*On the fourth night of Chanukah the-real-narnia gave to me:
Lots and lots of shipping...*
Okay...time for...
The-Real-Narnia's beliefs about sexuality and love!
As someone who is attracted to both genders, I believe that you can't solely be attracted to one gender (though I know that some straight and gay people believe the same thing about bisexuality). So, I've adopted the thought of - I like person. Person boy? Okay. Person girl? Okay. Okay? Okay.
Some of the couples in here are not gay or lesbians because of how they 'act' or whatever. Some people just like who they like, and maybe they get along because of other things. And if someone who is gay or a lesbian ends up acting like a stereotypical type, don't be mean or make fun of them. Yeah, more often then not, they don't fit the stereotype, but people still might. Someone might act in the stereotypical 'gay' way, and not be gay, and someone might act in the stereotypical 'straight' way, and not be straight (is there even a stereotypical 'straight'? to me society just sort of screams 'default'). To me, it's unrelated.
Also, fun fact: Originally, Elle was going to be two years younger (7/17 vs 9/19) when the story started, and she'd only be one year older than Cana (rather than three). And I was going to do some Cana x Elle stuff before Ellaxus became a thing.
I dumped that idea though.
Also yeah...I was a weird kid...so I thought about the type of shit Elle did...
Chapter Ninety - Love is in the Air
Kissing is weird.
His lips are warm, and soft on mine, and as it continued, it felt like fireworks, like electricity, like-
"What the hell, Laxus?" I asked, shoving him away.
"What? What did I do?" he asked, panicked.
"Control your magic, you shocked me!"
He froze, looking absolutely terrified. "I'm sorry!"
I rolled my eyes and pulled him closer, giving him a smaller peck on the lips. "Baka. Do you remember what you told me about being by my side? 'Now that you've got me, you're not getting rid of me'. Just try to keep your magic under control, alright?"
I pulled back and laughed. "It's actually kinda funny. In my old world, people would say that kissing is like fireworks. Come on, Laxus."
He wrapped his arms around me and we climbed into the bed. He pulled me into his side, and I relaxed into the comfort of his arms.
"Goodnight, Laxus," I said to him.
"Goodnight, Elle," he said by my ear.
We awoke the next morning and headed to the guild, Laxus continually apologizing for forgetting to grab the wheelchair last night as we teleported away.
I rolled my eyes at him.
"Don't be stupid," I told him, tightening my arms around his neck and snuggling into his chest more.
After all...I had to rest my feet...right?
He sighed and continued to the door, before I shouted, "Wait!"
He stopped in front of the guild doors. "What is it?"
I gathered some light energy in my hand, and aimed at the door. "Beams of Venus!" The blast of light shot from my hand and slammed into the guild doors, banging them open.
"Elle, what the hell was that for?" Laxus asked.
I shrugged. "I haven't kicked open a door in months. I'm sure they're feeling neglected."
"They're doors," Laxus deadpanned. "You can't even walk, Elle, what the fuck?"
"Laxus-sama! Ella-sama!" Freed yelled, running for us in joy. He stopped in front of us, practically vibrating in excitement. The other kids were all watching us with anticipation.
"Will you kiss now?" Freed asked.
"Just because I kissed Laxus alone doesn't mean I'll do it in front of you!" I shouted at him.
"K-kissed….L-Laxus?" he stammered, his eyes lighting up before they rolled into the back of his head and he collapsed on the ground.
We both stared at him. "I think we really need him to go see Porlyusica. He has a problem."
"Onee-sama?"
I turned my head to see Juvia. "What is it, darling?"
"Are you and Onii-sama really together?" she asked.
I smiled at her, curling into Laxus's chest a bit more and looking up at him with a smile on his face. "Yeah, Juvia. We're together."
At that announcement, over half of the kids in the guild started cheering.
"Took you long enough," Macao said, coming up to us.
"Oh?" I asked him, raising a brow. "It took a while for you and Enno to get together, if I remember correctly. Laxus and I are a lot younger than you, so we waited. What's your excuse?"
Wakaba started laughing wildly at that. "Oh man, she's got you there!"
"What about you, old man?" I asked. "You're starting to get old. Macao and Rex already have someone else, and I'm sure Silver and Ur are going to be a thing soon."
At that, Silver, who was standing pretty close, flushed a deep red.
"We're already a thing," Ur said, not looking up from the paper.
I blinked at that, turning my head to look at her. "Oh. Okay. When did that happen?"
"About ten months ago."
Actually, now that I think about it, it's not that shocking that they didn't say anything. Ur is a pretty private person, and Silver was living on his own for awhile...and dead...I'm more surprised that Ultear, Gray or Lyon didn't say anything.
I'm going to need to have a talk with the three of them.
"When's the wedding?" I asked.
Silver choked on his drink.
"I win," Ur said, folding the newspaper up. "We already got married. We eloped right before you disappeared, before Ultear's birthday."
I blinked at them. "Uh...where's the rings?"
She smirked and pulled out a necklace. "We had a bet on who would figure it out first. Silver lost."
Both of them were putting on their rings now.
"What's the penalty?" Laxus asked.
Silver flushed a deeper red, and Ur just smirked.
"Actually, we don't want to know," I answered. I turned back to Wakaba, tightening my arms around Laxus's neck. "Dude, you're the only one in your generation that isn't with someone or doesn't already have a kid." And from the looks of it, Mari and Gildarts would be getting together soon, too. "You're falling behind."
His mouth dropped open and his pipe fell out.
"What is all the commotion about?" Makarov asked, exiting his office.
"Your grandson and Elle finally got together!" Gildarts yelled up at him, laughing. By his side, Mari smiled at the two of us.
Makarov paled, and then burst into tears. "NOW THE TROUBLE WILL NEVER LEAVE!"
"Gee, Gramps, way to make me feel loved," I said dryly, though it did kinda hurt.
It was the first time I had called him that, but I was with Laxus now, and I honestly wasn't planning on changing that.
Which made him my grandfather too.
"But imagine all of the babies!" Mavis cried, flying into the room, Zeref walking after her in a sedate pace. "Ohhh, they'll be so adorable, with Elle's and Laxus's looks!"
She spun around to look at us. "It's a good thing that you decided to get together so soon! I'm sure you'll both be heartbreakers in the future, so it's probably a good idea that you've claimed each other before then!"
She then flew over to Reedus, who was so busy drawing he didn't notice her, and asked, "Hey, Reedus, can you draw Elle's and Laxus's future children for me?"
Reedus let out a little shriek of surprise, and Freed rose from the floor like a zombie. "Did someone say ELLAXUS BABIES?" he wheezed.
"What the hell is going on?" came a voice, and Laxus and I turned to see Macbeth and Erik walk through the doors, before they were followed by Sorano, Yukino, and Orga, who bounded up to Laxus and I immediately.
"Laxus and Elle announced that they're a couple and the guild decided that they should explode," Erik explained to Macbeth, who nodded in understanding.
"Do you guys want to spend time with me or not, cause Laxus and I'll just go home..." I said casually to the kids.
This caused more than a few of them to scream and they started herding Laxus and I back to the training room immediately, already squabbling over what we'd watch back there as Lucy called Aries and started producing fluff.
"You sure know how to make them move," Laxus muttered in my ear as he settled on the ground and sat on his lap, my back leaning into his chest. I relaxed in his arms, which wrapped around me, as the kids started searching through the movies. Now that we were done with Fantasia, we could relax and watch cute movies.
We started with Frozen, and I decided to put Erik's plan into action.
"Play with my hair, Laxus," she said.
Everything stopped for him. "What?" he asked quietly.
"Play with my hair," she said. "Please."
In shock, Laxus reached forward and gently touched it. She tensed, but as he ran his fingers through it, she slowly began to relax.
The kids played the movie, and Laxus lost himself in the music and Elle's hair.
"Are you braiding?" she asked, and Laxus, for the first time since she vanished, could really hear the laugh in her voice.
"Yeah," he grumbled. "Lucy made me learn."
She giggled, before calling out. "Who wants some braids, guys? We can make a train."
Oddly enough, the first one to Elle was Freed, who instantly claimed the spot in front of her.
There was some laughter at that, but most of the girls – and some of the guys – gathered to play with hair.
I forgot how good it felt to have someone play with your hair.
I had rarely gotten it played with in my old life (one reason I loved haircuts so much) but I hadn't even thought of letting someone do it this time around.
The movie was enjoyable. Lyon disappeared right before 'Let It Go' happened. He ended up coming out at exactly the right time, with his hair grown out by Cancer, and in a sparkly blue dress provided by Virgo. Why he wanted to turn into Elsa and sing 'Let It Go' on his eleventh birthday, I have no idea, but it really cheered me up, which seemed to be what he was going for.
They were all so sweet.
Afterwards, the kids started fighting over what to watch next, trying to find another happy one (or one that ends happy and is relatively happy throughout it) before finally deciding on Tangled.
Laxus's running commentary made it much more enjoyable. First, he commented on how Mother Gothel could have avoided the whole thing if she changed Rapunzel's birthday, and on how she was so fucking lazy she couldn't even climb up the wall herself, and instead made Rapunzel work to pull her up.
At the end of the song 'Mother Knows Best' he muttered in my ear "Mother's a Bitch" and I couldn't stop snickering. Next to us, Lucy (who luckily hadn't heard him) had turned to her mom and made her promise to never go insane like that.
"Rapunzel reminds me of you, Mavis," Zeref said, laughing, and they curled up together a few spaces away. I'm glad they seemed to have forgiven each other. "Running around with long hair and bare feet."
"Does the horse remind anyone else of Erza?" Lyon asked.
"What was that?" Erza hissed, requipping a sword.
"Nothing!" he cried.
I laughed from where I laid and continued to let Laxus play with my hair, having stopped the braid train long before Frozen ended. To my surprise, Erza saw what we were doing and turned to Jellal. "Jellal, p-play with my hair," she commanded. It would've come across much better if she hadn't stammered.
He blushed, but started doing it, and around us more than a few kids paired up.
"Can-can I play with your hair, Juvia?" Gray asked quietly.
"S…sure, Gray-san," Juvia stammered.
In the corner of my eye, I saw Macbeth, who was blushing so much you could see through his makeup, sitting still while Erigor braided his hair.
"Laxus, I have a new ship," I whispered.
"So, the craze hit you too, huh?" he asked.
I shook my head. "No, I kinda started the craze, I just haven't been going nuts because most people are kids and nothing has really happened yet."
"So, who is it?"
"Look at Macbeth and Erigor," I whispered, giggling at them. Even Erigor had a light blush on his cheeks now.
"Yeah, they both like each other," Erik said, popping up next to me. I gave a little shriek and hit him.
"What?" he asked.
"Don't scare me like that!" I said, and then I realized what he said.
"I don't like that look on her face," Laxus muttered, before turning to Erik. "This is your fault. I blame you for whatever comes next."
"You can tell me about my ships!" I hissed happily, hugging leaning over from Laxus's lap to hug Erik for a bit. "Yay!"
It wasn't long before I was pulled away and Laxus wrapped his arms around me, glaring at Erik.
Erik just chuckled as he read Laxus's thoughts.
"What is it?" I asked.
"His dragon doesn't want you to hug anyone else," Erik said, laughing.
I rolled my eyes. "Laxus, that's ridiculous. You wanna try telling the kids they can't hug me? What do you think will happen?"
"A riot?" Erik suggested, laughing some more.
Laxus looked away, blushing. "I already knew that, that's why I didn't say anything! So, shut up. This is a problem with having a mind reader! They share all of your secrets!"
"I HEAR SOULS!"
"Same difference."
"I SWEAR LAXUS, I HAVE SO MUCH BLACKMAIL MATERIAL ON YOU…"
I laughed, and I could tell from the looks on their faces that that was what the two boys were going for. I relaxed back onto Laxus and squeezed his hand.
"It's so nice being here with you guys," I whispered, drifting off.
Laxus sighed.
"Don't think that," Erik said, his eyes on Laxus.
Laxus looked away. "Why not?"
"She's already forgiven you, so you should get over it," Erik replied. "And I forgive you too. For hurting my sister. But it's not my forgiveness you need. It's your own."
Erik got up and walked over to Cubellios, who was laying on a large rock. Freed had written runes on it to keep it warm, and sometimes she liked to curl up there.
Lucy scooted closer to Laxus and pouted.
"Why are you upset?" Laxus asked her.
"No reason," she said, but she was looking at Gray and Juvia, and Jellal and Erza.
"Are you jealous you don't have someone?" Laxus asked, amused.
"No," she responded, blushing.
"You are," Laxus commented.
Lucy shifted, upset. "I just…everyone's pairing up."
"What about Levy?" Laxus asked. It was true that just about everyone was pairing up. Lyon was with Cana now, Simon was with Ultear and Brandish was with Sorano. With Jellal and Erza together, and Juvia and Gray together, the only one left (who probably would participate in the braiding) was Levy.
She blushed. "I meant…romantically."
She whispered the last word.
Laxus blinked and looked back at the couples. "Brandish and Sorano? And...Ultear and Simon..."
Lucy nodded.
"Really?"
"Brandish and I have sleepovers all the time with Aquarius, Aries and Virgo. And we talk about our crushes a lot. And yeah, Ultear told me she liked Simon awhile back."
Sometimes Laxus forgets how strong Lucy is. She's not even ten yet and can pull out three zodiac gates long enough to have 'Sleepovers' with them.
He smiled at her and ruffled her hair, and she batted at his hand. "Laxus!"
He chuckled. "What?"
"Stop messing up my hair!" Lucy whined.
"Isn't that what you wanted?" Laxus asked, looking around the room.
Lucy shook her head. "No, I want someone I like to play with my hair."
"I feel so loved," Laxus said dryly.
Lucy glared at him. "Of course, I love you, Laxus-nii. But not like that. And you're with Ellie-nee, anyway."
Laxus looked down at the sleeping girl on his lap. "I guess you're right. We're finally together."
Lucy huffed. "You should have kissed her way earlier."
"Yeah?" Laxus raised an eyebrow. "And when should I have done that?"
"After we won the games!" Lucy said happily.
"The Games?" Laxus asked. "In X773?"
She nodded.
"You mean when she was ten and I was twelve?" Laxus asked, before shaking his head. "No, it's probably better that we waited. Now that I'm fifteen and she's thirteen, I feel like our bond is a lot stronger now, and we both know what we really want."
"Yeah." Elle's soft voice hit both of their ears. "After what we went through, we know how much we really care about each other, and so we really do both know what we want now." She smiled up at Laxus. "Each other."
Lucy squealed and scooted up to the two of them. "I'm gonna want younger siblings someday."
Laxus choked on air, and Elle laughed. "Of course, Lucy. Someday, but not any time soon, alright? And technically they'd be your nieces and nephews."
Laxus was still coughing. "You're thinking that far ahead?"
"Yep," Elle said, leaning back into him. "We've got to add to my army, after all."
Laxus stopped and began to laugh, wrapping his arms around Elle and pulling her away from Lucy, holding her tight.
"You're right," he said. "We're going to have to add more kids to your child army. Soon we'll run out of people now, and we'll need to start a new generation."
The thought of thinking far enough of ahead to start a family kinda freaked Laxus out a bit, but on the other hand…his inner dragon (which had been getting louder, dammit) was practically purring at the thought.
So, he was okay with thinking about it, but that's because his magic was influencing him. Why was Elle okay with it?
Well, she was an orphan last time around, Laxus thought to himself. And she was completely alone. She knew that she'd probably never have parents at the time that she ran away, so she probably dreamed of falling in love and starting a family of her own.
Up until the point she died-
"WHAT?" came Erik's screeching, and the movie stopped, gathering everyone's attention.
Laxus almost groaned.
He had forgotten that there was a mind reader in the room.