Missing Pieces, A Gale Fanfiction

Chapter 5

Levy

"Oh my god, why is this so heavyyyyy!" I grunted, pushing a couch against one of the walls, panting as I did.

I stood up straight and stretched my arms in front of me, blowing upwards to ruffle my fringe. I smiled to myself, the couch looks perfect there! Good job Levy. Everything was almost all moved in, aside from a few boxes filled with books that wouldn't fit on their shelves. I'll find somewhere for them. I sighed and crashed onto the couch, sprawling out as much as I could before lifting my head up.

"You know, you're not very helpful Tristan. You and I both know this couch would be in it's place a lot sooner if you did some of the work too!" I chided lightly, a small grin on my face.

"Yeah yeah, I know. But it's kinda fun to watch you struggling, what with you being so small." He chuckled back, leaning casually against a wall.

Him and I had become really good friends in the last few weeks. He was just so easy to talk to and to joke with. Sometimes I caught him looking at me funny, a way that Gajeel would often look at me, and it made me feel a little awkward. I knew he wanted more between us, but I had already told him that I didn't want that, which he actually seemed okay with. I puffed out my cheeks and stuck my tongue out at him.

"I didn't even know I was small, how original." I grumbled.

"Awww, did I hurt your feelings?" He cooed at me, like you do to a child.

I couldn't help but laugh. He could be such a total dork. I mean, I guess I could go there. I knew he was good looking, especially when we went into town, the amount of girls that would stop and stare at him was crazy! I shook my head lightly. Come on, Lev. No point thinking about that sort of stuff, we have bigger things to do.

"Right, well it was lovely having you, uh, help me with moving stuff, but now I'm basically done. And I'm really tired, I'm probably gonna head to bed soon." I yawned, mumbling a little.

"Oh right, yeah. Did you want me to stay and make dinner or something?" Tristan asked awkwardly.

I smiled, "Nah, it's okay. I'll just chuck something together from the fridge. Thank you though." I replied gently.

"Oh yeah, that's fine. I'll see ya next time." He grinned.

I couldn't help but notice the disappointment on his face as he left though. It made me cringe a little, we both knew how he felt, I just didn't want something like that right now. I want to settle in and sort everything out before I even begin to think about dating.

I stood up reluctantly and walked through to the kitchen. I opened up the fridge and peered inside. Noodles, random veges, some milk that should probably be tipped out. I pulled out the noodles and vegetables and shut the door with my hip, before chucking everything into a pot with some stock. It's nothing interesting, but after a busy day like today, it'll do. As everything was cooking, I put the last few plates away in the cupboards, struggling to reach the top of the shelves. That's one downside of this place. I should really buy a stool. I walked into the lounge and gathered up some of the dishes that lay around the place, before dumping them in the sink. I turned the stove off and tipped everything into a bowl and took it with me to my bedroom, knowing I would probably crash straight after eating.

I pulled back the blankets and leant against the headboard with some pillows propped behind me. I activated my viewing lacrima, rewatching videos that I had made while at the guild. As I ate, I watched all of my happy memories dance around in front of me. All of my friends together in one place, we were all so happy and carefree. I sighed wistfully, I wonder if we would all be like that again.

I had almost finished when Gajeel's face came across the screen. I felt my heart almost skip when I saw his stupid smirk. I turned the lacrima off and set the bowl on the bedside table before lying down and pulling the covers over me. My eyes closed automatically and my mind started to wander back to Gajeel.

Gajeel and I had gone to the beach that day, Lily had stayed at home because of a cold. We walked along the beach together, and every now and then I tried to brush my hand against his, so maybe he would hold it. It was a really windy day, and my skirt kept rising in the wind, causing Gajeel to laugh at me.

"It's not funny! Stupid Gajeel!"

Every time there was a new gust of wind I would squeal, Gajeel would laugh, and I would call him stupid. We found a dune that was a little bit sheltered from the wind, and we sat together on a large piece of wood. I gently leant my head against his arm, staring out at the sea. Everything was peaceful, it was so nice with just the two of us.

"Hey Shrimp, I got ya a thing." Gajeel interrupted suddenly.

I looked over at him, and his face looked a little redder than usual. He pulled out a neatly wrapped gift from inside his jacket and handed it to me. I held onto the rectangular package and smiled. A book. I peeled the paper off to reveal the cover. A beautiful sapphire necklace was on the cover.

"Jewellery making?" I asked, giggling a little.

"Well yeah. I know you don't have any books like that and maybe I might wanna read it. Shut up I dunno. I grabbed it off the shelf." Gajeel replied grufly, his face flushing even more.

I grinned to myself as I drifted off to sleep. Stupid Gajeel.

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Hi everybody! Sorry this took so long! I took a little bit of a break over christmas and New year's to spend time with my family! I hope this chapter makes sense, the beach part is a memory. And don't ask about the viewing lacrima, I pulled that out of my ass!

I hope you had a good holiday, lots of love, tash xx