Levy was having a huge case of Deja Vu, after the first block she stopped trying to keep up with him, if he wanted to walk with her he was going to have to slow down. He insisted on carrying her books home, he shoved his in his bag before they left the library, but she had so many they wouldn't have fit if she tried. She didn't plan on bringing that many home, but she took advantage of Gajeel showing up and made him her pack mule. She knew they see heavy, but they didn't seem to bother him at all. At least he was being some sort of a gentleman, and those muscles were good for something more than staring at.
"Hey Shrimp." She groaned mentally at the nickname, and she knew the by the smirk he was throwing her from over his shoulder that some complete bull shit was about to fly out of his mouth. "I know you're enjoying the view of my ass from back there, but I don't know where we're going so you're gonna have to lead the way. He gave her a chance to catch up, laughing at the tint on her cheeks, it didn't take a genius to figure out she was still pretty pissed about him almost kissing her. He just didn't know if she was mad that he was going to, or mad that he didn't. This girl was being hot and cold, but even her cold was pretty damn fiery.
"Did you hear how I got Laxus back?" She was curious now, Laxus got them pretty good, she was glad to hear somebody got him back at his own game. She listened to the story of how Gajeel waited a few weeks before he snuck red hair dye into Laxus's shampoo. "He's been trying to wash it out for a while now, but I used permanent dye. He's still pretty colorful, I'm thinking he's going to have to go get it bleached or something." Levy couldn't wait to see pictures, she was a victim of the last prank so she at least deserved to laugh at Laxus getting his just desserts. "Yeah. Everything was fine at first, and then it backfired on me really bad."
Gajeel wasn't usually a nervous person, and from what she knew him and Laxus did this type of stuff to each other all the time. "His girlfriend Mira ended up using the same shampoo, and they've both been walking around with matching bright hair the past week." Levy laughed out loud, no wonder Gajeel was nervous Mira had a tempter so bad that Laxus didn't even try to cross her, and she was a model. So Gajeel messing with her hair was practically a death sentence.
"Yeah, she's probably gonna cut off my balls or something like that, I can deal with a mad Laxus, Mira's a fucking demon though, I've seen her flip out on Laxus a few times and I left just not to die with him. Women are resourceful and shit, and you guys like hold grudges forever , she might wait ten years to get her revenge." Levy tried really hard not to laugh, thinking about poor Mira and her red hair. She had heard rumors about Mira's temper too and if there was any truth behind it Gajeel was right to be scared.
Levy forgot about his comment about her door until she they were both standing on her porch. "Do you want to come in for tea or something?" She told herself maybe if he stayed long enough, he would forget about the kiss. It's not that she was afraid kissing him again would make her crush worse or anything like that. She ignored the comment in the back of her mind telling her that there was no way it could be worse than it already is.
She honestly didn't expect him to accept her invitation, he didn't mention anything about the kiss so maybe he forgot already. Levy could have just gave him his jacket, and slammed her door in his face, sure it would have been rude, but it would have been effective. It wasn't until he was sitting in her living room did she think about the fact she was home alone with a really attractive guy, who she definitely had the hots for.
She went to her room to get his jacket, it looked weird not hanging on her door after being there a month. She wasn't going to volunteer the information that she wore it sometimes when she was cold, and she found it really comfortable. She handed his jacket back to him, and ignored the comment about him saying it smelled like girl. The only thing that got her to stop hiding in her room was the thought of Gajeel coming to look for her, and the thought of Gajeel in her room gave her some really wonderfully terrible thoughts.
Levy chose to sit on the other side of the room, and not on the love seat next to him. She wanted to make a comment about his feet on her table, she didn't think he would take "make yourself comfortable" to heart. But he could have done a lot of worse things. "Hey shrimp, stop making that face, you look constipated."
That finally got under her skin, he had been throwing jabs here and there and this one finally stuck. "You're such a stupid jerk! Who the hell says that people." He was laughing at her throwing a hissy fit from the other side of the table. "And stop calling me shrimp! I bet you don't even remember my name! Do you just give all girls nicknames so you don't have to keep up with them?"
Gajeel raised an eyebrow at her, "Oh? So now you think you know me Levy? Maybe you should take the time to actually learn something about me." He was amused, the smirk on his face seemed to grow the more mad she got. She told him that she already knew everything about him needed to know, it made him wonder if she asked around about him. If that was the case, no wonder she was hesitant about him, but people only knew what he wanted them to. "Is it my turn to make assumptions about you?" She was pouting again, he was right that she thought she had him figured out, and was surprised to hear her name out of his mouth.
"I think you're a bookworm, there's no other reason for you to spending your whole summer in a Library, unless your into that sort of thing. I know you're sensitive about your height, which makes it more fun to keep bringing it up cause I think its really cute when you get mad. I think you're not used to having attention from guys which is why every time I give you a compliment you brush it off, and act like I insulted you."
She didn't want to admit he was right on the last one. Jet and Droy constantly told her how awesome she was, but she thought it was mostly because other girls wouldn't give them the time of day. Everyone else barely gave her a second look because she didn't have a figure like her friends did. And most of the time people thought she was a kid, even when Gajeel met her he thought she was younger than she is, but he still gave a few more years than most people did.
He watched her think about what he said, she still had her cheeks puffed out and she was avoiding looking at him. He wasn't going to admit that he asked Juvia about her, not many people knew that he and Juvia were close friends. Juvia constantly asked Gajeel to tell her things about Gray, and Gajeel finally got pay back by asking her what she knew about the shrimp. Gajeel had one more comment under his belt, and it was either going to get him slapped, or kissed. Either way he knew he was right, she wouldn't look him in the eye and she constantly had a blush on her cheeks when he flirted with her. "I think it really pisses you off that you're attracted to me, because you think you have me figured out, and it's why you're being so defensive."
Her jaw dropped, and her face lit up. He was waiting for her to deny it and kick him out of her house, but she just looked the other way instead, muttering "whatever" before she walked into the kitchen to fetch the tea that was finally ready. He followed her into kitchen, trying to ignore the hurt look on her face. "Look, I wasn't trying to piss you off. Well, I was but not like that, I just like teasing you. I just think, we should we should get to know each other." Gajeel did not apologize, and he didn't really care enough to get to know anyone, why he was hung up on her was something he was trying to figure out. He wasn't to just come out and tell her that he's already put in ten times the amount of work he usually did with it came to girls, most of them would have already fallen into bed with him, and he would have been on his merry way.
Maybe it was the fact she was the one who disappeared on him, that was definitely a first for him, he usually had to cut ties with girls, he didn't deal with whining or tears so he didn't date in the first place. He wasn't the type to deceive people, he always told people his intentions from the beginning, if they assumed something more was going on than he said, it was their own damn fault. He was trying to read Levy's expression, he could usually figure out what people were thinking, and the shrimp looked like she was two seconds from telling him to eat shit and die. Sure it was obvious that they were attracted to each other, but that only got you so far.
Levy knew she was being childish, but she wasn't expecting him to announce that he knew she had a crush on him. She didn't think it was that obvious, but even now with him standing in front of her leaning against the counter she couldn't help but look him up and down. "I guess that's okay."
He smirked at her, "Good, let's hang out tomorrow, I'll come pick you up." She watched him retreat back to the living room, like that was the end of the conversation and he wasn't taking no for an answer.
"But, I work tomorrow." One thing she knew about Gajeel, was that he knew how to turn a no into a yes. That was the whole reason she kissed him on Lucy's porch, and why he was sitting in her living room, drinking tea out of her pokeball cup.
"You worked today too. What time are you off ? I'll come pick you up." She knew he wasn't going to let this go, so she just agreed to go with him knowing that he was going to argue with her until she did. She told him a time, trying to get him to leave soon, she knew he had to go before her mom got home. Levy really didn't want to explain having a boy in her house at this time of night, or the talk that would come immediately after.
She showed him to the door, hoping her mom wasn't already home. She made sure he grabbed his book and his jacket before he left, but he was still standing in the door way waiting for something. He finally gave her a smirk realizing she was clueless on why he wasn't leaving "Hey Shrimp..." He towered over her, his hands were on either side of her head, but he still left her enough room to escape if she really wanted to. "I'm near your door."
