"You mean you know how to make lava cake with ice cream?" Lucy practically cried in pure bliss at the sight of the little plate Juvia placed in front of the blonde. It was a small square with chocolate drizzle, still steaming from being taken out of the oven, with a scoop of ice cream and sprinkles on top. Lucy's brown eyes watered with joy as she looked up to the waitress in her uniform with flushed cheeks and tears slipping. "Juvia-chan, you're a godsend! You know how to makelava cake!"

The racer blinked before serving the other plate to her cousin and then the margarita glass to Erza, who was mature and mute about it while Levy snickered joyously beside her friend. Juvia's cheeks went a little pink in embarrassment before offering a tiny smile to the three female costumers.

"Juvia had lots of spare time years back, and she found Toto-sensei's recipe books," she shrugged gently. "Juvia had a lot of practice."

"The taste is so much better than it actually looks, Lulu-chan!" Levy pointed out as she took a fork from her cousin's offered hand, licking her lips before taking a piece of it with the cold cream with it. "It's like a five-star dessert you can't get anywhere else! Try it, Lulu-chan!"

Lucy obeyed and carefully took a piece of the lava cake and ice cream, tasting it slowly before her blush deepening and her eyes widening with sparkles and hearts. A small squeal could be heard from her closed mouth, and Juvia, Levy and Erza chuckled at the sight while Lucy practically fangirled over the small treat given to her.

"Juvia sees that Lucy-chan seems to like the lava cake," the blue haired racer smiled with joy as she hugged the tray to her busty chest. "If Lucy-chan is okay with telling Juvia, she will make a special lava cake for her birthday. Levy-chan's birthday treat is an apple strudle and Erza's is Juvia's popular strawberry cheesecake with chocolate drizzle."

"Juvia, please don't tempt me today," the redhead pouted adorably. "Mira already gave me a big chunk for breakfast today and I don't want my butt expanding."

"Erza is too beautiful and perfect for any imperfections," Juvia responded with a grin, making Erza instantly blush and look away to sip her drink.

"Juvia-sama!" Sue's familiar voice came from the propped curtain of the kitchen. The younger girl came in with a large, worn-out textbook and a irritated look on her face, ignoring Totomaru's glance towards her while he was washing dishes inside the kitchen. "Juvia-sama, I need help with this stupid chapter on the ecosystem in the ocean and Gajeel-sama doesn't know shit!"

"I heard that!" Gajeel shouted and a small 'clang!' of a wrench falling to the pavement could he heard, but Sue chose to sniff and hobble over to the bench, slamming the textbook on the top.

Juvia sighed but held a finger to Sue to give her a moment, which the dark-skinned girl nodded and propped her elbows on the counter. Turning back to the three women, Juvia set her dark eyes to Levy, who was looking to the entrance of the kitchen that also led to the back of the bar, where Gajeel was. Poking Levy's temple with her pinky, Juvia startled her cousin with bright red cheeks.

"Nii-chan could use some good company while he works on his car," she winked to her small-sized cousin. "He would prefer Juvia's help, but Toto-sensei asked her to remain up front today while Sue and Boze study."

Levy blinked, but nonetheless got up and made her way over to the counter. Offering a small greeting to the teen who waved patiently. Levy gave a small hello to Totomaru, who smiled knowingly and let her pass through the hot and somewhat small kitchen (Mirajane's kitchen was probably three times larger, and there was no such thing as a cramped space in hers like it is inside Phantom Lord's one, but Levy would never say that outloud). She soon found herself outside the back, where tarps hung overhead and tools scattered everywhere; the Dodge Challenger Hellcat was uncovered from the sheets, unlike Juvia, Boze and Totomaru's car were in the corner of the wooden and metal lock-in area, and two legs stuck out from underneath on the opposite side from her.

Walking over to the opened hood of the car, Levy peeked inside to take a look. "I see that you got a new power-up tank. Did you buy it off from a garage, or from the black market?"

"Where'd you think?" Gajeel grumbled, but Levy knew that he didn't mean to sound rude. Small squeaking of the board he was laying on stinged her ear, and she was startled to see Gajeel's rusty eyes and messy black hair in her sight. "Decided to lose the uniform today?"

"No," Levy blushed, looking back to inside the car.

The man snickered, and Levy knew that it meant trouble. "I see you're wearing the black lace underwear, huh?" he did his signature laugh before Levy's sandaled foot shoved against his cheek, making him grunt suddenly. "Not like I'm complaining!"

"You look tired," she said suddenly, noticing the dark shadows under his bored-looking eyes. He also seemed a bit paler than usual and dry on the lips. "Both you and Juju-chan look really tired. Have you two been staying up all night?"

"Workin'," was all he said and Levy knew that she had no other choice but to accept that excuse.

Crouching down to his lying form on the wood, Levy fixed her skirt to conceal her undergarments as she rest her elbows on her knees. Tilting her head to him, she offered him a small smile. "I'm sorry if I was bothering you two today. I was just happy that Jose let Makarov allow us to come here today, and all."

"Squirt was pretty excited about you guys comin' too," Gajeel shrugged, refusing to look her in the eyes and it made her smile sweetly. "She was practically jabbering like a bird when she was making the cake, or whatever."

"Yeah, I miss Juju-chan so much," Levy hummed. She noticed that Gajeel was now looking her way, as if expecting more and she didn't bother to hide her bright smile as she reached and tapped his beige bandana. "And I missed you too, Gajeel-kun. Don't think I'd forget about you...although, I missed Juju-chan more since she's my cousin."

"Oi," Gajeel said flatly, grasping the edge of his car with tight fingers.

"I'm kidding, Gajeel-kun," Levy cooed before dropping to her knees on the dirty ground. She didn't mind it though, since she was too busy bending her head down, letting the long strands of her bangs drape down to Gajeel's studded face with oil smudges. She really didn't mind that he had that triumphant snicker before closing their eyes so their lips could touch gently.

Although their relationship was secret to most people, Levy and Gajeel knew that they were safe within the walls of the bar. While Jose and his main guy, Sol, don't hang around as often as their employees, there were no limits to what can really happen between a Phantom Lord and a Fairy Tail member. No such thing as security cameras were in the bar, so all it really took was the presence of anyone who was out of the know (which included a good portion of Fairy Tail itself).

Levy and Gajeel didn't date like normal couples, nor did they usually show affection publicly at the races whenever Levy had the chance to go, but the mechanic couldn't bring herself to really care for the normal lovey-dovey stuff. She knew that Gajeel was pretty touch in his image and position in the race and gang world, but she also knew his heart was much bigger than his ego...

"So, those laced panties ya got there," she heard him whisper once she pulled back.

Levy flicked her finger on his lip, stinging the part of body she really, really loved to kiss. The freaky man stiffened and tried to ignore the pain on his mouth as he glared at her. "Never ask a lady about her undergarments, Gajeel-kun. You should know better than that, especially when you live with Juju-chan."

"She's my sister ever since she was a few months old," he retorted, pulling himself out fully from under the car and sitting up on his board. "I've changed her diapers, seen her underwear change throughout the years and her lingerie wishlist. I got enough of her underwear. I wanna see yours now."

"Gajeel-kun!"

The man snickered and patted the top of Levy's head. "I'm just teasin'. I like that pair, though, so wear it again sometime soon, okay?"

Before she could tell him to screw off and hit him again, a clattering noise startled her. Both Levy and Gajeel looked off back into the bar with raised brows, wondering what the noise was.

"Juvia?" Erza's voice was raised with alarm.

"Juvia-sama!" Sue's voice squealed in distress and Levy saw Totomaru drop the bowl he was washing and dash through the curtain hurriedly.

Levy was amazed at how fast Gajeel got to his feet and already making his way through the kitchen before she came to follow, meeting Sue behind the bar as both women looked over the counter to see Juvia laying on the carpet, shivering and limbs twitching rapidly as she made a wheezing noise on her side. There was a tray by her with fallen glasses and silverware. The expression on her face was blank, her eyes dim and staring off to nowhere in particular; her fingers twitching to grasp into a tight fist and letting go quickly, her chest heaving for breath and looking to be struggling to swallow.

"Oh god, Juju!" Levy gasped as she tried to look for the quickest way around to be at her cousin's aid. Gajeel himself jumped over while Totomaru went around and kneeled to the waitress's side, gently resting a hand on her quivering shoulder. Lucy and Erza were on their feet at the booth they were at with their treats.

"What happened?" Totomaru asked calmly to the two, startling Lucy who was trying not to cry at the sight.

"Juvia was carrying the tray before she fell to her knees," Erza spoke coolly, wrapping an arm around the blonde who was shaking. "She seemed fine only a moment ago. She did look a bit pale."

Levy watched as Gajeel stepped over her cousin's body to her back and slid his muscular arms underneath her head to put it in a better position as Juvia struggled to swallow or speak; her eyes were open, but murky-looking and lost with a droopy lids. Her fingers curled and uncurled constantly as she tried to speak, but slurring and heaving her breaths.

"It's alright, kid," Gajeel said quietly, but Levy could hear him over the messy conversations of Totomaru and Erza, along with Lucy's cracked sobs and Sue whining behind her fingers in worry. She could see how Juvia was trying to respond, but was currently unable. Slowly, her shoulders seem to lax and go completely limp, letting Gajeel reach under her twitching legs. "I'm just gonna pull you up, okay? Let me know if you feel like you need me to put you back down."

Juvia's limp hand looked to push against the carpet, letting Gajeel know that it was okay for him to pick her up. Levy tried to keep her emotions hidden at the sight of her cousin, who was usually so strong and capable of taking anything head on, become defenseless and weak in a manner of a second.

Gajeel looked up to see Levy staring at the two. "It's alright, kid. You're going to be alright."

Levy couldn't tell if he was talking to both of them.