A/N
I totally am great at neglecting my responsibilities. Like, I have a lot of homework I need to do, and I have a meeting at my job later today. AND I ONLY HAVE A FEW HOURS LEFT. WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE? Instead of doing important things, I just write another chapter. Three chapters in one day. Huehuehue xD
Well, actually, it's more of a treat to keep you guys happy, because today was a day off from school for me, bot tomorrow I have school and work and Wednesday too and Thursday school and my volunteering work and SO MUCH I HAVE TO DO. So that's why I'm updating pretty fast.
Also I don't have an updating schedule. I just randomly update. XD
For those of you wondering where I'm actually from, I'm Dutch. AND LOVIN' IT. Like really, we have so many small cons every year and cute meet ups and our Lolita community is also amazing.
Well anyway, I totally loved reading the reviews I got for this story. Actually, while I was typing this chapter I was reading some reviews on my phone. So thank you to
- Rockface(Guest): Huehuehue, guess you just gotta read to find out, right?
- SunandStars2: Thank you for your kind words!
- Dark Mystique: I'm glad you like it n.n
- NamesAreFutile: Really? I'm glad you think my English is pretty good n.n I've been taught it for oven 7 years now, but I've had some really shitty teachers and sometimes I also don't remember the correct spelling of a word, haha xD
- laxusdrayer2324: Fast enough for your liking? ;)
- Guest: Yush! Here is the Gale focused chapter!
- Guest: Wow, I'm honoured that you think it's one of the best fics you've read.. Now I'm also a bit scared to continue because I don't wanna let people down..
Welp, those are the reviews from today. Onwards with the chapter!
Levy huffed a little. Although she had gotten to know this rough guy, it was still a little weird realizing that he truly was her soulmate. But the tattoo didn't lie. After the two had met and started to get to know each other, the faces got visible. And surely, the face on Levy's tattoo was Gajeel's, pierced and all. When she looked at Gajeel's tattoo, she saw herself. With her nose pierced.
Yes, that's right. She decided to get her nose pierced again, after all she did truly love it and only took it out because her parents were against it. But now that she was living on her own, she had it pierced again. And fully loved it. It suited her, a small and cute ring in her nose. She was happy with it.
But currently she wasn't happy with Gajeel. He was eating like a pig, not leaving any thing behind for her to eat and not caring about the mess that he made. Annoying boy. She inhaled deeply, before finally speaking her mind.
"Gajeel! What the hell do you think you're doing? Making such a mess, not leaving any food behind for me, and worst of all, YOU JUST ATE EVERYTHING THAT I HAD IN THIS HOUSE! Now I have to go shopping, and I truly HATE shopping! So sit in this corner and think about what you've done!" she yelled at him, while hitting him with a fly swatter to emphasize her words.
Was this guy really her soulmate? Didn't God mess her and someone else up when he created the tattoos? Sure, there had to be more to him than this, right?
"Didn't know ya were getting angry with me," seemed to be his only response, his mouth filled with food.
Levy could feel her blood getting hot, running through her veins and filling herself up with anger. But before she could hit him again with her fly swatter, he mumbled something.
"I'm sorry, Gajeel. I didn't hear you with your mouth full with mouth. Mind repeating yourself after you managed to behave like a decent human being?"
"I said that I'll go with ya! I'll go and take yer annoying ass shopping so that maybe ye'll shut yer trap after that. Jeez," he muttered.
Levy couldn't believe the nerve of this guy! It was good thing Lu-chan was out with her soulmate today, or else Gajeel would've been hit with something way worse than her fly swatter. Levy saw with her own eyes how much of a kick Lucy truly had, and whe was sure that this guy wouldn't appreciate it much too.
Sighing, she send a text to Lucy.
To: Lu-chan ^-^
Lu-chan, help me! This guy's a total scrap! If I didn't know any better I'd think he was made out of iron, so annoying is he! I hope things are going good with you and Natsu-san ^^. Please come and save me soon!
Levy-chan
After hitting the Send button, all she could do was pray. She decided to play a litle game on her phone, waiting for.. Well for it to rain with diamonds or something, or waiting for floating cows. She didn't know. All she knew was that she was geting more and more annoyed with this guy, who was still eating. Just when she opened her mouth to speak again, she changed her mind and went to the kitchen to fetch herself some water.
"So, are we gonna go to the mall or what, Shrimp?"
Levy, who had just gotten herself a glass of water and was about to sip, spit out all of the water. Straight into his face.
"Oh my God! Gajeel! I am so sorry! Please, let me help you!" Levy said, obviously shocked. to be honestm she had never, not once before in her entire life, spit out her water. Or any drink, for that matter. And yet, here she was, spitting her drink all over him. Way to go, Levy.
She hung her head down. "Give me your shirt, I'll wash it for you," she said, not looking up from the ground. Her cheeks burned with embarrasment. Why did these things only happen with her? She was betting Lu-chan also had some embarrassing moments, but none of them could be as bad of this one that she just had. Why?
"It's okay, Shrimp. Don't sweat it too much. Worrying doesn't suit yer pretty little head, genius."
At his words, she peeked up. So he must've heard her name around at campus. That surprised her a little bit, considering that she was a very shy girl, unless she was with Lu-chan. Or last night, when she managed to fall on top of Gajeel and made the entire audience laugh to their hearts content. And she blushing like a schoolgirl in love, trying to get away from the stage as fast as she could.
Levy sighed internally when she remembered last night.
Awkward, was the only way she could describe last night as. Not forgetting all of the rude remarks he made about her. But she decided she had had enough. She was gonna show him what she really was made of.
"Well it seems like the only one sweating in here is you, considering how your shirt is super soaked!" And with that, she turned around on her heels, grabbing his shirt of his arm and walked out of the kitchen and into the washing room.
Gajeel stood there for several minutes, completely awestruck. So the Shrimp had some sass. Or, some sass.. More like a lot of sass. Gajeel wasn't used to people talking back to him. Especially not at his old school, Phantom High. At that school, everyone did what he asked. Coming to Magnolia university, things were different. He discovered the karaoke night at Fairy Tail and before he knew it, he would be there every single karaoke night.
But what he wasn't used to, were people throwing rotten tomatoes at him. The first time it happened, he angrily got up and beat the crap out of whoever had thrown that damned tomato. Now, he was used to it. Last night, there was a new girl. Turned out that girl was Levy, together with Bunny Girl.
He saw the small tattoo on her collarbone, and that was when he knew. He wanted to get closer, to take a better look at this little Shrimp who had the same tattoo as he did, when she fell of stage. Awkward situation created. And of course, the first thing he yelled out had to be swearing.
"Oi! Shrimp!" he yelled out, expecting an answer.
"For the last time, my name is Levy!" she yelled back.
"I don't care! Go get some clothes, some nice ones, gihi," he yelled again.
"What for?" Levy yelled, still working on the laundry.
"Because I'm taking yer ass out on a date!"
Levy nearly fell in the washing machine.
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"Wow, Gajeel! Look at all these fishies here! They are all so cute!" Levy snuggled her nose closer to the glass, looking at the cute rainbow coloured fish. They truly were cute. Their little tails swishing everywhere, their fast and swift movements, it almost was too much for Levy. They were so super cute!
Behind the happy blue-haired girl was a tall and currently very annoyed young man, with rough, unkept, long black hair. He had piercings all over his face and scared the people at the aquarium away with just a single glance, or mumbling some rude remarks under his breath about how the Shrimp managed to convince him to take her here and make him pay.
Okay, so he did offer to take her out on a date, because he wanted to get to know her better. But seriously? Going to watch some fish? He should've brought his cat along if he knew this little vicious girl made him look at fish all day long.
But damn him if he let her know he wasn't enjoying himself.
So he just strompled behind her, scaring people away from the little girl in her cute orange dress and supporting himself by putting his hands on the walls every now and then. That fly swatter of hers really could deliver a blow, damn it. He had a small raster implanted in his cheek from where she had hit him, and it might never leave his cheek again.
A grin flashed across his face. That would be a funny story to tell to their children later.
"Daddy, how did you get that funny-looking raster scar on your face?"
"Well ya see, ya mom was bein' annoyed with me because I ate all the food there was. So she hit me with that little fly swatter o' hers and the raster just neer disappeared."
Perfect story, 10/10 would recommend.
Levy, unaware of Gajeel's intimidating stares at people arond her, happily walked into the fish tunnel. The beams of light, whether it was real or not, made her feel like she really was under the water, swimming together with the fish. She closed her eyes and imagined herself swimming through the sea, with the fish as her company. She had always loved to swim, it made her feel free. Free from all the responsibilties she had here at the land.
"Say, Gajeel..." Levy turned around, only to meet his piercing stare. She jumped up in fright.
"GAJEEL! Why are you giving people that look?" Levy hit him, this time not with a fly swatter, but with her bare hands. "Don't you know that you're intimidating as hell and that you're scaring the life out of people her?" Levy's fists continued to connect with his flesh, only stopping when he grabbed hold of her wrists.
"Shrimp, yer here with me. I dun' want these guys lookin' at ya like yer a piece of meat. Yer my mate, and I ain't plannin' on losing you. Especially not to one of them," he said while using his thumb to point at some guys behind him. Shrimp may be annoying as hell, she was his soulmate and he finally found her. Like hell he was gonna let her get away from him.
Besides, the guys here all looked like total losers. They all looked as if yhey were about to piss their pants if he only looked at them. Not that he didn't find it amusing, but it was more weird. Sure, he wasn't that scary.
"What were ya gonna say, Shrimp?" he asked her, trying to scoff. Although it was obvious he was faking, Levy smiled at him and decided to just go with it for the time being. She would get him to open up to her eventually. After all, she had time.
"I was just thinking..." she said before being cut off by him and his laugh.
"Thinking? Whaddaya need that kind of crap for? As long as ya function, why'd ya wanna go and think about this shitty world?" he asked, laughing at her puffing her cheeks.
"Oi, Shrimp, if ya keep doing that, they might have to put ya in here too, together with these puffy fish guys! Now that I look closer, ya don't look that different to me after all, gihi."
Levy's only response was to step on his toes, as hard as she could.
"What the hell, Short Stuff? What were ya doin' that for? The heck is wrong with ya and yer little brain?" he cried out, obviously in pain.
"That was for insulting me, several times. And I'd like to continue what I was saying before." She turned her body once again towards the glass wall that seperated her and the fish, closing her eyes before smiling sadly at the glass.
Her delicate fingers followed the pattern in the glass as she softly spoke again. "You have obviously heard about me. Levy McGarden, the genius girl. But.. the truth is, I'm being forced in all of this. I never wanted to take the extra course, to be honest. My parents always pushed me to strive for the best. I didn't want to let them down, and that's why I follow all these classes. Because, if I don't follow them, then all of their sacrifices would be useless."
Her voice became filled with emotion and her hazel eyes started to get moisty.
"That's why I love it here so much. These fish have no idea who I am, and thus, have no expectations. They don't care if I fail my classes. They don't care if I didn't brush my hair and wear no make ups. They couldn't care less about the paper that's due the next morning. That's why I love the sea so much. It's an escape, even if it's only for a while." Levy moved her hands up to her face, wiping away her tears.
Gajeel, finally realizing he shouldn't just stand there but help her, pulled the little girl in a hug.
"I don't know what sacrifices yer talking 'bout, Levy, but I know that yer parents will be proub of ya, no matter what ya choose to do. That's what parents are for. So, don't let 'em stop ya from achieving whatever the hell it is that ya wanna do, because I know ya can do it."
The small girl decided to rest her head against his well-toned chest, before wrapping her small arms around his waist.
"Thank you, Gajeel. Thank you," she said, while looking up to him with watery eyes and a tiny smile.
"No point. 'Sides, I like to see ya smile. Lot better than when yer yellin' at me or hitting me with that damned fly swatter." His eyes glinstered a little, as he tried not to laugh. His cheeks became puffed from holding his laughter.
Realizing this, Levy started to giggle.
"Now you are the puffy fish, Gajeel! I'll go tell the staff that you've escaped from your tank!" She ran away from him playfully, before stopping and poking her tongue at him.
"Now yer gettin' it, Shrimp! It's about time ya get back in yer tank with ya little Shrimp family again! You seemed to enjoy looking at yer family, I'll make ya join 'em again," he said before sprinting towards her and quickly sweeping her up from her feet.
"Gajeel! Put me down THIS INSTANT!" Levy yelled out annoyed at his nerve.
"Oh hell no, Shorty," he grinned. "It's payback time, and I'd love to see ya reunited with yer Shrimpy family."
##
Levy and Gajeel truly had had an amazing day. Levy's stomach hurted from laughing so much, and Gajeel was grinning like a mad man. After the whole 'puffy fish' and 'shrimp' incident, the two of them had been nearly kicked out. If it wasn't for Levy's quick thinking, they would never have ben welcomed back there.
After they had finally seen every single fish there was to see in the aquarium, including all sorts of shrimp that Gajeel made her look at, they left the aquarium. Levy was the one who had suggested to play tag, and before she knew it Gajeel had ticked her arm and ran off in a different direction of town, laughing his funny laugh and wanting he could see Levy's face now.
He hadn't had that much fun in what felt like forever. He had also never met anyone like her. He didn't expect her to be this super funny, sassy, and most of all daring. She dared him to come out of his shell, something that he actually liked. If someone had told him half a year ago, or even a week ago, that he would take a small girl that was no longer than 150 cm's tall in his opinion and would enjoyed himself, he would sent them to the hospital with a note attached that said the nurses had to check for mental damage.
And yet here he was, running through the streets of their small town, laughing all the time and nearly bumbing into strangers all the time. Gajeel dared to look over his shoulder, and not to his surprise, he saw the Shrimp nowhere. He let out a sigh of relief. He'd be safe.
"Resting already, Puffy Fish?"
Crap.
Levy. In front of him. With a sadistic grin on her face. Bad news.
She tagged his arm, but instead of running away, she dragged him with her to a nearby restaurant.
"Oh hell no, Shrimp! I ain't eating in a fancy restaurant! I'm broke enough already, ya little!" he yelled out, trying to escape from her grip. Many strangers were giving them looks, and he couldn't say that he wouldn't look at the bizarre scene. A small girl with shoulderlength blue hair and a pierced nose dragging along a scruff-looking guy with rough, black hair, a lot of piercings and a lot taller than the girl was while the boy was protesting and calling her 'Shrimp', while she called him 'Puffy Fish'.
"Gajeel, I am paying for the meal. You payed for the aquarium, it's only fair that I pay for our food. Besides, I'm really hungry and I'd feel bad if I made you pay for all my food," Levy explained to the sick-looking man, who was rubbing his stomach in soothing circles.
"Are you alright?" she asked him, with serious concern in her voice.
"I'm fine.." he grumbled, not sounding very convincing. "Just some motion sickness.. That's all.."
Levy felt as if her entire world was smashed to pieces.
"Motion sickness?! What am I to you, a method of transportion? Or, even worse, A SHRIMP THAT YOU CAN RIDE?" She stomped her foot on the ground in frustration.
"It's not you, ya little loud mouth. It's getting dragged along, that feels like transportion. So that's why I'm like this now," he explained to Levy. He had seen her hand go to her purse and he knew that she had a spare fly swatter in there. Like hell he was going to get hit by that thing again.
"Now, let's eat! I don't know 'bout ya, but I'm hungry! Bet Lil's hungry too, so we should get something with meat in. That way, I can bring him some leftovers and maybe than he won't lay down in my bed anymore. I FIGURED IT OUT!"
Levy smacked him across his face, her's being flushed. "Don't cause a scene! Now come on, and get in!" She grabbed his hand, and before he could protest, she had dragged him inside the restaurant.
"Shrimp, what on earth am I doin' in here? Ya know, or at least can use yer brain to realize, that I ain't the fancy type?"
"Don't worry!" she happily exclaimed, walking in front of him. "I know the owner and the waiter really well, so it's okay. Now sit down and order whatever you'd like! I have some cathing up to do anyways!" And with that, she was gone, leaving him by himself.
He walked a bit around the restaurant, grumbling about irresponsible shrimp and how he thought that since her shrimp family was so big, she would have some sense of responsibility for those around her. But no, here he was, being ditched by a shrimp in a fancy restaurant, knowing that he was extremely out of place. Shrimp could say whatever the hell she wanted, he knew he was out of place. Oh well.
He wandered around a bit more, before finding a table next to the window. Giving it no second thought, he walked up to the table and made himself comfortable, grabbing the menu and reading it for a bit.
"The fuck is Shrimp doin'?" Gajeel asked himself after what felt like 30 minutes. His feet were on top of the table, not caring that his boots were dirty and muddy and making the table cloth dirty. He lowered the menu so that he could see a bit around, or better said, to see if his little Shrimp was anywhere near.
"Damned Shrimp," he muttered, before rereading the menu. After a few minutes, a waiter came by his table.
"Sir, welcome here. My name is Jet, and I will be your waiter for the evening. What can I get you tonight?" A guy wearing a purple blouse and werid, orange hair in a ponytail. "Weird," Gajeel scoffed under his breath.
"I'll take a hamburger, thanks." He tossed the menu back at the completely awestruck waiter.
"E-excuse me, Sir?" The waiter went on all fours to retrieve the menu, and when he got it, his face as as red as a tomato.
"Didn't ya hear me?" Gajeel asked the waiter, enjoying the look on his face. He removed his feet from the table, stomping them down on the ground.
"I said that I'll take a hamburger. Now hurry up, and get yer sorry lil' ass into the kitchen to make sure I get my burger." He lifted one eyebrow at the waiter, and stared at him with his piercing red eyes. Gajeel briefly wondered for a moment if he should do something he'd always wanted to try. Deciding he didn't care, he grabbed the waiter by his collar and brought his mouth to the ears of the waiter.
With a huge grin, he said; "Boo."
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The waiter ran away as fast as he could, as Gajeel was shaking with laughter.
Unfortunately his fun lasted short. A familiar fly swatter hit him full force in his face, and right after that he could hear her scolding.
Oh well. He had had fun, and he could see the fun glinstering in her eyes.
"So Gajeel, what did you order?" she asked him, with a smile. Secretly, she really found the scene highly entertaining, expecially since it consisted of her soulmate and one of her old childhood friends.
"Me? Oh, I ordered a hamburger. Little guy here didn't seem to get me, so I scared 'im a little. Guess I got carried away," he said with a shrug.
Levy pressed her hands to her mouth as she started to giggle. Her laughter unstelled Gajeel.
"What did I do, Shrimp? Would ya tell me?" He had a very worried look on his facem which only made her laugh more.
"Shrimp! Oi! Answer me, ya little pile of human!" Gajeel yelled out, wanting an answer.
Finally, she removed her hands from her mouth. Her eyes filled with tears from laughing so much, and she was still smiling.
"Oh Gajeel, you can't order a hamburger in a restaurant," she said.
His eyes widened.
"The hell?! What kinda place doesn't serve basic food? The fuck's wrong with this place? Why'd ya take me here, Shrimp? To make fun of me?"
"Gajeel, calm down," Levy said with a gentle smile. "I brought you here because I wanted to thank you for the fun day. This place is owned by two of my old friends, and I.. sort of figured you had a big appetite so I thought a place like this would be perfect to soothe you appetite.." She blushed when she admitted to liking the day.
"Oi, Shrimp. Seeing ya laugh like that was thanks enough. I didn't like the sad look on yer face earlier, I prefer ya laughin'. So whaddaya say, let's get out of here and go to some fastfood place?"
Levy laughed.
"Let's go!"
And with that, the two of them jumped up and ran out of the restaurant, giggling like two teens in love.
That's it! I hoped you liked it! I made it a bit longer, like, 4k+ words without my ramblings. Huehuehue xD
Don't forget to review, I love hearing from my readers and I love hearing your opinions and ideas that you might have for this story!
And now I gotta run for that damned meeting. See you all next time!
