::Fairy Tail and all its Characters are property of Hiro Mashima::
Eight Days before Christmas.
Gajeel Redfox...
"Why the hell am I supposed to set up a tree in my house?" the iron dragonslayer grumbled while he dragged a Christmas tree down the street to his home. It was a rather large one, not as big as the one in the guild, but larger than Gajeel himself. And heavy.
"Mira said it was tradition." Pantherlily explained, hovering by the mages side, watching out the 'damned tree' – how Gajeel called it – did not get stuck anywhere.
He could have helped. Shifting into his large form and carrying the thing himself, but Gajeel had not wanted it. Instead he was given the duty to watch out. They could have been at home already.
Not that he would complain. His partner would throw a fit if he did, so he kept his mouth shot. Although he could have given the man a piece of his mind.
But he knew his stubborn partner. They could end up I an argument that lasted until the end of the year. And he did not want that. As far as he was informed, Christmas was a time of happiness and forgiving. Or something like that. Mirajane had taught him some snippets about this holiday, since Gajeel hadn't known much about it.
Not surprising, by the way. It was the first time Gajeel actually celebrated it. And it seemed he was determined to make it the best Christmas possible. For both of them. Since it was their first.
Both of them did not understand the need of a tree for it, but well. They went with what other people did.
Grumbling and muttering yet again, the mage was busy getting the tree through the door frame. Pantherlily flew here and there, to untuck branches so it fit through their door.
It was a struggle.
Setting up a tree was much more work than they had thought it would be. The time they needed for it was too much, both of them agreed to that one.
Finally they stood in front of the large tree, that now dominated their living room.
"'N now?" Gajeel asked annoyed. "'S it supposed to look like that?"
Both of them looked entirely clueless. After a certain amount of silence the feline raised his voice. He did not sound comfortable at all.
"According to the others we're supposed to decorate it."
"With what? 'S not like we have-" Gajeels words were cut off, by a black Exceed who hovered into the room again, with a big box.
"Yer kidding me, right?" the dragons voice was filled with disbelief, when the tiny creature set down a rather big box. When opened it revealed all kinds of Christmas decoration. The grin on the cats lips was sheepish.
"Mira gave some of them to me, when I accidentally blurted out I haven't seen such things before."
A huff, a silent, gentle one, was all the response he got. The things he did for the cat.
"'S not like we can help it now. We got the tree." the mage said, bending down and grabbing the first decoration ornament that came into his hands. And while the dragonslayer examined the decoration thoroughly, the feline situated himself on the border of the box looking through the other things they had gotten.
Gajeel had somehow managed to actually hang up whatever he had grabbed. It was some kind of ball.
His head tilted lightly, asking himself why people would find this things pretty, he looked at it. Maybe, just maybe he had a little fun doing this. But hell if he told anybody about this.
When he turned around his cat companion was gone. The man raised a studded brow. Had his partner not been excited – as excited as the stoic cat could be – to do this? And now he was gone? So much for staying power. He had expected more of the Exceed.
His red eyes caught a movement, and shifted downwards onto the box. It... it seemed like the thing moved. It was then when he saw the tip of a very well known tail sticking out between some decorations.
Withholding a chuckle was impossible. And the chuckle grew quickly to laughter. However the cat had managed to fall inside the box, Gajeel would never know.
Carefully he fuddled through the things the demon barmaid had given them, until he had found the felines body. As he had learned the hard way, with an awful lot of scratches, grabbing his partner by the tail, was nothing the feline was fond of.
With both his hands he reached in, and lifted the creature out of the box. Roaring with laughter, when he saw how Pantherlily had managed to tangle himself in some Christmas lights.
This was ridiculous. And if it hadn't been Gajeel but somebody else, the mage was sure the feline had rather died in this box, than being seen like this.
"How did ya even...?" the mage asked, just to be interrupted by the cat.
"Just get me out of here." a low rumble, that made the man chuckling again. The things that happened since he partnered up with the cat were hilarious at least.
Eight days before Christmas Gajeel Redfox had to free his partner from Christmas lights.
::If anyone thought I wouldn't tangle Lily up in anything while decorating the tree you have been wrong. His small self is prone to such things, I'm sure of it!
Reviews are alyways welcome, and make my Christmas Preperations way better~::