Hello! Sorry for not posting for awhile but voila! Chapter 2 is here!

Again, please review! Criticisms, compliments, and highlighting my mistakes will help make my story stronger!

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Gajeel's POV

I didn't mind doin' the first watch. 'Sides, who could sleep over Elfbrain's overly loud snoring. That's one thing that he's "manly" about. Demon and her sister are somehow managing to sleep through it. Lily is passed out behind the rock over by the campsite. Shrimp somewhere nearby overthinking again. You can tell by the way her breathin' changes and the way she starts mutterin' in different languages.

Levy… The one thing that I want that I shouldn't and can't have. Thinkin' about her is like writing a song. Pieces and parts of melodies and harmonies coming together and making something beautiful, like the way even after the shit I put her and her lapdogs through, she still kept trying to talk to me and help me. She would smile and treat me like nothing happened.

She's said that she's forgiven me multiple times, after Laxus tried to hit her, after Tenrou, she kept saying it. Even though she's forgiven me, I can never forgive myself. It's not a sin to fall in love, but she's the one thing I can't ruin. After the fuckin' fish demon was defeated, I wanted to ask her why she gave me air through mouth to mouth rather than she just write it up, but I can't. She would never feel the same about me.

Levy's POV

I walk up to him. He's crouched down, surveying the territory surrounding us. The way he tilts his head and leans his body makes me smile. He has definitely dragon-like qualities in him. Shaking my head, I remember what I had come to talk to him about.

"Aren't you going to rest Gajeel?" I ask quietly.

"Huh, like you're one to talk," he retorts.

Resolved, I decide that I can be honest with him. "The enemy we're up against this time is way different then what we've been dealing with…To be honest, my powers can't even begin compare to everyone else's. I guess I'm a little spooked now.

Whoosh! An iron pole shoots from the ground. Irritated, I yell at him. "Gajeel!" as more appear surrounding me. Burgundy eyes glare down at me.

"I'm gonna arrest you for complaining, you know."

"Sorry," I begin to say, but then he talks again.

"I'll arrest you and lock you up in the guild's prison for sure."

All I can do is smile because even though we're about to fight for our lives, he can still make me smile with our inside jokes.

"Okay."

Gajeel will always be a part of me. He once was a villain, a character that consumed my thought and nightmares, a constant plague. He became an ally, shedding his past to stand alongside with us. To fight with Fairy Tail and everything we believed in. He became my partner, no, he demanded to be my partner, and I didn't refuse.

He was my friend, pushing and prodding me to become better, stronger, and bigger. I feel in love with him. The real him, the struggling musician, the iron softie who just wanted a cat, the passionate dragon within a giant pierced human.

So I promise you Gajeel, I will be big in this fight. I know I won't survive, but I will protect you and make sure you have a home to go back to. I will stay by your side since it is sometimes so hard to find the small me. I will make our Guild proud, our family happy, and Pantherlily safe.

Most of all, I will show you how much I love you, because loving you has made me big.

Anyone read this week's manga chapter? BECAUSE I AM FREAKING OUT! GAJEVY=CANON! MY OTP HAS DONE IT!

CUE OBNOXIOUS NOISES MAKERS, SIRENS, AND APPLAUSE!