As the sleeping teenage girl sighed in content with her eyes still closed, she wrapped her legs and arms tighter around whatever she was holding onto in an attempt to pull it closer to her. She felt something hard and warm pressing against her right cheek. Fluttering open her pretty blue eyes when she felt the weight on her waist tighten and pull her closer to whatever was holding her. Glancing she was met with a pale bare built and muscled chest, blushing she looked up to meet the sleeping face of a Mr. Rogue Cheney.

Her blush only grew darker when she noticed that he was half-naked and that her dress was raised dangerously high to her upper thigh, since it was short to begin with. She bit back the moan that threatened to spill from her lips noticing how defined his upper body looked and how he was unconsciously rubbing circles into her almost bare hip.

Minutes went by as she studied the sleeping features, he was so masculine, strong, and well built. She noticed the slight scar on the bridge on his nose, and had to resist the urge to run her hands through his black hair. She was unconsciously tracing his chest as she watched him with curiosity, a deep growl left his lips as she suddenly found herself pinned down against the bed with the now awake dragon on top of her.

The blushing teenage girl's electric blue eyes met with crimson red eyes staring back, they both held desire and longing in each of their eyes. The dragon watched as the longing girl was spread out, her delicate, soft, and curvaceous body was caged against the bed and him, and both his hands were on either side of her face. Her hair had long left it's hold from the messy braid and now framed her beautiful face. Watching as heavy breathes left her ruby red lips, he looked down to her scantily clad body, and her dress had ridden up dangerously high to her hips. The dragon let a soft growl out as he caught sight of the white lace panties that covered her.

"R-Rogue?" Snapping his gaze to the girl he had pinned down, he watched her eyes watch him with longing, desire and an emotion that he knew only for less than twenty four hours.

"Yes?" Leaning to the junction of her neck and her shoulder, he nuzzled her before leaving small kisses on the spot.

The red haired girl watched as his eyes slowly observed her, and blushed when he was staring right at her panties that were no longer hidden and let out a growl. Calling out his name in a whisper had snapped his gaze back to her. She watched as he leaned in toward her, she let out a small gasp when he had responded with a whispered 'Yes?' His hot breathe blew across her already hot and flushed pale skin and caused the heat that was in her lower belly to get bigger.

Squirming slightly she snaked her arms around his neck, he pulled away to kiss her on each corner on her mouth before placing a kiss on her lips. Their lips moved together, nipping at the aroused girl's bottom lip asking for entrance. Granting it she parted her lips and he immediately started exploring her mouth before coaxing her into playing with him.

Their tongues fought for dominance, in the end the Dragon won. The girl felt her whole body temperature rise dramatically at how the heated and passionate kisses from her Dragon became. She ran her long, slender fingers through his hair tugging and pulling at it, she was rewarded with soft growls and groans. The dragon was internally fighting against his dragon that fought for the girl they were both currently taking their time with. Winning against his inner dragon, he continued the kiss for a few more minutes until they both parted for air.

A trail of saliva connected their lips, giving her one more kiss he sat up and brought her into his lap. He waited patiently for the princess to regain her composure and push the desire away. There was things he needed to discuss with her before they did anything else, he wasn't going to let his desire for her screw it up before it even began. As the girl in his lap finally regained her composure she blushed at how easily her control was broken and couldn't help biting her lip at the Dragon's effect on her.

"Annabella, we need to discuss some things" Rogue's voice pulled her out of her thoughts and back to reality, she watched him look at her with seriousness

"Okay" Smiling she looked at him with the innocence and happiness she held, the Dragon inwardly groaned. She had to stop looking at him like that if she didn't then his already lack of control would surely snap and he'd do something he'd regret. No he wouldn't regret pleasuring the beautiful princess in his lap. No he'd regret letting his desire control him and not show her the way he wanted to properly court her, to get to know her, to cherish her and show her the world that she desired to know and just give her everything she wanted before making the final step to make her truly his.

"You know I'm a Dragon Slayer correct?" She nodded and hummed a response "Do you know the traditions, customs and rituals of them?"

"I know only little of Dragon slayers, just the basics of them" She explained with a small smile

"Well there is a certain ritual that every dragon and slayer have. The ritual is to take a mate that is the slayer or Dragons equal" I explained, letting her slowly process the information

"I'm your mate I'm assuming" Quirking a thin red eyebrow at the Dragon, he let out a throaty chuckle and nodded nonetheless

"Yes, you are my mate. There is a courting ritual that is involved and with your permission I wish to ask you that question"

"Yes, you have my permission"

"Will you Annabella Valentine allow me Rogue Cheney to court you to be my mate" He asked with a serious glint in his eye

"Yes, I allow you Rogue to court me to be your mate" The Princess smiled letting a giggle escape her lips, he simple smiled and kissed her lips before pulling away "That's not fair" She said with a pout on her lips

"I know, you'll have to bear with me here" Nodding eagerly she smiled again "In human terms will you be my girlfriend?" She leaned in and kissed him wrapping her arms around his neck

"Is that an answer?" Pulling away she played with the ends of his hair, he let out another chuckled and nodded causing the girl in his lap to lean into him resting her head in the crook of his neck.

"We'll talk more about this later as soon as we get another chance to be alone" Wrapping his arms around the girl he held her against him with a smile, breathing in her scent. There was faint traces of arousal, ignoring it he focused on her natural scent.

Vanilla and Roses~

Just her scent drove the Dragon crazy, looking down at his intended he kissed her forehead noticing she had fallen asleep and laid her back in bed since the sun wasn't even up. After covering her with the silk white sheets, he wrote down a small note and left it on her bedside table, looking at her one more time he disappeared into the shadows as he watched both of her wolves move to the end of the bed.

-( Sting and Lucy)-

Yawning I sat up from the bed, stretching until I heard the many pops as I let my bones click back into place. Satisfied I stood and went to the bathroom, as I left I decided to go check up on the exceeds. As I opened the door to Rogue's room, I walked over to the sleeping exceeds that were sprawled over the bed. Shaking my head I turned ran into something with a hiss I backed up, looking to see it was a smiling Rogue.

"Etto...sorry Rogue" He shook his head

"Don't apologize Lucy, I should have given you a warning that I was here" He sat on the end of the bed and ran his hands through his ink black hair.

"How was last night?" All I got was a smirk, I flicked him on the forehead rolling my eyes when he looked up at me with a shocked look "So lemme guess, the reason for the sudden attachment to the Princess is because she's your mate and the smirk is because something happened while you were watching over her" All I got was a bigger smirk from him "That's a yes but I'm guessing some other things happened as well?"

"Yes, things happened. I discussed some things with her and plan to explain it more the next time we're alone" He answered looking up at me "If it's okay Lucy I already asked her to allow me permission to court her and be my girlfriend." I smiled pulling him into a hug then pulled away after he returned the hug

"Yes, it's okay Rogue. I'm actually not surprised really, I approve of you two. She needs someone like you and you need someone like her." With that said I gave him one last lingering look then left him in his room and returned to Sting's and mine.

"Lu, can you help me with my tie?" Sting asked trying to fix but failed after many attempts, Rogue simply shook his head at his twin and fixed his red one. Both Dragons wore black suits with white shirts underneath and different colored ties.

Lucy wore a deep blue heart-shaped neckline high-low silk dress that flowed at her hips and ended an inch past her mid-thigh, she wore a simple sapphire heart shaped necklace around her neck with matching earrings and ring. The jewelry set was a gift from Sting that he had given her for their one year anniversary. With her hair in a braid, she slipped on the black stiletto heels.

"Yeah, give me a sec" With a smile she fixed his tie and leaned up kissing her boyfriend. Even in her heels she only reached to his nose, laughing he kissed his girlfriend who pouted cutely up at him.

"We should go so Rogue can see his girlfriend on her birthday" Sting smiled cheekily, Rogue rolled his eyes crossing his arms over his chest but a faint smile had already reached his lips. The blonde couple noticed and smiled thanking the kami's for ending Rogue's long term of being alone.