"Would you shut up about Levy fucking McGarden you moron, I have a headache and I really don't need this right now." Laxus growled at his fellow dragon slayer Gajeel Redfox, they were sat in a carriage bound for magnolia.
They dwarfed the inside of the carriage not leaving much room for any privacy or space away from each other so Laxus had no choice but to tell him to shut up. It was the middle of the night now and the only transport available was a carriage.
It cost double the jewel but it was still cheaper than renting a room. Gajeel stuck his middle finger up at Laxus "Levy is a wonderful little woman, you're just jealous."
Laxus fixed him with an incredulous stare. "I'm jealous because I'm not a wonderful little woman?" Gajeel's eyes bugged out of his head realizing his choice of words "No you idiot that's not what I meant, Mavis you're annoying, no wonder I got a mate before any of you idiots."
Laxus chuckled as he teased his friend, he made it way too easy sometimes.
"Do you think that Lucy is Cobra's mate?" Gajeel snorted a laugh out "Yeah good one, those two being mated for life, they wouldn't last five minutes without her cutting off the tops of his ears and making him eat them."
A thoughtful look crossed the iron slayer's face as he raised a studded eyebrow.
"Although she has seemed to forgive him rather quickly. They sure do seem to like each other at the moment, a little bit too much if you know what I mean."
Realization slapped Gajeel in the face, gasping in shock, he pointed at Laxus accusingly.
"Oh you dick, they are mates aren't they? How long have you known, you idiotic lightning rod? Why didn't you tell me. I could've stopped them from going off earlier, they're probably having crazy animal sex in a ditch somewhere."
'If the poor guy is still alive that is.' Laxus thought sadly. He didn't really like the guy but seeing him save Lucy earlier was a bit of an eye opener.
"The Boa Constrictor has one of the most distinctive marking on it's body out of all the reptile world, they can grow up for 13 Ft long and weigh more than 45 kilograms."
Cobra rolled onto his side, placing a hand on his pounding head he felt something dry and crispy stuck to it, pulling the bone dry cloth away and dropping it on the floor, he groaned loudly 'how the hell did I get home' He looked at the ceiling and made a decision.
This definitely wasn't his house, the lacrima television on the desk opposite him wasn't his despite it playing the only show that he ever watched on it. Glancing down at his body he noticed that he was also wrapped up in a pink fluffy blanket.
'This shit certainly isn't mine.'
Picking up the offending piece of material he slung it over the back of the sofa and sighed in relief at the cool air that was now able to reach his scorching hot skin. Something slumped on the floor below him grumbling unhappily.
His eyes were struggling to adjust to the dim lighting but he could make out a head of blonde hair resting on the floor with the attached body spread eagle on the carpet.
"Dammit can you stop pushing me off the sofa all the time Laxus, my poor bum isn't going to recover one of these days."
Lucy sat up and let out a puff of air, turning her head to face Cobra she let out an ear piercing shriek directly in his face causing him to hurry to cover his super sensitive ears.
Gasping in pain at the sudden movement, he had yanked his injured arm a bit too hard causing the healing skin to tear open again. "You're not Laxus" she stated matter of factly
'Oh yeah I remember now.' her soul said, calming down slightly.
Lucy smiled sheepishly as she glanced up at the poison dragon slayer "Sorry Erik I forgot you were here. How are you feeling?"
'Sexually frustrated I hope. I can fix that.'
"I'm in too much pain to be horny right now sweetheart. How about running to grab me a towel? I would hate to get blood all over your pretty little sofa." Cobra said gruffly, trying to hide the amount of pain he was truly in.
It's not that he felt like he had to hide it from her. He just didn't want her to feel guilty about what had happened. It wasn't her fault that he had gotten injured. He had made the decision to jump in between her and certain death.
Cobra knew that he would never be able to make up for all the wrongs he had dealt her but he could try, saving her life was a good start.
Lucy had shuffled over to the kitchen, she grabbed a tea towel and ran back. Roughly wrapping it around his arm she winced "That looks really nasty Erik, I am so-"
Cobra held his uninjured arm up to shush her "Don't want to hear it, no apologies are going to come out of your lips. Now shut up and let's watch tv." With his arm now bound up, albeit very shoddily, he lifted it above the sofa so Lucy could snuggle into his body, which she did happily.
Resting her head on his shoulder she let out a shuddery breath "You really scared me back there Erik, don't ever do that again." Lucy slapped his chest gently. Cobra chuckled softly "Yeah okay I won't save your life again, I'll make sure to remember that in the future princess."
"Yeah you better." She muttered under her breath. Her hands started to run down his arm, gently touching her fingers over the scars circling his wrist, he held his breath. Waiting for her to exclaim in disgust. Or say anything at all but she didn't.
She just continued to lightly trace the silvery ribbons of disfigured skin, almost as if she were trying to knit it back together for him. For the first time since he had been given them, they didn't hurt or ache. He didn't feel ashamed for having them.
"You don't have to tell me about them but you shouldn't be ashamed of them and cover them with gloves. Wear them like a badge of honor, you survived whatever pain you endured. Those marks will never let you forget that and that's an amazing thing." She smirked.
"Also I love where you decided to get your guild mark, it's a very original idea."
A gentle blush dusted his cheeks "Well I am known for my originality, you shouldn't copy people Lucy."
Shocked at her timing, Cobra watched as Lucy pulled her shorts down slightly, about to scold her for always thinking with her hormones he went to pull it back up but stopped when he saw what she was trying to show him.
His mouth fell open. Along the line of her pelvis was a long jagged scar "There was a messed up fight that ended up in me almost getting killed. The guy damn near pulled out my cervix." She winced at the memory.
Cobra leant down and placed a soft kiss on the scar just below her naval. "You're amazing too y'know."
They both settled back onto the sofa, hands placed on each others secret wounds and continued watching the lacrima reptile show like the insane day they had both had was nothing but a bad dream.
"Did you know I have a snake?" Lucy whispered into Cobra's neck. 'She had a snake? Where?'
Feeling a bubble of excitement settle in his stomach he was extremely disappointed when she grabbed his junk and exclaimed that she had caught an anaconda.
Shuffling away from her he sighed smiling. "You're an idiot, do you know that? A crazy lovable idiot though."
'I'm your idiot.' she thought quietly but loud enough for his magic to hear. Cobra kept every sweet thought of hers he had ever heard tucked safely away in his heart, saving them for a rainy day when he needed a smile.
The gym was getting more and more full each morning. Ever since Cobra had started to come with her to her morning session, a couple of new girls appeared out of nowhere to watch him.
It was annoying. They had been coming for a week now and had shown no signs of doing any exercise. Just standing there drooling. At least when Lucy was admiring him she was sweating her ass off at the same time.
Lucy scowled at two unknown mages, if they wanted to join fairy tail they were going the wrong way about it. "Laxus don't let them join, if you do I'll make them leave. Don't underestimate me, I'll make them leave screaming."
She was doing push ups as Laxus did a set of squats while holding her legs. The anger was spurring her on to do more which caused her arms to get a deep ache in them that she would surely be complaining about later on. Keeping her eyes trained on the girls eyeing up Cobra as he was working out, she'd decided enough was enough.
Doing a forward roll out of Laxus's grasp, she could hear him warning her as she marched towards the two woman.
"Blondie don't do anything stupid, please"
Lucy rolled her eyes at her brother, pulled her trainer off and chucked it at one of the girls trying to touch her man's bicep.
The shoe hit the girl's nose causing her to squeak in pain "Oh my gosh what the hell." she shouted, Cobra glowered at the loud noise, just realizing that someone was near him.
Lucy pulled off the other shoe and threatened to throw it too.
"Get away you little cockroaches, I'll beat the shit out of you if you ever come here again, the guys in here are not eye candy for your filthy little minds now fuck off."
Cobra, Gajeel and Laxus stared at her in shock, not at all expecting her to flip out over something so small.
When the girls made no signs of moving she threw her other shoe and pulled out her whip from the strap on her leg.
"You want to play a game of Lucy vs the pests then huh? Let's play." She smiled sadistically as she cracked her whip and lunged for them.