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"Cheers! To our last night before we're forced again into prison for another year."
The grim words that the cherry haired blossom man spoke yet with a grin ready for the new year of classes. Shots were poured for him and his 'friends' seated beside him who had already had more than enough.
A man with ruby eyes and scruffy hair wasted no time in downing the burning liquid down his throat not waiting for the others.
"More!" He demanded slamming the glass on the counter waiting for another one.
"H-How many has it been flame brain?"
A raven haired man called out room the opposite side of the table starting to slur his words slowly resting his head on the table.
"It's N-Natsu!" A hiccup stuttered his name. "I…think…" He wandered off falling under alcohol's spell.
"That's not what I asked idiot."
The long haired man who could hold his liquor just a bit better than the others, interrupted.
"Idiot? Let's fight then!"
Natsu raised his fists ready for a brawl but plopped down on the table creating a loud thump due to the liquor.
"Ha!"
He stood tossing his tab in jewels on top of the now passed out Natsu before stumbling out leaving his two 'friends' behind.
"Goodbye, have a goodnight Gajeel!" A bar maid called out to one of her best customers as he took his leave.
Luckily the rough man lived down the street which he stumbled into a few minutes after struggling to find the keys even though they were in his hands.
"T-Tomorrow ….is going to hurt."
He grumbled to himself while falling into bed not caring to change into something more comfortable to sleep in.
The sun rose the following day on cue yet Gajeel failed to realize this daily miracle shinning into his eyes instead groaning out waiting for it to go away. A make shift curtain he created by draping his arm over his eyes blocking out the rays. It worked for a moment before his alarm rang causing a painful throb inside of his head. Luckily his phone was nearby and shut it completely off when he couldn't press a simple button.
His head pulsed in pain from the hangover he knew yesterday was coming yet could never be prepared for.
"Great."
He mumbled while picking up questionable clean clothes off of the ground tossing them on with a pair of sunglasses to cover the pained expression he wore.
-15 minutes…can't be late, ugh.
He grumbled to himself while walking out to meet Natsu who was also starting his first day at Magnolia University. Fortunately for the cherry blossom haired man, he seemed to be immune to hangovers. He was as bubby and as talkative as ever forgetting completely about last night's fiasco.
How did he even get home? Who knows and Gajeel definitely didn't care.
-The day before.
"I'm going to be your best student aren't I?"
The busty blonde looked up to her best friend who was nervously preparing for tomorrow –the big day.
"I'll fail you right now if you don't help me find my planner."
The blunette searched under piles of papers once neatly stacked on her desk desperately trying to find her missing planner she worked so hard to organize.
"Aww come on Levy! It's finally my opportunity to be a teacher's pet and bask in praise."
Lucy spoke mentally cheering herself on while holding her friend's planner which she was desperately searching for.
"Oh god Lu! Thank you!"
The blunette held the book tightly to her best as if not to lose it once more. "I'm just so nervous."
She finally admitted after a week of built up nerves that slowly scratched at her sanity.
A week before, Levy was recruited by Magnolia University for a rare teaching opportunity. Magnolia University only employed the best professors and had a high reputation for this. So there was no exceptions when a replacement had to be found when Professor Clive suddenly decided to extend his summer vacation well into the next year.
The school board panicked but chose the petite valedictorian from the previous graduating year. In just a little over two years, the blunette had completed her bachelor's degree. She had to be the perfect last minute replacement. The offer was enticing as the board was willing to overlook her tab due to the school. One stress off of her shoulders and onto another one beginning to pile up –teaching.
Would anyone even listen to someone around their own age? They'll probably just think it's a huge joke. Ugh.
Levy sunk deeper once the 'what if's' came back into mind placing her into an unnecessary funk.
"Lev come on, we all have faith in you and that's why I begged to be switched into your morning class. I'll be right there with you!"
"I still can't believe you did that…"
"Lu hurry! I can't be late!"
Levy ran through campus with Lucy behind her while pulling her hair up as quickly as possible. She rushed as she didn't want any student to be waiting for her to open the door and possibly make a bad first impression. The pair ran past two men who were making their way lazily to their destination, definitely not with the urgency Levy had.
"Excuse us."
Lucy apologized while running past the two men trying to catch up to the blunette.
"Lev, hold on!"
Levy suddenly stumbled forward tripping on her own two feet. Her books coupled in her hands flew forwards scattering on the ground before her as she almost met them down there. A large hand suddenly grasped the back of the petite woman's shirt preventing her from taking her major fall at the last moment.
Lucy and Natsu sighed relieved when she didn't crash down and picked up her scattered papers.
Gajeel easily lifted the blunette with one hand keeping her up for a moment while observing the petite body he had saved.
She wore a black pencil skirt with a white blouse that was once tucked in before he yanked her up. The action attracted his eyes to her now visible curves as her shirt rode up exposing her midriff. Her dress of choice was much too professional for a student but he didn't think too much of it as she appeared much too young to be anything else.
"C-Can you put me down?"
The petite woman asked a few times softly while still embarrassed from her almost fall. He set her down on her command while she brushed herself off before looking up at the much taller man.
"Thank you."
She smiled up at him but he didn't reciprocate only internally laughing at her height.
"Don't mention it shrimp."
Gajeel immediately came up with a nickname for her that perfectly fit. Levy was about to retort to such a name but was grateful for his help and let it pass.
"Lev, I hate to tell you but five minutes."
Lucy pointed out while holding the blunette's once fallen supplies. She panicked once more leaving the pair of men who had helped her.
Natsu and Gajeel parted leaving the long haired man to search for his first class of the day –English Literature A104.
"Room A104…A102…A103..." He began to read off the class room numbers as he passed each one until reaching his own. "A104."
He finally entered taking the seat closest to the door ready to leave when time was up. While slumping over his desk he only lifted his head up adjusting his still on sunglasses looking around. He noticed a room quickly filling once the clock struck 10 am and ready to start.
-Great more people.
Gajeel grumbled to himself scowling at those who wanted to take a seat near him. Unfortunately for him, Professor Clive was supposed to be a very relaxed instructor with a high pass rate so many rushed to choose his class.
Seated at the first row, he noted the blunette, recognizable by her signature azure locks and bright bandana that was now perched on top of her head. She was seated beside her blonde friend and from this he assumed he was just going to have a class with her.
He adjusted his sunglasses looking up as the blunette stood from her seat approaching the professor's podium up in front. Almost in unison, every student gained a confused look as the blunette began to speak up.
"Hello everyone." Her soft voice rang nervously keeping it at a low tone before building up confidence. "My name is Levy Mcgarden and I'll be your instructor for the semester."
The confusion continued as each student flipped through their planners double checking if they were in the correct classroom thinking they all made a mistake. This action dragged her confidence back down.
"U-Unfortunately Professor Clive is out for the next few months so I'll be stepping in for his replacement. If anyone has any questions, please don't hesitate to ask."
Levy nervously forced herself to smile as whispers were heard.
Even from a far, her bright smile reached Gajeel unable to pay attention to any of her words only catching that she'll be teaching this semester. Her subtle movements that gave off at first, nervous body language that was adorable as she'd subconsciously twirl and flip her hair cascading the sides of her face as she stepped aside from the podium.
Multiple questions were asked starting off where Professor Clive ran off to though all the questions lead to two topics, her age and height. Lucy laughed from the sidelines as she watched her best friend and now teacher trying to handle her frustration from the two questions she despised the most. Maybe next class she wouldn't be so open on saying 'ask any question.'
Gajeel hung on every word she said watching her perfect rosy lips that glistened thanks to her lip gloss with each word. The way the lighting was set, gave her porcelain skin appear flawless illuminating those hazel orbs behind red frames. A few things were certain, she was beautiful, smart, and, completely captivated Gajeel.
After explaining her qualifications and carefully avoiding the height questions, she proceed with the typical first day business that needed to be said like laying out the syllabus.
"If you missed a part don't worry as it's posted online. Also included is my email and my personal number for any questions you may have, please don't hesitate to ask if you need help. I'm here for all of you."
Levy smiled quickly winning everyone over after a few minutes of class.
Gajeel's interest peaked when he saw her number scroll on the board via projector. He had no interest in getting near any professor. Just complete the work and get out but the petite woman was the exception. –English is my worst subject so might need help.
She changed the slide away from her number to speak on the next topic before Gajeel could type it into his phone. He fought back yelling out for her to go back but opted to spend the rest of the class searching for it online.
"Thank you everyone for a good first day, class dismissed."
Levy ended the class on that note allowing the class to end a bit early. A steady flow walked out with Gajeel staying back being one of the last out aside from Lucy and Levy.
"See, I told you that you were just overreacting."
Lucy looked at the blunette with the 'I told you' look.
"Fine fine you were right." Levy admitted quite relieved nothing major went wrong as she jinxed herself in the past few days. "Are you going to stay for a bit or go to your next class?"
"I think I'll stay for a bit or else you'll be stuck in here alone." Lucy looked around noticing empty seats before looking up noticing the presence of the long haired man. "Spoke too soon, hey isn't he the one that save you out there?"
Levy looked up making eye contact with Gajeel before he broke it by walking away as she waved leaving her kind affection one sided.
"Oh." The blunette was slightly taken aback by his coldness.
"Harsh." Lucy said after he rudely ignored Levy's attempt at being nice. "He seemed much nicer outside."
"H-He's probably just rushing to his next class." Levy tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. "Or maybe he's just shy."
"Well I would be also, you're pretty intimidating."
Lucy teased resting her arm atop of the blunette's head.
A/N:
hopefully no one is confused on a teacher giving out his/her number;; about 95% of my professors have posted their personal numbers allowing us to contact them via call or text for anything that we need so this isn't very odd for me. -just wanted to make that clear as some might think its odd. It's quite common in my university!
-2nd note: this might come up later (pretty sure i've already written it into the next chapter) so I'm not sure how the university systems are in other countries (I don't do much research on this as I'm quite jealous that some counties allow free university...so jealous.)
but anyways...here in university you only go 4 days a week; and only 2 times a week for one class. (ex: monday & wednesday - tuesday & thursday - these two days pair off so every other day basically.) just an early note so some wont be confused~
please review letting me know if you like it so far or not!
enjoy the rest of your day~