[kinda important plz read]

Wow, hello. First of all I am terribly sorry for the late, late update. I didn't know this term was so hellish, I swear to god I feel like a zombie with all of the assignments piling up. Anyway, anyway. This term is almost finished, fear not my lovely readers. It probably ends in like 2-3 weeks? After that, I'll pick this back up and not update once every 2 months (hopefully). So! at first I said it'll probs be about 10 chapters-ish right? But I think it will be a wee bit more than that. On to the important part! So I was thinking of adding a bit—like a bit spicy scene, not too extreme, just like a bit. What do y'all think? Should I? or do y'all more comfortable with this only be a fluffy romance? Drop the suggestions in the comment, if you don't mind. Alrighty! Enjoy the new part!

Lucy held the handle of the large door which served as the entrance of her guild. Her knuckles were turning white from the constant force she used to grip the handle tightly—nervously. She took a deep breath and braced herself but stopped the second she thought about what might happen.

'Okay, maybe I shouldn't—right? No, I should. But—argh!' Lucy jumped restlessly and let go the hand that was gripping the handle tightly.

'Okay! Okay!' she exclaimed, 'you can do this, Lucy! Here we g—'

A snort stopped her on her tracks. Blush crept up to her neck as she remembered the company of another person. Lucy couldn't help it, she was too engulfed in anxiety. She whipped her head to the side, sending a glare towards the person that was laughing at her antics.

'Not funny, Laxus.' Lucy gritted her teeth and lightly punched his arm.

She crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow, 'Might I remind you that you're as fucked as I am in this?'

Laxus laughed stopped short and one could see the tension on his face as he gazed at the large entrance of the guild. He winced and groaned. Tapping his feet impatiently, his hand hovered on the handle for a second before dropping them to the side.

'Ha!' Lucy exclaimed. 'Let's just run. Only disaster awaits us there.'

Laxus snorted, 'I see the nerves got you, with the oracle styled talk and all,'

She grunted, 'Argh, you know this is your fault, right?'

'well, um—'

'True, the date was awesome, and I can't deny that it was successful…' her voice faded as her face slowly became beet-red remembering his soft lips moving in sync with hers.

Uh oh.

'hey—ouch!' Lucy glared at the blonde dragon slayer who was pinching one of her cheek so amusedly.

He proceeded to pinch both of her cheeks and then cupped her face gently, 'So cute.' He murmured as he brought his face closer and pecked her lips, making Lucy's turn more crimson.

Lucy stomped her feet annoyedly, 'stop doing things so spontaneously, god!'

'but I'm not god,' he said with an innocent tone, but his eyes were twinkling amusedly.

Lucy brought up her hand, 'Nope. I'm not doing this. We have a more pressing matter right now. What do you want to do? I only have two option; we run for it or— nevermind, I only have an option. Let's just run for it.' She began to turn and walk back to her apartment when Laxus grabbed her hand, stopping her.

He shook his head, 'No. It must be done now. We can't run from this anymore, Luce.' He squeezed her hands reassuringly and entwined their hands.

Lucy sighed and after a long time she gave in and nodded. She grabbed one of the handle while Laxus grabbed the other one. Lucy turned her head towards Laxus who gave her a smile in return.

'Together,' he said and both of them pushed the large door, revealing the large guild filled with their friends making ruckus like usual.

As she and Laxus stepped inside the guild, the noise died down and all of their friends turned their heads towards the both of them. It was a good minute of silence before somebody spoke up and yelled,

'THERE'S THE NEW COUPLE!'

And the whole guild erupted in cheers. Congratulations, gossiping, excitement, never ending pestering and questions and a lot of booze. Lucy felt dizzy with the sudden crowd surrounding her and Laxus, not to mention Mirajane, the devil herself already pestering her about wedding plans and reserved the spot for babysitter. Natsu was screaming fire, scolding at Lucy and "intimidating" Laxus while asking him on a duel—acting like her big brother. Gray went nude and was running around celebrating while Juvia on his tails with hearts in her eyes—even Lucy didn't know how that happen. Gajeel, on the other hand, was quick on his feet and took over the stage in a flash, singing his new piece dedicated to the new couple.

It was, to say the least, chaotic. Well, to be fair, fairy tail is always chaotic, but it felt overwhelming once the chaos' targeted at someone. Their entwined hands was the only thing that made her still putting up with the chaos thrown at her. Laxus squeezed her hand and circled her hand with his thumb softly.

If it weren't for Mira, they could've postponed this, heck, they could even hide this from their guildmates. But then a day after their date, in the crack of dawn to be exact, Mira, Cana and Levy burst through her door demanding reports on their date. Not too long after that, words already out everywhere. And when she meant everywhere, it's literally everywhere. Even the guys on canoe that often flirt with her knew about it. Both Laxus and her had to accept many congratulation everytime they walked in the city together, it was so weird.

Then they began to avoid everyone, especially their guildmates. The initial plan was to wait out until the excitement about them had died down, but time was running out. Lucy needed to go on missions because her rent was due soon. At first she tried to sneak in, but the guild was always so crowded and then she came into realisation that to sign up on a mission it must go through Mira first. Just her luck, the last person she wanted to interact with in the guild. Of course, being the devil herself, Mira already knew about that and to lure Lucy—and Laxus into coming to the guild, she threatened to reject all of Lucy's missions.

That was what lead all of this to happen. Utter chaos. Gajeel was still singing, with the usual off-key strumming. The exceeds was flying around bursting party popper and small confetti everywhere.

'Oh my god! My ship is sailing!'

'What—I thought you were shipping Natsu and Lucy'

'I thought you were shipping Gray and Lucy!'

'HUH? I AM NOT. Fess up, I knew you were secretly shipping Lucy with Romeo!'

'WHAT? IT'S ILEGAL, IDIOT'

And thus began a cat fight. But that still didn't stop the crowd coming onto them.

'Congrats!'

'Must be good in bed, he is, huh, Lucy?'

'Noo, Lucy is taken now'

'Shut up, old man, it's not like she's going to be with you when she's single anyway'

'Babies!'

'Stop crowding on my granddaughter in law!'

All of it went through Lucy's right ear and out the left in an instant. She gave an exhausted smile and laughed nervously at any comments her friends made. Laxus, who realized Lucy's tired face put his arm around Lucy's shoulders.

'Alright, folks. That's it for today, give my girl room to breath or I'll fry you off.' he said, smiling but his tone was threatening.

The crowd smiled nervously and dispersed slowly, leaving Cana, Levy and Natsu.

Cana hugged Lucy ferociously—obviously drunk and pulled her away from Laxus' arms. She stuck out her tongue at Laxus and gave him the stinky eyes, anyone could see the veins popping on Laxus' forehead. Meanwhile, Natsu was still pestering Laxus non-stop about wanting to have a duel to 'protect' Lucy's pride and innocence.

Cana laughed out loud, 'You already got Lucy for a full week. It's our turn,' she grasped Lucy's arm and lead her to the bar—to the she-devil.

Sigh. Might as well ask for the mission, then.

Lucy turned and waved weakly to Laxus which in turn smiled.

'Dang, Luce. You got him so whipped.' Cana commented.

XXXX

Lucy threw herself onto her soft bed and sighed heavily. She closed her eyes and put her arm over her forehead. Finally, it ended. Mira was pestering her like always, but besides that nothing more happened. She got the mission with decent reward and after that she and Laxus took off in a flash. She turned to her side and felt a weight beside her. Laxus sat and touched her arm, gently shaking her.

'Take off your jacket, first, hm?' he said softly, his mouth hovering on her ear.

Lucy hummed in response and sleepily sat up and took off her jacket, she threw the jacket to the floor and laid herself back in the bed which made Laxus chuckled. He groaned, laid himself beside her in a spooning position.

'Haa… what should I do…I think I've fallen hard for you,' he murmured into her hair while squeezing her body tightly, the warmth radiating off her made his insides feel tingly and happy.

Meanwhile, Lucy was trying very hard not to explode. She could feel her cheeks heating up to the point it might let out smoke. She didn't know what to say so she stayed quiet while hearing his steady breathing. Very steady and hot breathing on her neck. The hairs on her neck stood up and Lucy shivered involuntarily. She couldn't take it anymore and turned her face facing Laxus who was closing his eyes.

She didn't know whether he already asleep or not, but his expression was so peaceful, void of any frowns or the usual trademark grumpy face of his. Lucy lightly traced her finger on his scar and to his nose, and his soft lips. She always blushed everytime she saw those lips that had planted itself onto hers numerous of times. Lucy thought that she couldn't ever be used to kissing him as her heart would always threatened to burst out of her chest everytime he just did as much as staring at her, much less when he actually kissed her. It was a surprise to see she didn't have heart attacks from it. Lucy smiled to herself.

'How is it that everytime I'm with you, my heart always beat uncontrollably? And how is it that everytime I'm with you, I can't think about anything else? Maybe I've fallen hard for you too…' she whispered to herself, still tracing her fingers on his face.

This happiness that she felt feels too unreal, too foreign. It was as if it had been a long time since she felt like this. Lucy didn't want to let go, but she also felt scared. She likes the feeling as if she was high, but she was also scared of falling. What if this happiness doesn't last? Is she even allowed to feel this happy, after sacrificing one of her cherished friend? Lucy unconsciously grabbed her Aquarius necklace

Is it okay? Is it okay to let go…?

Her eyes became droopy as sleep began to take over her. She glanced at the guy sleeping beside her and lightly pecked his forehead. Smiling to herself, she said,

'Sleep well, Laxus.'