Fairy Tail Pictures,One-Shots, & Lessons/Jokes

Once and For All (GaLe)

A Gajevy/Gale by tobethefairybest on Archive of Our Own.

"Gajeel, you can't fall asleep here," Levy said, crouching down next to the passed out dragonslayer. She gently poked his cheek, but the only reaction she received was a loud snore.

She sighed and walked over to the other side of the low wall he had draped himself over.

It had been a tough fight for all of them. The demons of Tartaros had shown no mercy and she was sure she wasn't the only one who wondered how they all came out alive. However, no one came out of the battle unharmed, whether it was physical or mental. The dragonslayers were among the mages that had suffered the most as they all had had to say their final goodbyes to their beloved dragons.

Levy couldn't help but smile as she thought of how Gajeel had comforted Wendy while they said their farewells. He has always acted like a big brother towards the little slayer and somehow it made Levy proud to see him like this.

She glanced over to her side, where he lay fast asleep, stretched out over the park's wall. He probably wouldn't wake up for the rest of the day.

Levy yawned. It wasn't until now that she realised how many hours they had stayed awake, at least two whole days. The fact that she had someone asleep next to her wasn't really helping too.

She felt her eyelids grow heavy. She carefully lied down on the cold, overgrown bricks. This place sure wasn't the most comfortable, but she was so tired it didn't even matter to her anymore. The ground beneath her felt like it was rapidly disappearing as she fell deeper and deeper into a vast sleep.

A sudden chill down her leg made her regain her consciousness again. Her eyes were still closed, but she was sure she had been sleeping for a bit. Slowly, she opened them, and they quickly startled wide when she noticed the difference in daylight from the time she went to sleep.

Levy sat up straight in a second and panic took over, just how long had she been asleep? She looked over to the spot where Gajeel had been sleeping peacefully, but it was empty. She glanced up to the sky, judging from its shade, it must have been around 5 pm.

"Did ya get enough beauty sleep or do ya wanna continue?" She heard an all too familiar rasping voice say from behind her back.

She turned around in an instant. "Gajeel!" she yelled, slightly upset and a little relieved. "Don't creep up on me like that!"

"Gihi, I couldn't help staying here, someone had to look over ya when you were asleep." He grinned. "I just sat down underneath that tree," he pointed to a sturdy looking tree behind him, "until ya woke up."

Her eyes widened once again. "When I was asleep?" She tried hard to retrieve her last memories before falling asleep. "But you were the one who was asleep, I just closed my eyes for a few minutes to gain some rest."

"Well, I've spent over 3 hours here at the very least."

"What?!" she yelled as she jumped up. "Y-you're not kidding?"

"Why would I?" he rhetorically answered. "If I would've wanted to scare the crap out of ya, I would've said 10 hours."

Levy couldn't help but laugh. His unintended silliness was something that would always light up her mood.

"But now that you've finally woken up, I need to show ya something."

"Show me something?" she asked. It wasn't like him to change to a serious subject all of a sudden.

He walked up to her with ease he lifted her up and draped her over his shoulder.

"Gajeel! Put me down, I can walk on my own you know!"