Levy feel asleep clutching the gift and wondering what these last two days meant.
Two Days Before.
"Hey Levy!"
Levy's good friend Lucy called upon seeing Levy enter the guild, Lucy had just gotten back from a quest and look a little run down.
"Hey Lucy! Natsu give you a hard time?"
"Only because I 'got in the way of his fight.' How like a guy right?"
"Yeah."
Lucy and Levy sat in silence sipping their drinks.
"Oh wow!" Lucy said suddenly, "Speaking of guys, guess whose look at you?"
"Who?"
"Gajeel!"
"What!"
Levy whipped around just in time to see Gajeel turn and walk away from the second flood railing.
"You know, he's been showing up around me a lot lately."
"What! You've got to tell me everything!"
And so Levy did, everything except her confused feelings for the Iron Dragon Slayer. She even told Lucy how unreasonable Jet and Droy were being.
"How is it any of there business if Gajeel shows up around us, Magnolias not exactly a big city right. We are bound to run in to him!"
Levy had finally burst out at the end of the conversation.
"Hey Levy, Jet and Droy are just looking out for you. It's not exactly a secret that they hate Gajeel. And then to see him around you...well I'm betting they are jealous."
"Of what? Its not like there is anything going on between me and Gajeel! They should know that right!"
"Hey they are guys right. I mean look at Natsu, he wouldn't understand any of that...ever!"
They both looked over at the pink haired dragon slayer, who was talking to Happy with a huge smile on his face, and giggled.
Natsu soon came over and dragged Lucy off to do a job and Levy was alone again. She sighed and got up to leave. But her mind was so engrossed in the conversation with Lucy that she didn't see Gajeel until it was to late and she bumped in to him, almost falling over as a result. Gajeel grabbed her arm to steady her.
"Watch it squirt."
"Oh sorry. And my names Levy not squirt."
Levy said quietly.
"Whatever squirt."
"HEY!"
Jet and Droy had noticed the transaction between them and come over to "save" Levy.
"Listen you, stay away from Levy!"
"Yeah, stay away. Or else."
"Or else, what?"
Gajeel said with a bored air.
"Now Gajeel, they are just being good team mates."
Lily stepped out from behind Gajeel.
"What are these two joined at the hip?"
Levy thought as the fact that she had rarely ever seen Gajeel with out Lily. Then she remembered that Jet and Droy were the same.
"Guys it okay," Levy said pushing Jet and Droy back. "It was my fault to begin with. Sorry again."
Levy called over her shoulder to a confused looking Gajeel.
"Levy, you don't have to stand up for that guy."
"Yeah he's got whats coming to him."
"But please leave that to Natsu...who's the only one of the younger generation who can fight Gajeel on a serious level."
"What!"
"We can take him!"
"What ever you say guys. I'm going to the dorms, play nice with the others."
"Yes mom."
Jet and Droy said jokingly.
Levy had almost made it back to the dorms before trouble struck. And this time trouble came in the form a drunk man.
"Hey Baby" The man said staggering towards Levy. "What to have some fun?"
Levy tried to ignore the man, but his drunken ego wouldn't stand for that.
"Hey! I asked you If you wanted to have some fun?"
"No I don't."
Levy pushed past him and tried to walk away, but the drunk mans ego was now drunk and bruised. He grabbed Levy's wrist.
"Hey! I know you want to have some fun with me! I can see it in your eyes."
This mans eyes were no where near close enough to Levy's eyes to tell what they said.
"No I don't know let go of me!"
"I don't think I will. You're just to fine a babe for me to just let you go!"
Levy tried to pull out of his grasp but she couldn't, the grip tightened.
"Hey now, don't struggle like that, it ruins the moment."
"Actually I would call this a moment."
A familiar voice growled from the shadows behind Levy.
"Hey man she wants it!"
"Gajeel!"
Levy and the drunk man said at the same time.
"You know I'm guessing from the look on her face that she doesn't want anything from you." Gajeel said, his fist clenched at his side. "Now, let go of her."
Gajeel came completely out of the shadows and the drunk man paled. His hand slide off Levy's wrist, and Levy did the only thing she could think of doing, she hid behind Gajeel.
"Hey now, I was only joking. I wasn't really going to do nothing to her! Honest!"
"Lily, take Levy to the girls dorms, alright."
"Of course."
Lily appeared from the shadows in all of his six foot tall flying cat glory, and the drunk man lost what ever color he had regained in his face.
"Come along Levy."
"Sure."
Levy and Lily got to the front door of the dorms before the screams reached them.
The Next Morning
Levy walked in to the guild wearing a long sleeved jacket to hid the brilliant purple bruise that had formed on her wrist from the night before. A quick scan showed the Natsu, Lucy and Happy weren't back yet, and Jet and Droy weren't here either. Another quick scan showed that neither Gajeel or Lily were anywhere in the bar. Levy sighed, asked Mira for a cup of coffee, sat down and pulled out a book. Soon Jet and Droy showed up and started talking about which job they should take next, Levy tuned everyone out until.
"Hey squirt."
Gajeel was standing behind her. He dropped a small box in front of her and walked away. Jet and Droy stared daggers at Gajeel while Levy opened the box. Inside was a small light blue whistle on a chain and a note that said
"You need to be more careful walking home at night. Gajeel and Lily."