I woke up to my phone ringing, I slowly got up and realized Gajeel wasn't in the room. I heard the shower turn on. I reached for my phone and saw that it was Midnight calling, I wasn't sure what I should do. What he said to Gajeel wasn't right and when I think about it, it makes me really angry. I don't like thinking someone is tormenting Gajeel. I answered it, "Hello?" I said.
"Hello kitten." I heard Midnight say sensually. I clenched my teeth and tried not to yell at him. How could he do this to Gajeel…?
"Did you want something?" I said.
He took a minute to respond, "Is everything okay? You don't sound like yourself."
"No Midnight, I'm not okay. I'm actually really upset." I said deciding to be honest with him. It wouldn't help to yell at him.
"What's wrong kitten?" Although clearly he didn't take Gajeel's warning about the pet name to heart.
I sighed, "Gajeel told me what you said to him yesterday." I was pacing in the room and I didn't even realize it till now. I walked out onto the balcony.
"Oh? And you believed him, huh?"
"Midnight be honest with me, don't play games." I said sounding irritated.
"Why not? Everyone loves a good game?" I could hear the smirk in his voice, it drove me crazy.
"Midnight!"
"Kitten."
"Fine you know what, I'm hanging up." I snapped.
"Wait!" He yelled into the phone, "Don't hang up please."
"Then tell me the truth." I said.
He sighed, "Fine, yes kitten. What I said to Gajeel yesterday it's true. Are you happy now?"
"No." I said shaking my head even though I knew he couldn't see me do it, "I thought you wanted to be my friend."
"At first I did, but now I don't." He said unapologetic.
I felt hurt, "Oh…okay then." I sat down on the ledge of the balcony and bit my lip. That hurt a lot worse than I thought it would.
"Kitten, you misunderstood me." He said quickly, "I don't want to be just your friend. I want more from you."
More? What does that even mean? "What are you talking about Midnight?"
"I like you kitten, and more than just a friend. I want you to be mine."
I gasped completely shocked. I get it now, this is what Gajeel said he wanted. "Midnight let me make this clear, Gajeel is my boyfriend. That isn't going to change." I said slowly hoping he would understand.
"I can treat you so much better than he can kitten. He isn't worthy of you."
"Midnight I'm in love with Gajeel, and he treats me very well. Better than I could have hoped for, so please stop this. I only will ever see you as a friend, so if you want to still be my friend you need to back off and apologize to Gajeel for what you said."
It get real quiet, I had thought he had hung up but he finally spoke. "I refuse to apologize to that ungrateful bastard." His voice became very dark and threatening, "Are you sure you want to play this game with me kitten?"
"Game? What game?" I yelled into the phone.
"The playing hard to get game of course." He chuckled menacingly. He just sounded completely crazed now. "I won't ever stop you know, I'll eventually win you over. Count on it." He then hung up leaving me completely speechless and fearful. Maybe Gajeel was right…I should never have befriended him.
I walked back into the bedroom and saw the bathroom door open with Gajeel standing in there with only a towel on while blow drying his hair. I couldn't help but stare as his chest was still a little wet, and I just realized that he had a six pack. I was really hard to look away but he must have saw me staring, he looked at me and slowly grinned.
"See something you like?" He asked.
"N-no of course not!" I blushed and looked down. He walked towards me and gripped my chin then lifted it up so I was looking at him. He placed a soft kiss on my lips then smiled.
"Morning shrimp."
"Morning." I mumbled. He looked at me like he was enjoying my discomfort, I smacked his naked chest, "Go get dressed pervert!" He laughed then went over to his dresser and pulled out some clothes and walked into the bathroom.
I sighed and smiled softly, he sure could be entertaining when he wanted to be. I frowned thinking about what Midnight said. What would he try and do? Would he try and hurt me for refusing him. Would he try and hurt Gajeel…? Thinking of that had my stomach in knots, making it almost impossible for me to breath. I heard the bathroom door open and Gajeel walked towards me.
"Shrimp are you okay?" He asked looking concerned.
"Fine." I mumbled.
"You don't look fine." He said, "Tell me what's wrong." How does he always know when I'm upset?
I let out a breath of air, "You were right…the whole thing about Midnight. I should have listened to you and never have become his friend."
"What happened?"
I told him about the phone call with Midnight and as I explained things to Gajeel, he became more and more angry. By the time my story ended he flew off the bed and started to put his shoes on. "What are you doing?" I asked.
"I'm doing what I should have done in the first place." He snapped.
"Which is what?"
"I'm going to beat the shit out of him." He saw clenching his jaw.
I quickly ran up to him and blocked the door, not that it would do me any good if he wanted to get pass me. "No Gajeel! You'll only get in trouble, and make things worse. I don't want anything to happen to you."
He placed his hands on my shoulders, and looked me in the eye. "Nothing is going to happen to me. Fights break out in the school all the time, it's really hard to get suspended or expelled from this school. Midnight is the only one who has ever done it."
"Gajeel I understand that…but Midnight is still dangerous. He stabbed someone before, I don't know if he'll try and do it again but I don't want to take a chance on it. So I think the best and safest option would be to just ignore him. Eventually he'll get bored and move on with his life. Please do this for me?
He nodded, "Fine shorty we can do that, but I can't promise to do nothing if he tries to harm you. Understand?"
I nodded and then hugged him. "Yeah alright." He hugged me back tightly and spoke into my hair.
"How about we go on a date today, you said you wanted to go on one. Plus I'd love to show off my girlfriend." He grinned as I blush.
"That sounds like a lot of fun." It would be interesting to see what Gajeel comes up for our date.
Author's Note: Well chapter 20 is done now, I'm happy with this story's progress so far! Eventually I will be ending the story once I figure out how I want it to end. I will be moving onto this story's sequel, but it will take place in college LaxusXLucy. Of course all the other Fairy Tail members will be in it including one of my favorite pairings GajeelXLevy. I know not everyone likes LaxusXLucy but I think they are really cute together and hope you guys can enjoy the story when this one is over with. I still have a lot more I want to do with Fairy Tail Academy and I really enjoy writing it. Please tell me what you guys think of my sequel idea in the reviews. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!