Again, thank you for the follows/favorites and reviews! Although I would like to continue the Trapped prompt, I don't think I will. Believe it or not I started writing that prompt at New Year's and I don't think I'd be able to continue it in any way.
The prompt for this was: "Imagine your OTP getting into a heated argument and person A accidentally confesses their love for person B out of frustration." Acquired from Imagineyourotp on Tumblr.
Like most days, Levy was reading at one of the many tables present in the Fairy Tail guild hall when she was joined by the small black Exceed, Lily. So engrossed in her book, she didn't notice his presence and nearly jumped out of her skin when he cleared his throat. "My apologies, Levy. I didn't intend to startle you. How are you this morning?"
"It's no problem, Lily. Kind of my own fault for not paying attention to the world around me." Levy chuckled; marking her page with a bookmark she closed her book. "I'm great, albeit a little tired. I stayed up too late trying to finish a new book I got yesterday. So what's up?"
"Ah, yes. I was wondering if you'd like to accompany Gajeel and me on a mission later this afternoon. The request says there has been a monster terrorizing an outlying village near Oak town." The little Exceed explained.
"Hmm, that sounds interesting. Does anyone have any idea what this monster looks like?" She was definitely looking forward to a mission with Gajeel sans the rest of team Shadow Gear. She loved Jet and Droy to pieces but sometimes they were too overbearing and she just needed a reprieve from them.
"Not a clue, I was hoping you'd be able to help with research if you didn't already have a mission planned with team Shadow Gear." Lily crossed his paws behind his back while rocking back and forth on his heels. "Will you be joining us? I'm sure Gajeel would appreciate the extra company."
Levy hummed while tapping her chin, "I can't think of any plans I might have made with Shadow Gear. Let me just head to Fairy Hills and pack a few thi-"
Neither mage had detected the visibly angry Iron Dragon Slayer behind them until he spoke. "No." His face was pulled down into a scowl and he crossed his arms to further express his distaste for the idea.
Levy was the first to speak out of the two of them despite the indignation that was bubbling up inside of her. "What do you mean 'No'?"
He turned his penetrating gaze to Levy and if she didn't know he was really a giant teddy bear she would have been frightened. "I mean no, yer not comin' with us. This mission's too tough for ya and I ain't babysittin' ya."
Levy just gaped at the tall man, tears prickling at the corner of her eyes until Lily interjected. "Don't be unreasonable and rude, Gajeel. Levy is plenty tough; she was chosen for the S-Class Exam was she not?"
"I don't give a damn, Lil. If I say the Shrimp's not strong enough for the mission then she sure as hell ain't comin' on this mission!"
At this point the group was almost yelling and people around the guild hall had halted their conversations in exchange for listening intently to the argument. Even Cana had ceased the drinking competition she was having with Juvia; whom was clearly losing. Levy made a few hall patrons jump when she slammed her hands on the table to hoist herself up from the bench she was seated at. "If you didn't want me to go on this mission with you, you didn't have to be such an ass about it! I already know I'm not strong in the same sense as everyone else without you pointing it out, you- you scrap heap!" Gathering up her things, she pushed past Gajeel and began making her way towards the guild's library when she stopped and turned to face the man once again. "Sometimes I wonder why I fell in love with you in the first place!"
Before anyone could register what Levy had said, she was already gone from the room which was completely silent except for a choking Cana. "Mira! You owe me ten thousand jewels!"
Gajeel was frozen in place, staring at the hallway that Levy had disappeared into, with wide eyes and a face free of any trace of the anger that had previously graced it. He was pulled from his stupor when Mira gave him a quick jab to his ribs, with a smile plastered to her face and a voice full of malice she said, "If you don't go after her right now I'm going to tell Erza about how you've been outside Fairy Hills every night for the past month, m'kay?"
Gajeel paled and took off at a jog towards the library leaving Mira behind with Lily. The Exceed just shook his head fondly at the thought of his friend. "He really is a boorish lout, isn't he? Ah well, I guess I owe Cana ten thousand jewels as well then. I really didn't anticipate her to be the one to confess first."
Levy sat in a farthest corner of the library with her back against a bookshelf; although there was an open book in her lap, she hadn't read a single word on the page thanks to the tears clouding her vision. "Gah! Why is he so infuriating?! Stupid Gajeel with his stupid nicknames and stupid piercings; who the fuck has studs for eyebrows!?" She slammed her book closed and threw it to the wayside, which she immediately regretted but was too enraged to care at the moment. She then drew her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them, leaning her forehead against them.
Levy didn't even raise her head when the door to the room opened, creaking as it went. She figured it was Mira or Cana coming to comfort her. She was surprised when the thud of heavy boots resonated throughout the library, what piqued her curiosity even more was the fact that said boots were swiftly making their way towards her.
Gajeel stopped in front of her and gently nudged her foot with the tip of a boot but she only withdrew into herself more. Sighing and rubbing a hand down his features, he sat next to her, trying to think of how to apologize. He raised an arm to wrap around her shoulders to pull her into a hug but his attempt was in vain as she cringed away from him. "Twenty points to Gajeel Redfox for making weak, little Levy McGarden cry, congratulations. I don't have anything else to say to you Gajeel and I don't particularly care for getting my flaws thrown in my face again so if you would just leave, I'd appreciate that."
He groaned. "I wasn't tryin' to make ya cry, Levy… Look, I'm sorry. I don't really have an excuse for how I acted out there. I'm an ass an' I don't know why I got so pissed when Lily invited ya. I just- I don't think I'd be able to handle it if ya got hurt or worse…" He stared at her, just wishing she would reply or give him some kind of idea that she was listening to what he had said. Still no response so he kept talking. "It's not like I don't think yer strong, I know ya are. It's just, I love ya, Lev and Mira was thinkin' about upgrading that request to S-Class so I didn't want to hafta worry about ya." Although the dragon slayer couldn't see it, a grin had blossomed on Levy's face at his declaration. "C'mon Lev, say somethin'. I'm sorry I made ya cry," he whined.
She turned her head so her cheek was resting upon her knees and Gajeel frowned at the puffy state of her eyes. "Do you really mean it?"
His brow furrowed at her question. "Mean what?" As soon as the words left his mouth it occurred to him what he had admitted. With wide, frantic eyes and a face matching the color of his eyes he stumbled over his words. "Oh, uhm… Uhh, would it bother ya if I said yes?"
Levy burst into laughter and all she could manage in means of an answer was a shake of her head. Releasing her legs from her grasp and leaning her head against his arm, she grabbed his hand and entwined her fingers with his as well as giving a chaste kiss to the back of his hand.
"Do ya really think my piercings are stupid?" She didn't have to see his face to know he was pouting and she chuckled.
"Heard that, did you?" She rubbed her thumb over one of his knuckles and smiled. "No I don't, I was just mad. I love them actually, I'm not sure I could imagine you without them."
"Good because I wasn't lookin' forward to getting' rid of 'em for ya."
"I don't believe you; you wouldn't get rid of them. Would you?" She gave him the most incredulous look at that.
"If ya asked me to I would in a heartbeat. Since ya said how much you love 'em though, yer stuck with 'em." Rather than his normal 'gihi" a deep chuckle reverberated through his chest and Levy decided she loved that about him too.
"Ok, but if you did… What about your eyebrows? Do you even have real ones?" She reached up with her free hand to poke and prod at the bare space around the studs on his brow.
"Oi! Don't make fun of my eyebrows!" Levy's bell-like laughter echoed in the large room while she stood up, trying to pull him with her. Once he was on his feet, she grabbed her bag and the book she had tossed. They slowly strolled hand in hand back towards the main hall. "I'll give the mission request back to Mira and later we can take one for translating or somethin'."
Right before they entered the hall, Gajeel stopped and cupped Levy's face in his hands. Kissing her passionately, he left her dazed and breathless before he grabbed her hand again and sauntered into the room.
It took a few moments but Levy finally regained her senses. "Not to say I didn't enjoy it but what was that about?"
"Oi, Alberona! You owe me fifty thousand jewels!" Several jaws hit the floor as he said this and Cana looked ready to blow a gasket.
"That's not fair, Redfox! You heard that bet just now so I don't owe you shit!"
It didn't take long for the guild hall to return to normal despite the new couple sitting together at the bar.