Another week had passed and now Gajeel wouldn't even leave Levy's side. His face was stubbly, his hair slightly greasy, and the bags under his eyes were getting bigger by the day.

"Gajeel..."Mira says as she puts her hand on his shoulder. Mira had just recently been allowed to walk around to stretch her legs and the first people she had wanted to see were Levy and Romeo since she had already talked to Lucy.

Gajeel grunted in response, his eyes glued to the small girl on the cot, her heartbeat stronger than it was before but still slightly irregular.

"Maybe you should go home and sleep for a little bit..I know you care about her and you're worried, we all are, but you need to sleep," Mira says quietly as she looks down at the dragon slayer, hoping that he would get up and take a break for a little bit, she wasn't sure when the last time he had eaten was but she was sure that it wasn't recently.

"No..," Gajeel says gruffly. "I wanna be here when she wakes up, and I wanna be able to hear her heartbeat...it's the only way I know everything's okay," Gajeel says quietly, his voice cracking slightly.

Mira usually would have giggled at the dragon slayer for being so sensitive but she was just as worried for the small mage.

"Gajeel, you need to eat, there's no way you can keep an eye on her if you pass out from exhaustion and malnourishment. Wendy is downstairs helping behind the bar, I've missed helping out anyways. How about I get her to watch Levy for the time being. She can hear her heart beat too and she'll let us know if anything happens," Mira says hopefully.

" I don't know Mira...you shouldn't be working anyways, How would Laxus feel about that?" Gajeel asks quietly, hoping that his question would get the woman off of his back and leave him to wait for Levy to wake.

Mira smiles quietly at the large man. "He'll be fine with it. I told him I wanted to get up and moving again. And Gajeel how would Levy feel if you were doing this to yourself, you know that she wouldn't want you doing this to yourself over her. Go home. Take a shower, sleep for awhile. When you come back Levy is gonna be here, still perfectly fine," Mira promised with a smile, hoping that she had finally convinced the hard-headed man.

"You call me if anything. Anything. happens. I'll be back in 6 hours," Gajeel says gruffly as he stands up from his chair, cracking his back loudly. "And please...make sure she's safe..," Gajeel says almost inaudibly as he bends down to kiss Levy's forehead, staring down at her peaceful face for a second before walking out and closing the door softly.

"I will...I promise" Mira says with a sad smile as she sits down in the stiff chair.

3 hours had passed and the sun had finally gone down. The guild was now empty with an exception for Mira, Laxus, Romeo, Levy, and Wendy. Lucy had finally decided to go home with the help of Natsu, much to his pleasure. Mira sat in Laxus's lap half asleep.

"I told you not to work yourself so hard,"Laxus grumbled.

"I didn't even work that hard, it's just late," Mira mumbled into his chest.

"You went from being in a hospital bed to working and walking around for 3 hours straight. For now, I count that as working hard and it's not happening again," Laxus says matter a factly.

"Mmm..it depends on when Gajeel comes back," Mira says with a smile, knowing that Laxus wasn't happy with her answer. "He doesn't want Levy alone and he's only trusting me and Wendy for the most part," Mira says as she turns to look over at Wendy, who was currently grabbing some food before she had to go back upstairs.

"I know I know but still. Don't work yourself too hard, okay?" Laxus says quieter than usual, a bit of worry behind his voice.

Mira smiles softly, leaning in close to his ear. "I won't...I promise.." she whispers as she feels his tense muscles relax.

After a while, the guild had completely slowed down. Mira had fallen asleep in Laxus's lap and Wendy was asleep next to Levy and Romeo.

A scream echoed through the guild causing Laxus to shoot up from his seat, having to hold Mira around her waist so that she didn't fall.

"What the fuck?" Laxus growls as he looks around the hall.

"MIRAA!"Wendy screams the top of her lungs, dragging the half asleep girl out of her daze before she sprinted up the stairs to see why Wendy was screaming for her.

Levy shot up out of her bed in a daze, her head aching, and the cuts on her body pulling. Her eyes quickly shot to the IV in her arm, she pulled it out roughly, screaming at the top of her lungs as she did. All she wanted to do was go home and right now all the could think of was that disgusting man touching them as they begged him not to, shoving IV's in their arms and painfully draining their power for hours upon hours.

Levy was brought out of her daze by the screaming voice of Wendy who was frozen by her side before she quickly got up and began to work on her arm. Levy began to pull away roughly not recognizing who was touching her. Blood began pooling on the floor from her new wound as Wendy tried her best to keep her still so that she could heal her.

Mira burst through the doors with Laxus close behind as their eyes latched onto the scene in front of them.

"Levy..?" Mira whispers, shocked to see the small girl awake, let alone to see her fighting against Wendy.

Levy's head snapped up at the familiar voice though she was still trying to pull away from Wendy.

"Levy honey..." Mira says as she stepped up to the side of the bed, kneeling down slowly beside her.

"You gotta calm down hun...youre gonna hurt yourself." She says calmly as she slowly grabs her arm to hold it still. Mira turns her head around to Laxus for a second.

"Call Gajeel," she says quietly, hoping that he would be able to calm her better than the rest of them were able to.

Laxus nods before quickly teleporting out of the room, lightning crashing around the room.

"Gajeel?"Levy asked quietly, her thrashing slowing down as she looked up into Mira's eyes. Mira frowned when she noticed that Levy's usually bright honey eyes were now dull and clouded.

"Yeah Lev..hes gonna be here soon," Mira says quietly, still scared of startling the girl as she motions for Wendy to continue healing her arm.

Levy looks around slowly at the faces in the room before tears begin to stream down her face, the familiar faces of Wendy and Mira calming her slightly.

"We're in the guild?...and everyone's okay?..."Levy asks through her increasing sobs.

"Yeah Levy," Wendy says quietly. " You're home. You're actually one of the last ones to wake up, though Romeo is still in an induced coma so that he could heal."

Not more than a minute later Laxus and a disheveled Gajeel appeared in the room, obviously just having woken up.

"MIRA WHAT THE FUCK H..." Gajeel gets cut off when Laxus forcibly turns his head to look at a sobbing Levy, his eyes quickly shoot to the pool of blood on the floor. "how the hell..." Gajeel mumbles as his eyes widen at the immense amount of blood on the floor.

"How the hell..." Gajeel mumbles as his eyes clouded with threatening tears.

"Come here.." Mira whispers. "She needs you."

Gajeel walks numbly to Levy's side, still unable to comprehend that she was awake. He kneels down to her side as he lets the tears stream down his face.

"Hey, Shrimp..."Gajeel whispers, causing Levy to look down at him quickly with shock. His crimson eyes staring into her glazed over honey ones.

"Shri...Gajeel?" Levy says excitedly as her eyes widen with disbelief.

"Yeah Shrimp it's me..." He says quietly before grabbing her hand and squeezing it slightly. Slowly Laxus and Mira leave the room, motioning for Wendy to do the same once the finished healing Levy's arm.

"Y..you're okay?" Levy asked quietly, squeezing his hand tightly as if he was going to disappear on her.

Gajeel chuckles quietly. "You're worried about me? Of course, I'm okay Levy, I'm more worried about you," Gajeel says as he reaches up and wipes the remaining tears on her cheeks off with his rough thumb.

"I'm so sorry I wasn't there earlier...I should have been there earlier to keep you safe... this should have never happened. I mean I promised that I would never l-" Gajeel was cut off by a kiss, not one of their normally rough ones. This one was slow and passionate, filled with love as they released all of the worry that they had in their minds.

"Stupid Gajeel," Levy says with a soft smile. "You couldn't have gotten there any faster than you did. I'm just glad that you came, to be honest," Levy says as she holds her forehead to his. "Don't you dare think of blaming yourself for this because it wasn't your fault, " Levy says, still squeezing his hand with all her might.

"You're the best thing that's ever happened to me, Levy...I wouldn't be the person I am now without you. I hurt you the most and you were still the first person to forgive me. You've always been by my side and I'll be damned if I loose you now."

More tears begin to stream down her face before she yawned quietly, drawing a chuckle out of Gajeel.

"You should go to sleep Shrimp," Gajeel says as he reaches up and ruffles her hair slightly.

"You just lost a lot of blood from thrashing around and you've got a concussion," Gajeel says as he eases her back down into bed, adjusting the pillows before pulling up the sheets.

Levy looks down at the pool of blood at Gajeel's feet. "Holy shit..," She mumbles under her breath.

"GiHee! I think that you're taking after me a little too much shrimp," Gajeel says with a laugh before kissing her cheek. "I'll clean it up, don't worry about it," Gajeel says with a smile.

Levy smiles slightly before grabbing his arm. "Stay here till I fall asleep?" Levy asks hopefully as her eyes begin to close slightly.

Gajeel smiles before pulling up the stiff chair and sitting next to Levy. resting his head in her lap. "Of course Lev."

Levy slowly falls asleep as she runs her small hands in his spiky ebony locks. "I love you," Levy mumbles in what had to be the cutest sleepy voice that Gajeel had ever heard.

"I love you too shrimp.. I love you too.." Gajeel all but purrs as Levy continues to run her hands through his hair.