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Levy exited the Guild hall heading back to the dorms. She was grateful that she didn't hear the door open and close behind her. She did kinda wish that Gajeel would have followed her but she was relieved that she could breath. She hurried to the dorms. Quickly throwing her stuff onto her bed when she got to her room. She grabbed her favorite yellow dress and headband along with a new pair of underwear and headed for the shower. Her mind was still spinning from the past few days and from her just intense encounter with Gajeel. 'I'm pathetic' she said to herself knowing she didn't even look at Gajeel.
"Hey, Gajeel?" Lucy asked as he started to turn for the door to follow Levy.
Gajeel glared at her, he wanted to talk to her but he knew if he did Lucy would continue to follow him. "What?" her grunted, receiving a death stare from Natsu.
Lucy flinched back. "Umm… I was wondering if you would like to meet all of us at my place in an hour? I know you most likely would want to go off training on your own but will you join us tonight?"
Gajeel sighed, "Fine, I'll be there."
Lucy jumped with joy, her small plan that developed in her mind while Master was deciding if they would compete in the Games. She then smiled mischievously and snuck away.
Both Natsu and Gajeel stared after her. "What does she have planned" Gajeel turned to Natsu.
"Most times I don't even know…" Natsu grimaced remembering some of their escapades that ended up with him in pain. Natsu snuck back to the bar.
Gajeel watched Lucy buzz around the room making sure that she got everyone of their main group.
Gajeel walked outside and found Lily waiting for him.
"So what is the plan." Lily looked up at him.
"Well I would like to train just the two of us. We'll meet everyone tonight and decide then more. I guess we could maybe take a few days of hanging out but then we sneak away on our own to train for the remaining 3 months." Gajeel answered, he wanted to be around Levy as much as possible but he knew she would be the death of him if he did not train with Lily alone so that would be the best option.
Lily nodded in agreement. "I think we could spare at the most a week."
Gajeel nodded and started heading into town, he was hoping to get some supplies. Lily went into the guild hall to talk to Mira.
Levy got out of the shower, she went to the mirror and looked at herself. Her bruises looked slightly better after 24 hours. She always healed faster than most but nothing like the Dragonslayers. She looked at herself, trying to admire her looks, she could not see why Gajeel liked her or anything along those lines. 'I guess I will have to ask him when I get the chance.' Levy looked at her clock and noticed she was in the shower for almost 45 minutes. She quickly got dressed in her orange sundress and fixed her orange headband in her blue hair. She quickly took off out of her room and noticed no one was back yet, but still hurried out the door to Lucy's apartment.
Levy entered Lucy's apartment and found Lucy, Natsu, Grey and Juvia on Lucy's bed… Well Juvia on Grey that is. She looked around the rest of the studio apartment and Erza was sitting on the floor with Mira, Lisanna and Elfman. Bickslow, Freed, Cana, and Wendy sitting on the other side of the coffee table and Gajeel was leaning against the Fireplace. And finally the Exceeds were on the table.
"Sorry, I'm late." She said quickly as she slipped by Gajeel and sat in front of the fireplace.
"That's okay," Lucy started, "We haven't been waiting long."
Levy smiled softly, Gajeel finally sat down between her and Wendy. They started to talk about everything and it was then decided. Freed and Bickslow were going to go with Laxus and Evergreen, that was a shocker. Mira, Lisanna, Cana and Elfman were also going to go off on their own. And finally, Lucy, Natsu, Grey, Juvia, Erza, Jet and Droy, Levy, Happy and Carla were all going to go train at the beach, Gajeel and Lily were going to join them for the first week before heading off on their own to do some serious training.
By the time everything was over and decided it was really late. Erza, Grey, Natsu and Juvia were all passed out on Lucy's bed. Lucy was nearly enraged by this cause there was no chance in moving them until morning. Cana ended up getting too drunk and tried fighting Bickslow again, so lisanna and mira took her home and everyone followed them. The only ones left were Levy, Wendy and Gajeel.
"Well I guess we should get going." Wendy stated, Carla got up with her as well and they headed to the door.
"I'll come with you." Levy got up quickly going after her.
Gajeel got up as well following them. Levy froze when he reached the door before them opening it. "I'll walk you guys to the dorm."
"That's not necessary, were okay."
Gajeel felt hurt but kept his face emotionless. "It's best that the two smallest dont walk home by themselves." Levy's face changed with annoyance. "And it's on my way." he continued before she could say anything.
The five of them walked out of the apartment, Wendy was squirming with awkwardness. Carla and Lily were walking behind them and whispering among each other. Levy and Wendy walked alongside each other and were silent.
Gajeel walked behind them watching Levy. He found it to be very easy to control himself with everyone around, even though he was starting to feel agitated. They were shortly in front of the dorms. Carla and Wendy quickly went inside and Gajeel found himself alone with Levy for the first time as Lily started to head towards home.
Levy looked up at him, searching his face. He was avoiding her gaze. "Gajeel, I…"
"Don't worry about it…" Gajeel cut her off, he wanted to talk to her but he knew that in front of the dorms what not the place to do it. "I do want to talk to you, but please wait."
Levy looked up to her. She was surprised, Gajeel sounded almost like he was begging and in pain. Levy could not find words to answer him.
"You spoke with Lily?" Gajeel asked her, Levy nodded silently. "What he has most likely told you is true." Gajeel turned away from her and started to follow Lily. He paused and looked at her over his shoulder. "Good Night Levy."
"Night." She answered softly knowing he could hear it. She smiled to herself, Gajeel had confirmed that what Lily told her is true but that also meant she had to wait. She looked up and noticed Gajeel was always gone, she lost herself in thought.
Levy turned and walked into the dorms, Erza was the only one still awake, Wendy was nowhere to been seen. Erza looked up from the magazine she was reading, she smiled lightly.
"You were out there for quite a while." Erza stated.
"Hmm? We only said good night."
"Sure you did." Erza grinned wickedly and turned and started to climb the stairs.
Levy sat there flustered, she wished it was more than just a small talk and good night. She puffed out her cheeks as she followed Erza up the stairs and went to her room. Levy changed into her pajamas and laid down on her bed, she looked out her window, her mind was running and making it difficult to fall asleep. The last thought through her head was that she would for sure see Gajeel on the train in the morning. Levy sighed and drifted off to sleep.
Gajeel had made it home and was tempted to pack and leave for the mountains to train like he had planned. A week away with Levy was sure going to kill him. Lily looked up at him as he entered the room.
Lily looked at Gajeel knowing what he was thinking. "You promised her." he stated, he knew Gajeel would continue to keep his distance but he was close to breaking.
Gajeel grunted and went into the his room and closed the door. Lily could hear him fall on his bed and was soon snoring.
Lily had already gotten their bags together for in the morning, he hoped everything would work out for the better. He headed to his room and like the others went to sleep.
The next morning everyone gathered near the rear cars of the train.
Natsu was already sick with Lucy, Grey and Happy Standing over him making fun of him. Juvia was standing behind Erza's Luggage cart staring intently at Grey. Erza, Wendy, Jet and Droy were all talking together. Levy stood off to the side watching for Gajeel but wasn't seeing him anywhere, they were suppose to board soon. Levy looked at her face depressed.
Jet and Droy bounced up to Levy and attempted to cheer her up. She just looked back to the entrance of the station. Jet and Droy both gave a pained looked but didn't leave Levy's side.
Erza laughed at them and then noticed Juvia hiding behind her luggage, her rear dancing in the air as she admired Grey. Erza snuck up beside her.
"Hey, Juvia." She whispered to her.
Juvia's answer was a squeal as she jumped nearly to the ceiling of the station. The group busted out into laughter again, other than Grey who turned away in annoyance.
Levy felt a pain in her chest for Juvia, was she turning into Juvia, even though she hid her feelings the best she could. She smiled to herself as she watched the group. She then felt something warm next to her, it wasn't touching her but it was right next to her. She looked up and saw Gajeel standing there. She felt her cheeks redden and looked back to the ground.
"There you are." Erza started, "Okay we are all here, let's get loaded." With her order everyone moved to there car.
Gajeel sat at the very back booth with Lily sitting on the window sill. Levy automatically sat next to him with Jet and Droy across from them. Gajeel nearly jumped out of his own skin, he quickly reminded himself that they have been doing jobs together for the last few months and this is the seating arrangement they had developed over that time. Gajeel still felt on edge even with the reminder.
Natsu, Grey, Lucy, and Wendy, with Happy and Carla, occupied a booth across the aisle from them and Juvia and Erza claimed a booth in front of them. Levy looked around at everyone watching all the excitement. The train started to move leaving the station. The only thing that changed was Natsu was now throwing up out the window and Lucy was yelling at him cause he shouldn't have ate breakfast, which he claims he didn't. Levy smiled to herself her friends were amazing and so energetic to the point they were crazy. Levy grimaced when she realized just how crazy all of them were.
Levy looked across from her and Jet and Droy were deep in conversation. Lily had flown over to the near Erza and was joined by Carla and Happy. She looked at Gajeel and he was looking out the window. She remained quiet for most of the ride. She felt torn and she didn't know what to think anymore. Suddenly Gajeel got up from next to her and walked to the end of the car and out the door onto the deck of the car. Levy looked at Jet and Droy but they didn't seem to notice, she quickly looked to everyone else and they weren't paying attention to her or noticed Gajeel had left. Levy quickly got up and slipped out the back as well.
Gajeel was standing against the rail looking over it and down at the quickly passing ground. He slightly felt sick and wasn't sure why.
"Gajeel?"
Gajeel jumped, he turned to look at Levy.
"Are you okay?" Levy continued.
"I'm fine, just am feeling a little sick for some reason." Gajeel wanted to hit himself, he wasn't sure when he had started to be so open to her or why he was feeling sick on a train. He wondered if it was motion sickness, he shook his head, that was Natsu's sickness.
Levy stepped forward. "Do you need anything?"
"No, I'll be fine." Gajeel quickly answered. He noticed his knuckles were white on both hands from gripping the railing. He seriously wanted to know what was going on.
Levy looked at him curiously. She watched him looking at his knuckles. She noticed he was actually looking a little green. Levy walked up to the railing and stood next to Gajeel. She lifted her hand and trailed her fingers over his knuckles.
Gajeel fought from tearing his hand away from hers. He watched her fingers play over his hand and was enjoying the sparks that played up his arm from her contact with him. He turned his hand over and caught hers in his, he turned so his hip was against the railing. He then turned her hand palm up and started to trace the lines within. He looked at her face and she was in a daze, a small smile on her face as she watched his fingers over her palm. A small smile crept on his face as he looked at her and looked at her hand.
Gajeel's attention was ripped away when he heard something hit the glass on the door. He looked over and Lily was watching them. Gajeel dropped his hands and turned back so he was looking back again.
Levy looked up at him from the shock of the lost of touch. She had seen Gajeel look at the door and trailed after his gaze as he turned away, she saw the back of Lily's head disappear from the window, she frowned.
Gajeel made a pained sound. He didn't really know what to say or do, he still couldn't bring himself to do or say what he wanted.
Levy looked up at him, she saw the pain on his face of confusion. She knew the small war within him was arising again. Levy looked away towards the hills that the were passing. She turned back after a few seconds finally deciding on what to do.
Levy jumped towards Gajeel grabbing his forearm with one hand and his shoulder with the other. She hoisted herself onto her tippy toes and planted a swift kiss on his cheek. Her cheeks ablazing she turned quickly and ran back into the train car.
Gajeel was frozen, his eyes red and his cheeks warm. He brought a hand up to where Levy had placed the kiss.
"Damn her." Gajeel whispered to himself with a small smile creeping on his face.
