Chapter 15: Lost For Words

3rd POV

Once the words were out of Gajeel's mouth, Lucy felt her heart beat pick up ten folds. Suddenly, before she could answer, confusion came across her. "Why would you want me as your girlfriend?" She asked. "I-I though you liked Levy," the blonde continued, however, at the moment, she felt like slapping herself. Even after everything that has happened between the two, Lucy still cared about her, which made her sad. Levy was suppose to be her best friend, and no matter what happened between them, the celestial mage still felt the urge to protect her. She was suppose to hate her, instead, all she felt was sadness whenever she thought of the bluenette.

In response, Gajeel huffed, which held trace amount of agitation, causing Lucy to raise a single eyebrow in confusion. "The short stack is a prick, as well as the rest of the other Fairies." He answered, his red eyes darkening for a moment with a dangerous glint. The iron dragon slayer started to notice how whenever that blue haired bookworm was mentioned, he instantly got wrathful, and his inner dragon was on the same page with him. His mind always turned to how that girl completely dropped her once best friend, and how she treated Bunny like gum underneath her shoes.

"You didn't answer my question. Why do you want me to be your girlfriend, and what about Levy?" Lucy asked, more assertive this time. The truth of the matter was that the celestial mage was afraid of the answer. She tried to sound confident, but in reality, she had been hurt so many times she was scared she was going to be hurt even more. That Gajeel was going to tell her that the only reason why he stuck by her this entire time was because he pitied her. But somewhere, deep inside of herself, Lucy knew; Gajeel would never hurt her. And if he did ever hurt her, it was unintentional.

And at that moment, Lucy realized; she had fallen for Gajeel Redfox. He had stuck by her like glue, teased her, didn't treat her like she was fragile piece of china, he was her friend when her own ignored her entire being, and in a sense of it all, he cared for her. She loved how he's kind, yet doesn't flaunt it around, how he's brutally honest and always says his mind, she likes whenever he tells the other guys to back off, and in all, she loved Gajeel. In an entire emotional rollercoaster month, her slight feelings she had for the iron dragon slayer before turned into full on love, one she wasn't sure she couldn't ever get out of.

"God damn Bunny, you're as dense as the Lizard; can't you just see?" he asked, pulling her from her inner revelation. The blonde then blushed heavily, taking in how serious, yet surprisingly soft his gaze on her was, and also thinking about how she had come to with her feelings. "I've fallen for you Bunny! You're the only girl I want to fucking be with!" he exclaimed, exasperated.

Now Lucy looked down at her lap, her eyes glazing over with unshed tears. She had to tell him how she felt back, but before she could, Gajeel grabbed a hold of her chin, tilting her head up to him. "I first started liking you when Phantom Lord was at war with Fairy Tail, but I was too much of an ass at the time. Then when I joined the Faires, for the first time in my life, I was fucking scared. I had done terrible things to you, and was scared you weren't going to forgive me. But then you did, just like that. I wanted to be close to you, and the only reason I made friends with Levy was because I could be somewhat close to you. Yeah I had gotten a bit of a shitty crush on her, but the whole time, it was always you. And when she decided to be a bitch and ditch you, I realized I never liked her in the first place," Gajeel confessed. Although he wouldn't admit it, he was starting to feel a bit embarrassed, underneath her heavy gaze, but things lit up when Lucy smiled at him, grabbing a hold of face, which Gajeel didn't object to; he admit, it felt kind of nice.

"I'm in love with you too. I started liking you before, then you were there for me, when most weren't, and it was then I fell in love with you," She stated, smiling softly at him as she continued to caress his cheeks softly. She knew Gajeel wasn't the one to say things so early (or at all) but she knew that that was the meaning he was trying to get across.

"I'll take that as yes," he stated playfully with his usual grin, going back to his usual self. Then, he pulled the busty blonde to his chest, causing Lucy's breath to hitch and Gajeel to suppress a moan. Dear Mavis, I've never done this before, but I sure can get used to it, their thoughts cheered almost on cue, and just like that, his lips clasped on hers, not being able to hold himself back anymore.

It started out soft, loving; both of them smiling into the kiss, but then the black haired man couldn't take it. He had waited so long to kiss her, and all this patience pushed into anxiousness, and the loving kiss turned passionate and fiery quickly. He deepened the kiss, turning his head to the side, and licking her bottom lip then nibbling it playfully, asking for entrance.

And like that, she pulled away, pressing a palm against his muscular chest. "Not yet dragon," she said teasingly, smiling widely, however, inwardly, she was enjoying the feel of his chest. Once more, Gajeel was reminded of what he liked in her, this being another thing. She wasn't some easy catch, some busty chick he could met in one day and the fuck her the same night. No, Lucy respected herself in that sense, and she wasn't going to be easy for him.

In return, the dragon slayer chuckled, pressing a chaste kiss on the exposed skin of her shoulder. "I wouldn't have it any other way," he whispered, not just talking about taking the kissing further and Lucy couldn't help, but agree.

To be continued…

A/N: Sorry, short chapter! And I'm sorry if this isn't well written either, I kind of have troubles with the confessing love scenes. But don't worry, it'll get better! THEY'RE FINALLY TOGETHER!

To rolulove4ever: And she did! I like your username by the way!

To SuperPsychoNutcase: I know! I hope you like this chapter!

To Lucy : Here you go! And it's Gajeel; he doesn't wait lol

To MissNerdGirl: Haha, I was squealing while writing it.

To FW Wandering: Well… You'll see after more chapters go by. But I will tell you this: something is clogging their mind. I mean this is TEAM NATSU. Would they ever intentionally hurt Lucy?

To Guest: Haha it would be! Knowing Gajeel is intense itself.

To : Sorry I made you cry! I hoped you like this chapter… I'm not good at writing confessions like this… ehehe.

To Bashsister23: Thank you very much!

To Charboady: Thank you very very much! Your review made me smile. And it's the reason why I wrote a GaLu. Throughout the anime GaLu was and still is my ultimate pairing, but everyone likes GaLe, so I decided to make my own story! But it is seriously rare.