Things you said too quietly
"Shrimp you have to keep up, I'm gonna lose ya if you keep walking so slow." Gajeel yelled back at the small girl trailing behind him.
"Gajeel I can only go so fast! You walk way to fast." Levy yelled back, running to try and get up to speed with her her beast of a boyfriend. They were currently walking through streets of Magnolia on their way back from a mission.
It was a simple one: go to some rich guys, by his body grades for a week, take him from point A to point B, fight off some thieves, and get paid. Now after that week Gajeel was very ready to get back home.
"Why don't you try walking a little faster?" Gajeel asked stopping to let her catch up.
"I already have to run to keep up with you!" she told him putting her hands on her hips and staring up at him
"Gee hee, try growing a little babe. Maybe you can walk faster." He laughed patting her on the head. Levy pouted her lip and Gajeel laughed a little harder and putting his arm around her. "Don't worry, Shrimp, I wouldn't have you an other way." Levy laughed and smiled up at him
"Geez thanks, Gajeel." Gajeel's smirk trued into a very small smile as they continued their walk.
Just then a little thought popped into Gajeel's head 'I love her so much'. Gajeel was taken aback by the thought. Love her? He had never really thought about it before, love was still a new concept for him. Gajeel began to think about how long they had been dating up to this day.
"4 months…?" Gajeel said out loud but very softly
"What did you say?" Levy asked looking back up at him with a questioning look.
"Ugh oh sorry just talking out loud. It's nothing, Shrimp" Gajeel told her
"Don't call me Shrimp, I'm not that tiny." She sassed back at him. Gajeel's thoughts went back to the matter at hand, it had now been 4 months and some amount of days since they had started dating.
Was that even enough time to know that you were in love with someone? Shouldn't you have been dating for like a little while longer before you start to even think of it?
Just then what felt like a million questions went through Gajeel's mind: Should I tell her? Is it too soon? Would she say it back? What if she didn't feel the same way? Gajeel's head was starting to hurt; he lifted his fingers to his brow and rubbed it.
"Are you okay?" Levy asked in a worried tone.
"Oh, ugh, yeah I'm fine. I just have a little bit of a head ache is all." Gajeel said trying to look at anything other then her.
"Well okay then. We're almost back to fairy hills now; you don't have to walk me the whole way if you're feeling sick." Gajeel looked around, he hadn't even noticed how close into to town they had got.
"No it's okay I'll walk you the rest of the way, we're only a couple of minutes from the place." Gajeel replied back.
Levy laughed "Well okay then." That laugh, Gajeel didn't like to pick his favorite part about Levy, but if he had to pick something it would be her laugh. It was so sweet, so small, and just so happy sounding. Not to mention her smile, oh god her smile. Whenever he sees that beautiful smile on her face he never wants to let it go. He would fight the whole damn world just to make sure that she would always be smiling.
He loved everything about her. He really did love her, but why would she love him? After all the things he did to her, after all of the things he did to the guild, both her and Fairy Tail had still welcomed him with open arms, that is something he was never able to understand. How could she forgive such a horrible act? How could she want to go out with someone like him? Why in the hell would she love him back?
"Gajeel? You're staring off into space again, are you going to be able to make it home?" Levy said interrupting his train of thought.
"Yeah I'll be fine, Levy, I'm just tried I think." Gajeel replied back.
That is it, he had to tell her, if he didn't he was not going to make it home tonight.
The rest of the walk was silent, which wasn't the worst thing in the world, Levy and Gajeel both loved being able to not have to say a single word but still enjoy their time together. In about five minutes they walked up the stairs to Levy's room and they were just outside her door.
"Ugh, I am beat! I'm so ready for bed and it's not even 10 yet!" The sky was a beautiful dark color with the moonlight shining down on them. Gajeel looked over at Levy, he could see the way that the moonlight danced in her hair, and how it reflected off her eyes. She was simply the most beautiful thing in the world to him.
Just then Gajeel saw Levy get up onto her tippy-toes giving him a goodnight kiss. "Good night, Gajeel. I will see you are the guild tomorrow." Levy turned around and went to unlock her door, it was now or never.
"Wait." Gajeel said as he grabbed her hand, he could feel his anxiety growing.
"What is it?" Levy asked turning back to him. Gajeel looked at this beautiful person in front of him and took a deep breath.
"Okay, I'm going to say something and it would be nice to just get it all out and not be interrupted. So just…hold your questions or comments until the end." Levy gave him a confused look
"Okay, sweetie, go ahead." Gajeel let go of her hand and pushed both of his hands into his pant pockets looking down at the floor. With a couple more deep, long breaths he began to talk
"These last couple of months have been the best in my whole life." He started, "Whenever I'm with you I feel like I just want to smile, no matter what we are doing." Gajeel could feel one of those ever smiles growing on his lips, but he kept his eyes on the ground.
"I love it when you read out loud because for some reason your voice puts me at ease. Hearing you laugh and seeing you smile can make my shitty day turn into the best day of my life." Gajeel had a small smile on his face now "I love sitting on my couch with you and Lilly just watching TV and then fall asleep together. I love the feeling of you in my arms. I love just being around you."
Gajeel still could not believe that he was saying all of these things out loud. Now it was time to drop a big bomb, and just hope it didn't blow up in his face.
"What I am trying to say is, I love you Levy. I love you more then anything else in this whole world. And all I want to do with my life is spend it making sure that you have the best life possible. It's okay if you don't feel the same way, I just hope you will let me stay by your side until you are over me." Gajeel, finally being done, looked up to meet Levy's eyes and he saw a something he never expected. Levy was crying.
"Levy? What's wrong?" he asked panicking and grabbed her shoulders "Levy I told you it's okay if you don't say it back I will understand-" Gajeel was cut off by Levy jumping into his arms and burying her face in his chest.
"You're so stupid." Levy said into his shirt "I love you too, you big idiot!" Gajeel's eyes widen, she said it back.
"You do?" Gajeel asked the small girl
"Of course I do! I love you more than anything. I love every minute that we have together. I love cuddling with you on the couch, I love reading to you, I love going on missions with you, I love just being around you." She said finally looking back up at him. "Gajeel, we may have not met in the most normal of ways. But I wouldn't change it for the world."
Gajeel placed his hands on either side of her face and brought it up to kiss he lips. It was a kiss that lasted forever, not like either of them mind.
"I love you, Levy" Gajeel whispered to only her as he finally pulled away from the kiss
"I love you too, you big old marshmallow." She said back jumping up into his arms again.
"I am not a marshmallow!" Gajeel yelled as he lifted her up so they were the same height
"I don't know, with all of that mushy stuff you just said I don't think I believe you." Levy laughed and wrapped her arms around his neck "But that's okay." she gave him a quick peck on the lips
"I wouldn't have you an other way"