Chapter two:
It's been a while, but I'm still mid-examinations. Hope you enjoy the second chapter. It turned out a lot different from what I intended to write. Oh, well; it'l be fine.
I don't own Fairy Tail.
Enjoy!
When Lucy walked into the basement, her mind was yet again filled with Erza. How would she be doing? She barely talked to her at all the last three days. It was strange, not going to bed or waking up beside her, not eating, laughing and working together. She missed her with all her heart.
She was looking for the bottle of wine Mira had requested. Other footsteps resounded from the stairs. The pace and sounds revealed her it was Erza. What was she doing here? Lucy decided to ignore it and look for the wine, so she could be out of the cellar soon. But before she could even turn around, Erza stepped into the room, looking serious and heroic, like always. She usually carried a face like she was going to save the world.
"Lucy?" Erza was surprised, the blonde could here. Also, a hint of joy tinted her voice. It made her smile towards the other girl, and for a moment, it was just like a week earlier. The same feelings, memories and hope bubbled up. Erza smiled back, silently hoping she and Lucy could fix their problem – whatever it was.
Something broke the spell however, when Lucy looked down for just a second. She gazed at Erza again, who was hurt.
Lucy coughed a bit. "Do you know where the bottle wine of Merlin of the year X789 lies? Mira asked me to look for it, since she was really busy."
Erza raised an eyebrow. "It was busy upstairs? There were barely a dozen people there."
Lucy shrugged. "Why are you here, anyway?" That sounded a little more aggressive than she intended.
Erza's eyes begun to shine nonetheless, excitement clear. "Mira said there was a strawberry cake here."
Lucy sweatdropped. "In the wine cellar?"
The other girl looked serious again. "Yes. She said so."
"I think she lied."
"Why would she lie? It's cake we're talking about." Erza said matter-of-factly.
The blonde face-palmed. It was obvious to her now. "She set us up so we could talk, didn't she?"
The Requip Mage's eyes widened, only now realizing the situation. "Can we talk, then?"
"What about?"
"Why you stopped talking to me." The hurt was clear in Erza's voice and it made Lucy swallow. Maybe Titania wasn't as untouchable as everyone thought.
"I'm talking to you right now, aren't I?"
"Yesterday you didn't. And the day before that. And the day before that." Erza said, getting upset.
"Maybe I didn't want to talk to you." Ouch. Lucy regretted it the moment she spoke.
Erza didn't reply. She only sighed and pointed to the rack. "The wine's there. Let me help you."
"I've got it." Lucy didn't understand why she was being so harsh to the girl. She was just so pissed at herself, she didn't know what to do. When could she finally forget her feelings?
Erza followed her nonetheless, maybe it was her sixth sense telling something magical was in the room. Lucy didn't look back anymore, searching frantically for the bottle.
The moment her second foot stepped into the square, purple runes lit up from the ground to the top , surrounding them completely. Erza requipped a sword immediately, and Lucy reached for her keys. Nothing happened.
There was silence for a while. Erza sighed and let her sword disappear. "These are Freed's runes. I recognize them. Why did he set them up here?"
Lucy didn't answer. She was sure she heard someone approaching them. "Erza, I think someone's walking down the stairs."
Erza nodded. "It's Freed. He'd better have a good explanation."
Freed entered the room, too, moping and sulking a little, but he looked at the two woman. "What are you two doing here? I thought you left!"
"You greeted us on the stairs." Erza stated flatly. "Mind to tell us why this trap is here?"
Freed swallowed hard. Titania's glare made his blood freeze. His entire plan was ruined. "It was for… a friend. He asked to do this so he would get a chance with the one he's in love with." He quickly reacted. It wasn't a whole lie.
"What are the rules to get out?" Erza demanded. She didn't feel exactly like staying with Lucy now the blonde refused to talk and open up to her.
Freed blushed. "You have to kiss one another."
Oh Hiro.
"That is not happening!" Lucy shouted from the corner where she was sitting depressed. What had she done to deserve this?
"You'll have to, if you want to get out of here."
"I'm not kissing Erza!"
The redhead was more than a little getting impatient about the whole situation. "Freed, you can just undo the runes, can't you?"
"No, it doesn't work that way. I'm really sorry for this, but there is no way around it."
"If I get out of here, you're so dead." Lucy threatened. She glanced at Erza. "I'm not going to kiss you."
Erza was angry now. "Why not?"
"Because I don't want to!"
"Do you want to get out of here or not? It's just a quick kiss." Erza glared at Freed again. "Or did you involve some rules around the kiss, too?"
Freed paled. That meant a yes. "Well, to be honest, there has to be some… tongue in it." He ducked away, afraid that Erza's anger would break the runes and would smash him to the wall.
"And it has to take some time. I don't know how long exactly, but for over a minute. These composing and limiting matters are really unstable."
Both Erza and Lucy were shocked. "How desperate are you?"
The painful situation dured for a while, until Erza dismissed Freed. "Lucy and I need to talk. Please wait on the stairs until we're finished."
After he left, she sat down too. "Now we're forced to do this, maybe we can talk about it?" she suggested.
"There's nothing to talk about. How can you be so calm about all this?"
Erza shrugged. "I don't know. Look, I miss you, Lucy. We've grown so close and now you're pushing me away. You've been spending a lot of time with Natsu instead of with me. I feel left out."
Lucy started to feel hope making its way to her steadily, sneaking up her chest. "Are you jealous?"
"Do I have a reason to be? I don't possess you, Lucy, but it bothers me you're so distant."
"I'm sorry. It wasn't intended. But I just like the guy a lot, and I told him something I can never tell you." She blurted out too much. Gah, Lucy. Way to make Erza curious.
But the redhead didn't ask further. "I understand. But whatever it is, it doesn't have anything to do with me surely, so why the distance?"
"What if it has to do something with you?"
Erza looked up. "What could you be hiding from me? We are nakama."
Lucy grinned mischievously. "Kiss me and I'll tell you."
"You were the one with problems kissing me." Erza frowned.
"It's just a kiss. Nothing I haven't done before. I want to get out of here." She was bluffing kind of obviously, but Erza didn't seem to notice.
"Who did you kiss before?"
"None of your business." Lucy stuck out her tongue.
Erza was struggling with herself. Part wanted to know who, another part wanted to walk away from all this. Except that wasn't a possibility.
"Do I know him?" she couldn't stop herself.
"Who said it wasn't a girl." Lucy winked. She thought herself unbelievably daring now.
"Was it?"
Lucy didn't answer anymore. She started an entirely new topic. "Did you ever kiss someone?"
Erza looked away nostalgically. "Jellal."
Immediately, a feeling so strong and burning hot soared through Lucy. She looked in Erza's eyes and saw understanding. She then knew Erza had felt the same way moments ago.
It was jealousy.
"Well, let's get this over with then." Grinning foolishly. Planning to completely overwhelm and seduce Erza with one kiss. She walked over and Erza stood up too. She seemed agitated.
"Don't do it, Lucy. We'll think of another way. I'm sure I can manage to break these." Erza wanted to chicken out at the last moment, huh? It was not going to happen.
"Now suddenly? Why haven't you done it before then?" Lucy approached in a predator like way, while Erza stood stiffly straight, trying to keep her composure. Lucy now stood very close. Too close. She grabbed Erza's hands and with surprising strength she pinned them above her head. Erza was too mesmerised to resist. Lucy almost oozed sexuality now.
Their feet, knees and even middle were touching. Erza tried to retreat, but stood against a rune-wall. Lucy brought her lips to Erza's ear. "I'll make you forget all about Jellal."
Then she looked her in the eyes, and Lucy's poured over with love and want at the same time. Teasingly, she let their noses touching, their lips almost grazing each other, but not quite yet. She smiled when Erza's breath hitched. Just the tiniest movement would make them kiss, but neither wanted to give in so soon. Who would hold out the longest?
It was sweet, sweet torture for Lucy. She had purposely reached the situation, and had promised herself that if Erza kissed her first, she would confess. If not, at least she'd get a kiss. It had seemed like a good plan when plenty of distance was between them, but she hardy could hold back, feeling Erza's breath on her lips. She wanted it so badly…
Screw her plan. But in the lightning second she needed to take a move, Erza swiftly broke Lucy's grip, took her in her arms and kissed her.
Wow. It was meant to be a hot, fiery, dominating kiss, ended up in a kiss filled with gentleness, care and love. Erza's lips were soft, lingering and pure bliss. Lucy's knew went weak, but Erza held her closely.
A sensual tongue slowly made her way to her lips, and Lucy moaned slightly. Erza herself almost fell from the sound, and decide it would be better if they lay down. She carefully placed Lucy onto the ground.
There was no denying it anymore. No laughing it off, no ignoring it. It was happening, and it changed everything.
Somehow, minutes later, they were still on the ground, but Erza's blouse was half untied and Lucy's vest was long discarded. Erza's hands were roaming Lucy's body, fingertips touching and feeling. Lucy had put her arms around Erza's neck, as if she could even be closer. Erza and Lucy were both smiling into the kiss, when Lucy decided to roll them around so she could be on top. She wanted to kiss and cherish every part of Erza.
But Erza suddenly pushed her back after a couple more feathery kisses. Still in a daze, Lucy wondered why she had stopped. How could anyone stop now? She pouted and Erza had to laugh at the cute blonde.
"Lucy. We weren't stopped by the runes."
She sat up, so Lucy was actually straddling her lap, and looked to where they had originally begun to kiss and lost themselves in each other.
It was obvious the runes had dissolved ages ago.
They looked at each other insecurely, not knowing where they stood.
Erza awkwardly stood up and brushed her clothes off. Lucy quickly followed. Erza smiled at her. "I'll go get Freed and make sure we're out of here." She walked away, leaving Lucy ho was still a bit disorientated from the kiss. Holy Hiro, what a kiss! Why had she never known Erza had such a skilled tongue? And her body…
Stop.
She didn't know what it meant. Maybe Erza really only did it because of the runes. "But we kissed…"
"We sure did." A grinning Erza had come to fetch her, and now grabbed her hand tightly to go up.
We sure did.
Please review?
Wow. Every time I read my own fics, I'm like: they aren't bringing over the feelings I wanted to. But maybe that's because they're my own :/
Question: Should I be more descriptive or go faster with the stories. In other fics, they explain a lot more feelings and such, but maybe I should do that more? I'm also not realy one for slow burn either…
