"Today's the day, the sun is shining, the tank is clean, and we are getting out of-" Kathryn paused dramatically, gasping in mock shock as she looked around the room she was currently standing in. "The tank is clean. The tank is clean!" She shouted, falling to her knees as she gripped her hair.
"Our mate is a fucking weirdo," Sting commented, earning him a couple of words of agreement from the other four men.
"Babe, can you get off the floor and actually look at the house?" Laxus, ever the level-headed one, attempted to get his mate's attention.
Kathryn looked up at him from her knees, and rose a brow. "Why would I do that?" She put a finger to her chin and tilted her head. "It's ugly, I don't like it."
"You haven't even looked at it," Gajeel said, rolling his eyes.
Glowing eyes locked onto the front of the man in question's pants and she visibly licked her lips before looking up at him and winking. "Ready when you are, Stud."
"Seriously," Cobra said, capturing the woman's attention. "Just look at the house. This is the fifth one today."
"And this is the fifth ugly house that Thunder over there has tried to convince me is the one." She allowed Sting to help her to her feet and tilted her head once more, "Now, why would I want to live in an ugly house?"
"Does it really matter what it looks like?"
Her eyes narrowed on Bickslow, irritation filling the woman's body in an instant. She ignored the comment from Sting of, "You did it now, man," and walked over to the Seith Mage quickly.
"Sweetie?" She asked, looking up at him with a sickeningly sweet smile on her face that had her other four mates taking a cautious step back.
"Uh… Yeah?" He questioned, looking around at the others before he yelped in pain as his ear was grabbed and he was forcibly pulled down to the very short woman's height.
"Why the fuck," She emphasized the word, her voice dripping with cheeriness. "Would I want to look at an ugly ass, motherfucking house for the rest of my life? Do I not deserve something, oh, I don't know, pretty? Am I not good enough, prized enough, to have the house of my dreams?"
He winced as her questions were accentuated with a tug to his ear, the other men all staying silent in fear of garnering their mate's wrath. "Okay, I get it," The unfortunate man whimpered. "We'll find you a pretty house."
All at once, her mood flipped, the woman releasing his ear and kissing him on the cheek. "Thanks, baby!" She skipped over to the door, "Now, let's see the next one."
Kathryn ignored the moans and groans from her mates as she ushered them out of the house and smiled as she wandered behind them, quietly appreciating their asses. She really did have the best luck, honestly. They all were in excellent shape, being mages and all, and all had such attractive faces. Not to mention, if one of them wouldn't give her something, she only had to ask another and she would eventually find one who would placate whatever her little heart desired.
"Woman," Gajeel growled, looking back. "Pick up the pace, we don't have all day."
When she blatantly ignored his order, deciding to tempt fate, the slayer walked back towards her and did the unspeakable. He quickly grasped her hips and threw her over his shoulder, earning a startled yelp from the small woman.
"Gajeel! Put me down!" Kathryn shrieked, tugging on his hair, her cheeks puffed out in annoyance.
"Stop pulling my hair, woman," He snapped, giving her a jostle as each of the other men unabashedly gave her ass a nice long look as she was held on the slayer's shoulder.
"Then put me down, you fucking chia pet reject!"
"Maybe you should learn to walk faster," Gajeel remarked, smirking as he gazed lecherously at her ass next to his face.
"I'm not going to fucking run to keep up with you giant fucking assholes and your ungodly long fucking horse legs, you cum guzzling, dick mongering, motherf-" Her words were cut off as Cobra put his hand over her mouth, muffling the ranting of the feisty woman.
"Fucking thank you," Laxus said, rubbing his temples.
"Am I the only one concerned that it looks like we're kidnapping her?" Bickslow questioned with a snicker.
"I was just thinking that," Sting responded.
"Are you done?" Cobra asked Kathryn, leaning close to her face. He sighed when her eyes narrowed, "Mavis, this woman has a mouth on her."
"That bad?"
He looked over at Bickslow with a narrowed eye, "You should hear what she's thinking right now. Our mate is creative with her words."
When Gajeel smacked her ass, hard, Kathryn screeched through Cobra's hand and a whole new wave of insults began flowing from her mouth as he chuckled. "What's that?" The slayer asked, cocking his head to the side with a smirk. "I can't quite hear you."
She retaliated by simultaneously giving his hair a solid yank and biting Cobra's hand, causing both slayers to give surprised yells and glare at the cheekily grinning woman. The muffled sound of what sounded like "I'm done now" was discernable through Cobra's hand and the maroon haired man cautiously removed his appendage from his mate's mouth. Both Bickslow and Sting were laughing at the looks that Cobra and Gajeel were both giving their mate, the two holding their stomachs from laughing so hard.
Kathryn smiled sheepishly at Cobra and fluttered her lashes. "Oh, you're definitely going to get it for that, Little Bit. Just wait and see," He warned with a slightly menacing grin.
She pursed her lips and tiled her head, no doubt talking to the soul listener within her mind. She smirked at something, making the other's slightly curious what was going on between the two. When Cobra stopped walking, Kathryn burst into a fit of giggles, turning to Gajeel.
"Can you carry me any other way than over your shoulder?" She asked politely. "My belly is starting to hurt from this."
"You gonna pull my hair again?"
"Not unless you ask me to," She batted her lashes at the man with a sly smile on her face, causing him to chuckle.
Gajeel shifted her around so she could perch upon his back, the woman's legs wrapping around his waist and arms around his neck. "Better?" He asked over his shoulder, raising a pierced brow.
"Much," Kathryn responded, kissing him on the cheek. "Thanks, Stud."
"Hn." He grunted, the small smirk on his face showing he was pleased with the kiss he'd received.
"What are we even looking for in a house?" Sting asked seriously, tugging on his piercing.
Kathryn put her finger to her chin as she thought about his question. "I want something a little outside of town, I don't want to be able to hear all the bustling of the city," She said, ticking things off on her fingers. "We need at least eight bedrooms, seven if we put the exceeds in one room together." Pursing her lips, she continued to think. "I'd like a pool and a large kitchen, something with enough room so that any of your teams can come for dinner. A big enough yard so we can either have an outdoor gym or build an additional building for one. Hmm…" She snapped her fingers, "And a basement."
"Basement?" Sting questioned, looking confused.
"You don't want to know," Cobra said with an eye roll.
"So, our mate wants a dungeon, eh?" Gajeel asked, looking over his shoulder at the small woman.
"I mean, I would rather it not be set up in my room or somewhere a visitor will see it," She responded, shrugging while Sting's eyes went wide with realization.
Bickslow's guild mark was proudly on display as he grinned over at Kathryn, "Is there anything you aren't into, Fluffy?"
She shrugged once more, "Not that I've really found. I like to try everything at least once. So, if any of you have anything specific you like, just let me know and we'll figure something out." This comment brought a couple chuckles from the group and Bickslow had to pat Sting on the back when he sputtered, the poor slayer seeming to be surprised by the bluntness of their mate.
They walked for what seemed like forever to the redhead, her eyes drooping a bit as she rested her head on Gajeel's shoulder and nuzzling into his fur collar. She yawned slightly as her arms began to feel lax and loosen their grip on the man, beginning to slump backwards. Before she fell off completely, Laxus stepped up and caught her, cradling her to his chest bridal-style.
"Thanks, Thunder," She mumbled softly, yawning again. "Are we almost there?"
The blond smiled gently down at the sleepy woman in his arms, "Just about. I think this is the one for us."
Kathryn hummed, breathing in the rainstorm smell of her Lightning Dragon Slayer and letting it relax her more. She drifted to sleep, letting her mind go blank as she let her men keep her safe. She felt completely protected, being surrounded by all of them, and knew nothing bad would happen to her.
"We're here, Carrot Cake," Laxus announced, gently shaking his mate awake.
She opened her glowing eyes a bit and shrieked, causing the four slayers of the group to wince from the sheer volume of it. Jumping to her feet, she raced around the yard, looking at everything. The outside was perfect to her, absolutely perfect.
She excitedly turned to look at the men before running inside and looking at the entire place, disappearing from sight quickly and leaving the five men out on the lawn. They looked at each other with questioning glances on most of their faces before setting off to look for the hyperactive woman.
They found her on the third floor, in what looked to be a tower room that branched off the rest of the house. She was staring out the window at the large yard and pond that stretched behind the giant house. Her mouth was slightly open, her eyes shining with glee.
"What do you think?"
Kathryn turned her beaming smile to Laxus and the rest of her mates, taking in the brilliance of the room at the same time. "It's perfect," She whispered with barely restrained joy. Her hair was glowing from the sun that was setting behind her, giving her a flaming halo and making each of her mates smile at the happiness they felt and saw on the beautiful woman.
Tears gleaming in her yellow eyes, she turned back to the window. This was absolutely the house for them, this was the place she would start her life anew.