Hi everyone! Been a while since I posted anything (I'm doing a Skip Beat one too, but since SB! is making me angry at the moment, who knows when I'll finish it.) Instead, I offer you a Fairy Tail fanfic, centered on Gajeel and Levy. They're so freaking adorable, I had to. If they don't become canon, I'll scream. I'll scream loud enough for Mashima-sensei to hear me and change it. Anyway, here you go. When this thing gets going, there will be probably be a few outtake-style omake at the end of each chapter. I have some ideas, but nothing that really works for this first chapter.

Please Read and Review! Also, suggestions are welcome! Any funny or compromising situations you want to see these two in? Let me know! I'm not 100% sure where this is going yet, so I'm accepting ideas. And of course, you'll be credited. Thanks, and ENJOY!

Unfortunately, I DO NOT own Fairy Tail. Maybe I should appeal to Mashima-sensei to give it to me for Christmas next year. Probably won't work.

It had been a long mission; too long. Though he would never admit it aloud, Gajeel actually missed that crazy whack-job of a guild. Fairy Tail.

He and Pantherlily were on their way home from a month-long mission, the exceed half asleep on the dragon slayer's shoulder. They had fresh bruises, burns and lacerations; Gajeel's clothes were in tatters, singed on all the edges (as was Pantherlily's tail), and they smelled worse than any living thing should be allowed to smell.

Gajeel ruffled the fur on top of Lily's head and laughed his signature laugh.

"Stop it, I'm asleep," argued Pantherlily.

"Hell of a mission, huh?"

Lily sighed. Of course he's excited. We almost died and he enjoyed every minute of it.

"If by that you mean we almost ended up in Hell, then yes. Now let me sleep. I deserve it."

Gajeel ruffled his companion's fur once more and continued down the main road toward the guild hall.

"Hi Gajeel-kun!" called a female voice from across the street. "We haven't seen you around in a while! Been on a mission?"

Gajeel stopped, dumbfounded. With wide eyes, he turned to the group of blonde women, all huddled together outside a shop. They were giggling and pointing, and one of them, obviously the one that had called out to him, was red as a tomato, blushing.

He didn't recognize any of them, though he had to admit he didn't know anyone from the town, or even half of his own guild mates. Well more like three-quarters of his guild mates. Four-fifths? Anyway, why were these women being nice to him? And so familiar! Or were they picking a fight? And wait…kun? Gajeel-KUN? What the fuck was that?

"Uh, yeah," he replied, still confused.

"Ah! Yay! He talked to us!" They all squealed in unison, one great girly shriek that hurt his hyper-sensitive ears. He wondered if that sound could make his eyes bleed. He decided not to risk it and hurried away from them.

When he was a safe distance away, Gajeel poked at Pantherlily, who was now fully awake and chuckling under his breath.

"Oi, what the hell was that all about?"

"Dunno," replied Lily. "Maybe they like you?"

"Oh shut up! That's not possible!" He turned his head, but he couldn't hide the slight pinkish tint on his cheeks from the cat.

Pantherlily chuckled again. And again. And didn't stop all the way to the guild hall. A such, they entered Fairy Tail in a squabble, Gajeel cursing up a storm and Pantherlily dishing it right back in between fits of laughter.

"Aww, how cute," said another female voice. This time it was Mirajane, serving a table near the front of the bar. "You two are just so adorable together."

Gajeel picked Pantherlily up by the scruff of his neck and stared directly into his eyes.

"So this is all your fault!"

"What's wrong, Gajeel?" asked Juvia, who was sitting at the table to his left, sipping the juice Mirajane had just brought her.

"Women are being nice to me, even out on the street, and it's the cat's fault!"

"How is it my fault, exactly?" asked Lily, his eyes full of annoyance. He crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"Yes, Juvia does not understand either."

It was then that Levy McGarden interjected. She sat at the table to Gajeel's right, along with Jet and Droy, her ever-faithful watchdogs. From the moment Gajeel had entered the bar, Levy's eyes had been fixed on him, much to the dismay of the dogs, and now she couldn't keep quiet.

"Actually, Pantherlily, I think Gajeel might be right."

"See? The smart one thinks I'm right!"

A soft blush tinted Levy's cheeks, but she continued, swallowing hard to keep from stammering.

"I've read about it. It's a phenomenon called 'Lovely Item'. It has something to do with a word called 'Moe', though that one's a hard word to define. 'Lovely Item' is basically when a group of perfectly rational women go crazy over something cute paired with something uncu…scary." She couldn't say Gajeel was 'uncute'. Not that he was particularly cute, either, but with the changes that had occurred in him since he had joined Fairy Tail, especially since he and Pantherlily had teamed up, she couldn't bring herself to call him 'uncute'.

"Cute? I'm cute?" scoffed Pantherlily. "I am a soldier! I have a scar across my face! How is that cute?"

In an instant, every head in the bar turned towards them. Even Natsu and Gray put their fight on pause to witness what was happening. Gajeel had fallen to the floor, laughing his ass off. The pain in his sides from his battle wounds was intense, but he didn't care. This was hilarious.

"It's so true though!" he thundered, and laughed even harder.

No one was quite sure what was happening. They had never even seen Gajeel smile, and now he was rolling on the floor with laughter. While it should have warmed their hearts to see a guild mate laugh so hard, it made most of them shudder. Gajeel and laughter didn't exactly mix. Especially since even though it was happy laughter, it sounded maniacal coming from him. Like he was reveling in the fact he was about to kill them all or something. They shuddered again.

The only person who joined in his laughter was Levy. She couldn't help thinking Gajeel was in fact cute when he was like this. Everyone in the guild shuddered for a third time at the thought of Levy enjoying the maniacal laughter. It's always the quiet ones, isn't it? they thought.

"Come on you stupid Dragon Slayer, let's get home. Let's leave all the nice guild people alone until you're sane enough to be out in public again," said Lily, pulling at Gajeel's collar. When he didn't budge, Lily mustered up the last of his strength to transform into his original form, and dragged the iron dragon out into the street.

"Levy," said Jet and Droy in unison, after everything had calmed down again. "Don't encourage that guy. He's insane."

"What? Oh, come on, it was cute, and you know it," she argued.

"Levy, he was laughing maniacally. Like he probably was after he knocked us out and nailed us to that tr…"

"Jet, be quiet. I told you I was over that. He's a comrade now. Don't mention that again, do you understand me?" Levy's eyes were full of malice. Jet and Droy nodded quickly, in fear of their lives. Sometimes, she was just as scary as Gajeel.

Levy smiled cheerfully now that she was sure they understood, and jumped out of her chair. "I'm off to the library," she said sweetly, and practically bounced out of the bar.

Jet and Droy swallowed hard, unsure why they felt like drinking a lot of alcohol all of a sudden.

So how was it? Next chapter will involve more actual interaction between our two main characters. Also, depending on how far I get with this one, there may be some citrusy action in much later chapters. We'll see where my mood takes me, and how the story unfolds.

Till next time!