Chapter 2: Realizations.
Gajeel's POV:
We went to the request board to get out first job as a team. Luckily Mira and a sick-looking Natsu were the only ones there. Scowling, I said "Thought you only got sick on vehicles ya pyro." Weakly, he responded, "Too…much…sake..." (A/N: Sake is the Japanese word for beer.) I'll bet my life savings that it's Cana's fault. I proceeded to the request board where Levy was, browsing the jobs. I pointed out a job with a 100,000 jewel reward that required a translator and a dragon slayer. She gave me an uneasy look, telling me that it seemed uncomfortably fitting for the two of us. I nodded, saying, "It's a bit coincidental, but it's got an intriguing reward." She laughed out her next words, "Yeah, lets do it!" I brought the job over to Mira so she could sign off on it. "Who's your translator?" she asked, reading over the job. I simply pointed to the bluenett that was leaving the guild hall to get Lily. Her eyes widened. "Levy? Didn't she just quit Shadow Gear?" she questioned I simply nodded to answer, I didn't feel like talking all that much, it was a sensiti-Wait…why is she glowing? "Levy quit…Shadow gear…to be on a team…with you?" she said, quietly, giving me the chills. "Y-yeah, c-calm down Mirajane" I stuttered. "You kidnapped her, tortured her, and now she wants to team with you? Of all people?!" she yelled, her rage obviously present. "Well, I, uh-" Levy saved me with her intrusion. "There's a reason I quit, other than to just be on a team with Gajeel" she whispered. Mira demanded answers. Levy gave in and spat it out. "Although Gajeel hurt me at first, form that point on, he protected me, over and over again…after that, I-I started to grow feelings for him I still can't understand…" tears ran down the solid script wizard's face. "I'm lost and confused; all I know is that I feel…I feel safe around him, like I can trust him with my life. I know he can protect me, 10-fold the amount that Jet and Droy can…so, I feel…like he really cares about me, that his iron-plated heart lets me and only me in, because…he cares…even if he wont admit it." -Chapter 2 End-
(A/N: Sorry for another short one, the next one will be longer, I promise.)