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Summary: Levy is out on a mission and Gajeel is grumpy about that. Lily and Juvia take advantage of the situation to tease Gajeel. Gajevy; Lily-Gajeel-Juvia brotp.

Fluffy and little bit of angst! Because my mind cannot be at ease if there is no angst in my stories.

Canon-verse; I think it would be after GMG and before Tartarous because the guildhall is already back to normal and it's after Tenrou Island.

Words count: 4.7k


"Hey Metal Head! Fight-" Natsu's challenge was cut short when an iron club hit him square in the face, sending the fire dragon slayer to the other side of the guild hall.

"Fuck off, Salamander." Gajeel said dismissively returning his arm back to normal before tossing another set of iron bolts and screws into his mouth. He munched on his snack loudly, sending off an aura that scream 'you better stay the fuck away from me' to everyone around him. Not that Natsu could read the mood since this was the third time he had tried to start a fight with Gajeel just to be tossed to the other side of the room without much of an effort from the iron dragon slayer.

"Bring it on, Metal Breath!" Natsu was about to launch himself again towards Gajeel's table but Lucy grabbed him by his scarf stopping his movement.

"Give it a rest, Natsu. Gajeel is obviously not in the mood" the stellar mage scolded him and turned around to see the iron dragon slayer staring absentmindedly at the closest wall.

"Yeah, stop being a pain in the ass, you moron." Gray commented from a nearby table.

"What do ya call me, Ice princess?!" Natsu yelled at Gray.

"Who are you calling a princess, you Fire Dick?!"

"Wanna fight me?!"

"Bring it on, jerk!"

And that's how Natsu gave up on his attempts to initiate a fight with Gajeel and instead focused on his fight with Gray that suddenly evolved into a full-blown battle, getting almost all the members of the guild involved. Lucy sighed and took a seat besides Juvia who was fawning over her dear Gray-sama when he started to take off his shirt.

"Hey, Juvia…" Lucy's voice got the water mage back to reality as she noticed for the first time that the blonde was sitting next to her.

"Hi Lucy, what can Juvia do for you?"

"Do you know why Gajeel is even grumpier today than usual?" She pointed at said man who just snarled at a random guild member that tried to sit down at his table, succeeding in scaring that person off.

"Juvia hadn't notice but now that Lucy mentions it, Gajeel-kun does seem edgier today." He suddenly threw an iron cup to Elfman yelling at him to 'Shut the fuck off with yer stupid manliness!'

"Juvia better go and talk with Gajeel-kun to see what's being bothering him." The water mage excused herself from the table and made her way to where Gajeel was sitting. He growled at her angrily but since Juvia was used to the dragon slayer's curtness she ignored him and sat down across the table from him.

"What da ya want woman?" He scowled and kept his attention on his iron snacks.

"Juvia wanted to say hi to Gajeel-kun." She smiled sweetly at him but he didn't even look at her.

"Tch. Ya just did. Now, go..." He munched loudly on another piece of iron.

"You can be a bit more polite to Juvia, Gajeel." Pantherlily said when he landed on the table giving a disapproving glance at the iron mage who just growled in annoyance that his table was getting more crowded by the minute. "I'm sorry Juvia. This brute is a little more edgy these days."

"Hi, Lily. No need to apologize, Juvia is used to Gajeel-kun being rude. Actually, Juvia wanted to know if there is something bothering Gajeel-kun to be like this?"

"Nothin' wrong" Gajeel grumbled.

"Levy's on a mission." Lily supplied and earned a death glare from his partner.

"Oh, is that so? How long has Levy being away for?"

"Ain't nothin' to do with that! I said nothin' wrong!" Gajeel raised his voice but he kept being ignored by his two friends.

"She has being gone for two weeks now. She went with Lissanna and they were supposed to return two days ago but there hasn't been any news about them yet." Lily explained. Mirajane had informed him about the whereabouts of the script mage when Gajeel and Lily came back to the guild from their mission. Turns out, Lisanna asked Levy for her help on a simple mission in Hargeon and she kept informing Mirajane about their progress. The last call had been 3 days ago stating that they were to return the next day, which obviously they hadn't yet.

"Oh! Is Gajeel-kun worried about Levy?" Juvia tilted her head to the side, staring intently at the iron mage.

"Why would I worry for the Shrimp?" He said nonchalantly and looked at Juvia as if she had gone insane.

"No, he just misses her." Lily grinned knowingly when Gajeel choked on his beer after he tried to take a sip from it.

"Aw, that's cute Gajeel-kun." Juvia cooed.

"Ain't nothin' like that! The hell are ya talking cat!" Gajeel looked first at Juvia then at Lily with fury in his eyes and a faint blush on his cheeks.

"Come on, Gajeel. You know we know you the best out of everyone. There's no need to lie to us."

"Juvia agrees with Lily. There's no need for Gajeel-kun to hide his feelings for Levy from us."

"F-fe-feelings…?" He cringed and his left eye twitched. "Are ya crazy woman?! I told ya it's nothin' like that! Stop giving her ideas, Lil'!" Juvia shared a knowing glance with Lily and then she covered her mouth trying to muffle her giggles.

"Tch!" Gajeel scoffed and looked away from them. "She just promised to help me with somethin'. That's all." He tossed another set of iron bolts into his mouth.

"Help with what?" Juvia was curious now since it was odd for Gajeel to accept anyone's help with anything. Like, at all.

"She was gonna put some spell on my house so my iron won't rust." Gajeel looked back at her with indifference.

Just before Gajeel and Lily left for their previous mission, Levy had explained to them that she had learned a written spell that could guard some place from environmental effects such as humidity and rain. She had been so excited about it that she asked Gajeel if she could put it to the test on his home to protect the iron he hoarded there. She even offered to add a soundproof spell on his house so Lily wouldn't suffer during the thunderstorms. Gajeel only shrugged and mumbled a 'whatever' which earned him a joyful squeal from the script mage.

Even when he didn't want to admit it, Gajeel was pretty excited by her proposition. Not just because his iron would be protected, which was awesome because rusty iron tasted awful, but because she would be going to his house and maybe, if she liked it there, she would want to hang out more with Lily and him at his place. That's why, before reporting back to the guild once they came back from their mission, Gajeel decided to go first to his home and make it decent for Levy's visit.

He felt disappointed when Mira told them they had just missed Levy, but he would never admit that aloud. Still, he kept cleaning up his house each day in case Levy was to return early from her mission, which didn't happen. Now he just felt stupid for doing such a thing and he even had to put up with Lily mocking him on a daily basis for the last days.

"That sounds wonderful!" Juvia clapped her hands happily.

"Yeah, and she even offer to add something to keep the noises from thunderstorms out of the house." Lily mentioned and swallowed thickly in relief that he would not have to hide away in fear in his own home anymore.

"It's gonna rain soon and my iron is gonna rust without her stupid spell."

"Well, if Gajeel-kun really needs that spell, why doesn't he ask Freed for his help? Juvia is sure that Freed might be able to help somehow." Juvia pointed with her finger to the green haired rune mage that was sitting by the bar talking with Bickslow.

"Tch, come one! As if he could do as good as a job as the Shrimp." That statement only earned him a wider grin from Lily and another giggle from Juvia, much to his annoyance.

"Call it what you want, but you're waiting for her to come back." Lily said matter-of-factly and added under his breath "... cuz you miss her." Gajeel glared angrily at his cat as if he was going to murder the son of a bitch for even saying something like that.

"It's okay, Gajeel-kun. Juvia thinks it's normal for you to miss Levy since the two of you had been spending a lot of time together."

""S-spending t-time?! What?! No, we haven't!"

"Well, every time Levy is reading at the guild, Gajeel-kun is sitting right next to her."

"That ain't true!" It was, but Gajeel didn't need Juvia to remind him that every time the Shrimp opened a book, he moved his sorry ass to sit down across her table to watch her read. He couldn't help it! It was too damn cute to see her mumbling incoherently and scrunching her face with a wide variety of emotions when something exciting or sad or happy happened in the story. It had become Gajeel's secret hobby to watch her read and something inside him was telling him that Levy knew about it too because she never complained about him staring at her while she read a dozen of books.

"And last time, you went grocery shopping with her." Lily added.

"That was just cuz she knows nothin' about picking up good food!" That was half-true. Levy did know nothing about choosing the right ingredients but she never really minded because most of the times she ate at the guild hall. It became a problem when Gajeel visited her on some occasions and tried to cook something for the two of them. He would complain constantly and thoroughly on the lack of ingredients in her fridge or on the poor quality of those that were in her pantry. So, the dragon slayer assigned himself the task of taking Levy once per week to the market to buy good-quality vegetables, fruits and meat. In the end, Levy agreed as long as Gajeel would visit more often to cook for the both of them and eventually teach her how to cook.

"And Juvia saw Gajeel-kun walk Levy back to Fairy Hills and even carried her books for her."

"W-well…" Gajeel was sweating buckets right now. He thought no one had seen him do that since it had been late at night. He had spent the day with the Shrimp at Magnolia Park and while she read a set of newly purchased books with her head resting on his stomach, Gajeel decided to take a nap. When he woke up, he realized that it was very late and that Levy hadn't moved from her place for hours. Once he dragged her out of her little reading-bubble, he told her (not asked not offered, told her) he was gonna walk her back to Fairy Hills. Levy agreed happily and she collected her new books in her arms but by the size of the pile of books Gajeel really thought her little arms were going to break. That's how Gajeel ended up carrying Levy's books while walking her back to her dorm in the middle of the night. He didn't mind that at all; he enjoyed the Shrimp's company and her books weren't that heavy, but the fact that someone had seen them was just too embarrassing for him. Even more embarrassing was the fact that he didn't even notice that happened and least that that someone had been Juvia.

"Arg! Just shut the hell up! Leave me alone!" He threw his hands up in the air and let his head fall down with a loud thud on the table. Neither Juvia nor Lily tried to hide their loud laughter. It was just too easy and funny to get Gajeel all flustered when they talked about how he acted with Levy. It was just too obvious for them, and for a lot of their guildmates, that the iron dragon slayer had a soft spot for the little script mage but he was too stubborn to admit that.

"It's really okay for you to admit you miss her, you know?" Lily said wiping away a tear from the corner of his eye from laughing so hard.

"Juvia agrees. Juvia also misses Gray-sama when he's not with Juvia!" Juvia's eyes turned into hearts at the mere thought of her beloved Gray. "One time, Juvia was…" Gajeel tuned out from the conversation since he didn't have any interest in knowing anything about the Stripper.

He returned to what Lily just said. Did he really miss the Shrimp? It was just crazy, right? I mean, Gajeel really enjoyed spending time with her and it was fun to tease her to no end until she would puff out her cute little cheeks in annoyance at whatever the dragon slayer had said. It was Gajeel's secret hobby number two, much to Levy's frustration.

And, he guessed, he found himself entertained by her whenever she wanted to explain him the newest spell she had learned, because she looked so proud of herself and Gajeel couldn't hold down his smile when she had that look on her face. Most of the times Gajeel would have no idea about what she was talking about, but that was okay for her, since she only needed him to listen to her, not to understand what she was saying.

"yyy…" There was a faint noise outside the guild but Gajeel didn't put much attention to it. He was still busy trying to figure out if he really longed to see the Shrimp.

Another thing was the fact that the Shrimp seemed to enjoy his company and he had just a handful of people that did as well. She never complained when he sat down with her or walked with her; she would just look up at him and smile that cute little smile of hers as acknowledging Gajeel's presence. She even tried constantly to start a conversation with him by asking about his previous missions or about how Lily was doing (Gajeel always loved to talk about how awesome his cat was). And on those rare occasions in which Gajeel would gladly engage in the conversation, the Shrimp would always listen to anything he had to say and even comment on that, letting Gajeel know that he was being listened.

Additionally, time seemed to go faster when she was around. He wondered if she might be using time magic, since some days Gajeel found himself greeting the script mage early in the morning as she would enter the guildhall and just after a blink of an eye it would be nighttime already and he would be waving goodbye to the small bluenette.

"...ndyyy…" There was that noise again and it seemed to grow closer to the guild.

"Gajeel, did you hear something?" Lily asked his partner and Gajeel visibly shook his head to get out of his train of thoughts. Crap! He had been caught daydreaming about the Shrimp by his cat. He would never hear the end of this now.

"Huh? Didn't hear anything…" Gajeel shrugged because he really didn't hear anything. He was too busy thinking about Levy to be aware of his surroundings, even with his dragon slayer hearing. Lily and Juvia resumed their conversation and Gajeel ignored them once again. He placed his elbow on the table and rested his chin on his open palm to stare at farthest wall of the guild, his iron snacks long forgotten.

Where was he…? Oh, right! So, what if he enjoyed the Shrimp's company? Nothing wrong with that, right? She seemed to have some sort of spell on him because each time she was around, his mood would brighten up. And she even casted her IRON spell every time she could so Gajeel could eat the best iron he had ever tried in his life. So it's logical for him to look forward each day to see her, right…? Right...?

'Holy crap! I DO miss her!' Gajeel thought and slapped one of his hands to his forehead. That was the only logical explanation for him to be going to the guild early on the morning and leaving late at night each day for the past two weeks. It was just in case he could see Levy arriving from her mission! He longed to see her so much that he wanted to be there the moment she stepped back into the guildhall. Oh, crap! He was so done for! There was no way Lily would let go of this now.

Gajeel groaned loudly in frustration and buried his face in his open palms. Juvia and Lily looked at him confusedly at first but then they understood that enlightenment had hit Gajeel's thick head. They were about to comment on that but there was that noise again but this time it was louder.

"...EENDYYY...!"

"Huh? I heard that…" Gajeel commented and looked at his partner to see if he wasn't just imagining things.

"Me too." Lily looked concerned.

"Juvia did too." Juvia started to look around the guildhall to try to pinpoint the source of that noise.

Suddenly, the three of them, as well as most of their guildmates that were in the guildhall, turned their heads to the entrance doors when they slammed open.

"WENDYY!" The source of the noise stood there at the threshold, looking as if she had run a marathon to get there.

Lissanna was standing at the entrance panting and sweating profusely. Her face and body were covered in scratches and bruises and one of her eyes was closed to keep out of it the blood that poured out of a gash in her forehead. She looked as if she was ready to collapse but she remained standing, with her back arched slightly forward. She couldn't give up yet; she needed Wendy's help! She couldn't give up yet!

She took another step forward into the guild and just then her guildmates noticed she wasn't alone. She was carrying someone's limp body on her back.

Levy's limp body.

She looked far worse than Lissanna. Bruises and cuts marred her pearly skin, her clothes were torn, her bandana was nowhere to be found letting her hair fall down and shadow her face, and a severe injury seemed to cover the entirety of her back with faint smoke streams coming out of it as if she had been burned severely. It looked like she was unconscious, or at least that was what everyone was hoping for.

"Wendy! I need your help!" Lissanna exclaimed desperately and it worked to get everyone out of their state of shock. People moved quickly to her side when she collapsed on her knees, sobbing and pleading for their help, still keeping Levy in place.

Gajeel just stared with wide eyes not believing what he was seeing. "Shrimp…"


"Remember Gajeel, don't let her move around. Her wounds aren't healed all the way yet. I'll come back in the morning and finish healing her, okay?" The words of the kiddo replayed on Gajeel's mind.

He had volunteered to stay with the Shrimp for the night at the guild's infirmary. Neither Jet nor Droy were around since they went to their separate missions, and Bunny girl had left at some point during the day to someplace else, so there weren't many members which Gajeel had to intimidate to let him stay with the Shrimp.

Lissanna explained to them that on their way back, they were attacked by a dark guild presumably to use them as bait to attack Fairy Tail. They brought the girls to their headquarters that were not far from Hargeon and kept them there for a day before Levy found the way to break out from their prison. They fought the dark mages and eventually won with some minor injuries. When they thought their battle was over, one of the mages launched an attack to Lissanna who wasn't paying attention. Levy threw herself between her friend and the spell and got her back burned pretty badly. After that, Lissanna ran as fast as she could to the guildhall with Levy on her back and some minutes after taking off, Levy lost consciousness.

Gajeel was sitting beside Levy's bed, watching her back rise and fall gently with every breath she took. She was lying down on her belly, her hands rested to either side of her head, bandages covered the entirety of her back and her face was turned to the side facing Gajeel. She had been cleaned up and patched by Wendy, but even the little dragon slayer had limitations with her healing magic. That meant that Levy would have to wait until morning to get all her injuries healed. Still, it was a relief that her life wasn't in danger any longer.

Gajeel didn't know how long had he been there just staring at her. It felt like days and all he wanted was for the Shrimp to wake up to make time go faster.

He remembered what he was thinking just minutes before Lissanna entered the guild. He did miss Levy and he longed to see her again, but this wasn't what he had in mind. He wanted to hear her laughing and appreciate every wrinkle that formed at the corner of her eyes. He wanted to see her reading and decipher the story she read by the expressions in her face. He wanted to see her smile and feel the whole world fade away, because no light could even compare to how bright her smile was. And most importantly, he wanted to hear her voice and enjoy how she would voice out a 'Stupid Gajeel' with love and affection.

Seeing her like this, injured and lying on the bed all bandaged up, pained him deeply. Why didn't he realize sooner that she was that important to him? Why did it take him seeing her all battered up within an inch of her life to know how horrible his life would be without her? He couldn't even think about what could have happened if Lissanna had taken even one more minute to get to the guild; Wendy even said that she made it barely on time.

He needed her to wake up and he needed her to be fine, because he felt a great turmoil of emotions inside of him threatening to burst out any minute now. He felt angry; no, scratch that, he was furious at those who had done this to her. He sure was going to hunt down the son of a bitch that dared to harm his Shrimp. He felt anxious to see Levy's beautiful hazel eyes open once again. He wanted to marvel in that light that seemed to shine out from those gorgeous orbs. But above all, Gajeel felt useless. He felt useless for not being able to help her right now; he had no way to heal her injuries or ease her pain or even help her regain consciousness. He was incapable of doing anything else but to stare at her and try to command her eyes to snap open.

She had always been there for him when he was in her position. She stood by his side on Tenrou Island after his battle with Kawazu and Yomazu and now he wondered if she felt this way too. Gajeel felt like he couldn't stand one more second looking at her being like that. But then again, he didn't want to leave her alone; he wanted to be there for her as she had been there for him.

He was dragged out of his inner turmoil when he noticed the sightless twitch on Levy's hand that was resting just beside her head.

Then, Levy's cute little nose furrowed slightly and her eyes opened slowly, taking in her surroundings. Gajeel leaned closer to her, careful not to startle her and once her curious eyes focused on him she smiled sweetly.

"Hi, Gajeel" her voice was small, barely over a whisper but Gajeel heard her just as clear as any day.

"Hey, Shrimp. How are ya feeling?" His eyes scanned her for any hint of discomfort but found none.

"Sore." She giggled and Gajeel felt relief wash over him at hearing her laugh. It meant that she didn't feel as bad as she look like, most likely thanks to Wendy's magic. "I guess we're at the guild?"

Gajeel nodded. "Barmaid's sister brought ya back this afternoon."

Levy's eyes widened when she remembered her mission's partner. "Is Lissanna okay? Did Wendy look at her injuries? She was hurt during the battle and-" she rambled on in concern for the wellbeing of her friend when Gajeel placed his index finger gently over her lips, effectively silencing her.

"Calm down, Shrimp. She's fine. Kiddo checked her up and she went home with her sister and brother." He withdrew his finger and Levy sighed in relief. "Honestly, yer far worse than her, so ya should only worry about yerself."

Levy smiled at him for the way he showed his concern for her. "I'll be okay, Gajeel." She said sweetly.

"Ya shouldn't have done something so stupid in the first place." He scoffed giving her a disapproving gaze.

"That's rich coming from you, Mr. I throw myself as a human shield every chance I get." She teased him and Gajeel bristled at being called out.

"That's cuz I can take the hits easily, Shortstuff." He said without thinking and scolded himself inwardly at the visible hurt in Levy's eyes.

She deflated at his words. "I just wanted to protect my friend…" she said lowly. Levy knew she wasn't as strong as other guild members but it always hurt her to be reminded of that. Even if she was considered weak she had a strong resolve to help and protect her nakama, even if that meant she would end up hurt.

She was dragged out of her depressing thoughts by a gentle pat on her head. Gajeel stroked her hair soothingly with his big hand. "Don't go down there" he said gently as if he had been reading her mind. He sighed and pulled back his hand when she stopped looking so tormented and depressed. "Just remember ya ain't covered in scales or armor. Ya can't take point blank hits without risking yer life." His eyes softened when they landed on her bandaged back. "Just be more careful next time, alright?"

Levy smiled again and nodded "Right."

The solid script mage tried to stifle down a yawn but was unsuccessful. She was so tired but she was enjoying her conversation with Gajeel and she liked the way he showed his concern for her. Still, she really needed to rest for her body to recover.

Gajeel chuckled when he noticed she was battling away the sleepiness. He brushed away one loose strand of hair from her face and said gently "Sleep. I'll be here when ya wake up"

Levy nodded and yawned one more time before closing her eyes. Just when she was about to let sleep take away her mind, she mumbled lowly "I missed you, Gajeel." Then, her breathing slowed down, announcing to the dragon slayer that she had finally fallen asleep.

Gajeel's heart thumped faster in his chest by the last words the bookworm had said. He blushed profusely and couldn't hold down the smile that seemed to threaten to split his face in two. She had been thinking about him; she had missed him probably as much as he had missed her.

His ears peaked up when he heard noises from outside the infirmary and he turned to the room's window to see that morning had come in a blink of an eye. Time magic, there was no other explanation.

He looked back at the sleeping mage and felt warmth spread through his chest before mumbling something not even Cobra would have been able to hear.

"I missed ya too, Levy."


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