Valentine's Day special.
Malacant couldn't really believe what was happening. This was their first holiday as a family. All of them.
"Please wait one moment sir I'll fetch your keys." The receptionist smiled brightly and retreated to a back room. Malacant could feel his family behind him through his magic but he turned anyway.
Mira was sitting on one of the chairs, trying to keep Olivia happy. Their youngest daughter was squirming trying to get out of her mother's grip. The three year old was not happy about sitting still for longer than five minutes now that she was free to move as she pleased. Malacant smiled softly.
A year ago she couldn't leave the hospital because she was so weak. Now since the disease had passed she had been releasing all the coped up energy and investigating her big wide world. Neither he nor Mira had ever complained inwardly or outwardly when she was bouncing around, being loud and running.
She was healthy and happy.
She also was an almost complete copy of her mother, much to Malacant's delight. Her hair was the same silky soft texture as Mira's and it was the same milky white colour. She also had taken to Mira's style of clothing as well and absolutely loved dresses.
She was wearing a yellow sun dress and had a large white shun hat over her head. A pink ribbon decorated the hat and a pair of open top shoes housed her tiny feet. While resembling Mira in looks the two were also almost always on the same page. Mira had used Olivia to get him to agree to a sun holiday.
God he would have preferred a cabin in the middle of winter but Mira had held up Olivia, eyes full of crocodile tears and begged for a summer holiday. And he had predictably melted.
It was worth it for the smug little high five they gave each other afterwards.
They were staying in a beach resort a good distance from magnolia. The town was a historic sight and very popular with tourists. It had actually been recommended to them by Lucy who had gone their with her family a few weeks prior.
His eyes next fell on his eldest daughter who was standing some way off reading a wall of advertisements for the various clubs that were happening during the day. She was without a doubt the most troublesome of all their kids. He pondered what the teenager was thinking. Evie was their oldest at twelve and was beginning to stretch herself a little and butt heads with both her parents. Her hair was short like her aunt Lisanna however she had dyed her natural brown hair black with a few blue highlights. Malacant wasn't really mad at her. She was a kid and he and Mira didn't even know she existed when it happened. No he blamed Macao and he still held it over the man occasionally. She wore dark colours usually and was wearing black shorts and a black sleeveless top with a pair of neon blue rimmed glasses.
Finally he turned his attention o his son. Jasper was standing a good distance away and staring blankly at a wall clearly lost in his head. He kept to himself as usually but Malacant could nearly feel his discomfort in the heat. His white hair was short and it was slightly damp from sweat. He was six and the middle child in many ways. Unlike Evie who was beginning to stretch her wings and Olivia who was the cutest thing to ever grace planet earth, Jasper didn't outwardly show his uniqueness. However he often surprised both Malacant and Mira by being very creative and having a knack for building things and imagination. Mira was convinced he was a genius and continually praised him to heaven and back. He was wearing a pair of brow shorts and a light blue t-shirt.
"Here you are sir two adjoined bedrooms. Rooms 608 and 207. Have a nice day." The reception said presenting Malacant with a pair of keys."Thanks" Malacant responded with a smile and took them from the man. He turned back to his family and felt a swell of pride when Olivia trotted over to him and grabbed for his hand.
"Let me see the key!" she demanded with an excited smile and tugged his hand with both of hers. Malacant scooped her up and moved over to the elevator so they wouldn't be blocking the line. He would happily admit it out loud but this little ball with her silly sun hat and bright smile gave him more pride and joy then all of his magic power.
Scratch that any of his kids did. Speaking of them Jasper approached next and pressed the elevator butten while Malacant struggled to handle the squirming toddler who was trying her best to put the key firmly in her mouth and bite it.
Sophie had given her the bright idea of eating metal. Gajeel and Levy's daughter like her father got a lot of her magic from metal and you could often see her absentmindedly chewing a screw in the guild hall. A bad habit for Olivia who was just finished growing her baby teeth.
"Thanks Jasper." He said as he pulled the key from Olivia's grip and put it back in his pocket. The boy smiled softly and stepped into the elevator. Mira rushed over carrying hers and Olivia's bag. Evie followed. Her shrunken in eyes scanning the elevator and she shuffled quietly into the corner. Her suitcase was sitting limply at her feet.
Mira spoke as they rose. "Are you guys going to the kid's club tomorrow?" Evie didn't repond, and shrugged her shoulders in begrudging acceptance. Jasper shrugged but it was more of an genuine question. "What will we do?" Olivia asked, her grammar still not fully developed.
"They'll be games and arts and then they'll go swimming." Mira said with all the enthuasim she could muster.
"Meaning we're going to have to listen to a bunch of stupid eighteen year olds that have pimples as big as your nose Olivia." Evie said her voice full of snark. Like mother like daughter both Olivia and Mira had the same confused look as they imagined what that would look like. Olivia quickly clamped her hand over her nose and started to cry.
"That's GROSS!" She squealed and tears sprang to her eyes.
"Shhh. She's only joking." Malacant said bouncing Olivia up and down to try and cheer her up. "Mommy knows it's a joke se…" his sentence was stopped when he saw the look of terror on Mira's face. She was going green and twitching her head slightly.
"Big as nose…" she stuttered.
Malacant sighed and looked at Jasper for help. He shrugged and his looked said, "keep me outta this."
Evie had a tiny evil smile on her lips and was relishing the disruption she had caused.
"I am living with four children." Malacant said with a sigh as the elevator beeped and opened on their floor.
Malacant was not happy that the kids hadn't gone to the kids club the following morning. However it was more mild irritation than actual anger. He and Mira had hoped to go to town and see some of the natural beauty of the seaside town, something that would bore the children to death and cause them to complain loudly thus giving both him and Mira a headache.
Therefore it was decided they spend the day at the beach, a decision Malacant despised but accepted after getting a bribery kiss on the cheek from his youngest daughter.
The three girls were in their element in the water. Mira would stand back while Evie and Olivia shrieked and ran away from the tide.
Evie was only ever carefree around her sister anymore and was perfectly happy to embarrass herself for her and nobody else. Mira would join the pair when they entered the water to swim, more to keep Olivia safe then actually enjoy it. Evie was dressed in a black two piece swimsuit that made Malacant twitch with anger.
Call it whatever you want but he spotted any guy eyeing Evie up he'd make their balls explode. When you have a wife like Mira you needed subtle ways of punishing people who tried to get too close. He could cause cramps in the most sensitive of areas and he was a hundred percent sure he could make any part of a man's body pop. He was very reserved about using it and only ever used it if someone tried to touch Mira in any way that wasn't strictly platonic.
However would be suitors of his baby girl...
That was another story entirely. They would received no mercy.
Mira was wearing a purple two piece that complemented her figure beautifully. She had been working to get back in shape again after retiring for three years from modeling because for her preganacy with Olivia and then to look after the sickly child. She had begun taking jobs again with him and Boaros as well as one with Edward and several with Lisanna and Elfman. She even went on one with Erza once. Apparently the client was extremely happy to have the Titania and the She-Devil to solve whatever problem he had. Something about a necromancer.
Olivia was wearing a cute white bathing suit and was nestled in a small pink dragon floaton. She was always eager to splash even in the bath. Malacant had found that out the hard way when he had received a small bucket of water to the face For trying to wash the suds out of her hair. It wasn't even that she was unhappy with what he was doing she just thought it was fun. Malacant slightly over reacted and flicked the water that he was ricing her with from warm to ice cold. Olivia had run screaming from the room, tears in her eyes and leapt onto his and Mira's bed naked and soaking wet trying to get Mira's protection. It had of course succeed and Malacant had to spend the whole afternoon replacing the sheets on the bed, moving the mattress outside to dry and cleaning the soaking wet floor. On top of that he had had to share a bed with Jasper while Mira shared with Olivia. A fact Evie enjoyed.
Jasper like him, absolutely hated the water and like him was sitting on plastic chair watching the rest of their family play.
Eventually Malacant glanced at his son and said. "Come on let's do something fun." Jasper looked at him oddly but the child's eyes lit up when Malacant pulled a small toy digger from the bag they had brought. Jasper was absolutely obsessed with diggers and building. He loved making things and had recently begun to build things out of Lego instead of pillows and quilts.
One of the most treasured possessions Malacant had was a picture in the living room of their home with a four year old Jasper and eleven year old Evie huddled under a palace made of blankets and pillows. Smiling big silly smiles. With the fond memory bringing a smile to his lips Malacant sat down in the said and Jasper followed suit.
"Let's build ourselves a sand castle. Jasper's eyes lit up and he immediately started piling sand into a tower. Malacant smiled as he managed to pull together a single lump of sand that he patted the top flat with a small plastic shovel to make a roof. Unimpressive but made with obvious love and care.
"Dad," Malacant hummed.
"Make anouther one here!" The boy said grabbing a stick and putting an X in the sand a meter from his castle. Malacant cocked an eyebrow but did as he was told as Jasper rushed over to another spot and made another castle. When Malacant was done Jasper had already rushed over to another spot and built another one. The four castles where positioned in a square shape and Malacant finally realised what Jasper was doing.
"Are you joining the castles?" Malacant asked.
"They're towers dad!" Jasper snapped indignantly and started pushing sand together at the sides of the tower confirming Malacant 's suspicions.
"What are you boys doing?" Mira said a towel wrapped around her. Her hands occupied using another towel to rub Olivia dry while Evie was patting herself down with another towel. "I wanna build one two!" Olivia screeched rushing out of Mira's grip and kneeling by her father who explained to her what they were doing.
Evie moved towards Jasper and started extending the wall on one of the towers sides while he focused on the other. Mira patted Malacant's shoulder.
"I'm going for a lie down." Malacant nodded. "I'll keep an eye on them." Mira pressed her lips against his cheek and moved over to their towels before lying down flat and pulling a pair of sunglasses over her eyes.
Malacant returned to the task of building the sand castle which he now discovered had had it's walls built and Jasper had quickly began to build a motte around it.
Mira would have easily fallen asleep there and then however before sleep could take her a shadow fell over her face and took away the warmth of the sun.
"Excuse me." The voice was unfamiliar and masculine. Mira sighed, opened her eyes and sat up. She now saw the cause of her lack of sunlight. A man, actually she corrected herself a boy. Just out of his teens by the looks of it with sandy blond hair and a smile that hid nervousness. Mira couldn't help but smile. This was priceless.
"What's your name?" He asked.
"Tactless" Mira tutted to herself, "open with a general comment to get a conversation going, else she think you're too desperate." She decided to play stupid.
"Mira." She said simply and didn't bother with the follow up question. She enjoyed watching the kid squirm and she couldn't get over that he thought she was his age. "So, um I just had a little trouble seeing. You see you and the sun shine so bright it's hard to tell."
"Oh, God he's and amateur." Mira thought.
"Swing and a miss kido." She said deciding to put the kid out of his misery.
"Work on delivery and never start with something as obvious as what's your name? Scares a girl off." She said smiling kindly at the confused boy.
"Anyway, getting called as beautiful as the sun is a bit of a downgrade, my husband calls me a goddess." The boy finally caught on and his mouth fell open. "Husband…?"
"STAY AWAY FROM MY MOMMY!" Olivia yelled and swung her bucket slamming it into the poor boy's knee. Mira roared laughing as the kid hopped.
"Mommy loves daddy!" Olivia yelled again swinging but Mira grabbed her and stopped her from hitting him again. She smiled apologetically at the boy who was just starting to put his foot down.
"I'm sorry miss." He said shamefully with a bowed head and turned to leave. Mira saw in the distance a group of laughing boys around the kid's age. The beach was too loud to hear them and Mira realised they couldn't possibly have heard Olivia with all the noise.
"Hey kid!" she called quickly before he was out of earshot. He turned slowly and his eyes widened in confusion when Mira pulled out a pen and a piece of paper before scribbling down a few random numbers.
"Here." She said handing it to him. "It's fake but say you got my number and say that she's my sister or something." The boy's face grew happy and he smiled.
"Thank you, Miss." Mira returned the smile. "Hold your head high. Very few guys have the guts to talk to a girl and don't feel shame for trying. You'll get lucky one day."
She said sending the boy on his way. Olivia looked up at her mother curiously as the now stunned boys left the beach.
"Why didn't you beat him up?" she said with a huff of indigence. Mira smiled a kissed the munchkin on the nose.
"Boy's aren't unfeeling little flower. It's horrible to work up that courage and talk to a pretty girl only to have your hopes cut down." Olivia frowned in confusion. "But he was trying to take you from daddy." Mira again smiled down at her and indicated Malacant and the other two children still working on the sandcastle.
"You know your dad could sense that boy come over to me. With his magic right?" Olivia nodded but then spoke. "So why didn't he beat that jerk up?" Mira smirked.
"Because me and your father trust each other. He knew that I'd handle it and didn't even bother to look up." She poked Olivia on the nose. "When you love someone, you have to be a team. Your dad trusted that I wouldn't run off with that guy and I wasn't mean to the boy, so everyone was happy in the end."
Olivia "ohhh"ed and Mira ruffled her white hair before placing a sun hat on it. "Now go get your father and siblings. We're getting ice-cream."
After a long and eventful day the family got back to their rooms and began to change for the night. "I managed to get Evie to agree to going to the kids club." Mira said putting on a sleeveless top and pajama bottoms. Her and Malacant were in their room while the kids were next door. Malacant let out a small sigh of relief.
"How'd you manage that?" Mira smiled.
"I reminded her that we wouldn't be there and she'd be with the older kids wile Olivia and Jasper would be in the younger group. No parents and no responsibility. She jumped at the prospect." Malacant laughed softly and sat down in one of the soft chairs in their room. Mira moved over to him and straddled him before whispering. "I think I deserve a thank you." Malacant put a hand round her waist and the other through her hair. They leaned in for the kiss... "DADDY READ ME A BEDTIME STORY!" Olivia yelled from the a joining room. Without missing a beat Malacant scooped up Mira and planted her frimly on the bed with her legs bent up and spread wide.
"Don't move one muscle." He whispered hotly kissing her neck once before bolting to his children's room.
Mira waited until he was gone before leaping up and walking to the bathroom where she would wait until he returned. Pulling off her bottoms she sat on the edge of the tub in only a loose shirt and panties waiting for her husband to return and wondering with naughty glee how he was going to react to her disobedience.
Author's Notes:
Yeah I'm back and hope you enjoyed this little one shot. It's both an apology for being late and special for you guys for waiting patiently for me.
Just three quick announcements.
1) I am not going to be able to submit anything until possibly easter or even later. I'm in my last year of secondary school and my state exams are coming in June. Expect little to no activity from me until then. Sorry, I will continue but I just don't have the time right now.
2) I will be making a Lemon based off the what happens next and this holiday could develop into a subplot that I'll do whenever I'm having Writers Block. I'm making the Lemon more for fun and PM me if you want to see anything specific in it. It should be up by this weekend.
3) Pick a magic type for all of Mira and Malacant's kids. Olivia and Jasper need magic powers. I have already picked out Evie's ones sorry. But feel free to decide what Olivia and Jasper will be specializing in.
As always thank you for all favs follows and reviews.
Until next time! (PS Happy Valentines Day! Iknowitslatebutwhatever)
Ninja-Cat Sif