Forty-Four - Levy McGarden
Levy was confused when a bag of flour landed on the table in front of her. She closed the book she had been reading and looked up at Gajeel. He was standing, proudly, beside the table and smirking down at her. She tried to process what exactly was going on. She knew that other people had sack of flour projects from home ec, but Gajeel was in shop class.
"What-?"
"Hey shrimp, I got us a bag of flour," he said, as if that settled some sort of problem they had had.
"Why?" she asked.
"Everyone else had one," Gajeel said. "So I figured we needed one too."
"But, we're not in home ec," she pointed out. "Did you get Bickslow to assign you one like he did with Juvia and Gray?"
"What? No," he said. "I bought it."
"You bought this?" she asked. "Gajeel, I don't get it."
"This is Rogue," he said. "He's our son now. I had to go to four stores before I found the right brand."
"Don't you have a shop class project to work on instead?" she asked.
"I finished it," he said. "I built a crib for Rogue."
"You built a- Why are you doing this?" she asked.
"Everyone else has their kid," Gajeel said. "We needed ours."
She sighed. "So, are we just gonna be out in the open now?"
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"Are we not keeping our relationship a secret anymore?" she elaborated.
He looked a bit confused. "Was it a secret?"
"That's what's it's called when you don't tell anyone!" she said.
"No one asked me," he shrugged.
"Are you saying that you'd just tell people that we're together?" she asked.
"Yeah, why not?" he said. "I thought it was okay since we're all friendly now. Are you trying to keep it a secret?"
"Well, not exactly," she said. "I just noticed you never said anything to anyone."
"Do you just go around telling everyone who you kiss?" he asked, leaning in close and grinning at her. "I figured it's a little personal."
Levy blushed and looked around a little. She didn't know why she was being cautious, now that she thought about it. There wasn't any reason to keep their relationship a secret. It was a miracle someone hadn't figured it out already anyway. She sighed and leaned forward to share a kiss.
"Hey, Levy!" Lucy called, causing the couple to jump in surprise. They looked over as Lucy and Natsu entered the room. "Do you and Gajeel want to join us for a movie?"
"Join you?" Levy asked.
"A double date?" Juvia exclaimed, entering the room and pulling Gray along with her. "Juvia and Gray will come too!"
"A date?" Levy asked. "I- uh- Sure?" She looked up at Gajeel for help.
"Yeah, why not?" he said.
"See?" Natsu said to Gray. "I told you."
"I wasn't disagreeing, Flame Brain," Gray said. "Since he won't shut up about her in karate club, I think it's pretty dang obvious they've been dating."
"Obvious?" Levy repeated, blushing a little.
"Oh, was it supposed to be a secret?" Lucy asked. "Sorry. I thought you guys were official."
"Well, I mean-" Levy stammered, getting to her feet.
"Of course we are," Gajeel said, placing his hand on top of Levy's head affectionately.
Levy smiled up at him, then looked to Lucy. "So, what are we going to see?"