User blog comment:Real Godisme/Chapter 481/@comment-2214433-20160411134137/@comment-7418318-20160411142001

I don't... this has nothing to do with romance, it's saving him from dying.

Do you think a medic from an ambulance is in love with everyone he or she brings back from the cusp of death by CPR? That's just bullshit.

And actually the one who killed Simon was Simon himself. The shot was aimed at Erza and Natsu. Simon intentionally jumped between them and Jellal didn't even have the chance to redirect or stop his attack, even if he had cared enough about Simon to attempt it.

Sure Jellal and Ultear are responsible for the situation coming about, but neither of them really killed Simon.