levy-reader-gajeel

[levy-reader-gajeel]

Chapter 3

A/N: Real quick, I don't think I did a good job at making this clear, so I wanted to say that what is going on in these first few chapters is between a young reader and Levy. This is about 10 or so years before the show, so every one is a young tween.

You sat in a corner of the guild, watching as Levy talked to two other guild members. One had bright orange hair, and the other had black hair in a weird style. You'd seen them hanging out together before with Levy, and they all seemed like they were friends, but something felt...off. They always tried to stand a bit too close to her, to make her laugh, or to get her attention, and you didn't like it.

Huffing, you got off your seat and went to the request board, took the most expensive job off without even reading it, and walking out. You had made it half way out of town when you stopped to look at the request finally. You stared at it for a solid minute before the frustration of not being able to properly read the words properly made you ripe it up and toss it aside. Now you just focused on walking in whatever direction you felt like.

It didn't make sense to you. 

These guys had talked to Levy before, they probably knew her way before you did. Heck, the three were practically attached at the hip when she wasn't with you, and they had always acted this way too. Why was it starting to bug you now? Were you jealous?

No! That's ridiculous! Why would you be jealous? You had nothing to worry about. Levy was your friend too, it wasn't like she was just going to stop being your friend because of those two!...But what if she did? What if they tell her to stop hanging out with you and they listened?

No, she wasn't that shallow.

But what if they said they would stop being friends with her if she didn't? She knew them first, she'd probably side with them.

Tears of frustration gathered in your eyes. It was stupid to think about this. You should just go home for now and take a nap. You always felt better after a nap.

You took a deep breath, trying to calm down, and turned around to make your way back to the town and the guild. 

A soft pap on your head made you look up at the sky to see the angry dark grey clouds that had finally rolled in. You grumbled and sighed in frustration as the rain started to fall, slowly at first, but poring down moments later.

You squinted and looked for Magnolia in the distance, and groaned in frustration when you saw exactly how far away it was. It must have been at least a 20 minute walk from where you were. How did you even get this far away?

You just pouted and kept on walking.

It was when you were about half way home, and completely soaked to the bone, when you heard someone calling your name. Looking up, you saw Levy making her way towards you with an umbrella made of her magic in hand.

"Levy? What are you doing out here? It's pouring."

"I should be asking you that," she yelled in frustration as the two of you got close enough to have a decent conversation.

"I just needed to go on a walk. The guild was too loud again."

"Then why didn't you come get me? We were supposed to hangout today."

"You were busy," you said with a shrug. "Besides, I'm feeling really tired today. I'm just gonna go home for now and rest. You should go back to the guild."

You went and moved past her, beginning to walk again.

"Hey, wait up," Levy called. "We're going the same way, we might as well go together." She got up next to you and tried to cover you both with the umbrella.

"I'm fine," you said moving away. "Not like I'm gonna get anymore wet."

"Why are you being so weird right now?"

You refused to look at Levy, and started walking faster.

"Hey," she called as she started to fall behind. "Wait for m-oof!"

You whipped around at the sound of Levy falling and hitting the ground with a harsh splat. You rushed back and helped her up right away.

"Are you ok? Did you get hurt?"

"I'm fine," she said as she sat up and wiped at her face. "But what is wrong with you!" You flinched at her raised tone and looked away from her again.

"I told you I'm fine."

"Then why are you avoiding me? Did I do something to upset you?"

"No!" Yes.

"Did someone else do something?"

"No." Yes.

"Why are you lying to me?"

"I'm not." I don't want to tell you the truth.

"Look me in the eyes and tell me your fine, then I'll believe you."

Levy crossed her arms as you finally looked at her. But you just couldn't make yourself look her in the eye. You felt the tears of frustration coming back, and you turned away from her again as you stood up.

"I just want to go home and sleep right now. Please."

Levy was quiet for a moment before she also got up.

"OK," she said softly, picking up her umbrella, and trying one more time to cover the both of you. When you moved away this time, she let you.

You walked quietly, side by side, back to town. When your street came up, she turned with you. A part of you wanted to ask what she was doing, and then tell her to go away, but the part of you that just didn't want to talk at all won out. It won again when you two had made it to your small apartment building, and she came in with you.

You moved about the small space to the bathroom. You started a shower and got two towels and some spare clothes. You gave Levy hers, and finally broke the silence.

"You can shower first."

"But you're the one-"

"You wouldn't have been outside if I had talked to you before leaving. Please, just shower first."

She grabbed the clothes, and went to get clean. You just sat and waited for your turn.

When she came out, her clothes, well your clothes, barely fit her. The pj pants pooled around her ankles and the shirt went almost to her knees. If the mood had been better, you would have teased her about it. Instead, you just went past her and took your turn getting warm and clean.

This time, when you came out, Levy had taken all the dirty clothing, put it in the wash, and started to boil some water. She was sitting on your small day bed.

"Can we talk now," she asked as you sat on the opposite side.

You shrugged, pulling your knees up and resting you chin on them.

"Then I'll talk. I don't know what I did to make you upset, but I'm sorry."

"...you didn't do anything," you whispered out.

"Then why are you mad at me?"

"I'm not mad at you. I'm just-" your throat went dry. "Well, I-" the words wouldn't come out. You sniffled back some tears, and bit your lip to keep it from shaking. You moved your arms to hide your face from her. "You're my best friend, ok? My only friend really. And I saw you talking to those two guys today and-" you hiccupped. "I don't want you to stop being my friend."

"Why would I stop being your friend?"

"I don't know! It's stupid. I just-" the words left you. "I don't know," you finished softly.

Levy was still for a moment, taking in your words, before she moved closer and hugged you. A stuttered sob left you and you couldn't hold back your tears anymore. You quickly wrapped your own arms around Levy.

"I'm sorry I'm being weird and stupid," you mumbled into her clothes.

"It's ok. We're both weird and stupid sometimes."

You huffed out a laugh.

"When have you ever been stupid."

"Last week. You went on that hunting quest and you were gone for so long I thought you had been hurt. I was about to come looking for you."

You scoffed. "As if I'd get hurt on a small hunt."

"I knew you wouldn't, you're really strong, but that didn't stop that little voice in my head from telling me you were dead. And it didn't stop me from actually believing it."

"...I don't like how smart you are sometimes."

"I know, but you love me."

You smiled. "Yeah, I do love you." You just didn't realize how much you loved her yet.

[levy-reader-gajeel]

Chapter 2

You sat next to Levy in the guild, head resting on your arms against the table, legs swinging back and forth, listening to her read another book. This is how most days went for you now. Meeting her in town or in the guild and having her read to you.

Levy tried to get you to read once or twice, but gave up after you almost destroyed the second book out of frustration. The words were just too hard to understand, and looking at them gave you a head ache. 

Today's book was another short fantasy novel, with princesses, dragons, nights, and great kings. It was a bit cliché, well actually very cliché, and you could see the ending from a mile away, but you couldn't help but listen. Levy had an amazing voice, and she always found a way to pull you in. Plus...you loved the stupid sappy ending. They always made you happy.

"Are you even paying attention," Levy asked after a few pages.

"Yes," you cried indignantly. "The stupid knight just found the sword, and now he's trying to find the tower! And the dragon's on their way back to the tower to guard the princess, but she's already gone cause she got hungry and bored!"

Levy laughed at your little outburst. "OK, OK. You just seemed pretty zoned out is all." 

"I was just really into the story," you mumbled out.

Levy laughed again, going back to the book and trying to pick up where she left off. She was interrupted before she could continue though by the guilds resident loud mouth pyromaniac.

Natsu stood a few tables away, on the table no less, proclaiming for all to hear about how powerful he was. Gray yelled at him to get down, and Natsu quickly responded with a blast towards the ice wizard. The two quickly broke out into a brawl, getting the people around them involved in no time flat.

You groaned, and let your head smack the table. 

A fight was bound to happen eventually, this was Fairy Tail after all, but you knew there would be no end to it today. Erza was out on a quest, and without her there to keep the idiots in line, you were doomed.

"C'mon, we can go to the park again," Levy said, marking the book and putting it away in her bag.

"But it's cold today, and the grass will be wet."

"What. Are you afraid of some water now," she teased you.

"No! Wet pants are just annoying, ok!"

"We can always stop and get a blanket. Now come on. Don't be a big baby."

"Big ba- I'm not a big baby," you grumbled, pushing away from the table to follow Levy. She just kept laughing as you both walked towards the exit.

Right before you were able to leave, a chair came flying and hit you in the back. It was silent for a moment, before Natsu started to laugh loudly. Levi helped you up, and you both started to walk for the exit again.

"Are you ok," Levi asked once you two got a few steps outside.

You shrugged before responding. "I'll be fine. Not the worse thing I've been through."

Levi looked at you for a second before snorting.

"What," you asked.

"N-nothing," she said, trying to hold in a laugh, and failing miserably two seconds later. "It's just- you said that so seriously!!!"

"Hey! Don't laugh at me! I have been through worse than a chair to the back."

"I know, but jeez, the way you said it."

You pout some more as the two of you finally make it to the park and moved to fhe tree you've unofficially claimed. Levy worked on pulling her book back out, as you worked on clearing a spot for you two to sit. You glared at the wet grass as you moved twigs and leaves out of the way.

"Ah, shoot," Levy said, as a different book fell out of her bag.

Cunabula Daemoniorum.

You started at the odd title, before picking the book up, and sitting down.

"What's this one about?"

"Oh, uh, it's not that important. It's just about the Septem Daemoniorum Gentes."

You flipped through the book as Levy started to talk.

"It's a nation, well seven nations, that all use demon magic and-"

"The maps wrong."

"Huh," Levy peaked over your shoulder and looked at the page you were on. It showed a map of the seven desert nations, each one having their capital cities marked. "What's wrong with it?"

You pointed to an empty spot near the center of the map.

"They didn't put the Octo Oasis here."

"What?"

"The Octo Oasis. There are eight grand oasis', there's a  city built around each one, with the eighth being in the center."

"Why are there eight?"

"I don't know why there are eight, but it would suck if there weren't. And they aren't really seven nations, just seven really big city states that work together."

"How do you know all this? Wait," Levy smiled and her eyes seemed to sparkle. "Is this where you're from!?!?"

You kept your eyes on the map, looking at all the inaccuracies, and shrugged.

"Technically, I'm from here," you pointed to an oasis that was slightly east, and farther north than the center one. It sat at the base of a mountain, and was a bit more lush than the others.

"Seg-nit-ies," Levy tried sounding out the word, and you tried hold back your laugh. "What! That's how it's spelt."

"That's not how we say it though."

"How do you say it then," Levy asked with genuine curiosity.

"Segnities," you said it fast and simple, and Levy tilted her head to the side.

"Could you maybe...say it slower."

You smiled and laughed gently.

"Ok, try saying it like this. Sen-yeh-tes."

"Sand-yetis."

"Close enough," you laughed again.

"What does it mean?"

You didn't answer for a moment, debating about whether or not to tell the truth. But you knew Levy, and you knew she would figure it out one her own eventually anyway.

"It means sloth. That was the magic the arch demon that made the oasis had."

"Wait, so this oasis is called sloth, but that one is just a number?"

"Yeah, I have no idea why. Maybe the people naming them got lazy."

Levy nodded in agreement, before flipping to a different page. There was a diagram of a piece of jewelry in the center, and a long paragraph next to it, probably trying to explain it.

"What about this? I think something got lost in translation. It says that people split there souls, and put the pieces in jewelry, or other things like that."

"What, that's ridiculous," you grabbed the book and put your face directly in it, as if you could actually read any of the words. "Splitting a soul would ruin it! You need to keep it whole, or you'd ruin the person."

"Wait, so people actually put their souls into jewelry there?"

You moved to book away from your face. 

"Well, yeah, but not just any jewelry. It has to be blessed, otherwise there's no point in taking it out of a person's body."

Levy shouldered up to you and looked at the book.

"I'm even more confused now. Why would you even want to remove your soul? Isn't it important?"

You felt a headache coming on.

"Yeah it's important, it's your soul. That's why you put it into blessed jewelry, otherwise it'd be corrupted by demons."

"Why would a demon corrupt your soul?"

"Well, they don't do it on purpose. It's just what happens," you shrugged. "So, a long time ago, some people worked together with demons to figure out a way to protect our souls. It took a lot of trial and error, but the eventually found out how to do it."

"Have you done it yet?"

"Yeah. It usually gets taken out around the age of five. Too young, and the person looses the connection to their own soul. Too old, the bonds too strong, and the pain and trauma could kill you."

Levy shuddered, before flipping to a different page.

"Ok, what's going on here?"

And the two of you spent the rest of the day like that, looking at pages, and verbally destroying all the inaccuracies.

[levy-reader-gajeel]

Chapter One

The loud noise of the guild hall assaulted your ears, and you found yourself once again asking why you had joined. You had always hated crowds and noise, and it was almost impossible to avoid it here. You could understand a cheer or a small celebration if someone came home unscathed, but the constant unrelenting and unorganized sounds that came from around you nearly drove you insane.

Some movement caught the corner of your eye. Looking over, you noticed Natsu and Gray, two kids about your age, butting heads, both literally and figuratively. It was only a matter of seconds before they started a full out brawl again. You wanted to get out of the guild before that happened, so you got up from your little table in the corner and walked out.

Magnolia was a beautiful place. It was so different from your old home. The houses were smaller, but taller, and the streets were paved with a different kind of stone. There was also a lot more plant life in the town, and the river that ran through was something new to you. The animals were different too, and a bird of some sort flying over head distracted you, just long enough to trip over something.

And in front of someone no less.

"Are you ok," the girl put her book down, and got up to check on you.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I should have been paying attention," you said, pushing yourself up and brushing off the dirt. You still hadn't really looked at the her.

"Here, let me help," she walked closer, and started to brush off some dirt you had missed. "Oh, I know you."

You finally looked at her. She had light blue hair and big brown eyes, and looking closer you realized you knew her too.

"Oh, yeah. You're from the guild."

"Yep! I'm Levy. And you're Y/N, right?"

"Uh, yeah."

"Why aren't you at the guild," she asked, tilting her head to the side like a puppy. It was so...cute. You crossed your arms and looked away, not wanting her to see the heat rising to your face.

"W-well, I could ask you the same question."

"It was too noisy in there for me to read."

You looked back at her, not expecting that answer, or well any answer.

"W-well, what are you reading?"

"Uh-uh, you've got to answer my question before I answer another one of yours."

"Huh?"

"Why did you leave the guild," she asked again, and you felt stupid for forgetting it so soon.

"Well, kinda the same reason as you. It was really noisy, and Natsu and Gray were starting a fight that I didn't want to get involved in."

"I'm surprised no one else left."

"Well, that's most of Fairy Tail for you. Always ready to get into a fight."

"Yeah."

It was quiet for an awkward moment or two before Levy started talking agian.

"Do you want to come read with me? I have some extra books."

"Uh-sure, sure."

Levy smiled and grabbed your hand, pulling you to the tree she had been leaning against. She dug into her bag and pulled out two books, one with a black leather cover, and the other a light blue that almost matched her hair.

"Which one? I think this one," she moved the black book, "is about a dragon falling in love with a peasant girl, and kidnapping her instead of the princess, and this one," she moved the blue one, "is about a princess falling in love with a demon, or some kind of monster like that. I haven't actually read this one yet."

"The blue one please."

"Ok," she smiled and handed it over to you, before picking up her other book and starting to read it again.

You stared at her for a moment, just taking in her features, and how relaxed and at ease she seemed to be right now. Realizing that you might have been looking too long, you quickly opened the book and tried to read it. Tried being the key word.

"Uh-oh," you mumbled, thinking Levy wouldn't hear you.

"What's wrong," she asked looking up from her book.

"Oh! Uh-nothing, nothing."

"Do you not know how to read," she asked rather innocently.

"Of course I know how to read," you snapped back. "I just...don't know how to read this. The letters are weird."

Levy looked over your shoulder at the page, and once again tilted her head.

"It looks normal to me."

"Yeah, well it doesn't to me."

Levy seemed to think about this for a moment, before it dawned on her.

"That's right, you're not from Fiore."

"No, I'm not," you grumbled.

"Well, I'll read it to you then."

"Huh," you asked, not because you didn't hear her, but you thought she hadn't heard herself yet.

"I'll read the book to you."

"But...why."

"I want to be your friend. And seeing as I was the one that suggested reading, I think it's only fair that I read to you. That way we can both enjoy it."

You thought about it.

"You don't mind," you finally asked.

Levy shook her head.

"Well, if you really want to, I guess you could read it to me."

Levy clapped her hands together, giving a little cheer, before setting her book aside, and reaching for yours. She opened the book, and set it in her lap, while you moved next to her, leaning against the tree. Once you were both comfortable, Levy started.

"I never thought I would meet a demon, but I guess life had other plans..."

[levy-reader-gajeel]

Ok, so I've been working on an actual story that's gonna be levy x reader x gajeel. The issue is I can't seem to get past the second chapter right now😩 Once I have that out of the way hopefully things will start to flow better. If you guys would like I can't post the first chapter now though.

[levy-reader-gajeel]

50 Angsty Questions Prompt List

“And that makes it okay?”

“Are you afraid to die?”

“What would you do if I didn’t come back?”

“Do you know what it’s like?”

“Hasn’t this addiction done enough damage already?”

“Why are your eyes so red?”

“How do you think this ends?”

“Why would I ever want to be with you?”

“Is that what you think of me?”

“Do you know what a gunshot wound feels like?”

“How am I supposed to go on?”

“Can’t you see how fucked up this is?”

“If I told you I hate you, what would you do?”

“Should you be drinking that much?”

“What if we just crash this car and make it all stop?”

“Do the drugs still get you high?”

“Am I the reason you cry every night?”

“When did you stop loving me?”

“Don’t you think you’ve done enough?”

“How did things go so wrong?”

“When did things fall apart?”

“Which part of me wasn’t enough?”

“How do I make you love me again?”

“How much does it hurt knowing you lost me?”

“We’re you trying to destroy us?”

“How do you want to die?”

“Is the weight of it all finally too heavy?”

“Are you okay with having blood on your hands?”

“How do you sleep at night?”

“Can you still sleep at night?”

“Is being high all the time worth losing everything?”

“Can you feel the blood draining from your body?”

“Do you know how it feels to wish for death every day?”

“Will you miss me at all?”

“Can I have one last kiss?”

“Do you understand what you’ve done?”

“Is this how you thought your life would be?”

“Did you expect this to turn out better?”

“Can you really blame me?”

“How could you do this?”

“Can you be the one to do it?”

“Does this mean what I think it means?”

“Are you leaving?”

“How do we fix this?”

“Would you hate me?”

“Do you want to die?”

“How many more innocent people have to die?”

“Can you promise me no one else has to get hurt?”

“Are you satisfied now…?”

“Do you even know what love feels like?”

[levy-reader-gajeel]

*gajeel has finally gotten sick*

Levy: Gajeel, I'm going to the store, do you need anything?

Gajeel: *groans from the bed*

Levy: I'll get the medicine, and Y/N will get you something to eat, ok?

Gajeel: *sits up so fast his head spins* No! You make the food. Y/N will poison me!

Y/N: I wouldn't poison you!...I already know it doesn't work, damn your iron stomach.

Levy:Y/N!!!

Y/N: what? I only tried it once!

Levy: just...just make some soup

*levy leaves*

Y/N: hehehehe, hahahaha, MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[levy-reader-gajeel]

Y/N: Levyyy, I don't feel good.

Levy: I told you this would happen.

Y/N: I'm not sick, I just don't feel good.

Levy:...you just don't want to take any medicine.

Y/L: No! It's gross, and tastes bad, and doesn't even help me!

Levy:...Gajeel! Hold them down while I get the medicine!

Gajeel:*yeets into room and tackles y/n*

Y/N: No! How dare you, you traitor! I'll never forgive you!

Gajeel: gi hi hi hi

[levy-reader-gajeel]

Y/N: Gajeel, Levy's sick!

Gajeel: Activate plan alpha!

Y/N:*saluting* Aye sir

-an hour later-

Levy: *sick in bed* what are you two doing

Y/N: We made you soup, and Gajeel is on his was to the store to get medicine right now! Untill he gets back it's cuddle time!!!

Levy: don't, you'll get sick too

Y/N: it's a price I'm willing to pay

[levy-reader-gajeel]

Y/N: Levy, what's a love bird? Someone said we looked like them earlier.

Levy: Love birds aren't actual birds. They were just teasing us

Y/N: *teasing=bad, teasing+levy=rage*