Swipe Right

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"No, no, definitely no," the blonde sighed as she swiped left at each picture on her Lphone. Lucy was laying face down, sprawled out on her pink comforter, absently scrolling through "Finder." "I swear it's like there are no eligible guys in Fiore," she lamented to herself as she continued swiping left. Since she'd joined the Guild a few months back, she'd pretty much struck out in the love department. But as she swiped to the next picture she almost dropped her phone in surprise, "What the—Laxus?!"

Sure enough, a photo of Laxus Dreyar had appeared on her phone. There was no mistaking the hulking blond—a bit of his tribal tattoo peaking through his shirt, that sexy smirk he wore everyday coupled with his spiked hair. Lucy stared into the man's storm gray eyes. "Damn," she whispered aloud. "I bet he would be able to deliver just what I needed." She sighed, rolling onto her back, holding the phone up above her head. "But he's in the Guild. I don't want that type of drama," she reasoned with herself.

She pulled the phone down to her chest and heaved a heavy breath. "I can't. I know it would be so good, but it would also be so wrong." Lifting up her phone, she made up her mind to swipe left and stared in horror at the screen.

"It's a match!"

"What the fuck?!" Lucy panicked. "I must have touched the screen by accident. Oh, this is bad!" The girl paused for a minute. "But wait, that means that he swiped right too." She paused again before continuing her panic, "oh this is so bad!"

A notification from her phone drew Lucy's attention away from her distress. "Laxus has sent you a message."

The girl squeaked before sprawling herself back out on the bed. Holding her phone above her again she tried to reason her way through the problem. "Maybe I should just ignore it…and him. Act like I don't know what he's talking about if he asks me. He's never said anything to me before, after all." She stared at the notification and sighed. "That is so immature. I'll just tell him the truth—or something."

The blonde winced as she swiped to open the message.

"Never thought you were the type," his message read.

Lucy bristled, typing her response before she had a chance to think it over. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"Relax. You doing anything tonight?"

Lucy looked at the clock. It was nearing on seven on a Saturday evening and she had nothing planned. She debated whether or not to tell him the truth. "It's not like this is going anywhere," she reasoned with herself. "No sense in lying to him."

"Not really, why?"

"Meet me at Bartab, off the central path. 9pm. "

"Why there?" Lucy had been to this place. On weekends, it got intense. They played the music so loud that you could barely talk to the person sitting right next to you. She'd gone a couple of times with Cana, but never felt like it was really her scene.

"Just do it. And I'm guessing you already know I look as good in real life as I do in my picture."

"Fine," she relied, before adding, "cocky bastard." She just knew Laxus was smirking on the other end.

. . .

By the time nine o'clock rolled around, Lucy had tried on nearly every outfit in her closet but finally settled on a bright pink halter with her black slitted skirt and white belt. She didn't want to overdo it but she didn't want to look like a slob either. Her boots clicked against the paver stones as she took her final steps to the club. The music was already pouring out into the street and she looked up at the apartments nearby, wondering how the people ever got any sleep on the weekends.

"Hey blondie," she heard a voice say to her left. Whirling around she caught site of Laxus, leaning against the side of the building, away from everyone waiting in line. Lucy's breath caught in her throat as she took him in. He looked stunning in his purple silk shirt and dark slacks.

She swallowed hard before responding. "Hey yourself," she said as she walked over to him.

The man pushed himself off the wall to meet her. His tall figure towered over her and Lucy had to remind herself that nothing was happening tonight. She was just getting to know a member of the Guild better and explain to him that she had a rule against seeing anyone in the Guild. "Even if they're absolutely mouthwatering and I haven't been laid in months," she argued with herself silently.

Laxus quirked a brow at her far-off look. "Follow me," he gruffed, turning on his heel. Lucy squeaked but fell into line behind him as they walked past the dozens of people waiting to get in at the door. Laxus walked right up to the front of the line, nodded to the bouncer and Lucy watched in amazement as the man unhooked the rope line to let him pass. Lucy attempted to follow behind but the man lowered the rope. The bouncer's hand reached out to grab her but before Lucy even knew what had happened, Laxus had turned around and had his hand on the man's arm. "She's with me," he paused, "so don't touch her," he added in a somewhat menacing tone.

The bouncer looked visibly shaken. He nodded and apologized, lifting the rope for Lucy to pass. Laxus grabbed her firmly by the wrist and pulled her alongside him, swinging his arm over her shoulders. "Stay close to me, okay?" he said, not breaking his stride.

"Oh, ok," Lucy hesitated in responding. This is why she stayed away from these sorts of places—even if it meant she would spend Saturday evenings alone. She walked with the hulking blond, being led through the crowd towards the raised VIP section. Lucy heard Laxus' name called a few times over the music but he just waived it off and continued his path towards the upper level.

The bouncer watching the VIP level immediately recognized him and let him through. Laxus nodded to the man before asking, "Empty like I said, right?"

The bouncer nodded before saying, "Yes, sir. As soon as we got your text, we cleared everyone out."

"Good," Laxus said. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a bill and placed it in the bouncer's hand. "No one comes up here." The man grinned and nodded as Laxus led Lucy to the furthest table in the back.

Lucy looked around as they walked. Anytime she came here with the girls, they never spent the money to go into the VIP area. From what she heard, it was exorbitantly expensive and the bouncers got picky about who they let up here. Each table had a series of semicircle couches around it and the ones towards the back were fairly private. Lucy breathed a sigh of relief as she realized the music didn't carry quite so well into this section. At least she'd be able to explain to the man about the misunderstanding without screaming it at him.

When they finally got to their destination, Laxus slid into the cushions first, reaching his hand out to help her down. Lucy took his hand but internally chided herself, "be careful, Lucy! He is a charmer. Remember why you're here!" Trying to follow her own advice, she attempted to leave sufficient room between her and the man, so at least she could think straight without smelling his amazing cologne. But Laxus had other ideas. With his hand still holding hers, he pulled her towards him so that the girl lost her balance and went crashing into his chest.

Laxus let out a booming laugh as Lucy bristled, prying herself away from the player. "There's plenty of time for that, blondie," he smirked, winking at her.

Lucy knew how to play this game. She straightened herself in her seat, a little closer to the man that she had originally intended before quipping back, "I wasn't aware that you were so desperate for company you had to force yourself on girls, Laxus."

Laxus chuckled and Lucy bit her tongue, trying not to think of how sexy the sound was. "I've definitely never been called desperate before."

"Anyways, Laxus," Lucy began, gearing herself up to explain to the man the situation in the nicest way possible before she got too overwhelmed by how amazing his hair looked slightly longer and spiked high the way it was.

"Uh, oh," the man gave her an odd look. "Why so serious, Blondie? I thought we were here to have a little fun."

"That's just the thing-," Lucy began before he cut her off.

"What do you think about the place? Do you like it?" he asked, looking out over the club.

Lucy hesitated. "Uhh, sure. Why do you ask?"

Laxus smirked, "'Cause I own it."

"You what?!" Lucy exclaimed, completely losing sight of what she originally meant to talk to the man about. "I don't believe you."

"Believe me, don't believe me. Doesn't make it any less true," the man responded.

Lucy stared at him wide-eyed. "But how could you afford a place like this? You're not that old, right?"

Laxus lifted the corner of his mouth in a crooked grin. "S-class missions pay really well, blondie. At a certain point, you run out of places to put your money," he hesitated, "and no—I'm not that old, thanks for noticing."

Lucy rolled her eyes, trying to get herself back on track, but Laxus beat her to the punch. "So, let's talk about how Little Miss Light of Fairy Tail was on Finder, and if my old ass memory serves me, " he said with a wink, "looking for a good time, no less."

"Yeah well, I have needs too you know," Lucy huffed, crossing her arms at being called out.

Laxus leaned in before whispering in her ear, "Oh, I don't doubt that." Lucy shuddered as his check pressed against hers and she felt his hot breath pass against her skin. "Is that why you swiped right on my photo?" he continued before pulling back.

Lucy gasped, trying to grasp at words floating around in her head to form a coherent sentence. "No, I," she stumbled, "It was an accident," she finally managed to get out.

Laxus frowned slightly before saying, "Well it wasn't an accident on my end."

Lucy looked at him, stunned. She thought maybe he was just trying to mess with her originally. "But Laxus, we're in the same Guild. Isn't there a rule about hook-ups in the Guild."?

Laxus genuinely laughed. "Yeah, there's a rule. The rule is that everyone does it."

The blonde furrowed her brow. "How would you know—aside from your own hookups, that is," she added when the man immediately opened his mouth to speak.

Laxus leaned in to face Lucy better, placing his elbow on the back of the cushion. "I just know."

"Ok, well if you have all the secrets, then why don't you tell them to me," Lucy said, thinking she would catch him at his own game.

The man just shrugged, "what do you want to know?"

Lucy smirked. She was pretty sure that Laxus didn't know how close her and Cana were and how Cana told her about all of her exploits. She was sure to catch him in this trap, she thought. "Who's the last person Cana was with?"

"Slept with or just hooked up with?" Laxus clarified, looking bored.

"Both," Lucy replied.

The blond sighed, "The last person Cana slept with was Elfman, about two weeks ago. The last person Cana hooked up with was Mira." Laxus smirked at how Lucy had quite literally dropped her jaw. "They were well-past drunk," the man added.

"How did you-?" Lucy couldn't believe it! Cana hadn't told anyone else about Mira. Not that she had anything against hooking up with the silver-beauty, but the two didn't want it floating around the Guild that if you got them drunk enough, it might happen. There were enough pervy men in the Guild to make even Cana shudder at that thought. "What else?" Lucy said in an excited voice, inching closer to the man.

Laxus looked down at her and smirked. "Well, Natsu's been hooking up with Laki," he paused to let it sink in before adding, "and so has Gray, but neither of them know about the other."

"Oh, my, fucking, god," Lucy said, pausing between each word.

"What about Loke?" Lucy asked. "He's got to be all over the place."

Laxus winced internally. "He doesn't mess around with anyone at the Guild," he had to respond.

"See! I knew there was a rule," Lucy said, crossing her arms across her chest.

Laxus rubbed the back of his neck, trying to tread lightly. "I wouldn't use him as the example, blondie. Besides, he gets around plenty in town."

Lucy turned to look up at the man. "Like you?" she said with a smirk, but also genuinely interested for some reason.

Laxus just looked out over the sea of people, "I do all right." The blond turned to look at the girl. She really was gorgeous and he'd be lying if he said he hadn't fantasized about having her the moment she joined the guild. "Let's talk about you and your needs. How long ago was your last time," Laxus took a deep breath, taking in her scent and smirking as he noted the subtle hint of her arousal. "I'd say at least two months. Am I right?"

"What? How did you-? I mean none of your business," Lucy huffed.

"But I want it to be my business," Laxus said smoothly, invading the girl's space again. "Tell me, Lucy, was it really an accident?"

Laxus was dangerously close to her and the scent of his cologne had her brain short circuiting. She tried to put words together but the best she could come up with was, "I wanted to but—."

Laxus' lips pressing against her own cut her off.

END CHAPTER 1

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Hello lovers!

What's wrong with me? I started a new story! I know I have others going and I haven't abandoned them. I just have absolutely loved Laxus x Lucy for the longest time and have had this idea brewing. Got a few hours off this morning and couldn't go back to sleep so here we are.

For those of you who are new to me and my writing, there are a few things to note: First, I write crazy amounts of lemonade. Sometimes it's sweet, sometimes it's spicy and sometimes it's spiked. It's my passion and I can't help myself. Second, my stories will center around lemonade. There may be some plot weaved in because it's necessary to keep the story going (which only gives us an opportunity to write more smut), but the central focus will be the relationship. And third, I write these crazy rants/vents as my author's notes and I don't know why. I feel like it's just a way to connect with my readers and let them experience what I'm thinking about and feeling that day. Read, don't read, I won't know!

Oh and Fourth! I love you guys so much! The fact that I have people like, read and comment on my stories means so much. Yes, I'm also a fragile person inside. Hearing that people approve of me is a wonderful feeling, indeed!

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Hope you guys like the start of this! Tell me what you think.

Also, I'm married and have never used T/inder so if there's something that's a little off about my description of it, just shrug and love me anyways.

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Musicera

*As a general policy, I disclaim all things that could get me in trouble. In this instance, it shall be the ownership of Fairy Tail. Owning FT would absolutely get me in LOTS of (fun) trouble.