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Levy had just gotten back to her apartment at fairy hills and dropped her overnight bag when Jet and Droy knocked. Levy sighed and answered the door, already expecting the worst. Most of the time she could stand there constant blathering and questions, but today she was exhausted both mentally and physically and she wasn't sure how she would react.

" Hey Levy, you were amazing today, fancy going to dinner tonight." Jet got in about a second before Droy who replied with a yell of ;

"I was going to say that !" Levy sighed, trying to suppress the rage bubbling up inside of her that normally didn't appear until she had put up with them for more then 10 minuets.

"Get out." she said quietly, they didn't hear her. She didn't however feel like saying it again so she grabbed her overnight bag and ran for the door, turning the light out and locking the door from the outside.

"Sort it out between yourselves!" she yelled releasing some of the pent up anger from inside of her. She ran down the flights of stairs that 5 minuets earlier she had been climbing up and burst out of the main door to fairy hills and ran for the town.

Where could she go ? The question span around in her head, there's always Lucy's house, but she couldn't be sure that they wouldn't find her there. She hadn't realised that it had started raining till she ran into someone that she didn't see before because of the spray. She may have been small but she still caught the man of balance, so they both fell on the floor.

The man got up first and turned to help her up, seeing her he faltered.

"Shrimp? What you doing out here in the rain?" The man who Levy now realised was Gajeel said as he stared down at her. She accepted his hand up and got up of the damp floor.

"Do you want the long version or the short version Gajeel?" She asked , a small smile on her lips. Holding Gajeel's hand she realised how cold she was and also that half the contents of her bag had fallen out of her bag which she had been half way through unpacking when she grabbed it.

"Damn." She cursed as she bent over to pick up her damp clothes. Gajeel stood and stared at her for a long second before helping her put her clothes back into her bag. She made sure that it was zipped up before putting it back on.

"Basically I had enough of Jet and Droy and locked them in my room at fairy hills too sort things out." Levy said as she let out an angry sigh. Gajeel smirked and ruffled her hair.

"So your looking for somewhere to stay, shrimp?" She nodded. "You can stay at mine if you want." He said, she blushed the same colour as Erza's hair and shook her head profusely.

"No . Its ok. I could stay at Lucy's." "You don't sound convinced, besides you have no where else to stay and its not like I'm gonna hurt ya again." wait did his voice just crack? Levy looked up at him and could tell that he regretted what he had done to her and that this was his way of making it up.

" I don't hold that against you Gajeel ,you were only doing it because you'd been told too." Gajeel looked down at her. His eyes were watery. Wow he really did regret it. Levy shivered violently as the cold seeped into her bones. Gajeel sighed and went through his bag, which Levy hadn't seen before, and grabbed a leather jacket and handed it to Levy.

" Put this on." he said his eyes everywhere bar her. The jacket was a bit long ,sleeve wise but other than that it was a perfect fit. There was no way this was Gajeel's unless...

"G-Gajeel, whe-e-re were you t-t-oday?" Levy shivered violently. Even in the jacket she was frozen.

"Jeez shrimp, how about ya ask questions when your mouth can actually form the words." Gajeel said as he opened the door to his house, Levy was so numb she hadn't even realised that they had been walking. His house was dark for a couple of seconds until he found the light switch.

"Nothing special but its what I deserve after what I did."Levy was sure that he could afford better, what with all the missions that he had been on yet he chose to stay in this cramped house that was filled with iron and books.

"Gajeel... please, just stop beating yourself up about it, we've all forgiven you and I.. I don't hold a grudge." Levy wasn't sure whether to be flattered or pissed of at him so she let her emotions fight it out till her rage eventually won. "Its seriously getting annoying. How you always treat me differently like I'm fragile, yes I'm not as strong as the other mages in Fairy Tail but that doesn't mean that I'm scared of you, I haven't been since you took a hit from Laxus for me, twice !"

Levy shivered as her rage took over. Then suddenly her small form crumpled in a heap by a pile of books. Gajeel stood there ,stunned. A few seconds passed and he realised that she had actually passed out. He picked her up and carried her to the bedroom and laid her on the bed.