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The cave was eerily silent. It stayed like that for few second, before suddenly a heavy load of magic swished In the air, creating an invisible bubble. The bubble swelled as something inside it pushed against its surface, and from the inside, a rather big amount of gold, two pairs of diamond earrings and a garnet fell out on the edge of small mountain of treasures.

"Re-quip." Gajeel said calmly, making a small motion with his hand as the bubble ceased to exist again.

"Like that?" Levy muttered aloud. "It really is so easy?"

"Like I said, Shrimp. I open a portal to another dimension where time doesn't exist, and store things inside without destroying it. I pull them out and insert inside as I please. How the hell would I carry gold in such amounts around otherwise?"

"I understand." Levy blushed, stomping her foot on the ground lightly. He was poking fun at her again. "But why isn't there time over there?"

"Because it would be too difficult to create an advanced dimension like that. And really, it's a benefit."

"Okay… But even if you try, you can't make time over there?"

"If I could, I would already be the king of my own small universe, just like every Re-quip user."

"…If we look at it like that, it could be dangerous."

"Yeah."

There was a while of silence, that for Gajeel was as comfortable as for Levy it was awkward. Ever since she discovered he could change into a human as he pleased, the dragon was appearing mostly like that to her.

What was both nice and horrible.

Every time she saw him, she couldn't help but be glad that she could speak to someone like her – a human. He wasn't a real human, of course, just a magical change of form, but she felt more attached to him when he was like that. It turned out that he was cooking for her, and he did other things, like polishing his treasured or reading a book – and when he was doing something that was typical for humans, he really was one to her.

These are actions that decide that a living being is human. For her, Gajeel was far more human than some real people.

His dragon part in the mix was also interesting, and sometimes hilarious. She remembered all those horrible curses when he changed, once, and found out he still had a tail and wings poking out from under his clothes because he was distracted. Aside from that, she quickly found out that his irises were like the ones of a cat, and he had sharp canines. Gajeel also could move his dragon scales from under his skin, and change his limbs into sharp metal swords and axes.

On the other side, every time she saw him - her heart was leaping into her throat and blood pumped in her ears. She still remembered when she knocked him out in the forest, and wasn't going to forget anytime soon. He was so… so handsome! Really! He could be pierced from head to toe and his face would resemble that of a bloodthirsty maniac when he was thinking of harming someone or something, but when he was relaxed, or smiling at the pile of treasures he earned – Levy's face would go as red as his eyes and she would look at her feet, unable to process a single thought in her mind.

…Plus, he was also build like one of those Greek Gods or heroes.

And all this made her feel weird. Really weird. Kind of uncomfortable, too. And for some reason she found it horrible.

"Oi, Levy. Don't zone out when I'm talking to you." Gajeel muttered loudly, giving her a look as her head snapped back up, her unfocused gaze meeting his.

The girl almost gasped when her cheeks started tingling in the familiar sensation of blushing, and she frantically searched for a reason to hide it so he won't poke out her face being red and deepen her embarrassment. Her eyes focused on the pile of treasures, focusing on a gold coin with a small crystal in the centre, and she opened her mouth to point out the country it was from with faked cheerfulness and get amazed by it, when his voice pierced the silence, along with a magic chime and rustle of silk.

"It's for you."

With that, a deep emerald gown with many layers of delicate material in various shades of green and white-cream, together with long white gloves with green lace was practically thrust into her (crimson) face.

Levy blinked, mechanically grasping the material, and only when her fingers vanished in the cold softness of the beautiful creation, she realized what he meant.

The small woman exhaled quietly, her brown eyes meeting his crimson gaze in a confused, awed glance, before her cheeks turned a gentle shade of red and she returned her attention to the dress. She swallowed weakly and opened her mouth to softly thank him, but was interrupted by another swish as a cream-white furry collar (AN: Not a kinky one, more like a huge warm thing covering your entire neck and shoulders.), just a bit darker than the colors on the dress with small brown dots over it was placed on the material. It had a deep, green gem at the front, and a white ribbon under it.

Now Levy was so speechless that she couldn't find her voice as he turned around and exited the cave, leaving her alone to sit on her knees and admire the present.


Somewhere within the forest, a huge rock exploded into tiny pebbles as Gajeel crushed it with his steel rod. The same fate met three next rock as the Dragon flounced around the mountain's peak.

What happened to him to become like that? Why did he run away? What on earth was happening now… Wasn't it supposed to end up like that?

Wasn't she supposed to love him so he can get things done and be on his way?

No!

The man destroyed another rock with the last of his strength, and then it was just his thoughts, the thoughts invading his head and messing with his sanity. He threw himself on the ground and rolled in it until dirt got into his eyes, and then laid there helplessly, covering his face with his hands and roaring.

Fuck. Fuck!... Why did the world have to hate him so much? Because he was a monster? Damn it!... The only person who didn't despise him yet was Levy, and she was going to, she was going to, so fucking much. Because he was a vile creature that is using her and betraying her feelings, because power is more important.

He couldn't do this. He couldn't. He never asked for this, and now his life was so complicated that he was going mad over it.

When Gajeel gave her the dress, he wanted her to get red and see him as someone great. Someone that would be a great caretaker, who could shower her with gifts and provide anything she wanted. She would choose him and abandon her past life completely for him, and then they would start a family, and his father would come back to take him away and teach him the sacred Dragon techniques.

But when she did get red, something in this image snapped, like it was a mirror that just cracked. For some reason the warmth of her smile hit him just a little harder, and he felt his heart tighten in happiness, but when he compared it to that hateful, broken expression in his head, he just ran away, feeling guilty. He couldn't do this. It would be too much to bear for him.

What was that about her anyway that made him more of a person than a haughty animal killing anything that it met, he didn't know. But she did. She was his friend. If he really did something like that to his friend - in the end, he would just return to being said haughty animal.

And he didn't know anymore if he wanted it. He didn't.

Something shifted next to his head and Gajeel almost jumped in the air, spinning his head to look straight into Levy's gentle, chocolate brown eyes. He had no idea how she got here, but she was here, right next to his head, sitting on the ground in some way that made the dress she was wearing lay around her in a perfect circle.

She was wearing the dress. Damn, it looked great on her…

"What do you want?" He asked sharply, sitting up and inching away from her. Levy didn't respond, but she was still staring at him. "Answer me!"

The girl just shook her head and gave a small sigh. And then she raised up her hands, white gloves smooth against his cheek as she gently held his face, before pulling him toward her and hugging tightly.

For some reason, the forest suddenly was even more quiet than usually.

"Cheer up." The girl whispered, stroking his back and pulling small twigs and dry grass from his mane of black hair.

Gajeel stayed silent, eyes wide and looking around frantically until she reached his neck with her stroking, and he stopped, falling limp in her arms what allowed her to rest her chin on the top of his head.

"I have no idea" Levy begun. "What is bothering you."

Of course you don't - Gajeel snarled faintly, knowing that she will continue.

"But, I really want you not to worry about it now."

And what will happen later, huh? What will you think, idiot?

"I can't do it."

"Please. It'll be alright."

"It won't."

"I promise that it will be alright."

He knew she had no idea what he was talking about, and if she knew she wouldn't say something like that, but hearing such words from her made him look up – and meet his eyes with her gentle smile.

She couldn't possibly know how much 'I promise' meant for dragons, but right now, Gajeel believed her and her smile. He believed that it will be alright.

"Fine."

Levy giggled, before leaning in and kissing his nose. "Good dragon. Now, go take a bath - you're covered in dirt from head to toe."

Gajeel groaned and she laughed, loosening her arms and allowing him to escape.

Then she just sat there.

Then she started shaking, her eyes shadowed and cheeks tingling with pink.

Damn it! I'm so embarrassed I don't even feel my legs anymore!


The incident was eventually forgotten – except with the 'kiss-on-the-nose' part for Levy, and the 'promise-it'll-be-okay-even-if-it's-betraying-a-pregnant-woman-that-loves-you' part for Gajeel. Anyway, the topic wasn't brought up so they decided that the other doesn't remember it at all.

Gajeel still had no idea what to do with the task he was given, but decided not to dwell too deeply in it because it made him upset, what wasn't a good idea to do in Levy's presence. Levy was wondering why was she so embarrassed in his presence, and deducted it must be because of his new looks. However, she still did not know if it's a good or bad thing. She couldn't really abandon the topic, but put much effort to stop the light stuttering when he was suddenly looking her straight in the eye, and was doing a great job at it.

She wore the beautiful gowns he brought her daily, because she just couldn't help it. They were so soft and pretty and didn't go up when she was sitting.

One day, when she was reading a cheesy romance story about a girl held prisoner in a tower, Gajeel outstretched his neck and shamelessly read above her shoulder. He found out the princess was forced to marry a guy she didn't love, and the tower kept her from escaping. However, she secretly contacted a noble from a city nearby with a white dove and he was going to rescue her with the help of a blacksmith – they would fly together on a balloon at night when princess was alone and cut the cuff that held her leg to the tower after opening the window and fly away to another country where the man that wanted her hand in the marriage wouldn't find her.

"Interesting." He hummed above Levy's head and she jumped in the air, giving a startled shriek.

"G-Gajeel! Don't scare me like that and-" She sat on the book, pouting at him "Don't read my book!"

"Why? And it's not yours. It's mine."

"You don't really care about books!"

"I care about that one. Every girl closed up in a tower or a castle or a castle with a tower reminds me of the blonde screamer." Gajeel growled, reminding himself that stupid bitch that called him names, when he arrived, greeted her, and walked into her room to peacefully devour some food.

Levy's face went blank.

"Blonde screamer? A girl in a tower… you know a girl held in a tower?"

"Sadly, I do." The dragon sighed. Levy covered her mouth with one gloved hand and gasped.

"Tell me about her!"

Gajeel felt his face morph into some disgusting creation at the simple thought of telling the long tale of Lucy Heartfillia. "No."

"Please!~"

"Some other time. I'm tired."

Without giving the Shrimp the time to reply, he turned around and marched loudly toward his bed, jumping onto it with his few-ton mass to prove that he was going to sleep. After a huge cloud of grass finally settled down, Levy found him snoring loudly and huffed angrily.

"You're horrible, you know!"


Excalibur!~ Excalibur!~

From United Kingdom

I'm looking for him

I'm going to California

Excalibur!~ Excalibur!~

From United Kingdom

I'm looking for him

I'm going to California

Excalibur

Excalibur

Excalibur!~

24/01! It's my birthday! I'm 14 and I'm so old I can't believe it! D:

ARGH NOOOO!~


Thank you for all your Reviews with words of comfort and amazing ideas. I'll try to use them in one form or another in the future! Those that sadly won't be included because they don't fit in for any of my current ideas, they're great, too! Maybe I'll even find some use for you!

You can guess I'm rather better from my emotional breakdown, thank God. As a present, this chapter that was supposed to be a filler turned out more important than I thought – there are feelings stirring! Yay! :D


And yes, I'll include some other characters into the story as well! Natsu awaits – as well as an epic fail because I CAN'T write him. God. He's so stupid that it's hard.

Thank you all!

~HeartGold12 :D

P.S. EDIT: Read Instincts Draconian by EvilFuzzy9! It's an amazing story that has only 3 reviews! It's not fair people, the story is really original! Read it and reviw!

P.S.2 EDIT 2: OMGOMGOMGOMG i got an FT shirt as a present, together with earrings with Happy! OMGOMGOMG~