Fireworks

"What were you thinking Laxus?" I muttered as I gently moved my hands over his busted up arm.

"What would you have liked me to do? That thing was heading right for us, I had to do something." Laxus defended as he tried to not wince.

Laxus and I were tasked to go on a mission together, fairly simple, taking down some rogue mages trying to terrorize travelers that were coming to a small trade village. Makarov thought it would be a good idea, though I don't know why, possibly to strengthen relations with the magic council and small towns with very little ways of protecting themselves. Maybe even to show the Magic council that not everyone in Fairy Tail will blow things to smithereens. Or possibly Mira had his arm in a twist, very hard to tell.

"That magic missile was headed for me, and you were nowhere near me." I frowned a bit as I mended the breaks and fractures in his arm, along with sealing the gashes and cooling the burns from the resounding explosion. "And I most certainly did not want you to catch it." I glared down at him.

"So I was supposed to stand there and watch you get blown up?" Laxus glared up at me from the bed he was sitting on. Laxus himself was not badly injured, maybe a bruise here or there from most of the enemy's, however the arm he used to catch the missile was almost blown off his body. Thankfully his arm was not totally beyond repair.

"I can create energy shields, or did you forget that?" I glared at the arm I was working on and I felt him tense up, I stifled a chuckle at this.

"I actually did forget about that." Laxus muttered, before leaning onto his working arm. "I guess my injury was just a waste." Laxus frowned. I frowned a bit as the conversation fell into a rather uncomfortable silence while I finished up the healing process.

After I gave his repaired arm a good once over to be sure that no small injury escaped my attention, I smirked slightly, and gave a small tug to catch Laxus attention. "Don't get the wrong idea." I said softly and gently placed a small kiss on his knuckles. "I'm grateful for the assistance." I smiled softly as I got up and went into the small bathroom to wash my hands.

There was a sharp knock on the door and Laxus got up to answer it. "Good evening to the town hero's!" It was the overly perky mayor of the town, he waltzed in as I walked out of the bathroom as I was drying my hands with a towel. "Good evening sir, how can we help you?" I smiled brightly.

"I was hoping you two would join us for a celebration. Were going to have a feast followed by fireworks!" The man's eyes glittered at the two of us, in absolute hope. I looked over to Laxus who simply shrugged. "Well, what the hell, why not?" I smiled as the mayor bounced in sheer glee. "We'll see you tonight, the festival will be in the center of town!" And with that the man dashed out of the door.

"That man is way too perky for his own good." Laxus growled and I chuckled slightly.

After the huge feast had taken place and everyone's stomachs were stuffed with delicious food, everyone went out to a nearby field, to watch the fireworks display. I flopped down onto a blanket that the mayor provided us and Laxus gently sat down. I laid back on my back with a giggle, still a bit tipsy from the wine that was served with the food.

I pulled on Laxus' arm so he would come lie with me, with the alcohol in his system he came crashing down on top of me. I squeaked and started laughing as he pushed himself off of me and laid down beside me. "You alright?" Laxus asked, I curled up into his side and giggled. "I'm alright."

It was at this point that the fireworks started. I rested my head on Laxus shoulder with a sleepy smile on my face, Laxus wrapped his arm around me with a chuckle. I giggled as I looked up at the bright lights as the smell of gunpowder filled the air.

As I was sitting there, laying on a grassy slope with a mans arm around me as fireworks went off. It was almost romantic.