Meet My (Fake) Husband! - GaLe FanFic

16. Let's End This

  (EDIT: I checked the chapter on my phone and it was okay, but on my computer it said I'd only published half of the chapter so... I don't know what you guys have read. If there were no changes then enjoy this lil dance ~( o3o )~ )  

Gajeel's POV

"How much further do we have to walk?" Natsu whined. "We've been walking for ages!"

"Natsu, we've been walking for ten minutes."

"So long!" The pink-haired idiot complained, throwing his arms in the air and faking a sob. "I just want to feel the rich Corinthian leather in my limousine again!"

How much complaining is he gonna do? I thought to myself, kicking pebbles away from me as I walked alongside him.

"Although I suppose you wanna feel Levy's hair again? Eh? Even if this is fake, I bet you guys rocked the boat a lil?" He snickered. I turned and glared at him in response. "Or did ya, shake the foundations?"

"Natsu if you want to end up six feet under then keep going. I can get your grave dug before we get there."

The pink-haired punk put his hands up in front of him and replied, "Sorry, didn't realise you hadn't gone that far."

"Oh, so you and Lucy have then?"

"Have what?" Lucy approached us and grabbed Natsu's hand. "What're you two talking about?"

Natsu shot me a look which I could easily translate to 'She will freak out if you mention anything I was saying.'

"Just talking about casino dates," I covered up quickly. "Bet Natsu here has never taken you to his casino?"

"As a matter of fact, he hasn't." She looked at Natsu with big eyes. "Please can we go?"

"S-Sure! I'll buy you a new dress and everything, but I may need to teach you how to play poker sweetheart, I wouldn't want you losing in a stripping match."

"Don't worry, I'm the best at strip poker." She winked at Natsu who then turned as pink as his hair.

"This is... This isn't comfortable. Can you stop?" I gagged, shaking my head.

"We're almost there." Lucy eagerly said. "Then we can kick their asses."

Looking around myself again, I felt a surge of confidence within me. So many people who knew Levy were willing to help me. Even though I was the one to blame, they all thought that I had taken such good care of her and that ...

That we were a lot more than what our contract said.

Fake marriage, it might as well have been real. The feeling in my gut whenever she gave me a stern look, the pounding of my heart on that day at the casino... The smile on her face which always gave me hope that there were people who would accept me for more than a rich boy.

Levy was too precious to give up on. And these people knew it. Even Rogue and his crew had come to help, maybe I wasn't alone after all.

When we reached the designated area, we all stood together. The graves all stood tall, some crumbling after the decades they had been there and others were shiny and new.

One in particular stood out.

"You arrived I see, with more than expected." Sol was leaning against the gravestone of my little sister. "Well, this shall be fun oui?"

"The rest of you, come out of your hiding spots." I barked out.

Slowly but surely they began to reveal themselves, one by one. I scanned their faces for Josef and Levy, but to no avail.