KFM-17 here! Its been a while :D I think I'm going to split this story into two chapters. The second chapter will contain the lemon, but if you'd still be kind enough to R&R this chapter, I would greatly appreciate it. I will always ship NaLu, but some days you just need some crack ship, and LaLu is currently my fav. I do not own Fairy Tail. Enjoy :)

It was the small hours, specifically 3am, rain was pouring heavily throughout Fiore as most of its citizens were sleeping. Laxus was one of the city folk who were in the middle of slumber until a loud thunder clap awakened him. He turned to look at the clock which read 3:02 am. He internally groaned in annoyance from being awakened so early. He then looked outside to be faced with dark stormy clouds. Normally a person would be dismayed by such poor weather, but Laxus couldn't help but smile slightly as the dark stormy clouds reminded him of the day his life changed for the better.

[Flashback]

At the time, Team Natsu and the Thunder God Tribe teamed up temporarily to search for a dark guild hidden deep within an abandoned city. Whilst on their mission, Laxus and a certain celestial mage happened to get separated from their teams, and to make matters worse a stormy hell was unleashing from above which caused the two to take refuge in an abandoned church until the storm ended.

"I guess we have no choice but to stay here until the rain stops." Said the soaking wet Lucy. Laxus just turned away and grunted in response. He then took a seat on the bench located at the very front of the church, closing his eyes and focusing on whatever was playing in his headphones.

Lucy looked at him with a sigh and decided call Virgo to bring her a new pair of clothes and a towel. She then scurried off to find a place to change, once returning she saw that Laxus was still sitting in the same spot, his arms crossed and his eyes closed.

"Here. Your hair is soaking wet, if you don't use it you may catch a cold." Lucy said as she handed him her towel. He opened one eye and looked in her direction. Grunting he took the towel and used it to dry his hair and face.

"Dragon-slayers don't catch colds." He said bluntly. After he dried off with the towel Laxus went back to sitting cross armed on the bench. Lucy looked at him for a few seconds before deciding to sit next to him.

At first, they both sat in awkward silence, but as time passed their chatter became more frequent until it became a full blown conversation. They both began to realize how much they enjoyed each other's company as they idly chatted about their memories in Fairy Tail.

Soon enough their conversation led to their love life, both had mentioned how they were a bit lonely even though it was filled with their irreplaceable companions.

Laxus looked at Lucy with a hesitant look but then swallowed whatever was holding him back and said, "Why don't we try dating each other? I mean I'm not saying I'm in love with you or anything, but since we are both a bit lonely why don't we give it try?"

Lucy looked at him with a shocked face, at first Lucy brushed it off as a joke but then saw the seriousness in Laxus' eyes. She then took a moment to consider Laxus and her dating, I mean he wasn't a bad looking guy and she honestly wouldn't mind dating him.

Just as she was going to reply, Laxus quickly hushed her and listened as he heard the shuffling of feet going around the church. As a result from their distracting conversation as well as the storm making Laxus' sense of smell dull, he did not realize that the church was surrounded by members of the dark guild.

It was around 50 against 2, and although Laxus could have easily defeated all of them single handedly he was distracted by Lucy who insisted on fighting with him. Seeing that he couldn't change her mind, he allowed her to fight alongside him. To be honest, the way she handled the enemies with her intelligence and power was pretty damn attractive to Laxus.

All was going well as they continued to fight until Laxus spotted a man sneaking up behind Lucy with a bat, as the man lunged to hit her head with the bat Laxus rushed to her at the speed of lightening (lol) and blocked the attack with his own head. Lucy, shocked, had no words as she looked at the blood that was trailing down his forehead.

"This small thing isn't going to take me down." He said while looking at Lucy in the eyes.

"Laxus, I…" Lucy started to say but was interrupted by Laxus' confession.

"You don't have to say anything, I swear here and now that from now on I will protect you even if it costs my life. So Lucy, be my woman." He stated while looking straight into her eyes despite the crowd of people starting to surround the two.

Suddenly there was a loud bang at the church entrance and Team Natsu and the Thunder God Tribe came crashing through the door.

"Oi! Who has been messing with my nakama?" said Natsu.

"Sorry we're late Lucy, it took a while for Natsu to sniff you guys out, but then we just went to the place with the most lightening." Said Erza as she was already beating the shit out of members from the dark guild.

"Lightening! Lightening!" sang Bixlow's dolls.

"Hey Laxus are you ok?" asked Bixlow as he came running towards Laxus followed by a worried Freed and Evergreen. "

"Yeah I'm fine, I could still fight." Laxus said in return, looking a bit annoyed as his love confession was just interrupted. "Let's just finish this job so we can go home already." he stated.

"Yosh! I'm all fired up! This is what happens when you mess with Fairy Tail!" said Natsu.

Needless to say, the dark guild definitely tasted the wrath of Fairy Tail. Everything settled down and both teams went back to the guild slightly injured and completely soaked by the rain. Laxus was sent in the infirmary and Lucy treating his wound.

"This is nothing! I feel completely fi-ACHOO!" Laxus said.

"Your injuries may be small but you definitely have a cold! So stop being stubborn and let me nurse you!" Lucy said with a threatening glare.

Laxus sighed with defeat and laid down on the infirmary bed as he watched Lucy drain warm water out of a cloth.

"Thank you for protecting me back there" Lucy said while continuing to squeeze the excess water out, she then faced Laxus to put it on his forehead. "And after thinking for some time, my answer is yes I'll be your woman" she said quickly as she pressed a chaste kiss over the damp cloth over his forehead.

He looked at her in bewilderment, he said nothing and just continued to stare at her in a trance of some sort.

"Geez don't just stare and say something. Oh and by the way when I say "your woman" I want you to understand I'm not an object, I want to be treated as equals. Any problems?" she said as she looked at him.

He quickly left his daze and pulled Lucy close to his body so her chest was over his and they were faced to each other.

"No problems at all" he said and then planted a deep kiss to her lips.

"mm.." she moaned but then shot back to her sitting position. "Idiot…you have a cold, what would happen if it passes to me?" she said as she shyly put her hand over her lips.

"You know what they say, the best way to get rid of a cold is to pass it on. Besides Lucy I would definitely take full responsibility and nurse you back to health" he said with a smirk.

She looked at him with one eye open. She knew that they were going a bit fast but for some reason she didn't mind.

"Promise?" she asked.

"Promise." He replied as he sat up to seal the space between their lips.

[End Flashback]

As Laxus mentally returned from his fond memory and realized something.

"I miss Lucy" he thought.

So, he did what his first instinct told him too. He put on appropriate sleep attire and in a flash went over to Lucy's apartment to continue his sleep in her bed.