This is a small birthday gift for lovely ranunculus-fox in tumblr :) sorry it came out late haha Hope you had a wonderful day!
Based on a post I saw in Tumblr.
High school AU! Gajevy
Word count: 600 words
He was always looking at her.
Gajeel couldn't help it even if he tried. The way she smiled, the way she talked, even the way she concentrated in the lecture, everything about her was so captivating. It was no surprise that since she decided to sit next to him in class, Gajeel's notes dropped significantly. He was embarrassed about it, but it turned out to be the perfect excuse to spend more time with the blue haired girl with the charming smile as she offered to be his tutor.
The more he got to know Levy McGarden, the more bewitched he was by her until he couldn't look away from her anymore.
But that was the only thing he did. Look.
He looked at her as if she were the sun basking him in her warmth and light. But he also looked at her as if she were the moon, awing him with her brains, beauty and kindness.
"Gajeel-kun should ask Levy-chan out on a date and stop looking at her like a creep." Even when Juvia was right, on the creep part, there was a problem.
Levy was just too perfect, and kind and sweet. And he was just a brute.
So he limited himself to look at her and be frustrated by the fact that his heart would do a somersault whenever she giggled.
But on those rare occasions when she was sad and her eyes didn't shine as they normally did, he would build up the courage to talk to her, dropping a joke or teasing her until she was smiling in that adorable way that was trademark Levy's.
Then, the unexpected happened when she told him she liked him. And even if she might had say it in a friendly way ("it's nice to hang out with you"), Gajeel couldn't control the butterflies that fluttered in his stomach nor the blush that made his cheeks and ears burn like live coal.
So, he did the only thing he was good at. He ran from her and kept his distance for a couple of days.
But he still looked her way. And he noticed she started looking back at him.
Maybe Juvia ain't so wrong.
He wondered what could have happened if he hadn't looked her way. He wouldn't be making a fool of himself by constantly thinking about the petite girl. He would just be Black Steel Gajeel, the toughest guy in school who fears nothing and no one, and not Gajeel Redfox, a lovesick fool who cowers from a five-foot-tall fairy.
But if he hadn't looked her way his life wouldn't be as bright and exciting as it was right now. He wouldn't feel his heartbeat racing whenever he neared the school boundaries if he knew she wouldn't be in the classroom reading a book or talking with bunny girl. And he wouldn't feel adrenaline pumping through his veins if he didn't notice how her smile was a little bit broader whenever she looked back at him.
And as he looked her way today, while all of her friends congratulated her and hugged her for her birthday, he wondered if today he might be brave enough to not just look at her. He wondered if he might venture to stand in front of her and give her the small book he wrapped in colorful paper the night before. He wondered if he'll be able to swallow his fear of rejection and ask her out to that cool pizza place across the street.
As the bell rang marking the end of the school day, Gajeel took a deep breath in, grabbed the gift from his backpack and walked towards her.
"Happy Birthday, Shrimp."
Thank you for reading! Hope you liked it! I thought of this because ranunculus-fox reminds me of the sun whenever I chat with her or see her art and fics :) Leave a review please!
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