Hello minna~

Okay so I know I promised I would finish this chapter three weeks ago. But I was on vacation and I am tired, like all the time.

By the way, for those of you who also suffer from asthma, I had to run a mile in gym without stopping. I was almost done and then I woke up in the nurse's office. I literally fainted. my gym teacher hates me.

ANYHOO CHAPTER TIME. Gajeel still has a potty mouth.

((FYI, it's time to celebrate. In one of the recent chapters of FT, Gray has a canon smartphone. So now parts of my story make sense! HAHA.))

-MustacheNarwhalz
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~No One's POV~

Their meals were delivered much quicker than what was expected. Mostly likely because Natsu looked liked he was going to burn the restaurant down otherwise.

He would.

"This chicken is great. It tastes so mild though." He huffed as he shoved another piece of fire chicken into his mouth. Natsu was about to reach for the hot sauce when a certain blonde slapped his hand away.

"Natsu, this is your third bottle. I'd rather not have to drag you to Master Makarov after you burp and burn the resort down." He ignored her and grabbed the bottle anyway.

He was then attacked with a spoon. And it freaking hurt.

Natsu yelped and drew back in his seat. "Holy crap, why?"

"Listen to me or I'll stab you with this." Lucy threatened while waving around her metal utensil.

It was quiet for a moment. Natsu was cringing in his seat as Lucy shook the spoon in front of his face. Suddenly, the silence was broken by Gajeel's snort of laughter.

"Hey, Bunny Girl. That's a spoon. Try using a fork or somethin'. A spoon can't cause any--"

It was then when he felt himself be harshly jabbed with a spoon in his arm. Levy had done it without even blinking.

"Fuck, Levy! That hurt." He yelled at the petite girl while wrapping his hand around his injury.

"Well then, don't insult a girl's attack weaponry. You never know how much it can hurt." She shrugged, ignoring the shocked look on her friend's face.

The Mage slammed her hands against the table top, "Gajeel, did you just call her by her real name?"

He choked on his food.

"N-no, of course not! I called Levy, er, Shrimp!" He stammered, looking in any direction besides the blushing bluenette beside her.

It was then when Lucy made a plan.

"Oh crap," She cried out. She slapped her forehead with the palm of her hand dramatically. "I completely forgot."

"Lu-chan?"

"What's wrong, Luce?"

She glared at Natsu and began to spatter, "W-well, you see, I promised Erza that I would help her polish her new armor. I am supposed to meet her back at the room in, like, ten minutes."

Levy's smile dropped. "Oh," She said softly, her voice dripping with disappointment, "But our food hasn't even come yet. Only Natsu's"

"I guess we should pack up our stuff and head back then, huh?" Gajeel added in as he started to collect his jacket and Levy's purse.

"N-no, wait, I don't want to ruin this day for you guys. We already planned for a day's worth of activities, it would be a waste if no one went to any of them." The blonde waved her hands in dismissal, gently pushing the iron eater back into his chair.

Natsu stared at her in confusion, trying to figure out what she was doing. He knew that he made no such plans-trust him, he asked around.

When he finally began to realize his partner's true motives, he decided that he should help. "I should probably walk her back. I've been neglecting Happy for awhile now so I can hang out with him back at the hotel."

"Are you guys sure?" Levy asked, obviously nervous about being alone with Gajeel.

Natsu was already grabbing the pair's coats when Lucy responded, "Oh, yes. I'm sorry to abandon you guys. Here," She took out a pen from within her purse and started scribbling on one of the napkins. "These are roughly all the places that are open today. You can do them in any order, it doesn't matter."

"Luce," He whined as he was already trotting out towards the exit, "C'mon! Let's get going. Erza will blame me if you're late."

Damn. He is good at acting. Surprisingly.

"Alright, alright." She handed the napkin to Levy, giving her a small wink before running after Natsu.

There was a long pause of silence before Gajeel broke spoke up.

"Well those assholes planned this out, didn't they?"
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They finished up their dinner quickly, trying their hardest to avoid eye contact with the other. Gajeel was scarfing down the last of his food while Levy was shifting the leftover sauce around on her plate with a spoon.

"So," Gajeel coughed, "Should we go now?" He didn't know why, but right now he was feeling more nervous than ever before.

She nodded slowly and collected her jacket and purse. Levy looked over and saw Lucy's napkin lying on the tabletop. She reached over and read the familiar hand writing of her best friend:

-Delworth's Ice Cream Parlor
-Window shopping on Boardwalk
-Go to the beachfront

"That's it?" She spoke aloud, "Only three things?" She flipped the napkin over to see if there was anything else. Nope. Only that.

She suddenly felt someone looming over her shoulder. Gajeel's chin just went past her neckline and she could feel his breathing on her redding cheeks. "So, what's next?"

"U-um, we are going to t-the ice cream parlor." She mentally cursed herself for stuttering. Damnit. Now he'll know something is up with her.

"Well, let's go then." Gajeel said. He straightened out his back and started walking out of the restaurant.

Levy gasped and his speed and searched her purse for some money. She slapped down the jewels on the table and ran after him. "Gajeel, wait!"
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Gajeel had been walking ahead of her at an incredibly fast pace. She had been falling behind, occasionally being elbowed on the stomach by passerbyers.

The moment she had enough, she began pushing the other people on the street. A few stray hairs fell out from behind her headband and gracefully landed in front of her face. She huffed and blew it away.

It didn't take long to walk pass Gajeel, who took a several seconds before noticing the sprinting bluenette.

"Levy?" He asked, aware of her running past him. "Where the hell are you going?"

She continued running but turned her head to look at him. "I'm going to beat you to the ice cream place, duh!"

Before she knew what had happened, she knocked into a large man in front of her. The man didn't seem to notice. With the impact Levy had lost her footing and stumbled backwards.

Her bottom landed heavily onto the stone pavement. She hissed in pain as she began running her soar cheeks. Suddenly, she heard screams from multiple directions.

"Look out!"

"Get out of the way!"

"Levy!"

The only thing she felt was a strong hand grab onto her small one and yanked her harshly. Her face collided with the man's chest as she heard distant honking.

It was only then when she realized what had happened. Some maniac driver must have lost control of their magic car, and with her luck, she had plopped herself down in the middle of the street. She could have been killed.

Levy peeked one eye open and looked up to her rescuer, only to have her cheeks burst into a red hue. Gajeel was staring down at her with worry swimming in his eyes.

"What were you thinking, Shrimp? You almost got yourself turned into roadkill!" He yelled at her, still not letting her go.

Levy stood there with her mouth gaping open. Gajeel.....saved her? Again?

"Tch, whatever. Let's get going." He huffed, pulling her along as he strode forward.

"G-Gajeel," she stammered. His hand was still gripping onto hers. She didn't notice, but he was blushing just as much as her. "Could y-you let go of my h-hand?"

He paused in his walking and turned to her and scowled.

"Fuck no, and let you go get yourself hurt again? Not a chance. I need to make sure you don't go running off again. Now hurry up." He said confidently.

Levy didn't think it was possible for her face to heat up anymore, but here she was.

How the hell was going to survive this day?

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YES. GALE. YES.

GO GAJEEL

FULL ON GALE CHAPTER NEXT. FULL. ON. GALE.

I'm really excited, sorry.

((and to those of you who asked, I did draw the picture on my Instagram. I didn't just find some random picture.))

-MustacheNarwhalz