Fairy Tail Furious

Chapter 48

"She's fine. I'm going to have her stay in bed for the rest of today and lie low for a while to recover."

"Has she been taking the iron pills Gray gave her?" Levy asked quietly beside Lucy in the booth. Erza sat in her usual corner. Gajeel was standing at the table with his arms crossed, looking at the blue haired mechanic with stoic, but gentle eyes as he came back from carrying Juvia up the wooden stairs while Totomaru picked up the fallen glasses and forks from the situation about a half hour earlier.

Gajeel shrugged and rubbed his temple. "I think so, but I don't keep tabs on them as often as I used to. She's been bitching at me to stay out of her business with the meds, somethin' 'bout how I don't need to worry or whatever," he sighed lowly. "Stripper had given her a big supply though, so I figured she'd be good for another few months, at least. She only takes one or two a day as far as I know."

"She's going to be okay, right?" Lucy asked, suddenly regretting it but Gajeel didn't bother to make her feel any more uncomfortable. He was way passed the point of pretending that Juvia's new friend didn't exist.

"Yeah, she's coming back to earth now. Sue and I got her into bed, so she is going to rest."

"Can I see her, Gajeel-kun?" Levy looked up to him, seeing how his jaw clenched and his shoulders became a bit more tight.

Totomaru watched behind him as Gajeel shook his head and exhale sharply. "It's best to just let her sleep for now. Sol is coming by pretty soon, so I think it should be a good time to leave before he gets here."

"Gajeel-kun -!" Levy stood up from her spot on the booth to protest, but Erza's voice cut in to stop the young mechanic.

"We'll head out now. We don't want Sol getting upset seeing us in the bar before a race, right?" Erza said softly, offering a small smile to Gajeel before getting up and gestured the other two to follow. Lucy shyly obeyed and bowed her head in apology before going to the door to wait with the redhead.

Levy was slow and hesitant to get out of her seat, but she slowly slipped off the leather cushion and stood on her two feet and looking down in slight irritation. Her hands gripping her skirt tightly, Levy didn't really bother to say any bidding goodbyes to the other gang members, feeling herself more focused on the other female member of Phantom Lord who was convulsing in her brother's arms when he carried her up the stairs a while prior.

A large, hard yet warm hand rest atop of her head, making her blink back her tears and look up to see her boyfriend giving her a knowing look. Bending down to her small height, he locked eyes with her and offered a half-snarky grin.

"She's going to be okay, shrimp. It's not like the bad ones, remember?" he said quietly, not letting the others present in the room to hear. "I'll have Boze or Totomaru send the message tonight or tomorrow at the tracks. Erza'll be there, right?"

Levy nodded. "You will stay with her for me, please?"

"Squirt won't let me go anywhere without her," he snorted, making Levy give him a wet smile. Seeing her cheer up a bit, the Phantom Lord racer smirked before pressing a quick kiss to her hairline (Gajeel knows that Totomaru would never say anything about him being affectionate, unlike Juvia). "I ain't going nowhere without her, 'kay? Just get on outta here and do whatever you normally do...readin' or something."

Levy quietly exhaled and nodded. "Okay, but I'm gonna be expecting something, or so help me I will get Gray to drive me down here and I'll make a scene." She sent him a sharp glare and pokes his chin piercing, making him grunt with a twitch in his brow.

"Keep that strippin' son of a bitch outta my business," Gajeel hissed darkly before straightening his back and crossing his arms with a angry pout. This made Levy's heart lighten and realized that things were going to be better with Gajeel here for her dearest cousin, and she couldn't stop herself from wrapping her thin arms around her boyfriend and hug him before scurrying to the door, which was propped open by Erza for her to arrive.