Chapter 14

"Oh, they're so cute!" Levy cooed as she held two baby girls in her arms. These were the babies she had delivered, and she was so glad to see that they were happy and healthy. The eldest, Mizumi, was around five months old and she had a cute little wisp of blue hair and dark blue eyes. She was calmly looking around, taking in everything quietly, and was much like her mother, Juvia. The youngest, who was aptly named Kasai, was four months and had a full head of pink hair with warm hazel eyes. Kasai was starting to squirm, and Lucy told her that the child had Natsu's personality to the T.

"So, Levy..." Lucy's voice took on an evil tone as she leaned in to look at the blue haired woman. "When should we expect you and Gajeel to pop one out? Before or after the wedding?"

"Eh?" It took Levy a moment to register what she said, and then her face flushed so furiously you could see steam coming off of her head, earning a hearty laugh from Lucy and a plethora of giggles from Juvia. But the torture didn't end there. Lucy had to go and whisper in her ear, suggesting different sex positions to help her conceive. Levy couldn't even speak, let alone tell the girls that she and Gajeel hadn't done anything of that sort. Kami, she felt like she could just die right there. The giggling women took their respective babies from Levy, who looked about ready to pass out from embarrassment.

"Oi, oi, stop breaking my girlfriend." Gajeel grumbled as he walked in from the kitchen, having heard the last bit of their conversation. "You guys are supposed to be keeping her safe, not making her have an aneurysm." He walked over to his poor mortified girl and picked her up, effectively rescuing her from the older women. Levy just hid her face in his chest. She wanted to crawl under a rock, she was so embarrassed.

"We're just curious." Lucy defended with a giggle. "So, Mr. Boss, when's the wedding?"

"Nunya business." He huffed before carrying Levy out of the beach house. Gah, having everyone else around was getting annoying. He just wanted a nice vacation with his girl, but that was apparently too much to ask for. No, his dad had to go and send those two families with him. Now he had Natsu and Gray as hidden body guards, which if it was just those two he could handle it. But they'd brought their wives and brats, who were stealing Levy's time away from him on top of making the house a hell of a lot louder.

"Where are we going?" Levy's quiet voice came after several minutes of him walking in silence. He glanced down at her to see that she'd finally removed her face from his chest, and was staring up at him. Her cheeks were still rosy from blushing so hard, but her eyes were full of relief. She was glad he'd rescued her from those girls. Otherwise she would have passed out from embarrassment.

"There's a beach side restaurant a ways down. We're getting lunch." He told her. She nodded and tried to slip out of his arms, but he held her firmly. "Oi, why don't you just let me carry you? I didn't think to grab your sandals, and the sand's pretty damn hot today." He told her, acting like him carrying her was an option when it really wasn't. And she knew it wasn't, based on her blush deepening slightly.

"O-okay." she mumbled, leaning her head against his chest and getting comfortable. Gajeel resumed walking in silence, but he glanced down at her occasionally. She was giving him shy looks here and there, and he noticed her starting to blush deeply after a while. Her eyes seemed to be off in the distance. He wondered what she was imagining, if she was blushing that bad. He recalled the conversation he heard earlier in the house and smirked. Was she thinking of him? If she was, it could be one of three things. Marrying him, having a baby with him, or doing the act that caused said baby. "It's not fair." Levy's sudden words made him look at her again. She was still blushing, and she was halfway hiding her face in his chest, one hand gripping his black tank top firmly.

"What's not?" he questioned.

"That everyone gets to tease me." she pouted. "J-just because I've never... y-you know..."

"Lev, I don't think they know you're still a virgin." Gajeel looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "I don't exactly have a reputation of chastity, and we are sharing a room, after all." Levy flushed at that. She hadn't thought of it. "I think at most they just think you're not used to talking about it with other people. Yer pretty old fashioned, after all." he gave her a small smirk. Levy just looked away with a blush and they returned to silence for a few minutes before she spoke again.

"It's difficult, isn't it?" she asked quietly. When he raised an eyebrow at her she continued. "G-going at my pace, I mean. S-surely you have pent up, er, frustrations... I-I heard about how you were with women b-before... me."

"Oi." Gajeel stopped and set her down in a shaded area beneath a tree. He hooked a finger under her chin when she refused to meet his eyes. "Levy, let's get one thing clear before you go assuming things. I don't care how long it takes for you to be comfortable going that far, I will wait until that day comes." he told her firmly. "And don't you worry about loyalty with me. I only have eyes for you. you're important to me, and the last thing I want to do is hurt you. Don't you ever feel like you need to force yourself to do something you're not ready for with me." he said sternly, coming off unusually sweet. Levy felt like her heart just melted.

"Gajeel..." she gave him a small smile as she looked up at him. Then she stood on her toes and gave him a quick kiss. "Thank you. That... means a lot to me." He just chuckled softly and kissed her back, keeping it chaste.

"C'mon, my shrimp. The restaurant ain't far now." He opened his arms to her and she moved into them. They hugged for a moment before he gently lifted her up again and resumed walking. Levy wrapped her arms around her boyfriend's neck and rested her cheek on his shoulder, smiling sweetly at him all the while. He was so tough and cold on the outside, but then he went and said and did all these sweet things for her that just made her heart turn into a puddle of goo. Kami, she was starting to think she was falling head over heels for him. Part of her was scared at that... but part of her just wanted to dive headfirst into that feeling and drown in it.

And then he went and ruined the moment by pinching her ass. The resulting slap could be heard a mile away... followed by Gajeel's characteristic laugh and a hearty "There's my fiery shrimp!"

Just a short little chapter, expanding on Levy's feelings. Hope you guys liked it.

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