Author's note: Alright! Chapter 2! Let's see what happens!

Chapter 2: Engagement

A month had passed after Gajeel and Levy's confessions and things couldn't be better! The two started dating after they both recovered and the whole guild took notice. Jet and Droy weren't too thrilled with the new relationship. They were both hoping Levy would end up with one of them not the dragon slayer who pinned them to a tree in the middle of the park.

One day, after a tough mission; Team Shadow Gear came back horribly injured. Levy was the one who received the most damage. The Fairy Tail guild immediately rushed her and her teammates to the infirmary tent. Gajeel and Lily just returned from a mission when they got the news. As soon as Gajeel spotted Levy; he dropped his bags and ran to her side.

"Shrimp!" he screamed. Levy looked up from her book that she happened to be reading.

"Gajeel!" she screamed back. The Iron Dragon Slayer ran over to his girlfriend's side and hugged her with an iron grip.

"Are you ok? What happened? Who did this to you?" he kept asking.

"I-I'm fine Gajeel!" she squeaked out.

"Hey! Iron head! Let go of her!" a voice screamed; it was Jet. He and Gajeel exchanged murderous glares.

"It's yours and fatso's fault she's like this!" Gajeel growled.

"Gajeel," Levy calmly said "please don't start a fi-"

"Not now shrimp." Gajeel interrupted "I'm only saying this cause she's my woman. And I don't like seeing my woman like this."

"Well she's our friend!" Jet screamed "And I don't like seeing her with someone like you!"

"Jet!" Levy screamed. The three men looked at her wide-eyed with shock; she was angry.

"How dare you speak about Gajeel like that!" she continued "He's proven himself as a loyal member of Fairy Tail ten times over and you still carry resentment towards him!"

"Levy.." Droy began.

"Don't you 'Levy' me Droy!" Levy screamed "Just stop this nonsense and for God's sake get along!" She pulled the covers up to her neck and turned her back the other way. Jet, Droy and Gajeel stared at the woman. Jet and Droy looked at Gajeel before he walked out of the tent. Gajeel was stunned; Levy just stood up for him. He felt a weird sensation go on in his heart and mind. The man returned to his home with that thought still in mind.

The home was basically a dump. The house was a small cottage that looked uncared for in years. It's once beautiful grey paint was now chipped and wearing away, the steps leading up to the front door were creaking and would fall apart any day. A few of the shingles on the roof were already gone and the door to the home was basically peeling. Lily always told Gajeel they should just move and buy a better home but Gajeel didn't have the correct finances to buy a new home. (To be honest, Gajeel had thoughts of having Natsu burn the home down and taking the insurance money to buy a new one). Still in his lost thoughts; Gajeel entered the home and it was surprisingly clean.

Thanks to Lily's military background, the house was cleaner than it's ever been. He entered a grey kitchen to find Lily wearing a child's apron and cooking dinner for himself and his roommate. In one of the cabinets above the stove it was filled with Gajeel's scrap iron. He grabbed a piece before leaving to the living room and sit on the old worn out couch that Gajeel found at the dump one day when he went to check out Magnolia's scrapyard. Gajeel sat at the couch and stared at his now bare feet. He didn't touch his iron once.

"Gajeel, is everything ok?" Lily asked before putting the Sloppy Joes he just finished cooking onto the dinner table. Not a word; Gajeel got up from the table and grabbed a few Sloppy Joes. He added some iron into the meal and they both ate in silence. Gajeel stayed silent for the rest of the night; Lily kept asking the Iron dragon Slayer if something was wrong only to get no response.

Something must be up. Lily thought He'll tell me when the time's right. The same routine they do every day continued; watch lacrima vision, go shower and get ready for bed. Gajeel lied awake in his bed that night while he clutched onto a sleeping Lily like he was his teddy bear. Gajeel was shirtless and only wearing sweatpants. The room was dark but filled with iron in certain corners. Lily wanted to clean Gajeel's room but for the Iron Dragon Slayer's sake, he kept the room like it was (although slightly cleaner) because 'Dragon's don't like there den to be disturbed.' It was a trait Gajeel picked up from his foster father; Metalicana. Besides his magic and his father's laugh, a messy room filled with iron was just another trait he picked up from said dragon.

Gajeel continued to stare at the paint peeling ceiling of him room when the thing that was bugging him all day finally hit him.

"Lily!" Gajeel whispered "Wake up!" he shook the Exceed until his eyes opened.

"Huh? Gajeel, what time is it?" muttered the sleepy Exceed before re-adjusting his night-cap.

"I just had a whatever the hell it is. It's a thing where you realize something but didn't before."

"An epiphany?"

"Yeah, that crap." Lily raised a brow.

"Well, what did you realize?" he asked Gajeel.

"I'm in love with the Shrimp." He said; Lily frowned.

"I knew that for a long time." He muttered. This was what he was woken up for?

"No! I mean really in love! Head over heels crap; I think she's The One." Lily's eyes widened.

"Gajeel, I know you love her but I didn't think it was that serious."

"I'm serious Lil. I can't ever stop thinking about her. After that whole Tartaros crap I can't get the Shrimp out of my thoughts. I'm thrilled that were a couple; but I want more out of it." Lily studied his Dragon-Slayer companion. Where was he going with this?

"Lily, do we still have that bag of diamonds?" Gajeel asked.

"Cut or uncut?" Lily replied.

"The cut ones with the various sizes. You know the one we got on that mission a few weeks ago."

Lily thought for a moment "Yeah it's in the closet filled with your 'Dragon Treasures'. Why?" Gajeel got up from the bed and walked over to the closet and began to search.

"What are you doing?" Lily asked "Gajeel, it's one AM! You can search for it in the mor-"

"Got it! Gihihi!" chuckled the dragon. Gajeel raised his hand and in it was a filled velvet purple bag that was tied with a gold tie.

"Lil, you're going to have to go to the guild without me tomorrow." Gajeel suddenly said after putting the bag of diamonds on his nightstand.

"But we need to go on a mission!" Lily protested "We need the mon-"

"Do a few simple jobs. If they ask where I am tell them I got the runs or something." Gajeel said "I got a lot of work to do tomorrow. When I'm done, I'll go to the guild and ask the Shrimp to marry me!" Gajeel climbed into bed and wished his Exceed a goodnight. As the sounds of snores filled the room, Lily stared at Gajeel with a smile and slightly shook his head.

"You're such a fool in love." Lily chuckled. He climbed over to Gajeel and began to imagine himself in a miniature tuxedo meant for The Best Man (or should he say Exceed) and then being uncomfortably dragged around the house by a dark navy blue haired toddler version of Gajeel while Gajeel and Levy laughed at their child's actions before falling asleep.

Lily went to the guild the next day without Gajeel and people wondered where the Iron Dragon Slayer was. Lily told them they went to a seafood house the night before and the oysters he ate weren't agreeing with him. Levy wanted to go over to check on him but Lily explained that he was going to sleep it off the rest of the day and it wasn't a good idea to go visit him.

At the end of the day, Lily returned home to find Gajeel at his work table working hard on his little project.

"Gajeel, I'm home!" Lily called out. The man grunted. Lily flew over to where his friend worked and was surprised to see what he was working on.

"Wow, I never knew you had such a talent Gajeel, its beautiful! She's going to love it!" Gajeel grinned.

"You think so?" he asked insecurely.

"Of course! This came from the heart! Do you know what to say?" Gajeel's eyes widened.

"Oh crap." He muttered. The whole day he was working on the gift; he didn't even think about what to say to her!

"You'll come up with something." Lily said "Just do something that shouts 'it's you' and not something that's surprising that will make her say no."

"Tch." Gajeel snorted "I got it covered. It will be so romantic, she has to say yes!" Lily rolled his eyes. This was going to be interesting.

The next day was a usual day at Fairy Tail. The guild bustling or getting into fights, looking at the new job board or repairing the guild to its former glory. Gajeel entered the repair site and looked around. Then he spotted her; she was at a table reading a book. Her two idiot teammates were arguing on who got to sit next to Levy. Morons. Gajeel thought. He walked over to the petite bookworm and his shadow loomed over her. Levy looked up and smiled.

"Gajeel!" She squealed happily before she tackled him with a hug "How do you feel?"

"Fine." He shrugged. Levy sat down and patted the seat asking him to sit next to her. He did and she continued to read. After about five minutes, Gajeel took the young girl's left hand and put his gift onto her ring finger. Levy felt the weight on her finger suddenly and looked. Her eyes widened when she spotted the ring on her finger.

The ring was a dragon. The dragon was made to look like Metalicana circling Levy's finger. But the head was pointing up and inside the dragon's mouth, was a diamond. A HUGE diamond; had to be about four carats if Levy calculated correctly.

"Gajeel," she asked "what's this?"

"Tch. What's it look like bookworm?" He replied "I'm asking ya to marry me." Levy's eyes widened and the people around her stopped that they were doing to look at the scene.

"Oh my god." Levy whispered with large eyes. Tears fell from her eyes and then she squealed "Aaahh! Yes! Yes! Yes!" She grabbed Gajeel and hugged him tightly then kissed him senseless.

"O-oi! Watch it shrimp!" he screamed with a red blush on his face. The people around the two began to clap and cheer.

"Congratulations!" Erza screamed.

"Getting married is MANLY!" Elfman said.

"Aah! I hear wedding bells already!" Mira squealed.

"Eeek! My best friend is getting married!" Lucy happily squealed.

"Levy and Gajeel," a voice suddenly said. The guild turned around to see Makarov walk over to the newly engaged couple.

"You both have been through a lot and it makes me proud to see when my children find happiness." Makarov said while wiping a tear away from his eye "I give you both my blessing." The whole guild cheered; everyone, except Jet and Droy. They snuck away from the crowd while they celebrated. The two Shadow Gear members left the remnants of the guild and went to the park. When they arrived they sat down on the park bench and cried.

"LEEEVVVYYY!" they cried in unison. They both grabbed each other and hugged while they cried.

"Sh-she's marrying him." Jet sobbed "Of all people. She's marrying him!"

"Why couldn't she just go with one of us!" Droy sobbed before diving into a big container of fried chicken. Jet looked at the ground and realized something.

"We need to stop that wedding from happening." Jet muttered. Droy looked at Jet and his eyes widened.

"A-are you nuts?!" he asked "Levy wouldn't want that! She would never-"

"She's going to be making the biggest mistake of her life!" Jet screamed. Droy was silent; Jet was never this angry before "If she marries him, that's the end of Team Shadow Gear! She'll never hang out with us again! Once he marries her she won't leave his side! She'll leave Shadow Gear and join his team! And to make it worse he'll take her on S-Class missions! Levy's not prepared for S-Class missions! She's too young to die!" Droy thought for a moment and realized that Jet was onto something. Levy marrying Gajeel was going to be an issue.

"Don't even get me started with the children." Jet continued. They imagined the children and shuddered at the very thought of a miniature Gajeel running amok at the guild.

"As if one wasn't enough!" Droy replied "Your right Jet! We got to stop this wedding!"

"This is for Levy's own good!" Jet said. The two high-fived and left to go plan out a way to stop this wedding.