So I added some stuff for the request of NerdyAnimeOtakuGeek. Hope it's fluffy enough with slight drama ^_. I also made it blend in with the story so yay! Hope all you readers like it too :)
For the passed three months it had been constant 'woohing'. Whether it was with dates or just hanging out at the guild or on missions; it wasn't just the big things they did for each other. It was the little things. The soft kisses, the gentle caresses. When Laxus would curl his pinkie around Freed's pinkie when they were on missions (since neither were comfortable holding hands in front of the people who hired them–mostly they didn't trust anyone outside their nakama). He'd kiss him softly on the head when they would separate to complete a mission telling him to be careful. Of course Freed would graze his lips against Laxus' before they separated.
Freed would whisper sweet things into his ear when they were on the train knowing sometimes his scent wasn't enough for Laxus' sensitive stomach. Of course they would end up nibbling and whispering to each other to distract Laxus from the train ride.
Ever and Bicks would make fun of them by making 'kissy faces' at them or teasing them by what they said to each other. However, they were very, very happy for them considering both could see the loneliness in either of their eyes from time to time; they could practically see the walls around their hearts being built brick by brick.
They knew that there were going to be some differences between the things they knew as friends and things they were finding out about each other as boyfriends. Little quirks they never noticed before, favorite things, things they disliked, how they acted around certain people (civilians or other guild members), how they behaved with each other around other people. Slowly, they had been getting used to being near each other as more than friends.
Soft kisses, uncertain touches here or there until they started becoming more confident in their touches. How they other felt in more intimate moments. Both knew certain lines they couldn't cross yet with the other. This of course didn't stop hard make-out sessions where only briefs were left on.
Freed would be trapped on the couch with Laxus' huge body caging him in; his green hair hanging over the arm of the couch. Both of their bodies pressed tightly against each other; hot and bare. The only things separating them fully were thin briefs that would get damp from the heat, which only made the hardness between them even hotter. It sparked fire in their bodies since Laxus would lay his body between Freed's wide open legs so he definitely couldn't get away from the dragon slayer's hardness pressed into his own. Laxus loved every sound that left Freed's lips. Every moan, soft gasps, low growls. Freed's body felt like uncontrollable lightning in his hands that he wanted to claim. Hands would roam and become ever more bold with different areas of the others body; along with their mouths. Groping, teasing, soothing, biting, nibbling, licking, sucking, tasting.
The first time they were ever even naked with each other, it was really awkward but both were rock hard and wanted it to be with the person they cared about more than anything. Even though they were so nervous, they equally took care of each other and came together in the end. This led to a lot more secret encounters during the day where they would pleasure each other to completion just from little things that set the other off.
Laxus blamed how sexy Freed could pull off his serious attitude while Freed blamed Laxus for just acting like an actual thunder god.
Both knew their was a pull to have Laxus claim him since Laxus would leave hickies around the junction on Freed's neck where the mating mark was supposed to go. But Laxus wanted some control of this nature; let them have the choice of when and where it was going to happen; whenever Freed wanted it to happen. Of course Freed was going to be absolutely sure Laxus was in his right mind the entire time when their decision was made. They never had sex though; they weren't ready yet. They were waiting for something.
I wonder what it could be?
Tonight was the night. Freed was determined to find out what Laxus had been up to the entire week. Magnolia was having a festival and a traveling circus even came to town on the same day making the festival even more exciting. Laxus had asked Freed on a date to the festival, which he happily agreed to.
However, Laxus seemed to be on the verge of telling Freed something, but every time Freed gave him his absolute attention, Laxus would look away changing the subject. None of which went unnoticed by Freed. Freed would sigh and become slightly sad that Laxus didn't want to tell him something that obviously seemed important to him.
"Freed" Freed turned suddenly from the mirror since he had been daydreaming, seeing Laxus in his outfit for the festival. They wore traditional kimonos. A dark blue one for Laxus and a light blue one for Freed that matched his eyes (the kimono Laxus specifically bought for him no less).
"Don't you clean up well?" Freed said playfully making Laxus practically tackle him on the bed.
"I'll take that as a compliment for now. Its not like I can look good in everything the way you do Freed" Laxus kissed the suddenly blushing man before lifting him off the bed.
"Flirt" Freed whispered trying to hide his blush.
"Me?" Laxus said trying to feign innocence making Freed pout at him.
"The parade is starting, we should go" Freed nodded, smiling happily at Laxus who smiled back at him before grabbing his hand.
As they traveled through the festival they saw practically everyone in Magnolia and Fairy Tail there (even a few mages from other guilds had joined in the festivities). Freed suddenly saw the other dragon slayers before smiling knowingly.
It seemed that Natsu had explained the situation to Lucy about dragon slayers and their mates. Natsu believes it's her, but they agreed to just date for a while to see how things ended up. Same went for Gajeel who was already pretty far in his relationship with Levy (with Jet and Droy having anime tears in the background). Master had also told Laxus and himself that Sting and Rogue were informed about dragon slayers and their mates. Funny thing was, they were super relieved when they were told. I guess they both thought they had one-sided feelings about each other that would never be reciprocated. So now they were dating in Sabertooth with an ever-watchful Minerva making sure both were happy.
Somehow it seemed that others were finally coming out of their shells and actually enjoying the time they spent with the people they had fallen for. Gray and Juvia. Erza and Jellal. Ever and Elfman. People were just becoming…happy.
Freed and Laxus were enjoying the games and the shows. What was new at the festival was a ferry that allowed people to dance on the boat while they could travel to different parts of the festival or circus. The ferry was beautifully decorated and even named after Fairy Tail. Freed had noticed the boat out of the corner of his eye while him and Laxus were walking with Bickslow, Evergreen and Elfman through the many stands.
Freed smiled mischievously at Laxus who quirked a brow at him before Freed tugged him through the crowd with their curious friends following. The ferry had just docked again when Freed presented the boat with his arms up.
"Dance with me Laxus?" Freed asked somewhat shyly, remembering what happened at the king's castle after the Grand Magic Games. Laxus blinked once, then twice, then looked at the boat behind Freed.
"I get motion sickness" Laxus said quickly making Freed frown.
"I thought I helped with that?"
"You do on trains but I'm not sure how well it'd work on boats"
"We could find out now"
"I'd probably throw up on your shoes"
"Then we'd find out how well my scent helps you"
"I don't dance."
"Not even with me?"
Laxus looked awkwardly away making Freed sad a moment but he didn't want to force Laxus to do something he didn't want to do. Their friends just kept moving their heads back and forth between the two.
"Um…I-" Laxus shuffled his hair letting out a puff of air.
"It's okay Laxus. Really" Freed smiled softly but it didn't quite reach his eyes making Laxus frown, "I saw a stand selling some of my mango candy. We could go-"
Freed never got to finish his sentence as a mob of couples pushed him onto the ferry trying to get on to the boat themselves since it was about to leave again. They also happened to push everyone else out of the way. The ferry wasn't particularly fast as it left the dock; Freed waved at Laxus who was looking rather ruffled.
Freed rested his arms on top of the railing as he watched Laxus walking along the side of the stone walkway next to the river (his friends were walking near the man buying different things from the many stands). Freed saw Laxus grab something from a stand lifting up a chocolate covered mango. Freed looked excited and guessed Laxus would give it to him when he got off. Unfortunately Laxus ate his delicious candy making Freed pout cutely as Laxus looked to be chuckling.
"Hi" Freed turned to see a guy about the same age as him. He was rather cute if Freed was being perfectly honest.
"Yes?" Freed asked politely.
"Well I just saw you all alone over here and thought you would like some company" The man chuckled taking a step closer to Freed making Freed slightly nervous.
"Um… well I'm fine. Just going across."
"A guy like you can't be alone."
"A guy like me?" Freed asked incredulously. Freed glanced to the side to see his friends all looking curiously at him and Laxus glaring warily at the guy next to him.
"Well you are beautiful. Though I don't mean to offend you, if I do, with that word" Freed blushed slightly looking at this guy suspiciously.
"Thank you" Freed moved some hair behind his ear, fiddling with the sleeve of his kimono. That immediately made Laxus know he was nervous. He glanced discretely again to the dragon slayer who had little sparks of electricity coming off as he started to speed walk along side the boat. If he had to guess Laxus was growling by the way people were completely avoiding him. Freed let off a little chuckle before noticing the guy in front of him smile.
"Cute laugh beautiful," Freed's cheeks tinted pink as he looked warily at the guy before him.
"So, a guy like you should dance with me"
"Why?"
"Because I'm a great dancer. Hear it can make anyone fall in love with me"
"Then why are you alone?" Freed asked cheekily making the guy chuckle. The unknown guy suddenly grabbed Freed's hand before placing his other hand on Freed's lower back pulling him into a dance position.
"Fall in love with me? It'll take just one dance, I promise."
"And what if I don't want to fall in love with you?"
"Well you are beautiful. But I've never met anyone with your kind of sass before. Really hot" The guy moved in to whisper that into Freed's ear making Freed back up immediately but the guy wouldn't let him move far from the position.
"Look. I have a boyfriend. He wasn't able to make it onto the boat because of the crowd so if you could just let go of me that would be great. I'm kind of uncomfortable."
"Don't be like that. I bet he isn't half the man I am. Besides, he left you alone so I thought I'd pick up where he left off."
"Meaning?"
"Come back to my apartment and I'll show you a very good time. Especially with an ass like that" The guy gave a dark smile making Freed's heart thud as he tried to pull away before seeing a magic link on his arm which prevented a person from moving far from the person who gave it to them. Freed suddenly felt the guy's hand slide down his back, about to grab his butt he was sure, before feeling dangerous energy all around him making most of the people on the ferry move away from the two.
Freed suddenly heard a crack before the guy started screaming in pain. His hand was broken. Freed looked behind him to see a completely livid Laxus who was fuming angrily. Now Freed wasn't one to mess with but Laxus was a death wish waiting to happen.
"How dare you touch Freed like that. How dare you even touch my boyfriend," Laxus growled in anger as Freed was tugged to Laxus' chest possessively.
"Ouch!" Freed gasped out worrying Laxus who thought he hurt Freed a moment. Laxus saw the magic link before punching the unknown guy in the face with lightning hard, which automatically broke the link while blood ran down his nose and mouth. The guy was a civilian and probably bought a magic trinket that allowed the link on Freed to be made.
"Run" Laxus said in a low dark growl making all the people standing by watching, shudder in fear. The man was frozen in fright as Laxus looked worriedly at Freed looking over him carefully making Freed blush and smile at the same time.
"Jealous?" Freed whispered as he rested his head on Laxus' chest who automatically put his hand on top of Freed's head, keeping him very close.
"Hn" Freed looked up to see Laxus looking away with a slight blush.
"Oh? So if I told you that he was going to take me back to his apartment to have his way with me, you wouldn't be jealous or angry?" Freed put on a worried frown looking upset at Laxus, "against my will?"
Now the word here that could be used for Freed may or may not be sadistic. Why? Because he knew how possessive Laxus was and how much Laxus cared for all of his family; he knew Laxus was going to scar the guy for life, which was probably a good thing.
"He was going to do….what!?" Laxus roared before lifting the man by the collar before moving him over the side of the boat as the guy was gasping to get out of his grasp.
"You touch him again, you go near him again, you look at him again, any of your buddies get near him, I. Will. Kill. You. Period. We clear?" Laxus growled. The dark swirl of gray in his eyes that were hard as stone and filled with malice froze the man in absolute terror.
"Say yes you slime"
"Y-y-yes!" Laxus immediately electrocuted the man before tossing him into the water. Laxus growled again at the people who were shocked before moving very far away and wanting to get off the ferry. Both watched as the guy pulled himself on to the stone walkway before being barraged by their friends. If he had to guess they were giving him the same little speech Laxus had given him.
"Freed" Laxus grabbed Freed's hand, his other hand on Freed's lower back, pulling the greenette against him gently.
Laxus slowly started moving back and forth in little steps in a slow dance (not to any beat the music was playing) as he took a deep breath that was just Freed.
"Your scent really does work everywhere for me" Laxus sighed deeply making Freed smile.
"Told you," Freed looked up at him happily, kissing him softly on the cheek, "and your dancing."
"I was going to tell you, before you got tackled on to the boat, that I'd dance only for you. But this idiot has two left feet"
"And that makes you Laxus"
"I'll crush your feet"
"Then you'll just have to carry me won't you?" Freed whispered into his ear making Laxus smile softly.
"Mm… would you like that Freed?" Laxus whispered as his lips grazed over Freed's ear making him shudder.
"Of course. I'd be like the prince," Freed winked at him.
"And that would make me?"
"My knight of course. That's how it usually goes in most romance novels."
"I'll take your word for it. You always loved books. Course my prince shouldn't spend his days in the dim lit castle alone just reading."
"That's why the knight rescued him from the castle"
"Do you know why he really did it?" Freed shook his head 'no' before realizing they made it to the end of the ferry's trip, getting off the boat. Laxus grabbed his hand tightly before feeding Freed a piece of mango candy making Freed excited and blush at Laxus feeding him. Laxus kissed him fast but sweet before pulling the shorter man along with him. Freed never got the chance to find out the reason why the knight rescued the prince though.
It was getting later into the night before Laxus asked Freed to go for a walk with him before going back to the apartment. They walked under the moonlight along the beach where the ocean would hit the shore. Both had just finished a yummy dessert which Freed was half tempted to just eat by himself since it was so delicious (when Laxus almost beat him to it).
Curse him and that dragon slayer sized appetite. My poor ice cream! Freed thought mournfully, before smiling to himself. He really loved Laxus. More than anything or anyone. He could only hope that Laxus truly felt the same way about him. Asking him straight out would just get him an immediate answer that would probably be a 'yes.' It would be true to a point, Freed was sure, but he wanted Laxus to just take a minute before giving him an answer. Just so Freed would know Laxus truly meant it and thought about it.
Freed glanced over to Laxus smiling, about to mention his large appetite, before seeing Laxus with a very serious and dour expression. Freed's smile immediately vanished before becoming worried and very nervous. Even if Freed was Laxus' boyfriend, he was still his friend. Freed bit his lip knowing this would be the best time to ask Laxus what he had really been thinking about this week.
"Laxus" Freed whispered as he immediately stopped walking in order to get the blonde to also stop walking.
"What is it? Are you okay?" Freed asked worriedly seeing Laxus just look blankly at him for a moment. That worried Freed a lot.
"Yeah. I'm fine." Laxus sighed looking at the ocean.
"Hey…" Freed touched Laxus' shoulder to get him to look back at him.
"You've… wanted to tell me something right? You've had this look about you" Freed chuckled nervously since Laxus looked nervously around; his eyes never landing on Freed.
"Yeah," Laxus took a step away from Freed, shuffling some of his hair. Freed immediately became stock still, horrible things running through his brain.
He's… going to break up with me? Have I not made him happy? Is there someone else? Was I not good enough? Does he still even like me? Does he think I'm easy because of the guy on the boat? What do I do damn it!? Freed's breathing increased as he slowly panicked.
If… he's happy I can't just… Freed could feel tears brim his eyes before shaking his head suddenly to get his brain to stop over working at the moment.
"It's about us. I've been thinking about us. I'm no good with words so I've been trying to come up with how to go about this" Laxus sighed, agitated. Freed gulped, his mouth going dry as he tried to will his heart rate to slow down.
"I know we've only been together for three months as a real couple you know? Even though we've been friends for nine years, there were still things I didn't know about you," Laxus was avoiding all eye contact at this point, which Freed didn't think was necessarily bad considering he started to shake.
"I've… really thought about this. About you. About us. I want you to be happy Freed and I know you want me to be happy too. We've made each other happy over the time we've really gotten to know each other. And I'm glad for that, I really am. More than anything the way you make me feel is-! But…" Laxus sighed heavily, taking a deep breathe in as Freed shut his eyes tightly. His hands clenched into fists at his sides while his body shook; preparing itself for the verbal blow he was about to receive.
He's going to leave me, isn't he?
"I love you," Laxus burst out suddenly completely catching Freed off guard. Freed gasped, covering his mouth with his hand as happiness and relief soared through his body; making his knees give out beneath him and sink to the sandy shore below.
L-Love… Love… LOVE!? Freed's mind was running a mile a minute wondering if he misheard for a second. I mean, Laxus had told him that he really, really liked Freed. But loved him? He loved him? Freed could feel a tear leave him as his heart thudded and ached, his body shaking even more. He suddenly felt strong arms hold him tightly as Laxus sunk into the sand with him.
"I'm serious Freed. I mean it. I've felt it. You've shown me what its supposed to feel like. What it means to be in a relationship. You make me feel like I could do anything. That I mean everything to you. Every small little thing you've done. Everything you've given to me. I don't even feel like an equal sometimes with how much you make me feel! That's why the knight couldn't look at his prince from afar anymore. That's why he couldn't let him be alone anymore" Laxus forced Freed's chin up so the man was looking at him.
Laxus frowned, confused, seeing Freed just as confused with tears streaming down his face.
"Laxus you-" Freed tried to get out what this meant to him but his breathing was not controlled at the moment, "you really feel… about me? Me?" Freed said in disbelief and awe making Laxus even more confused.
"I. Love. You." Laxus kissed him after every word making Freed even more dazed.
"I remembered you telling me before that you loved me, back at Porlyusica's with your lung. I wasn't really clear with my feelings till now. So… I wanted you to know that I loved you too."
"Love." Freed whispered out, his face turning red. From lack of oxygen or embarrassment Laxus wasn't sure.
"What?"
"It's not that I loved you. It's that I love you. You made it sound like I stopped" Freed said quietly, looking down at his lap before slapping Laxus on the chest softly.
"Yeah?" Laxus whispered.
"Yeah. Always. Remember?"
Freed looked up before seeing tears leaving Laxus in happiness he guessed, from the full megawatt smile he was giving Freed.
"I love you too," Freed whispered as gray and blue eyes gazed at each other for a moment. Laxus held Freed even tighter to him, cradling the man's head with his hand.
Freed hugged Laxus back just as tightly, his head buried in Laxus' chest hearing the man's heart beat start to slow down.
Freed let his tears finally go. Laxus loved him back. He loved him. Loves him. Freed smiled as soft cries left him as his heart, mind, and soul were coming to terms with the sudden declaration. He wouldn't be unsure anymore of how Laxus felt about him. Laxus was always honest (even if it was a bit too honest sometimes) so he knew that Laxus finally came to terms with his feelings and Freed couldn't ask for more.
They held each other tightly on the beach, never wanting to let go. They didn't just find their life mate. They found their soul mate.
Fluffy enough? Trust me when I say it hasn't gotten tooth rotting yet but I'll get there soon! Promise. I will always consider requests so don't be afraid to ask! On to the next update :D Review please!