"Gajeel! Gajeel! Slow down! I can't keep up." I begged as his calloused hand tugged on mine, dragging me back to the dorms.
His strides were long and demanding, but I was practically sprinting in heels just to try to keep up with him. Good thing, I can walk pretty well in these things, so that I can run in heels without tripping over myself.
I guess I spoke too soon, because as we started to ascend the hill that lead towards my dorm, Gajeel's strides got longer, if that's even possible. I tried my best to keep up with him, but it was difficult to do at this point.
I felt the toe of my boot hit something causing me to let out a loud "eep" sound and I started to trip over myself.
Squeezing my eyes shut and I tried to put my hands out in front of me to prepare for the impact. I felt strong arms wrap around me and lift me up in one fluid motion. Opening my eyes, I looked up to see Gajeel's smoldering red eyes, staring straight ahead, with his jaw tightening in angry grit.
He was too angry to stop, that he just decided to carry me? Wow, he must be seriously pissed off. I hope I can help calm him down as soon as we get into my room, at least that's where it seems like we're heading. I seem to have not thought this through, his best interest was at heart but what am I going to do.
Should I try to talk to him, listen to him rant or just constantly ask him if there's anything I can do, knowing there's nothing I can do.
He charged towards the side door, with me in his arms, snarling at everyone that dared to look his way. Lucky for us, the door was already wide open due, to students smoking outside, while trying to use the light of the hallway and the warmth of the building. The group was chatting away and laughing, then gasped in horror and quickly got of the irate male's way.
Stomping into the building, it didn't take long for him to reach my room. Knowing that his patience was wearing thin, I tried my best to reach into my tight pants pocket to fetch my room key, but was stunned when he loosened his grip around my legs, to reach into his pants pocket to pull out an electronic key. He opened my door with ease, nudging it open with the toe of his shoe, and closing it with the heel of his shoe.
How did he…what…wait…oh! Lucy must've given him the spare key again, or he just never bothered to give it back.
Gently, he put me down, and just stood there burning a hole into my floor. He didn't look at me, he didn't speak, he didn't even move. He just stood there with his hands balled up into tight fists, with his jaw muscles twitching in annoyance.
Whoa, who new, that an angry Gajeel could look so sexy-wait a second, why am I thinking about stuff like this. I should trying to cheer him up, not thinkng about how incredibly handsome he looks with his gritted jaw and arm muscles flexing as he squeezed and re-squeezed his hands into balls.
"Um Gajeel...is there anything I can do to help?" I asked hesitantly wringing my fingers with anticipation.
He grunted a little, but that was it. Was that a yes or no? I need to get him talking before he explodes.
"Can you please talk to me? I want to help."
"..."
"Gajeel...please talk to me, I don't want you to fester in your ang-"
"You want me to talk? How about this, that bastard Gray hurt Juvia and I want to kill'em." he snapped, looking up at me with his blood red eyes with so much anger that it made me jump back a little.
"If I would've known that it was her he was talkin' about that day, than I would've bashed his head in there for hurtin' her like that." he continued, walking past me. He started to pace my floor, growling as he started to rant on. "I'm so fuckin' pissed right now, I don't know what to do."
"Please, calm down."
"And do what? Let him get away with this! Oh ho no! I'm going to make him pay for making Juvia cry, she's been through too much to let that stripper break her heart!"
"Gajeel, wait, we don't even know the whole story yet. What if he had-?"
"What, feelings for her? He clearly said he didn't and made her cry!"
"No he didn't he was trying to explain but you kept-"
"I'm going to tear that guy to shreds the next time I see him." He growled.
The more I tried to calm him down and talk to him, the more he interrupted me, making me upset. If he cuts me off one more time, I may have to use force with this guy. I'm trying to help him, but all he's doing is pissing me off along with him.
"Gajeel! Violence isn't the answer, in this case anyway. You should t-"
"Talk to him? Fuck that! If I see that b-"
"GAJEEL REDFOX! You interrupt me while I'm speaking one more time, I swear, I may punch you in the throat! If you will just let me finish my sentence, you may actually understand what I'm trying to say to you, you big stubborn metal head!" I barked, making his mouth hang open and his eyes go wide in shook. I let out a frustrated sigh, shifting my weight to my other foot, crossing my arms over my chest.
"Now look, like I said before, we don't know the whole story, so who knows if Gray has feelings for Juvia or not. He met her while he was extremely drunk and knowing him, he likes to hide his true feelings. He may be denying the fact that he does like her, and just trying to figure things out in his head. I know Gray isn't the best guy in the world, but he cares for his friends and family and Juvia likes him a lot, so maybe you should think, maybe she has a reason for liking him so much."
After my little speech, Gajeel plopped onto the floor and slumped his shoulders, letting out a long sigh.
"Maybe you're right shrimp. I'm sorry for being so...I don't know."
Walking over to the broad man, I knelled in front of him, resting my hand on his knee. "It's ok, I understand why you were mad."
"But I scared you and made you mad. By the way, you're cute when you're angry." he said smiling a devilish grin at me and winking, causing my face to turn a bright shade of red.
"St-stupid Gajeel!" I said trying to punch his shoulder but instead was pulled into a hug. I was surprised and accidentally let out a small squeak as he crashed me against his chest.
"Thanks, Levy." he whispered into my ear, making me melt against him.
"You said my name."
"Don't get used to it shrimp."
"Stupid Gajeel." I laughed quietly into his broad chest, enjoying the warmth he gave off.
It was like, all the frustration and anger slipped away from him and I, leaving us with a comfortable silence and the sound of his rapid heartbeat.
We sat like that for a while until we heard a high pitched meowing sound. Quickly we separated, to see Panther lily staring at us with his head tilted to the side in confusion.
"Lily! Come here!" Gajeel beamed with excitement as he cat trotted over to him. He picked him, snuggling him against his face, laughing as the cat purred.
Smiling, I thought how cute Gajeel looks playing with the small cat, and suddenly realized what just happened.
A wave of embarrassment washed over me at how long we hugged each other, well it was more like, he hugged me and I didn't want him to let go.
If Lucy saw that, she would've definitely broke out into a fit of aww's and comments on how we like each other. Which is definitely not true...is it?
"Hey, shorty. Did you feed him already?" Gajeel asked snapping me out of my irritating thoughts.
"Oh, um, yea. I did before I left for the party earlier."
"That's good. I don't know about you, but I'm starving, want to eat dinner with me and Lily?" he asked rubbing Lily's belly.
"I don't have any money to go out right now."
"It's cool, I'm not talking about going out, and I can make something here. Come on Lily, let's go take a look into Shrimp's fridge." he said standing up and walking straight over to my mini fridge.
"Hmm...you barely got anythin' in here."
"Well, I do mostly eat in the cafeteria." I said standing up.
"That's going to change tonight! Get changed we're going to the store. I'll pick you up in about 20 minutes." he requested walking to the door.
"Wait, what?"
"You heard me shrimp! Get changed and meet me outside of the dorm in the parking lot in 20 minutes. I'll pick you up then." and with that, he closed the door leaving me in state of confusion and shock with a mix of excitement.
He was fuming, ready to go out for a blood not to long ago, now he's fine and want to go to the store. What the hell just happened?