GUYS I'M UPDATING YAY! This was originally going to be a one-shot, but I've made it a two-shot after this idea came to mind. I'm sorry this second chapter is so short.
Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima.
Gajeel counted out the Jewels he had earned as he exited the town hall. He'd gotten a lot, especially for how easy a job it had been, even for a solo mission. The mayor had gone on and on about how many Vulcans were harassing the town, and how he'd pay so much money to get rid of them all. In reality, there had only been about a dozen. Not that he was complaining. As much as Gajeel loved a good fight, in this situation the easier the job, the sooner he could get home to his girlfriend. His pregnant girlfriend, by eight months.
As he walked towards the train station, Gajeel's portable communication lacrima started to ring. He pulled it out of his pocket and accepted the call. MiraJane's smiling face showed up. She was in the guild hall, and many of his guildmates were rushing around in the background.
"Ahh, Gajeel, I'm glad you picked up." she said brightly.
"What do you want Mira?" Gajeel asked, holding the lacrima in his palm. Seriously, did she expect him to think she was just checking up? He wasn't stupid, nor was he keen on wasting time.
"Ahh, well, I just thought you'd want to know, since you're away on a mission and all." She said, still smiling. Wendy's voice called from the infirmary for Gray to get her some ice chips, and the Master told Jet to please go fetch Porlyusica, if he could.
"Get to the point." Gajeel said, tapping his foot impatiently. He was going to miss his train. He swore The stripper had probably frozen Salamander. Or, y'know, Salamander had burned Stripper. Or Stone-eyes had killed was hard to guess at his guild.
"You see, Levy-san has gone into early labor." Mira chippered.
"...What?" There was no way. That was. What?
"We didn't really have time to get her to the hospital, since it all happened very quickly, but Wendy-chan is here, and hopefully Porlyusica will get here soon."
Gajeel blinked.
"Of course, on the bright side, we'll all get so seen the baby sooner. It'll probably be here when you get back, isn't that nice?"
"She's having the baby right now?" Gajeel said dumbly. "As in, at this very moment, while we are talking?"
"Mmhm." Mira answered, still smiling. A scream sounded from the guild's infirmary.
Levy's scream.
Gajeel shot off, shoving the lacrima back in his pocket, or dropping it, or shattering it in his hand, He really couldn't tell. Levy was having the kid now. Early. He wasn't there.
He had to be there.
The guild-hall came into sight, and he pushed himself to move even faster, before slamming open the doors, pausing for only a millisecond to asses the chaotic state of his guild.
"Oh, Gajeel, you're here." Mira said, glancing up from the bar. "You got here very quickly, Levy is-"
He didn't wait to hear the end of it, and he didn't have to.
A scream, louder than any Gajeel had imagined, and he rushed back to the infirmary, shoving someone out of his way as he went, and he slammed open the door to that.
Several things he processed in a matter of seconds. Levy was lying on the bed tensely, breathing heavily in between groans of pain. But she seemed more annoyed and frustrated than in pain, honestly. Porlyusica was standing in front of her, looking even more irritated, and telling her to push just once more. Wendy was standing nearby as well, grasping Levy's right hand in both of hers. Juvia was there, swirling water around in a basin, and Salamander was holding a controlled flame near it to warm it up with a focused expression on his face. (How was Nastu creating a controlled flame?)
All of this the Iron Dragonslayer realized, before Levy let out another scream, the worse he had heard so far, and he saw a head.
Gajeel promptly fainted.
When Gajeel woke, he was in the main room of the guild hall, propped up on a chair and a table. Lisanna was sitting next to him, and smiled when he blinked. All the earlier ruckus had seemed to die down, and no one was crying, unless you counted Mira, who was obviously shedding tears of joy as she bounced up and down and tried not to squeal. That was a good sign, but still…
"Is Levy okay?" He asked the younger Strauss, who was still sitting patiently, waiting for him to say something.
"She fine" Lisanna
Juvia was standing next to Levy, who still lie on the bed. Juvia was holding a bundle in her arms. "Oh, um, Gajeel-kun. Juvia was waiting with you, but then… you know, there were babies, and…" She shrugged delicately, careful not to disrupt the bundle, as if he would understand. And he did. Crazy Rain-woman and her mommy-instincts.
"Wait…" Gajeel said quietly. "You said babies. As in...more than one?"
Levy smiled then, eyes warm. "Twins." She said faintly, but with so much love. It was then that Gajeel noticed the second bundle, in her arms. Two. Twins. Gajeel stood, dumbstruck, staring at his mate, and his...children. His children. He was a father. Of twins.
"Well are you gonna come see them or are you just gonna stand there like an idiot?" Levy smirked (or tried to. She couldn't really pull off the smirking with the exhaustion.)
Gajeel tried to swallow, but his mouth was dry. He took a few steps forward, until he was standing by the bed as well, opposite of Juvia.
"A girl and a boy." Levy said.
"This is your son." Juvia said, leaning over to hand her bundle to her friend. Gajeel took a quick step back. Juvia smiled and Levy giggled.
"Is the mighty Dragonslayer afraid of his own baby?" Levy asked, still suppressing her laugh.
"I'm not scared of it." Gajeel defended. "It just looks like I'm gonna break it. It's tiny as fuck." Juvia gasped, and Levy got a very frightening look on her face. "What?"
"You can't swear in front of a baby!" Juvia said, wide eyed.
"What are you talking about? They're not gonna remember anything from now." Gajeel said.
"I read up on it Gajeel. A baby starts to develop language as soon as it can distinguish what it hears. There will be no swearing for a very long time."
"You're kidding me." Gajeel said flatly. There was no way she expected him to not swear. Some words were just part of his language, part of who he was. Asking him to stop swearing was like asking him to stop being a dragonslayer. It was impossible.
Levy sighed. "Just come hold your daughter Gajeel."
"It's my daughter." Gajeel said, walking forward. "And my son. My kids. I'm a dad."
"Yeah." Levy said, adjusting herself upright so she could pass the child to her boyfriend. Carefully, terrified, he held his baby in his strong arms as gently as it could. It gave off an air of breakable-ness, but somehow he couldn't call it weak.
A little girl. His daughter. She looked so much like her mother, with soft, fair skin and delicate features. But she had a tuft of already unruly black hair that was his. When she opened her eyes, they were Levy's as well, and when she she opened her small pink lips in a yawn, he saw she had teeth. Fangs, to be specific.
"Shrimp, she had fangs." Gajeel said in wonder not taking his eyes off his little girl.
"They both do." Levy smiled. "They're getting ready to be little dragonslayers."
Gajeel's head snapped up. "Lemme see!" He said, stepping towards Juvia, who still held the boy.
"Give her to Levy-chan first." Juvia said, nodding towards the little girl. Gajeel considered holding both of them, but then he remembered they were both supposed to be very breakable, even if they did have fangs, and he didn't want to risk hurting his offspring. He gently gave his daughter to Levy, and took his son from Juvia.
Blue hair like Levy, but tan skin and harsher features, paired with red eyes. He smiled up at Gajeel, and he had fangs to. Gajeel sat down next to Levy and breathed out. His children and his mate, all together. He was a father. He glanced away from his newborns for a moment to lean over and kiss Levy on the cheek. "I love you." he said. His voice was rough with what was definately not tears threatening to overflow, because the mighty Iron Dragonslayer did not cry.
"I love you too." Levy murmured, her eyes never leaving their newborn son and daughter, speaking to all three of them.
It was then that the door opened and Wendy walked in, quickly slamming the door behind her and leaning against it in exhaustion, seeing as the entire guild was fighting to get into the infirmary and see the new kids (the door was guarded by Titania of course.)
Was it just Gajeel, or was there a terrifying surplus of blunettes in this room? Him and his daughter were outnumbered.
" Oh, good, Gajeel is awake." Wendy said, walking over and wiping a few stray hairs out of her face (it had grown back out a bit, and held back in a single ponytail.) "I just came to check up on you and the babies." She smiled down at them. "May I hold them?" She asked.
"Of course." Levy replied.
"No." Gajeel nearly growled, and Wendy took a step back.
"What do you mean no?" Levy asked, arching a brow at her boyfriend's ridiculousness.
"Just...no." He said, looking a bit confused himself.
"Why not?" Levy asked.
"...What if...they get hurt?" The kurogane suggested, pouting
"But Juvia-san got to hold them." Wendy complained timidly.
Gajeel considered. "That's...different, okay?"
"Don't worry Wendy-chan,." Levy consoled. "Just wait a few weeks, you know how he is. And you can hold them when he's not looking. You helped birth them after all."
"What do you mean "How I am?'" Gajeel demanded.
"Overprotective." Levy answered bluntly.
"Possessive." Juvia added.
"Stubborn?" Wendy said, smiling just a little bit.
"I- I am not!" Gajeel insisted.
"Yes you are." Juvia grinned. "Don't be ashamed Gajeel-kun, we've all accepted it."
"And we all love you for it." Levy told him, reaching up to kiss him on the cheek.
He was losing this battle, wasn't he? And they were patronizing him. Gajeel sighed.
He really didn't care right now. He was a father. He had two children, and a beautiful mate. He had a guild, and a family, and happiness that came with it. If someone had told him years ago that he would have a life like this, he would have laughed in their face. And probably thrown them across the room. He had changed so much, and he couldn't be happier.
"Can we let the guild in now?" Levy asked, looking at Wendy. Apparently Porlyusica had left.
"Well, I suppose." She said, pursing her lips. "But we can't have too much chaos. And I'm not sure how well they'll react to not being allowed to hold them." Wendy was one of the calmer in her guild, and if she got a little pouty, there was no telling what someone like...well, someone like pretty much everyone else would do.
"They're so cute!" a sweet voice said, and everyone turned to see Mavis, as lovely as ever, smiling brightly.
"What are you doing here?" Levy asked. And when did you get here. she added mentally, but she knew that there was no point getting freaked out with the habits of the first master.
"I came to see the new ones, of course." Mavis answered, leaning over the infirmary bed. "Did you really think I would miss the birth of two more children?" She cooed down at the family for a few more minutes, before looking up slightly and blinking once, her expression troubled. "I have to go." She said sharply, and disappeared. (A/N Zeref time!)
It was then that their current master walked in, the entire guild behind him. So much for Wendy's hopes of giving the new mother a little peace. Not that Anyone minded.
Every one cooed and smiled over the baby, and despite Gajeel's wishes, MiraJane had both the babies in her arms in under a minute. Which led to Lisanna holding them, then Lucy, then Juvia again, then Gray, then Cana, then Macao and Wakaba, then Erza, then Master, then… well you get the idea.
It was only several hours later that anyone realized the newborns had yet to be named.
Bleh, sorry, I suck at endings. And beginning. Pretty much the only part I'm decent at is the climax of the story, and that is such a very small portion.
And Juvia is the only one besides Levy who Gajeel wants to let hold the kids. Why? Because she is his best friend and Gajeel is just too protective. It's not OOC if you look at it at the right angle and hold it up to the sun.
Thank you for reading!