"Hmm, Lev?.." Gajeel mumbles as he pulls Levy closer to him, their skin sticking to each other in the Summer heat as they tried to sleep, both of them remaining fairly restless. They had been out on a long mission and had been out for the entirety of the week, they hadn't even bothered to report to the guild that they were home and okay before they went home and fell asleep on the bed, barely managing to get undressed before they got under the covers. The mission was already running long before they got home so they were both sure that they would face the wrath of the guild when they came back 3 and now 4 days later.

Levy rolls over in his arms so that she could face him, looking up at him with a sleepy smile. "What is it Gajeel?" She mumbles.

"Nothin, you just have a lot of scars.." he mumbles, realizing how it came off a second too late when he felt her tense up in his arms, she was already self-conscious as it was and he tried as hard as he could to change that, this was definitely not the right thing to say if he was trying to make her feel better. " No not like that, it's not bad. It's just odd since you've always got dumb and dumber babying you."

Levy relaxes slowly as she snuggles into his chest, choosing to ignore his nicknames for Jet and Droy. "Well you've seen Jet and Droy fight, they're very capable but sometimes they can't handle the larger situations," she says with a shrug.

"Well, then how come they're all on your back? I'd think that they'd be everywhere if they were that bad at coming up with a plan," he asks curiously.

"Well, I'm usually defending them so my back is pretty open most of the time."

"You shouldn't leave your back open like that Shrimp.." he chides as he runs his hand along her spine, barely able to feel some of the risen but faint scars.

"Well I don't have to worry about that now silly," she says before kissing his cheek. He looks down at her curiously, his crimson eyes lidded as he struggles to stay awake.

"You've always got m back, I trust you with my life," she says proudly before relaxing in his arms, her breathing slowing as she quickly drifts off to sleep.

"I trust you with my life too, Lev..," Gajeel whispers as he quickly follows her and falls asleep, a smile gracing his lips as he thinks about how lucky he is.