As Levy sat down she brushed her leg against the table and winced. She looked over at the bar to see Gajeel arguing with Natsu again and smiling she remember the day before.

Gajeel and Levy stayed locked in the embrace for what seemed like hours to them but was only a minute. The singular reason they stopped was Lily. He had not said anything of the embrace because he knew what it meant for both of them. But as he watched them he noticed blood.

"Levy your leg, it's bleeding!"

Gajeel tensed and pushed her back slightly, was it Levy's imagination or was Gajeel blushing, and looked at Levy's legs. And her left leg was bleeding.

"Ah jeez!"

Gajeel said.

"What does it look that bad?"

Levy was worried and looked down at her leg, she only noticed the pain now, it didn't look that bad.

"No it doesn't look bad but come on! Cant you go one day with out being hurt!"

"Excuse me! I managed just fine before you came around!"

Levy anger flared.

"Yeah right."

Well maybe its you who's..."

Levy's sentence was cut of by a gasp of pain, she had put pressure on her leg. Gajeels smug look turned in to one of worry.

"Does it hurt?"

He asked.

"A little." Levy tried her leg again. "OW! Okay a lot."

Gajeel chuckled and smiled slightly, he looked kinda nice when he wasn't snarling at people for no real reason.

"Sit down, I'll take a look at it."

Gajeel said sighing.

"What are you a doctor or something."

Levy joked as she lowered herself to the ground.

"Or something."

Lily answers for Gajeel, who threw a stick at the exceed. Gajeel knelt down in front of Levy and, more gently then Levy had thought possible, carefully took her leg in his hands. He roll back the pant leg and whistle threw his teeth.

"Well it doesn't look like a break, but I wouldn't walk on it. Hey Lily can you see if these guys had any bandages?"

Lily had already started looking and soon handed a small roll of gauze to Gajeel.

"It is all they had."

"It'll do."

As Gajeel wound the the gauze, Levy noticed something.

"You look tired."

She said.

"Hmm. It's nothing you should worry about."

"But..."

"Squirt, I thought I said the don't worry about."

"My name is not squirt! It's Levy!"

"Hmm anger looks good on you."

Gajeel laughed.

"Just call me by my name, okay."

"Whatever Squirt."

"ARG! Are you trying to be annoying!"

Gajeel shook his head smiling.

"There, I still wouldn't walk on it thought."

"Then how am I supposed to get baaaaack!"

Gajeel had picked up Levy and put her on his back piggy back style.

"What are you doing?"

"You cant walk, so I'm caring you. Just calm down and get some rest."

Levy almost complained, but she strangely comfortable, she put her head down on Gajeels shoulder blade and closed her eyes. For a few minutes all Levy could hear was Gajeels slow steady heartbeat.

"Hey Gajeel?"

"You still awake?"

"Yes."

"Fine what do you want?"

"You have a really calming heartbeat."

Gajeel chuckled.

"What ever you say squirt. Get to sleep."

Night had already fallen, and Gajeel need time to think. Lily was there but Gajeel knew he would let him think.

"Hey Gajeel?"

Gajeel stopped.

"Levy! Sleep! Now!"

"Just one more thing and then I'll sleep I promise."

"Fine. What is it."

"Thanks for the whistle."

"No problem."

Gajeel could tell when Levy fell asleep. Even before Levy fell asleep Gajeel could tell she was relaxed.

"Does she trust me that much?"

He thought.

"Hey Lily?"

"Yes Gajeel?"

"How does she look?"

Lily was silent for a bit and then

"She looks content."

"Hmm I wonder?"

"Yes."

"I'm still confused as to why she doesn't hate me. She even trusts me enough to fall asleep."

"Maybe she loves you."

"How do you say that with a straight face!"

Levy stirred. And Gajeel was suddenly worried he woke her up but she was soon still.

"Because if you look at it from my point of view, it does seem that way."

"Really?"

"You would be surprised how often I see her staring at you."

Gajeel smiled but only said

"Shut it cat."

The trip back took much longer then the trip there, mostly because Gajeel wanted to go slower so not to wake Levy. As the sun started to peak over the horizon, Levy woke up.

"Did you walk all night?" Levy said surprising Gajeel, "Hehe, I made you jump."

"Oh shut up. How did you sleep?"

"Surprisingly well."

"Maybe it was my 'calming heartbeat."

"Oh shut up."

"You know, no one would guess you have this fire in you."

"Yeah well I don't find any pleasure in fighting other people."

"Well that's your loss."

"Actually I have seen this fire before."

Lily said.

"When?"

"When Natsu spilled his drink on her book."

"Oh yeah! That was a great fight."

"And no one cares about my ruined book."

Levy muttered.

"Go back sleep we're almost back to the city."

"Then why would I go back to sleep?"

"Just stop talking and sleep."

"No! I don't want to sleep."

Lily laughed.

"Gajeel let this fight go, I don't think you will win."

Lily and Levy laughed at Gajeels expression.

Lily and Levy held a conversation, until Gajeel interrupted with a question.

"Levy?"

"Yes Gajeel."

"Why don't you hate me?"

"What kinda of question is that, the answer should be obvious."

"Well lets just say its not. Just tell me."

"Well you saved me."

"Really, that's it."

"Yeah. That's it."

"But I didn't..."

"I don't care about the reason, you saved me. And you helped save the guild from Laxus. You've done a lot to help Fairy Tail. How could I hate anyone who's helped the guild I call home?"

"But I..."

"I don't care what you've done in the past! This is who you are, this right now! Any person you were in the past is gone!"

Gajeel was silent for a second.

"Sometimes you make absolutely no sense."

"I have heard that before somewhere."

Gajeel laughed and Levy could feel the vibration through his body. Levy loved the feeling of it and then it hit her, the reason why she was so confused when ever she was around Gajeel. She liked him.

"What is it?"

Gajeel had heard the sharp intake of breath.

"My leg hurts."

Levy lied quickly.

"We are almost to the guild don't worry."

"I'm not worried about anything."

"They why is your heart beating so fast?"

"My leg hurts! And I was just kidnapped by bandits! Excuse me for having issues keeping my heartbeat slow!"

"I'm just joking! Jeez"

They had entered town and people were starting to stare. Levy guessed that it was a bit weird to see Gajeel and her walking around town like they were. But Levy didn't care, she just liked being with him, for some reason being around Gajeel calmed her, she felt safe around him. How strange. The guild came in to view and Levy knew that she only had a few minutes to do what she was planing. Soon Jet and Droy were running to them screaming "Levy!"

"Well Squirt I guess this is were we part."

Gajeel let Levy slide off his back but he still let her use his arm as support.

"My name is Levy, not Squirt."

Levy reached up and kissed Gajeel on the cheek, then hobbled off to a crying Jet and Droy, leaving a surprised Gajeel behind her.

Gajeel hadn't spoken with her since then, and they generally avoided each other, but Lucy pointed out that had seen Gajeel staring at her again with a confused look on his face. Jet and Droy hadn't seen what she had done so she didn't have to explain, but she told Lucy.

"I can't believe you like Gajeel!"

Lucy had exclaimed after Levy finished telling her what had happened.

"Why not?"

"He just doesn't seem your type, and he's scary!"
"Not all the time! You only see him when he's around Natsu...and they are always fighting."

"Well are you going to go for him?"

"I don't know Lucy. I really don't know."