"Open Gate of the Lion!" Lucy swung her arm forward bearing the golden key of her strongest spirit.
Before her materialised the lion spirit, "Well this isn't my ideal location for a date" He noted with a smirk, glancing around at the battle field before him. Natsu, Grey and Erza had seemingly flattened what was once the lush floral outskirts of a quaint little town five minutes ago. "This isn't the time to flirt Loke!" Lucy yelled out over the sound of her team mates taking out as many of the bandits as they could.
He loved it when she raised her voice out of frustration, Loke sprung forward. Letting his glowing fists make contact with the enemy. It wasn't long until the dust had cleared and a pile of unconscious bandits became visible on the ground. "Well done team, lets take these scumbags back to the town and collect that reward" Erza ordered, throwing the bandits like sacks of flour onto the cart.
Lucy wiped the sweat from her head, which was now mixed with the dust that slowly settled. Loke walked up beside her, licking his thumb and wiping a clump of dust off her cheek. "THAT IS SO INAPPROPRIATE!" She raised her fists up at him. "Heh heh, I was just wiping the dirt off your pretty little face" He grinned moving his head down closer to hers as he watched her face turn the colour of Erza's hair. "They're in looooove" Happy held his cheeks flying around their heads. "Knock it off cat!" Lucy swatted the flying feline away like a fly.
"Geez you'd think she would know the guy by now, he flirts with all the girls i don't see why she gets so worked up over it" Gray noted as he helped heave the crooks onto the cart.
Loke stood up straight when he heard his comment, regaining is posture. 'Is that really what they think this is? I treat her just like any other girl?' He furrowed his eye brows and looked away. "Whenever you need me Lucy, I'll be there. See ya later beautiful" He waved his hand back at his master and faded away into gold sparkles.
"Weird.." Lucy mumbled to herself returning his key to her keychain.
Loke opened his eyes to see the infinite stars surrounding him, the celestial world was as beautiful as it was vast. An entire galaxy to explore, a lot of which was yet to be seen by even some of the oldest spirits.
"Why do you always try to flirt with Lucy.." Aries stood beside the lion spirit. "You know she loves all of her spirits, we're very lucky to have her. D-don't make her regret summoning you in her times of need" Aries tried to sound as firm as possible.
"Really Aries.. You too? Do you think I'm still trying to keep up the playboy charade I used while posing as a human?" He looked down at his old friend over his glasses.
"N-no I just.. I just don't want to lose her" Aries wept at his side, he should of known better than to be so firm with the fragile ram. "Hey hey it's okay" He put and arm around her. "Losing Lucy is the last thing I want, I just.. I can't help it when I'm around her" Loke smiled starring out into the infinite horizon.