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*Lisanna's p.o.v*
I'd watched Juvia dancing with Cana after Bixlow had commandeered me, seeing as he had wanted to hog me to himself...my plan worked haha helping Juvia had helped me!
"Want to go grab a drink?" I yelled into Bixlow's ear over the music.
"Yeah," He yelled back leading me away from the dance floor and towards the bar. It was slightly quieter off the dance floor and it gave me a chance to think and watch the events unfolding between Gray...and a confident clone of Juvia? Wait it seemed more like Edo-Juvia had switched with her some how...Wow that woman was seriously using what her mama gave her to grab what she wanted. I approved!
"Bixlow look." I pointed to where Juvia was talking to Loki who had just handed her a drink.
"Hmm," Bixlow grumbled handing me the drink he had been so kind as to fetch for me. At the moment that Bixlow turned his attention to what I was pointing at, Gray fell backwards off his chair staring at Juvia. I couldn't help myself I just found the situation so hilarious that I burst out laughing, apparently Bixlow did too as he burst out in chuckles too.
"I wonder what happened?" I asked, wiping a tear from my eye and taking a sip from my drink.
"He probably realized it was Juvia," Bixlow answered taking a swig from his beer mug.
"Yeah you're right," I mused watching as Juvia said something into my childhood friends ear before promptly standing and walking away, while having her every step watched by Gray...wonder what she had said to him?
"Well that's interesting," Bixlow said pointing towards Cana who was...having an extremely raunchy dance with Bacchus on the dance floor. Yep it was official that woman had no shame. "That must have put a kink in your plans?"
"Oh god," I groaned, facepalming at the antics of my friend and fellow guild mate. "Yeah but I found out about it earlier from Mira-nee so I have already started to rearrange my plans...but who would make a good match for him is my problem?"
"Hmm I remember Laxus mentioning Lucy again not to long ago when we bumped into team Natsu on a mission," Bixlow said folding his arms and tilting his head in a sign that said he was remembering something.
"Ohhh really," I sang feeling my face break out into a massive smile as we sat down. I'd considered setting Laxus up with Lucy earlier and if he was interested in her like that maybe it could work. It would all depend on Lucy though and if she was interested in the lightening dragon. Oh speaking of dragons she had seemed to get along well with Sting from what I observed that time when we'd gone to retrieve her and he was a lot like Natsu too so I knew they'd make a nice match...what to do?
"Yeah he saw her fighting and muttered something about how he was right she wasn't just eye candy," Bixlow called slapping his hand on the table in triumph at remembering. He was an idiot at times.
"Is that so?" I muttered more to myself than to him, as I was still in my own world. Maybe I could get Bix to dig some information out of his friend later so I could make up my mind about what to do about my blonde haired friend and her love life.
"Nee Lisanna?" Bixlow murmured into my ear spooking me.
"WAA?!" I called jumping ten feet in the air. Damn this guy and his love for making me jump out of my skin. "What Bixlow?"
"Have I told you how amazing you look tonight?" He continued to speak right into my ear, deepening his tone as he did so.
"Nope I don't believe you did... I believe your words were 'Damn that was hot'," I mimicked his words from when he'd taken me away from Juvia earlier.
Then we settled into a playful banter until I spotted Mira-nee and Freed re entering the guild hall and I had to take a double take because the woman who was walking next to Freed looked more like Edo-Mira with the way she was dressed. Wow she really did look stunning though.
"Mira-nee," I called out and waved to let her know where we were. As they started to head towards us I decided to put my earlier musings into action. "Hey Bix could you maybe turn Laxus's attention towards Lucy when she finally makes it here and onto the dance floor?"
"Huh? Why?" Bixlow looked at me confused then seemed to remember our earlier conversation (I swear he also had the memory of a fish at times) and caught onto what I was planing. "No worries babe leave it to me," He winked at me before leaving. Watching him leave on my request made me realize something, Bixlow had really proved to be an excellent partner in crime as well as a pretty damn good boyfriend, but tonight he's proved he could scrub up decently too. He had forgone his usual attire and visor and was instead wearing slightly baggy jeans and a plain black shirt. He wore glasses instead of the visor to prevent any unforeseen magical mishaps and what I had thought to be a tattoo turned out to be a removable sticker; was also missing. He really did look better like this! I wondered if I could get him to dress like this more often? Probably not and I didn't want to go changing him or his fashion sense, I loved him just the way he was.
"Hows everything going?" Mira-nee shouted at me over the music and I snapped my head round to face her and winced at the pain that shot through my neck in protest at the sudden move. Ouch that'll teach me to daydream about my boyfriend.
"Oh um so far so good," I replied trying to act normal and not like a girl who had gotten caught checking out the backside of her man.
"So any developments?" Mira-nee continued, ignoring what she had just seen.
"Well I think Juvia made Gray notice her." I giggled, remembering his face as he watched us dance together.
"How did you accomplish that?" Freed inquired genuinely shocked at this bit of information.
"A little bit of dirty dancing mixed with a boost of confidence," I pointed to where the water mage was chatting with Levy at the bar. "And she had Gray on his knees almost instantaneously."
"Are you serious?" Mira-nee squealed clapping her hands together in delight.
"Yeah look, he hasn't taken his eyes off her since." I smiled pointing to Gray's table where he was still watching the two blue haired girls intently. I also noticed how Loki was flirting with Kinana and Laki...right where was Lucy when you need her?
"You're right that's awesome," Mira-nee said turning her attention to take in everything that was happening around her and also spotting Loki. "Hmm Lisanna I thought you told me Loki was with Aries now?" She asked me confused.
"Yes that is the truth," I ground my teeth in irritation. "Seriously Mira-nee have you seen Lucy I need her to kick his cheating ass back to the spirit world."
"Ah we bumped into Lucy on the way here, she said she'd be here as soon as she returned from taking some items back to Asuka." Freed said taking in the sight of his other half starting to shift into her satan soul form at Loki's stupidity. He put his hand on her shoulder in an attempt to calm her. He was the only person in the guild capable of calming Mira-nee when she got like that. It still seemed unbelievable at times that she hadn't killed the rune mage yet, seeing as when Mira-nee gets mad nothing can stop her normally.
"How about you two go get a drink?" I suggested trying desperately to shift Mira's attention away from the spirit, before she destroyed all the work that had been put into tonight.
"Yes that is a good idea," Freed replied in agreeance with my suggestion, taking hold of my sisters hand and leading her to the bar. When I saw her attention was sufficiently diverted, I let out a sigh of relief. Looking around the guild I saw that everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves apart from a rather grumpy looking dragon sat in the furthest corner of the guild that he could find. And as usual he had his eyes solely on the resident solid script wizard; who was now dancing with Juvia provocatively...she looked out of her comfort zone to be honest but Juvia seemed to have embraced the whole woman gone wild side tonight. So far Gray seemed to have woken up to reality, so Gajeel needed that slap too. I got up and walked over to where the dragon was drinking beer and munching iron scraps, and prayed that this guy wasn't as dumb as the fire dragon.
"Hey Gajeel this seat taken?" I asked nodding my head towards the empty seat at his table.
"No," He grumbled, taking another mouthful of iron and proceeding to ignore me. What did Levy see in this guy?
"Not going to dance?" I inquired, watching his face for any sign of emotion beside annoyance.
"No," He grumbled again. Master of the one syllable replies aren't we mister Redfox. Guess this calls for drastic measures!
"If you don't fess up soon, someone else will come along and steal her from you." I fumed at him. Take that mister metal brows.
"I don't know what ya talking about," Gajeel muttered finishing of the rest of his drink. And here I thought he was brighter than Natsu, so much for that idea.
Like hell you don't Redfox," I growled at him giving my best 'you'll be sorry if you don't' look.
"Tsk," was his only reply.
"Oh my god you are stupider than Natsu," I cried and slammed my head onto the table. If worry wouldn't work maybe insults might!
"Take that back," He snarled at me. I merely looked at him from where I was still positioned on the table top.
"No." I replied stubbornly.
"I am smarter than Salamander, so take it back!" He said grinding his teeth.
"I'll only take it back if you man up and march over to Levy and confess...or dance with her," I replied giving him an ultimatum within my reply.
"Not happening," He scoffed and turned back to watching Levy dance. Ahhhh men were impossible!
"Well it's your own fault then when she moves on," I said noticing that Jet was making his way over to where Levy was dancing solo seeing as Juvia had left her on her own and was now dancing with none other than Gray himself. When did that happen?
"What the fuck does he think he's doing?" Gajeel growled. I smiled coyly, so he does pay attention to other people beside Levy.
"I do believe my good man, that he is asking her to dance." I chuckled watching the duo interact and how Levy actually seemed to be contemplating it. "Oh and that is a pretty clear case of dancing." I laughed as I saw Levy peak over to where we were sat as she accepted Jet's offer. What had I just said about her moving on, baka no Gajeel!
"Grr," Gajeel snarled out looking ready to tear into Jet's jugular for having the guts to dance with Levy. I wasn't getting anywhere here and I had other people to nudge so I decided to give it one last parting shot as I stood up.
"You know everyone has already forgiven you for any past indiscretions, especially Levy. Maybe it's time you start to forgive yourself and your past, and move forward to building your future," I smiled at him before leaving feeling rather glad that my words seemed to have hit home with him. I snuck one last glance over my shoulder before I walked over to Laki, and saw that Gajeel had a very weird look on his face. He looked relieved!
*Levy's p.o.v*
"Levy would you like to dance?" Jet shouted at me so I could hear over the deafening music. Who decided on this level of volume anyway?
"Hmm," I looked over to where Gajeel was sat with Lisanna of all people. Although Lisanna did seem to be angry with him for some reason...Wonder what was going on between those two? I knew he wasn't going to ask me to dance anyway and I was starting to give up hope of him ever liking me in the way I wanted him too, I sighed sadly. So why shouldn't I dance with Jet at least he was interested in me romantically unlike that stupid Gajeel.
"Levy?" Jet called snapping me out of my internal debate about the pro's and con's of agreeing and finally I decided to hell with it, this was a party and I was going to enjoy myself!
"Okay," I smiled at my friend as the music changed to a more jumpy music so I didn't need to worry to much about Jet trying to hold my waste...just yet anyway.
After a few track changes I decided to head to the bar to get a drink as I was parched but unfortunately Jet followed me. Oh dear I really didn't want Jet to read too much into me agreeing to dance with him. He was my teammate and close friend but I really didn't hold a secret candle of passion for him or Droy. Even though I knew the man I wanted didn't want me back I couldn't bring myself to give up hope that maybe one day he would,even if I wanted to give up all hope on him at times. Why wouldn't my heart let me?
Why could I never get that grump bag out of my mind?! I should hate him or at least not be falling in love with him more and more! I mean he had beat me and bolted to a tree for heavens sake...Well he had redeemed himself for that but still I shouldn't...who am I kidding the heart wants what the heart wants and my heart wanted the iron dragon slayer who had hurt me so badly, but then saved me on countless other occasions. I wasn't going to fight it anymore and I would just have to make the first move if he wouldn't!
I thought the day out with Asuka had maybe changed his feelings for me, it had been so perfect almost like we were a real family and it had shocked me just how much I wished to be the one who Gajeel settled down with and started his own family with. I mean he would make a great dad, even if it didn't look like he would at times. He played every game Asuka had thought up, pushed her on the swings, the roundabout and hadn't lost his temper too much when she threw a hissy fit over eating lunch. He did have to leave when dinner came around as his temper snapped with the girls stubbornness. I think that was when he'd bumped into Natsu under the Sakura tree. That to me had been a real turning point and then nothing, nada, zilch he'd ignored me more than usual and wouldn't even go on a mission with me to help me cover my rent when Jet and Droy were busy last week. Ahhh seriously this was just turning into a never ending loop of mental insanity!
"Um miss what can I get you to drink?" The bartender asked looking at me oddly...oh I'd been so spaced out I hadn't realized I'd already made it to the bar.
"Oh a mojito please," I smiled at him. If I was going to make a first move I was sure as hell going to need some liquid courage to do so!
"Um miss can I see some ID please," Mr bartender asked again...What?
"I'm 17 almost 18 damn it...actually I should be 24 by now, stupid 7 year void!" I huffed, pulling out my ID card and showed it to the guy.
"Oh so you are miss, but its policy no drinks served to under 15's," He smiled and turned to fix my drink. Fairy Tail sure didn't abide by that law, or many laws for that matter. I mean Cana started drinking at 13...but the less said about her at times the better. It wasn't that I didn't like the card mage, but lets just say our personalities didn't mix.
"Levy?" Jet called tapping my shoulder and making me spin around to see him. Lost puppy looking for love sprang to mind when I saw him, I mean I knew he had a crush on me and all but this was taking things a little too far.
"What is i..." I was cut off by Jet's lips crashing down on my mouth and proceeding to kiss me while I just stood there in total shock. What on earthland was he doing?
"Who's girl do you think you're kissing kisama?" came a growl from over Jet's shoulder, I shifted my eyes to see Gajeel towering over us looking extremely pissed. I sent him a pleading look to get my teammate off of me. Luckily for me Gajeel's question snapped Jet out of what he was doing and spin around to face the Iron dragon slayer looking rather panicking to say the least...and so you should be for forcibly kissing a girl! I wiped my mouth now that he was distracted and shivered at the fact my first kiss had been stolen...Wait did Gajeel just call me his girl?
"Gajeel?" I questioned looking at him somewhat confused.
"Bookworm is mine and no-one else's ya hear," Gajeel growled reaching over and picking me up by the scruff of the neck. Do I look like a puppy to people?
"What do you think you're doing?" I squealed trying to stop my top from riding up to far seeing as I hadn't bothered to wear a bra with this outfit.
"Taking what's mine and leaving," He growled giving Jet a stare that screamed 'if you want to die please do object then I may repay you in kind for kissing her'. Jet backed off at that point muttering sorry to me as he did, leaving me to be thrown over Gajeel's shoulder like a sack of potatoes and marched out of the guild. What was happening to me tonight I felt like a character in a story, who had a load of weird events happen to her that eventually leads to her desired partner finally confessing. I couldn't be so lucky could I?
"Gajeel what are you doing?" I asked, enjoying the quiet and cool air now that we were sat outside on one of the outdoor cafes benches.
"If you were trying to make me jealous it worked bookworm," He growled, looking off into the distance.
"I wasn't," I huffed and looked down at my lap.
"Could a fooled me," Gajeel huffed right back.
"I wasn't trying to fool anyone," I sighed, feeling bad for Jet but at the same time annoyed with him too.
"Not what it looked like."
"Well I didn't see you offering to dance with me," I shouted, finally letting some of my frustration at him out.
"Yeah I know," Gajeel said and I decided to risk a peek at his face and saw an emotion I'd never seen there before. Was that regret?
"Did you mean what you said in there?" I whispered pointing back towards the guild.
"About what?" He huffed putting his tough guy wall back up. Why are men so difficult to understand.
"Me being...yours?" I gulped, suddenly terrified to hear his answer. What if it had just been a spur of the moment thing? What if he hadn't actually meant it like that? I thought I pass out out with the volume of thoughts bombarding my brain.
"Yeah," Gajeel grinned cockily at me as I blushed struggling to comprehend his answer. Was this really happening? Was Gajeel really saying this to me? I wasn't dreaming was I?
"Am I dreaming?" I mumbled under my breath pinching the back of my hand. Ouch no, this was most definitely reality.
"Shimp," Gajeel gained my attention by roughly but gently jerking my head up to look at him. I felt my breath hitch in my chest as I looked into his intense red eyes.
"Um...yes," I squeaked nervously unable to tear my eyes away from his.
"Will you be my woman?" He asked not breaking eye contact with me even once as he awaited my reply. I didn't even have to think about the answer. Yes of course yes...Oh I had better say that out loud.
"YES," I yelled flinging my arms around his neck and clinging to him for fear I was still dreaming. "Yes I'll be yours." I smiled at him as I brought my face closer to his and gently kissed his cheek. "But you have to be mine too."
"I already am." Gajeel grumbled his features softening for a second before his face turned back to smug."But what the hell sorta kiss was that to give to a guy?"
"Oh I'll show you a kiss Gajeel," I hummed and brought my lips against his rough ones. I noticed how different this felt to just a few minutes earlier when Jet had kissed me. I started to kiss him gently until I felt one of Gajeel's hands settle into the small of my back and the other tangle itself into the back of my hair and as it got a good hold I felt him push my face closer to his and deepen the kiss. I moved my own arms from around his strong neck and up into his bristly hair. We stayed like this until we needed to break for air.
"Wow now that was a kiss," I breathed out, a huge smile erupting across my face at just how happy I was. I finally had Gajeel to call my own personal dragon slayer, and I never planned to let him go.