Author's note: Anime here for Chapter 14 of Race For Love! Ps. there won't be a new chapter next week, I'm kind of behind on the writing and lately, there's been a lot going on in my personal life that some of the stuff, I have to think about and it could change my life for the better. Hope ya enjoy!
Chapter 14: The Meeting.
"Damn Metalicana." Gajeel grumbled for the millionth time today. While Gajeel was in the shower earlier today, he heard an odd double Bang! Which caused him to run outside in nothing but a towel and found not one, but two horseshoe print dents in his nice black truck.
"Fucking horse is gonna cost me a fortune!"
"This is what you get for having sex in his stall!" Lily scolded.
"Like I knew the fucking horse was walking in after his evening stroll!"
"It explains why he sprayed me with the hose." Levy admitted, now feeling bad for how she treated Metalicana earlier.
It was night time now and things were winding down for the day. Metalicana gave everyone the usual amount of issues but even more since he witnessed things he could never forget. But fortunately after he dented Gajeel's truck, he got a severe ear tug from his mother.
"Guys," Levy said suddenly "I think we should give Metalicana a day off tomorrow. I think it's going to take a day or two for him to recover from what he witnessed."
"I have to agree with Levy." Lily complied "He is our champion and we need his mental state in the best shape."
"Tch." Gajeel tsked "Not my fault the horse is making a big deal out of this shit." a yawn escaped from Gajeel's mouth.
"I'm going to bed." Gajeel said out loud "Come on Shrimp, it's late, you'll stay here tonight." he lifted Levy over his shoulder and made his way to his bedroom. Lily let out a gruff sigh which made him make a mental note to turn his white noise machine to the highest setting tonight.
The night went by rather quickly for the two. As they slept, Gajeel curled up with a naked Levy in his arms and suddenly heard the phone ring. Groaning in displeasure, Gajeel turned around and grabbed the phone from the nightstand and tried to grab the phone before succeeding.
"This better be good." Gajeel grumbled into the phone, sleep still feigning in his voice.
"Ah Gajeel my boy, you always were a cheery one." Gajeel's eyes widened and he fully woke up at the sound of the voice of who was calling; Jose.
"Fuck you calling me for?" Gajeel replied in a hush growl.
"I would like to propose a deal with you. I heard your farm is not doing well, and I have a deal that would make a huge change to that." Gajeel cocked a studded eyebrow at that sentence.
"If it will get you to leave me alone and let me go back to sleep," Gajeel grumbled "fine."
"Splendid!" Jose replied "Meet me at the Fairy Hideaway in an hour! Ta ta!" with that said, he hung up. Gajeel grumbled a few curse words befre looking at the clock: 1:00am. Gajeel groaned. He swung his legs off the bed and began to pull on his sweat underwear and sweatpants.
"Nnngh, Gajeel?" Gajeel looked behind himself and found Levy, completely covered in his bed sheets, looking at him while trying t fight off sleep "What's going on?"
"I thought I heard Metalicana get out of his stall. I'm going to check it out."
"I'll go with you-"
"No, you get your rest. You need as much as you can." he leaned in and kissed her which prompt her to fall back asleep. After that, Gajeel grabbed a t-shirt, a pair of sneakers and made his way to Lily's room.
"Lily." Gajeel whispered while tapping the man "Wake up!" the horse trained snorted awake and looked at Gajeel with curiosity.
"Gajeel?" Lily grumbled "What- d-did one of the horses get loose?"
"No, we got trouble; Jose just called me." Lily's features turned from sleepy to that of serious.
"What does he want at this time of night?"
"He wants me to meet him at Fairy Hideaway in an hour. He wants to make a deal that could 'save the farm'." Gajeel made air quotations around the words Jose said.
"Does Levy know?" Lily asked a bit worriedly.
"No. I told her one of the horses got loose so I was going to check it out." Gajeel replied "Come on, you're coming with me for this bullshit." nodding in agreement, Lily got changed and met with Gajeel outside.
Fairy Hideaway was still open this late at night and there were very few people at the pine scented bar; but it didn't take Gajeel and Lily long to spot Jose in the corner, drinking a beer and waiting for the two to arrive.
"Ah Gajeel!" Jose smirked "You arrived and brought your associate."
"I brought him cause we run the farm together." Gajeel replied "And I don't llike making deals without him." Lily nodded in agreement.
"Very well then. Sit, we got much to discuss." Gajeel and Lily sat in their seats while Jose cleared his throat "I'm going to get to the point. Your horse, Metallicana was it? I want to buy him from you both.
Gajeel and Lily's eyes widened respectively.
"You outta yer fuckin mind?!" Gajeel scowled "I ain't selling my horse to you!"
"Your farm is suffering." Jose pointed out "I can provide you the money needed to keep it running. Just give me the horse."
"Do you really think you can sweet talk your way to getting our Champion?" Lily said through gritted teeth.
"Oh really ? Is this horse some form of redemption to you, to make up for when you lost your lover Shagotte?" Lily was silenced at those words but gave Jose the coldest stare he could muster.
"As I was saying Gajeel..." Jose continued "Word got around that you and Levy are now dating; so think about her for a moment. She's still suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and there is a chance of history repeating itself for her. Think about it, next time she could lose her life." Gajeel's eyes widened at Jose's words. He was right in a way, there were times Levy still had her nightmares. Yes, they weren't as bad as they used to be; but she'd still wake up from them, distraught and somewhat still caught in the dream. Maybe, Jose was right. Maybe selling Metalicana and taking the money he's offering was the best choice. Just as Gajeel was about to speak, he felt a reassuring hand on his shoulder. Gajeel looks and found Lily looking at him sternly. The look Lily gave was all Gajeel needed.
"No deal Jose." Gajeel replied "The horse stays with me. As much of a pain in the ass he is... And I know Levy is doing better. She's stronger than she looks." growling, Jose stood up abruptly, almost knocking the table over onto Gajeel and Lily.
"How dare you!" Jose barked "You'll pay for not selling me that horse!"
"Deal with it Jose, I may have worked for you in the past; but that doesn't mean I owe you shit!" angered to the point his face turned boiling red, and left Fairy Hideaway in pure rage.
"Come on Lily." Gajeel yawned "Let's get back home before the Shrimp figures it out." nodding in agreement, Lily followed Gajeel back to Gajeel's truck and returned to the farm.