Endlessly

A/N so this came idea came from the song Endlessly by The Cab. I've been working on ideas for this song and this came to me after a little what if idea brainstorming session. So enjoy this little one shot. Also if you think I should contuine this let me know.

Being in love as a ten year old wasn't the easiest thing in the world, Gajeel was fidgeting as he sat in class, guarding his backpack as the rest of his classmates came in. Today was a special day for him, today was the day he was going to give the girl he liked a gift. It wasn't much but coming from the family he was in, giving her this was something that he worked hard for. However, she didn't show. The tiny girl always came in last, her amber eyes glued onto her recent book find from her parent's book shop. Soon the door closed and she didn't show, Gajeel felt his heart sink as the day wore on and she didn't show.

"Hey, Luce! Where's Levy? She's never missed a day of school." Gajeel overheard Natsu asked Lucy in a hushed whisper.

"Oh, she got the flu and she's really sick, her parents are super worried about her, though I'm going to go get her a book from the library today after school," immediately Gajeel quickly began to formulate a plan, as soon as he got home he'll sneak out and visit his shrimp. For him the end of the day didn't come soon enough, his father picked him up and drove him home. Not much was said between the two except for the ruffling of Gajeel's mop hair and muttering brat as he tried to duck away from it.

As soon as he got home Gajeel bolted past his father made his way towards his room. Where he carefully pulled a wrapped parcel from his back that was wrapped in twine. Tied onto the parcel was a single ring. It was made of a small silver plastic with a small teardrop jewele, he had once found a quarter when he was walking to the market shops of Magnolia, a kind old lady had sold him the ring even though they had been fifty cents when he told her who it was for. The other gift, he had made himself, even though his dad didn't show much love he did teach him skills how to survive and use in his life, like metal work. The sun was beginning to set as he climbed out his bedroom window, he knew his old man would throw a fit if he was caught sneaking off to the other side of town to visit a girl.

Gajeel had snuck over countless times to Levy house and knew the path by heart. He reached her home which was on the east side of the city. She lived in a small but elegant home right above the bookstore her parent's owned. Her room overlooked the river making it easy for Gajeel to climb up and perch himself on top of her window edge. He peeked inside and what he saw nearly broke his heart. Levy was red faced and had a cooling compress over her forehead, a bowl of soup laid untouched next to her on her desk. Slowly he opened the window and let himself in. Levy's room was one that almost no one would ever think a child would ever have. She had a huge wall of books, that was already over flooding, comfy chairs and bean bags for her to sit and read in. Hardly anyone would think this was a ten year old's room, but Levy was no ordinary ten year old.

"Ga-Gajeel?" A horse voiced whispered, quickly he went over to her side and slipped off the satchel he had on.

"Hey shrimp, how are you feeling?" He asked softly, not wanting to alert her overprotective parents.

"What are you doing here?" She whispered before a coughing fit took over her. Gajeel took the compress off her forehead and soaked it in water before laying it back down on her burning skin

"Salamander can't whisper all that well today in class I couldn't just let you be here alone. Here I thought you might like this," He quickly pulled out the gift from his bag and laid it on her bed. She took it slowly and when she saw the ring she smiled and lightly touched it.

"Do you like it?" he asked almost too quickly, and shut his mouth, embarrassed at what he said.

"Gajeel I love it," She whispered as she tried but failed to get it out of the twine. He lent her a hand and he placed the small plastic ring on her ring finger. It fit her perfectly and he blushed even while she was sick she was sick. He helped her take the wrapping off the gift and she gave a hoarse gasp. He had made her a small statue of a iron dragon holding a book with a fairy sitting next to the creature.

"Gajeel did you make this?" and he smiled.

"I've been wanting to ask you this, but um," His face began to burn red as he thought long and hard "will you be my girlfriend?" He asked and he hid his face on one of her fluffy white pillows. Levy let out a weak giggled.

"I know I'm not like all the other guys in our year but," He said muffled and he raised his head out of the pillow and grabbed her hand and looked hard and lovingly into her eyes, "I'm willing to make sure that when we grow up that I'll be the best person for you. I don't know why I like you but you mean a lot to me and I wanna be the one you like even after we grow up. So please can you be my girlfriend?" He almost begged, even though he was only ten he knew what real love was. Before his mother passed Metalicana was much more open and friendly, they may have not been rich but his mother made sure that every day was a reason to smile and live life to it's fullest. After she had passed a dark cloud had been drawn over him, until he had met Levy, she always made his day even when he didn't show emotions. Without her he had not sunshine in his life. Because of her he wanted to do better in school and try harder in his classes so that maybe one day he can make her happy.

"Yes, I will," Gajeel hugged her tightly almost wanting to shout to the heavens how much this meant to him, but didn't.

"I promise that I will never you Levy, and that's a promise I won't fail on!" He pinky promised her. It wasn't long before Levy fell asleep but she wore the biggest smile on her face. Secretly she too had a slight crush on Gajeel, from the day he stepped into her homeroom. His red eyes, ebony hair and rather hoodlumism clothing should have told her to run but she didn't. To her he was a dragon that only needed a little bit of love to truly see how kind he can be. Smiling she touched the ring, hoping that one day it will mean more than what it was now.