Gajevy Week 2016
Prompt February 17th: Forbidden
Disclaimer: The series and all its characters belong to Hiro Mashima. I'm just borrowing them.
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Please note that I'm German. Although I'd like to keep the illusion that my understanding of the English language is fairly well, reality keeps reminding me that my grammar is far from perfect.
„Forbidden"
He should not want her like this. Not after what his company did to her parent's business. But that was before he knew her, before Gajeel Redfox met that wonderful young woman Levy McGarden.
Who turned out to be the daughter of a crushed business rival.
It would never work out. Surely she must hate him for what his employer did. Granted, it was not solely Gajeel's fault, since he was just an executive, but he led the campaign which doomed the McGarden business. He might as well have stripped them bare of everything and force their hand to sign the takeover contract himself.
And then he met her. Only a few words traded between them and Gajeel knew that for the first time in his life, he regretted something.
Such a small woman, but she shone in a light of confidence, goodwill and even understanding, that it floored him instantly.
In the takeover's finalization Gajeel had to deal with her primarily. That time, short as it was, was enough to doom his heart he swore he did not possess.
He really should not want her like this, should not ask her out like he did. Multiple times even. It simply was not good for his career and it was horrendous for her reputation. But when she smiled at him, despite everything he did to her and her family, he just could not help himself.
Was it wrong of her to want him, to seek out his presence and even accept his invitations? Her parents would probably be horrified, knowing that their only daughter, their little baby girl, was considering dating the man who was heavily responsible for their business being swallowed by some big wig company. She should feel bad about it, right? Should be drowning in a dark pool her guilt ridden conscience created. But one look from him, from those deep red eyes he possessed and Levy McGarden's reservations about being with him flew out the window.
She could not imagine him being the cold business man her parents described over the months. If he ever was that kind of man then he changed since meeting her.
Sometimes on their dates, when they started to talk about work, Gajeel got this remorseful look on his face.
Levy understood. Had ever since they met and managed the takeover.
And that was why she did not want to shy away from him, even though some might think their relationship should not exist, like it was some forbidden taboo.
But Levy did not care and apparently neither did Gajeel.
For them it felt right.