Elizabeth laid in bed anxious for Meliodas to come up and go to sleep. She had showered, aired out the room, and remade the bed. Tiredly she tossed and turned, fighting sleep until her knight came up, but as the night grew quite she realized that he wasn't there. She reached over to the dark tank top he liked to wear to bed now she clutched it to her with tears in her eyes and fell into a restless sleep.

Why did he leave?

X-0-X

Elizabeth dreamed about the prior night, reliving her embarrassment and confusion at Meliodas' shower.

"Ah." A low growl reached her through the thin wall between the two rooms. Curiously, Elizabeth rolled over and stared at the door.

"What was that?" She wondered as she heard a thump and a grunted moan from behind the door her cheeks quickly coloring.

Is… Is he…? A moaned curse sliding under the door and making the princesses' heart flutter as a heat pooled south from her burning cheeks.

She quickly rolled onto her stomach as she heard his husky voice curse again, calling a bit louder. The heat in her stomach trickle down to her most sacred place. The pressure building as she pressed her legs together with a gasp of her own. Suddenly she felt too hot and couldn't stop listening to the short man's pleasurable sounds, each one striking her blood like a spark from Gowther's arrows.

As his moans and growls picked up she began to hear the distinct sounds of wet flesh being struck, her own groan mumbled into the pillow under her as she squirmed against the sheets.

"Why's he doing this!?" She moaned as the heat became unbearable, the shorts riding up and rubbing against her. She felt a wetness she'd never felt before and blushed as sliding her thighs together seemed to increase it. The action helping, but she didn't know what else to do.

"Elllllliiii." She heard him growl out freezing in her twitching.

Did..d-did he… Oh… Burrowing her face into the pillow she shakily exhaled as she heard him get out. Her body still aching, but she couldn't figure out how to quail it with the demon so close.

He'll surely make fun of me… I… who I can ask….

Meliodas opened the door and she felt the heat of his gaze land on her just as she heard him leap. She didn't hide that mewl escaping her as he gripped her cheeks as he leaned over her one of his hands quickly palming her aching breast.

She arched, unnoticed, into the man as his chest pressed into her back so that he could nip the top of her ear. The chuckle he let out at her rumbled in his chest, making her pulse quicken before the sensations forced her to bite her lip to keep from moaning. The feel of those hard muscle, the hot breathe in her ear, and the graze of his teeth on her cartilage strumming the fire in her gut. Sticking her tongue out at him after he rolled over onto his back, finally giving her room to breathe, felt good. The goofy grin she got in return made her huff and turn away.

He's so mean! I don't know how to play this game… Maybe Lady Merlin could offer me some advice?

She felt his arm slide over her and the gentle tug that brought her back to his chest, his chin on her shoulder as they both sighed in content. Both quickly falling asleep as Ellie prayed that the heat would be gone by morning.

With a groan the princess opened her eyes to the blaring sun and sat up, feeling unusually cold as she saw that her bedmate had not returned like she'd hoped he would. Shaking the remnants of her dream from her she got up and walked to the closet.

Biting her lip she pawed through her side before glancing at his clothes, a thought coming to mind.

He wouldn't mind if I borrowed a shirt again, right? Reaching for a green tank top she blushed at what she was doing. Quickly removing her own she pulled his down over her, a bit snugger than her own, but not really minding since had grown accustomed to her stomach showing. But a glance down told her that she was really gonna have heads turning with that much cleavage on display, suddenly blushing she heard a feminine chuckle from the doorway.

Merlin walked in and appraised her appearance, "Trying to get someone's attention?"

Stuttering, Elizabeth cried out, "N…nononono! I…I…I was j-just…."

"It's okay." A mischievous glint in her yellow eyes catching Elizabeth's attention, "He's been playing his game long enough. It's time you played back." Stepping behind the princess Merlin turned her to face the wall mirror, "Let's play the devil's game."

0-X-0

"Ban, Meliodas hasn't come back…" The large pink swine mumbled around a snout-full of scraps.

"Ahh, yeah." Ban glanced at the door before throwing back his last gulp of ale and getting up. "I'm gonna be gone for a bit, watch the tavern Master~."

With that exchange and a curious glance from Gowther and King, Ban left the building and looked for a sign to indicate which direction his leader at fled. Scanning the ground slowly trailing his eyes over the tree line he noticed that one of the thick branches had a very peculiar dent in it. Hoping up into the tree tops he took off following the trail. A grin lighting up his face as he began to smell water and the familiar scent of his dear little captain.

"Hiding in the water?" A bubble greeted him before the golden head peeked out with narrowed eyes.

"Leave."

"Come'n cap'! Can't be that bad!"

"Uh-uh."

"Uh-huh!"

"Uh-uh!"

"Uh-huh!" and back and forth they went for nearly ten minutes Ban stalking closer as Meliodas remained with chine his head above the water.

"THAT'S IT!" Ban snarled and thrust his relic toward Meliodas, the purple glow wrapping around the man's waist and pulling him into the air. Meliodas merely grinned at Ban's aghast face, arms folding behind his head as he was immediately let go to fall back into the water.

Resurfacing, "Shoulda listene~d." Meliodas chirped as Ban overdramatically rubbed at his eyes.

"Coulda WARNED a dude!" Ban barked as he sighed and glanced at his stark-naked captain. "What gives? You were fine before heading upstairs."

Ban's crimson eyes widening in disbelief as he watched his perverted captain turn just the slightest bit pink. "Nothing."

"Yeah, right!" Ban hollered pointing at the submerged demon, "you're actually blushing! The Sin's Dragon of Wrath and captain is blushing! Something happened!"

Looking to the side before green narrowed in on red, "I caught Elizabeth masturbating, okay?"

Ban suddenly busting a gut as he doubled over until he fell down, "Capt'n you're something else!" Suddenly a huge wave crashed onto the shore and the cackling fox.

As the water pooled back into the lake Meliodas and Ban shared a glare at each other, "Listen, Captain, talk to me." Ban sat up and leaned back on his arm's as Meliodas swan to where the water was just under his pecs instead of up to his chin.

"Princess loves you. Get that through your head. She does, and you love her. You have something I don't…" Ban broke eye contact for a moment as he looked down to his chest then back up a melancholy gleam in his eyes.

"Your love is here and now. She's right in front of you. Act on it! Sure I skinny dipped in the fountain and tempted Elaine to join me. Sure I forced her to lay down and get some sleep, but I never had the courage to take it further. I wanted to. But it didn't feel right to do that, with her trapped at that tree alone."

Ban steeled his gaze as he poured his regret into his next words, "Admittedly, I have two main regrets. One, I couldn't save her, we all know this one… The second? Is that I had seven days and nights with her and never once did I express that I loved her until it was too late. I will never get what you have, but that's fine. I want you to take the chance I didn't, it'd make me happy to see you and the princess happy." Meliodas sighed at the end of Ban's heartfelt confession.

I really can be an ass sometimes, huh? "I'm sorry, Ban."

"S'Fine, just keep doing what you're doing, and you'll be in her panties soon enough! NOW, I'mma go get shit-faced, get someone else to cook tonight~" With that Ban flipped up and over and began to walk back through the trees just as Meliodas was moving to get out of the water.

Ban's right, she obviously likes me enough to do that… What's the harm in actually getting this relationship established? A sharp pain stung above his right eye forcing him to wince and cover it as he put his shorts on. It's not like that'll happen again. No way am I letting the third person that I cherish be taken from me, by other's hands nor my own. I swear to remain in control.

He pushed the door to the tavern open to be greeted with the sight of Ban true to his words, bottles of ale around him as he snored deeply into the wooden counter. The rest of the Sin's and Hawk were crowded around the entrance to the kitchen.

Hawk turning around awe-starry eyes and pieces of food splattered to his face, "BOUT TIME YOU CAME HOME!" He squealed then oinked in happiness as a slender pale hand set another bowl of food before him.

"There Sir Hawk, that should tide you over until we open, right?"

Meliodas cocked his head to the side as the Sin's walked out from behind the bar each with two plates of food. The first one seeming to smell like a buttery vegetable dish, a heaping side of rice, with pan seared onions, bell peppers, squash, and steaming buttery green beans, carrots, and corn mixed together. The second plate had a hearty slice of meat, Meliodas' stomach growled deeply when he noticed that it carried the smell of strong spices with garlic, just enough blood mixed with the cooked juices, a baked potato, slice of bread, and some type of pasta and tomato mixture.

"Tell me what you all think, okay? This is the first time I've cooked without Sir Ban's guidance… First time I've even done much more than just hand him the ingredients, or spices…. So please let me know if I'm suited to cook to-" The apron clad princess froze and flushed as the short blonde looked at her appraisingly before he slowly walked toward her his easy-going smile relaxing her.

"Uh, good morning, Sir Meliodas." Elizabeth called out cheerily as she ducked back into the kitchen and brought out two teeming plates just like the other's had, "I hope you're in the mood to eat! Sir Ban told me that he's not cooking tonight, and suggested that I put to the test what he taught me…" She rambled nervously as she set the plates on the counter in front of Meliodas, a nostalgic feeling tugging at her memory from back when he first made her something to eat.

Escaping back to the kitchen she washed the dishes she had used to prepare the trail lunch and went back out to eat with the others. Everyone praising her as they all quickly finished and began wiping down the tables, checking the stock, and figuring out who was going to Elizabeth's place for tonight.

"King could! We'd serve so many more people and much quicker to!" Diane bounced up and down as she wrestled the fairy from the air beside her. "You won't have to move anything other than your fingers!"

"That would work, and I wouldn't lose so many plates." Meliodas joked as he glanced at the blushing woman seated next to him at the bar. Her blue eye glancing to yellow, a message being conveyed with the mage's quirked brow, before locking back with mirthful green as Ellie stuck her tongue out at the captain.

Meliodas tilted his head, Did she and Merlin just share a look? "It's not my fault that I trip so much…" Looking straight at his blushing princess as she opened her mouth again, "I'm sorry I've ruined so many dishes, but I really have tried my best."

Opening his mouth to speak Diane leaned across him and spoke instead, "Oh, Elizabeth there's no reason to feel bad. Those plates were cheap and crummy, Arthur sent us new ones, remember? These ones haven't broken once, so don't fret, okay?" With a smile the giantess tucked a strand behind the silverette's ear before settling back into her own seat.

"Besides, Princess Elizabeth, working in the kitchen may be better for you?" King spoke up as his amber eyes stealthily flicked to purple and back to blue without anyone noticing the silent conversation, "I wouldn't mind helping out a bit more so long as Diane wouldn't mind helping me out."

The giantess hid the blush dusting her cheeks fairly well, but King found the hue and grinned as he laid back against Chastiefol. Diane giving him a small smile when she caught the orange gaze that he hid perfectly under his lashes, almost like he did have his eyes close.

"Suuuure, Kingu~." Her small smile spreading into a grin as the wanna-be nonchalant fairy lit up like a candle and rolled over at the use of the nickname of his Sin name.

Ban's snoring intensified after a grumbled, "Ela…" causing all the companions in the room to shake their heads sadly at him.

"Poor, Sir Ban, I feel bad for him…" Elli bit her lip in a pout as her right hand stretched out and ran soothingly through the spiked white locks, an orange light following her movements, as the snores slowly diminished to quiet puffs of breath.

Why doesn't she do that to me… Wait… She… She has been?! The only night that I had that dream and one of the few mornings I've managed to wake up before her was when she wasn't intentionally sprawled on me. Has she been using her druid powers all this time? Meliodas watched the small smile Elizabeth gave the over-grown fox as she pulled her hand back to herself

"He's fine, Elaine's dead, but she's still with him." King muttered looking at the undead man with an expression torn between frustration and self-loathing.

"WELL! LOOKY HERE! A bar!" A man and woman barged in with the man bellowing with amusement.

"Hiya, we're technically not open right now, fellas. Sorry." Meliodas called from where he sat atop the bar counter.

"Psssh, we just wanna drink, runt, where's the owner. I ain't lettin' no kid talk to my man, Lorizo, like that." The woman bit out at the ever grinning Meliodas.

Hmm-ing, as he put his hand to his chin in thought, before looking up with a serious expression, "That would be. I'm the owner of the Boar's Hat, Meliodas."

As the couple started into a laughing fit everyone else in the bar sweat-dropped as the room's energy became very heavy. The man slowly looking up as the woman beside him wiped tears from her eyes, "That's a great joke, kid."

"He's not a kid! Leave our bar, now." Elizabeth exclaimed as she stood up from her seat just as Diane murmured a concerned, "Captain?"

"Don't think I was talking to you winch." The man stormed forward his reared back hand targeting the flawless cheek of the silverette. The arm swinging with enough force to have spun her and put her on the ground, but instead it froze an inch from impact. Three gasps echoed in the room, one of sudden pain, one of fear, and one of surprise.

Meliodas' eyes darkened dangerously as the man got closer to his princess, fazing to her side he planted his left leg into the man's stomach and launched him out the door. His female companion's eyes following her flying partner in fear, just as Elizabeth gasped in surprise at the sudden warm arm around her waist.

"You bastard!" The woman recovered and charged at the blonde man beside the silverette. "I'm gonna kill YOU!"

Meliodas readied himself to be attacked, but the sudden movement from the woman in his right arm caught him by surprise. Just as the woman got within attack range Elizabeth stepped forward swinging a leg up to deflect the woman's arms. That motion sending the attacker careening to the side while Elizabeth pivoted on her now landed leg, swinging the other one with a hard kick into the woman's side.

The woman crashed into one of the tables and groaned in pain as Elizabeth straightened herself out, not noticing the appraising eyes that followed her or the shocked expressions of her comrades.

Leaning over the woman, "I'm sorry, ma'am, but that's our captain, owner, and my boyfriend," a dusting of pink colored her cheeks, "and I'm not going to let you lay your hands on him. He really doesn't like to fight women, so you would have gotten a decent hit on him."

"But that's what I'm training for, to protect his back when he won't…" The smile in her blue eye fading as refined authority took over, "Leave this tavern, collect your man, and do not come back."

The woman stuttered an affirmative before shuffling out the door and to the man that just picked himself out of the dirt, both limping off without looking back.

"Well, that was exciting. Princess can I see you upstairs?" Merlin didn't wait for answer as both woman were teleported up into the large bedroom. "That was very seductive, and you say you don't know how to play his game." The mage tsk'd as she eyed the slowly turning red princess.

"What do you mean? I just used my training to stop the…" Merlin cut her off with a long finger to her lips.

"You didn't notice? My, my, you're naïve but not hopeless." Pulling out a small crystal ball, "Let me show you what you failed to see," and at that Merlin's ball began to show the same scene from earlier.

Elizabeth watched her own badass-ery then looked to catch what Merlin had pointed out. She grinned when she noticed the look of surprise on Meliodas face, then blushed as those light green eyes darkened to a deep moss green. His boyish smile taking on a more mature curve as the look he secretly gave the silverette's back was one of intrigue and love. His eyes appraising her from heel to crown of silver, shifting his stance his eyes dropped toward her rear as Elizabeth bent forward her spandex shorts that Merlin forced her in leaving nearly nothing to the imagination.

Now that she was able to see those emerald eyes raking down her back and visually groping her stuck out rear she flushed red and glanced to the smirking mage before her.

"I can't really make him look like that!?" the bashful princess cried out, "I-I kno-ow he likes me, b-but I ca-"

"You do. Now, watch his right eye closely."

Looking back into the past event Elizabeth watched as Merlin zeroed in on the moment right when he fazed to her side. The blonde balanced expertly on his right leg, his left ankle deep into the man's distended gut, and his iris' black. An ominous look on his face, a black spiral intersecting his eyebrow, as the male flew out the tavern door Meliodas tilted his head far enough forward to graze Elizabeth's thigh. Righting himself nanoseconds afterwards he looped his right arm around her waist, his right eye squeezed shut, and that side of his head tucked against her side.

"What was that?"

"You know well enough that Meliodas is a demon, right?"

Nodding her head as Elizabeth sat on the bed behind her with Merlin following. "Yes, I do."

"Good. Do you still want to play his game?" Merlin smirked neglecting to answer her question as Elizabeth looked away twiddling with her fingers.

Both orange and blue meeting humor-filled yellow from behind silver bangs, a feisty fire burning in them, "He really is unfair." At that Merlin began laughing with Elli's giggle mixing in both women looked at the other.

"Fine, you have been with us for too long." A sigh escaping the raven woman, "King may be right, your father is going to be in for a surprise." Tilting her head up to look at the ceiling before those yellow eyes cut down to the wondering princess, This may be what was needed.

"Let's play with the demon. Remember he's easily intrigued." She repeated her words from this morning before they both went back down the stairs. "Just be prepared for him to fight back." With that advice Merlin parted from her to go sit with Gowther.

Feeling confident Elizabeth looked into mirror at what Merlin had put her in that morning a blush fighting its way to her cheeks while she appraised her own-self.

A deep pink tank top fading into a see-through pale pink just under her breast the material ending where her waitress top would, instead of her shorts she wore the tight and well grasping spandex, and her normal leg and footwear being replaced with stripped pink and black thigh highs, with pink flats adorning her feet. The outfit making her look bustier in both her breast and butt, and the thigh highs making her legs look longer and slender.

"Be confident. Be tempting." Repeating that to herself and internalizing it the now eager princess heads down to play her hand at winning over the devil.

0-X-0

King watched contently from his oversized Chastiefol as Diane ran to and fro helping customers, the brunette bouncing happily as she took orders and carried them out. The loud crowd loving the cute, confident, woman as she got them to buy more and more ale and food. King tilted his head to look at the bar and noticed the flustered Silverette in the kitchen as she worked hard to make the onslaught of orders. Every now and then she glanced away to look at Meliodas who was happily jabbering with some regulars from this town they managed to get to before sunset.

Kullmeri… I think it was.

"King! Can I get some help!?" Diane called out as she turned to look at the loafing fairy king while at the bar counter nearest the kitchen. The surface over flowing with dishes, Seems she found a good pace, yeesh!

Floating down he twitched all ten of his fingers and the plates of food began levitate with his power. Diane pointed out who the plates go to and King sent the plates on their way, catching many guests by surprise as their plates floated right before their eyes. Some guests stopped horsing around and watched as King sent out dish after dish with Diane sitting on the edge of his overstuffed pillow finally taking a break.

Elizabeth poked her head out and chuckled at the even merrier tavern, everyone playing with King as he sent them their plates and they tossed the empty ones in the air for the show-boater to catch and send back to the sink. Diane leaned her back against his shoulder and winked, everyone laughing at the now pink-faced fairy as his power stuttered before he regained control.

In the kitchen Elizabeth sighed at the large pile of order tickets, wiping her hands on the apron, she stopped and bent forward, capturing all her hair in her hands, she secured it into a messy ponytail. She glanced over to catch the eyes of the blonde demon, leaning on the counter, giving him a small smile and wink just as something popped behind her. Jumping, she quickly turned to see that one of the potatoes had baked too long and exploded, groaning she leaned over and began pulling them out to cool and clean the starch mess she made.

Meliodas' eyes widened a fraction before a small chuckle left him as he watched Elizabeth go from smiling at him to 'eeping' in shock at the overcooked potato. His eyes following the curve of her body taking in the outfit that she wore, again wondering where she ever found something so provocative.

"Man, she has a fine ass." A red-haired newcomer ground out as he let loose a low whistle.

"Yeah, shoulda seen when she was out h-ere fallin'!" A regular from this town that had always come when the Boar's Hat made it this way.

Meliodas' smile turned down just a bit, not that anyone could tell, as he slammed two mugs down before the men talking about Elizabeth.

"Here ya go, guys!" Locking eyes with them, "Focus on the drinks and not my cook." A sinister look brewing deep within his green eyes the guys not noticing it in their stupor.

"Mel-man, HOW can we NOT!? She's nut-worthy!" At that comment and before Meliodas could snap they heard an exceptionally loud 'eep' from the princess in the kitchen.

Looking over at her as she yanked the apron from her body Meliodas' blood froze before he rushed to her side. Grabbing a mug from the sink filled with soapy water he doused the smoldering apron as he easily held Elizabeth up from the ground and to his chest. His right arm curved under her rear and a firm grip on her outer thigh, as the woman squealed in surprise.

"Well, Ban's gonna be sad when he comes to. Oh, well. You okay?" Meliodas asked as he began fondling the woman in question's breasts.

Blushing at his wondering hands but managing to ignore it for the most part, "A…ah, yes, I am. Thank you."

"What happened?" Meliodas looked around the kitchen for what might have caused the apron to catch on fire.

Looking sideways and tucking her chin into her shoulder Elizabeth explained that she had leaned over one of the front pots and didn't pay attention to how high the flames were, and before she knew it she was smoking… She didn't notice the look he gave her or the way his heart speed up, but she hid the smile that formed with her loose bangs as his hand tightened on her leg.

"Well, you are hot… What's with the outfit?" Meliodas cocked his head to the side as he took in what she was wearing. Earning him a flushed princess as he looked to be undressing her with his eyes.

"Um, I… I thought I'd expand my wardrobe…" a few wolf whistles and jeers from the men at the bar that could see them elicited a blush from her, "Could you let me down before the food burns, s-sir?" Her timid personality taking over as the look in the demon's eyes began to darken.

"Sure." He let her down and walked back out to the bar.

Is he jealous? She looked to Merlin and Gowther as the mind reader relayed her question at the mage's nod the devious princess smiled lightly.

It may not turn out well for the men, but you could use them to further your means in this… game. Though, I'm not sure why you would want to play this with the captain… Gowther stated in her mind his head tilted at her quizzically.

Merlin spoking using the internal connection that the puppet established; It may not be wise, but it would certainly get his attention. The mage grinned slyly before turning back to her drink.

Looking to Meliodas Elizabeth sighed and began pulling out the dessert she had been baking all day. A deep and dark bittersweet chocolate cake filled with a smooth and creamy vanilla cream. Poking her head back out she counted the heads of the customers, adding herself and the Sin's, and began cutting sections of the cake.

Mimicking how Meliodas had carried the pizza plates Elizabeth walked out behind the bar and began setting the treat in front of everyone. King's attention turned to her and he floated over to help, leaving Diane on Chastiefol. Carrying his and Diane's share as he carried the others out magically to the patrons he reclaimed his seat and called his thanks to the smiling princess.

"Wow, you've gotten better!" Meliodas chuckled as he took the offered plate and set it in front of him. Watching as Elizabeth leaned her elbows on the bar top and smiled at him from the side before the ogling men began talking to her.

She laughed at their jokes, and shifted her feet, noticing the kinked rug she lost her balance and fell to the side. Warm arms wrapped around her waist from the side and pearly white flashed at her as she looked up.

"S-sorry."

"S'kay. You can just tell me when you want lean in my arms, it wouldn't be as nerve-rattling as you falling." The blonde joked as the hand closest to her breast teased them from outside her shirt.

"I.. I.. I.." Meliodas righted her and leaned back into the conversation allowing Elizabeth to pull herself together.

She sighed and thought of the best way to keep Meliodas' attention while she interacted with the tavern-men. Fighting off a blush at what she was about to do she placed her hands on the bar-top and swung up so that she was seated in the middle with her legs over the outer edge.

Meliodas' eyes trailed down her form, slightly surprised that she was sitting on the counter, but loving the image none the less. A slight downward turn to his lips as he watched the men crowd around her.

Glancing back out of the corner of her eye she saw he was looking so she leaned back, in an effort to get him to look more at her, not noticing the spill of beer underhand until it was too late. One of the men closest to her caught her with a hand under her upper back and his forearm resting on her thighs, a grin taking hold of his ale-lacked face.

"Missy, I… We couldn't possibly be makin' ya swoon alreadyyy could we?" Another guy slurred setting his mug down and tilting his head to the blonde behind her for another refill.

"W..wha… No, I… I just slipped…" Tucking her chin back into her shoulder she looked to the side and pouted as the men in front of her laughed at her.

The look the blonde gave her would have made her shiver had she noticed it through her embarrassment, but instead looked back to the group and continued bantering with them. All the while the demon behind was growing more and more agitated as she seemingly didn't notice the paws still clutched to her, or the way the men around her looked at her. Not that he looked at her much differently, except that his intentions went beyond drunken-fucking.

He wanted her for himself and to make it to where no other man would think to think such thoughts of his innocent and naïve princess. The sound of another one of her eeps bringing him back to her as she slipped and fell backwards over the counter.

Side-stepping he caught her bridal style, a hand on her breast and a hand with a generous helping of her rear, before the man that had been attempting to grab her could. Meliodas shook his head at the damsel in his arms, a low chuckle in his chest as she looked up at him with wide eyes.

"T-thank y-you." She flushed red as she felt his chest bouncing.

The men in front of them asking if she's okay, one of them sheepishly smirking at the captain, as the blonde looked up and smiled widely at them his hands giving testing squeezes of the flesh they held. A stuttering eep mixed moan being elicited from the bright red silverette in his arms, the sheepish man looking at the captain with a frown.

"Wanna set her down, now?" The man crossed his arms at the captain's widening smile.

"Nah, I like having my girl in my arms."

"Oh, really? Well, we weren't talking to 'your girl'." The man glowering at him skeptically as the guys around him either looked uneasy or nodded their agreement.

"Hmmmm~. You can talk to me instead." Meliodas suggested as he tilted his head boyishly, the silverette bracing herself to as he let her legs find the floor.

"Outside." At that the bar-top crowd, a concerned Elizabeth, and a nonchalant Meliodas walked outside.

"Shirt off, pipsqueak." The foolish man commanded as Meliodas raised a brow, "We're gonna see who's better looking, then I'm gonna kick your ass. No way you can claim a hot ass like that." The man exclaimed as he gestured behind the blonde to Elizabeth.

Where are the other Sin's? Why haven't they come out? Where's HAWK!?

The captain will be fine Princess Elizabeth, in situations like this it is best to let Meliodas handle them. That was the order we were given when he set the rules for the Boar's Hat, he suggested that we may not be able to limit our damages to the bar or the person(s)… As for the pig, I believe he's in a food coma next to Ban. Ah, yes, he's actually being used by Ban as a pillow, strange… Gowther explained using the mind-link that was still established before disconnecting it.

"Okay!" The blonde before her chirped out as shrugged out of his vest and button-up in one smooth motion, his muscles sliding under his tanned skin, the dragon mark moving with the powerful muscles it resided on.

The crowd around them sweat dropped as they looked from the chiseled and glorious Dragon Sin to the drunken flabby man daring to challenge him in looks, let alone strength.

"Dude! You're ripped! How can a kid be ripped!?" A frown marred both the princess' and captain's faces as they simultaneously replied.

"He not a kid. He's Meliodas, Dragon Sin and captain to the Seven Deadly Sin's…"

"I'm not a kid. I'm Meliodas, Dragon Sin, and captain to the Seven Deadly Sin's…"

Looking at the other they smirked before Elizabeth gasped while Meliodas caught the kick that was aimed for the back of his head. Glancing over his shoulder at the stupid man tugged up on the leg making the man fall down before being tossed into the air.

The very unmanly screech he let loose making everyone wince, Meliodas jumped up into the air to be level with him, leaning in close, "Let's get this straight… That is my girl." The demonic spiral forming on his forehead until the man nodded his agreeance. "Good."

All smiles again Meliodas wrapped on arm around the man and took the impact back to the ground with braced bent knees. Tossing the dizzy man toward his clothes and friends Meliodas walked back in ignoring his shirt and vest that Elizabeth held to her chest.

"Captain?!" Diane called out as Meliodas walked under her.

Looking up at the duo on the green pillow he smirked, but they noticed his frustration in his eyes. Floating a little lower, "What's up, Meliodas?" King asked as he watched the shown-up men sullen walk back in, a concerned Elizabeth walking in and toward the bar.

"I'm having a sneaking suspicion that something is off." Meliodas glanced around the bar his gaze landing on the silverette pouring ale for some of the put-off men.

"Hm… Ellie did seem out of place tonight, if that's what you're getting at…"

"Yeah…" Leaning back against the edge of Chastiefol he watched as his supposed-to-be naïve and innocent. She kept glancing toward him, occasionally smiling or tucking a troubling strand of silver hair behind her ears. The way she moved and looked at him beckoning the darker side as he pieced together what she was doing.

Diane blurting his suspicions as she had been studying the silverette also instead of paying attention to the pouting fairy beside her. "SHE'S FLIRTING WITH YOU!?"

Both the Bear and Serpent Sin looking at the Dragon before them in worry as a dark chuckle broke through his chest. "So she is…" Pushing off with his shoulders, "if it's a game she wants it's a game she will get." The blonde man locking eyes with the frozen silverette as he stalked toward her.

The look he gave her was dangerous, all the blood in her body was simultaneously on fire and frozen, a shiver running down her spine as his eyes darkened and the grin spread wider on his face. He walked around the bar and was pleased to see that even her knees were slightly buckled just from his look, growing even more satisfied as her eyes slowly broke from his and trailed down his body, both orange and blue themselves darkening. She stuttered on an exhale and looked away quickly busying herself with refilling a mug.

Meliodas leaned around her, pressing his torso against her lower back, feeling her flinch he rested his left hand on her hip near the artery that ran by there and felt her pulse hammer. Grabbing the Bernia ale that was next to his hand he poured himself a drink, pretending to have his eyes shut he watch as Elizabeth gulped as she watched him tilt the mug back and down the ale. Her eyes lingering on his lips where a drop of ale stuck before slowly rolling down his chin, the drop falling to his chest.

Ghosting in and out of his muscles, her eyes followed that drop jealously as a heat pooled in her stomach, her tongue wanting to trace its path to the waist of pants.

Meliodas smirked as he watched her subconsciously rub her thighs together, before turning back to the once again happy patrons.

Elizabeth bit her lip and breathed through her nose, leaning over Meliodas she let the weight of her breasts press him forward a bit as she reached for the clean mugs. A slender hand against his chest to hold him in place, her nails gently pressing in crescents, as she slide further down his back before even more slowly righting herself.

She could feel his heart stutter and pound in his chest, the groan that rumbled quietly between their contact, and way his muscles went taunt. Feeling confident she smiled at mop of blonde hair before moving back to the customers, her gaze briefly meeting Merlin's as the woman nodded her head to the demon beside her. Looking toward Meliodas slightly confused she caught sight of the faintest of shadows flickering over his right cheek.

Feeling victorious and nervous at the same time Elizabeth squeaked as she felt his hidden right hand creep up the back of her thigh and finger around the bottom hem of her shorts.

"Bar's closed, everyone get home." Sweeping his tricky hand under the pale thighs before him, knocking her off balance and landing pressed against him, he held her bridal style once again. "King, get them out before running off." Meliodas sent the fairy a look that spoke wordlessly of what he knew.

Gulping, King ushered the bar occupants out before floating himself and Diane out of the bar and to the roof where they liked to slumber.

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You all can thank my slave-driver, Goddess Lick, for making me have to do this chapter in a two parter! I haven't finished the last three major scenes for this chapter, but this is already over 6,500 words, so I'm uploading this. Just keep in mind the next chapter is the second part to this and my advice for it BRING TISSUES!

Not that you're gonna cry, but you may hemorrhage from your noses… MAJOR LIMES AHEAD in the next second part. Get ready for some physical advancements, and some really inappropriate dreams.

Again, if y'all could review and tell me what you think it'd be amazing. Anyways, hope you enjoyed and are ready for the next chapter!