"Either way I'm glad you're here Natsu."

Lucy smiled partially in relief that he didn't just essentially abandon her. He actually did one better by coming to see her.

"So how do you know Juvia?"

The blonde tried to keep the conversation from reaching an awkward stale mate.

"She's dating my roommate Gray."

He gestured towards the two in the corner that she had dragged him into placing herself on his lap. Gray's facial expression spoke more of uncomfortable than expected from a man supposedly courting.

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yeah, and don't make me tell you how I know."

Natsu shivered making Lucy laugh.

"Glad you can laugh at my pain."

Natsu jokingly pouted while Lucy playfully pushed him.


-The door opened a second time after Levy noticed Natsu make a B – line for Lucy who was sitting at the bar. She started walking from behind the counter to welcome the new customers when she stopped herself dead in her tracks. The long haired man from the studio parking lot sauntered in before removing his sun glasses revealing those piercing ruby eyes she soon would be mesmerized in. Levy stepped back unable to move forward while she kept her eyes on him until he sat down by himself.

"Go."

Mira lightly pushed the blunette forward. –from the side, she'd noticed the petite girl unable to keep her eyes off of him.

So she nervously stepped towards the table first confused as to why his eyes were closed. Forcibly, she pushed out the words.

"Good morning. What can I get for you?"

xoxo

Gajeel sat up immediately when he noticed the petite figure standing in front of him. He blinked a few times making sure this was truly her.

"Excuse me?"

Levy spoke up when he didn't reply but give her an odd look. When he finished gawking silently at her, he was finally able to speak.

"Just whisky on the rocks, we're waiting for the take-out."

Gajeel gestured towards Natsu who was still busy talking to Lucy.

Levy noted her friend's happiness and bright smile early in the morning while passing by them brining his drink out.

She turned her attention back to the long haired man deciding to tease him about his order.

"Drinking so early?"

She lightly teased while setting it down in front of him. He picked up swallowing it in one gulp as if it were a shot.

"Got a long day ahead."

"Oh? What do you having going on today?"

Levy most eagerly questioned wanting him to continue. Her voice spoke almost too excitingly before she pulled back on her voice but he caught on brining a smirk to his face.

"Take a seat."

"But I'm still technically working."

The blunette had to stop herself from automatically jumping at the opportunity to sit with him. Mira suddenly appeared behind the blunette startling her slightly when she laid her hand on her shoulder.

"Go ahead, you can take your break now."

The gleam in her eyes spoke of other intentions to push them together.

Gajeel extended the chair beside him gesturing for her to take her spot. She opted instead to sit across the table taking the other seat instead.

"So tell me about yourself short stack."

A nerve in Levy's forehead bulged at his word choice.

"That's not my name."

She spoke in the sweetest voice possible.

"My name is Levy."

"Levy huh?"

-Of course he knew her name, it was the only name he'd had inside his head even when he 'successfully' convinced himself he was over his infatuation. Yet the feelings he called stupid came back with a bang.

Gajeel tried not to make his starting so evident but he couldn't help herself from basically worshiping her. The petite girl in front of him was even more beautiful than he pictured her from the last glimpse he caught of her. Her smile was the cutest thing she wore even if it wasn't directed towards him. The semi-cold attitude she was giving him made her hotter.

Levy caught him staring after she carefully watched how wonderfully her name rolled off of his tongue. Embarrassed, she tried to look away but not before taking note of how much more attractive he looked up close. Slowly she found herself biting her lower lip while keeping her eyes on him.

-No Levy.

"S-So what's your name?"

She tried to put on her most convincing smile even though she also already knew his name.

"Gajeel. Remember it 'cause you'll soon become obsessed with it. Gi hi."

Gajeel gave his smuggest smirk while Levy shuttered away.

-Great. Rowan wasn't far off I guess.

"So what do you like to do shrimp? You know aside from wearing tiny outfits?"


Mira happily pushed Levy towards her admirer when she walked back behind the counter. She noticed Lucy chatting it up with what looked like her other half, their constant smiles were a dead giveaway. "Hey Lucy! Who's this?"

Mira chimed in between them wanting to poke at their relationship.

"Oh Mira, this is Natsu."

Natsu waved before smiling at her.

"I thought you said you were single Lucy."

Lucy's face lit up when she waved her hands in front of her deflecting her suspicions.

"It's not like that! I am single."

-You're welcome for giving you that information Natsu.

"So Natsu, do you have any plans for this Saturday?"

"No, it's actually my day off."

"Really?"

The gleams in Mira's eyes appeared once more concocting yet another plan.

"Would you like to help us finish moving Lucy into her apartment?"

She boldly asked ignoring Lucy's nervous protests saying that he didn't have to.

"Sure! Just give me your address."

Natsu spoke with a grin.

"Perfect! We'll make a party out of it."

The white haired barmaid walked away with a smile. She remained on the lookout proud of the match making she'd completed. That was until she heard a familiar voice with an angry tone. Mira peeked over at the table which Levy and Gajeel were at.

Suddenly Levy stood up pushing her chair back in slamming it against the table.

"You're such a jerk!"

Levy yelled at Gajeel who was almost dumb stuck at her sudden brashness.

"What are you talkin' 'bout?"

Gajeel stood trying to approach her before she ran off into the back making the grunting noise 'ugh.'

"Hey metal head, what was that about?"

Natsu called out to Gajeel who was making his way towards the bar.

"Hell if I know, I was just talkin' to her."

He crossed his arms while Gray placed his hand on his shoulder.

"Pretty sure he scared the poor girl away with his face."

Gray and Natsu erupted in laughter while Gajeel scoffed.

"I really should go check on her."

Lucy stepped down from her seat starting to walk towards the back before a voice stopped her.

"Wait. Tell her to call me once she calms down."

Gajeel wrote down his number on a nearby napkin before making his way out with Natsu and Gray. Lucy gave Natsu one last goodbye wave and Juvia about 10 goodbye kisses to Gray.

The blonde clenched the paper in her hands stuffing it into her pocket not knowing what to do with it. What she knew was she had to comfort her visibly upset friend.

"Lev?"

Lucy called out from the door frame to the break room.

Levy wore an angry expression which wrinkled her cute button nose.

"I'm fine Lu. I just needed to get away from that jerk."

"What did he do?"

The blonde took a seat next to the blunette.

"More like what didn't he do? First he gave me nicknames, okay that didn't bother me much but then he insulted me by saying my English degree is basically useless."

-Ever since she was young, Levy had a great appreciation for literature. She basically worshiped the all mighty written word and from this, decided the degree she'd want the most was in English literature. Sure it was one of the most difficult degrees to find a career in but as they say, do what you love and the money will come. Speaking ill of this, was begging for the blunette to put you on her blacklist.

"I'm sorry Lev. I know how much it means to you. He's a jerk, it shouldn't matter to you what he says."

"I know I know. He ruined his good looks with that terrible personality."

The pair laughed slightly brining Levy back from her little bump in the road.

"Now that that's settled, he gave me this."

Lucy pulled out the napkin containing his number from her pocket and handed it to the blunette. Levy looked at it for a moment before tearing it up.

"There. He's officially gone."

-Levy was way into symbolism and tearing up such a thing cut her last tie to him.

"Well they're gone so we can continue our shift. Then we can go to the tea shop we say every day we're going to go to."

"Fine, but you're buying."

Levy looked up to Lucy with her bright hazel eyes.

"What?"

Lucy tried to look away from her hypnotizing eyes.

"I'm sad Lu Lu."

She faked a sniffle almost convincing the blonde.

"If that's what will make you happ—wait, no. Let's hurry up and finish up!"


"I'm glad we did go!"

The pair cheerfully spoke in unison while taking sips of their teas on the walk home.

"It's actually starting to make me not mind being out in public in this outfit."

The two ignored car's horns honking at them and catcalls by the creepiest of men. Even some women, which was actually quite flattering. They brushed it off with their calming tea still allowing themselves to ignore the sore thumb in their home –all those unpacked boxes.

Now miscellaneous items were scattered in between from the multiple times they'd searched through the boxes.

"Its fine, Mira is still coming over to help us on Saturday."

Lucy spoke partially relieved it all would be over soon.

"Though I think she was serious about it turning into a party afterwards."

"Oh? Who's coming then?"

Levy was finishing the last of her tea.

"Well aside from her and her boyfriend Freed, Juvia said yes as long as Gray comes, and maybe Natsu."

Lucy quickly spilled out his name ending it with a cough trying to hide it.

"Natsu?"

The blunette leaned in close making her friend turn a shade of pink.

"Oh Lu it's starting to feel like fate."

"Be quiet Lev!"

Lucy tried to hide her blushing face.


-A few days later; Saturday.

"Lucy. Lucy."

An automatically non-distinguishable voice called out to Lucy, she thought it was Levy making a silly voice once more. She pulled the covers up covering her face before the voice would not quit.

"Lev. It's too early."

"Huh? You told me to be here."

Lucy's eyes almost immediately shot open when she finally put a name to that voice.

"N-Natsu?!"

Lucy cried out backing up in her bed from him startling her.

"What are you doing here?"

The blonde tried to regain normal breathing before calming down.

"I already answered that. You said to come over Saturday."

Natsu looked at Lucy confused as to why she was asking him such things. Maybe she just wasn't a morning person?

"Yeah I meant more in the afternoon you know after I say it's okay, and HOW DID YOU GET IN THERE?!"

She raised her voice while Levy suddenly busted through the door holding a golf club in a defensive manner above her head ready to swing.

"Lu what's wrong?"

Levy looked around trying to focus her eyes on the figures before her as she had been woken up so suddenly from Lucy's screams.

"Lev…"

Lucy called out while Levy finally made of note of her friend in her bed and Natsu on the floor backing up with a tinge of fear in his expression.

"Lucy…oh no I'm interrupting."

Levy placed her hands over her eyes spreading her fingers to take a much noticeable peak.

"It's not like that!"

The blunette walked out closing the door behind her.

The blonde looked down at the pink haired man who was slowly getting over the fear the petite girl caused her.

"Hey…she's pretty scary."

Lucy laughed at his fear of the petite blunette who was actually pretty scary with the golf club.

"Don't let her know that."

"Also, how did you get in here exactly?"

Natsu pointed to her open window with a grin.


Lucy and Natsu made it out of their room towards the kitchen after Natsu would non stop hinting he was hungry. Actually it wasn't a hit more of like literally groaning out, "I'm hungry."

The blunette was already hard at work preparing a breakfast arrangement of pancakes, scrambled eggs, and bacon.

"You're amazing."

Natsu told Levy while grabbing himself a plate full that almost contained the entire breakfast.

The blunette laughed slightly while placing a plate in front of Lucy.

"Well he worked up an appetite."

She raised an eyebrow nudging her friend while the blonde almost choked on her food turning red once more.

"Sorry, I can't help it."

The trio ate their food enjoying all the embarrassing stories Natsu more than willing to admit.

Suddenly Levy's phone rang.

-Jellal. The name on her screen that appeared made the blunette slowly unlock her phone dreading what he had to tell her.

"Hello?"

"Levy. Are you busy? I need another favor."

"Not really, what is it?"

From the back, a loud yawn came from Natsu.

"Levvvyyy. Come back to bed."

The pink haired man said in his most sleepy raspy acting voice just enough for Jellal to hear.

"What?! Why do you have a guy there?!"

Jellal entered his defensive big brother mode who just needed to keep Levy forever ten years old.

"No no! It's just Lucy's boyfriend acting."

Levy turned to Lucy who was immediately defensive of her calling Natsu her boyfriend. The pink tint on her cheeks and sudden reluctance to keep teasing her satisfied Levy enough yet she still stuck her tongue out at her.

"I won't even ask the sick things you three are doing."

"Jellal!"

The blunette cried out trying to stop him from continuing his weird thoughts.

"Anyways, I'm going to need you to go to the studio and pick up some forms from Rowan's teacher. They're quite important."

"Huh? But they're closed today…"

"Really? Great."

Jellal sighed deeply over the phone frustrated at himself for forgetting to pick them up himself.

"Yeah, he's actually over right now."

Natsu gave Levy a grin while she gave him the death glare for the earlier stunt he pulled.

"I still won't ask details but can he give you the documents?"

From the back, Natsu chimed in once more while tossing his keys at Levy.

"You can go into my office and get them. No one but Gajeel should be there."

-Gajeel.

"No no no!"

Levy protested to Jellal stomping her foot down as if he could see through the phone.

"I'll do anything but that. I'll wash your car or clean your whole house."

She tried her best to bargain her way out of it, anything to not even have the slight possibility of seeing him once more

"Levy please."

Jellal asked in the voice she couldn't say no to. Ugh, why had he helped her out so much? With much reluctance, she'd accept.

"Fine."

Levy hung up the phone unable to say another word to him. She looked down before quickly turning around to Natsu and Lucy.

"I'd go but we're unpacking."

The pair were holding boxes running into the next room leaving Levy no choice.


She grudgingly made her way to the studio taking her time to park looking around noticing an empty parking lot.

"Hes probably not here."

Sighing in relief, she proceeded to take his keys unlocking the front door still with caution. She stuck her head into the door looking around noticing an empty room with a back room in the corner.

"Okay just get in, get the papers, and get out."

Levy quickly retrieved the necessary papers out of his office without incident. She'd let her guard down when she'd realized she was all alone. In the corner was Natsu's kendo equipment was screaming at Levy to be put on.

She looked around once more before taking the helmet and putting it on. The large wall of mirrors she looked into and laughed at herself. While taking the kendo sword into her hands, she took a quick selfie to send to Lucy.

-back at home.

-Lucy's phone vibrates alerting her of a new text.—

Lucy picked it up seeing that Levy had taken a picture of herself in Natsu's helmet making her laugh.
"Natsu come look!"

Natsu came out of the kitchen with his cheeks stuffed to go and look at the picture. He looked thoroughly at the picture zooming into the background.

"Oh look its metal head creeping in the back."


Oh Gajeel; you don't have any game LOL