GaLe/Gajevy - The strong mind and the strong body

Part 20 - Now is the time

Days went by, Juliana got better day by day. She mostly depended on Gajeel to get anywhere out of bed, but her mood and personality was coming back, and she was striking up conversations from the couch. Levy told her about word magic and her love for books. Juliana told about her home, with the different language, that Levy has read about sometime, and their different view on how to use magic through materials, a little like Lucy's keys. They knew things are almost back to normal when Gajeel and Juliana started arguing about small stupid things.

"Gihi, look Levy, I'm about to through trash out," Gajeel jokingly stood in the doorway carrying Juliana.
"Oh don't you dare, you little!" Juliana began
Levy giggled; "Be nice now, come on."
Gajeel placed Juliana on the grassspot outside the house. Julianas face visibly relaxed, her hands and feet almost digging itself into the dirt. She sniffed the air and laid back closing her eyes.
"This is the best,"
Gajeel sat down beside them. The suns rays gave their faces warmth and a mutual feeling of freedom and happiness.

"I'm going to Lucy's place tonight, you guys behave while I'm gone!" Levy teased.
"We're not kids Levy" Juliana put out her tongue.
"Yeah, I'm just gonna let her sit out here until you come back," Gajeel laughed.
"You son of a -" Juliana sats up starting a fight with Gajeel
Levy facepalmed and laughed to herself. Those two really were something else.

Backpack with pajamas in hand, Levy waved; "See you, be nice!", a "See ya!" was returned in unison. With her out the door Gajeel started cooking dinner, Juliana sitting at the kitchen table to keep him company.

"Soo, what's the plan?" Juliana asked as dinner is finished and eaten.
"What plan?"
"Your plan to tell her?"
"Tell her what? That you're leaving?"
"Oh don't play dumb, you might be thick-headed, but not that stupid,"
"Oi!"
"Well come on then? You like, I know you!"
"Mind ya own business"
"Seriously? When we have had a bath I can hardly breathe for all the hormones in the air when we get back out."
"Shut it,"
"Don't tell me you're not going to talk to her? It's the perfect opportunity! You've practically lived together just like a couple now,"
"Ju-"
"You're taking all the steps backwards! If I didn't know you, I'd ask if you you-know, but damn you're both way to fiddly around each other for than to have happened,"
"STOP it, it's non of you business."

Juliana looked up. "Hey, listen. She's wonderful. Even though she's almost every opposite of you. Hell, that might even be why you go so good together. I saw your aura at the ceremony. You two fit together, it's a really good match. And it would be shown like that if she didn't have the same thoughts as you. You know we both always had trouble talking about what's on our mind, especially about feely stuff. I know it's one of the reasons our relationship turned out the way it did when I left. And you have changed so much since then, and that is why I cannot stand here watching you letting her slip through your fingers."

"I know."

At Lucy's place, Levy and Lucy had an all girls night planned out with romantic candles, pillows all over and snacks everywhere. The two had a blast catching up, especially on how things were going between Levy and a certain someone.

"It just feels so normal Lucy, it's like I always belonged in a home with those two and Pantherlily," Levy dreamed away.
Lucy giggled and threw pillows at her; "But why haven't you kissed yet?"
"It's not that easy Lucy! What about you and Natsu, huh?"
"You can't just change the subject!" Lucy laughed.
The two talked all through the night.

Days pass, and Juliana was up and about almost as good as when she first came to Fairy Tail. The three began visiting the guild with all its noises, people and good laughs. With Gajeel back to letting steam of in fights with Natsu and Gray, and Levy chatting with Jet and Droy, Juliana sat at the bar, enjoying hearing stories about the two from Master Makarov and Mirajane.

That was when Juliana decided, that now is enough. Looking towards the two Gajeel sitting at a table glaring at Jet and Droy, while Levy sats next to him laughing and talking happily, Juliana smiled: "Those two deserve each other. For worse and for better."