We'll Save You I Promise

Part 8

Another week had passed and now Gajeel wouldn't even leave Levy's side. His face was stubbly, his hair slightly greasy, and the bags under his eyes were getting bigger by the day.

"Gajeel..."Mira says as she puts her hand on his shoulder. Mira had just recently been allowed to walk around to stretch her legs and the first people she had wanted to see were Levy and Romeo since she had already talked to Lucy.

Gajeel grunted in response, his eyes glued to the small girl on the cot, her heartbeat stronger than it was before but still slightly irregular.

"Maybe you should go home and sleep for a little bit..I know you care about her and you're worried, we all are, but you need to sleep," Mira says quietly as she looks down at the dragon slayer, hoping that he would get up and take a break for a little bit, she wasn't sure when the last time he had eaten was but she was sure that it wasn't recently.

"No..," Gajeel says gruffly. "I wanna be here when she wakes up, and I wanna be able to hear her heartbeat...it's the only way I know everything's okay," Gajeel says quietly, his voice cracking slightly.

Mira usually would have giggled at the dragon slayer for being so sensitive but she was just as worried for the small mage.

"Gajeel, you need to eat, there's no way you can keep an eye on her if you pass out from exhaustion and malnourishment. Wendy is downstairs helping behind the bar, I've missed helping out anyways. How about I get her to watch Levy for the time being. She can hear her heart beat too and she'll let us know if anything happens," Mira says hopefully.

" I don't know Mira...you shouldn't be working anyways, How would Laxus feel about that?" Gajeel asks quietly, hoping that his question would get the woman off of his back and leave him to wait for Levy to wake.

Mira smiles quietly at the large man. "He'll be fine with it. I told him I wanted to get up and moving again. And Gajeel how would Levy feel if you were doing this to yourself, you know that she wouldn't want you doing this to yourself over her. Go home. Take a shower, sleep for awhile. When you come back Levy is gonna be here, still perfectly fine," Mira promised with a smile, hoping that she had finally convinced the hard-headed man.

"You call me if anything. Anything. happens. I'll be back in 6 hours," Gajeel says gruffly as he stands up from his chair, cracking his back loudly. "And please...make sure she's safe..," Gajeel says almost inaudibly as he bends down to kiss Levy's forehead, staring down at her peaceful face for a second before walking out and closing the door softly.

"I will...I promise" Mira says with a sad smile as she sits down in the stiff chair.

3 hours had passed and the sun had finally gone down. The guild was now empty with an exception for Mira, Laxus, Romeo, Levy, and Wendy. Lucy had finally decided to go home with the help of Natsu, much to his pleasure. Mira sat in Laxus's lap half asleep.

"I told you not to work yourself so hard,"Laxus grumbled.

"I didn't even work that hard, it's just late," Mira mumbled into his chest.

"You went from being in a hospital bed to working and walking around for 3 hours straight. For now, I count that as working hard and it's not happening again," Laxus says matter a factly.

"Mmm..it depends on when Gajeel comes back," Mira says with a smile, knowing that Laxus wasn't happy with her answer. "He doesn't want Levy alone and he's only trusting me and Wendy for the most part," Mira says as she turns to look over at Wendy, who was currently grabbing some food before she had to go back upstairs.

"I know I know but still. Don't work yourself too hard, okay?" Laxus says quieter than usual, a bit of worry behind his voice.

Mira smiles softly, leaning in close to his ear. "I won't...I promise.." she whispers as she feels his tense muscles relax.