Hey Everyone I hope everyone's having a good 2015 so far.
I actually have a favour to ask you guys you see I like most of you probably check the Fairy Tail Couples Wiki quite frequently and I saw the list of upcoming couple weeks and I saw that Laxana, Gruvia and Fraxus are having a Love Fest now for those of you who do not know Love Fests usually have more sexually themed prompts and I don't think Miraxus has had a Love Fest before and I don't want Miraxus to be left out on the fun.
So if any of you have tumblr and you know anyone who organises the couple weeks or if you organize them yourself please PM me so I can talk to them and ask them to organise a Miraxus Love Fest 2015.
I would do it myself but I'm very new to tumblr and I don't know the first thing about organising a couples week. So if any of you know who I can talk to in order to make Miraxus Love Fest 2015 happen then I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd let me know.
Anyway I hope everyone enjoys the chapter!
It had been a few days since Laxus had recovered fully from the whole falling coconut incident and Mira had noticed that he had been acting a little differently. Everytime she addressed him or tried to talk to him he'd always yell back his response. It wasn't like an angry or agitated yell it was more like what someone did when they were on edge or when they had some kind of secret.
Another thing she had noticed was that he seemed to be making all kinds of excuses to be away from her. At first she didn't really pay it any mind but now she was realising that he was downright avoiding her.
She was just exiting the bathroom of their hotel room after washing her face and brushing her teeth when she saw Laxus opening the front door.
"You heading out already?" Mirajane asked and she noticed Laxus tense at her question.
"Y-Yeah I'm just going for a little run on the beach I shouldn't be gone long. Later." Laxus said walking out.
Mira tried to say something but he was already out the door on his so called "run" which was probably one of his most common reasons to go off on his own.
"Why is he going out of his way to avoid me?" Mirajane thought aloud playing with the fabric of the ocean blue skirt she was wearing.
Maybe he blames me for the accident. Mirajane thought as she laid back onto her pillow and just stared at the ceiling.
Okay so maybe it was her fault for not being as attentive of her surroundings as she should have been and he did end up getting hurt because of it but she was feeling guilty enough about it as it was and Laxus giving her the cold shoulder was only making her feel much worse.
She just buried her face into her pillow mumbling "Stupid Laxus." over and over.
LAXUS POV
Laxus was making his way towards the beach where he would run up and down the shoreline. He always told Mira that it was to make sure he stayed in shape but really he was just trying to make sense of the mess that was going on his heart.
Ever since he had realized his feelings for Mira he just wasn't able to look her in the eye without suddenly getting this strong irritating warm fuzzy feeling in his gut.
Dammit! I thought that knowing why I was acting weird around Mira would make everything feel better but it's just made things ten times worse! Laxus inwardly vented stopping walking to punch a nearby tree in frustration.
After his anger subsided Laxus couldn't help but think about the real reason why he kept avoiding Mirajane.
He didn't deserve her.
At least that's what Laxus thought, he had made her cry, he had her turned to stone and was going to smash her into tiny little pieces with his own hands and even if Mira had regained her powers during The Battle Of Fairy Tail he orchestrated she had to go through a great deal of mental trauma and relive painful memories, all because of him and his stupid selfish desires.
Besides how could someone so beautiful and good ever love someone like him. He wasn't even sure what love really meant since he'd never felt genuine romantic love for another person.
But even if he wasn't sure exactly what is was he knew he had it bad for Mirajane.
Right now he just needed a little more time to figure out exactly what he was going to do. Plus he was sure that Mira didn't need the extra stress of a sudden declaration of love from him of all people.
"Guess I'll just have to settle for being her friend." Laxus said continuing his walk towards the beach.
After he had finally finished his run Laxus went over to a nearby beach bar to get himself an ice cold beer to help combat the tropical heat.
After he'd finished he held the still cold can to his temple again to help alleviate the heat since there was little wind that day.
Ever since he had gotten to the beach he had tried to think about whether he should tell Mirajane how he felt about her or whether he should just keep quiet. He kept telling himself to go with the latter since that was the more simple option but deep down a part of him desperately wanted to confess to her.
Also he found that being so close to someone you care so much for but never letting them know how you felt was pretty damn hard.
Especially since usually when Laxus wanted something or someone he'd just take them no questions asked but this was Mirajane they were talking about and that meant he had to be very careful as this decision could greatly affect their relationship.
What would Gramps do? Laxus thought to himself which he instantly regretted as he knew that if his grandfather was in his shoes then would walk straight up to Mira and ask if he could screw her.
He might have made a great guild master but he was far from a perfect role model.
Deciding that he had bought all the time he could have with his little run Laxus decided to head back to the room he shared with the woman that was causing all of his inner turmoil.
"Hi Laxus!" Mira greeted chirpily.
"Hey." Laxus replied rather quietly, he still had a great deal on his mind so he couldn't even pretend to be friendly.
"How was your run?" Mira asked as Laxus went over to that bathroom to shower and wash off all of the sweat he had accumulated.
"It was fine." Laxus said rather dismissively before entering the bathroom and slamming the door causing Mira to wince slightly.
I was right, I guess he is angry with me, well hopefully this will help me make it up to him. Mira thought staring at the flyer in her hands which she kept behind her back to prevent Laxus from seeing them.
After 15 minutes or so Laxus exited the bathroom in a new set of clean clothes he was about to go to his bed to try and sleep himself out of this funk before that silk like voice stopped him.
"Uh Laxus, can I show you something real quick?" Mira asked.
Laxus slowly turned around frowning at the woman but she didn't seem to take much noticed since he was always frowning about something.
"What is it?" Laxus asked with a sigh.
Mira just handed him some kind of piece of paper which he reluctantly took and looked at it.
It appeared to be flyer with pictures of a bunch of people dancing around a fire.
"A…..beach party?" Laxus asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah there's going to be one tonight and well…..I was wondering if you're feeling up to it….maybe you wanted to go together…as friends obviously! Wouldn't want people getting the wrong idea again right?" Mirajane said laughing nervously.
She didn't seem to notice Laxus' grip on the paper tighten and his teeth gritting at her words.
As friends? As fucking friends?! I finally figure out how I feel and she wants to fucking friend zone me before I even get the chance to tell her?! Laxus thought.
Realizing his feelings for the woman already had all of Laxus' emotions swirling around all over the place but what Mira just said just turned a confused haze into a raging hurricane.
"Fine." Laxus growled before turning and stomping off to his room.
Mira tried to just concentrate on being happy that Laxus was going to this party with her but she couldn't help but notice that the angry tone in his voice was almost too reminiscent of the way he sounded before his expulsion from Fairy Tail.
The very thought of him regressing to that same dark man who would laugh at the suffering of his friends and family was almost enough to bring Mirajane to tears.
No, this is no time to get emotional. I've gotta make sure that I look nice for tonight. Mira thought patting her cheeks with her hands to snap herself out of it. If she wanted to cheer Laxus up then it certainly wouldn't do to have a depressed expression on her face.
Mirajane spent the next few hours getting everything ready for tonight.
She spent most of her time in the bathroom trying a bunch of different hair styles to see which one would look best on her.
Mira preferred not to wear makeup, even when she was modelling she tried to use as little as possible. She just never liked the feel of it and besides it's not like she actually needed the stuff to look her best, she was an all-round natural beauty.
While she was getting herself ready Mira noticed that she didn't hear a peep from Laxus room. He was probably just taking a nap before the party since he did have a tendency to doze off whenever he was bored.
After a long while Mira decided that she was going to go out wearing a black and blue sundress with her bangs hanging down since she didn't usually go out without her hair tied up in some way.
She kept telling herself that she just wanted to try out something new but she really wanted to impress a certain Dragon Slayer who was accompanying her on this trip.
She exited the bathroom only to find Laxus leaning against the opposite wall with his arms crossed and eyes closed.
He was wearing navy jeans as well the sleeveless shirt with the fur trimmed neck and shoulders which showed off his muscular arms and you could even see some his tattoo poking out across his left shoulder.
Mira couldn't help but just star at him for a few seconds just taking in the sight.
Finally Laxus opened one eye to look at Mira.
"So are we doing this thing or not?" Laxus asked gruffly unfolding his arms and stuffing his hands into his pockets.
"Yeah sure." Mira said with a smile trying her best to ignore the mixture of annoyance and anger in his tone.
"Well let's get going then." Laxus said opening the door for her to go threw.
"Okay, thanks." Mira said as she exited the room with Laxus following behind her.
They walked in silence, each of them not entirely sure what to say to the other. Mira was still stressing over whether this would help improve Laxus' mood while Laxus was still feeling angry and confused more so at himself than Mira since he was very much frustrated with his inability to just come clean with the woman.
While they were walking Laxus took the time to look at Mira from behind and noticed her choice of attire.
Dark coloured clothes suited her much better than the bright ones she would usually have on, of course to Laxus she'd still be pretty in anything but he felt that darker clothes were just more…..Mirajane.
When they finally arrived the atmosphere was quite lively, people were dancing around, there were a bunch of tiki styled torches and multi coloured lacrima lights all around, basically you're classic beach party vibe.
"Hey Laxus do you wanna dance?" Mira asked pointing over to where most of the dancing was taking place.
"Nah I'm good for now, I think I'm just gonna go get a drink." Laxus said walking over to the mini bar.
"Okay." Mira whispered, disappointment etched all over her face.
Well since I'm here I might as well try and enjoy myself a little bit. Mirajane thought making her way over to the dance floor hoping that she might be able to have a little fun so her thoughts about the Lightning Dragon Slayer didn't weigh as heavily on her mind.
Coincidentally that very same Dragon Slayer was trying his best to do the very same thing about her.
He just stared blankly at the contents of his glass as is swilled around from side to side.
He wasn't trying to make Mirajane feel bad in fact he seemed to be oblivious to the fact that there was even something wrong with the woman but whenever he was near her he just felt so confused, angry, flustered and happy all at the same time. It was almost too much for him.
Damn Demon's drivin' me crazy. Laxus thought grinning a little, he couldn't help but feel somewhat amused that this one woman was able to make him, one of the greatest mages in the world, a total wreck without having to lift a finger.
He turned his head slightly so he could keep an eye on the woman since that was the whole point of him being there.
He smiled a little at the sight of Mirajane twirling around and laughing as she danced without a care in the world.
Maybe telling her the truth wouldn't be so bad. Laxus thought but his calm admiring eyes were replaced by a rather dark glare when he noticed a man getting too close to Mira. Judging from his rather uncoordinated movements it was obvious the man was intoxicated but all that mattered to Laxus was that some random guy was trying something with Mirajane.
No I've gotta clam down, Mira's a big girl she can handle this. Laxus thought to himself trying to quell the searing anger bubbling inside of him.
However all sense of reason vanished when he saw the man place a hand on Mirajane's behind.
The sight made Laxus unconsciously shatter the glass he was holding, one of the bartender's was about to complain but they made the wise decisions of turning away and pretending they didn't see a thing when they saw the Dragon Slayer's face contort with pure rage.
Laxus got out of his stool and began to stomp over to the dance floor.
"Come on doll face, why don't we go have some-hic….fun." The man slurred swaying from side to side obviously he was struggling to keep his balance.
Mirajane simply sighed, she was all too familiar with how irritating pervy drunks could be especially when you were trying to enjoy yourself.
"I'm sorry but to be honest I think I'd rather walk across boiling hot coals then go anywhere with you." Mirajane said with a smile even though the amount of venom dripping from each word could probably be too much for even Crime Sorcière's new Poison Dragon Slayer to handle.
"Aww come on, don't play herd to get." The drunk said leaning in closer to Mirajane who was just about to send him spinning with a demon slap but a large fist connected with the man's jaw before she got the chance to do so.
Mira turned her head and was surprised to see Laxus with an enraged look on his face that she was rather surprised to see.
The unfortunate man crashed onto the floor but luckily it was made of sand so there was no risk of serious injury but he was definitely going to feel that in the morning.
Laxus on the other hand couldn't care less whether the man got a slight concussion or if he'd turned his brain to mush, as far as he was concerned whatever happened to him was just what he deserved for trying something with Mirajane.
He then grabbed Mira's wrist and dragged her away from the dancefloor and off the beach entirely but even then he still wouldn't let go.
"Laxus? Hey Laxus? LAXUS!" Mirajane yelled angrily causing the Lightning Dragon to stop dead in his tracks.
He slowly turned his head to scowl at her.
"What?" He growled.
Mira forcefully wriggled her hand out of the man's grip before speaking, "What in the world was all that about?!" Mira asked giving the man a glare of her own.
"That's not a very nice way to thank someone who just saved you." Laxus said which only seemed to anger the demon even more.
"Save me? From what that guy? I'm a barmaid Laxus, I have to deal with drunk pervy assholes like that almost everyday in fact most of them are a lot worse than he was but I'm still able to get rid of them just fine!" Mirajane said suddenly feeling really angry with the Dragon Slayer.
"I don't give a shit whether you can deal with trash like him or not, the fact is that if I let someone even try anything that might hurt you than I'm gonna have to put up with Gramps lectures so no matter how tough you think you are you've just gotta accept the fact that while we're here I've gotta keep you out of any kind of trouble. Deal with it." Laxus said turning to leave.
He wasn't trying to be an ass but his head was so messed up right now because of his conflicting feelings that he didn't know that he was doing half the time and just acted on impulse without thinking.
Mira just stared at his back as he walked away clenching her fists in anger, she'd been putting up with Laxus' crap for several days now and she had finally had enough of it.
"YOU COULD AT LEAST PRETEND THAT YOU'RE NOT HATING EVERY SECOND OF BEING STUCK WITH ME!" Mira hollered letting all of her frustration pour out of her.
Her words and tone once again rendered Laxus motionless, he turned and his eyes widened slightly when he could see tears starting to form in the woman's eyes.
"I know that Master forced you to come here to look after me and I hardly expect you to enjoy a vacation when it's been forced on you but even so….I thought that maybe I'd be able to see a better side of you and that perhaps this trip would bring us…a little closer and I was really happy with just getting the chance to be around you but you were so grumpy and irritable most of the time that I knew you weren't enjoying yourself and I also knew that it was because of me. I mean if it weren't for me you wouldn't have had to come all the way out here so I understand if you're mad at me but that still doesn't mea-" Mira was silenced when she felt Laxus' arms wrap around her and pull her in for a soft, warm embrace.
Mira's brain could barely register what was happening, Laxus was hugging her…Laxus Dreayar was actually hugging her!
"I'm sorry." He said after a few moments of silence.
Mira tried to look up at his face but that was rather difficult since he was hugging her rather tightly.
"I never meant to make you feel like that and I'm sorry I've been in such a funk lately. You see the reason I've been a jerk….well more of a jerk than usual is because I recently found out something…and it's pretty big news at least to me it is." Laxus said.
"Big news? Oh my gosh is it Master? Is he dying? Are you dying? Are you-" Laxus just sighed and place one of his large hands on the back of her head and pressed her face into his chest.
She really liked to jump the gun sometime.
"No Mira no one's dying at least no one we know anyway. The truth is I found out that…I'm in love."
Mira couldn't believe what she was hearing, Laxus was in love?!
But then she felt her chest hurt when she tried thinking about who it could possibly be.
Could be Lucy, Laxus did say he wanted her as his woman or it could be Cana I mean they do seem to be all buddy buddy with eachother. Oh God is it Freed? Does Laxus play for both teams?! Mirajane thought, her head felt like it was going to burst if she didn't know who he was talking about.
"Wh-who are you in love with?" Mira asked slightly afraid of what his answer would be.
She could feel Laxus' body suddenly tense as he slowly released his hold on her she slowly looked up at him and even though it was dark she could faintly see his cheeks and ears slightly tinted with red.
"Well…it's you." He said rather hastily.
"Eh?" Was all she was able to say as time seemed to stop for her.
"I'm saying that I….well I…..I." He stammered.
"I love you." Laxus confessed looking straight into those blue orbs he adored.
Mira just stared at him in shock for a while before opening her mouth to speak but Laxus held up a hand to stop her.
"You don't have to say anything, I know there's no way you'd ever feel the same way about someone like and that's okay because I know that you only deserve the very best. So even though I don't like the idea of you being with another guy as long as he makes you happy then I won't get in the way, but I will kill him if he ever hurts you. Well that's all I wanted to say. Later Demon." Laxus said giving her a sad smile before turning to walk away.
He was stopped when he felt Mira hug him from behind burying her face into his back.
"You stupid idiot, let me finish talking before you decide to leave. There's no way I'd be with another man because the only one I want to be with is you! You make me happy Laxus even when you're being a grumpy, rude asshole that drives me crazy I still feel happy just being near you. I love you too." Mira confessed as tears started to roll down her eyes.
Laxus turned around initially with a look of shock on his face.
"Do….you mean it?" He asked unsure whether this was really happening.
Mira nodded and gave him a smile which in turn caused him to smile right back.
He cupped her cheek with his hand wiping away her tears with the pad of his thumb.
She hesitantly reached out and held the sides of his face with her delicate hands.
Laxus closed his eyes and started to leaning down towards her face with Mira also closing her eyes and started standing on her toes so she could lean upwards.
Eventually the distance between them finally closed and they shared their first kiss with all the stars in the sky as witnesses to their love.
I really loved writing this chapter I've been playing it out over and over in my head and I think it came out alright I hope all of you enjoyed it. Please review as they give me the drive to keep writing better chapters.