Day three: Children

Levy walked into the apartment she shared with Gajeel with a yawn, and slowly started shedding the several layers of clothing she was wearing. Magnolia had been under the snow for days now, and as much as she liked it, she refused to get cold. Once she had gotten rid of the two scarfs, the gloves and the enormous coat she was wearing, she also removed her pullover and the pants she was wearing, which left her in leggings and sweater.

She stretched with a relieved sigh, finally feeling lighter, and then glanced around, expecting to find Gajeel staring at her with his mocking grin. He had mentioned before that he "liked watching her undress". He wasn't there, though, so she assumed he hadn't come home yet. They were taking a bit of a break from quests recently, but he still went to the guild regularly, just in case something interesting for the both of them would pop up.

So she was very surprised when, upon walking in their living-room, she found him laying down on their couch, eyes half-closed.

"Hey," he groaned when she walked in.

"Hey," she answered, immediately dropping the books she was carrying with her on the table to walk towards him, slightly worried. "Are you okay?" she questioned, putting her hand on his forehead, and frowning when she discovered it was hot. Sure, her own hands were cold, but she was pretty sure this wasn't normal.

He opened his eyes as she did so and moved to grab her hand, sighing at the fresh feeling.

"Fine. 's just that dumbass…"

Levy frowned. "Did you get into a fight?" Not that it explained anything but…

"He started it, okay? Wasn't going to walk away from it."

"Walk away from what, exactly?"

There was a brief silence, and Gajeel at least had the decency to seem embarrassed. "…Snowball fight."

Levy shook her head. So the guy he was talking about had to be Natsu — it just had to. It didn't explain much, though. Her Dragon Slayer was pretty solid, after all. "Gajeel, you look like you fell into the canal."

He glanced away sheepingly, pointedly avoiding her eyes, and Levy huffed in disbelief. He couldn't be serious.

"That's Blondie's fault though, okay? She made an alliance with Iceman and I wasn't expecting it, so they took me by surprise."

Levy shook her head softly. She now had a hard time holding back her laugh. It did sound like Lucy though. The girl hated to lose, and working with Grey for a snowball fight was probably the smartest thing to do.

"But I did drag Natsu with me," Gajeel added with a satisfied grin.

Oh, God. She bit her lip, trying not to burst out laughing. He looked so proud of himself. She leaned down to kiss him softly on the forehead.

"What are you guys, six? Don't move, I'm going to make you something hot."

She was standing up when his arms snuck around her waist and he dragged her onto the couch with him, holding her against him with no effort.

"Don't ya know body heat is the best thing for that stuff?" His voice in her ear made her shiver, and for a second, she thought maybe she could indulge him. But then she pushed back against him and stood up again, shaking her head. One of them had to be the responsible adult in this situation.

"Just wait here, okay? I'll be back in a second."

He grumbled while she walked into the kitchen, and Levy laughed to herself while putting a pan of the stove.

That big, adorable, sick idiot was her idiot. And she wouldn't exchange him for anything else in the world.

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