Author's note: Hey guys thanks for reading my story ^_^
It was originally supposed to a one-shot but i got carried away...:p

Anyways, I hope you enjoy and feel free to Review!

P.S I don't own Fairy tail *sighs*

The Idiots' Guide to Dating

This is an untold story about Gajeel and Levy
that takes place a few days after the wizard tournament!

It was a normal day in Magnolia, the sky was bright and sunny, and the day was still young. Gajeel and Lily (his Exceed cat partner) were walking to the Guild hall, looking for work as usual. They wanted to find a good paying job- so they could buy some (much needed) food and maybe some delicacies (such as kiwi and pure iron).

When they entered the Guild Hall, the Iron Dragon slayer secretly scanned the entire area looking for a small blue haired mage, but only saw the usual crowd.

Mira and Lisanna were taking their orders and refilling drinks, Cana was at the bar drinking her barrel of wine, Erza was in her own world eating a strawberry cake and Gray and Natsu were bickering with each as always while Lucy tried to stop them
"OH YEAH ICE BOY?! WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT"
"Guys stop it! Can't you two get along for five minutes?"
"DON'T GO CRYING TO LUCY WHEN I MOP THE FLOOR WITH YOU FLAME BRAIN"
"Gray your clothes!"
"WHY DON'T YOU PUT ON SOME CLOTHES, YA PERVERT"
Gray's eyes widened and his jaw almost hit the floor as he looked down, "Ahh! Where are my pants!?"
Gajeel looked away in disgust, to accidently see another disturbing image; it was Juvia hiding behind a wooden pillar with Gray's clothes in hand, gawking at him with a perverted smile on her face.
A shiver ran down his spine as he grimaced, "Creepy" he thought

Gajeel scanned the crowd once again looking for Levy but to no avail.
He shrugged it off "Ehh, she's probably on a mission"

When Gajeel walked over to the request board, he saw a job that stuck out to him. It looked pretty interesting (because it had lots of fighting and hunting)… and it paid a lot of cash; 500,000 jewel to be exact. Without another thought he tore the paper off the request board and headed out with Lily.
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While Gajeel walked through the streets of Magnolia, he saw a new restaurant that had a 'Grand Opening!' sign on it. It looked really fancy, (which ain't his style at all, unless he's performing…) but the food smelled pretty damn good to him.

"Man… I gotta try that place when I get back" he thought out loud
"Gajeel," Lily yelled for the umpteenth time, while he bonked the dragon slayers head "Quit thinking about food and tell me about our mission"
He shot his cat an ugly look. He hadn't eaten breakfast in the morning so he was hungry and pretty grouchy "Whacha' ya want Lily?"
"Tell me about our mission" The Exceed demanded in an annoyed tone, obviously irritated with the Dragon slayer's lack of listening skills and constant bad attitude.
"Stupid cat…" he mumbled before continuing "All we gotta do is slay some monster and it pays 500,000 jewel too!" he added, grinning
"Really, 500,000 jewel just to slay a monster?" Lily mused, obviously surprised at their good fortune

Lily was praising his partner for the good job pick, but Gajeel didn't hear any of it, because something was distracting him…
It was a blue haired woman, named Levy. She was carrying an old leather book, with black straps holding it together, while walking with her Shadow Gear team members, Jet and Droy. It looked like they were all coming back from a mission because they all looked a bit banged up (especially Jet and Droy; those wimps). Levy was walking as fast as she could towards the guild rambling on about showering and deciphering a book she had found on her mission.

Gajeel watched at her until she was out of sight
"Huh," he thought "she's finally back…"

Lily had apparently caught on that Gajeel wasn't paying attention and asked him with a devious smile "What were you looking at?"

"Nothing" Gajeel grumbled, looking somewhat embarrassed and irritated- though he wasn't sure why
"Levy looks as lovely as always… right Gajeel?"

Gajeel shot his Cat a dirty look then replied "Ehh, she looks as Short as always" he snickered

Lily ignored the dirty look and continued "You should ask Levy if she'd want go to that new restaurant with you. I think she would like that very much" the cat said crossing his arms and shaking his head "she'd definitely like it"
Gajeel glared at him "Knock it off Lily" he snarled
"And you could even get her some flowers" The cat answered with a gleam in his eyes "She'd love flowers from you"

Suddenly, Gajeel picked up Lily and threw him into the Canals that run through Magnolia.

"Gajeel!" the cat yelled angrily before he landed in the water (He was too surprised to fly away).

"Gihihi"

While Gajeel was busy laughing, Lily flew out of the water like a bullet and transformed in to his battle mode. He flew as fast as he could towards the Dragon slayer and hit him square in the face. The punch was so hard that Gajeel the cracked the wall he flew into!
Lily crossed his arms grinned while he waited for the dust in the air to clear; so that he could properly challenge the Dragon Slayer to a fight.

But, instead of meeting the dark haired man face to face, Lily was greeted with an Iron pole to the stomach. It had flown out from the dust and rammed into him, slamming him in to a near-by tree. The force of the hit was so powerful; it snapped the tree in half and turned the Exceed back into his smaller form.

When Gajeel walked out of the dust, his face was hidden in the shadows and his eyes were glowing bright red. He exposed his razor sharp canines in a menacing grin- while he cracked his knuckles, obviously preparing to fight

"You lookin for a fight Lily?"

But when he saw Lily he was so shocked he nearly fell to the floor.
Lily was leaning against the broken tree unconscious.

"Shit!"
He walked to the stream and gathered some water in his hands, then took it over to Lily and splashed it on his face "Wake up!" he said nervously, hoping he didn't hurt his cat too bad "We got a job to do"

But it was a trap.
Suddenly Lily got up and furiously clawed his partners face, then flew up high out of Gajeel's reach
"OWW," he said grabbing his face "Oi! That was a cheap shot Lily!"

"And that punch to the stomach wasn't? Now hurry up, we have a job to do right?"

Gajeel started grumbling about devil cats and cheap shots, but he eventually got up and showed his partner the way, grinning the whole time. Gajeel loved his badass cat and could never stay mad at him for long.

Gajeel's POV:
Surprise at the Guild

It was very late when Gajeel and Lily returned to the guild from their job. The mission had gone pretty smooth; the Monster was easy to kill, and the women of the village took a liking to Lily- so they threw in a small bag of catnip and a bag of kiwi for him.

"Hey Lily, I'll see ya later," the dragon slayer said while he put both of his hands on the back of his head "I gotta go to the guild to tell the Barmaid or the Master that we completed our mission"
"Okay, see you back at the house"

While Gajeel was walking to the guild, he started thinking about Levy and how excited she looked about deciphering the book she found on her mission. He thought about how she lit up when she talked about all that smart stuff; and he couldn't help but grin at the thought.

When he walked into the Hall it was nearly empty. Only the Strauss siblings, Master Makarov, and a few others were there. The master was sitting on the guild halls' bar table with his eyes closed and his arms crossed. He looked half asleep.

"Hey old man, wake up! I completed my mission." Gajeel said to the Master

Makarov cracked open his right eye to acknowledge the Dragon Slayer, "Good job, now go home and get some rest young man" he mumbled

With that, Gajeel headed towards the exit; until he heard the door to the guild's library crack open. He turned around to see who it was; it was a very sleepy looking Levy.

"Goodnight Master!" she yawned and waved as she closed the door
The Master opened both of his eyes, and smiled brightly "Goodnight Levy!"
She smiled at the Master then turned and walked towards the guilds' exit; but stopped when she saw Gajeel.
"Oh hey Gajeel," she said while she rubbed her tired eyes "what are you doing here so late?"

Gajeel's jaw drop as he jumped backwards with his hands up to the side; Levy's presence had startled him, mainly because of how much he had thought about her during the day
"What are you doing here?!" he shouted

Levy looked down and frowned thinking that Gajeel was unhappy to see her
"Crap I didn't mean it like that Shrimp," he said as he composed himself "I just got done with a mission"
"Oh," Levy looked back up and smiled as she said "Me too, sorta. I found this book on a mission, and I was working on translating it, but before I knew it, it got really late…" she yawned "I have to get home before it gets too late! See you later" she said as she headed towards the door

"Dammit, I can't just let her walk alone… she's a trouble magnet" Gajeel thought as he walked out of the guild to catch up with Levy
"Hey," he said as he stepped right in front of her

Levy looked up at the dragon slayer and blushed "Umm… Yes?"

Gajeel put his hands in his pockets, then leaned down and looked Levy straight in the eyes, "I'm going to walk you home"
Levy's' face went from a light pink blush to tomato red. "Ahhh! Umm, O-okay" she stammered.

Levy's POV:
Moonlight madness

Levy looked up at Gajeel in utter disbelief.
"Ah! Umm, O-okay" she stammered. She couldn't believe that he had just volunteered to walk her home like that. "What's going on?" she thought while they walked along the road to her home "Why'd he offer to walk me home?... What's his angle?" she lowered her head, and balled up her fists "I bet he just wants to make fun of me!" she thought angrily

Suddenly Levy felt her right foot hook into a hole that was in the ground. She gasped and squeezed her eyes shut; waiting for her face to crash onto the cold hard floor, and hoping it wouldn't hurt too badly. But instead of feeling the cold earth, all she felt was a warm grasp. She opened her eyes to see the Iron Dragon slayer's chest. "He caught me?"
She looked up to see his face outlined by the moonlight. "Wow... he's amazing" she thought
Levy suddenly looked down into Gajeel's chest, to hide her face from him; she didn't want him to see her so flustered. "I uhh… umm T-thank you" she mumbled.

Then without any warning, Gajeel swept her up and threw her over his shoulder.
"What are you doing?!" she howled as she thrashed about "Put me down!"
"No" he replied while he continued to walk
"Why not?!" she pouted

"Please Gajeel!" she pleaded "this is really uncomfortable!"
He put her down for a second, and swept her up again; this time holding her in his arms.
She sighed and pouted. She knew she wouldn't win this fight; she'd just have to suck it up and stay in his arms; though she honestly didn't mind much.

"Oi! Which way do you live?

"Oh! I live in the Fairy Hills women's dorm, it's that way, at the top of the hill" she said pointing west.

While he was carrying her she looked up to get a glimpse of his face. It was really dark, but the moonlight helped her to see him. His eyes were gazing forwards, looking stone cold and glossy- like usual- but it looked like his face was red. "Is he blushing?" She smiled and acknowledged how cute he looked "Wow, he's not such a bad guy" she thought.

Gajeel looked down at Levy with questioning eyes and asked "Whatcha ya looking at Shrimp?"

"Nothing!" she answered a bit too quickly
Gajeel stopped and looked down at Levy giving her a mini heart attack
"He knows I was staring!" she thought
"Is this the place?" he said as he put her down
"Huh?" she looked and saw her dorm "Yeah this is it!"
Levy put her arms behind her back and looked down, "Thanks for bringing me home," she looked up and smiled brightly "it was really sweet of you"

Gajeel's POV:
Should I ask?

Gajeel looked at her, and then looked away. He didn't want her to see how embarrassed he was "Should I ask her?"

"Well… I'll see you later…" she said as she turned to walk home
"Hey wait," he shouted

Levy turned around and walked back "What is it?"

Gajeel put his right hand on the back of his head and avoided eye contact with Levy at all costs
He knew if he tried to look her in the eyes that he'd lose his nerve and never ask.

"Do you wanna… go with me to this new restaurant in town?"

Levy's POV:

"Do you wanna… go with me to this new restaurant in town?"

"Ehh?"Levy shouted as she jumped back with her hands in the air; she was in total shock.
Her jaw dropped, "Did he just ask me out… ON A DATE?!" then realization set in. She smiled and giggled "He just asked me out!" she looked up to answer him "I'd love to!"

He looked wide-eyed at her
"What time?" she asked excitedly
"Uh, how about 6pm?"
"Great!" she said as she hugged him and smiled "I can't wait"