Author's Note: I had no intention on writing this, but I got a request to do a follow up, so a shout out to Butterfly Crown for the request. I hope you like it! As always I own nothing. Hiro Mashima is the genius behind Fairy Tail. If you have any requests feel free to send them my way. Feel free to comment and review, otherwise enjoy!

Snow was falling gently outside as the guild began to wind down for the day. After the excitement of the snowball battle that occurred earlier, the guild seemed much quieter. This could have been for several reasons

The guild got in their quota for entertainment/betting for the day.

Natsu left the guild with Lucy after she dried off from her dunking.

Erza was in a mood ever since the catastrophe at the pool and no one wanted to mess with her.

Levy was pretty sure it was a combination of all three.

Slowly people began to leave the guild and head home for the night. Levy caught Romeo and Happy walking Wendy and Carla home. They like her… She saw Gray and Juvia sneak off into the night hand in hand. Nice to see that Gray is finally taking an interest in her. Soon the only ones left were the Strauss siblings, Laxus, Jet, Droy, herself and a certain Iron dragon who was still nursing his wounds from the punishment he took earlier.

Levy winced at the memory. Only on rare occasions had she seen Mira and Erza so furious, let alone working together so well. Eventually, a man who looked a lot like Mystogan showed up and was able to distract her with a piece of her favorite strawberry shortcake. Levy, did note that "Mystogan" and Erza left together earlier in the evening. Lucky for Gajeel, Mira soon tired of punishing him after Erza left and released Gajeel to go nurse his wounds. Levy, would have went over to help him, but knowing Gajeel, it would just embarrass him. Besides, Lily already came over to report that he was ok, so Levy stayed in her favorite corner and continued to read.

"Hey Levy." Called a voice, startling the bluenette from her book. She looked up and was that it was Jet and Droy talking to her. "We are getting ready to head out. Do you want us to walk you to Fairy Hills?"

Levy looked up at clock. It was around 8:30, but she still had some time before the guild closed and she really wanted to finish her book.

"Thanks, but I'm almost done this book and I really want to finish it. You guys can head out, I'll be fine." Levy replied with a small smile.

"You sure?" asked Droy. "We don't mind waiting for you, especially if you don't have much left to read."

"It's fine, I'll be ok getting home. I'll see you guys tomorrow." Levy insisted with a bit of force. She would never admit it, but she still wanted to make sure that Gajeel was ok and she didn't want to leave without checking up on him.

"Alright then." Jet replied, while looking around, unsure. "I guess we'll see you tomorrow. Be safe getting home. The snow is slow now, but it's supposed to pick back up soon." And with that her teammates of Shadow Gear left and Levy went back to her book.

"Finished." Levy sighed with a smile as she looked up from her book at the clock. I better head out. It's almost closing time. As she stood up and turned to leave, she ran into a wall of human and fell back landing on the ground.

"What the?" Just as she was about to go off a bit on whoever was standing in her way, when she looked up to see a pair of red eyes looking down at her.

"What are you doing falling on the floor?" Gajeel asked with a bit of a smirk. "Did you forget how to walk?"

"I wouldn't have fallen if you weren't standing in my way." Levy retorted hotly. "What were you doing so close behind me that I walked into you?"

"Nothing." He replied, not meeting her eye. "We were getting ready to leave, when Lily noticed you were still here. And with the snow picking up, he figured that we should offer to walk you home."

"Really." Now it was Levy's turn to smirk. "How thoughtful of Lily to offer to walk me home. I think I'll take you him up on that offer. Come on Lily." She began to look around for the cat.

"Well to be honest, Lily left already and uh…I'd like to walk you home. If that's ok." Blushing slightly, he looked up at her. "The snow is starting to pick up and it's cold and stuff. So is it ok if I walk you home?"

"Yes, thank you." Levy smiled up at him gently. "I'd like that."

The walk home was mostly silent, but it was the comfortable silence that Levy enjoyed. The snow was beginning to pick up, but it was still manageable and didn't hinder their time together. After a short fifteen minute walk, they arrived at Fairy Hills.

"Well. Here you are. I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Gajeel said starting to turn away to walk back to his apartment.

"Wait. Why don't you come in and warm up before you walk all the way back into town?" Levy offered, hopeful that he would say yes.

"I'm not in any hurry to get back, so why not." Gajeel replied while stepping into the building with her. He followed her up the stairs and into her room.

"Can I get you anything to drink?" Levy asked while walking to the kitchen. "I'm making some hot chocolate. Do you want some? Feel free to make yourself comfortable."

"Yes, please. Thank you Levy." Gajeel said softly while looking around her living room. He was amused, but not surprised to see the amount of books everywhere. She sure loves to read. I wonder what her favorite book is? Just as Gajeel sat down on the couch Levy, came in with their drinks and handed one to him.

"I hope you don't mind, I put mini marshmallows in it."

"No not at all. Thank you." Damn it this girl is making me a softie. "Your apartment is very nice. Have you read all of these books?"

"I guess it's not surprising, but yes, I have." Levy said with an embarrassed smile.

"What is your favorite?"

"This one." Levy stood up and grabbed a book that looked like it had seen better days. "I was planning on rereading it." She turned and showed it to him, blushing slightly. "Have you've ever heard of the story Beauty and The Beast? It's a classic fairytale."

"Uh no, not really." Gajeel looked away. "Metalicana wasn't exactly the gentle type. He didn't really tell me fairytales that didn't involve some sort of battle. And I never really got into reading…so…"

"Here why don't I read it to you, then? It's not too long."

"I really should be going, in all honesty. It's getting late and doesn't Fairy Hills have a rule about boys in the dorm?"

"Well, yes but I believe our super attendant is a bit distracted tonight, if I saw correctly at the guild. And by the looks of it, the snow really picked up and it would be a bad idea to head out in this weather." Levy replied looking past him towards the window.

Gajeel looked with her and saw that she was right. It didn't look like he was going anywhere tonight.

"Ok" He conceded. "I'll stay."

Levy grabbed a blanket, sat closer to him so that he could see the book too, and began reading.

"Once upon a time…"

As Levy read, Gajeel watched her facial expressions as they matched the mood of the part she was reading. He loved when her face lit up and her eyes twinkled during the ballroom scene. He watched as a tear fell during Belle's confession of love to the Beast. He loved every moment of her reading to him. He loved her. When the book was finished, Levy curled into him and fell asleep. Gajeel wrapped the blanket around her more tightly. Maybe this isn't so bad, maybe this beast can become a prince too. Soon after that thought crossed his mind, Gajeel fell asleep too.

Meanwhile, outside of Levy's window a certain black exceed was taking pictures. I can't wait to show these to Mira!