Hey! I wanted to post something before Christmas so here I am :D
Anyway, this isn't Christmas themed but hopefully it should be sufficient
It's lucyxloke this time with a little lucyxhibiki if you squint (incidentally, I also ship them)
And as always, I don't own anything except the plot (if I did, jellal would have stayed behind with erza; they're kinda really amazing xD)
Enjoy !

6. In which Loke takes on a challenge (Part I)

It was supposed to be a joyous occasion, or at least, that was the intent.
What it was supposed to be was a celebration for having defeated the Oraicon Seis and naturally, Marakov had suggested holding the party at Fairy Tail, knowing full well that the guild was itching for another excuse to get insanely drunk.

So here Loke was swirling a glass of murky liquid as he discreetly surveyed his surroundings.

From afar it would seem as though Loke was enjoying his time away from the stellar spirit world, though anyone who knew Loke well enough was too drunk to realize that he in fact was not.
But who could blame them? Cana personally made sure that there was more than enough booze to go around.
That and the seemingly endless supply of women who were more than willing to cater to his every whim helped too.

In short, Loke was supposed to be happy.

Normally on any other occasion, Loke would have pounced on the chance to entertain an audience of women but today… was different.
Rather it was the attention (or lack thereof) of a certain blonde that had him uninterested in anything or anybody for that matter.

Though no one could notice, Loke was actually seething.
How did she have the nerve to summon him to only completely ignore him afterwards?
Ok, maybe she didn't exactly summon him but clearly she was delighted to see him there.
But that's beside the point.

It was uncharacteristic of Loke to glare; he was rarely ever the one to be jealous.
However, momentarily after his arrival, Lucy allowed herself to be whisked away by some jerk who called himself a Hundred Night Hibiki. Loke understood the charm he had over women but honestly, calling yourself a Hundred Night Hibiki screamed desperation.
Plus, he was obviously way better looking than what's-his-face.

So here Loke was swirling an (almost empty) glass of murky liquid as he (not-so) discreetly surveyed his surroundings.

He didn't know what ticked him off more.
The fact that what's-his-face had his arm wrapped snugly around her waist or the fact that Lucy didn't look like she minded that it was. In fact, it almost seemed like she enjoyed his company.
Given that both parties were probably drunk out of their minds, everyone looked like they were having a good time.

So why wasn't he happy?
Who cares if the girl he not so secretly loved was openly flirting with some jerk?
Loke would do better.
As of 5 seconds ago, he decided that he was going to fight fire with fire.
Blame it on the alcohol but Loke accepted Lucy's challenge (even if she never really initiated one in the first place).

First though, he would have to find a willing candidate, which of course being Loke, would be easy...

To be continued ...

Part II should be up by New Year's so look out for it :)
I don't think it's Christmas yet anywhere considering it's almost 3AM EST (my sleeping patterns are a wreck because of this past week) where I am but just in case,
Merry Christmas to all and have a safe and wonderful holiday !

~jaychi

Oh, and btw, if there's something that you want to see/happen in a story feel free to ask.
I literally have 2 weeks to let my brain run free before I submit to the hell that is exams, so I have time and energy (I'll be sleeping til 2 almost every day) to write.
There's a limit though, I am most comfortable writing a pairing with Lucy though I could *attempt* to write others (I choose not to write lucyxnatsu mainly because I think they're so canon that it's almost boring LOL ... um yeah I'm weird)
So other than that anything should do
So suggest ideas or you could suggest that I just update more; that works too LOL