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Chapter 34

Gajeel's POV (Monday)

I walked arm in arm with Levy to school. Even in silence, we were never uncomfortable. I was just fine being with her, and I knew she felt the same. But today, she was buzzing with excitement. On the group chat, Erza and Jellal confirmed to be together. So did Gray and Juvia. I was happy for them, but something kept bugging me. Natsu and Lucy weren't there. I knew Natsu was meant to tell Lucy, but knowing him, he either ran away or didn't tell her. Levy told me that she told Lucy to confess to Natsu, but we weren't sure if either of them did it. We would have to wait until school.

"Gajeel? You listening?" Levy snapped me out of my thoughts.

"Huh. Yeah, sure, whatever." I replied. She glared at me.

"You weren't listening, where you?" She pouted. "You're meant to listen when a girl is talking to you."

"Not how I roll Shrimp." I chuckled, ruffling her already messy blue locks. She slapped my arm as usual, only this time it felt stronger. I grinned at her.

We entered school early. Sadly, I had to wave bye to Levy, but not before I got the usual peck on the cheek. Grinning to myself, I headed into tutor. Only to find a completely different group of classmates.

"Gajeel?" My teacher, Hughes, glanced at me. "Why are you here?"

"Where's the class?" I asked.

"Didn't anyone tell you, we've swapped the groups around. You're in Class A-1." I sighed and left the room. Just what I needed, a class with a load of idiots that I don't know. On the bright side, Levy might be in my new class. Grinning brightly, I pushed the doors open.

"Gajeel!" Cries came. Looking in the room, I saw most of Fairy Tail. Erza, Jellal, Loke, Gray, Juvia, Aries, Levy and even Yukino was there.

"Good to see ya pal!" Gray greeted, grinning as well.

"No way..." I gasped, looking at them. "They did this on purpose, right?"

"Must have." Loke answered, leaning back in his chair. "This isn't a coincidence, obviously."

"Gajeel, we're in the same class!" Levy squealed happily.

"Yeah... Yeah we are!" I realised. I dropped next to Erza. "Where's Natsu and Lucy?"

"Dunno." Erza shrugged.

"Those two love birds." Loke smiled.

"Hey guys... Do you think Natsu... You know?" Jellal asked.

"What do you think he did?" Erza raised an eyebrow to her new boyfriend.

"Is only between us a thing still?" Gray sighed.

"Nah, tell them." I shook my head. "Levy already knows."

"What?" Loke cried.

"She was awake when I was talking to Natsu about it, sorry." I muttered.

"Anyway, Natsu likes Lucy." Gray stated. No one seemed surprised.

"Yeah, and Lucy likes Natsu." Levy continued. Again, no one seemed surprised.

"Well duh." Jellal joked.

"Of course they do." Erza smiled.

"Thanks for telling them, that was my job!" An angry voice came. We looked to see Natsu at the door, a pink Lucy behind him. "Mavis guys, what happened to only between us?" He asked.

"What, we're over that." Gray shrugged. Natsu sighed and sat down.

"Idiots." He grumbled. Gray shot a look at him, which he returned. In seconds, the two were wrestling on the floor, each throwing punches to the head.

"Stop." Erza barked. The two broke up, still shooting daggers at each other.

"Natsu... You'd said it was your job?" Levy said slowly.

"Yeah." He awkwardly chuckled, scratching the back of his head. "You see, me and Lucy... Um... Er..."

Lucy giggled and latched onto his arm. "We're together." She smiled. Erza, Juvia, Aries, Levy and Yuknio practically screamed in happiness, surrounding the blonde. Natsu turned pink and ducked under his scarf and we turned to him.

"You didn't tell us!" I exclaimed.

"S-Shut up." He stammered back, "Luce wanted to wait until today."

"Well, we don't do that, do we?" Gray smirked. "Me and Juvia told everyone the day we got together."

"So did me and Erza." Jellal said.

"Yeah, well, blame Luce."

"So, Natsu, did you... You know?" Loke asked. Natsu blushed, turning away from us.

"Ohhhhhh, that's a yes!" I teased. Natsu still wouldn't make eye contact.

"We're talking about a kiss right? Not... The other thing?" Jellal asked.

"I mean, you were with her yesterday, right?" I looked at him.

"Yeah..." He replied slowly.

"You two totally fuc-" Gray began.

"Boys?" Erza's harsh tone came from behind us. "What's happening?"

"Um, just teasing Natsu, that's all." Jellal weakly answered.

Erza sighed. "We're meant to be friends. So naturally, we tease him together." Yukino and Juvia practically dragged Lucy next to Natsu, and we bombarded them with questions. The two were a blushing mess, but we couldn't help but laugh at the pair. Eventually, Gildarts entered the class and announced that he would be our teacher. We had to leave Natsu and Lucy alone, so I plopped down next to my girlfriend. She smiled at me, causing warmth to flutter through my heart.

Jellal's POV (Monday, after school)

After school ended, we headed towards the Fairy Tail pub as usual. But our hearts felt lighter, our laughter louder, and future brighter. I couldn't believe how much closer we had become as a group. A lot closer. The new relationships that had blossomed didn't even have a hint of fading. I mean, if Levy could stay with Gajeel for over two months, nothing could go wrong. We entered and heard cheers from everyone inside. Our whole pub was proud that we'd won the festival, proving Sabertooth wrong. They'd welcomed Yukino with open arms and the whole place felt happier. Except Laxus, who was grumbling behind the bar.

"Hey guys!" Cana greeted, with her usual barrel of booze.

"Hey Cana." Levy smiled as we sat down.

"So, I saw the chat, I heard the new." She sneakily grinned, giving us all that look. "What's the gossip?"

"Everyone you'd thought would become a couple happened." Erza reluctantly said.

"YES!" She shouted, raising her hands. "I'm awesome. I knew everyone would get together eventually." She glanced at Yukino. "Oh, sorry."

"N-No, its ok." Yukino waved it off.

"But you're the only one without a partner." Cana said sadly. "Oh, I know!" She leaned over the table and planted a kiss on Yukino's lips. The girl shrieked in embarrassment, while everyone laughed, except Erza, who told Cana off for messing with feelings. Our rays of joy were far from over, yet, later in the year was when the sad news came.

Two chapters left. Sorry for another cliffhanger, and for Jellal's short POV. But I really want to start writing next chapter. Remember, that'll be the last one, with chapter 36 being an epilogue. Hopefully my idea will go well. Thanks for reading, hopefully you all enjoyed. Next chapter is Friday!