"It feels so good to be home." Levy took a deep breath of comfortable home air as she took first step inside. Placing a food down to hold the door open, she waited for her friends to enter behind her. As she waited for bodies to enter, she pulled her arms behind her head putting a strain on her joints. The satisfying 'pop' when pulled just right brought upon the half smile on her face.

"I should be the only one happy 'bout that short stuff." Gajeel lugged himself inside a few heavy steps behind the blunette. He caught the door frame using it for leverage while catching his breath with ragged in and exhales. What wasn't expected from his night was riding home with Levy in her small car. The narrow space that it allowed him was uncomfortable enough to deal with without the nauseating bumps and dips in the road. The 'scenic' route that Levy took was grueling. Lily didn't help the situation when he dug his nails into Gajeel's face holding on for deal life from the movement.

The small feline appeared moment later hesitantly making his appearance from inside of Gajeel's jacket. He poked his button nose from behind the leather making sure his surroundings were balanced.

Gajeel plucked him out from hiding to hold him by the scruff of his neck. "Come on Lil, it's not like there's thunder." He scoffed at the cat who could not respond to his misplaced lecture.

Levy turned to the one sided squabble just to witness what could only be fear on Lily's furry face. "Thunder?" She unwillingly provoked the feline with just one word.

"Rowan, how about you go and give Lily some kiwis?" The blunette searched to rectify his fallen ears with a treat.

As Levy spoke the magic word, Lily's petite bear like ears twitched as if he had knowing the name of his favorite food. He jumped away at the opportunity leaving the two behind with the petite boy who would lead him to his world.

"N-Natsu get a hold of yourself." Lucy found it harder to carry the man whose legs were slowly giving out.

"I can't…keep going…" Natsu slumped further on the blonde's shoulder dropping his full weight on her.

"Lu let me help you." Levy reached an arm out before being stopped by a grip to her shoulder.

"Huh?" She looked up at the man holding her back.

"He's okay." Gajeel snorted knowing his reasoning for his pain. Yes, he suffered the same motion sickness but was able to hide it much better. For a good time, Gajeel blamed Natsu for spreading the 'disease' to him.

"I've got him Levy, don't worry." Lucy looked up from her slumped position with a weak smile slowly caving to his weight. She managed to drop him into the nearest love seat able to support his weight much easier.

"Lucy don't leave me." He managed to articulate after a few attempts despite the shakiness of his lips rattling his words. He held onto the woman's arms as he desperately searched for his balance despite being grounded.

Lucy felt a beat of sweat run down the side of her cheek as she looked towards the queasy man. "You're okay." She carefully brushed a darkened pink lock away from his moist forehead. She placed herself on the arm rest as his hand reused to loosen its grip to letting her go.

His rough callused hand wrapped easily around her thin smooth arm holding her at a safe and close distance.

A soft smile began to dust on her lips to the soft sight. He was much softer when his large mouth didn't cause a commotion. "Don't worry, you're fine." Lucy attempted to reassure before she picked her head up to giggles and a grunt. "H-Huh…?" the pair who she had forgotten about was in her sight each reacting differently.

The caught their tender moment witnessing their soft care.

"I'll go get him a pillow." With a smile on her face, Levy tried to keep them together. "Stay." She turned her direction rushing upstairs before Lucy could offer to seek one out herself.

"Right behind yah shrimp." Gajeel snorted as he followed the petite blunette as he spent a moment alone with the two in silence. He followed behind with heavier and slower step to the stairs finding her mid-reach.

"Hold on." Offering to help as it was evident of her struggle to her shaking body. Being unbalanced on her tippy toes was not the easiest position to retain.

Before he could, the curvature of her body stopped him in his tracks. The curve that her side profile provided her lower half stole his breath. "Yer testin' me…'

"Huh? Did you say something?" Levy turned to picking up on his muttering unable to distinguish what he had said.

Gajeel coughed, "Nothin'." He set his eyes away from focus on his main priority of helping her.

Levy sighed in relief as he could be of aid. "Thank you." She dropped into normal height flat on her sandals relieving her shaky legs.

"Yeah no problem shrimp." Gajeel pushed the pink tone quickly from his cheeks to help her out.

He easily reached into the upper cabinet picking out the first pillow once held in storage. He shook his head to the thought of how they could have made it there in the first place. The thought of a similar struggle ending up in a sloppy toss-up was comical.

Levy stood at his side picking out a blanket that she was able to reach before feeling a weight to her head. "Hmm?" A soft squeak of inquiry she let out a she looked up to the source. Well the best that she could.

His arm rested nonchalantly on her head for the perfect elevation alleviating his awkwardly draped arm. Gajeel paid no attention to the petite woman beneath him squirming to be free. "Will yah stop? I need to get another one." He picked his heavy arm up from her head holding two pillows in his arms.

"Huh?" Levy tucked a fallen lock behind her ear to the new sight. She had only asked him for one directed for Natsu. "For whom is the second one for?"

"Me. sleeping downstairs with salamander isn't my idea of a good time but eh." He shrugged unwilling to go home as he had accepted her invitation.

"But I thought that you would sleep with me?" Levy let her question slip before replaying the meaning in her head. "I-I mean in my room not in my bed." She protested when he raised a studded brow.

"Sure." He tried to sound as confident as possible not letting the dryness of his throat block his words.

"I didn't mean it like that!" She huffed her flushed cheeks before pushing the blanket in her hands to him.

"I'm fine on the couch." Gajeel attempted to remain respectful on her space as not to make her feel uncomfortable.

"Go ask her." A small crowd gathered whispering in a low hum a few feet from the blunette.

Since the run rose, Levy planted herself on the couch with a heavy text book. She studiously placed her face between the text only moving to fix her glasses sipping down her nose.

Lucy and Rowan knew better than to break her out of her concentration. Although Gajeel didn't care, when she didn't move for a few minutes, he bravely went to her side to check up on her.

She held her position besides Gajeel reciting passages of study material aloud. He tried his hardest to remain awake from the repetitive sound of hard to understand words.

"Go." Lucy urged him in an attempt to use his innocence as not to get a rise from the petite woman.

"B-But…?" A beat of nervous sweat ran down the young boy's forehead before switching to a brave face. "Um Levy? Maybe we should talk about Spring Break, after all you can study anytime…" Confidence in his words began to fleet.

The pair on the couch rose their head's to his peep. "Eh? So you don't have to?" A studded brow he rose to her unnecessary jump ahead in school. He snatched the book from her hands taking it into his possession raising the text above his head.

"H-Huh? I was reading that!" The blunette protested as she had now lost her place.

"Not anymore shrimp." He bent at the waist in order to become face to face refusing to give her back her study material just yet.

"Give it back." Without a second thought, Levy jumped on her knees raising her body up to his face.

"No." He refused to cave continuing to block her desired work.

The two became dangerously close as Gajeel's grin grew to her breaming approach.

The blunette's once anger dropped into a flustered expression as giggling grew between the group behind. She blinked a few times catching Gajeel so close to her face. His warm breath unwillingly brushed against her lips as she focused on his steady breathing. Seeming to have forgotten about the pair, Levy forced her way back down holding onto rosy cheeks.

"Okay fine." The blunette removed herself from her once comfortable position. Rushing away from the situation, she snatched a few papers before turning to Lucy and Rowan.

"C-Crap…" Gajeel remained a moment behind the group recuperating from their close contact. He shook his head to the incoming of tone to their activities before approaching.

"Eh? What's this about?" Along with Natsu at his side, Gajeel stood with his arms crossed behind the new group.

Natsu shrugged as he hovered over in an attempt for a peek.

The trio held together in whispers as they laid out their plan amongst themselves. Giddy in their plans, they continued in their puzzling laughter.

"Luce…?"

"Levy…?"

The two questioned in unison as they wanted information that appeared to be so secretive.

"Oh! We're going to camp!" The women happy cried out as they turned to face the men with an answer. The brochure in their hand's showed their destination for the incoming week.

a/n: sorry about the delay;; I was unable to post this chapter a week ago but I checked back today and was able to!