"The Mate"

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"Gajeel, is everything alright?" Levy asked, giving him a worried look. She'd never seen the iron slayer smile quite so much in her life and it was weirding her out.

"Peachy," he replied, grabbing her hand and pulling her beside him and out the guildhall doors. All the bluenette could manage to do was waive goodbye to Lucy and Freed as she was pulled alongside her man.

"Gajeel! Slow down!" she huffed, trying to keep up with his long strides.

"Can't," he responded flatly, keeping his quick pace. He stopped abruptly so that the girl almost ran right into him. He turned to look at her with a smirk, "Want me to carry you? For old time's sake?"

"What?!" Levy exclaimed. "No!" But Gajeel had other ideas and within seconds, she was being hoisted up on his shoulder, carried at lightning speed back to their apartment. Bounding up the stairs, he all but ripped the door off its hinges in his haste to get through the door before finally dumping Levy onto the couch.

"Oomf!" She landed with a thud and within seconds Gajeel was on her, pressing his body into hers and moving his lips against her skin. "Gajeel! What's gotten into you?" she exclaimed, feeling herself warming at his touch.

"I can't help it, Blue. Seeing that mark on your shoulder. You're lucky we even made it home," he said through heavy breaths.

"What are you talking about?" Levy asked, pushing against his shoulders to get him to slow down.

"That symbol, on your shoulder," he said and Levy nodded her head. "You don't know?" he asked, sitting back on his heels.

The bluenette shook her head. "I didn't even know it was there until Lucy pointed it out. It's kinda hard to see the back of your shoulder on a regular basis," she giggled to herself.

Gajeel gave her a loving look before gently grasping her hands and pulling her into a sitting position. "Levy, that's my mark."

The girl gasped. "Your mark? What do you mean?"

"It's the draconic symbol for my name," he explained, not being able to help the grin that was spreading across his face once more.

"How can you be sure?" Levy breathed, touching the back of her shoulder with her opposite hand.

Gajeel chuckled. "Metalicana was a selfish bastard. All dragons are really. Anything that was mine he'd write that symbol on it and he'd write his symbol on his crap. When I'd ask him what it meant, he told me they were the symbols for our names in his language."

"Oh, wow!" Levy breathed. "Does this mean…?" she trailed off.

Gajeel shrugged his shoulders before leaning over her once again. "I dunno," he said before leaning down to suck the skin of her neck. "But do you understand why I can't wait any longer to take you again." Her breath hitched as he grabbed her earlobe with his teeth. "Seeing that mark on you like that," he sighed nibbling at her neck, "it's driving me crazy."

Levy felt completely overwhelmed. Between learning that the mark on her back was actually from Gajeel to what the man was currently doing to her neck, she felt completely swept up by it all. Gajeel could sense he was losing her to her inner ramblings and he whispered "Stay with me, Blue," in a hot breath against her ear.

Levy giggled at the feel of his lips against her ear before she finally let herself go, smashing her lips against his while threading her hands into his wild locks. She moaned his name when he began using his teeth to untie the bow of her dress.

Her breasts bounced free as the iron slayer sat back and pulled the material all the way off her body along with her arm cuffs. She giggled as he pinched her sides to turn her over onto her stomach but her laughs soon turned into labored moans as he dragged first his fingers and then his teeth over his mark on her shoulder. Words were soon forgotten as Gajeel's tongue explored the back of her shoulder and then up to the nape of her neck. She flailed slightly, being slightly ticklish when his mouth ghosted down her sides but Gajeel caught her wrists with one hand and held them firmly over her head.

He growled in her ear as she playfully struggled against him, causing heat to dampen her panties. The man kept a firm grip on her as he moved his hands and mouth across her body, latching onto her skin every couple of inches to suck harshly, leaving evidence of their tryst. Finally letting go of her wrists, he moved down her body sliding her off the couch before walking her to the edge. Levy looked at him with a raised eyebrow. She was sporting nothing but a pair of flimsy panties right now while he was still fully clothed.

Gajeel gestured to the couch's armrest. "Bend over," he said in a low husk. Levy couldn't help the heat that immediately pooled between her thighs, but she was feeling frisky.

She looked at him with a confident smirk. "Not before you lose at least the shirt," she said coyly.

Gajeel approached her slowly, as if he were approaching prey. "You really think it's a good idea to order me around right now?" he said with a playful grin. Levy gasped as he grabbed her around the waist, holding her firmly against his hulking frame before spinning her around and pushing her over the couch.

She laughed as she tried to lift herself up but a firm hand on the back of her neck kept her bent over the sofa. "Be a good girl, huh?" Gajeel growled. Levy hated admitting she had this kink but she just loved it when he got a little rough with her. Nothing too crazy, but just enough to make it feel edgy always got her there.

Gajeel trailed his fingers down from where they had previously been on her back before meeting her panty line. He snapped the material against her skin, causing her to gasp and look over her shoulder at him. Gajeel caught her eye, giving her a wink before he kneeled down behind her. Pulling her panties down he let them pool around her ankles. He moved his mouth over her backside, ghosting his lips over the smooth skin there.

"First thing I noticed about you blue," he said and Levy groaned, "was your beautiful ass." She gasped as he nibbled her skin lightly, sending shivers through her entire body. She could feel the wetness between her thighs starting to run down her leg slightly as if her core was literally crying for her man's attention.

Gajeel loved torturing the girl until she was basically begging for his attention and he planned to do just that. He heard her whimper and chuckled, continuing to bite and suck at her rear gently. He allowed his fingers to finally trail up the inside of her thigh. About half way up he felt her dripping arousal and he smirked, "Looks like someone's anxious to get started."

Levy would have rolled her eyes but she was too preoccupied with what Gajeel was currently doing with his fingers. She could barely feel his touch against her skin it was so light. He started moving his fingertips closer and closer to her center. She tried to shift her body to move his fingers to her core but he would just laugh and move further away every time she tried.

"I can't wait any longer," Gajeel said, as if to himself before plunging his mouth to her center without warning. Levy gasped at the incredible sensations he was giving her. His strong tongue caressed her lips as he occasionally sucked them into his mouth. He put his thumb to work circling her most sensitive spot as his tongue moved to her entrance. Levy felt the coil inside her starting to wind tighter and tighter with each of his movements. Gajeel could feel it too—her muscles tensing against each touch—and he knew she would break soon.

He quickened his movements and smirked as her breathing began to hitch. He knew she was close and he desperately needed to get her there. "Gajeel!" she moaned in response to his movements.

He lifted his head just long enough to respond. "I want you to cum all over my tongue, Blue."

His words were so unexpectedly dirty. Levy couldn't help but respond and she crested. His name was on her lips as her muscles pulled upward. Heat flowed through her body and she collapsed against the sofa, grateful it was there as the release pulsed its way through her body.

Within second, Gajeel was shedding his clothing and stroking his member. Looking at his beautiful mate, bearing his mark, satiated from his touch, bent over the couch like she was, was just too much for him. "I'm gonna fuck you, Levy," he breathed, lining himself up. As he thrust his cock into her wet center, he couldn't help but roar, "You're mine!"

Levy moaned as she felt him enter her. His movements were fast and forceful but in her hazy state all they did was draw out the waves of pleasure she was currently riding. She groaned when she felt his heat leave her and gasped when she felt herself being hoisted into the air. Gajeel had turned her over and was currently carrying her into the bedroom. He kicked the door open and laid her down on the bed gently.

Climbing back on their eyes met and he whispered, "I needed to see you. God, Levy, you're so beautiful."

Levy smiled as she looked into his eyes. Those crimson eyes, which she once feared, she now looked into with absolute adoration. Over such a short time period, they had weathered so much together and she wouldn't have had it any other way. She gasped as she felt his length fill her, stopping her from thinking any further. Gajeel pounded into her with a relentless pace, driving himself towards completion.

His body strained with exertion and she could feel his sweat under her fingers as it glistened across his hardened muscles. With a low growl, Gajeel poured everything he had into her, panting out his release before he rolled off her, pulling her close to him as he did.

Levy snuggled in closer to him, happy to just listen to the sound of his heartbeat slow as he came down from his high. Gajeel kissed the top of her head affectionately. "You're amazing, you know that Blue?" he said against her hair.

Levy nuzzled into him further. "Meh," she said lightheartedly against his skin.

"I'm serious," Gajeel continued. "And you're mine now, so I don't want to hear you say anything else."

"Yours am I?" Levy lifted up to look into the dragon slayer's eyes with a teasing smile.

"Play games all you want but I know that mark wouldn't have shown up on your shoulder if you didn't feel the same way. The magic doesn't work that way," Gajeel responded, trying not to give in to her teasing.

Levy rested her head on Gajeel's chest and let out a contented sigh. "Thanks."

Gajeel furrowed his brow. "Huh?"

"For rescuing me," she replied.

"I think you've got that backwards," the slayer said, placing his hands under his head.

Levy shook her head. "I know who I was before we got together and I know who I am now. So thanks."

Gajeel laid there, completely stunned. He didn't know what he had done right to deserve the woman currently laying across his chest. Thinking back to his Phantom days, he couldn't even have imagined how his life would have completely changed.

The two laid there, completely wrapped up in one another, and neither even needed to hear the other say they loved one another, because they just knew.

As Levy rolled over, propping her chin upon her dragon slayer's chest, her brown eyes sparkled as she looked into his crimson. "So what do you want to do now?"

Gajeel grinned and let out his signature laugh, "I saw we go again."

Levy laughed but couldn't help saying, "Stupid Gajeel!"

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THE END

. . .

Hello lovers!

The end? The END?! THE END?! Not really—I have plans for a small epilogue chapter so don't fret.

So I'll save all the graduation goggle stuff for that chapter and I promise I'll try and get it written as soon as possible!

I will say that this story as been a hell of a ride for me, but more on that next chapter.

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