Dear Gajeel- Fairy Tail Fanfiction (Gajeel X Levy)

Isabella

Later that day Gajeel just went straight home, and really reconsidered his life. He remembered back before he had ever met Levy, back when he was in Phantom Lord, and the darkness clouded his heart. Before Fairy Tail, Gajeel didn’t even know that compassion existed among guilds, or romantic relationships, or even any relationship for that matter. Before Levy, Gajeel didn’t even know if he was capable of love. But then he realized only one capable of love was able to have their heart be broken.

      That was when Gajeel went back through his memories, he went back to when him and Levy first, officially, expressed their feelings for one another, 3 ½ years ago.

3 ½ years before

      It was not during a mission that they first confessed their love to one another, or while Levy was at the library, and Gajeel just “happened” to be there when she fell off the step stool. It was not when Gajeel saved Levy from a monster, or any sort of attacker. Or when either Gajeel or Levy had too much to drink and started word vomiting.

      But instead, it started a couple weeks after Levy moved into her new apartment. First it was the sink facet, then the door hinge fell apart, next was the leak in the ceiling, and now it was the windows, when they opened they fell out of their hinges. It was almost as if Levy was purposely breaking things around her newly built apartment, just so Gajeel would come cover, and fix it. Because she was.

      “Damn, Shrimp,” Gajeel announced as he was fixing the hinge on the window, that almost looked as if it was beaten with a hammer, “It’s almost as if you’re breaking all these things so that I would come over and fix them,” he laughed.

      “Nnnno, that’s not it. That’s not it at all,” she was a terrible liar, blushing furiously. Luckily Gajeel was turned the other way, otherwise he’d caught her bluff. “You’re way, cheaper than any other repairman, all I have to do is whip you up a meal of iron and food,”

      “Right,” he smiled has he turned around accomplishing his job. “It’s finished, real easy actually, now you can open the window without it falling off,” he leaned his butt against the window seal, “You know shrimp, if you wanted to hang out with me more, you should have just asked,”

      Levy turned away feared he might see her blush this time, she also had no idea what to say to him, it’s not like he was wrong.

      “Huh? What is it? Am I right?” he ran over to face her, noticing her blushing face and reluctant look, “You really think I would mind?” he grabbed her face to move up towards his, to look into her soft brown eyes, scared, like they did when he for the first time saw them. No, he likes to keep those memories deep in his psyche.

      It’s too late now, Levy thought, he already knows that she likes to be around him, and he’s not fraying away.

      “You know what?” Gajeel asked, as he placed his hand on her cheek, “I like being around you too,”

      “Really?” her eyes now turned into hope as she held on his hand on her cheek.

      He smiled, “Yep, sure do,”

      Go big or go home, Levy thought as she reached up, getting up on her tip toes and gently pecked Gajeel on the cheek, “Thank you,” she smiled breathing him in.

      Now he was the one who was blushing totally, staggered that Levy would act so fearlessly. “And you’re not too bad to look at either,” he laughed.

      Shaking her head as she grinned, “Come on, let’s eat,”