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Her back hits the bed as his lips find hers again. His body barely touches hers as his arms support his weight on both sides of her head. One knee is in between her legs with the other beside her on the bed. The tips of her big breasts graze his chest and he has to stop himself from pressing his body further into hers. Laxus wants to tease her for putting this blindfold on him. It's only rightfully fair. The scent of her arousal is starting to penetrate the air and his growing hard on is yearning for her touch. Her hands slid into his hair as she both scrapes his scalp with her nails and pulls his face closer to hers.
It is a demanding, rough, and heady kiss and he returns the motions with a hunger. Moans, grunts, and pants sound across the room as their exchange becomes more and more heated. She tilts her head slightly to the side and opens her mouth further, urging him to give her more satisfaction. He slides his tongue into her moist cavern and rolls his tongue against hers in a wet dance before he begins to taste and feel the rest of her mouth. He memorizes every aspect of the woman who is sharing his bed; her plump smooth lips, her small wet tongue, and the warm inside of her mouth. Holy hell, she tastes delicious…but I need more, he thinks to himself.
Laxus breaks off the kiss to kiss over her cheek until he reaches her ear. He presses his lips to the skin under her ear before he sucks hard on the lobe and brings it into his mouth. Nibbling and sucking on the soft flesh, he lets it go with a pop and licks the outer shell of her ear. Following the contours of her ear leads him to the inside and he circles his tongue in the small opening. She gasps at the feeling before a moan slips up her throat. A shiver rolls through her body and she pulls her head away. Reaching down her arm he feels the goosebumps that have sprung up all over her body.
"You want more?" Laxus whispers to his lover as he lowers his mouth to her ear once more. His hot breath fans over her wet skin and gives her goosebumps again.
She answers him by grabbing the sides of his head and smashing her lips back onto his. He moans at the contact but it's swallowed by her mouth as she thrusts her tongue into his mouth and rolls it against his. Her own moans mix with his and create the sexiest sound he has ever heard.
His right hand moves to her shoulder and he presses his fingers into her flesh as he slowly drags his hand downward over her barely clothed chest. Laxus can feel her nipple through her shirt; it is hard and sensitive and begging to be touched. But he won't give her that satisfaction…yet.
Roughly palming the sides of her large globe in one hand he grabs her hair with the other and pulls down. Her head tilts backward and he is given a great opening to her neck. Wasting no time, he kisses, licks, sucks, and nibbles on the sensitive spots along the middle of her throat before moving to where her neck meets her shoulder and giving the small curve the same treatment. As she moans and groans her approval he can feel every muscle contract and expand under his lips. Her fingers curl in his hair and pulls on the strands in pleasure. She moves one hand to his shoulder and massages the tense muscles he has there.
His hand stops its rough handling and moves downward to her the middle of her stomach where the edge of her shirt lies. Inching his fingers under her clothing he maneuvers his hand up and over her tit once more. Laxus swirls his fingertips over her nipple and she gasps at the contact.
Applying more pressure he takes the hard bud between his fingers and pinches and pulls the sweet little nub. She arches her back and pushes her chest further into his grasp. He continues his ministrations a little while longer before he switches sides on her neck and chest and repeats the motions. Loud pants come out of her mouth with every hard suck and pinch he gives her. Her right foot and leg on the outside of his body start caressing his leg with long strokes and she tries to rub her hips against his. I love how she is so eager.
Releasing his left hand from her hair, Laxus grabs her other thigh and spreads her legs to allow both of his to fit in between hers. Wrapping both of her legs around his narrow hips she forces him to sink into her and eagerly presses her clothed core into his covered erection.
He can't take it anymore. He has to touch her-really touch her.
His left hand moves up her thigh, under her skirt and to his ultimate destination. Pushing her panties to the side he gingerly feel the warm, smooth, flesh of her slit before he brushes over her clit. Her hips buck at the brief contact and she groans her disappointment at not being given her relief. Smirking in her neck, Laxus brushes his finger back over her clit again and receives the same response. After several more passes over her pebble, mewls and whimpers begin to escape her mouth and Laxus decides that the woman has had enough of his teasing. He firmly press his finger to her clit and begin circling and pinching the erect nub. She lets out a loud groan and begins to rub her hips into his hand. God she feels fucking amazing.
Her hands leave his hair and shoulder and firmly push against his chest. His body promptly stills at the sudden change in mood. She wants him stop? Why? I thought she was enjoying herself.
Laxus pulls his hands and mouth away from her body and sits up on his heels. Stupid fucking blindfold, I can't see a god damn thing. He feels her move out from underneath him and grabs his wrists as she stands up from the bed. She smoothly pulls him around so that he is sitting on the edge of the bed with her gently holding his wrists.
Grabbing the back of both of his hands with hers, she lays his palms on top of her shoulders. Slowly dragging his hands down over her chest she stops once both of his hands are on her breasts. She clenches her hands, making him squeeze her.
Realization dawns on Laxus. The little temptress is paying him back for teasing her earlier. A smirk unconsciously spreads over his lips.
She continues dragging his hands down her body until they get to the edge of her shirt. Pulling his hands to her sides, she makes him grab her shirt and starts to lift his hands up. Quickly catching on, he yanks the offending material off and throws it away somewhere. Taking his hands, she does the same routine as before: first he touches her shoulders then she drags his hands down to her glorious tits and makes him squeeze her. Except this time she has no shirt.
Laxus licks his dry lips as he palms her warm, soft flesh. His erection is painfully hard now and demands he take his pants off.
Pulling his hands down over her stomach he feels her small belly button before he feels fabric under his fingertips. She brings his hands around to her hips and hooks his thumbs under the material of her panties and shorts. Her hands leave his and he waits in anticipation. The sound of a zipper and a button being pushed through fabric greets his ears and he smiles in understanding. He feels her lean forward at her hips and she presses a soft teasing kiss to his lips. She pulls a hair's breathe away and Laxus leans forward in an attempt to recapture her lips in a more indulging kiss.
As his lips barely brush against hers, she pulls back again but just enough so he can still feel her breath. He can't help himself and he tries to touch her once more. He barely touches her lips before she pulls away with a giggle. She pushes him to sit straight and begins to give him small, soft pecks on his lips. A smile crosses her smooth plump lips as she tenderly tastes him. The tip of her tongue pokes out and swipes over the crease between his upper and lower lip.
He exhales a huff of air as she straightens herself up. They got distracted from their main objective but it's time to continue. Her hands join back with his and begin to push down. Laxus pushes down the fabric and with every inch he can feel the fabric loosen until finally it's so loose that he lets go and it falls to the ground with a light thud.
The woman presses her hands to Laxus' shoulders to tell him to straighten his back and he does as she commands. Taking his hands once more, she starts at her shoulders and slowly brings his hands to her breasts and gives a hard squeeze before continuing her tour. Her flat stomach leads to her belly button again and instead of fabric he is greeted with the soft smooth skin of her flaring hips. He barely holds in the groan that begs to erupt from his throat. Past her hips she shows his hands to her slim thighs down to her knees.
Moving his left hand back up to her hip, she moves his right hand to the inside of her thigh and slowly brings his hand up to her core. He is panting heavily and when his hand makes contact with her, he lets out the groan that he has been holding in. She drags his fingertips through her folds until he reach the top where the sensitive bundle of nerves waits. Making him make small circles on her clit she moans her bliss at his touch.
She's completely bare to him. That is what she wanted to show him. Holy…fucking…hell. If I wasn't turned on by now, I definitely am now.
She pulls his hands away once more and tugs on his wrists outward, silently telling him to stand up. He obliges her and as she drops his wrists he lets them hang to the side of his body. The next thing he feels is her grabbing the top button of his shirt and pushing it through the loop. While his lover moves to the next button, his hands begin to shake. All of that touching has made his skin hyperaware of her body and the anticipation of what is to come when she finishes undressing him brings him unbelievable excitement.
Finishing with the last button she tugs the shirt down off his shoulders and arms and disposes of it. He feels a tug on his belt as she begins to unbuckle it. She unbuckles his belt then unbuttons and unzips his pants. Slipping her fingers between his skin and his boxer briefs she pulls his pants and underwear down his hips. Relief floods his senses as he is fully released from his confines. A small gasp escapes her lips when steps out of the last bit of his clothing and stands in front of her in all of his naked glory.
The strength of the scent of her arousal has doubled and is putting him in a daze of passion and yearning. Not being able to see her makes his exposure extra exciting. This whole endeavor relies on sound, taste, smell, and touch. And Laxus can practically feel her raking her eyes over him while she licks and bites her lips.
She grabs his wrists again and spins him towards the bed and pushes him forward. Because of the blindfold, Laxus carefully steps forward until his knees hit the edge and he hears the bed creak as she moves onto it. With one last tug he reaches out to find her position and feels that she is lying down before she coordinates him over her. Grabbing the back of his head she pulls him to her and he can fell the soft malleable flesh of her breast under his face. She also pushes his right hand in between their bodies and against her warm, wet opening between her legs. First wetting his fingers with her juices; she gentle nudges two of his fingers into her dripping pussy while she presses his face harder into her breast. When his fingers are barely inside of her, she pulls her hand away and grasps at his shoulder. Catching her drift, he can't deny her the pleasure she wants so dearly.
Laxus pushes his fingers inside of her slowly as he begins to lick and suck her hard nipple. Once he pushes his fingers all the way in, he pulls them almost completely out and with a hard suck on her nipple he quickly thrusts them back inside. He continues the cycle but keeps a relatively slow pace. She loudly moans and groans as he continues his torturous pace on both her pussy and tit. The sexy woman grinds her hips into his hand asking for a faster pace and he obliges her as he speeds up his assault. Her hands move to his back and starts clawing at the thick muscles. Fuck, she's tight. She's going to feel so good squeezing my dick, he thinks to himself as he feels her tighten around his digits. Her pants come in ragged and uncontrolled and he can feel how she is teetering on the edge of an orgasm. Slightly curling his fingers she comes undone for him with a silent scream as air whooshes out of her lungs and her back arches of the bed pushing her breast further into his mouth.
Coming down from her high, the woman grabs Laxus' bicep and pushes him up and off of her so he was lying on his back. Pulling her leg over his body she straddles him. She sits on him so that the head of his cock is rubbing against her clit and the rest of his dick is getting soaked in the juices from her orgasm. He grabs her hips and attempts to lift her onto his cock but she swats his hands away.
She slowly rocks her hips back and forth and up and down to further rub his tip against her sensitive bundle of nerves. Gasps and shivers roll throughout her body with each pass. Laxus tightly clenches the sheets in the attempt to prevent himself from rolling her over and fiercely pounding into the woman. He tilts his head back at the sensations and she leans forward to place a smoldering kiss on his lips before she begins to caress his skin with her fingertips.
Still grinding herself into him, he begins to pant heavily as he struggles to hold in the mewls and whimpers that climb up his throat. Starting from his fingers she moves to the back of his hands, up his forearms, up his biceps, and over his shoulders. When she reaches his chest she treads down the center until she reaches the bottom then she curls around to the outside and brings her fingertips back to the top. Going over the main muscle, the little tease gives his nipples a sharp pinch and makes Laxus hiss before reaching the top of his abs. Lying her palms flat she runs over the toned, hard muscle and her fingers maneuver inside of all of the dips between them.
Reaching the bottom, she follows the 'v' shaped lines from the muscle to his crotch. She brings her hand to his twitching muscle in between her legs and gives a light squeeze to the base. Laxus groans and brings his hands to her hips and squeezes them in a vain attempt to find some relief. Sliding her hand up with the same pressure, she easily glides back down to the base from all of her slickness that has gathered on him. His hips buck on their own accord. Setting a leisurely pace of rubbing his cock with her hand and slit, a cascade of whimpers fall from his mouth. I need more…please give me more…I can't take any more of this teasing. As if understanding his yearning she stops.
She puts one hand on his abs and as she slightly lifts her body and brings him to her drenched core. Laxus lets out a small beg for her to please let him fill her. Pressing the thick tip into her moist nether lips she pulls her hand away and lays it beside its twin. Slowly bringing herself down onto his cock her hands clench on his abs and they both moan at the unbelievable sensation. Once she has taken his entire dick inside of her pussy she stops and takes several deep breaths. Laxus pants and tries his hardest not to move so she can adjust to his size. It's not easy to take someone as big as him inside completely but she did it like a pro.
After a few minutes she begins to move her body in a slow and steady rhythm. She rises up enough to have just the tip inside of her and then she makes the descent back to his base. Going at slow pace, he could feel every inch of her smooth, warm, wet pussy. The solid tip of his dick can feel every grove of her slick cavern as she pushes down onto him. Her muscles slightly contract and flutter around him. But Laxus needs more. Laxus wants a vice like grip. He wants to be squeezed until he can hardly fit inside of the petite woman. He bucks his hips into her and creates more friction between them. At first she speeds up just so that he is smoothly gliding out of her but can still feel every inch of him. After feeling too frustrated with the too slow of a pace, she speeds up so that she is practically bouncing on top of him.
His hands thrust outward and find her bouncing breasts. How he would love to look at her but he can't because he still has the blindfold on. His outer fingers massage the flesh while his thumb and forefinger pinches her nipples. Her body straightens as she throws her head back and heavily pants at the sensation of Laxus playing with her tits and filling her cunt. His head follows the same motion as it tilts back into the pillow and nearly drags his blindfold off. Laxus' lover feels one-hundred times better than he thought she would. Nothing can possibly compare to this.
He feels her quivering core start to get almost unbearably tight around him and he knows she is about to cum for him again. Just a little bit more. He tears his hands from her boobs and tightly grips her hips. He thrusts his hips up to slam into her pussy and forces her body down with his hands. She chokes on the air escaping her lungs when his tip hits her g-spot. It only takes a few more of his hard thrusts against her spongy spot before she cums around him. Her fingers dig into his skin, a suffocated scream escapes from her throat, and her convulsing core grips his rock hard dick.
She bends down and begins to suck on his tongue and he begins to feel the sensational pressure fill his dick. Her orgasm and embrace brings Laxus past the point of no return. Laxus' thrusts become erratic and fervent as he tries to prolong her orgasm as long as possible before he finishes. With a few last hard thrusts, their groans are mixed together as Laxus spills himself inside of her. The hot spurts spray across the walls of her pussy and mix with the juices of her orgasms. Some of their passion drips out of her to the inside of her thighs.
She collapses on him as they come down from their highs. He remains inside of her as she rests on his chest. "Fuck, that was great," he says between breaths. She nuzzles into his chest in her approval. Laxus wraps his arms around her and he holds her close to him. They lay there perfectly content with the world.
In those quiet, blissful moments, Laxus realizes he is in love with the woman he is holding. To hold the woman he loves in his arms after they made fantastic love; this must be what heaven feels like.
Laxus absentmindedly reaches up and tugs the blindfold off of his eyes. As the fabric barely leaves his skin, her presence suddenly disappears. He rips the rest of the blindfold off as he feels the open air that was her skin a moment ago. Opening his eyes, it's so bright that he cringes as his eyes adjust. Feeling around the bed he searches for her body. Nothing. Laxus opens his eyes once more. The light around the bed is moderately low and darkness shrouds the outside of the immediate area of the bed. He sits up and frantically looks around the room for her. Nothing. He tries to look out into the darkness but finds that it is too dense to see anything. "Wait! Please come back!" he calls out into the darkness. Silence.
Laxus sits there as fear, sadness, and anxiety creep onto his face and into his heart. She was right there. He was touching her. How could she have just disappeared all of the sudden? Laxus' body starts quivering. She's gone. She left him. I'm all alone, Laxus thinks. With that thought something deep inside of him breaks into a million sharp, jagged pieces with a sharp piercing noise.
Gasping for air, Laxus bolts up in bed. His panting is uneven and his body is shaking. Frantically he looks at his surroundings trying to find some way to find her. He needs to. He has to. But the bed and the darkness are gone and instead he's in a room. There is a dresser, a desk, a small table and two doors on the far side of the room. Why does this place look familiar?
Everything starts coming back to him. This is his room, in his house, in Magnolia. It was all just a dream. She was just a dream. He puts his head in his hands and takes deep breaths as he tries to stop shaking.
That was the dream. The dream that leaves him the most satisfied but the one that always makes him feel the most empty and alone. The one he hates the most.
Looking over at the clock on the wall, it reads three o'clock in the morning. "Fuck...it's only been two hours", he curses as he runs a sweaty hand down his face. He flops back down into bed and tries to get comfortable once again.
The hours following his visit to Lucy have been nothing but painful, confusing, and restless. He couldn't sleep even if his life depended on it. Nothing he did worked.
The only way he forced himself to go to sleep was with the thought of having a fantasy with Lucy. They are his usual favorites and all of his thoughts about the woman only drove his body to respond to the idea.
That is why he cannot deny that he is physical attracted to Lucy. There is no way in hell he can do that. That fact that she has the potential to be his mate only serves to make his dreams and fantasies that much more intense. So his instincts automatically think of her when he feels the need to jack off or if he is just in the mood.
That is why he is so surprised that he had that dream. A part of him feels dirty for having such a dream when his thoughts have been previously invaded by Lucy.
He originally started having the dream after he woke up in a small town on the far east of Fiore when he was twenty. The odd thing though is that he can't remember anything about how he got there.
When he woke up he realized that he was in a hotel that had his things littered around his room. His clothes were neatly folded and placed on top of the dresser. His shoes were placed at the foot of the bed and his head had a bandage wrapped around it. Everything looked like normal except for three things. One, he had a bandage around his head and he had a throbbing headache. Two, all of the lamps in the room had black scorch marks on them and look to be completely busted. Three, there was a big black coat with fur along the trim that was hanging on the chair in the room.
He thought that he must have gotten into a fight, destroyed the lamps, and got hit in the head and that's why he can't remember anything. As for the coat, he must have bought it at some point.
At least, that's what he thought at first. Then he smelled it. It was very faint and masked with a more masculine smell but he smelled it. That smell that he has associated with any woman that has the potential to be his mate. There was a woman in that room with him at some point but he can't remember how or when. Every time that he tried his head would feel like it would split in half. But he knows there was someone in there with him; even if he only has his instincts to go off of.
Once he returned home, that is when the dreams started. At first he didn't associate it with anything but then he realized after the first few times that he was dreaming about the mystery woman. Did they sleep together? Or was this just a figment of his imagination? He cannot count the amount of times that he wished he could remember but try as he might, he never remembered anything.
When he first started having this dream it recurred every night for five months. Leaving him sexually frustrated and hungry. Nothing he ever did stopped it. It almost drove him crazy. Then every night turned into every other night. Then it turned into once a week then a month. Now it only happens once every few months.
Heaving a great sigh, he turns over to lie on his side. He would like to get some more sleep before he spends the day with Lucy. As a relaxation technique he conjures up an image of Lucy swimming in a pool while wearing a tight black bikini. Her hair soaked with water and her skin glistening in the sun. She calls out that he should join her and to come play with her with lust in her voice.
His breathing slows and his muscles relax as he drifts off into slumber with his sexy thoughts of his fellow blonde.
Laxus sits up in bed from a cold sweat with his chest heaving. He looks around the room to find the mysterious woman only to find her gone once again.
"Why is this happening to me?" he curses as he turns to sit on the edge of his bed.
Three times. Three times, he has had the same dream in one night. This has never happened before. Or at least, it's not supposed to.
He looks up at the clock on the wall and sees that it's nearly eight in the morning. Deciding that it would be better to get out of bed than risk having his "nightmare" again, Laxus stands up and stretches out his weary limbs. He walks over to his closet and pulls out a sleeveless black shirt with fur around the trim and collar and loose maroon pants to wear for the day.
The stairs creak as his body lumbers downstairs and to the kitchen. Laxus looks in his refrigerator and finds it empty, with the exception of a few pieces of bacon, two eggs, and some questionable looking milk. The bacon and the eggs are pulled out while the milk is left to sour further.
There is no way that anyone with working taste buds can call Laxus a cook. Not by a long shot. However, there are a few "necessary" items that he had to learn how to cook to survive-like bacon and eggs.
After cooking everything to just over well done, he takes the pan off of the stove and deposits his food onto his plate.
As Laxus sits down at the kitchen table and starts eating his breakfast, he notices something. It's dirty. His whole house is dirty. The floors haven't been moped, the counters haven't been wiped, nothing is dusted, and the windows haven't been cleaned. It's nowhere near as bad as Natsu's house but it's still not acceptable; especially when he is about to have a guest over in a few hours.
Usually he is a very clean man. He has always taken pride on being able to keep his things intact and well taken care of. Lately though, he has been slacking when it comes to cleaning duties and it shows all over his house.
He decides he is going to clean everything before he goes and retrieves Lucy and mulls over where to start as he chews on his bacon. The kitchen will probably be the best place to start. Lucy is going to be cooking in here after all, he thinks to himself as he finishes his plate. Maybe I should get the Thunder Tribe to help me clean up around here? That'll make everything a whole lot ea-
Ding Dong The doorbell rings through the house.
Laxus gets up and answers the door, only to see the three people he was just thinking about. Freed, Bickslow, and Evergreen push past him as they scramble inside the house.
Laxus raises an eyebrow at them as they stand in front of him. "What do you guys want?"
"What happened on your job?" Freed asks hurriedly. He is having a hard time keeping his composure when there are so many questions to be answered.
"A lot of stuff," Laxus says as he moves toward the living room in the back. He can already tell that they are going to be here for a while.
The Thunder Legion follows him through the house and sits on the sofa once they reach the living room. They look at him anxiously as if he is about the fall apart.
Laxus takes a seat in the armchair next to couch. He notices his team's worried faces and sighs, "I'm fine."
"How did you obtain all of those wounds?" Freed asks seriously.
"It's a long story," Laxus shrugs.
"Would Lucy know?" Freed snides.
"Yeah, would Lucy know?" Bickslow says as his tongue rolls out of his pervy grin.
Laxus perks up at the mention of the woman who has been haunting his thoughts. "Lucy? What does this have to do with her?"
None of the Thunder Legion misses how Laxus reacted to Lucy's name. That is all the proof they need to know that something is going on between them.
"Where's Cheerleader?" Bickslow asks as he looks around.
"At home probably," Laxus answers in an indifferent tone.
"Well that's no fun," Evergreen pouts.
"She must be amazing." Bickslow continues with a shit-eating grin.
"Huh?" Laxus says as he scrunches his eyebrows in confusion.
"Oh come on! Give me some details! How loud was she? How many rounds did you have? Are they really as big as they look?" Bickslow urges his leader.
"No! Don't answer that! That is too much information!" Evergreen says loudly as she hits Bickslow with her fan.
"What the hell are you two talking about?" Laxus frowns at his two squabbling teammates.
Freed commands his teammates to be quiet and to get back to the matter at hand. Evergreen and Bickslow straighten up and face a confused Laxus with seriousness.
Laxus is completely lost. One second they're talking about his job then the next second they're talking about something else that he thinks involves Lucy. To top it all off, he has no idea why they are bothering him when he should be cleaning his house.
"Laxus, we are concerned. You have been acting strange lately and we noticed that it started happening when Lucy became involved," Freed says cautiously. If his leader is under a spell or potion, he might not be forthcoming about their relationship
Laxus scowls at Freed's insinuation. A long, restless night filled with headaches and frustrating dreams has put him in a bad mood. The only good things he can possible foresee is showing off his collection to Lucy and having her cook for him. So now that he has to deal with Freed, Bickslow, and Evergreen charging into his house and insulting the one person who can make him feel better, only dampens his mood further.
"Are you saying that Lucy caused my injuries?" Laxus almost hisses.
"We're just saying that you looked didn't leave the guild with cuts and bruises and missing teeth," Bickslow says.
"It wasn't her fault," Laxus grumbles with a deep frown.
"Are you positive?" Evergreen asks.
"Yes."
"Then why did she have your teeth?"
"She was going to hold on to them for when I got to Wendy."
"What about the cuts and bruises?" Freed insists.
"We were in a carriage accident among other things," Laxus huffs.
Horror crosses the Thunder Legion's faces. Laxus' answer sets them in a frenzy as they shoot off a million questions at once. Laxus scowls as he listens to his team make the stupidest accusations against Lucy and him.
"What is the real reason you three here?" Laxus demands loudly. These three have really soured his mood from all of their meddling.
A tense silence fills the room as the Thunder Legion freezes. They hesitate as they wait to see which one of them is bravest to tell the man why they came to his house. Laxus looks between his three guests and he can feel his mood drop with every second that they don't give him an answer.
"We think Lucy is a bad influence," Evergreen finally says. Freed and Bickslow nod their heads in agreement.
"That being said, we wanted to ask you if you wish for us to make sure that she doesn't influence you anymore," Freed says in a calm tone.
Laxus stares at his team like they have lost their minds.
Lucy is a bad influence? The entire time that he has known her she has been nothing but a good influence. Albeit with a few setbacks but she didn't cause those on purpose. She was even the best part of the whole god damn job; she made it all bearable. Otherwise, he would have quit after the first day. Every good thing that happened during the job only happened because she was there. It would have been a good experience if it weren't for those dice from hell.
"No. Leave Lucy alone," Laxus gruffly commands his team.
His three teammates look at each other before Freed looks Laxus in the eye to try to convey the seriousness of this matter. "Laxus, Lucy must learn that she can't-"
"Leave. Lucy. Alone," Laxus growls at his team. They're all acting like idiots and are pissing him off.
The three members of his team are taken aback by their leader's command towards them. Why is he defending her? He must be more heavily drugged than they thought.
"Now get out, I have to get ready." Laxus says as he gets up from his couch. These three have pissed him off enough for one day.
The Thunder Legion joins him in standing. "Ready for what?" Freed asks suspiciously.
"None of your business. Now leave." Laxus says with a frown. The last thing these guys need to know is that he is going to have Lucy come over to the house. They might come in and start harassing her otherwise.
Freed, Bickslow, and Ever look at one another in silence but don't argue with the larger man. Each one steps out onto Laxus' front porch and tells him goodbye. Laxus closes the door and turns back to his living room. He huffs an agitated sigh as he starts to clean up his house.
The Thunder Legion walks down the path from Laxus' house through the forest. The early morning sun pierces the forest canopy with sunlight and creates light spots on the floor.
"Now what do we do?" Bickslow asks.
"We go confront the main perpetrator of this scheme," Freed replies.
"But Laxus said…" Evergreen starts.
"I am aware of what Laxus said but we cannot let this go. If we allow for this to continue, who know what will happen to Laxus on the next job he takes with Lucy. We must acquire a confession from her and have her stop this plan," Freed says without hesitation.
"How?" Bickslow asks while crossing his arms.
"Through interrogation," Freed replies darkly. The three mages make their way into town to find the buxom blonde.
Lucy is walking along the sidewalk soaking up the sunshine. Today is a perfect day. She woke up from a long, much-needed sleep, she had no unwelcomed visitors, a nice long bath, got dressed in a cute tank top and shorts, and is now walking in the warm sunshine to the guild hall. Not too long from now, she will be making three new friends, looking at Laxus' music collection, and eating a tasty dinner. A perfect day indeed. It is mid-morning so she figures that she should go to the guild and tell the Master how the job went before Laxus picks her up in a few hours. Before she left the house she made sure to pocket her key ring in case she felt like getting a new belt while she is out.
Walking into the guild hall, she notices that the only regulars that are here are Erza, Master, and Mira. She gives them a wave and joins them at the bar. Mira hands Lucy a milkshake before she leans over the counter and asks the oddest question.
"Why were you and Laxus together?" Mira asks anxiously. She has been waiting for four days for her answers and she is about to get them.
"Because we went on a job together?" Lucy says it like it's obvious.
Mira shakes her head, "No, no. Why were you originally together?"
"Originally?" Lucy tilts her head in confusion.
"Lucy, I think Mira wants to know why you and Laxus were together on the day you picked out your job." Master says as he looks her in the eye. Even he was curious about this one.
"Oh, I see," Lucy says with a nod. "Well I ran into Laxus while I was on that last job with Natsu and he came and helped me out. We got talking and we found out that we like the same music. When we got back into town, he asked me if I wanted to see his music collection. There's no way that I'm turning that offer down! His collection must be incredible! So I said yes and he told me that he would pick me up in the morning so we can go to his house."
"He invited you to his house?" Mira asks incredulously.
"Oh I bet he did," Master says with a knowing smile. "Laxus is very, very proud of his music collection. When he was younger he would always tell me whenever he added something to it. I was never a fan of his favorite genre so it didn't mean a lot to me but it meant the world to him. He must be excited to find someone else who enjoys his type of music. It'll give him something to brag about."
Mira looks between the nodding master and smiling Lucy with a pout. That makes sense. Then why did they go on a job…
"Anyway, that night my landlady told me that she was raising my rent by twenty-thousand jewel and that I have one week to pay it. So when Laxus came to get me I told him couldn't go because I needed to take a few jobs instead. He said that I should just take one but I told him that I probably couldn't by myself so he offered to go with me. That's when we came to the guild and I found the job to find the magical artifacts for Mr. Tweed," Lucy finishes with a smile.
Oh, that's why. Mira thinks with a frown. She was hoping that there was something between her two favorite blondes. They need some romance in their lives and they would be the cutest couple.
"What happened on the job? You both looked terrible when you got back," Erza asks. She has to stop herself from demanding the answers out of Lucy. She wanted to go check up on her earlier this morning but the master stopped her.
Lucy huffs in exaggeration, "You know how you have those days where everything that can go wrong, does go wrong? Well that is what happened on our job; everything went wrong."
"What do you mean?" Mira asks.
"Well we go meet our client Mr. Tweed and he tells us that we have to go find these objects…" Lucy begins her tale of the series of unfortunate events that her and Laxus went through over the past four days. She spares no details, except for Laxus laying his head in her lap, how she kissed and touched him, how she sat on his lap while they slept on the train, occasionally bumping into each other, and Laxus lying in his own vomit. All of those things are too embarrassing and she doesn't want anyone to know those little details.
Erza, Master, and Mira listen to her story with tremendous interest. At first their facial expressions were stoic and calm but they eventually turn into laughter.
Other members gradually enter the guild as the day drags on. They all see Erza, Mira, and Master by the bar laughing their heads off and each wonders what is going on. Gray, Wendy, Carla, Juvia, and Levy come to the bar at different points in the day and start listening to Lucy's story. Some of them don't hear the first part but they quickly forget that detail as they hear the ridiculous things her and Laxus went through. Lucy has to restrain herself from laughing as she tells the story; she didn't realize how funny and truly outlandish the whole story really is.
By the end, everyone cannot stop laughing. Mira, Wendy, Juvia, Levy, and Carla are in tears from laughing so hard, Master and Gray are rolling around on the bar and floor holding their sides, and Erza can't even eat her cake because she would have choked otherwise.
"…so we teleported back to the guild and that's when you saw us." Lucy finishes with a laugh.
"Oh…my…god!" Grays says between laughs.
"I'm so…sorry Lucy," Mira says as she wipes her eyes.
Everyone else takes deep, calming breaths and wipes their eyes to rid their last tears.
"That has to be one of the best stories ever," Levy says with a happy sigh.
"Well, it is now. At the time it was terrible," Lucy says with a small pout.
"I'm glad that the both of you are safe and that your ordeal is over," Erza says before she finally takes a bite of her cake.
Noticing the time, Lucy slips off of the barstool. "Well I have to get going; I have some things to do today."
"Okay, thanks for coming in and keeping us updated," Mira says as she grabs a rag.
Lucy bids all of her friends goodbye before walking out of the guild hall. Everyone smiles at the blonde's retreating back before going off to attend their own interests. Master smiles into his beer. Everything is back to normal, he thinks happily.
She hops onto the railing between the sidewalk and the canal. She holds out her arms to help balance herself as she walks home along the thin line of stone.
She starts to make plans for the rest of the day. First, she is going to go home and wait for Laxus to pick her up. Then, they are going to go to the market and get something to eat for dinner. Then they are going to go to look at his amazing collection, look at her spectacular new spirits, and have an awesome dinner. She is bound and determined to make this one of the best dinners he has ever eaten, come hell or high water.
The mere thought of the lightning slayer brings a smile to Lucy's face. He's just been so great lately…
Lucy was surprised at how thoughtful and sweet Laxus can be. In all of the months that they have spent becoming friends, she would have never pegged him for being the nice kind of man. Every time that they would talk he would always seem guarded and abrasive to everyone. Including her. She just accepted it and dealt with it.
Now she realizes though, that he isn't always what he seems. When they talk about music he is full of such passion and life that she never thought the dragon slayer held inside. He's very attentive; that's why he always gave her his coat when she needed it. She always felt so safe and warm under the heavy fabric despite feeling small as well. The greatest thing though was when he bought her those three keys. No words can describe the amount of care she saw in the gesture. It was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for her and it made her feel like she was on top of the world.
It makes her so happy to see this side of Laxus. The side that no one, beside the Thunder Legion, gets to see. It's no wonder that the Freed, Ever, and Bickslow like hanging around him. She has only been on one job with the blonde man and she is about to happily make him dinner for a week.
She also wouldn't mind going on another job with him. All bad luck aside, he was a great partner. He didn't try to run off and destroy the whole town, make fun of her, or cause them to lose their reward. Instead he hardly destroyed anything, he never made fun of her, endured everything so she can pay off her rent, and to top it all off, paid a ridiculous amount of money just because of something she wanted. He's so great…
It's almost like he's the hero in fairytales. Maybe that's why Freed calls Laxus his hero. The funny part is that Laxus doesn't even know that he's doing anything, Lucy giggles to herself as she opens the door to her apartment.
Lucy closes the door behind her as a pair of hands grabs her around her upper arms. A yelp escapes her as she is pushed across the room and shoved into her armchair. Thick cords of rope are wrapped around her the second that her body makes contact with the chair. She tries to struggle free but the intruder has tied the rope so tight that any thought of escape is impossible.
"Who are you?! What do you want?!" Lucy demands as she looks up.
A figure moves out of the shadows to reveal a familiar green haired mage with a sword.
"Freed?! What the hell are you doing here?!" Lucy yells in surprise. She looks around to see Bickslow and Evergreen moving to stand beside him. "Bickslow?! Ever?! Did you do this to me?!" Lucy gestures with her head toward the rope. Seeing that it's only the Thunder Legion makes her nerves calm down.
"Sorry Cheerleader, we didn't want you running away or anything," Bickslow says with a grin.
"Running away? Run away from what?" Lucy asks in a confused voice.
"We're here to retrieve answers," Freed speaks with a stern and cold voice.
Lucy gulps as she breaks out into a cold sweat. "A-answers about what?"
Freed narrows his eyes at the blonde woman, "You know what I speak of."
Her eyebrows scrunch together, "Um…No, I don't."
"We'll go easy on you if you just come out and admit it," Bickslow says as his tongue rolls out.
"Admit what?"
"Honestly, I thought you were of the decent ones. I didn't think you would stoop this low Lucy but I guess I was wrong," Ever says with a sigh. She is clearly very disappointed with the girl in front of her and Lucy doesn't miss the expression.
"Huh?"
"Where are the love potions?" Freed asks harshly.
Lucy looks her three captures confounded, "Love potions? What the hell are you guys talking about?"
Freed slides over to Lucy and gets an inch away from her face. "Where are the love potions?! Or is it a spell?! Tell me!" he demands.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Lucy says frantically.
"Don't lie! We know you did something to Laxus!"
"I haven't done anything!" Lucy defends herself.
"Then why was Laxus with you the morning you two went on a job?"
"He was picking me up so we can go to his house." Lucy says simply. She doesn't understand what the big deal is.
Bickslow, Freed, and Ever's eyes go wide. They would never have guessed that Lucy would admit that she was going to go to Laxus' house. They must get down to the bottom of this seduction scheme of hers. They look at one another and give each other a small nod.
Evergreen comes to stand in front of Lucy. "What did you do to Laxus on your job?" she questions with a raised eyebrow.
"I didn't do anything."
"Oh? You mean to tell us that he just happened to get hurt on your first job together?" Freed asks skeptically.
"Well no but that's because…"
"Because you seduced him?!" Freed interjects with the most accusing voice Lucy has ever heard.
Lucy's jaw drops and her face flushes. "What?! No! I would never…!"
"Oh come on Cheerleader, you can admit it. He had to get those fingernail scratches from somewhere," Bickslow laughs with his pervy grin.
Lucy vehemently shakes her head at their accusations. "It was from the other women…"
"Other women?! You sold him off to other women?!" Freed gasps.
Lucy's eyes bug out, "No! I did not sell him to other women!"
"So it was you who hurt him!" Evergreen points at Lucy.
"No! Oh my god…" Lucy groans. "A lot of different stuff happened on our job and we both got a little hurt. But I did not seduce or hurt Laxus. Not once."
"Tell us the truth Lucy," Freed says coldly.
"I am!"
"So you are denying that you have done anything against our leader?"
"No! I'm not denying anything because there is nothing to deny! I am telling you the truth when I say that I did not seduce or hurt Laxus! We went on a job where we both got a little banged up. That's it!" These three are starting to get on her last nerve.
Freed looks at Bickslow and Ever and they both nod at him. If she wants to do this the hard way, then they'll do this the hard way. He turns back to the tied up girl. "Lucy, it is our opinion that you should stay away from Laxus."
Lucy's heart drops when she hears Freed's words and she can only look at the man in shock. "What?" she mumbles.
"Stay away from Laxus. That's an order."
The words reverberate in her mind and finally set in. "An order?! You're ordering me to stay away from Laxus?!" Lucy yells.
"That's right," Ever says haughtily.
"You have no right to tell me what to do!" Lucy yells even louder than before.
"We do when the sanctity and safety of our leader is at risk," Freed replies.
"I am not going to hurt him! I would never do that!" Lucy insists. Why won't they listen to her?!
"Well he came back from your guy's job all beat up," Bickslow says as he crosses his arms.
"I already told you! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!"
Freed shakes his head, "It doesn't matter what you say, we will not allow you near Laxus any longer. If you try to defy us, we will be forced to punish you."
Lucy's anger rises to new levels and she opens her mouth to retaliate when she and the Thunder Legion hear a sharp buzzing noise outside the door. A thunderous crack replaces it when the door and the connecting wall are blown to pieces from the outside. Debris flies into the small apartment and toward the stunned occupants. All four mages turn to look at the sudden intruder. Lucy breaks into a smile and hope gathers in her eyes while the Thunder Legion's stomachs drop in utter dread.
In front of them stands a very enraged Laxus Dreyar.