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Alright, this is my first one-shot, but if you want me to write similar stories for the rest of the dragon slayers tell me in the reviews, until then this will be marked complete. If you do want more of this, I will do my best to make sure it doesn't interfere with MATDS updates.
Levy POV
I stand at the door, gathering up the courage to ring the doorbell. My boyfriend, Gajeel Redfox, wants me to meet his parents. I'm a little nervous, since Gajeel is my first long term boyfriend, so I've never had to meet the parents before. I was so nervous that even though Gajeel told me to dress casual, I got into a dress and put on a full face of make-up.
I open the box of cookies in my hand, checking for the tenth time that they weren't destroyed on the car ride. Just as I am about to ring the doorbell, the door opens for me. Gajeel beat me to it.
"How did you know I was here?" I ask.
"Saw yer car from the window, I was gonna see how long it would take for you to actually knock," he replies.
He motions for me to come in. The house is nice and clean, not something I was expecting with the way Gajeel talks about his room.
On the walls are pictures, one of them is Gajeel standing next to a man with a high school diploma in a cap and gown. The two in the picture are smiling, like nothing could've possibly gone wrong that day.
Gajeel reaches over me and attempts to grab the box from my hand.
"Not for you," I say as I move the box out of his reach.
"Come on, Shrimp."
I scowl at the dreaded nickname he gave me because of my height.
"No way, Tin Can," I reply, with a nickname I gave him because of his weird obsession with metal objects.
"What the hell is going on?" another male voice says from the kitchen.
"None of yer business old man!" Gajeel shouts back.
"You could at least use proper grammar if you're going to insult me," the other male says.
"Like you know anything about being proper."
"I know better than to stalk someone from outside my window."
"You heard that?"
"Yep, you aren't exactly quiet."
The other male voice starts to laugh at the end of this, Gajeel just gives one of his scowls. We enter the kitchen to see a tall man with short, jet black hair frying up bacon. He's wearing a casual pair of jeans and a green tank, that show off his muscles very well. I can see where Gajeel gets his motivation from, but I also feel a little over dressed.
Maybe his father will think it is a girl thing. The man turns off the stove burner, and turns around to face us. HHHe has a similar aura as Gajeel, like you know that something bad will happen if you make him angry.
"So you're Levy?" he asks me.
"Yes, sir," I say, scared out of my mind.
He gives a small laugh, "You don't got to be so formal here sweetheart, my name's Metalicana Redfox, the father of this moron," he says the last part while pointing to Gajeel.
"At least I'm not gonna rust in a year or two, asshole," Gajeel retorts.
"I still got plenty of time left you little brat," Mr. Redfox says.
"You wanna bet."
"Like you could take me on."
Gajeel backs down at that, something tells me that they have fought before, and it's not something that Gajeel wishes to repeat. I hand over the box to Mr. Redfox.
"Um, I made some cookies this morning, I just didn't not want to bring anything," I say as fast as possible.
He takes the box from my hands and opens it before looking back at his son, "You're sure that she's not pregnant?"
"Yes!" Gajeel shouts.
"I don't know, a girl like her saying with some asshole like you," Mr. Redfox says.
"She's not pregnant!"
"Well, I'm not getting any younger over here so you might want to hurry up with that."
"Pops!"
I laugh at the exchange; the two men just look at me.
"I'm sorry, but this is just too funny," I say.
I yelp as something rubs on my leg. Now it's time for the two men to laugh. Gajeel bends down and picks up a black cat with a crescent moon scar on his eye.
"Shrimp meet Lily, he's my cat," Gajeel says.
Lily meows in response.
Metalicana grabs a kiwi slice from a bowl on the table and gives it to me, "Go on and give it to him."
I can see the cat moving around in Gajeel's arms, trying to get to the treat. Gajeel places him down and the cat runs up to me, I bend down to give him the piece of fruit and he takes it in between his paws gladly.
He chews away at it, like he will never get another one. I have to say, this is one of the most adorable things I have ever seen.
"On his first night here we didn't have any cat food," Gajeel starts to explain, "so I cut up a kiwi and feed it to him. He's been hooked ever since."
"He's adorable," I say.
I look at the scar again, "Is he a rescue?"
"Yeah," Metalicana says, "I went to the shelter to find Gajeel a graduation gift, and I saw Lily. He looked like a good fit for lug nuts over here so I brought him home. Gajeel cried when I gave him to him."
"I did not, you really are going senile old man," Gajeel defends.
"Uh huh, alright well, dinner's ready if you two want to sit down."
The table is all set up, with condiments, burger buns, cheese, the actual burgers, and Mr. Redfox just brought the bacon from earlier. There is even French fries and onion rings. It smells even better than a burger restaurant in here, I can't wait to get started.
I start filling my plate when Mr. Redfox sits down, because if I don't get it right away I know Gajeel will. The boys do the same, and I almost thought that they might start fighting over who can use what first. Lily decided to sit on my feet, now that I gave him a kiwi slice I'm his best friend.
I take a bit of my burger topped with pickles, ketchup, cheese, and bacon, "Oh my goodness, this is amazing."
"You can thank my cousin for that," Mr. Redfox says, "she taught me a little about cooking when we were in high school so I could impress a girl."
"Aunt G still cooks better than you though," Gajeel adds.
"Really? I didn't know," Mr. Redfox says sarcastically.
"Aunt G?" I ask.
"Pop's cousin, I call her aunt. I didn't know they were cousins when I was little, and I just never grew out of the habit," Gajeel explains.
"It's not just him either, her kids call me uncle," Mr. Redfox says.
"Really?" I ask, "You all must be close."
"Yeah," Mr. Redfox says, "We lived next to each other when we were kids, so we got to see each other often. We still live pretty close together now, she's only a five-minute drive from here."
"That's nice your family is so close with each other."
"What about you, have a big and crazy family?" Mr. Redfox asks.
"Pops, not exactly the best thing to ask about," Gajeel says.
"I don't mind Gajeel," I say before answering the question, "I'm actually an orphan, so I never got a big family."
"Oh, I am sorry. That isn't something you should have to bring up," Mr. Redfox says.
"No, it's fine. I don't mind, really."
We finish up our plates, then Mr. Redfox and Gajeel start to clean the kitchen. I try to join them but Mr. Redfox said that I was their guest and guests don't have to worry about cleaning someone else's house. After the kitchen is clean they bring in my cookies on a plate and some coffee.
The rest of the night is full of Mr. Redfox telling stories about Gajeel when he was a kid, and Gajeel scowling at his father. It was so peaceful, and even though Gajeel was scowling I could see how happy he was that his father remembered all of those small moments. It was about ten when I decided it was time for me to leave.
"Thank you for dinner Mr. Redfox, it was delicious," I say.
"Thank you for coming over, you are welcome anytime," he replies.
He gives me a hug and Gajeel walks me to the door.
"I'm sorry about the arguments me and Pops had," he said.
"Are you kidding, it was fun to watch them. You two have to be really close to do something like that."
"Yeah, I was adopted, so I never had a mom. It was always just the two of us, and I know that he tried his best to give me everything I asked for. Even if I don't act like it, he's a good father, and I'm glad that he decided to adopt me."
"That's so sweet."
"Yeah, yeah. Don't get too used to it, Shrimp."
He gives me a kiss goodnight, "I love you."
"I love you too."
I walk outside into the chilly evening air and get back into my car to drive home.
Gajeel POV
In my room I crash onto my bed. She really liked my old man, and that makes it so much easier to fall in deeper. I don't know a whole lot about the future, but I know one thing. She's gonna be a big part of it.
Like I said earlier, if you would like more meet the parents' kind of things tell me in the reviews, along with the pairing you would like. All of those who also read MATDS (Metalicana and the Dragon Scale) I will try to get another update for that sometime in the middle of the week.
-Smiley