As the weeks passed, and Levy slowly healed, the two drew closer together. Lily was surprised at how quickly their relationship progressed, but he was happy for them anyway. However, while Levy's physical breaks and bruises healed, her emotional ones gradually worsened. Often when Lily got up he would find Gajeel in Levy's room, one arm curled protectively around her. Those were the days he knew her nightmares had been really bad. Finally he took the Dragon Slayer aside to discuss the new problem.

"You really should take her to Porlyusica," Lily told him.

"She's fine," Gajeel insisted, but his heart sank as he said it, knowing that things were not fine with Levy.

Lily glared at him but didn't say anything else, knowing that his friend would come around eventually. Gajeel couldn't take much more waking up to his beloved's screams before he would have to do something for everyone's sake.

Gajeel knew Lily was right, but he didn't want to believe it. Levy, his beautiful little bookworm with a heart of gold, had to be okay. If she wasn't then Gajeel was afraid he would lose his mind. There's no way he had finally found the woman he loved just to have her taken from him within weeks. He sighed as he once again entered Levy's room, finding her waking slowly.

"Good morning Gajeel," She said, grinning brightly.

He melted a little at seeing her and grunted, "Morning Shrimp."

"Did I sleep well last night?" She asked, noticing that he wasn't curled beside her like he was when she had nightmares.

That was the part that made him ache the most. Levy woke the house up with her screaming, but once she was awake she could no longer remember what it was that had terrified her so bad. It didn't matter if she remembered though, he always found her trembling, tears rolling down her face, terrified to go back to sleep until Gajeel laid next to her, wrapping his arms around her.

He shook his head sadly, feeling his heart break a little as her face fell.

"Sorry, I just woke up and Lily needed me," He said, scratching his head as he sat beside her.

She grinned a little, "That's okay."

After a moments pause she spoke again, "Gajeel, can we go to the guild today?"

He looked at her in surprise. This was the first time she had asked to go since he had whisked her to his house. He considered it for a moment before asking.

"How's your ribs feeling today?"

She inhaled wincing slightly, "Better, still not great, but better."

He nodded, "Okay, but you're not walking."

She grinned brightly, "I hope Lulu will be there."

He rolled his eyes, but a smile tugged at his lips anyway.

Levy was surprised by the amount of people excited to see her when Gajeel wheeled her into the hall a while later. They had made their entrance quietly, Levy had wanted to watch her guild mates for a bit without anyone noticing her, so it surprised her when a chorus of "Levy" sounded just as Gajeel closed the door. She grinned and waved.

"Hey everyone."

Lucy was there before anyone else, hugging her close.

"Hey Lulu," She teased, hugging her best friend back.

Levy looked around as Lucy let go, surprised that Jet and Droy weren't anywhere in sight.

As if reading her mind, Lucy said, "They went out on a mission a couple of days ago, so they probably won't be back until the end of the week."

"Good," Gajeel growled, wrapping an arm around his beloved.

Levy rolled her eyes, but smiled anyway, watching Lucy's eyes widen at Gajeel's protective arm.

"Are you -"

Levy's grin widened as Lucy rushed off, presumably to tell Mira and everyone else in the guild. Gajeel wheeled them over to his favorite spot, sitting beside Levy, watching her for any sign of fatigue. Before they had really gotten comfortable though, they were surrounded by well wishers and others who wanted to know more about their relationship or just to talk to Levy. She flushed, leaning closer to her Dragon Slayer, as she answered various questions.