Just a While Longer
Sorry this is so late! Gajevy week: prompt 'Singing.' – Really short.
Mirajane was cleaning the guild one last time with help from Levy after everyone had gone home and there had been another brawl in the building. A few of the members were still knocked out on the floor: Max, with a broom once again shoved up his rear, Elfman, who was mumbling something about being a real man, and Gajeel, who was muttering something about beating up the Salamander, to name a few.
She giggled as she wiped some drool off the corner of her younger brother's lip before returning to wiping dirt, drink and food off of the tables. She heard something faint and raised her head to see only Levy with her back turned, she disregarded it and headed over to the bar to get another washcloth. Throwing the old, dirty one in the bin and starting to go back to her tedious job.
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Levy was humming the tune to one of Gajeel's latest attempts at singing while she helped out Mira; while his singing had been really bad the new tune had actually been pretty good. Unfortunately it had been extremely catchy too; until he'd been knocked out, Elfman had been humming it all throughout the brawl, and she could've sworn that she heard Natsu, Gray and even Laxus singing the words faintly under their breath.
She blushed a little, knowing that it had gotten to her too. He needed practice with it a lot and she offhandedly wondered if Mira could give him a few pointers. She crouched down beside him and moved some of the hair out of his eyes, her touch as gentle as it could get so as not to wake him. Before she knew it, she was singing his new song again.
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Gajeel really was enjoying the feeling of Levy's soft fingers running through his hair, it was calming and quite soothing on spots that had been attacked in the fight. His sensitive dragon ears picked up on something sweet sounding, and he was confused at what it was before he realized it was Levy singing. He recognized it as the song he'd started rocking earlier before the stupid Salamander had thrown a chair at him. Things had gotten out of hand from there but he hadn't been so angry at the idiot pyro that he'd stopped protecting his bookworm from flying tables and chairs. Honestly the idiots in this guild could at least let the people standing by have a chance to get to cover, they should be used to getting into these scenarios often enough.
She'd started nodding her head from side to side as she sang the lyrics to the chorus and he felt himself starting to slip back into unconsciousness listening to the sound of her pretty voice.
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Mirajane was behind the counter, watching the cute scene unfold before her very eyes as she noticed Gajeel falling asleep because of Levy. Her voice being his lullaby, her touch his pain medicine and her presence his warmth. Honestly, she would have mistaken their relationship as mother to son affection if they both hadn't confided in her how they felt for each other. Her eyes were tired and slipping shut and she slipped over to her brother's side as she listened to Levy just a little bit longer.
