Eventually once Gajeel finally got all of her hundreds of books moved across town, to her new apartment, Levy decided that the hard worker needed a refreshment and made him some ice tea.
"Thank, you so much for helping me, Gajeel," Levy said as she was filling up the tea kettle with water. Once she lit the gas stove and placed the kettle over the burner, she walked over to the island to face Gajeel, who was pretty wiped out.
"Jesus Crist, it's like you've got the Library of Congress," he muttered looking all around at all of the countless bookshelves that did not leave one blank space on the wall. "And you've read all of them?"
"Well, yeah," she answered smiling as she started to put away some of her pots and pans.
He examined how he set up her apartment, to the right of them was the living area: equipped with a white leather couch and loveseat, directed around a wood fire place. Then walls beyond walls were completely covered with bookshelves that did not leave room for one more book. To the left there was a circular table, with a few chairs, being the dining room. And finally in the kitchen, were there decently old black appliances, not very much counter space, which were white while the island was a butcher's block. The cabinets were a light wood, and glass on the doors. Of course her room, was also full of books, and a full sized bed, but Gajeel figured as much.
Once Levy was done putting away all of her kitchen ware, and making ice tea, she turned on the facet one more time to wash the dishes, as this sudden blast of water splashed her face, quickly she got out of the way and watched the water start to fill a pool on her wood floors.
"Oh, no!" Levy exclaimed as Gajeel instantly ran over and within seconds fixed the leak coming from the irrational facet.
"Geez, Levy you broke it," Gajeel smiled wiping the water from his face as he smiled at Levy.
Rushing, Levy snatched a hand towel from a nearby drawer and handed it to Gajeel, who was the most soaked. "Well, thanks for fixing it," she smiled sort of embarrassed at how much of clutz she is sometimes.
"Anytime," he wiped the water from his face with the soft white towel, then handed it to Levy. "You got anything that you plan on breaking while I'm here?" he joked looking around at all of the possible broken things he could fix for her.
"No, not at the moment," she laughed
3
The next day at the guild Levy was back looking for an S-Class job to bring her start as an S-Class mange. "Do, you have any good jobs Mira?" Levy asked as she walked over to sit at the bar.
The white haired woman quickly pulled out a paper from the wall behind here, "Since, you got here first, I just got this an hour ago, this guy is very desperate for a cure, from the poison he has. It's very urgent, you must go to the mountains by here, pick a the Cryseanium flower, at the top of the mountain, fix up the potion and return it to him, in a town close by here,"
"Sounds, easy enough," she grabbed the paper looking at the reward, one hundred million would pay her bills for a couple months now. "I'll take it."
Mirajane ran her hands through her beautiful silver hair, "Are you sure you don't want to bring somebody along with you, it might be pretty tough,"
Levy got up, "Don't worry, Mira, I'm an S-class mage now, I can take care of myself." She assured the demon mage and walked off.
It wasn't long before Gajeel stumbled up to the bar right after Levy left, "Yo, Mira, did Levy take that job?"
"Perhaps," she smiled to herself as she wiped the bar countertop with a wash cloth, "Why do you ask Gajeel?"
"Hmmm," he slumped down not answering Mirajane's question.
"Why don't you accompany her, she might need help," Mirajane suggested, perhaps, that mission would give Gajeel the courage to finally express his feelings towards the script mage.
He got up, "Nah, I've got better things to do,"
Elsewhere Levy was climbing a vigorous trail, with multiple rock ledges, and dangerous falling rocks. She sort of wished Gajeel was here, to do all of the hard things for her, she was already using up most of her magic in order to simply stay alive and she wasn't even half way done climbing to the top of the mountain. Which was more like climbing this huge rock wall, the trail was pretty easy. But Levy now, is trying to not fall or get pelted by flying debris of earth.
"I don't believe, this mission was meant for somebody who had as weak as upper body strength as me," she hummed to herself as she struggled to pull herself up onto another rock ledge. "What would Gajeel say?" she tried to amuse herself. "You ought to get stronger, Shrimp, how are you going to make all of the other S-Class mages look?" but of course after he said that, he would just do it for Levy. Even though Gajeel is yet to actually compete to become an S-Class mage, which also always confused Levy, why she was chosen, before Gajeel, clearly he was the strongest mage out of a lot of the wizards in Fairy Tail. Well, at least the vast majority.
Eventually after hours of climbing this never ending mountain, she was finally to the top. She could touch the clouds from where she was standing, as soon as she spotted out the specific flower throughout the meadow of various other flowers, she noticed a figure in the middle of the fog. Once she got closer she noticed this tall male figure, had long hair and some sort of spikes on his left shoulder.
"Gajeel?" she murmured once she got closer and the fog was not as thick she, noticed that it was true. There he was standing before her, "How did you get here?"
"The demon girl told me," he laughed looking around, "I've been waiting for like an hour Shrimp, what took you so long?"
Now, Levy was close enough to punch him, if she wanted to, which might just happen depending on his attitude. "I'm sorry, I have poor upper body strength," she copped out.
He shook his head, "Come, on, I'll help you,"
If this had been anybody but Gajeel, Levy would not have accepted their help, she would have wanted to work, this thing out on her own. But it was Gajeel, and he was her weakness. "I suppose," she smiled turning the other way, not getting back to business, looking for the flower.
"What it this flower, we're looking for anyways?" Gajeel wondered looking around.
"It's the Cryseanium," Levy answered also looking around, "I've read books, about it, but I never thought it was real,"
So, Gajeel asked, "Why? What's so special about a flower?"
"It's been said, that this flower, if mixed, with the right potions, can cure, any disease, poison, anything, even a broken heart,"
"Hpmmh," Gajeel laughed a little to himself.
"Which," Levy started, as she started looking deeper through the meadow of various flowers, all among rarity, but not the one she was looking for. "Is what made me believe, it was not real,"
Eventually after quite a while of looking, Gajeel finally gives up, "Umm, Shrimp, I don't think it's here, and plus all of these flowers are making my nose hurt," they were actually blocking up Gajeel from smelling, Levy's scent, which is the only perfume he would want to smell all day.
"Oh, you'll be fine," she assured, as they now started to continue their search down the mountain.
"Come, on Shrimp, we're not going to find it," Gajeel complained starting to throw in the towel.
However, Levy refused to give up, "No way, I'm not going to give up, somebody's life's depend on this. Come on Gajeel, help me out, we're Fairy Tail Wizards, we never give up!"
Well, he would do anything for her, and if anything meant finding this fantasy flower that possibly doesn't even exist. "Alright, Shrimp, you're right. What else do you about this flower?"
She looked down, stumped, "Well, that's it. That it's rumored to be found here, people have searched for ages, even died trying, but very little stories, of actually finding it." She started looking around the meadow, in which had a vast array of flowers, and sage brush. The scent was actually quite nice, what was Gajeel thinking? "Can you point out the specific smells of different flowers?"
"Well, yeah, but I couldn't tell you which is which, I don't know anything about flowers," he answered, like knowing anything about flowers, would make you seem less manly. Nobody could be as manly as Gajeel.
"No, no, that's fine," a light bulb went off in Levy's head, "Is there a smell, that is completely different from all the others, maybe not as strong, and very scarce?"
"Hmmm?" What Levy was asking was not a simple task for Gajeel, maybe if his nose was as good as a blood hound, then he would easily, and instantly be able to point out a specific scent, with all of these different flowers, and other common outdoor smells. But he would do anything for her. After a while of walking around and smelling, it was difficult.
He really would do anything for me wouldn't he? Levy thought to herself, this must be really hard for him, and he's doing it. If it were anybody else, Gajeel wouldn't even have helped in the first place, and now here he is being her own personal blood hound.
"You, know Gajeel, this is really sweet, of you, helping me like this," Levy commended following the dragon slayer.
He turned the other way, afraid she would see his face turn red, "Uhh, no problem," but suddenly he stopped, he turned back the other way. "Somebody's here," he dashed to the other side of the meadow, "If you want a fight I'll give you one!"
These men, whom looked a lot like pirates of some sort, unexpectedly drifted out of the forests surrounding the meadow.
"Levy! Stay by me," Gajeel commanded as Levy ran over to Gajeel as the pirates started countering them.
"It seems you wizards are looking for the Cryseanium flowers," one of them says, "You came too late, we've already picked all of them," they held up this sack, probably full of those flowers.
Muttering to herself Levy goes. "That's why we couldn't find them,"
"You're not going anywhere with those flowers," Gajeel growled, charging towards the men, taking them out one after the other.
Now that Gajeel was no longer at the side of Levy, one of the pirates decided to take their aim towards her.
However Levy could handle these grunts, clearly without Gajeel, "Solid Script: FIRE!" she chanted as she annihilated her enemies instantly with the flames.
"Those pirates were nothing," Gajeel grinned running over towards Levy with a burlap sack in his hands, "Is this what you're looking for?"
Levy turned around from just beating her opponent. Her face instantly lit up seeing that Gajeel got the flowers, "Thank you so much Gajeel!" she ran over instinctively she hugged him, then realized that he was neither Jett nor Droy, and does not plan on friend zoning. She quickly retreated as a surprised Gajeel handed her the sack.
"It's no big deal," he manages scratching the back of his head, "Come, on we better get going, that guy who needs that, is waiting,"
3 ½ years later- Right when Gajeel returns to Fairy Tail
Instantly the bitter man slumped his way home, noticing when he walked passed his mail box it was overflowing with mail. He decided to humor himself, he opened the box as envelopes cascaded down, somehow, the messenger hawk was only able to get the last letter to Gajeel, all the others were sent to his little cottage in downtown Fiore that he and Levy used to live in together. All of the letters that flowed out of Gajeel's mail box, were from Levy. He picked them all up and opened the metal gate to his home and walked through the front door.
Panther Lily instantly made his way to the Fairy Tail guild, but Gajeel was not in the mood for a welcoming party, so he decided to wait until the morning anyways.
His house was covered in a thick layer of dust, but nothing that really bothered him. Everything the same as he left it, it was like Levy didn't even used to live there. The same small living room with the hardly ever used small T.V. He went straight passed his living room and the kitchen and to his room. He threw himself on the queen sized bed, that reminded him of how he had to buy it when him and Levy started living together. Staring into nothingness he drifted to sleep.
The next morning Gajeel walked to the guild hall, feeling refreshed and a lot better than he did when he had first woken up yesterday, for the first time in two years.
The guild hall doors swung open as everybody suddenly stopped, and ran over to their nakama they had not seen in three years.
Nastu, ran over to him, "Hey Gajeel you're here! Why didn't you get here with Panther Lily?" the pink haired dragon slayer smiled at his friend, oblivious to that fact that Gajeel was not it in the mood.
"Because I knew people like you would annoy me," he hissed as Gajeel's face instantly read 'piss off' to everybody, and all of his friends instantly went back to what they were previously doing.
Gajeel made his way, praying to god he would not run into Levy, towards the bar to where surprisingly Mira Jane was still tending. She knew not to anger him so silence was the best way to go.
"Mira? Can you get me some iron?" Gajeel asked in a less irritated way then when he spoke to the others.
"Sure," she said as she walked back to the other side of the bar. She didn't even look all blissful, like she usually does, Gajeel thought, there must have been something wrong with her.
Once Mira Jane got back, Gajeel asked the solemn looking mage, "So, what's been going on around here?"
"Well, you must have known, that it was only time until Master Makarov, retired, so now, Laxus, is the Master, some couples have gotten together, and we are allies with Saber Tooth, that's really all you missed," she answered shortly.
"Well, well look who it is! Gajeel you finally decided to come back," it was Laxus who was behind him and as Gajeel turned around to receive a welcome from the new guild master he was much very tired of all the happy people around him. As soon as Laxus was sitting at the bar, Mira was gone, "Mira get me a beer? Huh? Where'd that woman go? She's always been running off, on me, ever since I got engaged,"
"Oh, you got engaged?" Gajeel repeated, that would be why Mira's a little down in the dumps. "To who?"
"Ah, don't worry about it, listen, I was wondering if you could take us back to where you were taken, you know, so we can, show them not to miss with Fairy Tail," Laxus completely avoided the question.
Looking the other way while shoving iron in his face, Gajeel grumbled, "Sure,"
"Laxus? Come on, we need to go the store," Gajeel heard a familiar voice through the crowd. Then he was certain, it was her, her scent, everything, only it was different. It smelt like him.
A two month pregnant Levy appeared from the crowd and was now hovering by the new guild Master, "Come on, you told me you would take me an hour ago," she then stopped and analyzed Gajeel, "Who is this? A new member?"
Nothing, Gajeel could process none of that, "You, you, you don't know who I am?"
"No, this is the first, I've seen you, have we met?" she asked very sincerely.
"Yeah, I'll be there, just meet me outside, I've got to talk to an old friend, alright honey?" he looked at her the same way Gajeel used to look at her, and she looked at him the same way back.
Still Gajeel's mind could not apprehend that.
"Well, alright." She smiled and then looked over at Gajeel, "It was nice meeting you..?"
"Gajeel, Gajeel Redfox." He mumbled.
"Gajeel," she grinned and ran off.
"How come she doesn't know who I am?!" Gajeel yelled, once Levy was out of ear shot.
Laxus looked the other way, "I didn't want this to happen this way, but Gajeel. She was so bent up over losing you I just had to do it,"
"Do what?" Gajeel demanded.
"They said that there was a flower on the very top of Reinneer Mountain, that can cure anything, any disease, any poison, even a broken heart," Laxus explained, "When we gave it to her, her memory of you was completely wiped out, it was almost as if it was magic,"
Shaking his head furiously Gajeel, could not believe it, he stood up, "I can't fucking believe you," he stormed off realizing that his nightmare was coming true.