Gajeel stormed his way to the his house. It was barely recognizable from the outside. Walking right in he was greeted by the same site as always though a little more cluttered than normal. The old ratty couch was now a slightly worn black leather one, the kitchen looked the same, a few toys and a high chair were the only real difference in the lower part of the house. He stomped up the stairs to his room, finding it smelled just like Levy, mixed with a new scent he was not familiar with yet making him scowl. Grabbing some clothes and tossing them in to his ruck sack he prepared to leave on the next mission. He noticed a small metal box on his old desk, walking over to it he opened it to find envelope after envelope with his name beautifully calligraphed across the front. He tossed them in to his bag as well before heading to the back of the house to grab some food from the garden. Walking around back he noticed a large 2 level structure. 'That must be the library she added on to the house' Turning to his left he noticed that his once perfectly square house was now more of an L shape. 'She really did make some additions' He thought before grabbing a few berries and some more stable foods for the road out of the still thriving garden. He wanted to see how badly neglected his and Lily's old training grounds were before leaving, wanting to get back to some much needed training when he returned. He was not prepared to find what he did on his arrival to his favorite spot. Some of the trees had been cleared and now there laid rows of stumps, logs laid out in what looked like hurdles, a climbing wall no doubt Droy helped create and a small hut. On closer inspection of the hut he found all of his weapons and Lily's stashed away, neatly and in better condition than they left them in.  'Levy really did all this for us in just 3 years, while pregnant and raising a child?'


Levy stood there for a good 5 minutes before Lily came flying up to her, snapping her out of her daze. "Levy?" Lily looked up at his friend, worry written all over his face. Given that she was standing there alone, Gajeel nowhere in site, he concluded things did not go over well.

"Lily, he...he just walked away" Her heart unable to hold back her pain any longer she collapsed onto the ground sobbing. Transfering to his larger form Lily scooped up the small bluenett and took her to Lucy's to collect her son before returning home.

"Come on Levy you know how Gajeel can be, he doesn't like surprises, he'll come around. The last thing he would ever want to do is hurt you" Lily tried to calm her down once they got home. Steel was sound asleep when they picked him up from Lucy's, Lily laid him down in his room while he tried to reason with her. "I'll go to the guild and see if I cant talk to him ok?" Levy laid on the couch for what felt like an eternity, her tears dried up hours ago. Steel was making noises in his room, bringing Levy back to her task at hand. Being a mother is all she's done for the past 2 years and she had been doing it alone. 'If he doesn't accept this, then I'll just continue doing what I've always done.' hardening her heart a little on the decision.


Lucy noticed that Levy had been crying when Lily came to retrieve Steel, knowing that Levy was talking with Gajeel she could only guess that he bailed on her. The celestial mage was furrious, anger boiling in her as she tidied the house while her young daughter slept. Natsu walked in to hear her cursing up a storm at the dishes. "Hey Luce, dishes talking back to you again?" The pink haired dragon slayer teased.

"No, Gajeel bailed on Levy!" She turned to face her love, fire in her eyes that could make Natsu's flames look like tiny sparks. She was shaking so much she dropped the glass she was furiously drying.

"What? that bastard" Natsu stormed out of the house. He had an ass to kick and nothing nor no one was going to get in his way.


Lily went to the guild only to find that Gajeel did in fact bail on them. Mira handed him the flyer of the job he took. "he left about an hour ago" she told him, a tear in her eye, pleading for Lily to help make this right.

"I'll bring him back don't you worry, Levy won't be doing this alone any more"

"Hey Lily, I'm coming with you" Natsu busted in the guild as Mira was telling Lily where to go. The two set out to bring the Iron Ass Hole home.