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Chapter 5

Lucy just sat in her chair frozen in shock remembering what had happened to her white-haired friend.

(Lucy's Memories)

It was the night after the second Grand Magic Games. Fairy Tail had won for the second time. To celebrate they had invited all their friends to the guild for a big party. Some members from Sabertooth showed, including Yukino. Everyone had partied hard and left the Fairy Tail guild really late. Yukino had been walking home alone since she did not drink anything. She had been attacked and drained of all her magic. Sherria had found her and was able to heal Yukino enough and give her enough support magic to save her life. Sadly, Yukino would never be able to use magic ever again if she wanted to stay alive.

Shortly after Yukino was released from the hospital she came to see Lucy. Yukino told Lucy, "I want you to have all my gold keys. Do not argue about it with me. It would be selfish of me to keep them with me, them being trapped the whole time. With you I can still see them from time to time, and I know you will treat them kindly. I know they would not object to this arrangement. Please take them. They deserve many years of adventures with someone who will care for them as much as I do." Lucy could do nothing but accept her friend's heart felt wishes. Lucy hugged the white-haired girl. After Yukino left she contracted with all three spirits Libra, Pisces, and Ophiuchus. Lucy was excited to be the first celestial mage in centuries to have contracted with all of the golden keys but she was sad at the circumstances under which she obtained them. Lucy swore to herself she would make sure Yukino got to see her dear friends regularly.

(memory end)

Laxus was patiently letting Lucy cope with the news of Minerva hurting another of her friends. When Lucy began cleaning up the dishes from their meal Laxus figured it would be a good time to ask his question, "Yo Blondie why did you take off so suddenly to train?" Lucy decided to tell him part of the truth, "I was tired of being called weak. Your joke plus everyone else's' comments that day got to be too much. I decided to do something about it, and succeeded in becoming a lot stronger." Laxus sniffed the air, "You are leaving something out I can smell the nerves coming off you." Lucy blushed and looked down, "I was told I was not acceptable by the guy I had wanted to date." Laxus could smell the pain coming off Lucy, his instincts screamed for him to comfort her. Before Laxus realized what, he was doing he had pulled the blonde girl into his arms, "Anyone who finds you lacking is an idiot."

Lucy blushed at the contact from the large male and his sweet words made it worse, but she felt more safe and protected in that moment with him then she had in a long time. When Laxus could tell that Lucy felt better he let her go awkwardly. To cover up from his impulse reaction he stated, "We should sleep I am sure you will want to get up early and see the Stripper's condition for yourself." Lucy nodded and brought Laxus a pillow and a blanket. They both laid down for the night, but neither could sleep.

Laxus was having trouble fitting his massive body onto Lucy's tiny couch. It did not help he was starting to feel stiff from his tight nap earlier. Lucy was being kept awake by the dragon slayers noises and movement. After several minutes of Laxus' tossing Lucy finally snapped, "DAMMIT LAXUS! COME SLEEP WITH ME!" Lucy realizing what she had said in anger blushed all down her body. Laxus froze in his movements at Lucy's words. Lucy decided to amend her statement to relieve the sudden silence in the apartment, "I mean we are not getting any sleep because you cannot get comfortable. Stay under your blanket and you won't get hurt." Laxus said nothing he just grabbed his blanket and laid down next to Lucy. When Laxus was rolling to get comfortable his hand brushed Lucy's bare thigh. In that moment, they both remember Lucy only had on a very thin robe.

Lucy gasped at Laxus' accidental touch and blushed, she decided to turn and try to sleep with her back to the dragon slayer. Laxus quickly moved his hand back and laid stiff as a bored. He was trying to keep his member from reacting to Lucy's smooth skin, her amazing scent, and the fact that he was now in bed with the woman who haunted his dreams. Laxus stayed exactly like that until he could tell Lucy had fallen asleep. When Lucy was breathing deeply Laxus rolled over to watch the beautiful blonde. He drifted off breathing the sweet raspberry scent of Lucy.

(Time skip: 6 Hours)

Lucy was trying to roll over, but something was blocking her movement. She opened her eyes to see a massive muscled arm. Lucy looked to see Laxus still sound asleep. He seemed so much different to Lucy; it was like he was finally free to relax. Lucy had always been curious what Laxus' hair felt like since she first saw his spiky dew. She slowly reached her hand up so as not to wake up the sleeping slayer. At first she just touched the tip of one spike; Lucy was very surprised to find that his hair was softer than her own. After the first touch, she slowly started playing with it; unable to help herself. Lucy paused when Laxus started stirring and making an odd noise. "Purrrr!"

Oh, my god! That is so cute! Who knew Laxus could be so adorable.

Lucy continued to play with Laxus' hair. Laxus was acting almost cat like with his movements and purring. Eventually Laxus had moved so much his head was now on Lucy's chest. When Laxus' head touch Lucy's body she instantly stopped playing with his hair, but instead of Laxus moving away, it made his eyes open.

Laxus had actually been awake since Lucy had started stirring. He recognized that he must have moved to hold the celestial mage in his sleep; he was waiting to see her reaction to their position. The last thing he expected was for Lucy to start messing with his hair. He would never admit it to a soul but the dragon in him loved the attention from Lucy; so much so he couldn't help but to purr and move as close to the delicious sensation. When she stopped messing with his hair he looked to see what the problem was. He tried to look at Lucy's face but only saw her large breast. When Laxus finally registered that he was face first in between Lucy's breast he sat straight up in bed with an obvious blush.

He quickly turned his head from the sight of Lucy and said, "We should get going now. Stripper will be up soon, everyone will want to see you, and you will probably want a new partner till master says it is safe again." Lucy sat up and started to gather up some clothes. She realized that Laxus was avoiding her when he refused to look directly at her, "I will make us some breakfast." After Lucy got dressed she started to pull out the ingredients for omelets, "Laxus, last night you said you had questions for me. How about we both ask one more question while I cook?" Laxus agreed, "You go first again Blondie."

"Where are Erza and Natsu? I would expect one or both to be my partner at a time like this. It is unlike them to not be around at all. Not that I don't appreciate you being here; it is just that they are my team.", Lucy asked. The dragon slayer sighed, "I forgot to mention Erza, Natsu and Gajeel are tracking Minerva. Hopefully they can either find her hide out or evidence to use against her. I am sure if master had not sent them on this mission they would have been here waiting like I was." Lucy sat and thought while she whisked eggs, "Why didn't master send you; you are one of the strongest in the guild?" Laxus shrugged, "Probably because I cannot get along with Natsu, and there was no way to stop him from going to find Minerva."

Lucy pulled two steaming omelets out of the pan, "I guess it is your turn." Laxus gave Lucy a smirk, "No Blondie I get two turns. It is only fair since you got two questions." Lucy set their breakfast down on the table and said, "Guess you are right. Ask your questions." They both sat down at Lucy's table as Laxus asked, "What did you do while you were away for over two months?" Lucy shrugged her shoulders, "it wasn't that big of a deal I worked out and tried to strengthen my magical abilities. I also trained in combat some. I wasn't really ready to come back but making sure Gray was ok came first. Are you going to eat Sparky or just look at me and let the food get cold?" Laxus put a piece of Lucy's omelet into his mouth and his eyes went wide, "This is the best omelet I have had in a long time. Second question do you plan on leaving again? If so you would need a partner to go with you this time. No one is allowed to be alone." Lucy started cleaning up as Laxus finished, "Not right away I want to check on Gray and I need some more cash first. So, I guess after catching up at the guild I will try to find a mission to go on. Yes, I will try to get someone to go with me, but I really need to pay my rent and stop digging into my savings." Laxus had finished so Lucy went over to get his plate, the urge to touch his hair came back.

Oh, I want to touch his hair. He is at the perfect level for me to just touch it really quick, but that is weird space invasion. I wonder if he would purr again? I am going to touch his hair and play it off as a joke. He so cute when he acts like a kitten. He would hate it if he knew I saw him like that.

Lucy reached one hand for his plate and the other went to play in the dragon slayer's hair. The second her hand ran through his hair Laxus relaxed, closed his eyes, and purred. Lucy could not help but to giggle at the sight of the dangerous Laxus being so unintimidating. When Laxus heard, Lucy laugh he froze; then stood up suddenly and grab his coat. He told Lucy, "time to go Blondie." Lucy finished cleaning quickly and said, "Whatever you say Kitten." When she was about to go through the door Laxus put his arm up blocking her path, "Don't mention the purring to anyone Blondie. It will set the guild off bad enough that I slept over here. They would explode if they knew I was sleeping in bed with you."

"Laxus, why did you let me play with your hair?" Laxus dropped his arm, "I honestly don't know Blondie. Most people, even our guild mates, are afraid of me. I guess it was nice not to smell fear or anxiety coming off someone that is close to me. I have never smelt fear from you, at least none that was directed toward me, it is a nice change from everyone else." What Laxus said made the celestial mage sad, "Do not worry kitten. Your secret love for petting is safe with me." Laxus growled at Lucy, "Blondie if you want to pet me; you can do it in a much more satisfying way."