After hours of sitting in the library watching Lucy, Laxus was about to lose his mind. Although he has loved these last few hours of unrestrained staring at the Celestial Wizard; He wished that he could talk to her, but she looked like she was so into what she was doing she wouldn't feel like it. She looks so damned cute with those glasses on. I may ask her to wear them more often, Laxus thought with a sly smirk that the Celestial Wizard just so happened to catch when she took a break to turn the page.
"What are you thinking about over there Mr. Dragon Slayer?" Lucy gave him a rivaling smirk that nearly made his heart stop. Laxus chuckled and shifted in his seat, running his leg along hers under the table.
"Just daydreaming over here. You can go back to your book." He said as he looked at her, surprised as she shook her head and put a bookmark in her book, setting it on the table between them.
"I think I could use a break anyway." She says with a smile. "Besides, I'm already on the third book. This shouldn't take us much longer." Lucy giggled as she saw the Dragon Slayer's smile; not the fake smirk that he used around the guild hall, it was a genuine smile.
"Well that's good, because I'm about to die of boredom over here." He says with a chuckle.
"You know, you could get a book that you would want to read." She says as she looks at him. "They have pretty much anything that you could imagine."
To be honest, the Dragon Slayer had been content on just staring at her over the last few hours, he didn't want to admit that though. "I will after we talk for a while, you said you were taking a break after all. I had a couple of questions that I wanted to ask you anyway." He says, his hands coming across the table to play with hers, trying to gather the courage to talk to her. He knew that her past had never been a fond subject with her.
Ever since they met the client earlier that day, he couldn't stop thinking about how little he actually knew about Lucy's past. All those years ago he thought she was just some spoiled princess with tons of money. She didn't have a need to be in a guild. But after he learned that she had run away from home, he wanted to know the full story.
"Oh? What kind of questions? You look kind of nervous." She was intrigued on why he seemed so nervous. He isn't going to ask me what I think he is… is he? Lucy's heart skipped a beat at the thought of him asking her to be his girlfriend…. This doesn't seem like the place he would do that…
Lucy's thoughts were interrupted with Laxus leaning closer to her. "Earthland to Lucy… Did you hear me?" He asks with a chuckle in his voice, leaving Lucy blushing and focusing on the Dragon Slayer. "I asked if you could tell me a little bit about your life… before Fairy Tail. I know it's kind of a sore subject for you. But I would like to know more about you, and that means everything." He says with that genuine smile again.
Does that mean….? "Why would you want to get to know me more, I thought this was just a strictly friends with benefits arrangement we had going on here Mr. Dreyar." She says with a joking tone.
Laxus chuckled, bringing her hand up to his lips to kiss it gently. He wanted to spill his feelings for her, every last bit of how he felt about her; however, there was that little voice inside his head that said to wait until the perfect opportunity. "Let's just say this trip is going to be full of surprises Miss. Heartfilia." He says before leaning back in his chair. "Now get to talking."
Lucy was shocked to say the least when he said those words. Full of surprises? "Uhm… Well… I don't know where to start really…" She says with a small smile as she looks at him.
Laxus chuckles at how nervous she suddenly became. "I don't know much… All I know is you ran away from home. I want to know when and what made you decide to leave."
Lucy sighed and looked at him with a small smile. "I guess I might as well start from the beginning. My family used to be extremely wealthy. Once I was born, my parents decided to leave the guild they were in and my dad started his own business." She sighs and leans back in the chair as she thought back to some of the stories that she would hear.
"My mom died when I was young; since my dad had his business, I was raised by the maids of the house. My dad was thirsty for power and wealth back then." Laxus watched as her eyes and face became sad, remembering back. "He was too busy with his business to care about the daughter he didn't want." She said sadly.
Laxus suddenly felt a pang of guilt go through his body. All that time I thought that she was just some spoiled princess….I never really knew the reason that she ran away Laxus thought as he looks back at her, stroking his thumb over her pink guild mark. "So then you just decide to leave?" he looked up and waited for her to look at him before continuing. "How long after you left did you find Fairy Tail?"
Lucy smiled at how interested he was in the subject. She was glad that after all these years he wanted to hear the real story. She nodded to answer his first question, "It wasn't long. I was traveling through a town trying to get to the Fairy Tail guild when I met Natsu. I was hoping to either join Fairy Tail or one of the other guilds close by." She says with a small smile. "I actually thought about joining Phantom Lord at one point."
"After joining Fairy Tail, I felt like I finally had the family that I had always wanted. That's why after I found out it was my father that had hired Phantom Lord to harm Fairy Tail in order to bring me home was the most heartbreaking thing that I have ever had to deal with. I couldn't believe that my father would stoop so low. Over a fucking arranged marriage to make more money…" She had to take a moment to breathe, she couldn't believe that the memory would affect her that much. She never really thought about the incident much anymore since it was so long ago.
Laxus sensed her grief and decided to get up and move to the other side of the table, taking the seat right next to her. He pulled her right into his lap and wrapped his arms around her, startling the Celestial Wizard. Lucy felt comforted more as his arms snaked around her, pulling her closer to him. "It's all in the past Princess, that was a long time ago, you have Fairy Tail as your family now. I'm sure that your dad is looking down and is proud to see the wizard that you've become, your mother too." He says with a smile before capturing her lips with his.
The feeling of his lips on hers never ceased to amaze him; the way that her soft lips sent tingles through his body was one of the best feelings in the world. Once they pulled away from each other, Laxus smiled down at her and kissed her nose, making the celestial wizard blush. "Thank you Laxus… You definitely know how to make a woman feel better." Lucy gives him a heart stopping smile, rendering the Dragon Slayer completely speechless.
The two of them sit in a comfortable silence for a few more moments before Laxus straightened up. "Alright Princess, get back to reading, I'm going to go find a book I've been meaning to read." He says before placing her back into her chair, much to the disappointment of both the wizards. Laxus leans over her and kisses her forehead before walking away, smirking the whole way.
She watched the Dragon Slayer walk away, silently wondering what all of this meant. First he takes this mission with me, now he wants to know everything about me. And that little stunt with him pulling me into his lap. His arms around my waist, making me feel the safest that I ever had. He said this trip was full of surprises, maybe I should let him take his time and see where this goes. Lucy thought before opening up her book once again, smiling at the idea of the other surprises The Lightning Dragon had in store.
Before the two wizards knew it, it was extremely late. The both of them had gotten lost in their books. Once Lucy was done with the books she was meant to read, she was shocked to find that it was pitch black outside. She looked up at the watch on the wall and saw that it was almost midnight. Lucy's eyes widen before she nearly runs to the check-out counter with her books. "I'm so sorry that we were here so late. I guess we lost track of time. I'm checking these out for a Miss. Dorothy" She says with a nervous smile, doing as the request told her. The woman behind the desk didn't seem too upset at least.
"That's alright dear, this beautiful library is here to use whenever someone needs it, whether that means them staying up all night finding books or just here for five minutes." She says with a kind smile on her face before she checks out the books for Lucy. "What is your name dear?" She asks as she looks up at the Celestial Wizard.
"My name is Lucy." She says with a smile as she takes the books back from the woman.
"Interesting, usually I see a short blue haired girl coming to pick up books for Miss. Dorothy. Are you friends of hers? She's the sweetest little thing." She asks curiously, it had been a while since someone besides that little bluenette had gotten books for her.
Lucy looked at the woman with a confused look. A little blue haired girl? There weren't many people that she knew with blue hair, there was no way that Levy normally came and got books for this elderly lady. Now she felt bad about taking the job request, if she would've known Levy normally came and got her books, she would've let her have it.
"That is interesting. Well it was nice meeting you." She says with a smile before heading back to the table, seeing the half asleep Dragon Slayer trying to finish his book. Lucy chuckles and goes behind him, stroking his back. "We should probably get going… It's nearly midnight." She says as his head jolted up, nearly hitting her in the process.
"Holy shit…" he looks at her in astonishment, he couldn't believe that the two of them had been here that long. Getting out of his seat, he felt all of his achy muscles protest as he got up and stretched. He was just getting to the good part of his book.
He had learned a lot about what he was, his powers, and claiming a mate. He was starting that part when he was interrupted by the blonde beauty.
"Holy shit is right… we need to find a hotel and fast." She says as she tried to hurry to the car, but she was stopped by Laxus' hand wrapping around her arm.
"You don't need to worry about that. I already have a hotel for us." The Dragon Slayer pulled her back to his side before taking the books with his and carrying them to the car.
Lucy wasn't sure what to say, she wasn't expecting him to already have this planned out. He was right, this trip is going to be full of surprises. Bring it on Mr. Dragon Slayer Lucy smirked inwardly before looking up at the handsome man beside her, taking his hand in her own as they walked out of the Library.