A/N: Hello, minna-san! I AM BACK! Still alive and kicking people, though that part is a bit unfortunate to the world. Despite that, I feel to have an obligatory speech for the long time this fic hasn't been updated. 3 months? 4 months? I am seriously damned and screwed because REAL LIFE is catching up on me and believe me when I say that he dashed fast. I mean, aside from that, I suffered a major writer's block but my muse came back alongside with another story. *beams* I hope you'll be happy with this chappie.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail

So since they knew that the apocalypse is coming, the guild decided that they might as well enjoy the humiliation at Gajeel's expense. Truth to be told, the guild actually knew what was happening. On what in the world are Natsu, Gray, Gajeel and Happy getting at.

They are trying to woo Levy McGarden.

Nothing much. But the thing is, the girl is to naïve and oblivious to notice. Everyone in the guild (and probably some in the others, too) knew that the iron dragon slayer is head over heels for the script mage—except for the script mage herself.

It just gets ridiculous, at one point. When Gajeel asked Levy out—and pretty much ended into a Fairy Tail style chaos and well, Levy still didn't know Gajeel's feelings.

There is one thing though that the dragon slayer kept going at. He's fidgeting and sweating profusely. This is the week where he's going to face Levy head-on, he's not going to fail, damn it.

And so before it, the four ended up in Gajeel's small apartment. Crunch up in the small and abused but intricate metal table that somewhat fit Gajeel in a sense.

"So, thumbtacks here," Gray made a small gesture to point out Gajeel (the latter not bothering to hide his scowl at the new nickname), "Wanted to give his dear Levy-chan a gift and some roses and every sappy thing in between."

Natsu smirked and gazed a little excitedly at the two, "Wait… wait… I think I know something better than roses and every sappy thing in between. You should give her something unique. Something that she will remember it's from you."

"You mean, something handmade?" Happy tilted his head a little sideways and there the rest of them got what he's hinting at and almost at the exact same moment, the four of them had the perfect plan and the perfect gift.

Or so they thought.

The next day, the four of them arrived at the guild at exactly the same time. They ignored the few cat calls and snide remarks made by their nakamasand settled down on the table where they use to huddle and discuss their plans. Today, they decided that Gajeel should just be his old self instead of the pathetic excuse he pulled off and called gentlemanly.

He held his well-toned body with a pompous 'don't-mess-with-me' attitude and the message was clearly conveyed through a pair of tight black shirt that has the exact same thing written. He also donned ripped pair of jeans that he clearly liked.

"Now, where is L-Levy?" Gajeel muttered lowly under his breath. Even in his lowest, gruffly voice possible, he still had a hard time mentioning his crush's name. And to him, the only time when he didn't stutter while mentioning the bluenette's name was when he was day dreaming.

This was getting preposterously out-of-hand.

Before Levy could arrive, the four had been talking again about how Gajeel should do this and that… and the iron dragon slayer has been starting to get pissed under a grand total of 1 minute and 43 seconds.

"I told you, yarou, that I am the one who suggested this idea!"

"Shut the hell up, match stick! I am the one who thought about this. The one who thought up about gifts and all. Because that stupid brain of yours is full of flame that you can't even think and remember it clearly!"

"What! If I remember correctly, I am the one who thought of giving unique gifts! I am pretty sure there's ice where your brain was supposed to be, baka."

"You wouldn't even think of that with that measly brain of yours without my idea, flame head!" Gray yelled.

"It's third grader time again," Happy sighed, "And to be frank about the two of you, I'm the ONE who thought this one up."

The three of them suddenly got very verbal with each other until they all exclaimed, "GAJEEL, TELL HIM I'M THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED ABO—"

They immediately stopped when Gajeel throw them a glare so scary and said in a low menacing tone, "Shut up."

The three of them gulp and they all exchanged looks and gulped. Gajeel is scary when extremely pissed.

Fortunately for them, Levy entered the large wooden door and Gajeel is trying to accumulate all the courage he have. While he is more than capable in the area of the battle field, he is in no means capable in giving a gift that is wrapped delicately in white paper and has delicately wringed blue ribbon that match her crush's hair, which obviously seemed that neither of the four had done it.

"Konnichiwa, Gajeel-kun," Levy greeted him with a soft smile marring her beautiful and youthful face. Gajeel felt his heart beat faster at the sight before him. The small smile, that little grace on her steps and then Gajeel is sent to dream land. His heart is again thumping and thrashing wildly and he could feel blood rushing down on his cheeks and painstakingly coloring it with a hue ten times darker than red. He is undeniably blushing from the roots of his hair up to his ankles.

Damn it, Gajeel thought a little bit irately, I am so screwed. I f her smile is enough to sent me to Cloud 9, what would happen if she actually came here? Then, the high school girl time is drastically increasing in exposure. Just one little shove and I knew that I would slip and just blurt out how much I love her.

Someone cleared his throat that made Gajeel pulled himself out of his reverie and how much he has been thinking of Levy. Gajeel mentally slapped himself for spacing out. He then got up and the cat calls and teasings (mostly by Macao) resumed once again.

"That is what a man should do!" Gajeel heard Elfman's distinct voice among the cheering of the crowd but immediately tuned him out as he started another set of long-winded speech about being a man and loving like one.

When he is at Levy's table, the cheering died down as the smaller girl looked up to him and smiled. He momentarily zoned out again and initiated another round of worshipping Levy's beauty in his mind. He wakes up again thanks to the hot-and-cold-at-the-same-time feeling on the back of his head. He was sure it's Natsu and Gray's doing and that fishy little smell was Happy's fish.

"Levy, for you," he said softly and almost inaudibly. Gajeel rubbed the back of his neck shyly and protruded the white box out of nowhere. Then, he slowly handed it to Levy.

Levy, in return, was smiling lightly. She is albeit a little shocked and she don't know what to do. He just suddenly gives her gifts. She didn't even know (or remember) any occasion as to why was the iron dragon slayer giving her gifts. Surely, he was not in any way interested, was he?

There was this little voice in Levy's head that, yes, Gajeel likes her. She blushed at the sudden thought that invaded her mind. Not that it was not pleasant—it was just her being expectant that's all.

"Thank you, Gajeel-kun." She had his head bow down slightly to hide the creeping blush on her face, "I appreciate it.

Gajeel walked away from the group that started forming around Levy. He let out a shaky breath he didn't knew he was holding as he sat nervously on his own group. His male nakamas are also ready to absorb just what the hell he's going to say.

He kept his mouth shut.

Levy and the rest of her friends followed her outside to open her present from Gajeel. She carefully and gently undo the ribbons and lifted the lid of the medium-sized box.

Before she took a small peek, the others had started to take wild guesses about the contents of the box.

"I think it's a necklace or a bracelet," Lucy puts her hand on her chin thoughtfully and fangirls about romance and how she's going to put this into her new book.

Erza looked a little calculating for a moment before she speak up, "It's probably something idiotic."

Levy lifted the lid fully and gaze to its content. The content was something she had NOT expected because normally you wouldn't give something like this to the person you love.

There, on the box, is Levy's gift. A chibi Gajeel key chain made of light metal sits proudly on the box. The rest of the girls looked dumbly at each other before they started to laugh like crazy and boisterously while shaking their heads in shame and awe—awe that they never knew that one's, four's for this matter, idiocy is this high.

"Unique," Lucy wiped off the tears from her eyes, "If that won't make you thought of him, I don't know what will."

"I knew it," Erza said knowingly before laughing again loudly and insanely with the others.

All Levy could do is blush. What the hell are those four up to, anyway?

A/N: And that was the end of the fourth chapter. I hope I'd make you laugh. I think I have a pathetic kind of trying way hard at humor. For me this is just to make everything light, you know, the context of courting and all of those other things that come with it.

Minna-san, If I receive many reviews telling me, then I can do a spin-off of this story especially the one mentioned in this chapter… The date part of Levy and Gajeel that didn't even really became a date. *puppy dog eyes* Actually, minna, I'm trying to reach a 50 mark in here. So please be patient with me and my demanding attitude and I missed those who reviewed regularly.

By the way, this is for C.N.143. My dearest friend/classmate, gomen for making you wait for long. You know why, neh? XD

ADVANCE MERRY CHRISTMAS.

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