I thought I would finally be able to relax after the last chapter, but I'm a complete loser because I woke up in the middle of the night mad at myself for leaving Miraxus like that. Those poor characters! Those poor readers! I would have had this completed earlier even if my computer hadn't eaten half of it yesterday, forcing me to rewrite. That was a good time to take a break haha. On the plus side I finally found my fun Nalu beach scene! I knew this vacation was lacking one. (there is slight teasing NSFW it's marked with *, I'm too lazy to make it work without it though)

I know last chapter was such a downer so here's more fun: sunshine, lollipops, rainbows, everything that's wonderful! (poof fairy dust)

Hope you all enjoy! I am forcing myself to not write any more on this til Thursday so probably no updates til next weekend.

I don't own fairy tail or any of it's characters.

Laxus forced himself to take a shower and change before heading down the stairs. He was anxious to find Mira, but he wanted to do it calmly. He knew he wouldn't be able to confront her in front of everyone else, so storming through the house screaming her name would be counterproductive. Laxus could kick himself for not saying anything the night before, or even waking her in the middle of the night. He was positive of his feelings now, she had to know how he felt.

He bounded down the staircase to find Makarov sitting at the dining table. He had a hot coffee next to him and a paper in his hand. The old man looked up at Laxus and smiled, "Good Morning my boy! If you'd like some coffee there's a full pot made on the counter."

"Morning," Laxus responded, headed over to get a mug from the cabinet and filling it. He tried his best to appear calm and composed. "Is Mira up yet? I needed to talk to her."

Makarov looked up from his newspaper and regarded his grandson with concerned eyes, "She's up but I'm afraid she's not here."

"What?" Laxus exclaimed, his face paled and his throat went dry. Mira had run away from him.

Makarov looked back at the puzzle section of the paper, "Yes, she left first thing this morning. Lisanna gave her a ride. Apparently Orga left some time last night. I swear I have no clue what's going on with you brats these days."

Laxus furrowed his brow, and took a sip of coffee to sooth his nerves, "Did she say why she was leaving?"

"I'm afraid you'll have to ask Cana, I wasn't there. I hope everything is okay, seems strange being here without her," Makarov picked up a pencil and started filling in an answer on his crossword. "I think Cana's down by the pool, probably already with a mimosa in hand." He chuckled but didn't look up from his puzzle.

Laxus picked up his mug and headed outside. He was happy to see that Cana was on her own. Everyone else must be starting their day late today, which was good, he didn't think he could face Freed before he had all this figured out. Laxus lowered himself into the lounge chair next to her, letting go of a breath he felt like he had been holding since he left his room.

Cana pulled her sunglasses down her nose so that she could look straight at him, "Did you really go back to your room last night?"

Laxus almost flinched in surprise, "What? I don't even get a hello? Why do you care if I went right to my room last night."

Cana returned her glasses to their place and looked back at the ocean, "Well, Mira appeared this morning in our room, early as hell. She told us Orga left last night and something came up suddenly at the restaurant, so she needed to head back. I offered to go with her and she said not to worry about it, she would handle it. Then I told her to wake you, since Lisanna was my ride, and she told me to shut my stupid face."

Laxus choked on his coffee.

"Obviously, she apologized to me and blamed it on not sleeping well last night and being a little hungover. But I can't help but think that reaction was a little bit extreme, don't you agree?" Cana looked at him again, taking a slow sip of her mimosa.

"I can assure you that I went straight to my room. Also, you know better than to hassle Mira first thing in the morning, she's not much of an early riser," Laxus tried.

"I'm aware, all the more reason why it was strange that she would come tell us she needed to get back first thing in the morning, instead of coming to get us last night or even waiting until the damn sun was all the way up. Lisanna barely had a drink at the bar, she was perfectly sober by the time we got home from the bar last night. Something or someone was keeping Mira occupied last night," Cana mused.

"I don't know what you're getting at Cana," Laxus said.

"You're such a moron sometimes it hurts my head!" Cana groaned. "Will you go get your shit and get in your truck and go talk to her! Stop trying to act so unaffected!"

Laxus stood, "How are you going to get home then?"

"I'll squeeze in the back of somebody's car, in case you haven't noticed we're here with a mob," Cana picked up her glass and took another sip. "Just get this resolved, I want happy Mira when I get back to work. I don't need this stress in my life."

Laxus gave a curt nod and headed up the stairs. "Finally," Cana grumbled, not caring if he heard, a small smile forming on her lips.

Natsu tapped the steering wheel rapidly as he pulled into the parking lot Lucy directed him to. She had asked if they could do something just them today, which sounded great to him, but for some reason she wanted to surprise him. He didn't really like surprises, he was the type to want to be able to see what was coming, but she was so excited that he decided to play along.

"So now that we're here, are you going to tell me what we're doing?" he asked as he pulled into a spot. Natsu looked all around them, trying to find something familiar.

Lucy turned to him and grinned so big it made him grin back, "I rented us a boat!" Natsu's grin fell but Lucy was too caught up in her own excitement to notice. "There's a cute little island just off the coast so you can drive a dinghy out and have a picnic, isn't that great!"

"Yea . . ." Natsu grimaced, this was not great, this was terrible. The last time he was on a boat it had felt like his body was trying to turn itself inside-out. "Have you been on a lot of boats?"

"Yes, I used to go all the time! It was so much fun! I got us a boat with an outboard motor, so we won't have to deal with anything complicated like a sail, super easy. You're going to love it! Also, I packed us a really nice lunch and a bottle of wine, doesn't it sound like fun?" She practically bounced out of her seat onto the pavement. She turned to look at him, finally noticing his grimace. "Is everything okay Natsu?"

Natsu tried to get his face to look more like a smile. Everything would be okay, maybe if he drove he could handle it. He was fine when he drove a car. Lucy was starting to look concerned and her face was dipping into a frown. Natsu hated to ruin her plans, this wouldn't be horrible, maybe. "Yea, I'm great. This sounds like fun!"

Gray stirred his coffee while he sat at the bar in the kitchen, checking through the new stuff on his phone. The house was finally peaceful and Natsu free, thanks to Lucy's fantastic idea of getting a boat. There was a tiny part of him that felt guilty for telling her Natsu would love it, but the rest of him was still chuckling into his coffee. He hoped she took pictures.

Juvia came up behind him and ran her hands over his shoulders and onto his chest, folding him into a soft hug. "What is Gray-sama laughing about?" she asked.

"The idea of Natsu getting on that boat today." Gray reached across and patted her arm, leaning slightly into her hold. She smelled like clean soap and sunscreen, already dressed to spend the day at the beach. He closed his eyes, soaking in the feel and the scent of the moment, wondering why he had been holding back from these moments for so long. Sharing a bed with her the last few nights had given him the most restful sleep he had in years. He was finding that each time he let himself enjoy a rub on the back, holding her hand, the feel of her arms around him, or her sweet kisses, it was like a balm on the burns caused by previous mistreatment. She was slowly wedging her way through his walls and it was setting him free.

"You wanna do something today? Go to the boardwalk, putt putt, get some lunch, ya know, something like that?" he asked, looking up at her and enjoying the way her face lit up from such a simple request.

"Yes! That sounds wonderful Gray-sama!" she exclaimed. Unable to help himself he gave her a sweet kiss, smiling at the surprised look on her face. Her warmth was defrosting him, and he had to admit he liked it.

Laxus looked at his phone while he stood at the pump filling up his car and frowned, Mira hadn't responded to any of his texts. He tried sending one to Lisanna, asking if Mira was okay and how he could reach her. His phone buzzed with a simple text back, "she doesn't want to talk to you today :( sorry."

Laxus scowled and just barely resisted the temptation to throw his phone. He returned the nozzle to the pump and pulled himself into the driver's seat, slamming the door. She might not want to talk to him, but he wasn't going to give Mira a choice. He had to speak to her today while the feelings were fresh and raw. He let her go once, if he could help it he wasn't going to ever let her go again.

Natsu was wrong, he was so, so wrong, and now he was going to die. Driving the boat had not helped in the slightest. Really how could you call moving a stick attached to the motor driving? He didn't feel in control at all! When Lucy took over it was a much smoother ride, but his stomach still twisted and turned with the rocking of the water. Finally, unable to hide his sickness any longer, he half threw himself over the side of the boat, letting his arms drag in the cool water.

"Natsu! What are you doing?" Lucy exclaimed.

"Sorry Luce . . .god I'm dying, . ." he whined.

"Why didn't you tell me you get seasick you idiot!" Lucy scowled.

"You looked so happy about the boat, god why did it have to be a boat!" he moaned, rolling over on his back, but still keeping his hands in the water, like he was doing some complicated yoga move.

"We're almost to the island, so hang on. Damnit Natsu why didn't you tell me sooner, now the shore is so far away!" Lucy exclaimed.

Natsu fell forward, his eyes gleaming with hope, "Did you say near land?"

Lucy lifted a hand to point out the small island just a few minutes away. "Yea, it's right there, haven't you been paying attention?"

"Kinda too busy dying here Luce," Natsu grumbled. He stood and stumbled towards her. "Can we make this go any faster, I've got to get out of here!"

When he reached her, he stumbled, face landing smack into her chest, "Natsu what the hell!" Lucy cried, struggling to free herself from his deadweight body. "Natsu, get off of me! I can't drive like this!"

"Moofy my maan," he mumbled into her chest, melting further into a sick puddle.

Lucy breathed in deeply through her nose than using both hands shoved him off of her. He started to fall in the direction of the floor of the boat, but they hit a wave and the motion caused him to fall back the other way landing on the tiller to the outboard motor, knocking them off course. Lucy hurried to reach over him and pull it back, struggling to kick away his limp, pathetic form. By the time she looked back in the direction they were being propelled towards it was too late, the boat went over a large rock, making a terrible thump and scrape. Lucy and Natsu were both thrown forward when the motor caught on the back of the rock effectively stopping the vessel but not them.

"You aren't a very good driver Lucy," Natsu mumbled into her chest that now rested on top of his face.

Lucy jumped off of him, rubbing the arm that had slammed on the bench of the boat. She was thankful Natsu had broken the rest of her fall, but that was the only good thought she was having about him at the moment. "Damnit Natsu, look what you did to the boat!"

Natsu pulled himself up and took in their surroundings. They were very close to shore, the water was shallow enough that you could see the sea floor. "Oh thank god!" He pulled himself out of the boat and into the water, dunking his head underneath. When he came back up for air he found a frowning Lucy staring down at him, standing in the boat with her arms crossed. He gave her his best apologetic grin, and held out a hand, "Shall we?"

Lucy made a "humpf," then picked up her bag and leapt in next to him, wading angrily towards the shore.

Natsu looked back at the boat and grimaced at the noticeable scrape and small hole on the back right side. Gramps was going to be pissed about this. He looked back at Lucy and realized she already was pissed about this. God, this was a terrible idea.

Laxus walked into the empty restaurant and headed towards the back, hoping that maybe Mira's excuse to Cana was true. He had already driven past Lisanna's apartment building, but her car was nowhere to be found and no one opened the door when he knocked. There was no one at Mira's apartment either. Lisanna was, unfortunately, no longer answering his texts, obviously protecting her sister from seeing him.

Mira wasn't in her office, or in the front dining room. When he went in the kitchen, Mest stood there repeatedly putting one lemon in his mouth, biting down, making a sour face, pulling it back out, then repeating with the lemon in the other hand. He knew Mest made really good food, but sometimes he really weirded Laxus out.

After watching Mest in disgust for a few seconds, Laxus decided to break the man's trance. "Remind me not to eat anything here that has lemon in it."

Mest looked at him as if surprised to see another human being, and pulled the lemon from his mouth. "Well obviously I'm not going to use these lemons! I'm just trying to decide which supplier to use going forward. I think the first on has a better taste, but the second one has a more flavorful peel. I just can't decide which is better." Then as if this was a perfectly good reason, he went to put the lemon in his right had back in his mouth.

"Mest, have you seen Mira?" Laxus asked quickly, hoping to not lose him to Mest-land again.

Mest lowered the lemon and regarded Laxus thoughtfully, "No, don't think so. She wasn't supposed to come back in until tomorrow night though. Did something happen?"

"No, I was just wondering, thanks," Laxus turned to leave.

He shook his head when he heard Mest begin to talk to himself, "When life hands you lemons, how do you pick which is best? Damnit I need to know!"

This was it, the final shot. If he missed it, Juvia definitely would win, he had to get it in two shots or less. He lined up his putter and was ready to shoot when Juvia murmured in his ear, "Is Gray-sama having trouble planning the putt?

Gray looked up at her in disbelief, she barely contained her smile behind her hand, "Really Juvia?"

"Juvia is only concerned, Gray-sama looked very nervous," Juvia sniffed in laughter and covering her mouth again.

"Teasing me when I'm trying to make my damn putt," Gray muttered getting himself back in position. If he hit it off the corner of the octopus, he might have a chance of landing it close enough to the hole to sink it easily.

"Gray-sama is going to use the octopus isn't he," Juvia said, right next to his ear.

Gray stood up straight, "Juvia!"

Juvia held her hands up in defense, "Sorry, sorry Gray-sama, it's just fascinating to watch Gray-sama work." She giggled openly this time.

Gray rolled his eyes and got in position to put again, this time not giving her a chance get in his ear. He hit the ball quickly, it bounced off the octopus, and rested right next to the final hole. He pulled a fist in and closed his eyes in quiet celebration, perfect shot.

Juvia clapped behind him, "Wonderful shot Gray-sama! Juvia could learn a thing or two from you."

"Sometimes I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not," Gray said, stepping out of the way so she could get ready for her shot.

Juvia set her turquoise ball down and looked up at him with a wink, "Juvia needs to have some secrets."

Gray couldn't help but chuckle. She was so cute in these rare moments when she was feeling cocky. "You realize in order to beat me for sure you would need a hole in one, right?"

"Juvia is aware Gray-sama," Juvia started to get set to putt, swaying her hips side to side. Gray suddenly had the urge to repay her for all her teasing. Just as she began to putt he pinched her rear-end, causing her to hit the ball wildly and exclaim, "Gray-sama!" They both watched as it forcibly banged off the octopus and rammed straight into Gray's ball, knocking both balls into the non-returning last hole.

Gray stared at it, completely flummoxed, "I can't believe you got a hole in one!"

Juvia bounced around exuberantly, "Juvia did it! Gray-sama thought he was the king of distraction, but his sexy ways only gave Juvia strength!" She grabbed him by the shoulders to turn him towards her, "Wasn't that wonderful Gray-sama!"

Gray snapped out of his stupor and looked at her happy glowing face. Instead of answering he pulled her to him, giving her a fiercely, passionate kiss. When he released her, she looked dazed and stumbled a bit, slowly putting her hand to her lips in surprise, "Gray-sama?"

Gray grinned and gave her a wink, "I knew I should have done that instead."

Lucy lay on the warm sand and stared up at the blue sky. This day had gone so horribly wrong. Now they would probably spend the rest of the day on this stupid island. It had been over an hour and not a single person had come by and unfortunately her cell phone had no service, and, of course, Natsu had accidentally left his back at his truck.

Natsu lay down on the sand next to her, "What are we looking at Luce?" he asked, trying to follow her train of sight.

"My sanity, floating away," she pointed to a white puffy cloud, "see there it goes."

Natsu laughed and propped up on his arm, "Come on Luce, someone is bound to come by eventually. The rental place knew you were heading out this way. Besides it's not so bad, it's like an adventure!"

Lucy narrowed her eyes at him, "Your optimistic attitude is not welcome here Dragneel."

"Just picture it Luce! We could build a tree house and live off the land! Eating coconuts and fish . . ."

"Pretty sure there isn't a single coconut tree on this island Natsu," Lucy interrupted.

"Eating seaweed and fish," Natsu corrected.

Lucy turned her head to look at him and smiled, "You're a nutcase."

He gave her a toothy smile, "I'm aware." He sat up, and then pulled himself to his feet, turning to put out a hand to help her up as well. "Come on weirdo, you're the one who wanted a picnic in the middle of the ocean, let's go enjoy it. Then I'll build a fire to alert people that we're here. Might as well have a little fun and I'm starving!"

"You're always starving!" she said, grabbing his hand to pull herself up. "I hope someone comes soon or I might have to worry about you trying to eat me!"

Natsu gave her a wolfish grin and pulled her close. "Who says I don't want to eat you now?" he whispered, nipping at her ear lobe. Lucy's eyes widened and a shiver went through her as her mind drifted to the image of his lewd suggestion. Natsu pulled away and his grin turned mischievous, "With an ass like yours I could eat for days!" He took off in a sprint, heading for the food they had left up the beach.

"Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed angrily. She chased after her cackling boyfriend, tackling him in the sand when he slowed near their bags. They rolled over and over but Natsu was the victor pinning her beneath him on the beach. Lucy pouted, "I'm not fat."

"Of course not Lucy," Natsu said as if it was obvious. "You're perfect." He closed the distance, giving her a sweet kiss. He pulled his head away and Lucy frowned, not ready for his signs of affection to stop. "Seriously Lucy, I'm starving. Can we eat now?"

Lucy sighed in exasperation, "You are hopeless." Natsu just gave her a wink.

Laxus was running out of places to check. He found himself wishing he had paid more attention when Lisanna spoke about what she did downtown for fun. The damn place was so big anyway, he would have had a hard time without knowing exact locations. After driving around downtown and through Magnolia, he gave up. He was just going to have to go to her place and wait.

Coming home from their dinner, Gray and Juvia went up the stairs of the beach house, finding Jellal and Erza curled up on the couch watching a movie. "Where is everybody?" Gray asked.

"Thunder Legion went to the bar again with Elfman and Cana, Gajeel and Levy are still out to dinner, Strauss sisters and Laxus all went home," Erza regarded them thoughtfully. "Not sure where Natsu and Lucy are, I thought they were with you."

Gray's shoulders dropped, that did not sound like good news. "Natsu and Lucy aren't back yet?"

Erza sat up, noticing Gray's concern, "Well obviously, since I don't know where they are."

Gray ran a hand down his face, "Lucy took Natsu on a boat."

Erza stood quickly, "A boat? Why in the world would she take him on a boat?"

"I may or may not have insinuated that it would be something he would like," Gray squeaked out, feeling a little uneasy around her agitation.

"You told Lucy Natsu would like going on a boat! What is wrong with you?" Erza exclaimed.

Gray grimaced, "He could have told her he didn't like it."

"As if Natsu would ever admit his weakness!" Erza turned to Jellal, "Come on, we're going to have to go get the coast guard."

"Surely you don't have to go that far," Gray said in disbelief.

"Natsu and Lucy have been gone the entire day. Do you really think Natsu would be able to handle that long in a boat? Something happened or else they would already be back," Erza said, hands on her hips. Jellal stood behind her, stretching his arms over his head.

Gray sighed, "Damnit, you're right."

"We will go handle this, you stay here in case they call," Erza said grabbing her purse and sliding her feet into her flip flops. She stormed in the direction of the stairs to the front door, "Jellal, do you have the keys?"

Jellal held them up in his hand, whistling while he put on his own shoes and moseyed over to the stairwell. He patted Gray on the shoulder on his way out. "I'm sure they're fine. Probably just making out the beach somewhere, but you know Erza, she has to be sure. Especially if she can also ruin a romantic moment."

Erza called from the bottom of the stairs, "Jellal hurry!"

"We'll give ya a call when we find them," Jellal added.

"Thanks man," Gray said.

Jellal gave him a lazy smile and nod, then headed off to follow his determined fiance.

Mira sighed and leaned up against the wall as she waited for the elevator to arrive at her floor. She couldn't wait to get in her home, throw on some sad music, and drink all of the cheap wine she had picked up along the way back. She was exhausted from Lisanna's efforts at cheering her up. They had gone to the movies, had their nails done, gone out to both lunch and dinner, and went shopping downtown. Going out to the bar with Lisanna's friends from the hospital was going to just be too much. Mira need some time alone.

She couldn't stop thinking about the night before, or the way she had woken, cradled in Laxus's arms. What the hell was she thinking? Did she want to go back to the way things were with him? Sneaking around at night but playing platonic in the daytime. How could she do this to herself again. Not for the first time that day, she was thankful that she was still on the pill. Obviously she had little to no self-control these days.

The elevator dinged and the doors opened. Mira pulled herself up and walked out, trying to juggle her grocery bags while searching for her keys in her purse. She rounded the corner and was almost on top of him when she finally noticed Laxus, sitting on the floor outside her door. Mira froze, she wasn't ready for him. How was she going to explain her behavior last night? She still wasn't sure why she did it herself. From his posture she was pretty sure he was asleep, she couldn't help but find that adorable. Maybe if she walked very quietly, she could sneak past him and he would be none the wiser.

She made it all the way to her door and remembered that she still hadn't found her keys. Silently cursing, she renewed her search, digging around in the coral leather hobo bag she was toting around for the day. If only she had gone with something smaller. Finally, she was victorious and put her key in the lock. "Mira?" Damnit, not quick enough.

She looked down at Laxus, who was staring up at her, his head leaning back against the wall. "Oh, hey Laxus, I didn't see you there!" she tried in a cheerful voice.

He narrowed his eyes, "You sure about that?"

Mira huffed and scowled, returning to unlocking her door. Why was he bothering her? Couldn't he just leave her alone? She went straight through the door without another word and headed to the kitchen. When she set down her bags and leaned on the counter, she suddenly felt very tired. She could hear him shut the door behind him and walk in her direction. Each footstep making her heart beat faster. The counter behind her creaked as he leaned against it. She could feel his eyes on her, but she didn't want to look at him, she kept her focus on the bags in front of her.

"Why did you leave?" he asked softly.

Mira swallowed deeply, "I just had a few things I wanted to get done before I had to go back to work. You didn't have to follow me Laxus. You should have stayed and had fun without me." She pulled her few items free of their bags. One of these bottles of wine needed to be opened and soon.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me Mira! You can't honestly believe that after last night I could just go about my day as if nothing happened!" he said in an aggravated tone. Obviously, he would be upset that she left, Mira had expected that when she slipped out of his secure hold that morning. She had just been hoping she could hide for a day or two and get her thoughts together. Mira had never expected him to go so far as to follow her and wait for her like this.

"That's what you used to do when we had nights like that." She started looking in the drawer for the bottle opener, why couldn't she find it? What was with her and losing things today!

"Last night was nothing like before," he said sharply.

"Oh? I don't see how," she said snappily, finally finding her corkscrew. Now she struggled to open the bottle of Pinot Grigio. What was wrong with her hands? Why hadn't she just bought a screw top?

"Don't act stupid Mira, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Last night was . . . Fuck Mira, you didn't smile once last night," she could almost hear his angry furrowed brow.

"I'm sorry maybe next time I'll put on my happy face. Is that why you're here? You want a better performance?" She said dryly, relieved when the cork gave way with a satisfying pop.

"Fuck Mira! Stop it!" He yelled, slamming a fist down on the counter and making Mira jump. "Last night was not fair of you! You are not some fucking object to me, this is not some stupid game!" He breathed out deeply as if trying to gain composure. "Shit, I'm sorry Mira! I'm sorry for everything I put you through. I'm sorry I didn't understand just how important you were to me. I'm sorry I couldn't be what you needed when you needed me. Mostly, I'm sorry I'm so fucked up that I'll never be able to be what you deserve!"

Mira froze, unable to say a word. Laxus breathed in sharply, "I just want you to be happy, but I'm selfish so I want that happiness to come from me. I don't want to see you with anyone else! Fuck Mira, I love you so much. These last few months have been killing me!"

Mira turned in complete disbelief. There was no way this was Laxus. Laxus didn't apologize, or admit he was wrong, or say romantic things. Laxus had never said I love you. Yet, there he was, back leaned up against her counter, cradling his face in his hands. Mira tilted her head and wrinkled her brow. "Are you crying?"

Laxus didn't remove his hands. "No, it's just raining in here."

Mira chuckled, taking a few steps forward, "We're inside Laxus."

"I've just got something in my eye," he tried.

Mira closed the rest of the distance to him and pulled down his hands. "Why didn't you start with that one?"

He looked down at her, his eyes red and tired, breathing out in a combination between a laugh and a sigh. "I don't know Mira, I don't exactly do this all that often." He lifted a hand to caress her cheek, sighing when she smiled, "I know I'm probably too late, but I don't want to do this shit anymore Mira. I just want to be with you, whatever that means. You want me to take you to stupid movies or restaurants we can do that, if we gotta get married we can do that, you want like fifty babies we can do that. I'll probably be terrible at all of it but I promise I'll try."

Mira smiled and went up on her tippy toes to kiss him. Then she took him by surprise by playfully hitting him on the chest, "You are such an idiot sometimes! I just want to be able to kiss you when I see you. I just don't want to pretend I don't love you. We can do that other stuff when you are ready."

Laxus pulled her into a hug resting his head on top of hers. Mira closed her eyes and smiled. "Laxus?"

"Huh?"

"If you want me to say yes, you had better think of a better way to propose. That half-assed one was terrible," she said into his chest.

Laxus laughed and pushed away so he could look her in the eye. He gave her a lazy smile, "Whatever you want Mira." He bent his head down and Mira raised again on her toes, sealing their words with a tender kiss.

Lucy lay on their blanket, her head resting on Natsu's shoulder while they stared up at the stars. There was a slight chill from the night ocean breeze but Natsu's fire was doing a good job of keeping them warm.

"You know, we never would have seen this if we hadn't crashed the boat," Lucy said. "The stars are really beautiful tonight."

"Oh yea? So I'm forgiven?" Natsu asked, turning his head to give her a big grin.

"Hmm, I'm not sure, I'm also still pretty mad at you for the comment about my ass," Lucy frowned.

"What was wrong with it? I love your butt," Natsu pulled himself up so he loomed over her, his eyes sparkling in the firelight. "It's so cute, I want to bite it!"

"Natsu!" Lucy giggled, trying to squirm away when he started to snake his free arm under her, grabbing and squeezing her right butt cheek.

"Let me at it!" Natsu laughed. He pulled his arm out from under her head and bent down, opening his mouth wide. He ignored Lucy's giggles and squeals of protest, batting away her hands when she tried to stop him. "Don't be selfish Lucy, I'm hungry. You didn't pack enough food!"

"Well I didn't expect to have to pack for lunch and dinner!" she scolded. She breathed in sharply in surprise when she felt his teeth graze her thigh. "Natsu!" Lucy looked down and Natsu's expression was no longer playful, but full of fire.

"Have I told you how much I love these swimsuits of yours?" He asked, playing with one of the strings on her bikini bottom. Lucy swallowed deeply and bit her lip, not able to remove her eyes from his heated gaze. He chuckled and slowly kissing his way up her body, every so often nipping at her pale skin. His hand trailed up her side and behind her neck, finding the strings that attached the top. "They give such wonderful easy access to all my favorite parts," he purred.

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He kissed her firmly and pulled at the bow that had been tied behind her neck, releasing the strings. His tongue found it's way into her mouth and his hand pushed aside the triangle of fabric, releasing her breast to the night breeze. Her back arched, pulled by her longing to be touched, her breath catching when he finally began to cup and kneed the soft flesh. He pulled away, a cocky grin forming on his face when he watched her react to him pinching her nipple firmly between his thumb and pointer, rubbing the fingers slowly back and forth.

"How can you be so hot," he whispered, falling to put his lips to the nape of her neck and moving his hand from her breast, down her belly, to play the top of her swimsuit bottoms. Lucy closed her eyes, running her fingers up and down the muscles of his back, concentrating on the feel of his hand and his lips. Her back arched into him again when his mouth left her neck and found her nipple, sucking and nibbling on the now taut pink skin. His hand dipped into her bottoms, finger tracing her slit. He hummed in appreciation for the way her body was already starting to react to him. He lifted his head away from her breast to look her in the eyes when he experimentally dipped a finger into her. She felt the hardness in his shorts seem to pulse against her when he felt how wet she already was. He paused for a moment, his face in agony, "Fuck, you don't know what you do to me."

He slowly pulled his finger out tracing up to her clit. He opened his eyes and began to bend down to kiss her again when he caught something out of the corner of his eyes. Awakened from his aroused trance, he looked up quickly at the horizon line, his eyes widening, then pulled his hands away from her as if burned.

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"Shit Lucy, put yourself back together. We're going to have to put this on hold." He gave her a quick kiss and then hopped to his feet, turning to try and adjust himself.

"What the hell Natsu!" Lucy quickly grabbed her swimsuit, trying to tie it back together quickly as she sat up to see what had caused Natsu's distress.

A boat was pulling up to shore with Erza regally standing at the front, her hair blowing in the wind and her face determined. When the boat came to a stop she leapt off of it, running in their direction, completely unaware of what she had just disrupted. "Are you all okay? Are either of you hurt? Lucy what happened to your swimsuit?" Erza exclaimed in concern.

Behind her, Jellal grinned, "Just as I thought, making out on the beach."

Thank you so much everyone who reviewed! You guys are such a fantastic group of enablers.

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