Nyaa~ I know this is late, but I have an interview I've been getting ready for which is Thursday (and judging by my clock is today 5:07 in the morning...to damn early right now -_-) BUT I wanted to get this out. The rest of GaLu week is: Day 4 - Lonely, Day 5 - Communication, Day 6 - Guilt, Day 7 - Secrets. So make something! Please! Anyway this is for Day 3 - Touch. It's not dirty. I'm sorry about that, but I've been writing at school and they check what you do...so no. Enjoy! Nyaa~

Lucy panted as she chased after one of the dark guild's members. Everything had gone well despite Gajeel being upset and sick at having to ride the train to Clover town. They stopped by the requestor's house before heading off to take down the dark guild. The dark mages weren't anything special, but there were a large number of them.

She and Gajeel had fought back to back taking out the lesser members before he went off to take down the master and left her to take down the one stronger member of the dark guild. She had fought with her whip flinging him into walls and pulling him in to land a few kicks before he escaped, and now had her chasing him through the woods.

She was gaining on him just as she reached him he swerved left and dashed right around a large oak tree in their path. She dashed to the left and ran around the right side of the tree to block off his path. She felt her feet leave the ground and looked down with a scream. She went off the edge of a cliff; she threw her hands out to grasp something anything to stop her decent to the jagged rocks of the valley below. She was able to grasp the thin ledge she had run off of as she stared defiantly up at the mage she had chased.

"Illusions, huh," she scoffed at him despite being terrified for her life.

The illusion mage grinned evilly down at her before raising a foot to stomp on her hand and send her to her painful death below.

"Roar of the iron dragon," Gajeel roared sending a vortex of iron and scrap metal at the mage sending him far off the ledge and to his death below.

A sharp cracking sound resounded through the air as the thin ledge broke from the magic power of Gajeel's roar. Lucy screamed as she felt her only hold break away and felt the wind whip her as she fell.

A warm rough hand caught one of hers, and cut off her drop. Her screams stopped as she stared teary eyed up at her current partner. His warm magic worn hand with light scars fit perfectly with hers despite how dire the situation was; Lucy couldn't help but blush at it.

Slowly and carefully Gajeel brought his partner up. As soon as she was level with him he jumped back into the forest and away from the cliff. He held her tightly against his chest one arm wrapped around her back while his other hand cupped the back of her head and held it against him. He almost lost her before he even knew how much she meant to him. He knew he wasn't going to care for anyone else the way he cared for her. A dragon only has one mate, and he wasn't ever going to let her go.

Lucy's face was so red she was sure it put Erza's hair to shame. Rationally, she knew she should push him away and make him let go. Irrationally, however, she felt complete in his arms. She felt as if this was where she was meant to be. She softly wrapped her arms around his waist, and that was how they stayed.

She didn't know how long they held each other, but when they let go the sun had started to descend behind her. She turned and they held hands as they watched the vibrant colors splash across the sky. Pinks, reds, oranges, yellows, blues, and purple of all shades faded in together to make the perfect sunset.

"Bunny Girl," Gajeel grunted.

Lucy looked up questioningly, "Hmm?"

His cheeks took on a slight reddish tint as he turned his face away from hers, "When we get back to Magnolia, do you want to go to dinner?"

Lucy's mouth fell open in shock. She knew what she had felt, but she didn't think he had felt what she did.

His red eyes look at her out of the corner of his eye and registering her shock turned back towards her, "Ya can't tell me ya didn't feel the connection, Bunny Girl. There's something between us, and I ain't letting you get away till I know what. So until I do you're my girl, got it?"

Lucy giggled and covered her mouth as she turned her face away to hide her amusement.

Gajeel's eye twitched, "The hell is so funny?"

"That was the best non-confession confession I've ever heard," Lucy giggled.

"Why you –" he started before blushing a dark red as a soft touch of lips against his cheek registered in his brain.

Lucy pulled away with a gentle smile on her face, "I'd love to go on another date with you, Gajeel."

The first touch sparked the beginning of a long relationship that began with torture, then turned into friendship, and now was romantic in nature. This road was unique to their relationship, but first they have to overcome their past before they can truly grasp their future.

Anyway my next chapter should be up tonight, but no promises. It's going to combine Day 4 - Lonely and Day 5 - Communication. Keep an eye out for it! Don't forget to drop a review. I might not always reply, but reading the reviews gets me motivated to keep writing!

Ja Ne! Nyaa~