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Chapter 6

Gajeel woke up from a disturbing dream feeling as though he was missing something. In the dream, he had been chasing someone and it had been like he had to find that person because something bad was going to happen to them if he didn't catch that person first. First because Gajeel had felt that someone else was chasing after that person, too. And whenever he felt like giving up, he saw a flash of blue and it was like he couldn't run fast enough, he just felt desperate to reach whoever it was first. Just as he caught up to the person, he woke in his own hot, sweat.

He sighed. The way life was going for him so far he would have to have at least three Pantherlilys to make him relax. As it was, Gajeel was petting Pantherlily behind the ears and Pantherlily's purring calmed his heartbeat that had been beating as if he had just run a marathon. He looked outside to check the time and saw that it was before dawn so he didn't have to rush to go to work. As he thought that, he yawned and closed his eyes again. He fell back asleep within minutes of closing his eyes and this time without a weird dream.

"Da-", The rest of the word was cut off as he covered his pierced face with his pillow. He groaned loudly. "I don wat to go to wok!" He shouted his face still covered by the pillow blocking the sun. With the commotion happening Pantherlily jumped off Gajeel's bed taking his body with him and slipping out of the room while Gajeel was still whining about who know's what. Gajeel finally lifted the pillow and squinted against the blinding Sun all while pouting. He looked to see Pantherlily's imprint on the bed but not the actual cat. He huffed, nothing was turning out in his favor today. He had slept in because of that stupid dream, Juvia was going to scream at him(again), and he was going to have to go to the Masquerade Ball too. He groaned once again in annoyance.

Gajeel got of of bed and went to the bathroom where he brushed his teeth, ran his hand through his hair while looking at the mirror, and went pee. Once he finished with that he went in his tiny kitchen that would have been horrible had anyone else stayed at his house, other than Lily. There he ate his breakfast in silence except for the crunch of the burnt toast he had made and the sound of lily drinking his milk.

He had been right about Juvia screaming at him for being late, he had gotten an earful but he had toned her out after her first insult. It had been acquired after a month with her, of course he never told her that, he just nodded and pretended to listen to her lecture about being late. After that he went to his office for some peace and quiet that he never got because it seemed as if thieves had decided to all steal something during the night, which was quite unfortunate for Gajeel who felt as if he was about to explode. Those who knew Gajeel better stayed away from him, those who didn't know better swarmed Gajeel asking what to do about the heists. It went on like this for a while until they finally got the hint and stayed away from him.

To say he was uncomfortable was an understatement, Gajeel was in a nice suit that was two sizes too small for him and he was crowded all around by pesky nobles. He couldn't even walk a step before bumping into someone, to say he was aggravated was also an understatement. He finally got a chance to move when he spotted a waitress going around with glasses of wine.

"Excuse me," He said and the people parted seeing that he was going to get a glass of water, some even went with him. He was in such a rush to escape he bumped into a small woman that had a cat mask on.

"Sorry." He hoped the lady would let him go with accept his sorry and not go on a rant about how rude it was to bump into someone. To his shock she didn't even look at him or say anything, it was hard to tell what she was thinking because her mask made it hard to read her facial expression. Though it would still be hard because nobles have a habit to wear so much makeup that it was to tell what their facial expressions were too.

Some of the nobles had finally lost interest in him but one lady kept badgering him about something or another, he hadn't been listening. He reached the waitress and drank his glass in two glups to the shock of the women, but still she clung to him. He scanned the ball for a way to escape when his eyes connected with the petite woman he had bumped into earlier. He smiled in his creepy way and slowly started to walk in the direction of the woman, while the one who was clinging to him followed him and didn't stop talking about the wealth her family had. He finally reached the small lady who had her back turned toward him.

"I'm sorry, madam, but this young lady had asked to dance with me earlier and I said yes, so pardon me"

The girl had turned around startled when Gajeel had started talking but quickly caught on to his scheme and ,surprising him, backed him up.

"Oh, here I was thinking you had left me for the wolves."

"Of-Of course not, madam."

Gajeel then offered his hand and she took it without hesitating, instead acting so confident, Gajeel would have thought his own lie was real, had he not been participating in it.

"So tell me do you usually do along with someone's lie without even thinking?" Gajeel asked curious.

"Of course not," She scoffed.

"Then why mine?"

"Because you seemed pretty desperate to escape that woman, ."

"So that was her name."

"Yes."

"What's your's?"

"What's your's?"

"Mysterious act, Gajeel."

"Rowan, and I am not putting up the mysterious act."

"Oh really, fine then."

They danced in silence for a few more minutes before she excused herself saying that she shouldn't stay with a stranger any longer.

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