Happy Gajevy week bonus day everyone! We starting to kick things off with this awesome prompt! I can't promise I'll do all prompts but at least I'll work my way to write for most of them! As always, thank you so much to Ranunculusfox for beta reading my fic :D you're awesome girl! thank you so much for all your hard work that has helped me improve so much ❤ Without further ado, enjoy this fic!

Bonus day prompt: Canon divergent

Word count: 1.9k (would you look at that?!)

Why did I agree to this? Levy berated herself as she finally stopped to catch her breath. The stupid bunny ears fell into her sightline as she placed her hands on her knees gasping for some air.

She felt completely humiliated! She wasn't even in the stupid bet between Team A and B so, why had she been dragged into the punishment game?

Levy had been patting Lucy's shoulder, comforting her that her punishment wasn't that bad, considering what Erza had to go through. But her hand stilled and a chill travelled down her spine the moment Gajeel stepped into the room with another bunny outfit in his hands. After lots of begging from Lucy, Levy had put on the stupid bunny suit and prepared to dance to Gajeel's music along with her friend.

It could be worse, she mused when she was on the stage. No one in the audience seemed to care that the girls were not even synchronized in their dancing or that they had no clue on how to dance to Gajeel's weird song. Everyone seemed too busy booing Gajeel and throwing things at him to make him shut up to notice his dancers.

She had laughed then. Gajeel definitely had an odd sense of music. But some part of her found it endearing to see the spark of excitement in his eyes minutes before performing. And the proud smirk on his face after one of his shows was something Levy secretly loved to witness.

Then, her mood dropped drastically as she looked to her best friend dancing in her bunny suit next to her. The stupid costume hugged her figure beautifully, and suddenly, all Levy could think was how good Lucy looked and how ridiculous she felt for wearing the same outfit. Levy couldn't quell all her insecurities as they crawled up her skin. She looked down at herself, and though the bunny suit still hugged her body quite nicely, she couldn't help but feel like a small child trying on her big sister's clothes.

Embarrassment and frustration waged war in her heart, and she felt like crying angry tears for acting like a child. But the last thing she needed was to cry in front of an audience and Gajeel. She needed to get out. Now.

So, she ran. She ran as fast as her short legs and high heels would allow her to. She barely registered Gajeel's gruff voice calling her or how his singing stopped the moment she stepped off the stage.

Magnolia passed in a blur to her as a mountain of thoughts flooded her mind. Truthfully, the reason she accepted to dance was to help Lucy, but something she realized as she had put on the outfit and looked at herself in the mirror was that she also wanted to impress Gajeel.

She wanted to show him how sexy she could be.

Cute and pretty were adjectives she was used to hear whenever someone complimented her. She had yet to hear someone say she was sexy or stunning. Those were words thrown around for other females in Fairy Tail but her. And she hadn't realized how desperate she was to change that, at least with Gajeel.

She wanted more than anything to catch his eye.

But running away from the stage in tears was the furthest thing from what she wanted to do. She cursed herself. Her plan had been so stupid! She had been so stupid for even fathoming the idea that this could work! And now he would see her more like a pathetic child.

Angry tears pricked at the corner of her eyes but she refused to let them fall.

No, no more. No more humiliation. It's been enough for one night.

"Oi! There ya are."

Oh, great! she thought sardonically.

Gajeel's thudding steps followed his gruff voice. Levy's jaw clenched tightly. She took a deep breath to compose herself before straightening her back, still facing away from Gajeel.

"Ya know, I told ya before. It ain't easy finding someone so small." He barely contained his smirk.

Levy grounded her teeth. She hated that that phrase brought back so many memories of Tenrou Island. How she had yelled at him and ran away. How she had been attacked by Grimoire Heart. How he had come to her rescue and protected her from a fatal blow.

She hated how her heart sped up as memories flowed through her mind. She hated that he had inadvertently made her remember the exact moment when she realized she bore stronger feelings for the iron dragon slayer. Because at this point it was stupid to deny she had a massive crush on Gajeel.

"Then, stop following me, you jerk!" Levy whirled on him, wisps of blue hair lashing out with the movement and her face flushed with anger. She was frustrated at many things and she knew lashing out to Gajeel was not the solution to her emotional turmoil, but oh boy, how great it felt to release some steam.

Seemingly unbothered by her words, Gajeel removed his sunglasses and pocketed them. He was amused at her little outburst but did his best to hide it. "Why the hell did ya ran out like that, Shrimp?" He leaned into the wall next to him.

"It's none of your business," she huffed as she crossed her arms over her chest.

He scoffed but said nothing else. The silence stretched between them, leaving both uncomfortable with the situation. Levy finally sighed and her glare lessened in intensity.

"And what are you doing here, Gajeel?" Her tone was no longer of anger but of genuine curiosity. "Don't you have a show to get back to?" Levy's anger was slowly dissipating leaving only embarrassment in its wake. She hugged herself and looked to the ground, unable to keep eye contact with the man before her.

Gajeel noticed her change of demeanour and frowned. He leaned away from the wall to stand right in front of her. "Yeah, but-" he shrugged, "-it ain't fun without ya there, so…" His voice trailed off at the end of his sentence and now he was the one avoiding looking into her inquisitive eyes.

"Wha-?" Levy's mind froze. Had he really s-say that out loud?! The way he looked away from her and the faintest blush that spread over his tan skin gave her the answer to her silent question. She wanted to laugh at how uncomfortable he looked by his confession, but she stifled her laughter.

Gajeel scratched the back of his head before sighing. "Look, 'm sorry." His eyes connected with hers and she could see the honesty of his apology.

"Huh?"

"Ya know-" he shrugged and stuffed his hands into his pockets, "-for dragging ya into the stupid bet. Just thought it'd be more fun with ya there." He looked away again as heat started to crawl up his neck. It was quite a feat to look at Levy for more than a couple of seconds with her looking adorable with the pink blush dusting her cheeks and sexy as hell with the red bunny suit showing off all her mouth-watering curves. There was a simple reason Gajeel took his time to catch up with her and that was because he had enjoyed the view of her beautiful ass far too much. But looking at her being so upset and crestfallen once he reached her made the sweet words stumble from his mouth without mulling over the fact for too long.

With him looking so embarrassed about what he had just admitted, made Levy's laugh burst out of her. Gajeel looked back at her with wide eyes before a frown pulled down his eyebrows. "The hell are ya laughing at, Shrimp?"

"I'm sorry, I just-" she took a deep breath, with one last giggle escaping her lips, "-thank you. For coming after me. And for cheering me up." The smile she gave him was blinding and Gajeel's heart did a funny thing in his chest from the simple gesture.

He cracked a smirk and ruffled her hair with his hand. "Don't mention it, Shorty."

His hand slid until he was cupping her cheek. Her hazel eyes locked with his red gaze. He swore he could see far more stars twinkling in her eyes than he had ever gazed into the night sky. She leaned into his hand with a sweet smile playing on her lips. Something stirred inside Gajeel when his eyes looked down at her soft lips. His instinct begged him to kiss her in that moment.

"Hey sweetheart, dance for us!"

"Yeah! Give us a show~"

Both Gajeel and Levy jumped back a step as if a spell had been lifted from them. They had been so close. Gajeel had been leaning down while still holding her cheek gently, and Levy had placed her hands over his chest to balance herself as she rose to her toes. But before their lips could meet halfway, the men on the street started catcalling Levy.

It took them a minute to pull themselves together, with their hearts racing a mile a minute and their cheeks completely covered by a furious blush. Gajeel was the first to whirl around and face the men on the street that kept shouting dirty words at Levy. He growled in warning and the men shut up immediately.

"She ain't for show, you pervs! Now get the fuck outta here or I'll beat ya'll up!" He roared and the men scrambled quickly to get away from Gajeel's sight. He huffed in annoyance with a scowl contorting his features. He had been so close to kissing Levy. Or had it been her that was close to kissing him? Dammit, my heart won't calm down.

Laughter caught his attention and he looked back to see Levy giggling. His scowl relaxed into a soft smile just by looking at her.

"Should we go back to the guild, Gajeel?" She smiled.

He returned the gesture with a nod. "Yeah, let's go."

Gajeel shrugged off his jacket and wrapped it around Levy's shoulders to shield her from the chill of the night that had already fallen over Magnolia's streets. She smiled again as she accepted his jacket that dwarfed over her petite body.

"Thank you."

Before the courage could leave him, he held her chin between his thumb and finger, placing a chaste, quick kiss to her rich lips. It was over far sooner than he would have wanted but he remained close enough to her face that her breath tickled his skin.

"Don't mention it, Shrimp," he whispered. Her smile was dazzling and he found his lips tilting up in a gentle smile.

Then, a feral grin spread over his face and before Levy could process it all, Gajeel had stooped down and thrown her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes with a surprised squeak escaping her lips.

"What are you doing Gajeel Redfox?! Put me down!" she shrieked but laughter bubbled up her chest as her tiny fists pummelled on his broad back. Her plea was only met by his low chuckle.

"What? I'm just taking ya back to the guild, Shorty. Gihi!" She couldn't see his face but could clearly hear his charming smirk on his voice.

It was just a bonus that Gajeel had the best view of Levy's perfect ass as he carried her back to the guild.

A/N: Thank you so much for reading :) Let me know what you think about this. In case it wasn't that clear, this is placed after the GMG tournament during the punishment game between Team A and B where Levy is forced to dance in a bunny suit along with Lucy to Gajeel's song haha I just gave it my own little twist.

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