For capaleran2 who sent me "Yahoo Me" from a prompt list (Leave an "Yahoo Me" in my ask, and I'll write a drabble about the specified characters celebrating something [feel free to specify.] )

Title: First Steps

Pairing: Gajevy with the twins

Word count: 1.2k

Summary: celebrating the twins' first steps.

A/N: Let's throw in some fluff


"Gajeel! Come here quickly!" Levy's shrill voice woke up the dragon slayer with a start. He fell from the bed with a thump, banging his head on the night table when he tried to stand up too quickly. With a curse on his lips, he ran out of the bedroom and down the stairs of his home taking two at a time. He had just been dozing off for a quick afternoon nap for Mavis sake! What the fuck had happened in just 5 minutes?!

He skidded to a stop at the threshold of the living room, his dragon hearing telling him this was where his wife's voice came from. "What's wrong?" Gajeel half barked half growled. His instincts were on high alert scanning the room for anything that had caused Levy's voice to hold such urgency.

His eyes registered the room and it was as he had left it just minutes ago. Levy was kneeled down on the carpet floor and the twins were just a couple steps from her with their baby toys around them laying askew. Gajeel followed Levy's gaze when she didn't answer and his body relaxed in a second when his eyes landed on Shutora.

His 9-months-old baby girl who was standing up on her own for the first time in her life.

Words failed him as he couldn't tear his eyes from his daughter. Her lower lip poked out and her eyes looked down at her wobbly legs as if trying to command her limbs to follow her orders. Her small hands rested on the couch for support as she still tried to find her own balance. Gajeel swore he saw in Shutora the same concentration Levy held whenever she decoded an ancient language.

Levy cast a side glance to him, not wanting to miss anything her daughter might do. She giggled at seeing Gajeel standing frozen by the threshold, his eyes wide in amazement and his mouth opening and closing like a gaping fish. But who could blame him? Levy felt the same excitement and elation cursing through her veins and rippling goosebumps on her flesh from her bursting emotions.

"Come!" Levy urged Gajeel, snapping him back to action as he moved to sit down next to his wife. He placed his arm around her shoulders, trying to remind himself he wasn't dreaming and he really was about to witness the first steps of their daughter.

Shutora let go of the edge of the couch, her legs shook from the effort and she lost her balance for a second. Gajeel's protective instinct soared as he almost launched himself to catch her, but her quick hands placed themselves back on the couch preventing her from falling to the floor. Gajeel let out a breath he didn't notice he was holding in and Levy laughed, trying to hide the fact that she had felt the same instinct take over her.

Gajeel frowned at his wife, pinching her cheek for laughing at his expense. She swatted away his hand, their eyes again focused completely on their daughter. Suddenly, Gajeel remembered something very important.

"Lily! Get the lacrima!" he shouted over his shoulder, hoping with all his might that his friend could hurry so they wouldn't miss recording Shutora's first step on the video lacrima. Gajeel and Levy adored watching all the videos of the twins doing anything and he knew Shu's first step would become one of their favorite ones.

Levy gasped and Gajeel quickly followed her gaze to find not one but two babies now on their feet. Yajeh was standing next to his sister with his chubby hands on the coffee table. He stomped his right foot on the carpet floor getting used to the movement of his limb while gurgling happily.

Levy almost laughed. Of course, Yajeh couldn't let his sister alone in this! They were always together and with the months gone by both parents had seen the bond grow stronger and stronger between the twins. They were partners in crime and it would be a cold day in hell before Yajeh would let Shutora take on an adventure all by herself.

"Oh Mavis," Gajeel breathed out shakily. He couldn't contain the tears that prickled at the corner of his eyes. Pride swelled up in his chest and a storm of emotions washed over him at looking at their kids. When did they grow up so much? He remembered as if it was yesterday that they came home from the hospital with two bundles of joy tightly tucked in their arms. And now, those same shrimplings were about to take their first steps towards an endless adventure.

Levy placed her hand over Gajeel's and squeezed it reassuringly. Her happy tears were already leaving a trail over her cheeks and the proud smile he wore only helped the tears fall faster.

The twins seemed to have gathered the hang on how to remain on their feet, as Shutora wiggled her hip from side to side and Yajeh bent his knees excitedly as if trying to jump.

Levy extended her hands forward beckoning the kids to join their parents. "Come babies. You can do it," she cooed in a sweet tone grabbing the attention of both children. The kids' faces lighted up at their mother's voice and they babbled excitedly in a high pitch.

"Come on, ya know we'll catch you," Gajeel's soothing voice joined them and the babies' happiness seemed to skyrocket at their father's loving gaze.

The twins needed no more encouragement. With a shrill laugh and wide smiles both kids let go of their hands perch and took three quick wobbly steps towards their parents. Their delighted squeals and excited blabbering rang loud on each corner of their home. When they lost their footing, their parents were there to catch them as they promised.

"That was fantastic Shu!" Levy held Shutora closely, hugging her tightly and kissing her cheeks lovingly. Shutora squealed happily in her mother's arms, her hands now finding perch on her mother's dress to hug her back.

"Gihi, I knew you could do it!" Gajeel hugged Yajeh close to him as he nuzzled his son's wild blue hair. Yajeh squirmed in his father's hold and kicked his little feet up in the air excitedly, no doubt feeling all his father's emotions washing in waves through him.

Gajeel drew Levy and Shutora into a big warm family embrace. He didn't even fight the happy tears that spilled down his face and with his thumb he lovingly wiped away Levy's tears. She smiled brightly at him and kissed both babies on their foreheads, feeling an unparalleled peace and happiness fill her heart to the brim of bursting.

"You do realize now they're gonna be even more troublesome?" Lily chuckled from the other side of the room with the recording lacrima on his hands. His own eyes shone brightly from unshed happy tears. "I mean, we could barely keep up with them and they were just crawling." He smirked tenderly, laughing inwardly at thinking on how many more shenanigans the twins were going to pull off now that they had learned to walk.

Gajeel and Levy blinked comically at him and looked down at the squirming kids in their arms. The twins seemed to be bursting out with energy as they squealed happily while kicking their feet high in the air, wanting nothing more than to keep exploring the world with each new step they would take.

The mages laughed wholeheartedly as the truth behind Lily's words sank into them. Indeed, the twins were about to become even more of a handful than they already were.

But what else could they have expected from their kids?


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