Hey, new update after forever! It starts one way and ends the opposite.. Drama, Drama, Drama! But fear not. There will be more. Eventually.. Sorry! I'm so terrible at updating. Thank you for the anon who cursed at me to update. It was motivational. xD Love you all.

Every step Gajeel took felt like he was being pulled further and further into an abyss he'd never get out of. But, somehow, he was okay with that. Because in that abyss, she was there. Shrimp. Levy. A fucking fairy from a story he never believed. She… amazed him. The realisation struck while he was walking her home from their…almost - so fucking almost… in the alley. He glanced down at her. They were walking far enough apart that he couldn't feel the heat of her body, but that didn't mean there wasn't heat between them. He couldn't risk touching her. Not again. He wouldn't be able to control himself. She walked with her hands behind her back, a soft smile on her face. He took a deep breath, trying to control his heart rate. He could hardly believe it. His entire body was like fire: molten, flowing, almost uncontainable. His mind rampaged with what had happened in the alley, he could feel Shrimp on his fingers, taste her in his mouth. Her smell tortured him, she smelt like fucking bliss.

He cleared his throat and looked away from her. His eyes were half-closed. All he could hear was her moaning in his ear. His pants tightened and he faltered in his steps slightly before collecting himself.

"You okay?" the Shrimp's voice cut through his thoughts.

He nodded, "Sure." He sounded gruff, even to himself. "You?"

She gave him a little smile, shy, a little sexy, filled with a little mischief. He couldn't help but grin back at her. "Sure," she teased.

Gajeel put his hands behind his back, holding them tightly together to stop himself from reaching out to touch her face and pinning her to the ground.

"Let's walk a little slower," Shrimp said slowly. She was looking ahead of them. Gajeel looked ahead, and realised that they were probably getting close to her house. He felt a prickle of happiness that she wanted to stay longer, but it faded when he looked around at the neighbourhood. Big houses, fancy gardens, neat, clean sidewalks. He felt out of place, his skin felt hot and prickly, he scratched at his arm. A distance between him and Shrimp seemed to open in his mind again. He looked at her. Her brow was furrowed, and she looked up at him after a moment with a nervous but so damn cute face. That lip biting was going to kill him.

"Whatcha lookin' at?" Gajeel asked, trying not to sound nervous.

"You." Levy stopped walking. Gajeel watched her. She bit her bit, she seemed nervous. Her hands opened and closed. She swallowed, she looked away and then she looked right at him, with eyes that made her look like she wanted to light him on fire and kiss away the burns.

"What happened tonight…" she trailed off, blushing. "I want it to happen more." Gajeel felt his chest pound. "But you have to promise me something."

He waited, that hot itchy feeling on his arms crawling higher.

"You can't disappear on me again."

Gajeel swallowed. He didn't mean to, but his eyes flicked to the mansions around him. They seemed like they were looming over him, baring down to crush him. "What're you talkin' about?" He said gruffly. It was a lie. He knew what she meant. When he just stopped talking to her, when he felt the way he did now after their first date. Like the way he felt now.

"You look…" she hesitated. "You look uncomfortable. Here. In this neighbourhood. I meant what I said before. I'm not weak. I can handle whatever your life is. I want you to be here."

He glanced up at the house in front of them. Two stories. Neat garden, even fancy sculpted trees. A porch with one of the swinging chairs. He wondered if she knew what she was saying. The heat he felt was leaving. Replaced with a coolness he didn't like but couldn't stop from coming.

"You don't what you're saying." He stepped back from her.

"Well, then tell me," Levy demanded, that fierce look back in her eyes. He glanced at her, narrowing his eyes, feeling annoyed. She was looking at him like he had done something wrong. It pissed him off.

"You live in a big house, go to a fancy school and wear clothes that cost more than a weeks worth of food for me. There ain't nothing you can say that can make you think you understand what life is like on the other side." He didn't get why she was saying these things. What the hell was she trying to do? He didn't get what they were even fighting how the heck had that even happened?

Levy turned away from him, he shoulders dropped. "So you didn't mean it then. Did you?"

Gajeel was confused, but the way she sounded made him stop and look at her. Her voice was quiet. Almost trembling. "Mean what?" He snapped.

"You were just telling me what I wanted to hear." She breathed.

"What're ya talking about?"

Levy turned back to him. Tears in her eyes. "At the coffee shop. Before we almost fucked in an alley." Her voice was harder and harsher than he'd ever heard it. "You just told me what I wanted to hear." Gajeel felt like he was being punched in the gut. "What was it? You just thought I'd fall at your feet? That you could give me a fake apology, make me believe you, and then go away again?" Gajeel stared at her. Feeling like his breath was being forced out of his body. Her eyes reminded him of something he'd seen a long time ago. Something he wanted to forget.

He opened his mouth to say something. Ask what the hell she was talking about. But before he could say anything, she turned away.

"See you around, Gajeel Redfox."

Then he watched as the Shrimp turned, took a few steps, and then ran.

It wasn't until he couldn't see her that he realised she was gone.

"Levy!"