Hello dear beloved readers. I am so sorry for being unable to update for a very long time. I had to go out of the country for 3 weeks, and it was definitely hard preparing to travel and adjusting back to my own life, hence the said late update. At least, now I'm back! I am absolutely so happy that more readers discovered GC, and don't worry, I won't be leaving it as it is. I'm already so excited writing this chapter and the next ones. I hope you guys are excited to read it too! Anyway, here you go! :D
As ordered, Gajeel left the Dreyar mansion and sprinted his way along the city of Magnolia off to reach the Ice Maker's house and ask for some help about his predicament. He rang the doorbell and knocked on the door over and over, impatiently waiting for the owner of the house to come out.
"I'm here! I'm here!" Gray said but was surprised to see his fellow guildmate. "What are you doing here, Gajeel? How do you even know my house?" he asked, a bit annoyed.
"I'm a Dragon Slayer. I can smell you from Laxus's house."
Gray looked at him all weird. "…okay. Talk about boundaries and privacy? Anyway, why are you here?"
"I need your help, Stripper," Gajeel forcefully said.
Gray smirked. "Huh, I never thought the great Iron Dragon Slayer, Gajeel would ever need my help. It must be something pretty serious."
"Can you invite me inside before I tell you what it's about?" Gajeel was also getting a bit annoyed by the way Gray was talking to him. He could at least let him in.
Gray crossed his arms. "Tell me now before I decide to let you in."
Gajeel hesitated, but he really had to do something about his dilemma. He closed his eyes and just uttered it. "The guys said you can help teach me about masturbation!"
The Ice Mage's eyes widened as much as it could. Passersby also stopped from walking after hearing the long jet haired man's remark.
Gray then quickly pulled Gajeel inside the house and shut the door.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING SAYING THAT OUTLOUD!?" Gray scolded. His voice was still heard outside.
"What? It made you let me in, didn't I? I don't see what the big deal is anyway! What is this masturbation? As long as it can satisfy my manhood, I don't see why I should be ashamed of it," Gajeel said nonchalantly.
Gray was even more surprised. Gajeel was so indifferent about the topic. It seemed that he really didn't know about it. "Gajeel… did you never… touch yourself?"
"Eh? There it is again. Laxus and Jellal said the same thing. I should touch myself… down there. But the problem is, how do I? Do I just touch it? Or do I have to touch it in a specific way or manner? I'll be cured after that right? It's that simple? "
He snickered. "You got to do more than just tap it or graze it."
"See! That's why they sent me here. I need help."
"But wait, why didn't they just help you instead? You seem to be closer to them that to me. Why come to me?"
"Well, they told me that you're definitely an expert. As much as they know about it, it would be better learning from you since as they said. 'Gray doesn't pay much attention on romance that much, he surely must be doing it'. That and maybe since you like to show-off your member around the guild?"
Gray sighed. A normal person would feel embarrassed, but since he was Gray the Stripper (which was a nickname he was actually okay with) and since he was at home and was feeling sorry for Gajeel who had no idea what to do, he could just sigh.
"So, will you help me or what?" Gajeel's facial expressions still hadn't changed from the moment he stepped in the house. He was dead serious on curing his... condition.
Gray looked serious. "If you put it that way, okay. Although, your remark about me not paying much attention to romance isn't all that true."
"…okay? Why are you telling me this? What's that have to do with me?"
"I'll help you, under one condition."
"Anything! I'm desperate. Levy really wants to take things slow; I don't know how long I can take it. I mean I love her and-" Gajeel started to talk about his lovely girlfriend but was cut-off by Gray.
"Okay, I know, I know. You have a love life and I don't. Look, my condition is simple. I'll teach you how to satisfy yourself if you help me think of a method to tell Juvia I like her."
"…wait what?" Gajeel said with a blank face. "Are you blind, Gray!? She already likes you! Loves you even! The whole guild, no, the whole city knows it! Maybe even everyone in Earthland does! If you like her as well, then just tell her straight."
Gray argued, "The problem is I just can't seem to do so. After everything that has happened, I'm crazy scared that I don't know how to admit it to her. I've also been too used in showing that I'm not interested, I don't know how to take it back…"
He paused for awhile to think. Finally, an idea popped into his head. "What if you tell her instead? You've known her since Phantom Lord Days! You two must be pretty close. I'm sure she'll believe you if you say so."
It seemed too simple. Although Gajeel still needed to learn from Gray. "Fine," he sighed.
"Good. I'll teach you once you get me together with Juvia," Gray said then pushed him out of the house and closed the door. Obviously, he was too embarrassed on revealing his real feelings towards the rain mage.
"I know it's really easy to go to Juvia and tell her about the Stripper's feelings, but I somehow feel something's not right. I should drop by Laxus's and tell them about this," Gajeel thought to himself.
Dreyar Residence
As Gajeel made his way back to the Thunder God's house, he finally understood the odd flavor he had in his stomach after leaving Gray's house. It was the feeling that something wrong had happened to his comrades.
Inside of the Dreyar residence, everyone remained silent for a good couple of minutes with the presence of a certain little girl he was not familiar with. In silence, the two S-Class mages just remained seated by the guest living room. The little girl on the other hand was sitting by Laxus's lap, stretching and contorting his face in all ways thinkable and just trying to make the worst possible physical contact with him by staring at him so close on the face.
Jellal could clearly see that a vein was forming in Laxus's temple and no one dare speak.
"Papa, how old are you? Papa, why are you so big and fat? Papa, when I grow up, will my arms be as big as yours?" the little four year old blonde girl kept asking as she made her way to Laxus's shoulders.
Gajeel knew from how the girl was acting that it was not wise to make any comments.
Finally, Laxus snapped and stood up. "ENOUGH!"
The toddler almost fell but was luckily caught by Jellal. She instantly cried from hearing her father's outburst.
"Awww, Laxus, you made her cry," Jellal stated, trying to calm her down.
"I DON'T CARE! WHO THE HELL IS THAT KID AND WHY IS SHE CALLING ME HER FATHER?!" he continued yelling.
The kid continued to cry.
Gajeel finally spoke, "Laxus man, easy! It's not a manly thing to make a girl cry."
Both Laxus and Jellal looked at Gajeel surprisingly. He sounded like Elfman with that statement.
Gajeel continued, trying to save his comment, "What I mean is… she might have just mistaken. We shouldn't really scare the kid like that. I know I'm not one to talk because I clearly scared the shit out of Raios, or is it Rogue now? Whatever. When he was a kid, I scared him, we all know that story."
They all shook their head.
"No? I'll tell you guys another time. Going back on topic, Laxus, don't you think you can tone down your voice and show you're not scary?" Gajeel commented.
Laxus sat down and crossed his arms. "Fine. I'll behave."
The crying little girl stopped then wiped her tears. "Are you still angry with me, Papa?"
"I'M NOT YOUR-" Laxus began to scream once more but was stopped by the girl's immediate response of crying and Jellal's nagging look. "Psh. Fine. I'm not angry anymore. So don't cry."
The girl then really stopped crying and tried leaping out of Jellal's arms. He however wasn't releasing her from his grip. She turned around and looked at him seriously. "You can let go now of me, mister. I'm not interested in boys whose body is like of a girl's."
Gajeel snickered. Jellal looked annoyed. However, the remark actually kinda proved that the kid was definitely Laxus's. She could even sense the Jelly Gay vibes.
As Jellal was still flushed, he put the toddler down. "Uh… okay. Anyway, can you tell us your name?"
"My name's Mia! I'm four!" she said with vigor.
"Ah, and why might you be here, Mia?" Jellal continued asking.
"To visit Papa!"
"I'M NOT YOUR-" Laxus almost lost it but was tamed by Jellal again.
"And who is your Mommy?" he asked.
"Mommy Naomi!" she said with a big smile.
Laxus face froze. "This is that clingy Naomi's kid? Oh no. Then she might actually be mine."
"Although, I don't know what my mommy looks like. I've been living in the orphanage ever since I can remember. I just know her name because of this thing I was left with," she said and showed a handkerchief that looked quite similar to the one Laxus had that Mira once saw. The one he accidentally gave her that was hand-stitched by her ex-girlfriend and which said 'I love Laxus'. It was also one of the reasons why he failed in asking Mira out in the first place.
A bit surprised of the facts, yet still gaining his composure upon seeing Laxus who wasn't taking it so well, Jellal decided to ask some more questions. "I see… but what makes you so sure that Laxus is your father?"
Gajeel then took the handkerchief from the kid and saw the words 'We love you little Mia. Love Mommy Naomi and Papa Laxus' He then unraveled the words to everyone. "I think this is why."
Mia then jumped to Gajeel and snatched the handkerchief from him. "Don't take that! You're going to get it filthy Mr. Scary Man!"
Jellal snickered. Gajeel shot him a look. Then again, now was not the time to joke around. This was a serious matter. This kid really did seem like Laxus's daughter.
Finally the man of the hour began to speak. "…I can't believe it."
"Laxus, do you think she's right? I mean, I don't see any reason for her to lie," Jellal started.
"Plus, she definitely looks and acts like you, so it's kinda hard to deny it," Gajeel added.
Laxus then pulled the two to the other side of the room and whispered to them. "Whether she is telling the truth or not, Mira is not supposed to know this. Got it?!
"…but Laxus. Don't you want an honest relationship with Mirajane? It's not like you're dating Naomi anymore. And she's bound to find out eventually," Jellal stated.
Gajeel gave a cough and started to speak, "There's the small chance that she doesn't though. How about we just find the Naomi girl and just give her back and tell her to never see Laxus?"
"No, no. She'll never agree to that. She's obsessed with me. It took drastic measures for me to get away from her," Laxus explained. "Hmmm, what if we give her back to the orphanage?"
Jellal was outraged. "Laxus! We can't do that to the poor little kid!" He looked at the little kid who kept hopping on the couch. "Despite how ill-mannered she is, she's still your daughter!"
Laxus gave an annoyed look. As much as it was the easy way out, he knew it wasn't the right thing to do. Deep down inside, he knew that he himself can't go through with it anyway. "Fine, fine. We won't give her back. But what if we find her a new family to take care of her?"
"Well, I guess that's fair," Jellal finally agreed.
"Good. Although before we find one and get rid of her like she never existed, we have to make sure Mira doesn't find out about her," Laxus carefully said.
Ding dong.
"Oh great, who's that supposed to be?" the Thunder God asked, looking really annoyed. He then called out a butler to check out the peephole on the entrance and inform him before letting anyone in. "Who is it?" he asked as the butler came back.
"It's Ms. Mirajane Strauss, Master Laxus."
The three panicked. Why was Mira here!? Oh right. Laxus invited her to come over after guild duties.
"Oh no, we have to hide her!" Laxus whispered to the two. "Okay, I'll take her to the farthest guest bedroom possible and you two distract Mira and tell her I'm getting ready or something," he swiftly said then took Mia by one arm and ran upstairs to the guest bedrooms.
Jellal and Gajeel opened the door. "Hey Mira! Wazzup!" they said in unison.
Mira could just give a puzzled look. The two looked extra eager and nervous. Which wasn't something she or anybody was used to seeing. Plus, hearing them say 'Wazzup' definitely felt out-of-character. "Heya… guys. I'm fine… Where's Laxus?"
"Ah, he's busy getting ready or something…" Gajeel stated.
"Busy with what? He told me to come over after my shift," Mira said.
"You see, he's busy preparing something for you. So he told us to keep you company. So why don't you come inside, and let's have a chat about…" Jellal stuttered by the end.
"How your vacation went!" Gajeel tried to save.
Mirajane blushed. "Oh wow. I bet you wouldn't want to find out what happened then. But sure, I'll go inside."
Jellal mouthed to Gajeel while Mira was removing her coat and giving it to the butler, "How your vacation went?! You more or less know what they did! What are we perverts!?"
Upstairs, Laxus decided to lock Mia in one of the guest bedrooms.
"Okay, kiddo. I have a guest so you better behave and be quiet."
"But Papa! I want to spend time with you!"
"Don't call me Papa okay!" he scolded.
She pouted. "Why not?"
"I…I…" Laxus stopped for a while and thought that it was important that he didn't piss off the girl. She was the key in keeping everything a secret. "I just don't like you calling me that, that's why," he reasoned out in a more relaxed tone.
"Fine! Then what should I call you?"
"Laxus. Just Laxus."
"Okay, Just Laxus, please stay and play with me!"
"No."
"Oh come on please!" she gave a big pout. Laxus actually found it cute.
"Okay, fine. I'll come back real fast and play with you if you go by some certain rules."
Mia quickly nodded.
"So, rule number one: Never call me Papa. Just Laxus, okay."
"Just Laxus Okay!"
"Rule number two: Never tell anyone else except those two guys we were just with, the story about the orphanage, Naomi or just anything that has to do with you being my daughter. Okay?"
"…okay?" she tried to take it all in.
"Rule number three: You behave and do as I say."
She gave a salute.
"Good. Now be good and stay here for a while. I'll be right back," he said then locked the room and rushed downstairs to Mira.
As soon as Mira saw Laxus, she called him and gave him a kiss on the lips. "Where were you? What were you busy preparing?" she asked.
"Uh… uh…" Laxus stammered.
"Ah! He was busy fixing you dinner! Weren't you Laxus?" Jellal tried saving.
"Uh yeah!" he said, sweatdrops on his head slowly forming.
"Oh, we have dinner? That's great! Jellal, Gajeel, would you like to join us?" Mira said as she turned around from Laxus and looked at the two.
Laxus then signaled a shaking head and indicated that they keep the kid company upstairs. He mouthed out the room number she was in.
"Oh no, no no! We remembered we have to do something upstairs. You two enjoy dinner. Gajeel and I will be fine."
"Oh, okay. If you're sure."
On their way to Mia's room upstairs, Gajeel decided to start telling Jellal about his trip to Gray's since it was still bothering him a bit. "Hey Jelman, I know now's not the right time, and I really shouldn't bring it up now that we're going to face a kid, but I just have to say…"
"What's up, Gajeel?"
"Remember you and Laxus told me go to Gray's?"
"Yeah, I remember," Jellal answered as they made a turn to the next set of rooms.
"Well Gray agreed to help me under one condition…"
The room was in their sight already. They walked to open it.
"And what is that?"
Jellal put his hand on the door to turn the handle.
"…Gray asked me to help him tell Juvia that he likes her before teaching me about mastur-," Gajeel said as Jellal was so surprised that his hand slipped from opening the door and it opened too wide. As the little girl's room opened, a white bed sheet covered them.
Mia apparently planned to surprise Laxus, but surprised them instead. Upon realizing that his father wasn't with them, she instantly left the room with the two mages still under the sheets.
"I can't believe this!" Jellal said, trying to get out of the covers.
"I know! I thought Gray had no feelings for Juvia whatsoever!" Gajeel said in all seriousness.
Finally they unraveled themselves from the covers, but found that it was too late since the girl was nowhere to be found.
"Not that! We can talk about that later! We just let Mia out of the room! Laxus is going to kill us!" Jellal explained.
Finally Gajeel realized the situation. His eyes widened. "Oh no," was his only response and they both hurried to follow the little girl.
"JUST LAXUS OKAY! JUST LAXUS OKAY!" she screamed all over the house until she found him at the dining room with Mirajane.
Laxus froze.
"Oh, who's this cute little kid?" Mirajane asked as she stood up from her seat and approached the little girl.
"My name's Mia!" she eagerly introduced herself.
"Hi Mia, that's a pretty name. I'm Mirajane. You can call me Mira. It's pretty much near your name."
Mia felt star-strucked upon seeing her. "Wow, you're so pretty."
Mira giggled. "Why thank you." She then turned to her boyfriend. "Laxus, you didn't tell me you have another guest over."
Laxus snapped out of it and tried his best to hide the truth. "Uh… yes! This is Mia… my…err… my… neighbor'sdaughterwhoaskedmetobabysitwhiletheywereaway," he spoke swiftly.
Mia didn't understand any of that and Mira seemed to have believed him. "Ah, I see. I never knew you would be the type to baby-sit."
"Well, you'll be surprised of many things about me…" he said, sweating more and more as each second passed by.
Jellal and Gajeel finally made their way downstairs and saw that Mira has seen Mia.
"Oh hi guys. Have you met Laxus's neighbor's daughter, Mia?" Mirajane asked. Luckily Mia was too distracted climbing Laxus that she didn't hear Mirajane's statement
"Uh… yeah…" they tried going with it.
Despite the child on his shoulder, Laxus tried to give his friends 'I'll kill you' looks while Mirajane wasn't facing him. "Guys, why don't you bring Mia back upstairs and tuck her in? It's almost her bedtime. I'll go upstairs in a minute," he said as he carried Mia awkwardly in his arms.
"What!? No! You promised to play with me Just Laxus Okay! I'm not sleeping yet!" Mia said as she pouted, trying to act all cute.
Mira picked up the little blonde girl from Laxus. "Oh, he promised? Well, that can't do! Don't worry. Just Laxus Okay and I will play with you."
Mia gave a sparkly shining grin.
The night got late and everybody in the Dreyar residence was definitely tired. Little Mia was totally a handful. Even for the plethora of maids and butlers, and the powerful mages in the house.
When she finally felt sleepy from all the playing, Laxus brought her into his arms and carried her off to her bedroom. Mirajane joined him in tucking her in.
"Thanks for the fun night Just Laxus Okay, Mira. Let's do this again tomorrow?" little Mia asked the two, yawning.
Mira gave a big smile. "Oh sure. Do visit the guild tomorrow. I'm sure you'll have even more fun there with our guildmates." Laxus just sweatdropped. Letting Mia meet the rest of the guild would be a disaster. Everyone knew how nosey Fairy Tail was. He had to do something later for it to not happen.
Mia smiled. "Sure. Give me a kiss goodnight?"
"It would be my pleasure," Mira said and kissed her forehead.
"You too, Just Laxus Okay!" she directed.
Laxus was a bit hesitant but Mira pulled him to do the kid's request. He hesitated but Mira was almost pushing him to kiss the kid. He swiftly kissed her forehead and looked away from embarrassment. "Just call me Laxus."
"Thank you Laxus!" she said with the biggest grin ever. This kid was really happy on finally meeting his father and spending some bonding time with him.
After a few seconds, Mia then instantly fell asleep while the couple turned off the lights and closed the bedroom door.
Mira put her arms around Laxus's right arm as they made their way down the stairs. "That was really fun, Laxus. I never thought I would have the chance baby-sitting with you. Makes me wonder when we get a kid," Mira stated.
Laxus was surprised. Although, he liked Mirajane's slip up. He remembered his plan for proposing and couldn't help but smile. "When we get a kid?" He asked with a raised brow.
She began to stammer. The words just slipped out. It's not like she's thought about it. "I mean, when I get a kid. With… whoever. I mean, it doesn't have to be you. I love you and all, but we've just started dating. I'm not yet ready."
"I knew it," he thought to himself, sure that asking for Mirajane's hand in marriage was definitely not the right decision.
They then made their way downstairs and saw that Gajeel and Jellal were sound asleep on the couch.
Laxus started, "I should wake them up. It's late, plus they haven't eaten yet."
"No, they look so cute and tired. They'll eat when they're hungry," Mira reasoned out.
"Cuter than me?" he looked at her with a pout. He may had subconsciously got that act from Mia.
Mira giggled from hearing the statement from Laxus and from seeing that he was actually pulling off a cute face. It really wasn't that Laxus-like of him. "More tired than you. More cute? Never," she said and kissed his cheek. "Anyway, it doesn't seem like they have plans with Erza or Levy tonight anyway. Let them sleep. You can have a boys' sleepover. It's getting late anyway. I should go home."
Laxus pulled her from the waist. "You know, you can stay in. Everyone knows about you now. There's nothing to hide. And it's dangerous this late."
Mira put her arms around his neck and gave him a deep passionate kiss to confirm she was staying.
Although suddenly, a few people entered the living room and saw them making out. Apparently, when Laxus and Mira were upstairs tucking in Mia, and everyone else in the house were all tired and unconscious, a few people actually made their way in the house using their own keys.
The couple stopped kissing and saw that it was no other than Raijinshuu who finally came home. However, there was someone else with them. Mirajane gave a sweet smile to a familiar face.
It was Master Makarov. His jaw fell down to the floor. "Mirajane and Laxus!? What are you two doing!?"
"Good evening Master, I never imagined you would find out this way," Mira shyly said with a saccharine smile.
The master fainted. Luckily he was caught by Freed.
Makarov finally regained consciousness and saw that he was at the living room. He looked around and saw the Raijinshuu, Mira, Laxus and a sleeping Jellal and Gajeel.
"Oh my, I actually lost it. I was just so surprised," he said as he shook his head from recalling what he saw before losing consciousness.
"Don't worry master. We were all surprised," Evergreen stated with a bitter tone.
"But when? How?…. WHY!? Why Mira, why!?" he whimpered.
"Gramps, it's getting late. Why don't you go upstairs and we can talk about this in the morning," Laxus said a bit annoyed. He was so ready in taking Mira upstairs and leaving everyone behind. He was nowhere near in the mood in explaining to his grandfather his love life.
"I guess you're right. All of you must be tired as well. The ruckus didn't even wake up those two," he said and all turned to Jellal and Gajeel who were still both sound asleep, drooling and snoring. "Fine. But tomorrow we have a serious talk, Laxus."
Laxus then pulled Mira's hand so they could go upstairs. "Yeah, yeah old man!" She of course followed.
"Wait, where are you two going!?" he asked and tried to follow them.
"We're going to bed," he stated nonchalantly.
This caused the Master to faint once more. Freed caught him again.
Laxus directed, "Do everyone a favor and tuck him in his bed, Freed. I'll talk to you three tomorrow. Good night!"
"Good night!" Mira said sweetly as she gave a small wave.
The Raijinshuu was left feeling a bit bitter.
Freed did as told and brought the master to his bedroom. Afterwards, he went back to the living room to meet up with his fellow Raijinshuu teammates.
"The house seems so tired, doesn't it?" Freed said as he entered the room. "There's no one to boss around since they're all unconscious. I wonder what happened."
"That's not important right now. The thing we should be worrying about is finding her," Evergreen said.
"Her?" Freed asked.
"That little kid! I thought we sent her here so that Mira would find out that she's Laxus's child?" Bickslow stated.
"I'm sure we did. We delivered her right to the front door. We even heard her call Laxus, Papa, and saw her dive into his arms! Lucky girl! I wish I had the opportunity," Freed said as fake tears started to come out of his eyes.
His two comrades gave odd looks but decided to ignore his statement. "Laxus must have hid her from Mira," Bickslow tried to deduce.
"Drats, first thing in the morning, we look for that brat," Evergreen stated. "We can't afford for the plan to backfire."
"Are you sure, Evergreen? I mean it's not too late now if Mira hasn't seen her, I don't have a good feeling about this. Maybe we shouldn't go through with the plan," Bickslow reasoned out.
"Don't go all wussy right now! Even Freed understands the gravity of the situation. We have to do this! We have to break up Mirajane and Laxus-sama! Only when they break up can we be by Laxus's side like always, and even let him forget about that Gentlemen's Club of his!"
Little did they know that the two mages, who they actually thought were sleeping in the living room actually heard their conversation since their hunger already awoke them. The remaining members of the Gentlemen's Club minus Laxus couldn't believe that the trusted Raijinshuu would actually go and try ruining Laxus's relationship with Mirajane.
Gajeel gave a discreet look at Jellal. He was somewhat trying to convey a message to him telepathically as if he had Warren's ability.
"You heard them, Jelly. We have to stop them."
Perhaps it was because they've become so close and hanged out for a while that Jellal somehow understood what Gajeel was thinking.
"We do. But I'm sure they're just doing this out of loyalty. They must want what's best for Laxus, but actually don't see that this would actually harm him."
Gajeel however didn't catch on with Jellal's thought. Seeing that he wasn't understood, the two just decided to continue fake sleeping, until the Raijinshuu left for the elevator and went to their own room downstairs.
Once the close was clear, the two carefully and silently left the Dreyar residence and made their way home.
"I can't believe what we just heard!" Gajeel exclaimed as the house was out of view already.
"I know. We have to stop them! But we obviously can't let them know that we know. It seems like they don't really like us. Although, I'm also hesitant in telling Laxus," Jellal explained.
"What's the matter now, Jelly? We have to tell Laxus!"
"I don't know. It's just… I'm sure Raijinshuu must have their reasons. They always look out for Laxus. They're not really bad people. You know what happened before in the battle of Fairy Tail. Sometimes their judgments can be a bit questionable. But that doesn't mean they mean harm. Plus, I don't want to taint their relationship with Laxus. We have to figure out of some way to stop them from revealing the truth about Mia to Mira. But we have to do it in such away that Laxus won't find out. Only if the situation's too dire to deal with is when we tell him."
"Fine," Gajeel finally understood.
However as the two went on walking, their stomachs then sounded in unison.
"I guess we're both pretty hungry since we still haven't eaten dinner," Jellal obviously stated with a slight blush.
"It's a bit late, but I think I know of a place we can drop by to eat at this time. We're pretty much near the place anyway," Gajeel started.
"And where would that be?"
Gajeel walked a couple of steps and went in front the door of a familiar house. He rang the doorbell repeatedly and it revealed Gray just like earlier.
"What the hell?! You again? You must be bearing good news," Gray said, top naked as usual.
Gajeel shook his head.
"Then why are you here? And you even brought Jellal?"
"Hey Stripper, can we come in and eat? We're really hungry and tired. Plus, you did say you needed help with Juvia. You know what they said, the more the merrier!" Gajeel said with a smirk.
Gray looked away and blushed from embarassment, "You didn't have to tell Jellal our secret."
"Meh, you didn't tell me it was a secret anyway."
Jellal just gave a soft smile. As much as Laxus's problem was supposed to be top priority, he knew if helping Gray out and getting a bite to eat would also help them out, he agreed with Gajeel's idea. "So, are you letting us in?" he asked from the desperation of hunger.
Their stomachs growled in unison as well. Gray clearly heard them. He sighed. He really wasn't that comfortable with Jellal to begin with. But he couldn't just shun out two starving people who swore would help him out.
"Fine, come on in."
A/N: Everything's getting so dramatic isn't it? Next chapter is set in Fairy Tail! So of course there'll be more drama! And of course the awaited Gruvia! 'cause Nalu had a part in the fic, so why not them as well? XD Don't forget to review hihi! And many many thanks to you all in advance! :D
