Levy woke up earlier than normal that day, she quickly got dressed and went to the library the moment she was ready, she decided to start with the Magnolia public library, at least that way she wouldn't have to explain to anyone from the guild as to why she was reading a self help book about seduction. Plus the public library had a bigger selection of books and access to the restricted area due to being a Fairy Tail mage and all. Although she was pretty sure that she wouldn't need the restricted books this time.

She greeted the librarian and headed straight for the self help section of the library, she skimmed over the titles one shelf at a time, grabbing each book that she thought could help her with her little problem. She knew that she probably should just ask for some more advice from Juvia or any of the other girls, but right now she needed to think, and reading was a good excuse for her to get some alone time.

Ending up with just a few books in her hands from all that searching, Levy sat down by a table in the corner and away from the few other guests at the library. She quickly went through the books thanks to her gale-force reading glasses. But both books basically just told her the same thing, be confident and show off a little, of course there was more too it, but that was basically it, that and little touches.

Levy then thought about what Cana had said the night before, about flirting and using her assets. Though she may not be the best flirt around, it couldn't be that hard to look sexy. She'd need to muster up the courage first, she did tend to wear rather short dresses, and she was wearing a bikini top and a vest over it when she first met Gajeel, not that she thought back to that event fondly. So maybe getting Lucy to go shopping with her sometime later wasn't such a bad idea.

But first, she'd need to take a peek into the restricted section, she really didn't need to do it, but she could find some very interesting things in there, especially about ancient magic and old legends that no one really remembered. So Levy put the self help books away before making her way to the restricted section of the mage was alone in the section, save for a single library worker who was simply there to watch over everything just in case something happened. But it didn't phase Levy in the slightest, she skimmed over the book titles, noticing a few that she hadn't seen before, though one caught her attention and made her completely forget about the others.

Levy pulled the book out and almost dropped it, though it wasn't very thick, it made up for it in size, it was a bit taller than the other books in the shelf and was heavier than it looks, she noticed that it had a pretty thick lock on it which explained the weight a little bit. But not enough for her to almost drop it when she pulled it out, this book was becoming even more of a mystery than it began as.

She put the book and the nearest table and sat down in front of it, inspecting the lock that kept it closed, it was infused with magic, which probably resulted in the added weight and why it captivated her so much since the book didn't seem to have a title anywhere on it now that she took a second look at it.

The book looked normal despite the magic it was infused with, leather bound and worn from age, the pages looked yellowed and a little crusty, nothing really out of the ordinary. But she couldn't help but wonder why someone wanted to keep the contents so locked up, something was telling her to just leave it be, but she just couldn't do that, she was too curious for that.

So Levy started trying her best to open it and after a while she just went over to the counter and asked if they had a key, which unfortunately, they did not. It was back to the table then to stare at the book, the lock looked very normal so maybe she could try picking it, but it could be a bad thing due to the magic. But Levy had limited options already so she decided to try picking it.

She pulled a couple of bobby pins out of her hair and started getting to work. She barely knew what she was doing, she wasn't exactly prone to pick locks, but she did know how to pick a lock in theory, so it was about time she put it to practice.

The solid script mage had no idea how long she'd been trying to get the lock open with the pins, but she knew that it had been a while and she was starting to get hungry, but just as she was about to give up, the lock opened. Some magic spilled out but it fizzled out soon after, but Levy noticed something else that was happening, the title was starting to appear and she waited anxiously for it to finally reveal itself fully.

'The secret of Dragon Slayers'

Now that was an interesting title and the blue haired bookworm couldn't wait to see the contents of the book and she quickly but carefully opened the book and on the first page the title was handwritten along with the author's name. On the next page was an authors note that explained that this would most likely be the last thing he'd ever do as he believed that he was in danger. There wasn't much else written there except that all of the things written in the book would come from his late friend who had been a Dragon Slayer and told the author everything through letters.

As she flipped through the book, Levy got rather disappointed, it was obviously written in a hurry so she couldn't read everything, but she could make out that Dragon slayers had instincts closer to those of an actual Dragon, which she already knew thanks to Natsu being in the guild for such a long time. The book also mentioned something that reminded her of the Dragonification, but that was just about it that she could understand. But there was one page that was written a bit clearer than the others, only problem was that it was the last page and it had a big splotch of spilled ink on it which obscured majority of the text. But what she could make out was that something happened with Dragon Slayers every other year for a month that could affect their behaviour, unfortunately that was all she got.

Levy sighed and closed the book again, she had hoped that the book would tell her something new about Dragon Slayer magic but in the end it didn't really tell her anything, just left her with more questions. But now she could at least go to the guild hall, she'd been in the library for hours now, most of that time spent on trying to open a damn book, but it was time for her to check the guild and tell Lucy about the book she found.

She put the book back on the shelf and made her way to the guild, the sun was pretty low, which explained why she was so hungry since she'd gone to the library before noon and now it was just about dinner time. The air was also colder than from the day before, and she was still wearing her short dress so she could enjoy the cool air on her thighs yet again.

After she pushed open the doors to the guild hall, she looked over the crowd to see if she could find her blonde friend. She saw Gajeel in his corner and waved to him when she noticed that he was looking at her as well. Lucy was sitting at a table with Cana, Juvia, Gray and Natsu and by the looks of it, the two males were about to start a fight.

Levy walked over to the table and sat next to Lucy, exchanging a few hellos before the boys ended up starting their fight for real, thankfully Erza stopped them before either of them could start using their magic. But while the boys were busy being scolded, Levy used her chance to talk to the girls.

"So where have you been all day?" Cana asked Levy before she had a chance to speak first.

"The library, I was doing some...research." She didn't exactly want to tell them about the self help books.

Cana chuckled and patted the shorter mage "Of course you were." She then looked at her and Lucy "But on to the matter at hand, you guys thought of something?"

Lucy scratched the back of her neck and shook her head. But Levy on the other hand had something to say, she leaned forward and the others followed and she whispered "I was thinking about...new, stuff to wear, and...things like that."

"Atta girl!" Cana said loudly, making Levy quickly shush her before anyone starting asking any questions, thankfully no one seemed to take any notice.

"I honestly didn't expect that from you." Lucy remarked "And I thought you were the modest type." She giggled.

"I kinda am, but I'm 17 years old so I guess it's time to try something new." Levy laughed awkwardly, she had no idea what she was getting herself into but she knew that Cana and Mirajane were both right, if they didn't do something, nothing would really happen since the boys were probably too stubborn to ever make a move themselves.

"I like the way you think Levy." Cana said after taking a big swig out of her barrel "And lucky for you two, I know just where to get all the best outfits and lingerie." She then added proudly.

"I'm going to need to take a mission first, need to save up what I got for next month's rent." Lucy sighed, she really didn't like having those kind of problems, but it wasn't like she had much of choice if she wanted to keep the apartment.

"Is it alright if I come with this time, Lu?" Levy asked her blonde friend, she couldn't really remember a time where they took a mission just the two of them, so it was good to start now, and she could tell her about the book she found earlier that day.

"That would be great!" Lucy stood up and Levy followed soon after "Let's see if we can find something."

They rushed over to the request board to see if they could find anything that would fit the two of them and wouldn't take too long. Of course those kind of missions usually didn't pay as well, but still, a little bit of extra cash was always good to have.

"Here's one." Lucy pointed at one of the fliers on the board "The library of Hargeon needs mages to help translate grimoires from the far east." She read out loud after she pulled it off of the board.

"Hargeon isn't far away, and the pay isn't so bad either." Levy found the request to be rather promising, it shouldn't take very long since both of them knew more than a few languages, plus with gale-force reading glasses, it would cut the time by half.

The two agreed that they would take this mission since it was the best option they currently had, most of the others that looked good were either too far away or just didn't pay as well as this one. They took the flyer over to the counter to let Mira know that they were taking it, and after that was done, they'd go home to get some sleep before they'd leave the next morning.

Before they left through the doors, Levy noticed that Gajeel was gone, she wasn't surprised that she'd miss that he had left, since her attention had been directed at something else the short time she'd been in the guild hall.

"Lev, you there?" Lucy waved her hand in front of her friends face who seemed to have spaced out for a second.

"What? Oh yeah, yeah, sorry." Levy apologized and the two started moving again. They walked together for as long as they could, but eventually they had to split up due to their respective living arrangements.

"I'll see you in the morning then." Lucy said and waved her friend goodbye. Levy nodded and waved back to her friend who was walking away from her towards the river that went by her house.

It was then that Levy's stomach decided to remind her that she hadn't eaten anything today and Levy blushed slightly since she wasn't exactly alone in the street and the growl hadn't exactly been very quiet. She decided to just hurry over to the next store or café to get something to eat as quick as possible, she felt like she was starving and she didn't really like that feeling.

She knew that there was a store not too far from where she was, so she tried to be as quick as possible, while looking down at the ground just in case her blush hadn't fully faded. Unfortunately this caused her to almost bump into more than a few people, thankfully she didn't actually bump into anyone head on.

It was then that fate decided to have it's way and Levy bumped face first into something hard, making her lose her balance and fall backwards. But her wrist was grabbed before she could land on the pavement and she opened her eyes to see just who she walked into.

As luck would have it, the person that the solid script mage had bumped into was none other than Gajeel.

"You really should look where you're goin' shrimp." Gajeel said as he pulled her up so she could stand properly. "Just might walk into somethin'."

"Or someone it seems." Levy added while rubbing her forehead. "Why didn't you move?"

"You'd have hit someone else if I had." Gajeel had a point there, she probably would have ended up walking into someone she didn't know and that would have just been embarrassing. Especially since she was walking rather fast since she was hungry.

"You were in quite the hurry tho." He began "Got any more fanboys I should know about?" He joked.

"No I was just-" Her stomach growled and answered for her "Yeah, that."

"I forgot to eat when I came to the guild." She finished what she was originally planning on saying "I was heading to the store to buy a sandwich or something."

"I'm about to go cook dinner and, you can, join me and Lily...if you want." Gajeel mentally slapped himself, he was trying to keep away from her and last time he checked, inviting her to dinner wasn't staying away. What was he getting himself into.

"I wouldn't want to impose…" Levy had to admit that she was surprised that he'd offered her to stay for dinner, maybe things would be easier than she thought.

"I'm askin' if you want too, shrimp." He probably should stop "You ain't imposin'."

"Thank you, Gajeel." Levy smiled that was then accompanied by another growl, making her blush again.

"Gihi, looks like someone else is thankful." The iron dragon slayer laughed and started walking towards his home with levy following him close by.

He had to make sure that she could keep up with him, so he walked a bit slower than usual, their height difference did give them different advantages, and Gajeel had a faster pace than her plus he took larger steps. But he did like having the shrimp there by him, even if they were just walking to his place, they weren't even talking, but it was alright.

Gajeel's home was at the edge of Magnolia, it was relatively small, but it had two floors so there was a good chance that it was bigger than it looked. Behind the front door was a small entryway so they could take off their shoes before going in. Levy was done sooner since she was wearing sandals and Gajeel was wearing boots, but she waited for him since she didn't want to be rude.

When they went further in, Levy noticed that the place wasn't much bigger on the inside either, to her left was a living room with a rather run down sofa, and to her right was the entryway to the kitchen, the stairs to the upper floor was in the living room and she guessed that the bedrooms and bathroom were there.

Levy followed him into the kitchen and sat down by the table while Gajeel went through his fridge to take out the ingredients for dinner. She looked around the small kitchen, it wasn't much and there were some iron bits here and there, but if made the place feel more like it was Gajeel's. She couldn't help but wonder if this was where he lived before the tenrou incident or if he had to find some place new.

"I hope you don't mind Lasagna." Gajeel said as he turned on the oven and went back to preparing the ingredients, honestly he was just trying to keep himself distracted. Something in the back of his mind was screaming at him to make a move, but he couldn't let himself do that, not when his season was just about to begin and who knows what could happen.

"Uhm yeah, Lasagna is fine." She finally answered, the whole situation was a little awkward but it could be worse so she wasn't complaining "Where's Lily?"

"Don't know, he sometimes just goes off on his own." He answered "He'll be here before dinner's ready." He wasn't sure how the exceed did it, but if he wasn't home while Gajeel was cooking, he'd show up when dinner was ready.

Gajeel kept preparing dinner in silence, eventually putting his hair up in a ponytail to keep it out of the way, he had also made Levy a piece of toast after her stomach growled again and it would take some time for the lasagna to be ready and he didn't really want the short mage to starve right then and there.

After some time, Gajeel could put the lasagna into the oven and he started taking out the plates and other utensils to set the table.

"Could you watch the lasagna?" Gajeel pointed at the oven and waited for Levy's answer, which was a nod. He then went upstairs to get a change of clothes, leaving Levy downstairs watching the oven intently. She usually caused disasters to happen when she was in the kitchen and even if she was just supposed to watch the lasagna for a bit, she still felt like something could go wrong.

She almost didn't notice when Gajeel came back, she looked up at him and saw him wearing a dark green tank top with some black pants, his hair was still up in a high ponytail and Levy had to make sure that she wasn't staring.

Thankfully Lily decided to show up at that moment so her attention was taken away from the dragon slayer. Lily flew into the kitchen and landed on the counter.

"Hello Levy, are you joining us for dinner tonight?" He asked the blue haired mage.

"Yeah, Gajeel invited me since I forgot to eat earlier." She answered.

"He did?" The exceed looked at Gajeel with a raised brow, he wasn't exactly expecting anything to happen with those two after the conversation from the night before, and definitely not this soon. But he was hoping that Gajeel would at least explain something to her if he hadn't already.

"Yeah, he's making lasagna." Levy announced when Gajeel didn't say anything.

As if on cue, Gajeel took the finished lasagna out of the oven and placed it in the middle of the table and the three ate in silence. Lily really wanted to leave the scene but if he'd try to move away from his plate, then Gajeel would glare at him, so he forced himself to stay.

"I found a book about dragon slayers at the library today.." Levy broke the silence, Gajeel was intrigued about what she could have found in that book of hers, books about that subject were rare and often completely wrong.

"It was pretty messed up so it was pretty useless." She then added "It did say that something happened every other year though."

Gajeel almost choked on his food, maybe that book wasn't as wrong as the many others, but he knew that she'd probably ask him about it and he wasn't going to explain it. Thankfully she got too busy trying to see if he was alright.

After levy had made sure that he wasn't dying or anything, she went back to her seat and started talking about books that she'd read, she had no idea if Gajeel even liked listening to her blabber on about books. She just couldn't stand the tension from the silence so she started talking about something she knew she could talk endlessly about.

He didn't really care about what she'd read if he had to be honest, but he liked seeing the fire in her eyes when she talked about it. It was obvious that this was her passion so he wasn't going to stop her, plus he liked the sound of her voice.

Pantherlily saw his chance and quietly flew out of the room before either of them could notice, since the silence had finally be broken and Gajeel seemed to be to busy listening to the shorter mage. Lily thought this to be a perfect time to leave those two alone again, hopefully this would help the iron dragon slayer come to terms with his feelings and actually explain what the book meant by something happening every other year.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as Lily hoped they would, instead Levy continued talking with the occasional remark from Gajeel. But a casual conversation was almost as good, those two really needed some time together and to just talk and almost everyone in the guild could agree with that.

"I really should get going." Levy said as she looked at the clock, it was getting rather late and she still needed to get things ready for tomorrow morning. Gajeel walked her to the door and waited for her to leave, though he was tempted to ask her to stay.

"Me and Lu are going on a mission tomorrow, so….I'll see you when I get back?" Levy almost didn't want to ask, but something was telling her to make sure that she would see him, she couldn't exactly explain it herself, but she knew that she should listen to it.

Gajeel nodded to answer her question, which caused her to smile before she left for the dorm. He stayed in the doorway until he couldn't see her any more, he closed the door and went straight to the living room and crashed on the sofa. Only then noticing that Lily had bailed earlier, which caused him to let out a groan, not just because Lily had left him alone with Levy, but also because it was the exceeds turn to do the dishes and Gajeel couldn't sense him anywhere in the house.

He begrudgingly want back to the kitchen to clean everything up, which he wasn't so keen on doing since the place smelled like her and lasagna, but he didn't mind the smell of lasagna much. Thanks to the season her scent seemed like it was much stronger and it was driving him crazy, it was really tempting to just leave the kitchen as it was and just go for a walk or something. But something was telling him that he'd just end up outside the dorm and he really didn't want that to happen, so he did the dishes too got it over with.

When Levy reached the dorm and got into her room, she made herself fall on the bed, she had some new found confidence for the plan of seducing him after that dinner. She had blathered on and on about her books yet he had never seemed bored or disinterested, so maybe this whole thing wasn't going to be as hard as she initially thought it was going to be.

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