ALRIGHT! Update time! My anime con passed last, last, last weekend, and in the mess of post-con-depression, I decided to sit and write a little something something for you guys! Hope you enjoy, and as always, thanks for reading! ~Hana

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The drive back from Gajeel's house was anything but romantic. At first, Levy felt nothing but excitement, butterflies fluttered inside her stomach as she imagined how the night would play out. But as the minutes passed, the butterflies turned into moths... The car was silent, and the tension in the air was so awkward that Levy wasn't sure what to do. Looking out the window was always an option, but then Gajeel might think she was rude... She could twiddle her thumbs- but again, he might think she was nervous... Which wasn't true! Probably... The longer the car ride went, the more Levy's head spun with thoughts.

She nearly jumped out of her seat when she felt a cold hand slide in between her clammy ones. "G-" Her head whipped over to look at him in question, but his expression calmed hers. He was calm, his featured relaxed as he stared at the road in front of him.

"You need to relax, shorty," He laughed

"I don't know what you're talking about," She huffed.

"Because you're obviously not tense," He smirked.

"I'm perfectly calm. In fact, I'm as cool as a cucumber."

"That's exactly what someone who wasn't as cool as a cucumber would say," He flashed her his fangs as he mocked her.

"Well, whatever," She tried to let go of his hand, but he squeezed it so she couldn't get away.

"We're almost there, so take a deep breath." He turned right down a road with a few houses together. It looked like a relatively nice neighborhood, the houses all matched in style, and they had lanterns outside welcoming cars in. "Besides, I'm sure you'll love Lily."

"Lily?" Levy raised an eyebrow.

"You'll see."

Levy furrowed her eyebrows as she thought about this Lily person. What if it was a roommate that she would have to engage in awkward small talk while Gajeel left the room, and then she turned out to be super crazy, and threaten her to stay away from Gajeel- and then she would be stuck in a love triangle! Or maybe it was it his girlfriend- was this going to turn into one huge orgy? She wasn't ready for that in the least..

Levy didn't have anymore time to think as Gajeel pulled the car into the left side of a light gray condo. As they walked up the brick walkway, Levy studied the house as best she could with the lack of lighting. The door was black with a red knocker, and all and all it looked pretty inviting. There were red flowers in the flower boxes- maybe a sign of a girlfriend- and a small welcome mat that was well worn.

"Are you coming?" He asked as he swung the door open to reveal a rather dark house. Because of the insanely early hour he returned, the house was nearly pitch black, except for a small night light lighting up the hallway.

"Yeah..." She said as she cautiously stepped through the opening as Gajeel flipped the light switch on the wall.

It was a simple house to say the least, nothing was all too impressive when he flipped the lights on. The front hall was a charcoal shade of gray, a recurring color in Gajeel's house as it seemed, which flowed into what looked like a light blue kitchen with white counters. However before she had a chance to take anything else in, she was thrust against the front door with enough force to startle her in the least. She let out a light, playful, squeak as Gajeel's hand ran from her back down to her thigh, squeezing lightly.

"Ga-" She breathed out before his mouth silenced her with his own. Levy felt her eyes flutter shut as her stomach did turns at the feeling of his rough lips on her own. The kiss was sporadic and romantic- although Levy could feel his keys digging into her hip bones thanks to the extremely close proximity. Levy tried to move her leg to relieve the pressure but instead was met with something furry brushing up against her mid-calf.

Before she registered what was happening, Levy's eyes snapped open and she screamed. Searching for the tallest thing around- which so happened to be Gajeel- she jumped up on him, wrapping her hands around his torso.

"Oh my god something touched me..." She breathed out as her fingers dug into his shoulders, most likely causing him pain, but he said nothing.

"Gihee, relax," He said as he turned, walking down the hall to the kitchen,with Levy still firmly attached around him. "It was just Lily."

Levy couldn't help the tears forming in her eyes as she sniffled lightly. "Lily?" She asked as Gajeel placed her butt on the kitchen counter. He wrapped his hands behind his back to pry her legs apart to let him go.

"Yes, Lily," He said as he snapped his fingers lightly. There was silence for a moment, then a light meow and the faint noise of a bell. Levy listened to small feet, feet smaller than hers, pitter patter on the tile and before she knew it a black cat had trotted into the kitchen. "My cat." He smirked as he dropped to his knees and wiggled his fingers.

The cat looked at him, noticed his fingers and pranced over to his touch. Gajeel smiled as the cat rubbed his face into his hand, maximizing the amount of petting he was offered.

"Your... cat?" She asked.

"Isn't he cute?" Gajeel smirked up at her. She had her knees up to her chest with her arms wrapped around herself securely. She looked over the top of her legs shyly to watch Gajeel pet his cat.

"Want to pet him?" He asked as he swooped Lily up and held him in front of her.

"Y-yeah..." She said lightly as she reached her hand out hesitantly. He didn't look like he would bite, and he was actually pretty cute. His fur was black with a big white patch on his backand around his ears. His ears, they were different to say the least. For some reason they were round like a bears- rather than pointy like a cat. When she lifted her hand up to his nose, he looked at her, and she felt his eyes shine at her. One was brown, normal like any other cat, but the other was a pale shade of gray with a slash across it.

"His eye..." Her hand hesitated as the cat looked at Gajeel, almost as if waiting for him to explain.

"Yeah he's a rescue." Gajeel scratched behind the cats ears, and Levy sworeshe saw the cat smile. "I found him on the streets, but I dropped him off at the vet without another thought. They called for me to come get him, and after explaining to them for the thousandth time that he wasn't mine they said he would go to the shelter."

"So you picked him up?" Levy asked.

"No way, he went to the shelter," Gajeel smirked as Levy's jaw dropped.

"Why didn't you get him!" She nearly yelled at the man.

"Hey hey, don't get ahead of yourself, that's the next part," He silenced her.

"So Juvia wanted to get a cat because she's desperately pining for some soft of affection because..." He trailed off. "Anyways, we went to the shelter and I saw him," He shrugged.

"So?"

"So."

"So what happened?"

"I bought him."

"What!" She threw her hands into the air. "That's it! Wheres the climax? The falling action!"

"What is this? A novel?" He asked.

"Not with that terrible story line," She rolled her eyes at him. "Didn't you look into his eyes and feel your heartbeat a little faster-"

"This isn't some tear jerking romantic comedy movie made by Nicholas Sparks?" He clicked his tongue. "It's a cat."

"There's something missing here," She said.

"Nope, just bought a cat." He gruffed. Of course there was something missing. He wasn't about to completely emasculate himself by telling her that after the shelter told him the cat was going to lose half of his vision, and probably be put down after fighting so hard for his life, that he immediately took him home. He resonated with the little fuzzball after all.

"Sure you did," She rolled her eyes as he dropped the cat on the counter next to him.

The house was relatively silent, giving off a rather eerie feeling. Levy felt a bit awkward sitting on the counter next to the cat who gave off a bad vibe. The silence almost hurt.

"Coffee?"

"We just had breakfast..."

"Well you're not wrong." He sighed as he rubbed the back if his head. "What do you want to do?" He asked, as he was at a loss for what to do with the girl who was so obviously uncomfortable.

"Weren't we..." She blushed at the thought of the events that nearly played out.

"Weren't we what?" He smirked as he leaned on his elbows, looking at her.

"Going to..." She stopped herself before she thought she'd die from embarrassment. "You know."

"Oh, but I don't~" He swooned uncharacteristically at Levy, making her giggle.

"Battle to the death," She said.

He thought for a moment before smirking. "We could..." He stood up straight as he grabbed Levy by the hips and slid her off the counter to her feet. "Come with me," He said. However, it wasn't a request as much as it was a demand. He placed his hands on her shoulders and led her to a closet in the hallway. "Here," He said as he swung open the door. "Pick your poison."

"Just a little more..." Levy breathed out as she stretched her leg around Gajeel's.

"Cmon shrimp, your body can't take this." He sighed. "Just give up."

"As if!" She said. "I took dance for years and if one thing came out of it, it was the flexibility." She breathed heavily. "Besides, I've done this before and it was no problem."

"Yeah sure." He rolled his eyes.

"Again, no need to be so sassy," She laughed lightly as she pushed herself down, finally landing her right foot on the red circle.

"You'll lose in due time." Gajeel narrowed his eyes at the girl. Nearly thirty minutes have passed since she pulled Twister out of the closet, and they had been neck and neck ever since.

"Alright, Left hand green." Levy said as she thought about how to move. Her hand was on blue now, and if she were to go to green... She'd have to flip her whole body around. Great. "Okay so..." She mumbled to herself as she slowly lifted her hand up and twisted her spine so her stomach was now facing up. "And then..." She breathed as she reached her hand, trying not to accidentally dislocate her shoulder in the process. After she was settled, she heard Gajeel move, and before she knew it his head was right next to hers. "Hey."

"Hello."

"Spin it."

"Left foot yellow."

Gajeel easily moved his foot over one from the blue to the yellow, Levy however had to maneuver her foot from the green, three circles over. She wobbled for a moment as she felt her arms begin to give in a little.

"Ha, you're weak," Gajeel smirked at her.

"You wish!" She stuck her tongue out at her.

Gajeel moved his weight to his legs so he could nudge the girl with his shoulder. "Oh no..." He said lightly as he pushed more. "I'm falling~"

"Gaje~el!" She squeaked as she fought to keep her balance. "Stop!" She giggled. "I'm- I'm serious." She gave him a look of seriousness, however the edge of her lips curved into a smile slightly, making it all the less convincing. "Stop it," She said.

"Its not my fault that I can't keep my balance," He gave her a look that could only be described as puppy-dog eyes, however on a man as big as him they were more like dragon-eyes.

"You're doing it on purpose, and you know it," She grit her teeth as she pushed him with her own shoulder. However, this didn't do much to the man besides cause him to imagine her soft skin touching other parts of his body.

"Am not." He pushed back.

"Are too."

"Am not."

"Are too."

"Oh know~" Before Levy could even react, Gajeel had kicked her legs out from under her, causing her to land on her back with a small squeek.

"I cant believe you, you big baby." She pouted her lips as she looked up at Gajeel as he smirked down at her in victory. "You're completely ridiculous!" She crossed her arms over her chest, and turned her head away from him.

"Yeah yeah, I know, lets clean this up," Gajeel said as he rolled off the mat sideways.

"So whats the next game?" She asked as she moved to help the man clean up.

"Huh?" He raised an eyebrow. She wanted to play another game? Not that he minded, but he assumed she would want to leave his house eventually.

"What are we going to play next?"

"I've got just the thing," He smirked as he lifted himself off the ground.

"Do not pass go, do not collect two hundred dollars! Oh!" Levy threw her arms up victoriously.

"I'm still winning!" Gajeel slammed his hand down on the table.

"Are not! I'm ahead by three hundred!" Levy stuck her tongue out.

"Whatever," Gajeel crossed his arms. Sure monopoly had been his idea, but this wasn't what he had planned.

"I'm wiiiiiiinning~" Levy purred as she counted out the money. "And that's one more monopoly!" She beamed as she placed a little house down on Dragon Cove.

"Yeah yeah..." Gajeel breathed out.

"Maybe you'll win the next one," She placed her hand on his large bicep in a false senseof comfort.

"Yeah. Sure," He deadpanned.

"Some people are just skilled at monopoly. Maybe you should take after my example." She tossed her hair over her shoulder nonchalantly.

That was the last straw for Gajeel. Before he registered what he was doing, the monopoly board and all the pieces were thrown across the room. They hit the wall with such force that the money cascaded down in a waterfall of frustrated feelings. The pieces lay lifeless on the floor as the dice continued to bounce before they finally came to a stop.

"Next game is mine," He growled.

"One to one..." She whispered lightly, afraid if she teased him too much he would throw something else at the wall.

"Colonel Mustang, in the Capital City, with the torch!" Levy slammed her palm down on the table in victory.

"FUCK!" Gajeel screamed. He really thought Clue would have been his game. Since he only won Twister by cheating this was a new low for him.

"That's two to one!" Levy winked. "What's the prize for the winner?"

"Who the fuck cares," Gajeel's eyes burned into hers with the fire of a thousand suns, however she didn't waver one bit.

"Maybe some more IHOP..." Levy suggested. "After all, I could use some more pancakes," She giggled.

"Yeah, and you can buy them for me after I win," He scowled to which Levy had to hold her stomach as it hurt from laughing too hard.

"Do you have a seven?" Gajeel asked as he hid behind his hand.

"Go Fish," Levy breathed out. Gajeel cursed under his breath as he reached for another card.

"You'll regret playing this game," He smiled. "I was undefeated in the fourth grade."

"I'm shaking like a leaf" Levy smirked as she looked across her cards.

"Got any Aces?"

Gajeel sighed. "Here." He threw the Ace of Spades at her, and she laid down the pair next to the others in her pile. They were nearly tied now, Gajeel was only ahead by two pairs.

"Okay, got any Jacks?"

"Go Fish," Gajeel gruffed. "Sixes?"

"Go Fish," She sighed. "Twelves?"

"That's not even a card!" He raised an eyebrow.

"Oh yeah."

"Do you mean a queen?" He asked.

"No, that's fine..." She looked at her cards once more. "What about a three?" She asked.

"Here."

"Haha! Now I'm just one point behind!" Levy clenched her fist.

"Yeah well you'll stay there." Gajeel deadpanned. There was no way he was going to lose. Again. For the third time.

"Okay, I think we're done..." Levy yawned as she shuffled the cards back into the deck. They had played a mean game of Old Maid, Twister, Clue, Monopoly, Go Fish, Checkers, Chess, and Poker. Levy had won 5 to 3, and Gajeel was still a bit mad.

"No way, one more!"

"Even if we play one more, I'll still be the winner." Levy sighed as she sunk into the chair.

"Then two more."

"Then we'll be tied."

"Three?"

"I'm tired, can't we just go to bed?" She asked.

"Fine," He shrugged. "You can take the bed, I'll stay on the couch."

"Oh, no I don't want to intrude." She waved her hands in front of her.

"Don't mention it."

"I'm smaller, I'll fit on the couch better!"

"Its fine, really."

"Then-why-don't-we-both-stay-in-the-bed!" She blurted out before her face turned a heavy shade of red.

"Whatever," He brushed off her blush and started his way towards his room.

"Wha-what?" She asked. She didn't really mean to say that, she just so happened to maybe be fantasizing a little bit about waking up early in the morning and turning over to see Gajeel's sleeping face with maybe a little drool coming out of his mouth... or something like that... Maybe...

"C'mon, lets go." He turned to look at her. "The sun is going to come up any minute, I suggest you hurry up."

"But-" She was going to say how this would be inappropriate, as they were going to take this, whatever this was, slow.

"I'll just go without you..." He turned his back to her and smiled as he heard her scamper to catch up with him.

"Wait for me!" She said as she bent down to grab Lily.

I am so sorry for this late chapter. Like honestly- I feel so bad for leaving you hanging! I got lots of reviews asking if this was abandoned and its not! I swear! I was going to write this chapter a while ago but school decided to assign THREE ESSAYS. RUDE. Yeah... When I was on my way to Florida I actually started this chapter at the airport, and on the plane, and in my hotel room xD It took a while, but its finally here. Sorry for the tease, but- SORRYNOTSORRY.

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Thanks for reading, following, and favoriting my lovelies. ~Hana

P.S. Shout out to my lovely editor Aili who made this thing happen... although she took 4 days to edit it because she was procrastinating and playing with her cat... I kid, I love you girl. Thanks for editing ^-^