Mr. and Mrs. Redfox

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This is the first of seven chapters, hope you like it (this is my first fic). Thanks for reading! Leave reviews, would love to know what you guys think!

Five years down the line and Levy and Gajeel had been married for three years now, but lately their relationship hasn't been the best. Gajeel had been going on more missions than usual, obviously trying to avoid Levy and she wasn't sure why. Since he wouldn't say anything, even when she asked, the script mage decided to avoid him in return and take on more missions with her group, Shadow Gear.

"This has been going on for six months now!" Levy exclaimed to Lucy in her and Gajeel's home while he was out.

"I can't take this anymore; I want what we had…" Levy cried out.

"Well only thing to do is talk about to him or it'll never be resolved," Lucy insisted, "what did Lily say?"

Levy flashes back to Lily's intervention marriage counseling for her and Gajeel just two days ago...-

"I don't understand why you too don't just say what's on your mind. You are both very stubborn." Lily stated to both Gajeel and Levy.

"Well Lily, it isn't even my fault, he never talks to me anymore and…"

"It isn't about fault, Levy," Lily interrupted the spirit mage, "you both have to compromise or it'll never be resolved. Gajeel, why are you just sitting there?"

"What was that Lily?" Gajeel asked not even aware of the conversation at hand

"See Lily, it's like he lives in another world and doesn't even care about us anymore…" Levy stated, starting to cry.

"Look Gajeel, Levy is crying… Why are you letting this spiral out of control?" Lily asked him as straight-forward as possible

"I don't mean to make you cry, Lev. I'm just going through something and its better if I keep to myself for now…" the iron dragon slayer stated to his bookworm

"Gajeel do whatever you think is right but know that I won't stay if this continues." Levy stated as she got up and left the room

Flashback end -

"After that day, I would try to ask what it was he couldn't tell me but if I mention it he'll ignore my prying and say not to worry." Levy confessed as she bashed her head against the sofa pillow.

"It seems you're just going to have to wait for him to talk about it because until he does, it'll never find an end. Have you tried to spy on him?" Lucy asked.

"No, and even Lily won't tell me all he knows and I know he knows more than he's letting up on. Gajeel trusts him with everything, probably more than he trusts me…" she admitted.

"Well I say you follow him on his next mission, to see if anything suspicious happens. I'll come with if you want!" the celestial spirit mage exclaimed.

"I think I might take you up on that offer. Thanks Luce, you're the best friend a girl could have!" Levy exclaimed as her and Lucy giggled together.

meanwhile -

Gajeel had made it home from another mission and decided to go grocery shopping with Grey and Natsu before he went home. He hated that he had spent his evening with them but his home life wasn't ideal right now.

"So how are you and Levy?" Natsu asked.

Gajeel starts to reflect on the past six months. He wasn't sure where it had exactly went wrong but between their normal ups and downs, and the secrets he had to keep, everything seemed to fall to shit. He knew he'd be the one to have to fix it but he wanted to get through his obstacles first. He didn't want to have to bring Levy into it so he kept secrets and she knows him too well to not know when he's not being truthful.

"Gajeel?" Grey and Natsu asked together knocking Gajeel out of his thoughts.

"Oh, yea, we're fine" the iron dragon slayer lied.

Grey and Natsu both glared at him then at one another and said, "Liar!"

As he stared at the stripper and Salamander with rage, he immediately shouted, "No, I'm not! Let's just continue shopping so I can leave you stupid idiots… Damn, you guys are annoying."

"Dude, whatever is wrong just talk to us. I know we aren't best friends but we do want to help, not only for you but for Levy too." The ice mage stated as he suddenly appeared to be out of his shirt.

"Yeah, Grey has a point. Whatever the problem is we can help and you know the girls will help too…" Natsu added.

"No." Gajeel said with anger and pain in his voice. He didn't like help nor did he want theirs. There was stuff he had to sort out and then he would talk to Levy and everything would be fine.

"But why Gajeel? We only want to help you and Levy! You guys clearly aren't…"

"Enough!" Gajeel screamed, cutting Natsu off mid-sentence causing people in the market to stare. "I can't do this with you guys right now. I'm done here" the iron mage stated as he paid for his groceries and walked home alone.

Gajeel had returned home, surprised to find Levy sitting on the couch reading a book. She had been avoiding him by going on missions when he returned home from his own. He couldn't blame her since she felt as if he was doing the same.

"Hey" he greeted her kindly

"Hello…" she responded in return

"Where's Lily?" he asked as he went to the kitchen to put groceries away.

"He's out with Happy, Carla, and Wendy…" Levy replied as she sat up to look at him, "How was your mission?"

"It was good…" Gajeel answered as if he didn't want to go further into it. Thing was the multiple missions he had been on were all tied together into one whole mission which was one reason he couldn't mention anything to his sad faced bookworm. Once she noticed he wouldn't say anything further, she sat back and continued to read.

Later that night in bed, Levy decided to confront Gajeel one last time for answers before her and Lucy would set out to follow him. "Gajeel," she slightly whispered

"Hm?" a tired but pretend sleep Gajeel replied

"Why can't you talk to me anymore? I know a lot has happened and plus, your missions are overwhelming but I just feel you don't trust me and I don't know what I did to make you feel that way."

Gajeel sat up and stared at her, then replied, "I do trust you Levy and always will, there is just stuff that I can't tell you, that's it…"

"But why Gajeel?!" the script mage was at her boiling point and about to cry once more and as they stared there, Lily walked in and immediately walked back out.

"I think I should sleep on the sofa tonight… good night Lev." The iron dragon slayer said as he walked out the room and closed the door.

"Gajeel, please stop walking away from this!" Levy screamed as she threw a pillow at the now closed door. She didn't see the point to chase him because then he'd end up leaving and sleeping somewhere other than their home so just wept herself to sleep.

Meanwhile in the living room, Lily began to talk to Gajeel.

"Gajeel, you're going to have to trust Levy with the truth, I know you're trying to protect her but you are digging a deeper hole for yourself. Levy can handle the truth and all that will come with it." Lily protested

"I know! I know… I want to tell her and I want all this bullshit to pass but I am scared, and yes, I'm admitting that I'm scared… I don't want to lose her." Gajeel stated

"The longer you keep this secret, the more likely you are to lose her too… I don't know how long I'll be able to keep hiding the truth from our sweet Levy, myself. I know we have another mission in the morning, but after we get back, you must tell her" the exceed made himself clear

"Okay Lily, now go check on Levy for me and get some sleep, we have to wake up early and have a long week ahead of us, on and off the mission" the iron mage stated with concern and worry.

"Alright, good night Gajeel"

"Good night Lily"

Everyone went to sleep but the next morning Levy awoke to find Lily and Gajeel already gone. "Shit, I need to track them and get Lucy!" She changed quickly and made a pursuit to the door, noticing they hadn't too long ago left and started hot on the trail.