FairyTail: Beauty And The Beast (GaLe)

Chapter 5

Levy burst out laughing when she heard Gajeel singing along to the song on the radio.

They were driving back from a frozen yogurt store. Gajeel said he needed to restock for his midnight snacks and had forced Levy to come along with him. The pair ended up buying three tubs of it and eating some at the actual store.

They now drove back home in Gajeel's silver Range Rover, with a Katy Perry song blasting out of the radio, Gajeel singing along to it in unrecognisable tone and Levy laughing to the point of tears.

They've known each other for just over a month and Levy was mind blown by how close they've become. They stay up talking till all hours of the morning, she helps him with his studies and he helps her with the her social awkwardness, they had a mutual friendship that was quickly turning into a strong bond.

Levy finally calmed down from her laughing outburst and looked out the window. The now familiar streets were passing by in a slow kind of blur. She watched small children play on the streets and busy men and women walking briskly while on the phone.

That's when she saw him. He stood in the middle of the street in sweatpants and a hoodie, earphones in his ears and a lazy smile on his face. A smile she remembered, but couldn't place. She didn't have to remember the man to know something was wrong. She felt the blood drain from  her face and her knuckles turned white from how hard she was clutching the seat. Where was he from?!! She begged herself to remember, but it came up blank. Like she really didn't want to remember.

"Oi! Oi Shrimp!" Gajeel's voice cut through the fog of her thoughts. "Mhm?" She asked, trying to sound normal.

"What's up?" He asked, his voice filled with suspicion. Levy shrugged, "Just thought I saw something..." She trailed of. Gajeel arced a pierced eyebrow at her, "What did you see?" He asked, surprisingly gentle.

She hesitated and started fiddling with her hands, she really didn't want to go into what she just saw with Gajeel right now. Not after they had such a relaxing day out. Not after she knew he was in a great mood.

To her surprise he reached out and ruffled her hair, his hand trailing down to hers. He intertwined their fingers, almost absent mindedly. "You can tell me whenever you're ready, or not at all. I don't mind. As long as you know I'm here if you need to talk."

She smiled softly and squeezed his fingers with her own. He returned the gesture and grinned at her.

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Gajeel silently praised himself for the smooth lie he told her. He minded a lot that she didn't or rather couldn't tell him. He had a craving to know everything about the Smurf sitting next to him, and it was not fun knowing she was clearly bothered by something but not knowing what it was exactly.

He glanced at their intertwined fingers. Her tiny hand was swallowed by his, it was comical actually and yet it caused a rush of energy through his entire body. He smiled to himself, she'll tell him eventually, he just needed to trust her judgement. God, when did I turn into such a pansy! He wondered.

Levy made him feel things he never would have thought he would feel, he didn't know what the fluttering in his stomach was every time he saw her, he didn't know why every time she laughed he couldn't help but smile, he didn't know why he found himself blushing every time she looked at him with those big brown eyes, he didn't know anything when it came to her, and to be honest, he liked that.

"What are you smiling about to yourself over there?" He heard her ask, a grin in her voice.
"Just can't wait to hoard myself up in my apartment and drown in frozen yogurt" he joked. She laughed and rolled her eyes, "I'm just not gonna say anything."