Though oblivious to Loki's intentio

Though oblivious to Loki's intentions; Gajeel just glared at Loki intensely.

"Whoa, whoa what is it? I didn't do anything to you! You look like I just released a green five-legged zebra that set your cat on fire." Loki backed off in fear.

"You don't need to know about him, it's none of your business. And for your own good, don't get to close to him."

Gajeel stalked off towards the exit of the guild. Although it didn't show on Gajeel's face, he was worried about the safety of his cat, Panther-lily, forgetting his original purpose of interrogating Arcana.

Loki was just left there, confused about Gajeel's warning, and why would Gajeel warn him of all people?

His curiosity got the better of him and he walked around the guild in search of anyone who knew him.

He strolled over to the table where Natsu and Gray were quarreling about which food tasted better, the strawberry ice sherbet, or the beef and pork ramen special.

"Oh Loki, hey!" Gray looked up from the beef and pork ramen special in front of him.

"S'up, Natsu, Gray. I see you're getting along with the new face."

Natsu looked up from the strawberry sherbet in from of him. "Well, I am. Not so sure about Gray though."

"What are you talking about?" Gray punched Natsu in the side. "He's alright. It's just that I find his character suspicious."

"Hm, how so?" Loki seemed curious about Gray's answer.

"Well, I don't know it's his personality or maybe it's the strange feel of his aura. It's like he's all happy and innocent one second, and then he's all murderous and evil."

Loki nodded at Gray; he kept a mental note of his answer.

"Do you know what he uses? Like what kind of magical power does he have?"

Gray and Natsu glanced at each other before looking up to Loki.

"We actually never asked him."

Levy

Lucy looked up from the blank pile of paper in front of her. I sighed as she scratched her head in frustration.

"Lu-chan, racking your brain for ideas won't work; you have to let it flow to you."

Lucy put her pen down and scanned the room. "No one has an interesting story, I practically memorized everyone's past; well I've never heard about Gajeel's life, but-!"

"What about Gajeel?"

"Well you know he's kind of hard to approach. He doesn't seem to like talking with others much either."

I raised my arm to rest my chin on my palm. "Uh-huh. Continue."

"Well I know that you're also sort of close to him, but you rarely talk to him also."

"Well, if you're asking for me to ask him about his past; I don't think I can do that."

Lucy hung her head in disappointment. "Well, I was kind of expecting that."

"I don't want to pry into his past, because it might be a painful past for him. I want to keep my relationship with him the same as we have it now."

"Hm, I never knew you thought of him as the fragile type. He seems the farthest away from it though."

I smiled sheepishly, and by habit I started scratching the back of my head.

"Yeah, he's actually very kind, but he's really shy to the core. Did you know he apologized to me after the Phantom incident? He was stuttering and blushing but he still did it."

Lucy had a look of complete shock. "Seriously?"

"Yup, and for the first few weeks when he was here; he treated me kindly. He's a soft person Lu-chan. So I'll wait for him to tell his story himself one day."

They didn't feel the presence of another person behind them hearing in on their conversation.

"What's this I hear about L'il Jeel-chan? How about you girls let me in on the conversation?"

Both Lucy and I spun around to face the stranger. It was Arcana, the newest addition to our guild.

"Hmm, How 'bout it? Won't you let little old Arcana in on girl gossip?"

I don't know why but I had the sinking feeling that if I became closer to this guy, my relationship with Gajeel would change dramatically.