Chapter 1: Under Pressure
It had been a good week, Gajeel thought to himself. He had just returned to the guild from a week-long journey out west, where he and Lily had successfully destroyed an evil mage who was taking over something. Gajeel had actually forgotten the incident, it had only taken him a few hours to get rid of the asshole; all he cared about was the coin he made from it and that with every victory he was one step closer to beating that fired bellied pest. Ever since he and Bunny-Girl mated a month ago, Gajeel had felt the urge himself, and he hated the pink haired moron for that.
Besides, the longer he was away from the guild, the longer he was away from a certain bluenette who had taken up residence in his subconscious. It had only started getting worse when Levy had started spending more time with her blonde friend, which was fine. But after a few day trips and "girl talks", what ever that ment, Levy had begun to pull at his attention a little harder.
He remembered blissfully when he and Salamander had accidentally broken into the dorms, Natsu looking for his new mate, and Gajeel looking for a fight with Natsu. Lucy had been invited to a slumber party with her friends, who at that moment were having a group bath. As the two dragons rushed into the building, Gajeel had lost Natsu, who was chasing after Lucy's scent, and loosing him some where in the building. In the end, Gajeel had ended up outside the bathroom, his own nose picking up an intoxicating scent; it touched his mind to a point where he could only follow it.
Opening the door, he had come face to face with Levy, clad only in a light grey towel, her blue locks fell against the slender curve of her neck, and rested in the soft dips of her shoulders. Her face took on a deep pink color as she stood before him, her eyes wide with shock.
With a gasp, she called his name, and Gajeel found himself consumed by thoughts of her ever since.
Growling into his , now empty, drink, he felt his annoyance rage against his mind. After that revelation, Erza had "politely" asked them to leave, Gajeel, in turn, ended up bed ridden for two days due to extreme injuries. It had been nearly a month later, on their last mission, that Gajeel finally confessed to his friend.
Lily, had in turn told him to face Levy head on; face her and see what happens.
"I can't. Not after all the things I've done. I don't deserve her." The black Exceed sighed.
"She's already forgiven you. You were her partner for the S Rank Test! She's forgiven you, and I'm sure if you were to tell her, she'd accept you."
Standing slowly, Gajeel walked over to the pile of metal sitting near the fire.
"I want to touch her,Lily. I want to wash the blood on my hands clean and be able to hold her without tainting her." Clenching his fists, he glared at the fire. "But I can't. I never will." Biting down in to a large metal gear, he angrily ate, his loud chewing signaling the end of the discussion.
Quickly glancing around, and taking note that Mira was busy gossiping with Cana, Gajeel snaked his arm over the counter reaching for an expensive looking bottle on the wall
'Geheheh... well, no ones gonna miss this bottle...' However, as his finger grasped the slender bottle, the doors to the guild burst open as two women walked in together, their laughter adding to the already noisy hall. Gajeel's sense of smell already identifying both of them, the pink haired idiot not far behind.
"Ah, Levy! It's so cute!" The blonde danced around the smaller girl, her excitement contagious and calling over the closest guild members to see what Levy was sporting. Whistles and shouts were heard, and Gajeel quickly looked for the quickest escape, the bottle of saké grasped tightly in his grip. Finding his route, he went to leave when he froze as Mira cooed.
"Oh my Levy, that looks painful." Snapping around, the iron mage looked at the solid script mage seated not four seats away. "Here ya go, it'll numb it."
She sat with a dark blue backless dress on, her white mark shining on her bare skin. The hem fell just above her knees, her black boots clicking happily on the floor. Her hair was tied back with a black head band that had a red beaded pattern on the surface. Smiling at her friends around her, Levy cast several glances at Gajeel, her eyes locking every time.
Gajeel, in turn realised an important fact; he was trapped and he couldn't take his eyes off her.
Taking the fruit smoothie concoction, Levy glanced Gajeel's way again, a devilish look in her eyes that sent his pulse into over time. With a turn of her lips, she picked up the long spoon and scooped up a bit of the frozen treat, and with a flick, licked it with her newly pierced tongue. It was a simple barbel with a red bead topping it off. Everyone 'oohhhed' and 'ahhed' as she continued her snacking, however, her simple actions were taking a rather hard effect on the iron dragon.
'Shit...' He gulped hard, his heart beating in his ears. His mind began to shut down as the blood left his face. It also began to rewind, his memory sliding back to a few days before he had left on his week trip.
The moon was high in the sky, and he was escorting Levy from Lucy's house. She and Lucy had shopped all day, and eventually, this lead to them staying at Lucy's after they had finished. However, somewhere along the way, they had roped Natsu, Grey, Juvia, Gajeel and Erza into joining them, the ensuing fight between the three men only breaking up when Erza decided to lay down the law. When the dust finally settled, they decided that since they were there and that they were hungry, that Lucy should cook for them. That had been several hours ago, and as the rowdy group settled down, Levy had decided to take her leave.
"Wait, you can't go out so late at night, Levy-chan." Lucy cried as she gripped the smaller girl to her. "What if something happens? You bought so many books today, someone would be more likely to take advantage of you!" Erza stood quickly, knocking the table into Grey and Natsu, both who were sitting opposite to her, knocking out both. Juvia cradled Grey as she whined at the Titania for being to wild.
"I will escort you to safety Levy-hime!" Erza declared as Lucy shook her head, the scene too much to bear. Levy pouted, her arms crossing across her chest.
"Come on guys, I'm not a baby. I can walk across town just fine by myself. Besides, I don't have that many books." Lucy and Erza glanced towards the entry way, where several stacks of very old and very heavy-looking books sat.
'Not that many?' was the collective thought. However, the protesting halted as a dark chuckle sounded.
"Gehheh heh." Placing a firm hand on the bluenette's head, Gajeel smiled at the group. "I'll walk the shrimp home." Turning, he picked up the books with little effort.
"Gajeel! I can do it by myself."Lecy's cries went unheard, however, and the iron mage opened the door and said his good nights to the remaing. Looking at her, he wore a smirk on his face.
"You coming shrimp? If not I'll just dump the books." Levy's paniced cry was heard as she raced out the door. Their shouts faded, and Erza looked down at Grey, who lay knocked out on the floor.
"I'll take this one back to the guild. Can you handle that one?" Nodding towards the pink haired dragon slayer, Lucy smiled at one of her closest friends.
"Yeah, don't worry, I'll make sure he's fine." With a smile, Erza picked up Grey, and tossing him over her shoulder, bid her farewells to Lucy. Juvia followed, her cries for Erza to be nicer to Grey faded into the quiet night.
Sighing, Lucy sat near Natsu, her body aching slightly from the strenuous day.
'A simple shopping trip ended up in a brawl. Ahh Fairy Tail...' Closing her eyes, she felt two arms snake their way around her shoulders, the heat from them comforting. Smiling, she leaned back towards the originator and mumbled.
"You dragons are such pests." With quick movements, she was whisked off to bed, her dragon proving how much of a pest he really was.
A comfortable silence fell around the two, the day taking its toll. Levy yawned, her hand moving up to cover her mouth.
"You know, you shouldn't stay up late reading, it'll make you have wrinkles." A smack was heard as she punched him in his arm, his smirk hidden behind the books he carried.
"You're so mean, Gajeel." Huffing, she turned away from him. "Why are you even here? I told you I can carry those myself, I don't need your help." Her face reddened, both in anger and embarrassment as he laughed, loudly, at her.
"Geh heh heh, you say that shrimp, but how can you be so strong, as you say, when you can't even take the smallest amount of pain?" Nodding to her ears, she blushed and glared at him.
"It was my first time!" Blushing more at the memory, Levy recalled earlier in the day. She and Lucy had first met up with Gajeel as Levy had attempted to get her ears pierced.
"It's alright Levy-chan, you'll be fine. It's just a little pin prick." Lucy had comforted the woman as she sat on a high stool, her nervous fidgeting making it impossible for her to sit still.
"But, Lu~cy, what if it really hurts?" Lucy sighed at her friend's cute whining, and pointed to her own decorated ears.
"You'll be fine, it'll only hurt for a moment." She pused as a dark shadow fell over the two of them. Looking up, they saw Gajeel looming over them, his face smirking.
"Yeah, a moment, unless the hit a vein, or a nerve, of the miss and it pierces into your skull, or -"
"Kyahhh!" Levy's screamed as she dashed out of the chair. "I'm not ready, I can't!"
Laughter met her ears, and Levy's face took on a new shade of red. Puffing her cheeks, she turned away from the laughing man, his shoulders shaking.
"Tell ya what, you get your ears pierced, and I'll get you anything you want." Levy stopped in the middle of the road, her eyes widening.
"Anything?" Gajeel stopped as well, his form several steps ahead of her. Looking back, he locked his red eyes with her hazel ones.
"Anything. Besides, piercings are a form of rebellion, and with rebellions come fighting, fighting makes you stronger. So," His eyes sneered into her's as he spoke. "The more you have, the stronger you'll become. Maybe as strong as me."
Gajeel felt his heart skip as she looked at him, and with pink cheeks, he turned away, embarrassment in his voice.
"Though, that's not likely. I have a lot of piercings."
Puffing out her cheeks, she raised a brow in challenge.
"What if I don't get my ears pierced? What if I get something ELSE pierced?" Levy watched as Gajeel's form seemed to go rigid, and slowly turning, he moved closer to her.
His nose touched the tip of her own, his stare so intense Levy felt as if she were on fire.
Smirking, he whispered in a husky voice.
"Depending on what, and I may just make you regret it."
"Levy, Levy. Why'd you get your tongue pierced?" The question snapped Gajeel back to the present, and with a gulp, he realised he had been gazing at the bluenette, who now, was staring into his eyes.
"It was a present to myself. I thought it was about time to get something," Glancing quickly at him, he felt his heart stop as she licked her lips slowly. "A little rebellious." Cheers and uproar went with the declaration, and everyone in the guild erupted into party mode, this time celebrating Levy's rebellious side.
The only one not taking part was sitting with his heart in his throat, and his head in his arms, his mind lost in its memories. The only corse of action, was to escape through the window to his left. With a quick dash, and minimal cursing, he and the sake disappeared, the only one taking note giving a sly grin as she finished eating her dessert.
The cool air drifted around the dark-haired man, his body sprawled out in the grass, the flowering trees above him gently swaying in the breeze. He smiled, the sake relaxing his muscles, the air clearing his mind. However, as he gazed up at the stars, he took note of how they twinkled like her eyes.
"Arghh." He growled at himself, at the feelings that kept bubbling up from the pit of his stomach. He had fought these feelings for a while now, sense Tenrou Island, really. However when, he had just wanted another chance to really let go against that fire bellied bastard. But now, now that he had a lot of time to think about it, had a lot of time to digest it, and a lot, A LOT of time fighting it, he had come to a conclusion; he had feelings, real, actual feelings of compassion and care, for the book-worm. Along with lust, a lot of lust went with the caring feelings, and, from being able to distance himself from everyone, he was able to finally relish the new images he had just seen.
The image of her licking her lips flashed through his mind and he groaned into his elbow as his imagination quickly took the image of her and ran with it. He smiled into his arm, just because he couldn't touch her in life, didn't mean he couldn't in his mind. In his mind, there had been no one else in that bar; just him and her. She would take a single spoonful, and with slow licks, would consume the cold treat. He would stand and move behind her, her bare back exposed . With calloused fingers, he would run them down her spine, goose bumps erupting over her soft skin. With little effort, he would slide his hands under her dress, and grasping at her soft, perky mounds, would nibble her neck as she rolls her head back, moaning.
Gajeel groaned as he felt himself harden, his pants restraining him. Chuckling towards the heavens, he figured here and now was as good a place as ever for continuing his fantasy. Sliding his semi erect member from his pants, Gajeel moaned as his hand begin to pump, his mind returning to his fantasy.
The image of her slim body pressed against the bar, her exposed back to him as he stands beside her. Her gasps as he pulls up her dress above her waist, one hand gripping her firm ass, the other groping her chest. Sliding a finger between her cheeks, he ran it along the thin fabric of her panties, a wet spot forming, her moans increasing. As he ran his fingers along her lower lips, his own lips began sucking and biting the skin on her exposed back, his teeth leaving small red marks along her skin. Her gasps of surprise mixed with gasps of very slight pain, and he felt himself almost fall at that point. Sliding a finger into her wetness, he could imagine how tight she was, griping on to his finger as it slid in and out of her.
"Ga-jeel." She would gasp out before tightening around his single finger, her walls feeling as if she was sucking him into her. Moaning, nearly to his limit, he growled as he called her name.
"Levy." Closing his red eyes as he released, he emptied himself into his hand, his body twitching slightly as he finished. Breathing heavily, he quickly cleaned himself up, and with a grunt, fell back against the cool grass, his eyes fluttering shut, his mind blank.
However, his nose picked up a familiar scent of books, ink and her. Opening his eyes, he looked around quickly, the wind drifting around him. Not seeing anyone, he lifted the almost empty bottle to his lips and drank slowly. He didn't smell anyone dangerous, but he knew she was around here somewhere. Inhaling slowly, he locked on the scent, and standing slowly he began walking towards it, sipping from his bottle occasionally. As he searched, he saw a moving shadow amongst the trees. Smirking he quickly moved towards it, his sense of smell picking up another's. It was still her's, but it was coming from behind him and in front of him now.
The smell itself seemed to double in potency then, and he was sure that as he stood there, it multiplied again. Slamming the last of his drink, he charged the closest shadow, but in a blink, it was gone. Stopping, he looked around, the forest still gain, the only movement came from the increasing wind, as it began to whip the branches above his head.
Growling, he yelled out.
"Oy! Who's there? If you're not scared come on out and face me!"
Silence met his ears. Growling again, he inhaled again, slower this time. Her scent was all around him, intoxicating him and making him dizzy with lust. He charged full force towards the nearest tree the nearest scent was coming from. Smashing through the tree's trunk, he found no one on the other side, his anger starting to bubble inside him, his eyes clouded by animatistic urges.
"Get your ass out here now and FACE ME!" Smashing his fists in to the ground, his iron rods burst from the ground below him, and within seconds, decimated the trees within a five foot circumference around the man.
Gajeel was angry. He was livid. All he wanted was to drink at the guild and go home, maybe enjoy himself when he got there. But no, a simple night like that could never happen to someone in Fairy Tail. She had waltzed in and flipped him completely upside down, with her tight ass and her cute figure and her lips and her tongue...
"ARGHHHH!" Slamming his fists into the dirt, he created a small crater around himself as he roared at the moon above. His nostrils flared as the scent he had hunted finally reappeared, the source moving closer to his place. Looking up, his breathing labored, he gulped as he saw the woman of his want standing above him.
"You sure are noisy." She said with a soft smile. Her short dress swayed in the breeze, her scent causing the hunger inside Gajeel to grow. The smirk that graced her lips sent butterflies into his stomach and he felt his anger subside. Stepping down towards him, she slid slightly as she moved into the small crater.
"You know," She moved towards him, sliding slightly in the loose dirt. "I thought about what you said to me before you left. About how maybe I shouldn't read late at night? You're right, you know." Standing in front of him, he stood still as she walked around him, he felt like a rabbit being circled by lion. "I do stay up very late sometimes, reading and studying, sometimes all the way till dawn. But I have a question for you," Standing behind him, Gajeel felt his heart nearly bursting in his ears. "How did you know? How did Gajeel, the Iron Dragon, who only teases and is mean to me, know that I stay up late to read?" Finlay walking around him fully, he was able to see her in the moon light, and he felt the air in his lungs vanish. "Why would he even care?"
Her hair glowed in the moon light, her eyes shone brighter than the stars above. No words could form in his brain; for he stood before the one thing he could never have, but wanted the most. So he stayed silent and still, afraid that she would disappear into the air like the pixie she was.
"I...I.." He stammered. 'Real smooth, dip shit.'
"You know," Moving closer, her scent overwhelming, her form tantalizing, Gajeel felt his restraint slowly disintegrating the closer she got. He physical jumped as she touched his arm, an electric sensation coursed through his body. "I've never seen you so jumpy. I can only think of one thing that set you off." Her body was inches from his own body, her chest rubbing just ever so slightly against him, his body reacting to the closeness.
Levy's lips pulled into a smirk, her plan was actually working for once. Running her tongue across her lips, she saw Gajeel's face turn a darker shade of red even though all the blood seemed to draining from it. Rubbing her body against him, she placed her hands on his broad chest and leaning in close, heard him whisper in a corse voice.
"If you don't leave now shrimp, I wont be able to stop myself." Putting his hands on her shoulders, he pushed her away slightly, his voice low and weak. "I'm...I'm not myself now. I've had urges about you and if you offer yourself up so freely," His eyes locked with hers, the passion and emotions he had bottled up spilling forth.
Her soft hands found his face, her thumbs running across his face. They felt so soft, Gajeel felt his eyes close, and almost purred into the touch. Feeling her hands on his skin sent shivers down his spine, and his most primal urges rammed against his common sense. It took every thing he had at that moment to not just ravage her then and there. Growling at her touch, his sensitive ears picked up her soft words.
"I know about your, condition," She used his own words for emphasis. " I know all about what's going on with you. Lucy told me that this is similar to what she went through with Natsu." Her words struck through the lust clouding his mind. She knew what was going on with him, she knew what she was doing the entire time.
'Smart Book worm.' He blushed as she wrapped her arms around the taller man's shoulders, her body pressed fully against him.
"I saw...I heard everything. I heard you call my name."
Gajeel thought he might die, this was embarrassing! Not only is he acting completely foolish, but she had to go and see that. Gajeel silently prayed that a kind god would strike him dead at this moment.
"I just want you to know that I feel the same way."
He was sure that his heart had stopped, no blood flowed to his ears, no blood pumped to his mind. In fact, he was sure there wasn't any blood in his body at all. Pulling away from the small mage, he looked down at her now red face, her eyes darting from left to right.
"It's just... I started having dreams about... about you. So after one very, visual one, I went and talked with Lucy, who had similar dreams. However, after some research and detective work, we came to the conclusion that dragons will only mate with one who is already close to them, and that once they decide they begin emitting pheromones that alert other dragons in the area to claim their mate. So after we realised that, Lucy and Natsu, fixed their problem hoping it wouldn't affect other dragons. But after I started having dreams, we figured it was only a matter of time before you," Pausing, she went over the words she could use in her head. "Snapped. So, me and Lucy started trying to," Blushing a new shade of red, Levy looked down shyly. "Speed it up. I guess the piercing was the breaking point huh?"
Stunned silence met her ears. Looking up at Gajeel, she saw his face had gone completely blank. His eyes just gazed at the bluenette, his voice had left him and his mouth had gone dry.
She had come here knowing. She had come here because she felt the same. Wrapping his arms around her, he pulled her close.
"Do you really want this? There is no going back, you'll be stuck with me untill the end. Anyone who attempts to take you away, or get between us, I'll obliterate them. You'll be mine, Levy. For forever." Pulling away, he looked in to her eyes, the barrier slowly breaking down in his mind. If she said yes, he wouldn't be able to stop himself, if she said no then this would be it. Moving her lips to just brushing his own, she whispered words only he could hear.
"You said you would give me anything. So give me yourself."