Gajeel clutched onto his ears as Levy's grip around his torso tightened while her hand stayed firm on his mouth. He had scrunched his eyes shut when suddenly, the Gajeel on the rooftop lept. He converted his arm to an iron club before it hit Levy's stomach and the impact sent her flying towards the nearby building. She screeched at the pain of her broken ribs while Gajeel yelled, "NOOOOOOOO!" which was stifled by Levy's hand.

Suddenly the surroundings around them changed. Gajeel found himself under a cherry blossom tree. His hold from his ears loosened and he saw her next to him. Levy suddenly came around and sat in front of him. She saw his eyes had become puffy from the tears that continued to roll down his face. She wiped them with her hands gently and pulled him into a tight hug. Without hesitation, he wrapped his arms around her as he cried on her shoulder.

A good 10 minutes must have passed while they were in each other's arms. Gajeel's pain started to subside as he started to relinquish the warmth exuded by Levy's body. Reluctantly, he let her go. He broke eye contact out of shame. Shame, that he attacked such an innocent and amazing woman, shame that he attacked such a lovely guild, and shame that he had fallen in love with her. Levy silenced him by placing her finger on her lips. She knew that he needed her support. "You are not the same person now you were back then. You are our family."

Gajeel couldn't suppress the urge to pull her into an embrace as he smiled and mumbled a 'thank you', Levy smiled blissfully and hugged him back. His pain had vanished away. He suddenly realized their change in location when he saw teleportation runes surrounding them. Lily came running towards the couple who was in the embrace, he noticed their hugging and blushed while excusing himself and apologizing for 'ruining the moment'. Levy shied away from his comment and Gajeel blushed furiously and scowled at Lily.

Levy saw Gajeel wearing a true smile. Seeing him smile in such a place comforted her with the fact that despite all that happening right now, Gajeel was capable of smiling and being happy. Levy couldn't help but pick up Lily and pull Gajeel into a hug. Gajeel blushed and Lily begrudgingly hugged her back, not liking his soft side for Levy.

Gajeel couldn't help but feel like he didn't just like her anymore. Levy was the one source of light in his world of darkness. Despite what happened that night, the light in Levy never flickered and shined just as bright, if not, brighter than the sun. Levy was Gajeel's saving grace. From the point, he nearly killed her to when he joined Fairy Tail, to when he saved her, to when they did their first mission together, to when they became close friends. Levy had been there for him at every step. And there was not one step he took with Levy that he would ever regret. Because in all those steps, she was there beside him. Gajeel knew at that moment, that he was in love with Levy.

They broke from the hug and suddenly started to topple down the hill. They rolled down the hill as Lily separated and opened his wings. Gajeel opened his eyes and found Levy on top of him. He furiously blushed at what his eyes immediately saw. Suddenly, their surroundings changed. Levy and Lily found themselves at the guild hall and Levy looked around for Gajeel. She heard a muffled noise and as she looked down, she went tomato red as she sat on top of Gajeel's face, his lips in direct contact with her panties. She got up quickly, helping him to his feet. They made eye contact and looked away while blushing. Why was God doing this to them?

They blushed for a few seconds before Levy asked him, "So... Are you going to be okay?" Levy hesitantly looked at his eyes. His softening gaze did her in, and she felt her embarrassment melt away. Gajeel smiled, "Yeah. Thanks, Levy." She felt pride surging her body as he used her actual name and not some cheap nickname. Although, she wouldn't admit it but liked the little nicknames he had for her. It meant that she was the only person he'd think of whenever he'd see a shrimp.

Levy lunged at him and hugged him with all her might. She jumped with a little too much power as she didn't realise that her breasts were getting pressed between her chest and his face. He wrapped his arms around her, mainly because he liked the feeling of her breasts pressing against his face, relishing the feel as if he would never get to be in this spot again.

He put her down and asked her, "Do ya wanna go on a job?" Levy saw the nervousness in his eyes. She didn't know if it had always been there, but she noticed it for the first time. She couldn't help herself as she grabbed his left hand and raced for the staircase. "Sure!" His heart raced a mile a minute as he felt her touch. He knew he was falling for Levy, hard. But was he really the best man to stay by her side?

No. He wasn't. He knew he wasn't. She deserved better. And that is why he will make damn sure that he is the one who ends up by her side. He will be the gentleman she deserved. He wouldn't care if the others thought of him as a softie, he wouldn't care as long as she was by his side. He will win her heart just like she won his. Correction: he will steal her heart just like she stole his.

Lily saw them from a distance and facepalmed himself. He knew that Gajeel was an idiot despite being very knowledgeable, but Levy? She is 1000 times smarter than everyone combined. For someone so smart, she had clearly not noticed Gajeel's obvious attraction towards her. 'Just say it already, idiots!' he thought as another thought occurred to him.

'I feel like I'm forgetting something...'

13 minutes back

Jet and Droy suddenly found themselves on a snowy mountain. What just happened? One moment they were watching Gajeel get emotionally tortured and tormented as they relived his past, and now they were on what appeared to be mount Hakobe. Jet shivered from the sudden cold as Droy pointed out Levy's custom made runes. The runes were written hastily, so everyone got separated. They heard a loud roar emitting from behind and came face to face with a Vulcan.

Shivers ran down their spine as they began to run away. Jet ran at his full speed, surprised that the distance between them and the Vulcan was uniform, but even more surprised that Jet was able to keep up with him. They ran. And ran. And ran and ran and ran.

11 minutes later

Jet and Droy continued to run as suddenly Jet lost footing and slipped. This caused him to bump into Droy as they both fell and toppled on each other as they were practically a huge snowball. The Vulcan was still at their tail but the snowball gave them speed and they were beginning to gain some distance between them and the Vulcan. They smiled, relieved that they made it out alive when suddenly they saw a cliff up ahead.

They both shrieked like little girls when they failed to stop the snowball from going any further. Is this how it ends? They flew across the cliff holding onto each other when suddenly their surroundings changed and they found out they were no longer on mount Hakobe, meaning they had come back to the present. They hugged each other realising it was the present when suddenly they heard a few shrieks coming from behind. They felt a massive surge of magic power emitting from behind as they slowly turned their heads to find themselves in the girls' bathhouse in the female dormitories.

Juvia and Lisanna desperately covered themselves with their hands, their bodies in the water, when Erza got up from her place, not caring if she was naked because right now, she was pissed. They had violated their most important rule and they had gone and broken that one. Jet and Droy looked up at her, and maybe it was the situation, but right now they couldn't distinguish between a Vulcan and an Erza. Her eyes shadowed as shivers ran down their spines. "Don't you guys know this is the girl dorms?" Erza spoke as she re-equipped into her heaven's wheel armour.

A thousand swords appeared by her side as she tilted her head up so they could see one of her eyes. Her face was red with boiling rage and her pupils had shrunk to an unseeable size. Jet and Droy huddled in closer, both of them hugging each other as their whole body shook from the fear. Erza spoke up, "Allow me to ensure that that mistake doesn't occur again."

Jet and Droy knew they were fucked. At that moment they knew. They would rather face the wrath of a starving Vulcan than the wrath of an enraged Erza. Anyday.