimpse at what's going on in Erza & Jellal's long distance relationship, and to answer Jellal's concern about how to keep contact with Erza in ch. 10 before he asked Erza to be his girlfriend.

Now, please allow me to thank you from the bottom of my heart once again for reading this story to the end. To those who showed your support during my process of writing, I thank you for making writing this story an enjoyable experience for me. You certainly played a major part in helping me in completing this story too by making me believe in my ability in writing a multi-chapter fanfic in English.