FairyTail: Beauty And The Beast (GaLe)

Chapter 2

Gajeel sat at a table in the common area nursing a protein shake in his hands.

He couldn't see anything good coming out of this day, all he had on his agenda was finishing his overdue assignment and IF he was lucky he would manage to squeeze in an episode of the series he was currently hooked on too.

With a loud sigh he dropped his head onto the table and groaned.

My life sucks, he thought.

At that moment, the front door opened and a small figure, clearly carrying too many bags walked in.

In an over sized sweat shirt, jeans and converse, Gajeel quickly decided that the new kid was a boy, a very small boy. The boy placed most of his bags down next to the door, readjusted his beanie and pulled out a piece of paper.

With a small chuckle of pity, Gajeel decided to give the new boy a good hearted Fairy Tail welcome.

He quietly got up and casually walked up behind the new boy. Counting silently to three, Gajeel hit the boy's head.

Obviously not hard enough to hurt him, but hard enough to knock his beanie out.

To Gajeel's amazement, the most vibrant of blue fell out of the beanie and tumbled down the skinny boy's head, stopping just above his shoulder.

The boy squealed and spun around.

Gajeel felt the breath leave his body when he found himself staring into the most expressive pair of brown eyes he had ever seen.

He felt the blush creep up his face when he realised that the skinny boy he wanted to annoy, was actually a very pretty and now a very annoyed girl.

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Levy glared daggers at the man who had just knocked her beanie off.

By the feel of the hit, she knew he didn't mean any harm and it didn't hurt, but it did piss her off.

She stopped and blinked a few times, was he blushing...? She wondered, noticing the red hint in his cheeks.

She arced an eyebrow up, waiting for him to explain himself.

She used his silence as an opportunity to examine him.

He had long spikey hair that was pulled into an untidy ponytail. He was clearly well built, she noted, reluctantly impressed.

That however wasn't what Levy was so transfixed on. What caught her attention was all the piercings he had.

With his size and all that metal, he kind of reminded her of an iron dragon.

Eventually she got tired of waiting for him to answer and decided to question him herself.

"What the hell was that for?" Levy asked, her voice calm.

Amazingly, his face got even redder.

"You're a girl." He said, sounding kind of nervous.

Levy's eyebrows shot up. "Thank you for telling me that, I had no idea." She deadpanned.

"I, umm, I'm sorry. I thought you were a dude..." He mumbled.

Levy sighed, "lovely" she muttered, before grabbing her beanie and her bags.

"Well I am going to go now, I'm sure I'll see you around" Levy said, before turning around and walking towards the staircase.

Half way there, she realised she had no idea where to go. With a groan she attempted to grab the folded piece of paper she had in her pocket.

"Where do you need to go?" She heard a vaguely familiar voice ask.

Puffing out her cheeks she muttered her reply.

"B6 huh" he said, clearly no longer phased by the beanie incident. "Well as luck would have it, I'm one floor above yours."

Levy rolled her eyes, "And how is that lucky?" She asked, feigning an annoyed tone, even though she was becoming fairly amused.

"Its lucky Shrimp, because I can not only show your lost soul where it is, but I can help with your stuff" he retorted, already grabbing two of the three bags she held in her arms.

She looked up at him and crossed her arms, "I didn't catch your name?"
He smirked, "Gajeel Redfox, and the Shrimp?" He inquired.

Rolling her eyes, she said, "Levy McGarden. And please refrain from calling me Shrimp"
Gajeel laughed, "Loud and clear, Smurf"

She covered her face with her hands to look annoyed, but secretly hid a smile, "You know what, I think I preferred Shrimp."

Author's Note:

I loved this chapter ^_^
Interaction between Gajeel and Levy for the first time!

Please comment and review about what you thought of this chapter _ arigato