Betaed by WhatAreAllTheseTears

Some more fluff :)

First dates were supposed to be perfect, at least that's what everyone told Gajeel when he asked for advice for his first date with Levy. And maaan, had Gajeel fucked that up.

Gajeel had wanted to make it… magical. To do that he didn't tell her about it, he wanted it to be a surprise—after all she had been begging him to set up a real first date as they'd never had one before. So he'd wanted it to be worth it.

He had planned it down to the last minute. He spent a week picked out what he would wear (it took a lot of bribery for Mira to keep her mouth shut about it). He interrogated her friends as discreetly as possible (read: he asked Lily if he could find out what types of flowers she liked and her favorite foods which Lily did because Lily could actually keep a secret and wasn't conspicuous when fishing for information). He planned and planned and he tried to keep it a secret (a very expensive secret).

But of course, the evening went to hell and now Levy McGarden and Gajeel Redfox sat in their dress clothes on the ground in the park a bottle of wine between them.

Levy, as always, looked beautiful. She wore her blue hair up in a bun with artfully curled locks of hair falling out of it. The dress she wore was red and long, almost an evening gown. She wore earrings and a necklace, both clear and sparkly (which was the extent of Gajeel's knowledge about stones). She stretched her small arms, raising her manicured nails over her head. She crossed her right leg over her left, heels had been taken off her bare feet and they rested by her side.

"I'm really really sorry about this." Gajeel apologized again.

Levy shrugged and smiled, leaning back on the tree they sat under. "To be honest it's not the worst first date I've been on."

Gajeel rolled his eyes, a chuckle on his lips. "Yeah sure."

"No seriously! This one guy thought that going to a beach was a great idea for me."

"It's not?"

"Not as a surprise when I don't have sunscreen." She said with a small smile, peach gloss that smelled really nice made her lips sparkle. "What about you? What was your worst date?"

"I um… I don't really date much."

"Really? Why not? You're so…" Levy blushed. "I mean you're so… handsome."

Gajeel flushed. "Th-thank you. I, uh, I just… didn't really get out much. Dating wasn't a top priority, I mean there was Phantom where everyone was afraid of me, and then there was Fairy Tail and I was really hated, and then all of these things kept coming up. You know, Tenrou, Grand Magic Games, Tartorus, Alverez."

"You had a year in the council with me, you're telling me you didn't date once?"

"Nah." He grinned and glanced at her. "I was focused on someone specific at the time. Still am."

Levy blushed again.

"I am really sorry about tonight."

"Oh stop apologizing, it wasn't your fault that the carriage ride to the restaurant didn't end up booked so they didn't show up and then that the restaurant was shut down for code-violations with a no-refund policy. And that you'd blown almost all your money on this night, that's not your fault. We're going on a mission tomorrow anyway." She said brightly.

Gajeel snorted. "Yeah. But I was supposed to make tonight perfect and now…" He picked up the bottle of wine between them, it had been brought with the last of his money in an effort to salvage the night.

"Well I think it's perfect." She said with a smile.

"W-what?"

Levy smiled and shifted closer to Gajeel. She linked her hand with his and took the bottle of wine away from him. She waved her free hand, writing the spell OPEN in the air above the cork. The cork popped off and she took a swig before handing it to Gajeel. He raised an eyebrow before taking the wine and drinking as well. "I mean, I'm still with you. And that's all I need for a perfect first date."