Happily Ever After

(GaLe)

Chapter 1

Levy was sitting in the guild with everyone as usual, reading her book at a wooden table. It was, unfortunately, a normal day at the guild, fights breaking out every ten minutes. And right now, Levy was sitting at a table that was too close to one particular fight between Natsu and Gray, and Erza being out at the moment, no one was left to stop it except for maybe Lucy, so the fight ended up in Levy's table being broken and having to find another reading spot. She decided to go to the most peaceful place in the guild that is usually uninhabited for the most part, Fairy Tail's library. She ventured her way down and opened the door to her sanctuary. Surprisingly it was not empty as it usually is, and what was even more shocking was the person that was in there. Gajeel was sitting at the only table in there, looking very intensly at a book, not noticing Levy walked in she decided to hide behind a bookshelf to see if there was a particular reason him of all people was there. Gajeel squinted harder and harder at the tiny print on the pages. Levy noticed that his look of concentration at the book was actually a look of frustration.

'Huh?' levy thought to herself, 'is...is he having a hard time reading it?' soon after her thought her question was answered.

"AHHHH! FUCK THIS!" Gajeel yelled, and proceeded to roughly throw the book at the book shelf Levy was hiding behind. He got too frustrated with the book and finally snapped. He was about to turn sit back down when he threw the book but heard a girly squeal, he turned to find the culprit. No one was going to spy on him and get away with it. He turned and whoever was there gasped, hoping not to be found. Tiny footsteps could be heard as whoever was there was trying to find somewhere else to hind, to ensure he would not find them. Their plan unfortunately failed, as his Dragon hearing allowed him to pinpoint the exact location of the peeper, and he grabbed her up by the collar of her orange dress. He finally noticed who it was after seeing her wild blue hair. He scoffed.

"Tch. The fuck you doin' spying on me Shrimp?" Gajeel asked, clearly not pleased.

"I-I wasn't spying, I just walked in.." She lied, through her teeth, hoping he would put her down.

"Liar, I knew I could smell someone walk in, just didn't bother to check cause I didn't hear nothin'." He said to her, finally turning her to face him, still lifting her by the white collar of her dress. Her face beat red, eyes downcast, refusing to look at him. "Well? Do you have an explanation for yourself?" He asked, bringing her face closer to his.

"I wasn't spying! Put me down you brute!" He dropped her and she landed flat on her butt. She winced in pain as she made contact with the floor. "Jerk…" she mumbled. Gajeel picked up the insult with his hearing.

"I wasn't the one spying on anybody was I?" He said, arms crossed looking down at her small form still on the floor. She was honestly holding back tears because she had gotten her tailbone injured on her last mission, and being dropped so roughly didn't exactly help its condition. She tried to get up, still refusing to look at Gajeel so he wouldn't see the tears brimming her eyes. She let out a hiss of pain as she tried to get up, and fell back down again. Gajeel looked at her, eyebrow perked in confusion.

"What's your problem Shrimp? It's not like I dropped you from a 10 foot drop." She finally looked up at him, and unexpectedly lost it.

"WE'LL IT'S NOT MY FAULT I SEVERELY INJURED MY TAILBONE ON MY LAST MISSION YOU JERK!" She said. Gajeel knew the feeling of hurting his tailbone, and felt of pang of guilt run through his veins, though he'd never admit it.

"Tch. Damn you and your delicate body." Before she had time to react he scooped her up in his muscular arms, and brought her over to the table and sat her down. "Stay here" he said sternly. She nodded her head as Gajeel left the room. She began to ask herself question. Why, of all people, was Gajeel here? Why was he so frustrated? Why wasn't he fighting with the rest of the guys up there? Where is Lily at, isn't he supposed to be with Gajeel? That's when Levy remembered she didn't see Lily up there with the rest of the guild either. Gajeel shortly returned with an icepack and some wrap.

"Think you can stand so I can wrap this on you?" He asked, Levy nodded in determination. She hopped off the table and fell forward into Gajeel, her face turning red up to her ears.

"Sorry...sorry." She said. Gajeel mumbled a 'that's okay'.

"Lift your dress." He said oh-so casually. Her face ignited again.

"Wh-what?!" Her eyes equivalent to the size of a plate.

"The icepack needs to make contact with your skin, just lift the back part to I can't see anything."

"Make eye contact with me the whole time, I don't want you seeing anything!" He chuckled and agreed and lifted the back part of her dress looking into Gajeel's red eyes the whole time.

"Hold the ice pack" she did as requested, and held it in place while he wrapped. She thought this moment was as good as any to ask him the questions that had been filling her mind.

"Umm Gajeel?"

"Hmm?"

"Why were you in the library in the first place?"

"I was reading, what did it look like I was doing?"

"I didn't think you were one for reading."

"There's a lot you don't know about me." He said, still wrapping the icepack to her.

"Where is Lily?"

"Went to visit some friends, won't be back until next month." She seemed kind of shocked! It was the first of this month, meaning Lily would be gone for a pretty long time. Now came the question she knew he wouldn't like to answer.

"Why did you throw the book?"

"None of your business." He simply answered.

"Were you frustrated?" She pressed on with the questions.

"What don't you get about none of your business?" He sternly said and glared at her slightly before going back to wrapping.

"Gajeel….you can read can't you?" She asked quietly.

"Your wrapping is all done, I'll leave you to your library time." He said and heading for the door.

"Gajeel! I'm trying to talk to you!" Levy tried to run after him, but her sore tailbone betrayed her, and she clattered to the floor once again. Gajeel kept making his way to the door, she used her last resort.

"Solid Script: Wall!" She said, blocking off the door way. He laughed and turned to her.

"You think one of your measly walls can keep me in here?" He punched the wall and it broke. Levy tried again.

"Solid Script: concrete!" She covered him in concrete in an attempt to glue him to the floor, she finally made her way off the floor. He went into steel form, and broke the concrete. Levy drooped her head in defeat, then she got an idea.

"Solid Script: Hole!" A hole opened up under Gajeel and he fell about 10 feet, 4 feet taller than him so he couldn't simply crawl out.

"WHAT THE FUCK SHRIMP! LET ME OUT OF HERE!" He boomed from underground. Levy lay on her stomach at the edge of the hole and looked down at him.

"Not until you tell me what I'd like to know." She knew she was being harsh, but the curiosity would eat her alive if she didn't find out.

"I AIN'T TELLIN' YOU SHIT, SO JUST LET ME OUT." He yelled at her, but Levy wasn't feeling even the least bit intimidated. She shrugged.

"Ok, you call me when you would like to tell me." She got up and made her way to the door.

"GOD DAMMIT, FINE!" He finally caved. She trotted back over to the hole and took her previous position. He was sitting at the bottom, crossing his arms.

"Well?" Levy asked, waiting for her answers.

"No, I can't fucking read, happy?" He said softly, almost to the point where she couldn't hear. That was good enough for her.

"Solid Script: Ladder!" A ladder appeared in the hole, and Gajeel climbed up, storming past her, and out of the library, slamming the door as he left.