A/N: This was originally a 2-part drabble written on tumblr in answering to anon asks. I combined them in one here, added more words and made some changes.

Anon ask 1: Random headcannon: Erza and Jellal accidentally entered the same unisex hotspring thinking nobody would be there. But before they get a chance to stop being embarrassed and catch up, ICHIYA comes out from behind a rock!

Anon ask 2: OMG YOUR CONTINUATION WAS BLESSED THANK YOU omg now I'm imagining the aftermath. Jellal would be embarrassed by Erza's words and Erza would be like, "ah, n-no, y-YOU'VE GOT IT WRONG! PLEASE PRETEND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN! "

Erza sighed in relief as she sunk into the open air onsen. Soaking in the hot and healing water was certainly one of the best ways to melt her fatigue away after a day of hard work. She was thankful that she had found this onsen in the small town after completing her solo mission.

Leaning back relaxingly, she stared up at the dark night sky. The moon was nowhere to be seen, but the stars were shining brightly. She smiled a little as the sight naturally reminded her of Jellal, the man who drew his powerful and stunning magic from the celestial bodies in the heaven.

It had been nearly 6 months since last time she saw him. Such was really a short period compared to some other times they were separated from each other. Regardless, she still missed him dearly.

She closed her eyes, and all she could see was him smiling gently at her with a tinge of sadness at the corner of his eyes. And she remembered him always saying her name with love and longing in his voice.

"Erza?"

And he also sounded surprised. Erza wondered why.

"Damn it! This is a unisex onsen?"

Erza's eyes snapped open as she realized that the voice she heard wasn't from her imagination. Now she could see that standing right in front of her from a few feet away was exactly the man she had been thinking of just a moment ago.

"Jellal!"

Smiling in delight, Erza got up and walked towards Jellal, but only came to a halt when she took in Jellal's naked form. She swallowed hard as her eyes roamed from his broad shoulders, to his toned chest, to his six-pack abs and finally down to his…

Jellal dropped to his knees hiding his lower body under the water.

"It's quite unexpected to see you again in this way, Erza." He murmured as he averted his gaze from Erza.

"Yes. V-very unexpected."

Erza replied with a slightly shaking voice and dropped her gaze. Instead of Jellal's body her eyes now found her own and she was reminded that she was just as naked as Jellal was. She quickly lowered herself into the water and pressed her palms against her burning cheeks. She had never felt her heart racing in such a way when she shared a bath with Natsu and Gary.

"Are you taking a vacation in this town?"

Erza raised her head and found that Jellal was looking at her again with tender gaze. She gave him a small smile.

"No. I came here for a job. What about you? What brings you here?"

Then the sound of the door to the onsen being slid opened roughly interrupt their conversation.

"MEN~I smell the perfume of nice body here~sniff~sniff."

Erza stiffened, before slowly turned her head to the source of the new but unfortunately familiar voice.

"Ichiya!" She couldn't help but squeaked in horror. All of her joy and embarrassment of seeing Jellal moments ago faded in nothingness.

And although he managed to not cry in surprise, Jellal was just as shocked and as horrified as Erza was at seeing the very disturbing and unpleasant sight of naked Ichiya.

"Oh, isn't this my beautiful Erza and…Jellal-san? Men~" Ichiya spinned as he said before finally jumping into the onsen.

Seeing Ichiya approaching them, Jellal instinctively moved to stay between him and Erza.

"Nice to meet you, Ichiya-san." Jellal told another one of the most difficult lies in his life as he and Erza both backed away from the creepy perfume mage. "We have already finished so we will…"

But it was already too late for them to get away.

"Oh~"

Jellal froze in absolute terror with cold shivers running up his spine as Ichiya jabbed his abdomen with his fore and middle fingers from both hands. "You've got some well-defined abs, Jellal-san!"

Jellal would have sent Ichiya to the sky with his heavenly body magic if he got the chance. But before he could react, a flash came from his behind struck Ichiya and in the next instance, Ichiya had already disappeared into the sky.

"How dared you to touch Jellal before I did!" Shouted from an angry Erza who had stood up and was suddenly holding a water pipe.

Turning his head, Jellal looked at Erza with wide eyes. And Erza just stared back at him with even wider eyes.

"N-no! You've got it wrong! Please pretend that didn't happen!"

The "weapon" in her hand vanished. Erza sunk into the water again and cover her face with her hands, avoiding any eye contact with Jellal and trying to save whatever dignity was left in her by denying her shameless wish.

Jellal could literally see smoke rising from the top of Erza's head.

"Hey, Erza, listen to me." He called out softly and hesitantly grabbed one of Erza's wrists to get her attention. He was starting to worry that Erza would be faint from the heat, caused either by the hot water or by the embarrassment she felt.

And seeing her in a panic state was definitely not something he wanted.

"It's fine. Don't be worry. I don't mind."

His words seemed to successfully calm her down as she lowered her hands and slowly raised her head to look at him finally.

"Y-you don't mind?" Erza stuttered; her face was still as red as her hair.

"No," Jellal stressed his word by shaking his head.

"Y-you don't think that I-I'm creepy and shameless to want to t-touch you?"

"No, of course not." Jellal said firmly; although he did think of himself as a pervert for having the crave to feel Erza's skin against his hands.

"S-so…" Erza lowered her gaze from Jellal's face and focused on his upper torso instead, biting her bottom lip for a brief moment before continuing. "If I-I ask to have a t-touch of y-y-your c-c-chest, w-would y-you let me?"

Jellal sucked in a deep breath. This was a difficult one to answer. He didn't mind Erza touching him, not at all, and he would gladly let her hands roamed all over his body if she demanded.

"I-if it's only a t-touch, I don't mind letting you." He finally said. He couldn't allow himself to satisfy his selfish desire by taking advantage of her wish.

Erza glanced back at him with a timid smile. "T-thank you."

Returning her gaze to Jellal's toned chest, Erza raised her free hand. Ever so tenderly, her fingertips came in touch with Jellal's wet skin one by one like butterflies landing on flower's pastels, before she lightly pressed her whole palm over his left chest.

She could feel Jellal's heart beating rapidly and the quick rise and fall of his chest due to his shallow breathing under her touch. But she couldn't tell if the burning sensation she felt from the contact was caused by her palm or by his body temperature. All she knew was, it felt good.

With a satisfied smile, she drew back her hand.

Jellal's face fell a little at the sudden lost of the contact. Her touch thrilled him with its' hotness and gentleness, but also brought him a sense of comfort and a safe feeling he hadn't experienced before.

"Stay with me for a bit longer, would you?" Erza asked, looking at Jellal expectantly.

Jellal smiled adoringly at Erza. "Please allow me to."