Gajeel was happy to see all his guild mates again, even though for him it was like only one day had passed. But he was yearning to see a certain blue haired mage. It had been seven years since she last saw him. Maybe she had moved forward with her life and forgotten him. The thought of seeing his mate with another man made his blood boil.

Nevertheless, he decided to head home for the rest of the day. Bisca and Alzack noticed the dragon slayer exiting and looked at each other.

"He doesn't know." Bisca said to her husband.

Gajeel removed all the bandages from his body, which seemed meaningless now that his wounds were healed, leaving him bare-chested. He pulled a shirt out of his bag and put it on.

Levy was at her house, preparing lunch and Yukine was sitting on the kitchen table, playing with his solid script magic. When keys were heard unlocking the door, Levy's face shot at that direction. No one had keys for her house apart from Bisca, but she always knocked first.

Yukine stood up and also wondered who it was. Levy walked in front of her son, placing him protectively behind her. The door opened and the last person she ever expected came in. It was him. The two froze, looking at each other with eyes and mouths wide open. They didn't even have the mind to breath at the moment. Yukine moved his head upwards to look at his mother and caused the man to move just his eyes towards the boy. Levy also snapped out of her gazing after he did. Gajeel scanned the boy from head to toe and inhaled his scent. There was no doubt in his mind. That child was his and Levy's. He looked exactly like him and her combined. And he also smelled like iron.

Levy saw Gajeel's reaction and smiled, happy tears escaping her eyes. Gajeel dropped his bag and dashed to the two, crashing them in a tight hug. He kneeled to reach the shorties better and Levy, in return, wrapped her shaking arms around him. He cried. A lot. It was just a day for him but it appeared he lost so much.

Yukine was standing still in his father's strong arms, not knowing what to do. Somehow he knew he was his father, that he never met, but he felt reluctant. Slowly he raised his arms and hugged Gajeel's torso, clenching his shirt in his tiny fists, while burying his face in the crook of his father's neck and took in his scent, while tears ran down his red cheeks.

They spend a couple of minutes hugging until Gajeel smelled something. "Is something burning?"

"My food!" Levy said and ran to the kitchen to turn of the oven. She turned back again and saw her mate and their child standing next to each other, a sight that she thought she'd never see. "Do you have time for lunch?" She asked.

"My whole life." He said and she ran once again in his arms, this time sharing a hug just the two of them.

"Say it. I haven't heard it in seven years." She nuzzled in his neck and buried her hands in his hair. She had missed that more than she could remember.

"I've missed you…Shrimp." He laughed and placed her on her feet. The two dried their tears and sniffed their noses. Levy moved behind her son and placed her hands on his shoulders.

"Gajeel, this is Yukine Mcgarden. Your son. Sweetheart, this is Gajeel Redfox. Your father." She introduced the two.

Yukine scanned Gajeel and moved a step closer to him. "Father. I imagined you taller."

"Make sure to say that again when we are face to face." Gajeel answered with a grin and the boy puffed his cheeks, exactly the way Levy does. Gajeel swooped down and pulled his son in his embrace, placing one hand on his back and the other on his head, pressing his body as close to him as possible. Tears didn't fail to fall from Gajeel's eyes once more.

"D-dad, you're s-suffocating m-me." Yukine managed to say and Gajeel put him down, afraid of hurting him.

"Sorry. I'm just so happy to meet you." Gajeel said, while he was inwardly cheering for being called 'dad' for the first time.

"Now, how about we all sit for lunch? For the first time?" Levy offered.

"I'd like that." Gajeel answered softly.

The three of them sat on the table and ate as a family. Levy could still not believe it that he was back. They talked about various things that happened during the seven year gap and what Gajeel encountered in Tenrou. Yukine also presented his magic abilities to his father, who was drowning in pride. Soon Lily came and had somewhat the same reaction as Gajeel. When nightfall came, Yukine asked for his father to tuck him in and Gajeel reluctantly did.

"Will you be here tomorrow, dad?" The boy asked as Gajeel pulled the comforter to his chin.

"Of course. And every morning from now on, you will wake up and have breakfast with me and mom, and then we'll go to the guild, we'll train, we'll go on missions. I will be here and never leave again." Gajeel said with a soft voice that he didn't know he had.

"Promise?"

"I promise. I love you, son. Now sleep. Sweet dreams." Gajeel kissed the boy's forehead and headed for the door, closing the lights. Levy was sitting on the couch and he walked over.

"Is he okay?" She asked, looking up.

"Yeah, don't worry. It was easier than I thought." Gajeel plopped next to her.

"First of all, Gajeel, I'm sorry for moving in your house without your permission but I couldn't stay in Fairy Hills with a baby-" Levy was silenced by Gajeel's soft lips. She immediately relaxed and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Finally." She whispered.

"You don't have to apologize about anything, Shrimp. You were a single mother and managed to raise an amazing young man. And I wasn't here. You had to go through pregnancy alone, through childbirth. What kind of man am I, not there for his mate?" Gajeel felt extremely guilty and covered his face with his hands.

"It was not your fault Gajeel. For any difficulty that I may have encountered I never blamed you. I knew that if you were here, you would have done everything you could for your mate and child." Levy cupped his jaw and forced him to look at her. "I love you."

Gajeel didn't waste any more time on words but instead he went straight to making her his again. He picked her up and entered their bedroom, locking the door behind him. He dropped her on the bed and climbed on her to repeat the night they shared seven years ago.

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