Pregnancy Panics (Galevy)
Her voice was barely a whisper, and yet the massive dragon slayer to her left shot up in bed. Before she could say anything, he was already out of bed and ripping through the closet.
“We don’t have the bag packed!” he yelled, throwing an open duffel bag on the bed. “Do ya remember the birth plan? Are ya in pain?”
While Gajeel panicked, Levy sighed and rolled her eyes. With one hand planted on her bulging belly, She boosted herself off of the bed. This wasn’t the first time he’d had a midnight panic, and they were getting more ridiculous the closer they got to the due date. Last time this happened, Gajeel had carried her out of the apartment before she could calm him down.
“Gajeel,” Levy said, waddling towards him.
“What’s ya pain on a scale from one to ten?” Gajeel demanded, throwing a dress at the duffel. “Lily, it’s go time!”
Less than a second later, Pantherlily came zooming into the bedroom, a terrified look on his face. He flew over to Levy and hovered over her belly.
“Levy,” he said, giving her a serious look, “Do you need to squeeze my hand. How far apart are your contractions. Do you remember the breathing pattern?”
“I…” Levy’s voice railed off as she looked from the concerned Exceed to Gajeel, who had gone from getting dresses to grabbing books at random. “Gajeel?”
Huffing in annoyance, Levy waddled over to Gajeel and held out her hand. He stared at her for a moment before slowly slipping his hand into hers. With her eyes fixed on his, Levy placed Gajeel’s hand on her belly. Then, she reached out to Lily and placed his paw on her belly in the same spot. Both of them gave her confused looks for a moment, but then their eyes widened at the same time.
“Was that a kick?” Gajeel asked, wide-eyed.
“Is that her?” Lily added, staring at Levy’s belly in awe.
“Yes, now will you two calm down?” she replied, putting her hands on her hips. “I am not in labor.”
“Then what woke ya up in the middle of the night?” Gajeel asked, frowning. Instantly, Levy blushed and looked down at her belly.
“I, um… I’m craving pickles.”
I have this head canon that Gajeel and Pantherlily are like erratic and irrational when it comes to pregnant Levy and they occasionally have full-blown panics and Levy’s just sitting there like seriously… I just want food.