Lucy stood over the small sharp winged birds she'd just downed, panting and looking over at Sagittarius who was also breathing a little hard. They had definitely worked hard the last couple of days, she and all of her spirits had, the trials were brutal, she found she only would walk maybe an hour, almost two, before another would appear, some taking the better part of 4-5 hours to overcome.
There had been the spiders, part of a ravine she'd had to cross, then the nest of newly hatched wyverns, trees that actually moved, or well, their branches did and they could shoot leaves that were like flying razor blades. She was covered in bandages, bruises, scrapes and desperate for a bath but, she had been safe in her camps each night when she would stop to rest, Loke standing watch over her and Virgo had helped with meals.
Altogether she felt like she was doing ok, and now, the school was in front of her, the birds that had flown out of the out lying abandoned buildings had been a shock, but she'd summoned Sagittarius, donned her stardress and they had taken them all down.
Now she was walking, maybe admittedly with a little hobble in her step because damn she'd fallen and bruised her knee but good earlier that day running to get out of the way of a charging fanged wolf the size of a horse. She was walking into the town and people were standing aside and applauding for her.
She bit her lip, blushing and smiling she moved up the street and made her way to the schools gates where students were cheering for her. She saw herself on some large lacrima screens and paled realizing everyone had been watching her….she'd stripped down to her underwear twice…
How did she do? Did she pass? What would she get as a ranking? Gods she hoped it was decent, she didn't want to let Laxus and the Raijinshuu down, not after they had done so much, brought her here with them to Bosco...She wanted to impress Kaleb too, she really did.
You impressed me Lucy,impressed me a lot...His silky deep voice said in her head and she tried to quicken her step, suddenly...very much...wanting to see him, wanting to see the smile she knew she'd get and the hug...and the kiss.
She passed into the main courtyard and there he was, standing beside the Dean and she had a moment of disappointment hit her, with everyone standing there she wasn't likely to get the kind of kiss she really wanted…
Kaleb moved past the Dean and swept her up into his arms, crushing her against him and got her hands buried in his thick silvery blonde hair right before their lips met and she met his kiss with her own, having spent 4 days cutting through the woods and everything else alone, Kalebs arms, his firm body, his warmth, silk shirt and soft lips were just…. heaven.
He set her down though, pulling back, allowing the Dean and others to come to congratulate her but also directing her toward the more private halls of the teachers residence hall where they had their suite. He knew how badly she wanted and needed a bath and had made arrangements.
Before that though, they went to the Deans office and Kalperden had them both standing before his desk, smiling at Lucy while he handed her a scroll.
Breaking the seal she opened it and squealed, hopping up and down.
"Lucy Heatfilia, after full evaluation at the Academe Cellestine, is given the S-Class rank for practical application as a working wizard. All inquiries as to the scope of testing and evaluation done should be referred to Dean Restus Kalperden of Academe Cellestine" she read and Kaleb grinned at her.
Lucy hugged the scroll to her chest. It meant so much, she hadn't just beaten her guildmates for this...she had gone through training and taken on testing designed for her magic type, to test her to her limits, to test her AS a Celestial Spirit Mage, and as such...the finest school of her magic in the world, had awarded her S-class….she was beyond elated.
"Now, I suggest you rest, you're not leaving until day after tomorrow to give you time to recover a bit correct Master kaleb?" He asked and Kaleb nodded.
"Yes, though I have my guilds top healer coming in tonight to go over her and make sure she's ok, I admire yours Dean, but...as my newest S-class mage, Lucy merits the best her Guild can give her." He said and the Dean smiled.
"Of course, the Lunar Slayer has always been welcome here, his magic fits this place as well as Lucys does, he is the only one of the Dragon Slayers that can." The Dean said.
They left the office a few minutes later, Kaleb guiding Lucy through the halls to their wing, and she didn't notice when he didn't direct them to their suite but instead turned down another hall just before theirs. She was exhausted, but happier than she could ever remember being...she was S-class!
A wave of sadness hit her when she realized she couldn't run to Erza, Levy, Gray or Natsu and share this with them...That they were no longer part of her life...by their own choices. They had left her, not one had tried to call her or even send her a text on her lacrima...not one of them. Her own calls and texts were unanswered even now, weeks after the guild had disbanded.
Her nose suddenly twitched and she blinked, feeling humidity and the rich smell of the grass sea filled her senses. Looking up she saw they were outside on a huge terrace that was comprised mostly of a glowing pool of steaming sea water.
To her right Kaleb was standing by a bench, pulling the gold clasp from his hair and shrugging out of his burgundy silk shirt tossing both to the bench before starting to undo his belt.
"This is…" She breathed and he didn't look at her, his pale eyes on the water
"This is the teaching staffs bath area, they don't use the large Millenium pool, that's for the students." He said.
She smiled "This is where you went the first night." She said pulling off her shirt and starting to remove the rest of her clothes, setting them on the bench beside her, she wanted very much to be brave enough to remove all of her clothes, she watched as Kalebs pants slid down his legs with his black underwear, she actually envied his lack of shyness now.
He looked over his shoulder at her, sweeping his hands up into his hair and pulling it all back, the gold clasp in his hand again he bound his hair back in a low tail and Lucy watched in amazement as his muscles moved under his smooth tanned skin, how the white tattoos almost glowed. Her fingers itched to touch him, to explore all of that tall body.
As much as she wanted to start learning with a Sudehpah, to shed her inhibitions, she dreaded it deep down, that kind of intimacy...she didn't trust it to just anyone...how could she let someone she didn't know touch her? How could she possibly feel safe enough to...touch them?
Kaleb stilled, her thoughts making him frown slightly, he'd not thought of that hurdle and could have kicked himself for his lack of foresight. He'd already even spoken with Arris, the Sudehpah he'd finally agreed to for Lucy after interviewing far too many. Arris was calm, quiet, specialized in handling foreigners with confidence issues and came highly recommended by the order, Vander even knew him and had admitted the man was well skilled.
He'd conferred with Cristoff about it all too, and while he and Lucy hadn't spent much time together yet, Cristoffs insights were exceptional thanks to his empathic skills.
He held a hand out to Lucy and she took it, she had kept her underwear on and he didn't say anything, her comfort mattered, and maybe he could help her start moving toward letting go of her inhibitions. She did trust him, felt comfortable with him, and was strongly attracted to him, Arris had mentioned possibly needing people she trusted as he started working with her, he and Cristoff could fill that need.
Maybe more him really...while Lucy thought Cristoff was handsome, she'd been made his kin, the Dragon magic would tamp down any desire or sexual energy between them, encouraging a more sibling-like relationship. Lucy needed to grow comfortable with the male body, parts of it still intimidated her, and she had to get past that before she could relax and accept pleasure, no matter how skillful the person giving it was.
Her thoughts were circling her anxiety about now meeting her Sudehpah when they got to White Sea, and he didn't want her fearing that.
"Lucy, when we get back...you'll start your lessons. Your Sudehpah is a man named Arris, I've talked with him a good bit and I think he'll be a good fit for you but...I know what you're worried about…" He said pulling her down into the steaming waters with him before releasing her and letting her find a spot where she sat down, leaning back against the smooth curved rock.
"I...intimacy like that, I just need to know him...I mean, what if I don't like him? What if he doesn't read or have the same kinds of interests I do?" She asked and he almost chuckled. This was a Sudehpah, they didn't share their personal lives at all with their students, kept a professional distance. He knew though he couldn't tell her "It's just sex not a relationship." because that wouldn't soothe her, if anything it would make her more worried.
"What if I work with you?" He asked and Lucy looked at him wide eyed.
"You...in...with...sex?" he could almost hear her heart hammering and chuckled moving to sit beside her.
"Arris would guide the lessons, but instead of him touching you or you touching him, I act as your partner, it's not all that uncommon, especially when Sudehpah work with couples or with foreigners trying to learn to please a mate in an arranged marriage or something. I know you're not comfortable and I know you feel you need to know who you work through this with, Cris would work well but the Dragon magic of your kinship with him would keep you both from feeling what you need to learn to relax and enjoy, so...since Laxus is also your kin, Freed has interests elsewhere and Bickslow is...Bickslow, let me help." He offered and Lucy turned, he was laying back against the rock, like he had been that night she'd walked in on him, his eyes were even closed,
She did trust him...and...her eyes wandered down his tall body, the strange hunger she'd felt toward him growing more...like it had been since she'd first seen him.
"Try touching me Lucy…" He said softly and she sucked in a sharp breath at the idea, looking to his face but his eyes were still closed, his face was relaxed, calm and she moved a hand over, sliding her fingers over the almost glowing white tattoo of a cross within a circle on his left pectoral. He drew in a deeper breath, surprised he reacted so much to her hand, but her fingers felt so tentative, the touch was teasing, light..unsure yet hungry and came with all of her thoughts.
How his skin felt, how the edges of his tattoo were bright beneath her fingers, how much she had been wanting to touch him, the little wonderings about how he tasted almost made him shudder.
"Sudehpah lessons start with kissing, so if this is too much fo... mmmm" He hummed when she pressed her lips over his, cutting him off.
Soft...move your lips, taste mine… His guidance was gentle in her mind, and he reacted, his breathing sped up, she got sharp intakes of air when her hands moved and she slid over him so she could reach around him, in the water she could get her hands where she wanted, could move him with relative ease, not that he resisted, far from it.
His hands stayed at his sides, gripping the edges of the reclined seat he was in determined not to inhibit her exploration, but when her hands pushed into his hair and the kiss got deeper, her tongue in his mouth gliding along his as she pressed herself into him he slid an arm around her and brought his other hand up to guide her face, change her angles.
Tilting your head, leaving the mouth for brief gentle kisses along sensitive places, the back edge of the jaw, the pulse points, beneath an ear, it gives both a chance to breathe, to move, once mouths are locked, it's easy for a kiss to consume...He was telling her, his silken deep voice flowing through her.
He moved, rising from his reclined position to push her against the side of the pool and as soon as he stood she wrapped herself around him, determined not to let go, Gods he tasted, felt, smelled so incredibly GOOD...every sense was singing if it involved him right then and she didn't want it to stop.
He took over the kiss and showed her what he meant, but even with him telling her that was what he was doing, she was lost in it, his hand at the back of her neck, the other on her cheek, angling her so he could just ravish her mouth, taking those little breaks to trail heated kisses to her throat, to tease her ear, showing her how light nipping added to the intensity by amping up her awareness of how he was touching her.
"Well well...and here I thought I was to be the one doing the healing." A deep voice chuckled and Kaleb pulled back, shuddering when Lucy whimpered and dug her nails into his shoulders trying to pull him back to her.
Bad timing little brother….he mentally growled.
She's covered in bruises, I can see from here she's exhausted, you sure you want to be getting her heart racing in her condition? As her guildmate and healer I don't advise it big brother, she needs to rest...sorry as I am to interrupt you. Cristoff returned, leaning against the door. He'd stopped in the locker room and shed his clothes, and stood in just a towel, his nose had led him right to his brother.
Kaleb sighed, smiling at Lucy. "Looks like lessons will wait. Cristoff can get those injuries healed and you do need some rest." He admitted giving Cristoff a grudging nod as his brother dropped his towel and slid into the water, crossing to where they were.
He grinned, eyes semi-silver which Lucy noticed "Your eyes, they aren't the night sky right now…" She observed and he smirked
"The magic here, it's heavy in the air, keeps me a little revved up." He admitted, his hands lighting as he came to Lucy and she moaned, sitting back where Kaleb had just been a few minutes ago while Cristoff went over her carefully.
"Me too." She admitted with a sigh as the aches and pains eased.
"Almost like I've had too much to drink." She added and he nodded, smiling at her.
"Precisely like that, so what are you, a flirty drunk? A happy one? A mean one?" He asked with a narrow eyed appraising expression. Lucy giggled
"I think I'm a happy/flirty drunk." She replied grinning at him.
He winked at her "That's my girl, me too, Gods I'm awful…" He snickered. Lucy beamed at him
"I could try to help you be good but I don't know how much help I'd be." She admitted.
"The magic drunk leading the magic drunk...Gods help me." Kaleb sighed and Lucy and Cristoff both looked at him, then Cristoff met Lucys eyes, wickedness dancing in his dark blue depths with the stars there and Lucy felt it strongly, her kinship with the raven haired slayer, as close and wonderful as what she felt for her spirits, and he winked at her and nodded toward Kaleb.
She grinned and both of them lunged at once, the Mindbender shouting and trying to dodge but they had him flanked, he was too close to both of them and Cristoff honestly outweighed him, not by much, but he was also a Dragon Slayer and had ridiculously unfair strength especially with his magic running high.
Cristoff pounced on Kaleb and dunked him, grabbing his arms as soon as the taller mage surfaced again and tried to pin them but as strong as Cristoff was, Kaleb did have considerable strength of his own and a little height on his younger brother.
Lucy hovered as the two hulking men wrestled for supremacy, looking for her opening and finally lunged in, arms around Kalebs neck she grabbed his ponytail and yanked his head back, taking his lips with hers and wrapping her legs around his chest.
Her tactic worked, Cristoff smirking as his older brothers arms relaxed enough for him to pin them finally and while Lucy kept the big blonde nicely subdued Cristoff hauled them both to the shallow end of the bath and up onto the smooth stone, Lucy still wrapped around him like a little blonde barnacle.
Cristoff dragged Kalebs arms over his head then and pinned them, before tapping Lucys shoulder.
She pulled back and looked a little heavy lidded and dazed but grinned at him, looking down at the subdued Wizard Saint who had started struggling as soon as she'd pulled away.
"We won't have him long…" She observed….
"You don't really have me at all damn it, Cris let my arms go you beast!" Kaleb snapped.
Cristoff smirked down at his brothers frowning face. "Oh no, you were pushing my patient too hard, this is totally fair, she decides when and IF we let you go...go on Lucy, what do we do with him now that we have him?" Cristoff asked grinning wickedly at her and Lucy returned it, her whole body was buzzing with magic again, her injuries gone, Cristoff had seemed to even sweep her exhaustion aside and now she was on top of a still naked dripping wet Wizard Saint.
There were so many things she would love to do, but he had said she should touch...explore…
Kaleb gasped and in moments laughter filled the bath followed by some serious wrestling, splashing and shrieks as Lucy had dug in to tickle the big blonde and he'd turned on her and Cristoff with a vengeance. Her partner though remained true to her, doing his best to keep his brother contained so she could sneak in more skittering touches up his sides until it digressed into a free for all when Cristoff splashed Lucy. "Come on, quit hovering woman and get him!" he'd called and Lucy had lunged around Kaleb and dug into the raven haired slayer who had gone down like a tree, easily caught off guard when Lucy started tickling him and Kaleb used the distraction to heft him out of the water and toss him back several feet before turning on Lucy again.
It wasn't until there was some loud throat clearing and the trio looked up, a tangled bunch of limbs and laughter dripping hair plastered all over, Cristoff looking like some sort of hairy beast with his thick black locks all over his face and their wide eyed met the arched brow and narrowed eyes of one of the older professors.
"Master Kaleb." She acknowledged and Kaleb had shoved his hair out of his eyes and smiled at her.
"Professor Mason….ah...I think my mages and I will be retiring, we'll leave the bath to you." He said lightly, noting the wrinkled silver haired woman was eying Cristoff with interest, the Lunar Slayer having moved a little more to the shallows the water only coming to the tops of his thighs and he was busily reaching up trying to get his dripping hair out of his face, giving the woman a very nice view of everything between his neck and thighs.
Professor Mason was in her 50s but she wasn't dead, a heavily muscled and tanned Dragon Slayer standing in a steaming bath with water streaming down his smooth skin, following the edges and grooves of his well defined and sculpted muscles was not lost on her and she was far too old to worry one bit about being caught blatantly staring appreciatively at the younger mans body.
Kaleb was ushering a blushing red Lucy toward their clothes, noting Cristoff meeting the professors appreciative stare, Professor Mason wasn't bad looking, for her age she was fit and kept her body in good shape, and being the way he was, Cristoff always got drawn to the personality he sensed before anything else, it was his younger brothers nature.
"If it's ok Master Kaleb...Professor Mason looks to be suffering from some back aches…" Cristoff purred, smiling at the woman "I'm a healer...I would love to try and ease those…" He offered and the Professors eyes widened but she smiled.
"I may be too old for your healing young man." She retorted but accepted his hand to help her come down into the water.
"Maybe...but how about I show you what all I can do?" Cristoff offered and Kaleb shook his head, rolling his eyes as he tugged on his pants. Lucy grabbed a robe, unwilling to put her filthy clothes on her now clean body.
Don't stay up too late, you know which suite is ours, don't wake me or Lucy when you come in...Kaleb pushed into Cristoffs mind.
I'm thinking an hour at best, she's not had attention in a while so I shouldn't be long...but damn if she's not got the most lovely wicked eyes…. Was Cristoffs response and the Mindbender guided Lucy from the baths as Cristoffs hands lit with his magic and a moment later deep appreciative moans could be heard following Kaleb and Lucy from the baths.
Lucy was still a little giggly and a little over the top happy but once she was dry, in clean clothes and had devoured a large serving of spaghetti, she faded so fast Kaleb had to gather her up off the couch and carry her to her room where he made sure she was settled, watching as she curled up and snuggled into the pillow with a sigh.
She was such a beautiful woman, it surprised him, with her warm heart, her affectionate personality and her sharp mind that she had remained single, he was tempted to walk up to Bickslow and smack him and ask what the hell was wrong with him that he hadn't already been down on a knee for this woman.
Maybe that was it, Lucy was the sort of woman a man settled down with, it was in her nature, she wanted, needed stability and commitment from people, she'd spent most of her life being shoved aside or...most recently...coldly abandoned by people she trusted, loved, who she thought cared about her. At this point, casual relationships wouldn't interest her, especially after what she'd gone through with the man in Fiore.
He sighed, turning and heading for his own room, a part of him wishing Lucy wasn't quite the sweet woman she was, a little more wickedness, a little more willingness to venture into a lighter affair and he himself would have wanted that, would pursue her with some serious determination too, but he had a guild to run, and while he wanted to marry, needed to, Lucy had this image in her mind of her perfect relationship being a long drawn out thing where the man dated her, courted her, she didn't imagine a few dates either, she had years in mind of this, a slow slow progression, and while Kaleb wasn't in a big hurry, he had a Princess considering him as a consort and his father had a hefty stack of marriage offers for him.
Bosco didn't do arranged marriages like Fiore and some of the more antiquated societies did, in Bosco a marriage request was almost like asking a man out without doing it face to face. Someone you admired and wanted to get to know, that you thought would maybe be a good match for marriage or just promising and possibly having some children with, that sort of thing.
So, since sorcerers weekly reporters were frequent visitors to White Sea, Kaleb had been in the magazine a few times, hence, stacks of marriage offers. He and his brothers would go through the piles and piles his father got for them all every day, , they would usually discard most, but he had honestly looked into a few, even had a brief affair with a Pilot for the fleet, it hadn't gone anywhere, she liked the idea of him, loved his looks, his body, but she was single minded, all about her career and moving up the ranks, saw him as a piece of her puzzle and he'd ended it, told her he couldn't just be a piece of her dreams, he wanted to be more to somebody than that, he needed to be more.
Maybe it was selfish, wanting more, but he didn't really believe it was, his father agreed with him, so did his brothers, so, he remained true to himself, and kept looking. Were Lucy not so deeply mired in her fears, worries, and ideals about dating for fucking ever before moving along in a relationship, she'd be close to his ideal, but he wasn't easy to delude anymore, was too practical and realistic, and he also respected Lucy too much to think about trying to change her, she didn't need someone trying to control her, she needed a man who would stand back on his heels for months on end satisfied with just a few kisses and maybe some progressively better and better making out.
He doubted she'd find that man in Bosco, the physical in a relationship just mattered too much to most, to Kaleb too, he needed that intimacy, needed the release, the closeness. He had little tastes with Lucy, but he wanted a woman to shut his formidable mind down with her passion, He was convinced it could happen, and when it did, he'd be on a knee quickly before her, seeking deeper commitment. He would help Lucy get on her feet, find her happiness, but he wasn't holding out much hope he would be part of it beyond where he already stood in her life.
No, he would end up in the friend/Guildmaster category with her once she got busy at the guild with her new life as an S-class mage, and that was how it should be. He was older than her anyway, not by terribly much, but it was enough he felt it there when she looked at him sometimes.
He sighed as he stripped away his clothes, Cristoff would be in soon, he knew Cris was bidding the Professor a good night, having retreated to a steam room with her after some fun in the bath, he'd been right, she couldn't last long with a lusty Dragon Slayer in her arms, but he smiled faintly, the woman was very very happily exhausted and felt completely wonderful. He didn't tend to give Cris and Vander a lot of trouble about how much the two youngest brothers got laid, it wasn't often they left their lovers feeling anything but amazing after being with them.
It was a warmer night, so he opened the balcony doors to let the breeze in and tossed the bedspreads to the foot of the bed, choosing to slide under just a sheet in the nude, it wasn't as pleasant as his silk sheets at home, but the cotton was smooth and soft and he knew he needed to not be constrained by clothes tonight, his body drew in Immaculate light, and tonight the stars were bright shining into his room amplified by the design of the school and Cellis.
He glanced toward the roll in bed the school had provided and smiled faintly, Cristoff would hate it, but, he wouldn't sleep next to Kaleb if his older brother was naked, it weirded him out, so that was another reason Kaleb chose to drift off to sleep sans sleep pants.
He'd nodded off before the Lunar Slayer crept in, surprisingly silent on his feet for a man so big. The Dragon Slayer frowned at his brother, who was laying sprawled out, one arm over his head, genuinely asleep so he wasn't making an effort to keep Cristoff from sharing the nice big bed instead of sleeping on the inevitably too small rolling bed, no...Kaleb had put effort into giving him hell by not wearing clothes to bed, damn jerk knew he hated sleeping by his siblings when they weren't clothed. Anyone else Fine, he was a serious cuddler, but there had to be at least underwear and the sheet had slid enough he knew Kaleb wasn't even wearing the little silk hankies he called underwear.
Making a face he was about to surrender and try the rolling bed when the scent of strawberries reached him and he smirked toward Kaleb. Hmmph...he had more than one kin in the suite.
He found Lucy wasn't just accommodating when he slid into the bed with her, the little blonde cuddled right into him, seeking cuddles and his warmth in her sleep and he smiled, affectionately nuzzling his nose into her silky hair and letting her wrap herself around him while he enveloped her in his thickly muscled arms, only wincing a little when her fingers gripped his long black hair and tugged a bit hard as she shifted to get comfortable before she settled with a sigh tucked under his chin.
He let his magic flow through her, checking her over before nudging her into a peaceful level of sleep and then he joined her in sleep.
Kaleb woke with a start, mind instantly sharp and seeking the cause of his abrupt waking and finding Cristoff was not perched on the little rollaway bed. Frowning he slid from the bed and wrapped his robe around himself, noting the sun was starting to rise and his younger brother should have been in.
Glancing into Lucys room he stopped and rolled his eyes, moving to the door with a smile. Cristoff was laying on his belly, one arm over Lucy who was wrapped around the big slayer, both her arms around his neck, a leg tossed over his back, his arm over her waist her hands buried in Cristoffs tangled black hair. Lucy still in her pajamas, Cristoff in his normal dark blue sleep pants and shirtless.
It was a normal thing in the Pradesh home, if Xally, Emzadi, Vander or even Bickslow were missing from their rooms in the morning their father would always find them curled up with Cristoff. Emi and Xally declared him their personal Teddy Bear, Bickslow and Vander, both prone to nightmares, had learned quickly the Lunar Dragon Slayer would half wake if they started having nightmares and his magic would settle them into peaceful sleep, that and Cristoff was a cuddler, tended to snuggle in his sleep with whoever he shared a bed with...part of why he wouldn't share a bed with his siblings unless they were in pajamas.
Lucy seemed to be as cuddly as Cristoff, something he'd learned the night on the boat they had shared a bed, she'd wrapped herself around him as soon as she was asleep and no longer consciously staying away from him. He'd awakened halfway through the night to her pressing her face into his neck and wrapping a leg around him. Having grown up with two Dragon Slayers, Kaleb was seasoned in sleeping while being cuddled, so he'd just smiled and gone back to sleep, amused at how mortified Lucy had been when she had woken up and found she'd done that.
Shaking his head at the sight he turned and started to head for his room again, he'd ask the cafeteria to send breakfast up to them, give his brother and Lucy a little more time to sleep before they had to get up and get ready to leave.
Cristoff would teleport them to White Sea, Kaleb had been gone long enough and couldn't enjoy the luxury of a boat ride home. Bickslow and Freed had worked with Thane and selected an apartment for Lucy at the guild and he had learned early he could communicate with Virgo and Loke if he was close enough to Lucy, so Virgo had quietly helped Bickslow, Laxus and Freed get Lucys things set up in her new apartment, it would be a nice surprise for Lucy, having her team waiting for her when she got to her new home and coming into it with all of her belongings already there.
Once the order was placed he gathered his things, got packed and opted for a shower instead of going to the baths. Since he was returning to the guild after an absence he donned one of his guild sets, the well crafted white leather hugging his body and he had most of it on, was just getting his hair under control when he smiled faintly at thoughts starting to wander on multiple levels.
Lucy was awake, and had debated how to untangle herself from her new Dragon Slayer, Kaleb smiling at how she already referred mentally to Cristoff in a possessive way, Dragon magic brought that out in everyone either of his siblings claimed as kin.
All Dragon Slayers must have some sort of propensity for cuddle needs because every damn one of them...they're like musclebound octopus. I shouldn't talk really though I am sooo...holy hell...ok...the leather is back...thank you, there are Gods… Her thoughts now included her view of him with a boot up on the edge of the chest at the foot of his bed, he was polishing up the gold and onyx adornments on the fronts of his tall black boots. His guild was proud of their Guildmaster, , they liked how he tended to make an impact at the annual Games when he entered the Guildmaster contests, the crowds usually quieted a bit when he would enter the ring in his full regalia for White Sea, before they went wild.
He made sure he looked like he was the Master of the biggest most successful guild in Bosco, the regalia had been designed before his time, though his own sets of it were custom made to fit him like a second skin.
He didn't look up from his task, smiling.
"You should get a shower and get dressed, breakfast will be up in less than an hour and I want to walk into the Guild Hall no later than 9am." He said firmly and Lucy squeaked.
"Yes sir...Master...I'll get a quick shower!" She said, whirling in a flash of blonde hair and hurrying to her bathroom summoning Virgo as she closed the door.
Kaleb chuckled and prodded his brothers groggy mind.
Wake up brother dearest, breakfast is about to be here and your ass needs to be sharp, I don't want to be Teleported somewhere weird. He prodded gently.
He could hear the growl from the bedroom as if its source were in his room with him and chuckled.
Growling won't save you, my next step will involve the aid of Lucys spirits, Loke is volunteering to bite your ass. He warned, not entirely surprised at the purr he got back.
Oh is he? Well, send him in to see if he can bite it and I'll give his Princess a sight when she comes out of the bath to find me biting more than her Lions ass…. Cristoff responded and Kaleb, with a devious smile, forwarded that comment.
The growls that came next had him snickering, as did Lokes reaction to finding Cristoff was nothing like Natsu, Gajeel or the other slayers he was used to, Cristoff was quick to rise and was damn impressive when it came to wrestling. He also outweighed the Lion Spirit by a hefty margin.
Kaleb answered the door then, ignoring the yelps and growls and snarls coming from Lucys room while he brought in their breakfast and poured himself some coffee before moving to get a safe view of what was going on, smirking he turned and went to get himself a cinnamon roll when it looked like nothing he had to intervene over.
Lucy emerged from the bathroom in a cloud of steam adjusting her ponytail and froze eyes slowly getting wide. On her bed Loke was pressed against the headboard, a much larger raven haired dragon slayer pressed against him from behind, one hand had a fistful of Lokes ginger hair and had his head pulled to the side, the other was...down the front of Lokes pants.
Cristoffs mouth was locked on the lions neck, his fangs teasing his skin, the Lion thought he had a bite? Well, as his father Draco said...Lions were just oversized Pussies and Cristoff had started out just to show him that, but the grappling had digressed when Loke had landed a few brazen gropes and made a few low comments about always wanting to ride a dragon.
Loke honestly didn't look like he was in distress, he was bucking his hips into Cristoffs firm grip and had reached up and back to get a fist into Cristoffs messy black hair as the slayer sucked on his neck.
"Ok, that's enough! Holy shit Loke, Cris...what the fuck?!" Lucy shouted and Cristoff looked up at her, pulling back, lips leaving Lokes neck with a pop, Loke groaning as the slayer withdrew his hands and sat back on his heels.
"He started it." he said pointing at Loke who slumped down against the headboard.
"I just offered to help wake you up!" He protested trying to regain his composure. He adored his Princess, but hot damn, if she'd taken a bath instead of a shower he might have gotten a nice orgasm out of Cristoffs skilled ministrations...because damn, if he was going to lose a wrestling match doing so with someone that had Cristoffs level of skill with his hands…
Kaleb was unable to contain himself in the other room, was doubled over laughing and had to grab the couch so he didn't end up on his knees. Lucy looked from one man to the next then toward the door hearing Kaleb laughing WAY too hard to be innocent.
"Master Kaleb!" She growled storming past the wide eyed Loke and only slightly sheepish looking Dragon Slayer to find Kaleb, wiping a tear from his eye still laughing clutching the couch with his other hand.
"Is this seriously how you handle your Guild?" Lucy demanded, pretty proud of the fact she was managing not to smile and doing her utmost best not to think about how much she loved seeing people laugh and how infectious good laughs were because Kaleb seemed to be enjoying his.
He fixed those striking lavender eyes on her and his whole expression was pure unrepentant wickedness.
"Yes, it is how I run my Guild Lucy, YOUR guild too now. You have to admit, that was funny, and Loke did offer to bite Cristoffs ass to wake him up." Kaleb snickered, turning to half sit on the armrest of the couch. Lucy couldn't hide from him how funny she thought it was, try as she might to keep that from him, and, he noted she was getting a little better at tucking impulsive thoughts away, not before he caught them by a long shot yet but it was happening.
Lucy whirled and her mouth fell open, while she'd stood glaring at her Guildmaster in the doorway, Loke had apparently decided he wanted a little more of the Lunar Slayer and had crawled over to him while Lucy was busy, Cristoff had smirked at his approach quirking a brow and Loke had tossed his pride aside giving the slayer a heated look. He managed to bite back the snarl that would turn Lucy on to their actions when Cristoff spun him around and yanking his ass up against him, reaching around and shoving his hand down the lions still undone pants and resuming what he'd started but this time adding in rough thrusts of his hips, teasing the smaller man with the very large bulge in his boxer briefs.
"Really?! Cristoff! We're kin!" Lucy managed and the Dragon slayer smirked at her, pulling Loke against him harder and making the spirit groan as his hand worked Loke into a writhing mess.
"I'm just petting the kitty because he asked me to." Cristoff growled and Lucy rolled her eyes looking at Loke who was bucking his hips into Cristoffs touch.
"Loke?...Loke?...Leo?..." She tried.
"Oh please Princess...let him...finish…" Loke panted and Lucy threw her hands up and left the room boldly giving her laughing Guildmaster a shove as she passed him to get herself a cinnamon roll.
"It's actually very nice you let Leo play like he does." Kaleb said when he finally got his amusement under control.
Lucy cringed as Lokes voice came into the room, "Oh Gods yes!...Fuck.!" followed by a drawn out groan. She really should have closed the door.
"Yeah...well, maybe he won't be flirting me up as much...at least when Cristoff is around." She finally chuckled. It had been written all over Lokes face how much he was liking the attention and Cristoff seemed perfectly happy to give it...she was in Bosco...Pleasure was Pleasure right? Why should she deny Loke or Cristoff?
Kaleb smiled "NOW you're getting it...you'll fit in just fine in Bosco Lucy." He said, pouring himself some more coffee.
Lucy drew a breath, sitting back as Cristoff emerged wiping his hands on a small towel and looking way too happy with himself.
"Kitty is still purring, I'm gonna grab a shower, dress regalia yes?" He asked Kaleb who nodded as his younger brother crossed the sitting area and went into the other bedroom to commandeer Kalebs shower giving Lucy a wink as he passed and Lucy just rolled her eyes
"Just don't touch any food until you've washed those hands...I know where they've been." She said dryly and Kaleb chuckled, Cristoff snickering his way from the room. Lucy looked suddenly at Kaleb and cocked her head as a thought occurred to her.
"Do I get a uniform?" She asked and Kaleb smiled.
"Yes, you'll have dress and special event regalia made for you as soon as we get to White Sea, as one of our S-class mages you'll be up to represent White Sea at the Guild Games in the Spring too so you'll get a set of S-class gear, it's all made for us by Elluris, comfortable and holds up in magical combat, I think you'll like it. You've seen the set on Bix and my younger brothers in that magazine the girls were showing around when you were watching me at the gym last week." He said lightly, not looking up from his tablet, nor did he acknowledge Lucy blushing as he answered the ring of his com.
"Thane? Yes, yes I'll be there soon, Cristoff is showering, as soon as he's dressed we'll be there…" He started talking immediately and Lucy muttered "I think I'll check on Loke…" and snuck out of the room. She really had to work on keeping in mind the range and scope of her Guildmasters magic...
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