Hi Guys! I am SO sorry about the late update! A bunch of things went down that I didn't expect and I didn't have time to write so this is going to be a short one but I have half of the next chapter ready, just got to type and edit!
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"Prostitution, huh? well that could make this job a lot more fun" Gajeel joked, winking at Levy and the others.
"Gajeel!" A horrified Levy exclaimed.
"What? I'm sure speedy and weedy here haven't had any unless you've been giving handouts. And you sure look like a virgin that's easy to say."
When levy was younger she was told that blue and red clashed horribly, so she always avoided red clothes but right now she couldn't help it when she was so angry and embarrassed.
"Okay metal head, that's enough! We're really sticking our neck out for you by going on this mission in the first place. You need to show some respect to both Levy, Jet and myself!" Droy had finally snapped. He'd had enough of the insults, especially towards his precious Levy.
"Calm down, it was just a joke man. Don't you guys get those?" The larger man defended himself.
"Whatever, don't do it again" Droy warned.
"All of you shut up, fighting won't help us. Let's just figure out what we're going to do. So we need to find out where he is. To do that we need to search some of the bigger churches in the local area. I say we split up to cover more ground. Jet, you take the churches here in Magnolia. Droy, you go East of Magnolia, look through the smaller churches. For all we know he may find the smaller churches better coverage from prying eyes. Gajeel and I will start heading south towards Ference, we'll take the main churches there. Remember, at the moment its just a recon mission. No getting involved just find out your information and then come find us." Levy had to say this all very quickly in order to hide the fact she said she'd be spending over a day completely alone with Gajeel.
"Wait, why do we gotta pair up?!" Gajeel exclaimed. She didn't expect him to complain first.
"Well, you're new. The whole reason we're even on this mission is because of that fact. It wouldn't make much sense to let you go off by yourself, would it?"
"Makes sense. Or do you just want to spend some time alone with me" He leaned in towards her face smirking at the blush spreading across her face.
"Levy are you crazy? You can't go with him alone!" Jet protested.
"I'll be fine. Thank you for caring."
"She's not my type, don't worry, Speedy"
A little hurt, Levy concluded the meeting with, "Okay, everybody all good now? Now I vote we go home and head out in the morning okay? Leave at dusk." Honestly, Levy was really tired and wanted to just go to sleep.
"Okay, if you need us, if anything goes wrong contact us. Please."
"I'll be fine, goodnight boys."
They all started walking away to their respective homes when levy remembered something, she turned to Gajeel.
"Hey where do you live? I'll meet you at dusk there." She said it so casually that Gajeel felt inclined to give an honest answer, opening his mouth words failed him. He was stuck. He didn't have a home yet but he couldn't let anybody know that. He couldn't give a fake address, she'd know straight away.
"Just meet me here." He hoped it was a convincing answer.
"What? Don't you have a home?" She laughed at the thought of the big gajeel being homeless.
Her laugh sounded like crystal bells to him and for a second everything felt good in the world. Then everything came crashing back down again.
"Wouldn't you like to know. I'll meet you here." With that, he started walking in any direction his feet would take him.
Levy couldn't sleep. She was honestly afraid, she couldn't lie to herself. What if something went wrong and she couldn't tell Jet and Droy? Why wouldn't Gajeel tell her his adress? Does he even have a home? Why doesn't he ask Master for help? A million thoughts swirled around her mind at once, mixing and mashing into one big ball of unwanted worry. She tried to sleep, she really had but the constant worry of the next few days kept her awake throughout the night until dusk.
Levy is the type of girl that would have six different plans for one action. she would calculate the outcome before even knowing the full situation. Levy was a girl of knowledge, seeing things to believe them. She enjoyed structure and order in her life. With Gajeel, however, she couldn't even start.