User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 397: Steel, Review and Commentary/@comment-25305529-20140825143956/@comment-24784846-20140825214348

I'd like to remind you that no matter how smart you are, in a crisis situation your brain stop functioning normally, Levy forgot to use her magic, its not that she wanted to kiss Gajeel she just wasn't in the right state of mind because they're in a dangerous situation. Its how the human brain functions.