I thought of a little funny scenario with these two children
*Shrugs*
I just wanted to write some silliness.
Pairing: Gajevy
The day had been harrowing.
It was just one of those missions, the kind that chewed you up and spat you back out in disgust. Sure they'd gotten the job done but it took way more out of them than either would care to admit.
The door slammed shut behind Gajeel and he kicked off his boots, thrusting them into the corner. He was hunched over, barely able to stand straight without tipping slightly and with eyes darkened from weariness.
Not to mention that he was completely soaked.
Water from his clothes streamed off -making a nice wet spot on the carpet, which then transformed into sizable puddle when he wrung out the rest from his hair.
The same went for his partner.
She too was dripping from head to toe, her clothes miserably clinging to her as she stifled a rather large yawn. Their bags joined the shoes in the corner to be dealt with at a later date.
Bed.
They needed to get to bed, desperately so.
They could shower in the morning. The delectable softness that only a bed could offer was needed far more than cleanliness.
Gajeel, in his great wisdom, understood this clearly and decided to take the initiative early. Instead of dragging his feet to slowly get there, he chose to simply slump over Levy.
She buckled in surprise under him, struggling to stay on her feet with the addition of this dead weight.
"What are you doing Gajeel?!" she hissed. She almost tipped over completely when he buried his face in the crook of her neck.
"Carry me." he moaned. "I'm tired."
"I'm tired too but you don't see me dropping on you!" She tried to throw him off but somehow he managed to sink into her even further. He groaned loudly.
"Shrimp don't be mean."
I'm not being mean!" She stomped on his foot hoping that maybe he'd fly up off her but all she got was a surprised yelp.
"What was that for?!"
"Get off me Gajeel!"
"C'mon the bedroom is like right there!" He pleaded. "I don't care how I get there. Hell, you can drag me if you want to. I'll do whatever you want, I'll bake your favourite cake, help organize your books i'll even buy you those fancy reading glasses you've been killing yourself about. Just get me to bed."
She made another fruitless attempt and huffed in frustration. "You're being unreasonable."
"I'm being perfectly reasonable!" He snapped. "I'll have you know I was thrown off a ship today!"
"And I took a dive not long after you," Levy replied, rather dry. "Find something else to prove your point."
She glared at him from the corner of her eyes and met his desperate gaze. He was even begging with those too. Almost any other time she'd cave under such a rare sight but fatigue was a hell of a thing, it could stop even the kindest of hearts from swaying.
"I'm not going to do it."
Gajeel let out an angry huff, the desperation in his eyes receded slightly with annoyance taking its place.
"You weren't complaining this much when you tried to carry Laxus." He muttered angrily.
"Are you seriously going to bring that up?!" Levey snapped, " Gajeel, he wasdying."
"I'm dying!"
"And i've had enough of this!"
Annoyance was apparently a strong emotion. So strong in fact, it made Levy to summon up the last bit of magic that hadn't been used up in the mission to fight back. She quickly waved her hand with a growled 'solid script: sticky mode', bringing the word 'float' to shimmering life.
It flew and slapped itself across his forehead. Gajeel let out a startled shriek as he was lifted off Levy, powerless against her magic. He was left flailing uncontrollably as he bounced around the ceiling.
"Levy put me down!"
"If I do you're just gonna flop on me again!"
He hit his head on the light, a multitude of curses came tumbling out.
"If you weren't being mean to me before you are now!"
"Oh, I'm not being mean Gajeel," Levy deadpanned, "I'm being perfectly reasonably."
"Don't pull that on me! You're being perfectly unreasonable. Now get me down from here!"
She lowered him until he hovered mere inches from the carpet. "Do you promise not to drop your heavy body on me? Because if you do that again i will hurt you."
"Fine, fine." he grunted
Satisfied, Levy set him down gently where he stayed face down, motionless on the carpet. She rubbed her eye when another large yawn escaped. That little stunt made her even more tired, if it was possible.
"So are you going to finally come to bed?"
He moaned.
"Is that a yes or no?"
"Too tired to moved." Gajeel said, muffled. "I'll just stay here and sleep. I thought I could count on you Levy but you let me down. Go on without me."
He let out another moan, louder this time, that ended in what sounded like a cross between a whimper and a tortured sigh.
For a wizard known for his ferocity he could be so dramatic.
Now while she was absolutely content to leave him there and get the sleep she deserved, she felt the tiny tugs of guilt in her chest that always made her turn back.
Levy hated when this happened, it usually made her revenge pranks fall short.
She bent down and grabbed one of his legs, disappointed in herself for doing this.
"Lily my saviour," he asked blearily, "Is that you?"
"Shush you know it's me." With a hefty pull he slid a few feet forward. " You said I could drag you so that's what i'm doing. Now roll over unless you want your face rubbed off."
He complied, allowing Levy to drop his leg so he could flip over on his back. She grabbed him once more.
"I knew you'd come back." He grinned. " 'cause you can't resist me."
"I'll leave you here." She threatened
He said nothing more as she tugged him across the floor. Only the occasional encouraging comment (and one pained cry from hitting his head against the wall) interrupted Levy's grunts on their journey.
It couldn't have been longer a couple of minutes but it felt like she'd been dragging him for a lifetime when the bed came into sight.
"Journey's over." she said with relief, throwing herself onto the mattress and burrowing into the pillows.
"Already? I was having so much fun too."
He stumbled to his feet and took a few tottering steps before collapsing beside Levy. With a hum on his lips he curled himself around her frame, playfully nibbling her shoulder.
"Thanks for the ride shrimp. We should do it again sometime."
"Pull that type of stunt again and I won't take pity like this time." She murmured, wriggling back into him.
"I bet you'd still come back for me." he teased. "You'd never leave me behind, would you?"
"In a fight,no, but when you're being ridiculous," Levy tilted her head slightly to look back at him. A tired smirk crept to her lips. " It just might happen."
"So Gajeel, about those glasses you mentioned…"
"The deal was to get me on the bed. If I remember you just left me on the floor."
"Gajeel.."
"Fine. Tomorrow then."