Okay...Okay...I have to be honest with each of you. I am terrible at cliffhangers! I feel anxious just knowing that you want to know what happens next! I can't do it! Well I could but I won't. Also today is my birthday (hello 25) and I would love to share my own excitement for the day by giving you this next chapter early! *gives everyone a party hat, balloons and glitter* (Yes glitter. It is far superior to that of confetti.)

As always a quick reminder that this is rated M. As in massive, moaning, masterbating, monstrous, melting, and mounting rated M. Seriously this story is for sexual deviants only, or aspiring deviant's (Gihihi!).

Thank you all for reviewing! And thank you for simply reading my story, it makes my heart grow three sizes just being able to share this with other Fairytail friends. (Specifically my Gajevy peeps!) I adore you all for stopping by ! I would love to hear your opinion so please feel free to review or send me a message.

Okay enough about lil ol me! I present to you *epic music* CHAPTER 4 !

Chapter 4

Levy's nervousness had increased to downright panic. Gajeel hadn't said one word during all of dinner only using grunts to respond. Looking at Lily for help, the exceeds face only responded with uncertainty.

Lily was also wondering what was going on with the grumpy man on the other end of the table, as this behaviour wasn't in their plan at all in hopes of having Levy stay with them more permanently. Frustrated Lily finished chewing and directed a question at Levy hoping to get things back on track. "Have you heard from Jet and Droy?"

"No. They have delayed their visits. Their letters said they have found work and are saving to rent a place". Levy mumbled the last part, the letters between her and her friends had carried on the conversation with what she would be doing permanently.

"Are they staying in Hargeon? I recall the library their being rather unimpressive." Lily responded glancing over at the raven haired man.

Levy had in fact been worried about making a home in Hargeon, as she herself had said many times she didn't enjoy the lack of literature the town had. "I don't think that would be a fun place for me. I haven't really thought about what to do. I've been really happy here with you guys". Levy looked down and wished her hair could cover the redness creeping up her cheeks.

"We'll Lily and I are leaving in two weeks." Gajeel finally spoke breaking the silence. "We found ourselves a job and we need to get a move on from this shit town. I suggest ya start making a plan for yourself." Pulling away from the table, knocking over his chair in the process Gajeel left a dumbfounded Lily and brokenhearted Levy to their thoughts.

Two days had now passed and Gajeel and Levy hadn't spoken much less looked at each other. Gajeel would leave early in the morning and not return until after dark grabbing some leftovers and promptly going to bed. Levy had started packing all her things, for the second time that month. Her moving boxes slowly began to fill up the walls in the living room as she made an effort to leave Gajeel's cabin as soon as possible.

On the third morning Gajeel was surprised to smell a fresh scent from Levy, he followed it to the door realizing she had woken and left a couple hours before. Concern gripped his face as he wondered what she was up to. He quickly dismissed the thought while also avoiding looking at her moving boxes and empty bookshelves. This was for the best he reminded himself, she deserved to be set free of his demons.

It was late afternoon and Levy had yet to return. Gajeel had tried to question Lily about where Levy went, but Lily only sent a fist into Gajeel's ribs emphasizing his anger at his friend's behaviour towards the bluenette. "Why are you doing this?" Lily had questioned a hundred times.

"It's just better this way Lily. Leave it be."

"You're a damn fool Redfox." Lily had roared each time.

The sun was setting and Levy was still missing. Lily had left earlier to seek her out and Gajeel was pacing the backyard fear and worry squeezing his heart. I can't go find her he thought. I can't pull her back in after telling her to leave. It's over because I forced her away again he chastised himself. No one deserves to be slingshotted back and forth. He thought back to the night in front of the fire "It doesn't matter if the guild is gone. I told you once to stay by my side and I damn well meant it. We'll figure this shit out Shrimp and until then you can stay here and have a home". Did his own word mean nothing he wondered. Why had he comforted her only to throw it in her face and now she was missing and it was all his fault. Lily landed on Gajeel's shoulder his next words sending the Iron Dragon into a sprint towards his new destination. "I found her".

Levy didn't know why her feet led her to this place, she had only wanted to go for a walk to clear her head. She hadn't been able to sleep since Gajeel's harsh words three days ago and she just needed to get away. She had walked far past Magnolia. She wandered to a place that housed a treehouse the girls of Fairy Tail had built when they were younger. Although they all pretended they didn't use it anymore each of the girls still had pieces of themselves left behind.

Levy had found Cana's alcohol stash buried beneath the tree that housed the old wooden frame. The years of the trees growth had shot the structure far into the sky. Levy had been determined to climb the tree without magic as she simultaneously lugged the crate of alcohol with her. After about 10 minutes she knew it simply wasn't going to happen and used Solid Script ladder to make her short journey easier.

When she finally made it inside the old tree house sobs and tears erupted from her body as she realized everyone's things were still here. Blankets, pillows, clothing, books, and even photos still lined the wooden walls. Levy cried as she was dumped back into the pain of feeling alone. Her one spot of happiness had tired of her and now she was forced to make it alone. Opening the first bottle of Cana's special brew Levy looked through old photo albums and read years of notes that had been written between the girls. As bottle two was finished Levy was feeling silly and used the music lacrima to play all the girls saved favorite songs from throughout the years.

The day flew by but Levy took no notice, she laughed, danced, and sang the day away throwing her empty bottles outside the window. As late afternoon rolled by exhaustion took the bluenette and consciousness fled her body as she curled up on blankets that made her feel for the first time in three days that she wasn't alone.

Gajeel was flying through the air as Lily took him to his destination. Lily had refused to say anything about Levy even through the Iron Dragon had plagued him with questions.

"Is she okay? Is she alone? Did she get lost? Where is she?"

The exceed ignored his friend and flew on until finally preparing for landing in a wooded area. Gajeel was dropped on the ground roughly while looking up to see a treehouse of sorts with broken bottles littering the ground. Gajeel's eyes adjusted to the now dark sky, the stars shone bright with a cold night air that felt harsh compared to the heat of the day.

Gajeel climbed up the tree, sticking iron hands and feet into the tree to work his way up. He halted at the top to listen for voices inside the wooden structure, but hearing only soft uneven breathing he decided to shove through the small opening that was a door and check on his Shrimp. "Damn it" he muttered out loud, "I mean the shrimp."

He let out a huge sigh of relief as he saw she was safe. He wrinkled his nose as her sweat heavy with alcohol worked it's way into his nostrils. It was in that moment fear struck him again as he kneeled down next to her and checked her pulse. Estimating from the bottles broken on the ground below and the empty bottles next to her she had consumed far beyond her abilities. He lifted a bottle and sniffed, groaning as he recognized Cana's special brew. "Fuck Shrimp what the hell were you thinking"? He shook her willing her awake but gained no response, he called for Lily who arrived quickly and explained his fear that she maybe had alcohol poisoning.

"What do we do" Lily asked grim faced.

"Let's just get her home".

Gajeel was following on the ground as Lily flew Levy home. He cursed her 100 ways and also begged her to be okay. He had never known nor heard of her being so reckless and guilt flooded into him as he knew his harsh behaviour had led her to it.

Finally making it home Gajeel pushed the door open knowing Lily had made it home before he did. What he did not expect was for two voices to be having a conversation in the kitchen.

"Hahahahahahaha. Lily stahp sssspinning in circles. I'm getting dizzy" Levy hiccuped between words.

Gajeel ran into the kitchen to see a still very drunk Levy on the floor laughing hysterically. He watched as she pulled apart a grilled cheese sandwich Lily had made her and let cheese fall on her face. Lily was holding back laughter as he looked at Gajeel's shocked face.

"What the fuck? How is she okay" Gajeel questioned leaning down and pulling Levy into his arms.

Lily shrugged "I assume it was a mix of all the girls preferred alcohol so it wasn't all of Cana's specialty. So in reality most of it probably wasn't very strong".

Gajeel let the relief flow into him, he pulled Levy in closer and smelled her hair. He grimaced through as the alcohol fumes burned his nose. "Let's get you cleaned up shortcake." Gajeel whispered into her hair.

An hour later Gajeel had finished fighting the giggly bluenette. She had laughed her way through getting her face washed, brushing her teeth and changing cloths. Gajeel had left her in the bathroom to change into her pajamas and had nearly passed out when he walked back in to see her legs sticking out of her shirt and shorts pulled down over forehead. He thanked her mentally for leaving her bra and underwear on so he could finish dressing her. Finally he was tucking her in bed and was disappointed at her next statement.

"Why don't you want me to stay with you?"

Her question didn't surprise him, it took all his self control not to fall to his knees and beg for her forgiveness. Instead he said nothing, hating the thought that he was a coward.

She turned her hazel eyes to his bright red orbs and prodded further. "Did I do something wrong?"

He could see the struggle she was having to ask him these questions. Gajeel grumbled as he remembered chastising himself for this exact thing. Pulling away and then falling back in, he had been terrified just a few hours before that something terrible had happened. And as always that feeling made him close to insane needing to know she was safe and protected.

He used her name to emphasize his statement "Levy I ain't a good friend for ya. You have the chance to do whatever ya want, start over in anyway imaginable. You don't need me being a shadow in your life".

Levy's breath stopped as she heard her name, she watched his lips as he spoke and suddenly she didn't care that they had been fighting. She didn't care that he had been an ass because suddenly she remembered that the harder he pulled away the more he was trying to protect himself from hurting. She chastised herself for not acknowledging that he was using his consistently failed self defense technique. By shoving people away it meant he could never be hurt. She shook her head, causing her drunk state to make the room spin. Putting her hands on his shoulders, she steadied herself and held his gaze before promptly saying " Fuck it".

Gajeel wanted to laugh at Levy's profanity, her face had looked so determined and sexy all pinched together and forcing out a word her lips were unfamiliar with. She had pulled herself from under the covers and grabbed his shoulders like her life depended on it before releasing her profinity into the world. He had to bite the inside of his cheek as he felt a laugh forming in his throat. It was probably the most adorable thing he had every seen a living creature do and it didn't help that he worshipped her already. He felt his lip turn up as he tried to hold her gaze and again to suppress that hysterics forming in his belly.

Levy who had been trying to be completely serious was annoyed at Gajeel's obvious amusement. Her eyes narrowed as her anger suddenly peaked. Letting out a fierce war cry the angry woman leapt out of the bed and tacked Gajeel. She pushed him down and swiveled her body around so that her back was facing him, while also sitting on his upper chest. Securing her position she squeezed her thighs together to keep her grip on him and dug her little fingers into his sides. "I'm going to tickle you to death you stupid dragon!".

Gajeel couldn't register at first the speed in which she moved, instead he remained frozen in place curious as to why her face had contorted into annoyance and then rage. He momentarily wondered why he didn't run. Now he was on his back laughing hysterically as her nimble fingers dug into his sides. He kept trying to push her thighs to loosen her grip but she had tucked her feet behind his head twisting them for extra grip. He could barely hear her giggles over the sound of his own booming laugh. Her ass was dangerously close to his face and in a final attempt to get her off he bucked his hips bringing her body closer to his face and filled his mouth with her plump booty meat before biting down.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeep!" Levy hands flew off of him as she felt him bite her ass cheek, while not painful the surprise had her scrambling to get off.

"Oh no you don't." Gajeel grabbed her now free hands and pinned them behind her back. He quickly sat up and maneuvered himself on his knees pushing Levy forward so she was lying facedown on the ground in front of him. He pulled her hands above her head and pinned her hands to the floor with thin iron cuffs and knelt down next to her. He licked the top of her ear before whispering "Payback is a bitch".

Levy knew she should be worried but instead found herself incredibly turned on, the moment he had bit her ass she became aware of the slight tingling sensation between her legs. Even now she was lifting her ass up wishing desperately to be fondled.

Gajeel completely sober didn't miss the way Levy had lifted her ass up to meet him, he watched in amazement as she adjusted herself until she was colliding with his cock. He growled deep in his throat as her body met his. He started grinding back against her, his dick while still contained in his pants was sliding up and down her ass.

Responding in kind Levy began to push harder into him squirming to get a better connection. Her pajama shorts thin in material, left little protection against the sensation of building friction.

Gajeel moaned and seem to finally take in the scene before him. Levy's hands were cuffed to the floor her ass and legs at his mercy beneath him. He yearned to lift her up higher on her knees so he could tear her shorts off and bury his face in her wet mound from behind. He groaned as he rubbed his dick against her ass harder, unconsciously spreading her legs farther apart to reach more of her. Levy was starting to sweat from their body heat and he could suddenly smell the alcohol coming out of her pores.

He remembered now that she was drunk and he instantly became turned off . He cared about her to much to even consider taking advantage of her. This was wrong he thought to himself. If by some miracle he could lay with her it would be consensual and based off trust. Regaining his senses he pulled away from her, trying to ignore her complaints at the sudden loss of connection. Instead he squeezed her thigh, Levy's whines from Gajeel moving away were quickly turned into laughing fits as he began to tickle her all over. Her hands still stuck above her head gave her no way to shield her body from his tickle attacks.

"I surrender" she yelled trying to use her legs to push him away. He only laughed as he finally quit the tickle assault and freed her arms. They both lay on the floor Levy breathing heavy and Gajeel watching her breasts jiggle from the movement. A quietness took over the room as an awkwardness set in. Levy was the first to break the silence "Do you still want me to leave?".

Gajeel knew the question was coming "Meet me downstairs I want to show you something".

Levy waited for Gajeel to leave the room before she loudly groaned into her hands. Oh my Mavis, she thought to herself. What was that! I can't believe I just did that. Did...did I grind on his...well his penis? Levy while still tipsy was coming down from her drunken state. Embarrassment clung to her as she felt the blushing heat that had erupted over her body. Oh no no no. That was weird right? Levy buried her face in her hands as she wondered what Gajeel thought about her behavior. Maybe if I don't bring it up we can just forget it ever happened she wondered. Standing up to quickly and swaying slightly, Levy adjusted her PJ's and decided the best course of action was to completely ignore how ready she way a moment ago to fuck Gajeel senseless.

Gajeel was hyperventilating at the bottom of the stairs. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Oh fuck, why did I do that? Gajeel continued to rest his face in his hands as he mentally went over grinding against Levy's ass. She is going to kill me tomorrow when she sobers up he thought. He cringed at the idea of her rounding up her lapdogs and telling her them how awful he had been. He shuddered at the thought of what would happen if Lily found out. Pushing away from the stairs he headed into the kitchen, concluding that if by some miracle Levy didn't murder him he would never for as long as he live bring up how ready he was to fuck her senseless just a few moments ago.

Gajeel made his way into the kitchen grabbing a beer and placing some juice on the kitchen table next to the crumpled council letter. When Levy finally reached the kitchen he simply pointed and she quickly unfolded the letter and began to read. He watched her as a smile broke out on her face and she looked up at him jumping with excitement.

"Gajeel this is amazing! I am so happy for you two oh sweet Mavis the council! This is so great and wonderful!" She ran up and hugged him forgetting the weirdness between them in all of her excitement.

Gajeel wondered if he perhaps was crazy, because yet again his heart was battling logic screaming for him to apologize for trying to run again. Her small arms holding him in an embrace made him feel invincible, with her here he would do, could do anything. He rolled his eyes and wondered again when he become such a sap. He could never run away from her he concluded in that moment, whatever connection formed between them it it didn't matter what he did or told himself he would always come back to her.

He swung her around and lifted her up softly plopping her on the counter ignoring her cry of shock. He bent down so that his eyes were level with hers, holding her gaze he placed a hand on her cheek caressing it softly before leaning in "Ya want to be part of the Redfox team?"

One week later the cabin that Gajeel and Lily had called home throughout the years was empty. Lily has just finished his last sweep of the house "Looks good I think we got everything."

Gajeel muttered something vague in response. His joy for this adventure had been short lived, he was regretting the actions that had led him to this point. If only he had trusted his heart maybe things could have been different. He squared his shoulders and hopped into the caravan that would take him to his new home in the capital. Staring out the window he heard the door open and shut with only one set of footsteps in tow.

"It doesn't matter how much you pout it won't change anything" Lily scolded. Gajeel rolled his eyes in response.

"He's right you know. No matter how much you pout we are not walking to the capital." Levy stated while pulling Lily into her lap and getting comfortable on the padded seat. Gajeel went to growl but his face contorted and a green hugh took over his usually olive toned features. Gajeel sank down so that he was now awkwardly laying face down into the seat. Levy instantly felt guilty at forcing the Iron Dragon to take on hours of motion sickness simply to quicken their journey.

Levy sighed as she gently placed Lily on the seat by himself and scooted to the other side of the carriage to rest Gajeel's head in her lap. Nervously she began softly rubbing his scalp and gently finger brushing random sections of his hair.

Gajeel forced himself not to smile as Levy comforted him, in truth her soft touch and gentle body was a wonderful distraction to his nauseous stomach. He reached one hand around the back of her waist and pulled her so he rested higher on her legs. She started to hum softly and he growled approvingly, he took his other arm and laid it on her thighs wondering for a moment how her skin was so soft.

Levy could tell Gajeel was content and she smiled down at him thankful for the opportunity to be so close to him. She leaned her head back on the seat and let her thoughts wander as she admired the moving scenery outside the window. She smiled as she continued to touch the man in her lap, it didn't matter that she was just being a nice friend. To her this moment was perfect.

"Ya know shortcake I have something else you could rub that would make me feel even better.".

Two tiny fists slammed into Gajeel's back as he laughed into her lap and only held Levy tighter as she began to squirm away. "You stupid insufferable ass of a man!" Levy shrieked as she remained captured in strong muscled arms.

"Gihihihi, calm down shortstuff. I'm just kidding, you would need more than just both hands to get that job done anyway."

Levy froze at the implications of Gajeel's last statement causing her blush to finally kick in, heating her face and quickening her heart rate. "Stop being a pervert stupid Gajeel!" Levy whined.

"Gihihihi, welcome to the team McGarden!".