Still on the couch, kissing, is where Lilly found them, when he climbed through the window to let them know that the snow had stopped and that Natsu was being sent to melt them out. They hadn't answered the lacrima, so Lilly was recruited to go talk to them. When he arrived, the two actually didn't notice until the clicking of a camera lens disturbed them.
"Lilly!" Squeaked Levy, pulling back and trying to untangle her hands from Gajeels hair, "wh-what are you doing here?" Her face was practically glowing red, and she was scrambling to put herself back together, flattening messed up hair and crawling off of the much larger mages lap. The cat hovered there, laughing his heart out, with a smug smirk on his face. Gajeel leaped up and began to chase Lilly, trying to get the camera. As he was frantically flying away from his friend, Lilly somehow found the time to shout,
"Guys, the guild is sending natsu to melt the snow, he should be here soon," as they heard this, a wave of flame washed past the window, melting everything. Water dropped down the window and seeped under the Door, when Natsu kicked open the door and marched in, his usual shit eating grin planted on his face.
"GAJEEL, FIGHT ME!" He crowed, standing on the threshold. Lilly took the opportunity to fly out the door and off in the direction of the guild.
"Dammit flame brain," grumbled Gajeel.
"Hey, I just got you out of a snow pile! You owe me a fight." Said Natsu. "Why were you chasing him anyways?" Natsu asked, completely oblivious to what had happened.
As they walked towards the guild, they made conversation, or at lease Levy and Natsu did. Gajeel was mostly silent, only contributing here and there. The walk from Gajeels house to the guild was fairly far, and as they walked, he noticed Levy starting to limp again.
"C'mere shrimp," he said, and when she approached, he hoisted her up over his shoulder.
"G-Gajeel," she squeaked," what are you doing," before struggling and trying to get down.
"You were limpin'. Is your leg acting up?" He asked, ignoring her struggles. At this she stopped squirming. Levy was actually quite glad for the lift, as her leg was still quite painful. It had only been three days.
"Yeah, thanks." She responded, and she remained there as they finally approached the guild hall. He contemplated setting her down, but she wasn't complaining, and he didn't want her teammates to put their hands all over her. He figured that Lilly and Mira would have already notified the entire guild hall, so there was no point in trying to be subtle. Levy had a similar train of thought, though she did want to talk to her teammates. Their distrust of Gajeel would get old really quickly, what with the two of them being in a relationship.
As they entered the guildhall they could feel multiple pairs of eyes on them. They also saw money exchange hands in multiple locations. Levy saw this and mumbled to Gajeel,
"just how many people were betting on us?" He simply shrugged in response, and she continued " I knew about Mira and master, but not the rest."
He could see Lilly in the back corner, waggling his eyebrows and looking ridiculously self satisfied. He set Levy gently on her feet and she was immediately swarmed by Lucy and her teammates. He wandered off to strangle Lilly in their usual corner while Levy stayed to talk.
Lucy approached Levy, very excited to discuss any and all new developments.
"You finally got with Gajeel! Who made the first move? Is he a good kisser? Is he good in bed?" Lucy asked all of these in quick succession, barely giving Levy time to think. She also said it quite loudly, causing Levy to go bright red.
"Whoa whoa, okay, um.." Stuttered Levy as she attempted to organize her thoughts, "yes, him, very, and I wouldn't know... Yet." She responded to each in order. Lucy was very interested to know everything that had happened during their time spent alone. She meant that in absolutely the most suggestive way possible. As she told Lucy what happened, Lucy also told her the events of the past few days locked in the guildhall. Everyone slept in the main room like a huge slumber party. After a bit Mira came over and joined them.
"I think there's something Lucy is forgetting to tell you~" she said in a sing song voice, once the two had finished updating each other. Levy looked at Lucy with her eyebrows raised, but Lucy blushed and looked away.
"Luce, what's up," said Levy, already guessing from the blush coating her face and Mira's smirk what was up. Mira decided to answer for her.
"Oh I happened to catch Lucy and Natsu making out in the basement storeroom," said the barmaid, looking quite satisfied.
"And you didn't tell me this before?!" Cries Levy excitedly. She had heard a lot from her friend about how oblivious the pink haired boy was, and she was glad that something had finally developed between them. she then pestered Lucy for everything that had led up to it.
While Levy and Lucy were catching up, Gajeel found himself confronted by Levy's two teammates.
"So you and levy are together now." Said Jet, while trying his very best to look intimidating. It wasn't really working against the heavily muscled, scarred, pierced, dragonslayer. He found himself not really paying attention to the two mages trying to threaten him.
"Christ, how many people did that damn cat show those photos too?" He grumbled, as they continued their lecture. They were going on about how they would kill him if he broke her heart, the usual. They really didn't have to worry about that. Dragons mate for life, so even if she left him, he would never love again. He would only ever be able to truly love her, and even if he had any other relationships, they would be shallow and meaningless. He had known for a while that she was his mate, and had intended to explain it to her at a later date. Eventually the two seemed satisfied with their lecture, and they left him alone.
Once Levy finished catching up with Lucy and greeting her teammates, she scanned the room for Gajeel and found him in his regular corner table. She walked up, and sat next to him slightly shyly. The dragon slayer looped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him, grinning down at her surprised squeak and letting out a "gihi". The two relaxed there in the guild hall, and chatted about trivialities and possible next missions. They also arranged an official date. They had no idea that Lilly was still photographing them from across the guildhall.
A. N.: so that's the epilogue. I want to add an extra chapter, but I can't decide between a wedding, and a scene with their future kids. Please comment with an opinion. If you don't have an opinion, comment on anything else. Thank you so much for reading my story, and I love you guys. You make my heart happy.
