Hi guys! I apologise this update took soooo long. I kinda lost track of time and I just hope you are still interested in this story. As always I don't own anything and enjoy the new chapter.

The weeks following Levy and Acnologias introduction had by far been the most uncomfortable in Gajeels life. Those month after his big fiasco last year didn't even compare to this. This torture inflicted on him of having to watch his sweet, innocent Levy be courted by the monumental ass that is his cousin and to make matters worse she's actually interested in him unlike Freed. Freed was harmless, he didn't want to woo her, he was probably courting her because his mother and father made him. Not that she doesn't deserve wooing or isn't pretty enough, because she is beautiful and any man would be lucky to have her. However, Freed was of another "kind", heck he doesn't know how to call it but catching him making heart eyes at Laxus made it pretty obvious to Gajeel that he was not interested in Levy or any other woman. But Acnologia is not Freed, he knows how to woo a woman, he knows how to lure one into his bed (not that his Levy was gong to fall for that) and he is definitely interesting in Levy.

As Gajeel kept pondering on how to get rid of Acnologia or at least make sure his intentions were pure, he heard a sigh coming from the other occupant in the room who just happened to be the person haunting his thoughts.

"What's wrong Levy?"

"..."

"Lev?"- he called waving his hand in front of her eyes trying to get her to answer to him.

That did the trick as she looked up at him and...just sighed again then looked back at whatever had her worried.

What's wrong with her? Did Acno do something? That bastard! I wi... "I can't figure this out!"

"What?"

"The illustrator sent the cover for Lucy's novel and it just isn't...well it is pretty but it just is not the image I had in my head for the book. I just don't know how to explain my image to him in writing though...any ideas?"

"Umm...well why don't you try explaining it to me and then we'll see if I can understand it?"

"That's the problem the explanation is in the book. See I thought the cover should be the mark of the guild as Lucy describes it but the image in my head doesn't match what he drew."

"How about you draw it then and we'll send it to him and then ask him to make one just like it"

"That would be great if I weren't helpless at drawing. Mother tried to put us in lessons remember but I was so bad she just gave up after awhile and just made me learn how to play the piano. I think she was just tired of having to wash paint of me to be honest."

"Gihi...yeah I remember you would get paint all over your clothes and hair. I never realised how you did that. I was decent at it but I remember mother removing me from lessons because you kept throwing paint at me whenever I teased you about you paintings."

"Hey! You were being mean and I got punished for doing that so..."

"Yeah well I got punished too since your aim sucked and you threw paint at the family portrait in the drawing room. Mother blamed me for it because I provoked you."

"Hahahaha yeah your mother was great. It eased my pain knowing you were being punished too. Hey I got an idea you were decent at drawing why don't you draw following my instructions."

"I don't know. It's been a long time and I don't wanna end up disappointing you"

"Please Gajeel! At least try."

"Fine...fine"Just stop looking at me like that or I'll want to kiss you "Where should we do this?"

"Um...our chairs are super heavy so why don't we just sit on the sofa and maybe you can use a book to keep the paper straight?"

"Sure"

As soon as Levy started describing the symbol, Gajeel tried to draw the best version he could come up with but every time something was wrong with it. The head was too big, the tail was not tail like (whatever that meant), the fairy shouldn't have eyes, the frame surrounding it was not pretty enough. And so they kept going for a long time, not realizing how close they had gotten in the process. How one of Levy's hands was on his thigh to keep her steady while she pointed out what was wrong with the illustration. How close their faces where and how with just the tiniest movement their lips could be touching. How light and flirty their banter had become as they kept poking fun at each other over the illustration Gajeel was trying to draw and Levy's weird picture in her mind (as Gajeel called it). That was until he turned to tell her something once again and his breath caught. She was so beautiful and right there and he could feel the ghost of her lips on his and god if he didn't want to kiss her. He thought she would move but she wasn't, her eyes were focused on his and for the briefest moment she glanced down at his lips. They were slowly inching closer and closer to the kiss until someone knocked on their office door and it was like cold water had been poured on them as they immediately got up and tried to compose themselves while completely ignoring what could have happened.

A "Come in" came out halfheartedly from Gajeel as he tried to work through what had just happened. Did I imagine it. And then he heard Levy speak.

"Acnologia! What are you...er...what are you doing here?"

"I came to see you Levy. I was hoping you would join me for lunch, my cook just arrived from Crocus and his recipes are to die for."

"I..I would love to but Gajeel and I have lunch here most days due to work so..."

"I am sure Gajeel won't mind...Right cousin?"

"Yeah sure go ahead." he said while not daring to look that way, though he could feel her questioning eyes on him.

So here it is. Sorry to leave it there but I just couldn't figure out a transition. Next chapter is gonna continue where we leave off and it's mainly going to be Levy's POV. I find reviews very helpful since this is my first time actually publishing on of these things so any advice is welcomed and criticisms too. I'll try to update as often as I can.