I am very sorry for updating the wrong fic. I updated my PoT fic with this and I guess it just slipped off. I apologize sincerely for the stupid mistake that I just did. I am very much ashamed of myself right now. I hope you accept my apology.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.
After the epic fail of Gajeel and his team, the three settled down for a bit. Always making sure that before they have their move o Levy, they would first make sure if the small mage is in the guild. Truth to be told, the guild is staring at them more than usual. Who wouldn't, especially after a particular incident?
Natsu, Gray and Happy made sure that Levy is present at their little 'show'. Gajeel is the last person to some to the guild. Making sure that he has a grand entrance. The door of the guild gently burst open, revealing a Gajeel dressed in a pair of khaki pants and a blue button down shirt.
"Ohayou, Natsu, Gray, Happy," he said politely with a small bow and proceeded to sit beside the trio.
The guild's jaw met the ground. Levy's jaw met the ground AND rolled. There is no way in hell that Gajeel can be polite. Natsu will stop eating before that happens. HELL! Gray will wear clothes even before Gajeel can be courteous. The world will end first even before that happens.
The whole guild, even Master Makarov, is sure that apocalypse is coming—and it is coming fast. Gajeel stand up lightly and headed for the bar where he settled in.
"Ohayou, Mirajane-san, can I have some coffee?" he asked Mira, who is currently frozen with a twitching smile.
"O-of course, Gajeel-kun," Mira stuttered and went to make Gajeel's order.
A few minutes later, Mira's voice drifted to the guild, "Gajeel-kun, can you wait a little longer? The coffee's taking too long."
The guild is expecting Gajeel to have an outburst. To shout: "WHAT THE HELL! JUST GIVE ME SOME BEER! GOD DAMN IT!"
Not to reply respectfully and said, "I can wait for the coffee." Which is what he did.
Natsu, Gray and Happy smirked smugly. While the guild watch in absolute horror and tad bit of disgust, Levy is certainly in no better condition. Seeing Gajeel all polite like that sent shivers down her spine and seeing him smiling and occasionally greeting everyone in a very un-Gajeel-like manner made her wonder if the iron mage is sick.
Even if the iron mage is almost made of iron, at least, there is an infinitesimal amount of humanity in his body so getting sick and being delirious is NOT out of question.
Aside from the sideway glances of the guild to Gajeel, the rest of it is actually normal—in Fairy Tail sense, of course. Everything is going roughly (like it always did), not until when Gray and Natsu started fighting. Now that is one of the normal occurrences in Fairy Tail. It is as normal as Master Makarov ogling at pornographic magazines while hiding under everyone's noses.
"What did you say, yarou?"
"Oh, so porn star has gotten deaf now?" Natsu replied, taunting Gray to shoot one of his ice to the pink-haired mage.
"You…" Gray trailed menacingly at Natsu, who are sticking out his tongue like a three year old brat.
That is when all hell broke loose. Natsu spouts fire whenever he has the chance. It didn't help that Gray almost trap Natsu in a huge 'rampart' that got the rest scrambling away in fright. It looks like the guild needed another reconstruction.
"Ice make… LANCE!"
The ice particles flew directly at Lucy and then a magical circle appeared in front of the blonde. Loke appeared in it and quickly attack the ice before it hurts his princess. Beams of light continued to shoot along the common room when a shard of ice scraps to Gajeel's rugged arm.
Everyone notices the change in the atmosphere. The temperature is consistently dropping as Gajeel's glare seemed to intensify. The guild quickly made a huge space for the four—Natsu, Gray, Gajeel and Loke. It is bound to get rowdy and deadly the moment Gajeel stood from the seat on the bar. They all hid under and behind tables. It is either they are killed or just let the four fought.
And of course, since they are a very caring guild, they bluntly chose the latter.
"Natsu, Gray," his deep voice promises the most painful torture ever.
He shot a look at those two and remembered their conditions, "You better not fight. Erza will be furious."
The twitching eyes and muscles of Gajeel betrayed what he had just said in the guild. There is an obvious sign of malevolence in his eyes but he never pounced or slaughter the two arch-enemies. Thankfully, the two got the hint and stop fighting. A very confused Loke returned to his gate without uttering a single word.
The spectators all gaped at the scene. There is no way in hell that Gajeel will stop a fight. There is no way in hell that Gajeel would ignore them after being hit by an ice. There is NO way in HELL Gajeel would sit there and idly sip his coffee in the process.
Everyone felt dizzy and shocked beyond their wits. They are not starting to question their own sanity and if the things they are seeing belong in the real world or in their sleep.
Levy is the only one who dared to step closer to Gajeel that day. As if she knew that Gajeel won't hurt him. She positioned himself beside Gajeel and started to inspect the taller teen. Gajeel look away and flushed in embarrassment as the shorter girl stared at him intently.
"Gajeel-kun," Levy's voice echoed through his mind. The sound of his name escaping the pink lips is enough to drive him haywire, "Are you okay? You seemed red, do you have a fever?"
Gajeel can feel his heart bursting any moment now. He can feel it wildly drumming against his rib cage. He can't seem to find the right way to answer as Levy's small hand touched his forehead in concern. If Gajeel didn't have self control, he can be the next tomato ready to be harvested.
Any moment right now and his heart would have rolled out of his chest. Levy then smiled, he could feel momentarily stopping the beat of his heart and his mind stopping at the sight.
"You don't seemed to have a fever," Levy said with relief, "Just rest, neh, Gajeel-kun."
Levy hopped off and leave a flabbergasted Gajeel seating with his mouth opening and closing like a gold fish. Gajeel promptly ignored the cat-calls and wolf-whistles from Natsu and Gray as he drifts off in his dream land, feeling the warmth of Levy's soft hands on his forehead. Hell be damned, he's going to deal with the teasing later.
The important thing is Levy touched him and she is worried and concerned for him even if it is just a little.
Damn it. He really did sound like a sappy high school girl—and he's a guy.
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A/N: Kill me now. *cries* I think this is a very disappointing filler chapter and I updated very late than I originally planned. Since the next chapters' drafts are all lost, I need to start writing all over again *sulks*.
I apologize for the grammar and spelling mistakes of the chapter. I think updates will take longer than expected since I'm writing over again and SCHOOL is up here in my side of the world since June and I need to stop procrastinating because I need to work on my Research subject.
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