plotting
summary; it was for the greater good (shadowgear shenanigans)
"I can't believe we're doing this."
"Mhm."
"Are we insane?"
"Possibly?"
"It's for the best right?"
"I…yeah…yeah, it's for the best."
Jet and Droy both sighed as they steeled themselves to do the most deadly mission they had ever embarked on before.
Jet swallowed thickly as they approached him. Droy quivered silently behind.
"Uh…Gajeel?" he said, wincing as his voice cracked pathetically as the bulky man turned around.
"Hm? Oh, what do you two want?" he asked with a frown, "Levy's not here."
"We…we know," Droy stammered, "we wanted to talk to you?"
"Me?" he rose an eyebrow in disbelief.
"Will you go on a mission with us?" Jet asked quickly, spitting the words out before he could backtrack and change his mind.
Gajeel frowned, "you're not serious."
"We are!" Droy said indignantly, "come on a mission with us."
"Why?"
Jet shrugged, "we've been on missions with everyone in the guild…except you. We're trying to bond."
Gajeel hesitated a moment before folding his arms over his chest, "what mission?"
"Just a simple bandit capture mission in Waas."
"And you can't deal with it yourself?" Gajeel sniggered.
"We can," Droy sniffed, "we're just trying to be nice. But if you don't want to bond with your fellow guildmates then…" he trailed off suggestively.
"Fine," Gajeel snapped, not bonding with his guildmates was a sore topic for the iron dragonslayer, "when do we leave?"
"Tonight!" Jet chirped.
"Alright," Gajeel grunted, "don't be late"
They assured him that they wouldn't be late and scurried away to find their next target.
They found her huddled into a small corner of the guild, reading a thick book.
"Levyyyyy" they sang in unison, "are you busy?"
She smiled at them and not for the first time in their lives, they wondered if they'd ever get used her smile.
"Not really, what's up guys?"
"We've got a mission, a really good one, wanna come?"
She put her book down and nodded, "of course. We're Team Shadowgear aren't we? When do we leave?"
"Tonight!"
"Cool, don't be late!"
They assured her that they would be punctual before leaving her to her books.
"Are you sure this will work?" Jet asked as they walked away.
"No…but it's worth a shot, right?"
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They crouched in the bushes by the carriage they had preordered.
"There she is," Droy whispered, pointing down the road to see Levy ambling up it quickly.
"And there he is" Jet added, nodding towards the other side of the road where Gajeel was quickly approaching.
They watched with baited breath as the two met outside the carriage, frowning slightly.
"Gajeel?"
"Oh, you're coming as well, shrimp?"
"What do you mean as well?"
"Your bodyguards asked me to come on a mission with them today."
She hummed leaning against the carriage, "weird…they didn't tell me they invited you. Not…not that it's a problem or anything!"
Gajeel grunted in response as he copied her and leant against the carriage to wait for Jet and Droy.
They waited for nearly an hour before carriage driver reached his limit.
"If you don't get in, then I'm driving off, and I'm not giving you your money back!"
Levy sighed, "I can't believe them."
Gajeel shrugged, "probably chickened out."
"Should…should we just go then?"
Gajeel shrugged and Levy seemed to take that as a "yes", for she quickly pried open the carriage door and got inside with Gajeel following quickly after.
Jet and Droy watched with smug grins as the carriage slowly rattled off down the road.
"How mad do you think they'll be when they find out there's no mission and we've sent them on a romantic getaway?"
Droy laughed, "very mad. But…I think they'll get over it."