Indeed she does. What's the occasio

Indeed she does. What's the occasion anyways?" Pantherlily asked, the thought just now occuring to him.

"Oh, it's Lisanna's birthday. I hear Mira baked a huge cake and is gonna bring it out later as a surprise." Levy replied, waving as Wendy walked in with Carla. The white Exceed spotted Pantherlily and flew over to him.

"Hello Lily. Would you like to dance?" She asked, and this time Gajeel did smirk. He knew there was something going on with them, he just knew it! Lily noticed him smirking and blushed.

"Of course Carla, I'd love to." He replied, eager to get away from Gajeel's evil grin. He knew he would get an earful later. Once he left, Levy turned to him, hoping to get some answers.

"So Gajeel, have you been sick lately? I haven't seen you around for a while." She asked, hoping the question wouldn't anger him. Gajeel was easy to anger after all.

"Yeah, I've been sick." He lied. Well, it wasn't a complete lie. He felt sick, just in a different way. Levy frowned at this, knowing that wasn't true.

"I see. That's not good. But you feel good enough to be here, right?" She asked. Gajeel frowned at this. Did he feel good? He wanted to see Laxus, and he knew he shouldn't want that. But the past week had been misery. His heart ached and he didn't understand it. He still felt the pain now, which meant he didn't really feel good. But he didn't want to tell Levy that.

"Yeah, I guess so. I don't plan on staying the whole time though." He said. Once he saw Laxus he would probably hurry up and leave before the pain got worse. He wanted Laxus to talk to him, to look at him, just anything.

"I don't think I will either. Me and Jet are going on a date after this." She said, causing Gajeel to scowl. He didn't want to hear about Levy's successful love life when his was in shambles.

Wait...love life?

He didn't have a love life, certainly not with Laxus. He didn't love Laxus. That wasn't possible. After everything...he couldn't possibly love Laxus. Could he? It would be so wrong..yet it would explain his depression. He wanted to see Laxus because...he loved him? But Laxus would never feel the same. Gajeel knew that. And yet...it made him feel so much worse.

"Shrimp...what do you do when you love someone you shouldn't?" He asked, regarding her with a curious face. He didn't want to turn to other people for help, but at this point he was desperate. He couldn't deal with the pain anymore, and knew he needed some kind of help. And Levy was smart, she read a lot and probably knew what to do. Plus it's not like she knew anything about him and Laxus anyways. Or at least that's what he thought. Levy however knew exactly why he would ask such a thing.