"Gajeel! Can you help me with the oven again?" Mira called to the Gruff Man as he stopped his meal to look up at her with a raised brow. He was in his usual spot in the guild, at that small table in the corner accompanied by both Pantherlily and Levy.

He swallowed his food before answering. "What? It's broken again?"

She nodded sadly. "I wish we could just get a new one, but unfortunately, we can't afford it..."

Levy and Lily shared a blank stare of confusion before watching the Iron Dragon Slayer sigh and stand up. "Yeah I got it. When I'm done you can just give me the usual."

Mira smiled and nodded. "Of course! Thank you again. I don't know what I'd do without your help."

He smirked as he walked past her. "Nah, it's no problem. Don't go and get mushy on me Barmaid."

As he walked into the kitchen, Levy and Lily looked over to Mirajane. Levy blinked. "Mira..? What was that all about?"

She blinked at them. "Oh? Has Gajeel never told you? Whenever something breaks around here, the guild pays him as our Mechanic to fix it."

The Solid Script Mage and Warrior Exceed's jaws hit the table. Levy looked down at the cat in her lap. "Lily?! Did you know about this?!"

He shook his head. "I had no idea! I was wondering where he kept getting extra money.., and he is very reliable when it comes to those kinds of things..."

Levy giggled. "As long as it's metal, huh?"

Lily nodded. "Pretty much."

Levy started to giggle, and somehow found herself unable to stop. Lily glanced up at her with a raised brow. "Levy? What are you laughing at?" He was truly curious, but wondered if maybe he should have left it alone.

She calmed herself down enough to be able to speak. "Well, you see, Gajeel can only fix something if it's metal, and I thought it was Iron-ic. I mean, he is the Iron Dragon Slayer after all!" She started to laugh out loud and hit her hand on the table. Lily was even sure she had tears in her eyes as she continued.

Yup, he should have left it alone.

"Get it!? Iron-ic! Pffff-hahaha!" Lily only shook his head. He should have expected this. She was quite fond of wordplay. It took the bookworm a minute to finally calm down, but when she had, Gajeel used his perfect timing in that moment to walk up next to Mira.

"It should be fine now. It just had a screw loose." Levy covered her mouth to keep from laughing and failing as Mira nodded and thanked him with his pay before walking off. When Gajeel looked over at the two with a raised brow, he saw Levy trying not to laugh and Lily shaking his head. The Exceed briefly wondered if maybe the oven wasn't the only thing with a screw loose.

He raised a brow at them. "Uh..? What?" That was it for the Shrimp. She burst out laughing and started hitting the table again, making Gajeel flinch from the sudden outburst. "A screw!!! You said a screw!!! Hahahahaha!"

The Dragon Slayer changed his gaze to Lily, who understood his silent question but could only shake his head. "She seems to be in Pun Mode."

Gajeel grunted as he sat in his seat. "Oh great, last time she was like this, she laughed at everything I said. That's what I get for letting her find out I'm a mechanic..." As he thought, she laughed harder, managing to set Lily on the table before falling out of her chair laughing and clutching her stomach. "Mechanic!!! Pffff!!!"

Lily sighed. "Yes, I would have to say this is your fault. We better stop her."

Gajeel smirked. "Geehee. Or we could have fun with it." Lily raised a curious brow as he watched his friend stand and walk over to the laughing bluenette, squatting down to her level on the floor, a large smirk still spread across his face. Lily wondered if this was a bad idea as the Big Oaf spoke.

"Oi Shrimp, you better stop laughing now before you kick the can and die. I mean, doncha have a bucket list to finish first?"

Lily found himself chuckling at the jokes before watching the girl's reaction. She was laughing harder than ever before, rolling on the ground now. "Can!!!" She obviously couldn't control her laughing or breathing. "Bucket!!!" She continued to laugh uncontrollably, breathing maybe once or twice in five minutes.

This caused Gajeel to laugh and Lily wondered what he was going to do with the two of them. The cat smiled at the two in the end and decided to leave it be.

After all, Levy ended up in this position because of metal jokes.

So Gajeel should be able to fix it.

THE END