User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapter 488: The Two of Us, Always, Review/@comment-9595671-20160607071750/@comment-9595671-20160608121548

And that makes this scene all the more sad, because knowing that they confessed to each other without even having to say it means they just reveal how they felt about each other...

It also ended up being how they may have very well had to say goodbye forever, just like with your example. It grants you some solace, but knowing that you may or definitely will never be together leaves another level of pain...

Love is the most powerful thing in the world for a reason, not just because of the power behind those feelings... but because it can also be the most painful double-edged sword you could ever be struck by, and both Levy and Gajeel were both impaled by this blade.