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"I don't want to do this Gajeel." Levy said. "I don't want Jet and Droy to find out."
"They will eventually." he said. "Besides, I'll be right next to you."
"Thanks." she said. She grabbed onto his hand as they entered Fairy Tail and walked up to the bar.
"Hey guys." Mirajane said. "What's up?"
Levy swallowed and looked around: Natsu, Lucy, Happy and Erza were on her right; Jet, Droy, Laxus, and Elfman on her left. "I have some big news." she said. "I...I'm pregnant."
Everything went silent after that, and everyone was staring at her in disbelief.
Mirajane was the first to do anything, reaching a hand out to touch Levy's swollen belly, pressing on it slightly to find it almost rock hard before looking at Laxus and nodding.
"Yours?" he asked, pointing at Gajeel.
"Yeah." he nodded.
"Aw, congratulations you two." Mirajane said.
"Let me feel." Lucy said.
"I'm only three months long Lu," Levy said. "It's not kicking yet."
Gajeel chuckled and watched as the girls hounded Levy while Natsu and Happy came over.
"So..." Happy said. "You're going to be a father."
"Yep." he said.
"Congratulations man." Laxus said, giving Gajeel a pat on the back.
"Yeah, you're a real man now." Elfman said.
"Thanks." he said.
"Well that went better than expected." Levy said.
"Who said it wouldn't?" Gajeel asked as he stopped outside her apartment. "You going to be okay? I could stay the night if you want."
"No, I'm fine." Levy said. "I just want to take a hot bath, curl up with a book, and probably take a nap."
"Okay." he said. "Just take it easy." He kissed her tenderly on the lips as he placed a hand on her stomach. "Both of you." He watched as she went inside as Jet and Droy came up behind him. "What do you two want?" he asked.
"You got Levy pregnant." Jet said.
"So?" he asked. "It's not like I'll just get up and run. I'm staying and helping her."
"No, you're not doing anything because you're not allowed near her." Droy said. "You probably raped her, if anything, you're lucky she's keeping it. Because it will be a painful reminder of what you did."
"You know damn well I didn't do that." Gajeel snapped. "And it doesn't matter what you do. I'm staying and helping Levy." He picked them up by the backs of their shirts and dragged them down the street. "And if you two do anything to betray her trust, or hurt her and the baby in anyway, I'll hang you up on that tree again." He threw them onto a patch of grass and dusted his hands off before going home. "Freaking idiots."
"What now?" Pantherlily asked.
"Jet and Droy are throwing a fit over Levy being pregnant." he said. "And they're trying to get me to abandon her."
"You're not going to are you?"
"No." he said. "Of course not." He closed the door and entered his apartment.
"Well, just in case, you better tell Levy. The stress of those two harassing you and her will not be good for the baby."
"I'll do that in a little while." he said.
"The last time you said that, it didn't get done." Lily said. "So I mean it, do something about it soon."
"I will." Gajeel said. "Now stop nagging me."
Levy hummed softly as she got ready to take a bath, hearing her phone ring in the other room as she turned off the faucet and left to answer it. "Hello?" he asked.
"Hey babe." Gajeel said. "Lily wouldn't stop nagging me about this. But I ran into Jet and Droy not too long after you went inside. And they were kind of pissed about the pregnancy."
"Wouldn't surprise me." she said as she got into her tub. "But I'm not getting rid of it. So they'll just have to deal."
"That's what I said. But anyway, I just wanted to let you know just incase they confront you about it too."
"Alright." she said. "Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Hopefully." he said. "Bye."
"Bye." She hung up the phone and set it beside the tub as she put a hand on her stomach. "Your daddy loves you." she said. "No matter what."
R&R.