Chapter 10: Conflicted Feelings
3rd POV
Once Gajeel was done with his shower, which he made into a cold one after his realization, he changed into a pair of black shorts that Lucy had left out for him right outside his door which smelled a ton like a certain fire dragon slayer. Gajeel's guess was that they were that flame brain's shorts, but then that made him suspicious. Why did Bunny have a pair? His inner dragon growled with angrily, and the iron dragon slayer couldn't agree more; he loathed the idea of Lucy and Natsu, and then images started to fill his head of the two together; Natsu missing his clothes, Lucy just simply blushing at that drove him up the walls. But Gajeel managed to gain composure. He shook his head to clear his thoughts and decided just to ask Bunnygirl later about them since he knew that until he found out it was bug him to now end; sort of like how Natsu is with him all the time.
He walked out of the bathroom, shirtless of course, and made his way over to the kitchen. He found that Lucy had her back to him, giving his a perfect view of her scrumptious curves, and was currently pouring the boiling liquid into the cups. She had yet to notice his presence which made him smirk to himself. Once he saw her set the kettle down, he decided to make his presence known. "I'm done Bunnygirl," he muttered, loud enough for her to hear.
The wet blonde beauty jumped around to face him, and instantly found her cheeks heating up to a red that rivaled Erza's hair. Lucy knew he was going to have to be shirtless since the shirts Natsu had leftover whenever he slept over were not nearly as big enough to fit around Gajeel's muscular, bulky body, and his other shirt is still drying. But she had prepped herself to be given such a mouth watering view. Lucy had to admit, he was pretty sexy, but it wasn't like she was going to tell him that. After all, she would just be adding to his overly large ego, something she had a feeling he didn't need. "Okay, I made us some tea so help yourself, I'm going to take a shower now," Lucy said with a bright smile, which the black haired man could see was forced.
He raised an eyebrow at her antics as she walked out of the room, but said nothing, going over to the counter and grabbing a cup of her tea.
The celestial mage on the other hand, made her way over to the bathroom, grabbing a pair of clothes for her to wear once she got out. She turned the faucet, letting the steaming clear liquid poor from the metal, and undressed. She stepped into the shower, and the second she did, she felt her thoughts immediately turn to re-running the day she had just experienced. And for the second time that night, tears pricked Lucy's eyes, and as much as the blonde beauty tried to suppress it, they exploded from her eyes. Her body hunched over, and soon, she was sobbing and crying. She then started to calm down a bit when Lucy decided to focus her thoughts on the people who had actually been there for her. Her thoughts soon turned to Gajeel, and for a random reason, she started to blush lightly thinking of him. Some of the things he's done for her were completely out of character for him, but it wasn't like she got to see the soft side of him anyways.
She soon felt the water turn cold and decided she should get out, putting the thoughts that plagued her mind far behind. She grabbed a towel and quickly dried herself, putting on her shorts and tank top.
Gajeel POV
I could hear the water of the shower turning off, and soon later Bunny came out with her damp blonde hair hanging on her shoulders, wearing what suddenly felt like a skimpy pair of shorts and a tank top. I looked down at the mug of tea I held in my hand, trying to keep my eyes off of her because I knew that my dragon instincts and I wouldn't be able to stop from claiming her now that I knew I was falling for her and especially with the small amount of clothing she wore. I glanced at her from the corner of my eye, taking in the curve of her hips, the bust on her chest that was barely contained in her tank top, her long, creamy legs… Okay, stop Gajeel, you're starting to sound just like that pervy lion of her's, I scolded myself, now focusing my thoughts on my tea.
"You like the tea," her soft voice asked. I looked up to see her smiling down at me, using a towel in her hand to dry off her hair.
"It's okay," I lied with a huff.
"Hmm," Lucy hummed to herself, sitting right next to me on the couch, grabbing her own mug as she took a sip. After a couple minutes of peaceful silence I heard her sigh and get up, setting her mug down. "I'm tired, I'll be going to bed, you can have the couch," she finished, before leaving me alone to my own thoughts.
To be continued…
A/N: Extremely short chapter I'm sorry about that! I hit really bad writers block so suddenly and wasn't sure what I wanted to right, but don't worry, I'll make the next chapter long so that I can make up for it.
To All-american rejects: I'm sorry, I just like doing it:3
To mariawalker112: Yeah, might take a while, but hey you know, maybe Gajeel might confess early… maybe
To AiMila: I can't give any spoilers, but I'm sure you'd be both mad at me, yet happy at me
To SuperPsychoNutcase: Eh, sorry it's short… I was having troubles, but I hope you like!