Some more fluff for your day

thanks to WhatAreAllTheseTears for betaing

Levy was warm. Levy liked being warm. She liked Gajeel's bed too, she liked the soft sheets ("my skin is really sensitive…" he had mumbled, blushing cutely when she'd teased him), she liked the heavy blanket, she liked waking up and feeling an arm around her waist or a hand curled into hers.

"Mornin'." Levy mumbled softly.

Gajeel grumbled. "Noooooo…"

Levy giggled and poked her boyfriend in the shoulder. He tried to hold back a laugh without succeeding. He smiled. She loved it when he smiled. He had this very cute crinkle that squished up his nose when he smiled. His red eyes didn't look menacing and he flushed slightly. Levy always loved seeing him redden.

"So, what do you want for breakfast?" Levy asked.

Gajeel scoffed. "There is no way I am letting you in my kitchen."

"Why not?"

He raised a studded eyebrow.

"I can cook!"

"If by cooking you mean place things prettily on a plate, then yes."

She stuck out her tongue. He grinned and leaned over to kiss her. Levy sighed into the kiss, whining when Gajeel pulled back from her.

"I'm not really hungry." Gajeel said. "Besides, I don't feel like leaving this bed today." He gave her a wicked smile and Levy rolled her eyes.

"What if you have to use the bathroom?"

Gajeel shrugged. He rolled onto his back so that he stared up at the ceiling. His arms rested on his forehead. He was peaceful here. This. He liked this. He looked back at her and saw she was smiling.

"What's on your mind?" He asked.

"Nothing much."

Gajeel laughed. "Ghi hi hi, yeah right. Somethin's always going on in your head. What is it this time?"

She took his free hand and ran his fingers between hers. "I'm just reveling in the moment." She said softly. "I love this. Us."

Gajeel smiled back. "Me too."

Levy began to rise and Gajeel whined, pulling her back into the bed gently. "Gajeel," She said, "I actually have work to do."

"Tell me about it." Gajeel pleaded.

Levy's eyes lit up as they always did when she talked about work. She told him her agenda for today, most of it was doing research for whatever missions she had committed herself to. She also had to meet Lucy at the Guild at some point because Lucy was going to give her the next chapter of the book Lucy was writing. Sidetracking, Levy began to explain the plot of Lucy's book to Gajeel. Gajeel nodded along only partly listening, he was distracted by Levy's soft flush as she spoke emphatically and the way her soft hands moved as she emphasized her points.

He loved her so much.

When she spoke like that he saw their future together. Their children. The two of them building their own house. The private library Gajeel would make for her one day for her birthday. The new guitar Levy would by him for his. The house parties that would be loud and crazy and hell to clean up in the morning. The late nights with just the two of them and a hearth-fire.

When Levy finished her ecstatic rambling she turned to Gajeel. "What about you? What are you doing today?"

Gajeel raised an eyebrow. "Remember the whole staying in bed all day thing?"

Levy propped herself up on her elbows. "You can't stay in bed all day! You have to get up! Do stuff! Be productive."

Gajeel snorted. "Whatever you say, Shrimp."

"So, when you do get up what are you going to do?" Levy asked.

Gajeel shrugged. He didn't really have anything on the agenda for today. He generally didn't anymore, he was either on a mission or just hanging around the Guild. He hadn't written any songs in a while… maybe he should do that. That's what Gajeel told her.

Levy nodded excitedly. "That would be a great idea! Maybe you could play something for me while I work!"

Gajeel nodded. He liked talking about these things, on their shared bed during what still felt like early morning. There was a sense of finality that never came to purchase (despite the fact that he would have loved to have some of the things they talked about in bed become reality). One of them would throw out an idea and the other would agree and put in their two bits but the things they spoke about almost never came to pass. And on some level Gajeel felt like that was okay, that that was the way things were supposed to be.

There was a gentle knock on the door to their bedroom. Levy greeted the knocker who happened to be Pantherlily. "Are you two getting up anytime soon? If not, then I'm going to the Guild alone."

Levy popped out of bed. "We're getting dressed." And so she busied herself with the start of the day, forgetting what they had been speaking about only moments before and so their morning talks stayed pillow talk. Sometimes Gajeel wondered what it would be like if it didn't.