Fairy Tail Seven Minutes in Heaven Gajeel

        “I have to say it ladies, the men won that last round. Aye, I expect the next player to make up for that. I'm not really sure why I want to see the girls come up on top, I just do.” Happy placed his hands firmly on his hips and nodded. “Now that I've gotten that off of my chest, I will need player number thirteen to come on down.”

“I'm number thirteen Happy, but I really don't think I'm going to be able to make up anything for anyone. Games like these aren’t exactly my forte after all.” You handed him your number card and awkwardly picked out an item. It was a short piece of thick chain. “If I wasn't worried before, which I was, this item would definitely have me worried.”

As you looked down at the chain, a very large shadow crossed over you. “You going to stand there all day, or are we going to get things started?”

You looked up to find the cause of the shadow. A tall, rather gruff looking man was standing over you with his arms crossed. “Ah, now the item makes sense to me.” Feeling small in comparison, you awkwardly handed him back his chain and started for the cellar. Once the two of you were alone in the darkness, the awkwardness you felt only intensified.

Gajeel sat down on one of the barrels, keeping his arms crossed tightly over his chest. He may very well have been friendly, but the way he carried himself made you too nervous to find out. “Do you plan on saying anything?”

“I had planned on it, but you seem uninterested.” You crossed your legs and placed your hands on your knee, giving yourself a very polite, feminine look. “I didn't want to upset you by making the foolish assumption that you wanted to play this game as badly as some of the others do.”

He snorted, now looking even less friendly that before. “What do you mean by that?”

You took in a deep breath, already aware that what you were about to say would probably offend him, even if you didn't mean for it to. “To put it quite plainly, you look like you've been sucking on a lemon all morning. If you actually wanted me to say or do something, I highly doubt you'd be wearing such a sour expression right now.”

Almost immediately the look on his face went from apathetic and annoyed to hurt. It wasn't an overly noticeable look, but you could still see it. “That's just the way my face looks okay? I can't help how I look.”

“Be that as it may, your standoffish posture, crossed arms and rude speech patterns are things you can help or change. I'm not saying you should change, I'm just making an observation.” You sighed quietly at the way your turn was going. “Perhaps I shouldn't make quite so many observations. Happy expects me to make up for that last turn and I haven't so much as touched you yet.”

Gajeel let out a short, but very loud laugh. “That's right, and you aren't going to touch me either. I never agreed to that crap anyway.”

“Actually, since you did agree to play the game, you agreed to anything that might happen as a result of laying said game.” Not wanting to let down Happy, you pushed yourself away from your seat and walked over to Gajeel. “Don't read anything into this, I'm only doing as I was told.”

Too proud to run away, Gajeel simply did his best to avoid your touch. “I don't care what you were told to do, I'm not doing anything I don't want to do.”

“That is understandable.” You hadn't even managed to lay a single finger on him, but if he didn't want you to touch him, there really wasn't much you could do to change that. “Sorry I tried to shove Happy's wants onto you. It's really not that important anyway.”

Once again, his expression changed. This time however, you couldn't tell if he was angry, amused, or both. “Wait a minute. You were only doing this because of what he said?”

“Well, yes actually.” Smiling weakly, you realized how pointless this entire turn had been. “Like I stated earlier, this isn't the type of thing I'm any good at.”

“Then why are we still even in here?” He sighed and quickly stood up, more than ready to leave. “Let's just leave already. Hanging out together would be a lot more fun if we weren't both shoved down her and told exactly what to do.” You weren't quite sure, but his words sounded a lot like an invitation to you. Not sure how to respond, you simply nodded. Gajeel grabbed your hand and started up the stairs, confirming your suspicions. “Good, then let's get out of here already, I'm starving.”