P.O.V Gajeel

I opened my eyes slowly, feeling the sunset rays hit my face. I groaned annoyed at the sudden disturbance but it all went away as soon as my gaze fell on who I had safely between my arms. Levy Mc Garden, aka Shrimp, was sleeping peacefully between my arms with her head on my chest. She was the only living creature I could consider as a team mate, not counting Lily, and we had proven making quite a good team in Tenrou Island

Since that incident I kept on training with her every morning in which we did not have a mission. She was getting better in a fast pace, which made me very proud. As well as, we took requests together. To her puppies bad luck they were a lot, gihi! I laughed internally. We were getting closer with each passing day, learning new things about the other, having fun together and leaning on each other; like we did yesterday...

We had had just finished a mission and we were camping, for the next day we would be back on the road towards Mangolia. It was like any other night... or at least that was what I thought.

My fucking mind needed to project that nightmare again. But if we speak technically (Yes, I learned that word from Shrimp. She isn't the only one learning new things, I grumbled in my head) it wasn't a nightmare, it was a memory. And fucking NO! It wasn't about what I did to Levy and her stupid team, she had already put it clearly that I was forgiven. Also, don't you seriously think i had done enough to earn it? It was about my damn pops... and the day he left me...

Luckily for me, Shrimp was there for me... I really need to stop spending so much time with all those pansies that I call nakama, I'm turning into one myself!

I sighed and looked down at her sleeping face and thought: I'm so lucky and happy of having her in my life, she truly is the best friend ever.

I pinched her a few times until she woke up, then we got ready and walked towards the guild with Lily flying ahead us. I don't know who was it or when happened but in our way were ended up holding hands. However, I didn't care cause the three of us were laughing our asses off remembering how Shrimp wiped the floor with a bunch of dark mages that underestimated her.

Fucking idiots!

When we got to the guild I expected a lot of things: brawls, a fire, Titania killing someone cause he or she messed up with her strawberry cheesecake, Bunny Girl screaming at Salamander cause he burnt her top... For Mavis sake I even expected Fairy Tail to be in war with another guild! But never in my wildest dreams I expected to find Sparky kissing that new chick that joined the guild a few months ago, while the rest of the mages were cheering and collecting bets around them. What the hell is going on?! Well at least all the sexual tension that Sparky has been emanating for the last month will stop, I thought relieved as the new couple hugged each other and walked towards the bar smiling like two idiots in love.

"Levy!" Shrimp's puppies whine snapped me from my thoughts "We missed you!" they whined snatching her away from me and crashing her into a tight hug.

I don't know why but I felt something hit me on my guts as if it was yelling at me 'Don't just stand up there like a moron, do something!' but before I could even move a finger Shrimp did my work, breaking free from them and stepping back next to me. I was calm and happy again, I don't know why but I don't like having other men touching her like that. Just the thought of it makes me freak out!

"What's going on?" Shrimp asked confused and amused at the same time while watching a lot of mages trying to escape from Demon Woman, who was asking 'Who is next?'

Next for what? I wondered.

"Well Mira is playing pocky!" Speedy told us excitedly.

On the other hand Shrimp's colors drained from her face. What is pocky? Is it that bad to make Shrimo get that kind of reaction? I frowned.

"Let's play it together!" both puppies exclaimed together.

"No" Shrimp simply said.

"Please!" they begged.

"No" she answered again.

And so it continued like that for another five minutes until I reached my limit and shouted angrily.

"I'll be the one that will play pocky with Shrimp!" Fairy Tail went silent, to then burst into bets, cheers and exclamations like 'That is a Man!'. I looked down at Shrimp whose face was as red as Titania's hair "What's wrong Shrimp? It's just a game... by the way, how do you play it?" I whispered/asked her.

She gazed me with wide open eyes to then start stuttering: "Well... each p-player... put their mouth... o-on one side... o-of the pocky... they b-begin eating it... until o-one of them... b-backs off... i-if you don't... t-then you... k-kiss!..." when she is finished, she was looking at the ground while blushing more than before- if that was even possible!

"It doesn't seem difficul" I simply said dragging her towards Demon Woman ignoring all the whistles and 'Get a room!'. I really don't see the matter in all of this, it's just a kiss!. Though it would be my first one. I used to spend all my time training, not to mention that I was raised by a dragon who always taught you that you didn't need something like that, which really didn't help into the matter. Well if it's Shrimp then it's ok, I thought relaxed. I couldn't see myself doing it with anyone else, it would feel gross! "A pocky Demon Woman!" I demanded and for the first time in her life she seemed pleased by my rude outburst.

I sat on a bar stool, put the pocky in my mouth, I placed a hand on her back pushing her closer to me, took her chin in my fingers and titled her head to look up at me and smirked at her blushing expression, while we started eating the pocky. When our lips met I felt as if my world was turned upside down. Her blueberry gloss and soft lips felt so right that if asked I wouldn't be capable of putting the feeling into words, not to mention that her scent was driving me insane- I just needed more of her.

My lips began to move fiercely and hungrily against hers not paying attention at her surprise squeake, which was drowned by our kiss, and used that opportunity to stick my tongue inside her mouth to taste more of her. I really don't know how I was able to kiss her like that being so inexperienced, but it felt so natural as if I had done it all my life. However, I didn't give it too much thought cause when I felt her kissing me back I felt like i had touched the sky with my hands.

I tightened the hold on her back clashing her against me, until the only thing that was separating us was our clothes, and worked her lips sensually and passionately. We broke apart only when air was needed, we were both flushed and panting hard. We locked eyes for what seemed forever. Our eyes dark from lust and something else... but I could not put a word to it. I decided to break our eye contact first and turned to see why was the guild so quiet. When I did that I found out that everyone had their jaws hanging and was looking at us with wide open eyes. I blushed a bit at that but hid it with a scowl as I dragged Shrimp out of the guild.

I have a lot of questions and I'm sure that she has the answers to them... she always does!

"Gajeel... what was all that?" she asked shyly when I finally stopped dragging her. I took her to the tree where I had once pinned her to.

"I... I don't know" I finally said "We are nakama, right?!" I began to pace "I shouldn't kiss nakama like that! But I did... and it felt so fucking good!" I looked at her straight into her chocolate eyes, which were wide opened in surprise at my confession "So good that I want to taste that blueberry flavor once again but this time not letting you go" I told her caressing her cheek and chuckled when she turned scarlet "Each time that you are next to me I feel so relieved and happy, it makes me feel that I can take an entire army by myself! But when you are not I feel so uneased and frustrated, that I could murder someone! On the other hand, when I see another man touching you the only thing that prevents me from killing him is that I know that you would be disappointed from me" by now she had already shed a few tears of happiness. And again I don't know why "Why do I feel like this? Please give me an answer, Levy" I begged, shocking both of us. Afetr all, I never beg.

When the shock wore off, she stood on her tip toes and kissed me on the lips. However, this kiss was different from before. This one was short, sweet, caring, passionate and... what else? "You are in love Gajeel" she told me with a small smile.

Love?! I exclaimed in my head.

"No, that's impossible!" I exclaimed "We are nakama!"

She glared at me and turned around to leave "If that's so you wouldn't mind if I play pocky with Jet or Droy, they were so eagerly to play it that I feel bad for turning them down" when she began to walk towards the guild, desperation and anger boiled in my veins. I'm not letting any other man touch her like I did... NEVER! I growled in my head. I grabbed her arms and spun her around, caging her between me and the tree to kiss her hard "Now... do you... believe me?" she asked after we broke apart from the kiss, between pants with a winning smirk.

"Tch! Don't get cocky cause you were right" I leaned down to kiss her again. So that missing something was love, I thought to myself in peace "I love you Shrimp" she was taken back at my sudden confession but grinned anyway.

"Took your time to figure it out" she teased, but still sweetly gave me a peck "I love you too Gajeel."