As always I don't own the characters or make any money off this.
If you don't think they're canon after the 213 opening page you're crazy.
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The "couple" continued down the street. There were quite a few bags and Gajeel decided, surprisingly, to carry them for her.
Levy linked her arm through his, resting her head on his shoulder.
"It's so nice to have a big, strong man to carry my bags home, hubby." She couldn't resist teasing him to get a slight blush.
"Yes Dear." Gajeel sighed, acting as the put upon husband. Two could play at this game.
She grinned at him. It was nice to hear him being funny.
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Two White blonde heads peered at them from behind a corner. Two jaws resting on the ground.
Lisanna had little hearts in her eyes. They were so cute together. Why couldn't Natsu be like that with her?
Her thoughts were interrupted when she looked at her sister.
Mirajane had fire in her eyes and clenched her fist. She would not allow them to get away with hiding this from her.
"Sister…what are you planning?" Lisanna knew that look and it could only mean bad things were going to happen.
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Oblivious to the chaos about to be unleashed. Levy and Gajeel returned to the apartment.
Perhaps now is a good time to describe it since Levy was able to get a good look at it in daylight for the first time.
The apartment was surprisingly big if a bit old. The black haired man did have quite a bit of cash saved since he didn't spend much on food.
There was a distinct amount of iron everywhere – always good to have a snack to hand.
The lounge was roomy with a large sofa and very little else.
The kitchen had intrigued her. As mentioned before the apartment was untidy but the kitchen was spotless. Of course, he mostly ate iron so why cook…
The distinct thing about it was that it was not a home. There was no decoration or personal effects here.
It made her feel sad.
"Damn it. I forgot something. Will you be okay to sort out the shopping while I go get it?" Gazille looked at her dumping the shopping bags on the table in hallway.
Levy nodded at him as he left.
She would make this a place he could call home.
The first step in that was to make it clean.
She got out her brush to start work.
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Gajeel felt strange having someone in the apartment.
The idea of coming home and having someone there other than Lily was foreign to him. It felt good…
Is this what it's like having a real family?
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It was quite hot and after cleaning Levy was so tired. She was in only her bikini top and the short shorts she bought before, figuring she would have a shower and get changed before Gajeel was back.
Using her solid script had let her make everything like new and shiny but it still tired her out. If she wrote "clean" one more time she swore she would scream.
She thought a quick lie down would be okay so she flopped down on the bed. In a few minutes she was asleep.
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Gajeel walked back into the apartment soon after and stopped in shock. The place sparkled. She'd actually cleaned it for him. He looked around at how it looked like somewhere a person lived rather than somewhere they slept…
He headed to the bedroom to see if she had worked some magic there too and nearly collapsed at the view.
Levy lay asleep on his bed; spread eagled on it her hair framing her face. The amount of flesh on show made his brain go into overload. The thin sheen of sweat on her sent him over the edge and he went flying back through the door, blood shooting everywhere from his nose.
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Levy woke up at the crashing noise and was shocked to see Gajeel on the floor of his living room with blood everywhere.
"Gajeel." She yelled running over to him and helping him up.
"What! What!" he yelled and then focused on her state of dress/undress again and turned his head.
Levy was too concerned to notice his reaction.
"You're covered in blood! You need to take your clothes off so we can wash them."
"No." Gajeel answered firmly – if he even stood up she would see just how much excitement he was feeling at the sight of her.
"Take them off." Levy repeated more sternly.
"No." He replied and folded his arms.
"Take. Them. Off!" Levy's voice demanded grabbing the hem of his jacket and knocking his nose.
"Come on. It's sore. Can't I just lie down for a bit?" He had to get her off him. Wearing those clothes and wriggling on top while straddling his stomach was too much for him. He felt his trousers were about to rip.
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Natsu and Wendy were walking up the stairs to Gajeel's apartment with the 3 cats. Lily had come with them for a few days to help train the two younger exceed how to better use their magic.
Natsu was about to knock when through the door they heard.
"Take. Them. Off!" Levy demanded.
"Come on. It's sore. Can't I just lie down for a bit?"
Charle was now a shade of pink after that and had flown up to Wendy's head covering the now confused girl's ears.
Happy wasn't sure what was going on and Natsu and Lily looked at each other and smirked. It had to happen sooner or later.
"Come onnnnn!" Levy pressed.
"Would you put some clothes on?" Gajeel yelled/whined back.
At that all backed away with eyes wide and some ears closed.
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"Would you put some clothes on?" Gajeel yelled/whined back.
Levy recoiled in surprised as he yelled at her. She then looked down and realised that she was on top of him half naked and blushed massively. She went to brace herself to stand up when her hand grazed something and he groaned.
She looked behind her and realised what was happening to him and her face created a new colour red it was so dark.
She leapt off him and sprinted for the bedroom slamming the door behind her, slumping down after it.
Gajeel stared after her for a second in a daze.
Man. What an arse….
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"I just can't believe she wouldn't tell me" Lucy said mournfully as everyone sat round after hearing the shocking news from the two sisters. How could Levy not tell her she was dating him? Never mind that she'd married him!
"It is quite manly of them both to marry so quickly." Elfman put in which made everyone sweat drop.
"It does seem rather quick. Are you both sure?" Erza was suspicious and secretly furious. She hadn't got to be a bridesmaid!
"They were definitely very couply when we saw them." Mirajane answered clearly annoyed and having her gossip skills called into question.
"Wait." Droy cut in. "What if he's forcing her or something?"
A sudden drop in temperature and an oppressive atmosphere was felt as everyone stared at Juvia.
"Gajeel kun is many things but would not do that." As she glared daggers at Levy's teammates.
"I don't think you should worry about that." Everyone turned to see Natsu and the others in tow.
"What do you mean? Since when do you know what we're talking about?" Gray smirked at him.
"Because we just came from their apartment. It sounds more like its Levy that's demanding things." Natsu ignored his frienemy.
Everyone looked shocked at the thought of the little pixy sized mage demanding anything from the brutish iron dragon.
"It just seems sudden." Lucy was still not persuaded.
"Dragons are like that. When they know they know." His eyes lingered on Lisanna for a second before going on. "He's liked her for a while. She's liked him too."
He sat down at the table next to Lisanna who smiled at him causing him to blush.
"How can you be sure?"
Natsu tapped his nose grinning.
"Eww. You can smell when people like each other." Lisanna blushed again – why couldn't he tell about her then.
"Sure, we all can. You can't tell when someone likes you though. It's a bit annoying." Lisanna's eyes went wide with understanding.
"Wendy does no such thing!" Charle was scandalised at the thought of Wendy…smelling people.
"Well," Mirajane took charge, a look on her face reminiscent of her transformation. "What are we going to do about those two?"
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Glad people are still enjoying this. I think I'll release some of the sexual tension in the next chapter.