Born Without A Heart

Chapter 8

"You want to what?" Levy exclaimed at Gajeel as they walked a long city block downtown.

"I'm gunna talk to Saber Tooth, get them to hire me on, and then sneak you into the facility so you can do your deal with the computer."

"You can't just walk into a place and demand that they hire you! You do realize that don't you?" Levy hurried after him. He was headed straight toward Saber Tooth. Was he serious? He was going to ruin everything if he tried this.

Gajeel finally stopped in front of a small bistro across the street from Saber Tooth's headquarters.

"Get back to the van," Gajeel snapped at her. "You're going to blow my cover."

"I'm not letting you just walk in there like this," she snapped back. "It's a terrible plan Gajeel, you have to see that, don't you?"

"If you don't want to be involved then you better leave, now," he growled.

Levy curled her hands into frustrated fists at her sides.

"How could you possibly believe that if you go and just ask for a job they'll just hand you one?"

"I know a guy," he shrugged as if her worries meant nothing to him.

Levy was fuming. How could she have thought she had seen something more in this arrogant, hard headed man? Neither of them had said a word about the night before since he'd picked her up, and she was glad. Now she could just put the incident behind her and act as if it never happened.

"Gajeel I swear I'm gunna kill you if you don't-"

"Am I interrupting something?"

Startled by the sound of a man's voice behind her, Levy held back the rest of her threat.

"Nah," Gajeel responded, a sly grin on his face. "Just a lover's quarrel."

Levy shot Gajeel a menacing glare before turning on her heel to see who the voice belonged to.

"Somehow that doesn't surprise me," the dark haired man in front of her said without a hint of expression in his voice. He wore a practiced frown above his black suit, a grey scarf draped around his neck.

Levy heard Gajeel snicker behind her. "Ready for lunch?"

The man's red eyes scanned over Levy curiously. "I thought it was just going to be the two of us. Are you going to introduce me?"

Levy felt Gajeel throw his arm around her shoulders, he pulled her in close to his chest. "This is Levy, my girlfriend," he said looking over at her with a smug expression. "She insisted on tagging along, said she couldn't pass up an opportunity to meet my brother."

Levy was so stunned and confused she couldn't find her words. She looked back at the stranger, dumbfounded.

"It's nice to meet you, Levy" the man said formally, holding out his hand, "My name is Rogue."

Levy took his hand wordlessly before looking back at Gajeel. He was grinning from ear to ear, clearly enjoying this game he was playing with her.

"C'mon, let's eat," Gajeel said, pulling Levy in through the doors of the restaurant, Rogue following close behind.

"Your girlfriend?" Levy whispered to him angrily.

"You needed a cover, I gave you one. Can't tell him we met through work or you'll blow our chance with Saber Tooth."

"What does Saber Tooth have to do with it? And why didn't you ever mention you had a brother?"

"Must have slipped my mind," he said glibly.