AN: Chapter 5

Definitely full of laughs this one. Lol I honestly feel so bad for Finn. He's got it pretty rough. Hope you all enjoy this chapter as much as I do :)

Nyma: Haha, yeah you don't get to find out what Gray says til later :P I'm just that evil… mwhaha! For now, enjoy a few laughs from this chapter!

Finn opened the door to the newly built bathroom Gajeel and Loke had been working on over the past few weeks. His jaw dropped as he scanned the extra-large room. It was built bigger than most bathrooms with an extra-large tub that was built into the floor. Finn found himself wondering why the grown-ups were into this kind of bathtub, to him, it looked more like a pool with hot water filling it.

"I really don't see why we needed to have a bathroom like this built in…" The ice mage looked down at the different nobs and switches on the floor next to the large bath. "But it looks like it could be enjoyable… the jets would feel pretty good on my back. I'll have to give this thing a try I guess."

Finn stepped into the bathtub, the hot water felt like it was melting his skin right off, but it was a nice change from the freezing baths his father would make him take back at home. Gray would mention how it would help him and Rain with their training, but Finn didn't think it was helping him in any way. He let out a loud sigh as he rested his head back onto a small towel. His dark blue eyes staring up at the ceiling, watching the steam slowly rise up to the small window.

His cheeks began to grow hot as the warm water soaked into his bones. Finn closed his eyes, his thoughts invading his mind.

'I can't believe dad is acting totally normal around everyone… it's like my parents aren't fighting at all…. Well, there's one thing I can be happy about. Lily is here without that stupid Chrono guy… I guess that's a plus for coming to this thing with everyone….'

Finn blushed as he moved down more, letting the water consume most of his head. 'I'm so close to her, and yet I can't do anything…'

Finn heard the door open and close from across the room. Without opening his eyes, he lifted himself up slightly. The ice mage opened his mouth and spoke, clearly annoyed.

"Someone's in here… can't you wait your turn Leo? Geez…"

A soft and familiar voice spoke. "What makes you think it's Leo? Did you honestly forget about me already?"

Finn's eyes shot open as his arms flailed in the air as Lily stood beside the bathtub, a towel wrapped around her body, and her hair pulled back into a ponytail. A smirk was on her face as she looked down into the tub at her friend.

"Lily! W-what the hell!? Are you trying to get me killed by your dad?!"

Lily giggled and blushed slightly. "Wow Finn, I'm surprised you forgot to add the bubbles to your bath this time." Lily leaned over slightly. "I can see… everything…" She winked as she stuck out her tongue at him.

Finn looked down and quickly grabbed the small towel he was laying his head on to use to cover himself up, sending a glare to Lily with a wild blush over his cheeks. Lily let out a laugh as she watched him. Finn quickly moved his knees to his chest and looked away from the girl standing beside the bath.

"Ok, so what the hell do you want Lily? You know there are like five other bathrooms in this house. Why did you choose mine?"

Lily smiled as she put her hand over the towel she was wearing, slowly undoing the tie. Finn watched her out of the corner of his eye, when he saw her hand start to undress her body, he quickly shut his eyes and struggled to get his words out.

"L-Lily! W-w-what do you think you're doing?! Y-your dad is seriously going to murder me!"

Finn could hear the towel drop and Lily's infamous giggle. "Relax Finn, I've got my bathing suit on." Finn slowly opened one eye and chanced a glance over to her. For once she was telling the truth. Lily began to climb into the same tub causing Finn to panic even more.

"Lily we're not kids anymore! W-what are you doing?!"

Lily sunk down low into the large tub, sighing and stretching her arms up. "It's been a while since we've done this huh?" Finn let out a huff as he turned his head away from her. Lily's hazel eyes glanced over to Finn. She could hear his heart beating in his chest, wondering why he had become so nervous all of a sudden. She smiled as she moved closer to Finn. The ice mage looked over quickly to the girl moving closer to him. He began to lean away from her as she inched closer through the water.

"W-what are you doing Lil?" He asked nervously.

"I'm going to wash your back for you. You gotta problem with that?" Lily raised a brow to Finn who gulped and shook his head quickly. "Good. So relax and turn around."

Finn did as he as he was told and turned his body around so his back was facing Lily. The girl grabbed one of the smaller towels and added some soap from a small bottle nearby. She felt Finn jump slightly as she placed the warm cloth over his back, running it in an up and down motion. Finn could feel his cheeks burning as he concentrated on anything but her. He kept his hands over the small towel covering his lower half, his fist clenched tightly as he felt her hands moving the towel all over his back, inching lower slowly.

"Y-you don't have to do this Lil."

Lily smiled as she continued to wash Finn's back. "I know. I wanted to talk."

Finn turned his head slightly, his solid blue eyes catching hazel. "You couldn't wait for me to get out?! What's so important that you had to come in here when I'm using the bath?!"

"You've been acting weird lately…. And I feel like you've been trying to avoid me when I ask ya about other girls."

Finn turned his head back forward, not wanting to admit that she was sorta right.

"You're my best friend Finn… I just don't want you to think that you can't tell me anything anymore just because I'm with Chrono and the band." Lily moved closer to Finn's body, wrapping her arms around his neck, embracing him lightly. "You know I'm always here for you right?"

Finn couldn't seem to get the words out of his mouth as he felt her body up against his back. He could feel her soft, wet flesh from her arms over his cool skin. Her chest was pressing against his back as she held him close, causing his body to react slightly. Finn clenched the small cloth between his legs tightly.

'Why is she doing this to me?! Right now of all times! Don't think about her chest against your back… don't think about her… in her bathing suit… behind you…oh man…'

"L-Lily…I…"

Both Lily and Finn looked up as they heard shouting coming from above them. Both of their eyes widened as Leo jumped into the bath completely naked. The boy made quite the splash as he hit the hot water, causing a small wave to crash into Finn and Lily. Once the blonde haired boy came up from under the water, he spit out a mouthful of water and leaned up against the side of the tub, letting out a relieving sigh as he smiled.

"Now this is a bathtub…" Leo looked across the tub and saw Lily sitting next to a naked Finn. Leo's eyes grew wide as he gasped at the sight. The young boy suddenly stood up, pointing a finger directly at Lily. His eye brows narrowed as he shouted. "What the hell is she doing in here?!" Leo's eyes moved away from the two and off in another direction as he brought the pointed finger to his chin. "Wait… is this bath co-ed? That means Rain could come in here! No wait…. Lily is in here… and she's not a girl… she's just a dragon so she doesn't count… so wait… what are you doing in here?!" He asked as he once again pointed towards Lily.

Lily smirked as she looked at Leo. "Wow Leo. Tell me again, how many girls have you satisfied with that?" Lily said mockingly as she pointed to Leo's naked form. Leo looked down, forgetting he was completely naked. His face grew hot as he covered himself up with his hands, quickly plunging his body back into the hot water below him. Lily let out a loud laugh as she watched Leo mumble something under the water, forming small bubble on the surface of the water.

"Fiiiiinn! Leeeeooo!"

The three turned their heads to see Leviana now joining them in the bath. Lily's eyes widened as her sister jumped into the water, landing in between the three of them. The young girl laughed as her sister glared down at her.

"What are you doing in here Leviana?"

"I wanted to take a bath with Finn and Leo! They're my future husbands!"

Leo crossed his arms over his chest as he spoke. "Ok, now Rain has to join us. Leviana is in here. It's officially co-ed now."

Lily growled as she stood clenching a tight fist. "I'm a girl too you idiot!"

Leo stood up and clenched his fist right back at Lily. "No, you're a stupid, slimy serpent!"

Leviana blushed as she watched Leo arguing with her sister. Lily looked down as Leo shouted at her and moved her eyes to what Leviana was staring at. Lily gasped and quickly covered her sisters' eyes with her hand.

"Hey!"

"You're still too young to see that Leviana! Leo, go cover up you idiot!"

Leo grinned as he rubbed his chin. "See? Even your sister is entranced by my body."

The dark haired girl growled loudly at Leo, wanting to pummel him into the ground for trying to get her sister to like him further. "Leave my sister alone you perv!"

Finn quickly got out of the tub, grabbing a lager towel to cover himself up with as the others fought, wanting to get out while he could. Leo spotted him by the door as he gathered his clothes.

"Hey! Finn, where are you going!? You can't leave me alone in here with this crazy dragon!"

Finn looked back and waved a hand. "I've gotta get to bed now otherwise I'm not going to be able to sleep at all tonight. Mom said a nasty storm was supposed to roll in tonight." Finn quickly left the bathroom and ran up to his room, leaving the three in the large room to themselves. Leviana struggled to free herself from Lily's grip as she heard Finn leave.

"No Finn! Come back! I didn't get a chance to wash you yet!"

Lily let her sister go as Leviana jumped out of the tub and out the door, following in Finn's footsteps. Lily kept her hazel eyes on the door with a worried look over her face.

"He's still afraid of storms?"

"You're his best friend remember?" Leo said as he put his hands on his hips. "You should know…"

Lily turned and scoffed, holding her hand up in front of her to cover the sight of Leo's bottom half. "I thought he got over this fear years ago…. He told me storms don't bother him anymore."

Leo let out a sigh as he sat back down in the water, putting his arms back up on the ledge. "Well maybe if you didn't spend so much time with that nit-wit of a boyfriend you have, and paid more attention to your friend, you would have known he was lying."

Lily looked down at the water. Leo was right, for once. Ever since she had hooked up with Chrono, she had put Finn on the back burner, not intentionally. It just sorta… happened. Lily stood up and stepped out of the bath herself, grabbing a towel and wrapping it around her body. As soon as she left the room, Leo let out another sigh, smiling to himself. "Alone at last…" The blonde haired boy sat in the water for a minute, staring up at the ceiling. Leo lowered his eyebrows and stuck out his bottom lip in a pout. "I still want Rain to join me…. We could have washed each other's backs…. Finn gets to have all the fun around here…."

Finn laid on his back in his bed, staring up at the ceiling with his hands behind his head. He let out a soft sigh as he mumbled to himself. "So much for falling asleep…" His solid blue eyes looked over to the alarm clock nearby. "Mom said the storm would pass right over in the night… but if I don't get to sleep soon… I'm not gonna get to sleep at all."

Finn's thoughts stopped as he heard Lily opening the door on the other side of the room, turning her light on as she entered. He watched the thin sheet separating the two from each other, watching her silhouette against the fabric. His eyes widened as he swallowed the growing lump in his throat. She was changing her clothes on the other side. He could tell she was changing out from her bathing suit to something more comfortable for sleeping. Finn quickly pulled the blankets over his head and rolled over to face the other side of the room.

Lily paused for a minute and listened. She had a feeling Finn was still up since it wasn't that late into the night, and the storm hadn't gotten to them yet. She put her tank top over her head and pulled it down over her midriff. Lily ran her hands underneath her hair and moved it out of the fabric that she wore. She slipped into a pair of shorts she usually wore for sleeping in, adjusting the band slightly. Lily went back over to her light switch and turned it off.

The dark haired girl poked her head around the sheet separating their rooms and whispered. "Finn… you awake?"

Finn stayed quiet for a minute before sitting up in his bed, rubbing the back of his head. "Yeah… unfortunately." Lily smiled as she moved past the sheet, walking over to Finn's bed. Finn could feel his heart beating fast in his chest as he watched her walk towards him. She was wearing nothing but a back tank top and a dark pair of shorts, showing off every curve she had on her body. Lily made her way to the bed and started to climb in next to Finn who immediately pulled the blanket closer to his body.

"W-what are you d-doing Lil?!"

Lily sat on her bent legs underneath her with her hands in the middle of her body. "I read in a book somewhere that when people get anxious or scared, having another humans touch will comfort them." The dark haired girl leaned in close to Finn, a smile over her face. "So I'm going to help you through this when the storm hits."

Finn's solid blue eyes couldn't help themselves but glance down slightly as Lily leaned in close to him. 'This is pure torture…'

Finn snapped back out of his lustful thoughts as Lily lifted up the blanket and laid down next to her friend in the bed, motioning for Finn to do the same. Finn hesitantly laid back down and faced Lily who was holding a soft hand out to him. Finn placed his into hers lightly. Her grip was strong but still soft, comforting him. His cheeks grew hot as his eyes looked past their hands up to her face. She was still smiling at him with softened eyes.

"What?..." He asked nervously.

Lily giggled as she spoke. "It's just kinda funny how you're still afraid of storms…"

Finn withdrew his hand away from Lily and rolled over, flustered and slightly aroused. "I-I am not! If Leo told you I was, well then he's a freaken liar!" 'God… why does everything about her make me want to just…touch her…. Maybe coming here this weekend was a bad idea….'

Lily lifted herself up and rested her chin on Finn's arm, smirking as she pulled back some of his dark navy blue hair behind his ear. "Want me to sing you a song or read to you like old times?"

Finn blushed a darker shade of red as he heard her above him. The ice mage moved his arm up slightly to get Lily off of it. "No… I'll be fine."

Lily giggled once more as she rolled over, pulling the blanket over her body. "Ok fine. But I'm still going to sleep here until the storm passes over… just in case you need me."

'Great… caz that's exactly what I want right now…'

As the night went on, Finn tried desperately to fall asleep with no prevail. He avoided rolling over knowing Lily was still sleeping in his bed. He looked at the alarm clock as it read 2:00am. Finn sighed in relief. 'Good… the storm isn't going to hit us. Must have died down before it could reach this place. Maybe now I can actually get some sleep. Lily should be passed out by now… so rolling over shouldn't wake her.'

Just as the ice mage rolled over to face the middle of the bed, his chest tightened as he was face to face with Lily. She had not only rolled over in her sleep, but she was even closer to him now. Finn began to shake slightly as he watched her sleep. Her breathing was slow and steady, causing her frame to rise and fall ever so slightly. Finn noticed a few strands of black hair had fallen over her face when she had rolled over. He gulped and slowly brought a hand up, withdrawing it slightly before reaching out for her hair. He slowly and gently moved the few strands back behind her ear, stopping quickly as he heard her mumble something in her sleep.

Finn looked at her for another moment before his eyes traveled back down to her tank top and what it was revealing to him. He could hear his heart beating in his throat as his hand moved away from her ear. As it inched closer to her bare skin, something in the back of his mind told him no, not to do it, but something else was telling him to go for it. Finn ignored the voice in his head and ran a finger over her tank top strap, moving it down her bare arm slowly. He could feel her soft frame with his cool hand. She was so warm under his icy touch.

"Do it… you know you want to…"

Finn's hand slowly left the strap and ran back up her arm up to her shoulder.

"Do it Finn…"

The ice mage was watching Lily intently now, it was strange how she had such heightened senses yet she wasn't waking to his cool touch. Finn bit his bottom lip as his hand traveled closer to the middle of her chest.

"Yes, that's right…. Do it! She would want you to do it Finn…"

Just as Finn was about to search the rest of Lily's darkened skin something clicked in his head, causing his hand to stop in its tracks. "Wait… what?" He whispered.

"She's probably used to this kind of stuff so just do it! Come on you know you want to! Even if she is a slimy, creepy, and mean serpent…"

Finn's eyes widened as he knew exactly what was going on. He quickly and quietly turned his body around to see Leo behind him, smiling devilishly. The blonde haired boy waved a hand at Finn as he smiled.

Finn gritted his teeth as his cheeks grew hot. He angrily whispered to his friend. "What the hell are you doing in here!?"

"What were you about do?! I'm just trying to help a brother out is all… hell knows you don't have the balls to do it on your own!"

"Will you just get out of here before Lily wakes up!"

Leo grinned and nudged Finn lightly. "Why? Is my big guy all worked up he needs to finish the job while she sleeps? Eh? Eh?"

Finn groaned as he sat up in the bed. He pointed towards the door and raised his voice slightly. "Just get out of here!"

"Finn and Lily, sittin' in a tree! Wanting to make out with her in front of me!" Leo mockingly sang quietly. The ice mage was burning from head to toe at his friend who proceeded to laugh on the floor. Finn could feel a chill running up his spine suddenly, making his whole body shudder. His head turned slightly and caught sight of Lily who had just woken up from Leo.

"Uh…. Leo… you might want to start running…" Finn warned quietly. Leo continued to laugh as he rolled around on the floor, singing his new song further to Finn. Lily stood up on her side of Finn's bed and made her way around to Leo without a word. Leo's laughing started to die down as he rolled one last time. His expression changed quickly to fear as he looked up at Lily who was leaning over the younger boy with her hands on her hips. She was sending a dark glare to the boy who laid on the ground, completely vulnerable.

"Eh..hehehe… heeey Lily…" Leo managed to get out. "I was just… uh… checking up on Finn… you know.. makin' sure he was ok."

"Get. Out. Leo."

Those cold words were enough to make Finn feel the anger in her voice, making him shiver under the covers. Leo laughed nervously as he stood up, rubbing the back of his head as he inched past Lily towards the door. Lily kept her angry gaze on him until he left the room. Letting out an annoyed sigh. She turned back to Finn who jumped slightly.

"Lily… I…"

Lily raised a brow at Finn, not noticing that a strap was practically half way down her arm, showing off a bit of the side of her breast. "What is it?"

Finn blushed as he fought with his eyes to keep them on her hazel ones. "N-nothing… I-I just wanted to say that the storm.. uh… isn't going to hit us.. so… I… I think I'll be ok to sleep by myself for the rest of the night."

Lily watched Finn for a long minute before shrugging her shoulders and walking past the thin sheet back to her own bed. Finn let out a sigh as he laid back down in his bed.

'That…. that was a close one…' The ice mage glanced down at his body and groaned. 'God damn it… why did I have to look?! Now I'm definitely not getting any sleep tonight.'

The next morning, everyone was at the table eating breakfast like one loud, crazy family. Finn sat in between Leo and Lily, clearly sleep deprived. Levy passed Gajeel some bread as she looked at her oldest daughter and Finn.

"So you two, how was your rooms? Did you guys sleep ok?"

Leo grinned as he snickered to himself. Finn jabbed an elbow into Leo's side, sending him a death glare if he was to say anything that happened the night before. Lily was the one to speak first.

"It was fine mom. Finn was up all night because he was worried about the possible storm that was supposed to hit so he didn't get much sleep."

Finn glanced over to Lily, silently thanking her for not mentioning how she basically shared his bed almost the whole night. Levy smiled at the two of them.

"Good, I'm glad you guys didn't have a problem sharing the room how it is right now." She looked to Gajeel and lowered her tone of voice. "Your father should have had it done by the time we got here… right Gajeel?" The iron dragon slayer practically choked on his breakfast when Levy spoke to him. He glanced over hesitantly, knowing he was in trouble. Levy looked back at Lily and Finn with a smile. "Hopefully next time we come out here it will be done. For now, you two don't mind how it is?"

Lily shook her head alone with Finn. Levy smiled as she continued eating her breakfast. Finn looked over at Lily and wondered how much she remembered from last night. Leo leaned in and whispered into Finn's ear.

"I know why someone didn't get any sleep…."

Finn once again sent a death glare to Leo as he jabbed him in his gut, causing the blonde haired boy to cough. Lucy looked at Leo from across the table, a raised brow on her concerned face.

"Leo, you ok?"

Leo grinned up at his mother with a wide smile. "Yep! I'm ok mom!"