Laxus growled covering his ears as the crowd cheered Mira and Jenny doing their poses. This was going to be a long battle..it wasn't even a battle it was two models having a pose off. Honestly he didn't even know what to make of it. On one hand he was confident Mira would win this, she was the crowd favorite and she certainly didn't lose fans over the years...in fact he was certain she was making more just today alone. He sighed and closed his eyes, if you had asked him 8 years ago he would have been all for this, hot girls in bikinis..it was a no brainer. But now... Things had changed.

1) He wasn't some horny teenager and young adult looking for eye candy and a chick to fuck.

2) None of the girls out there were her...and that was a thought he didn't like to dwell on...

For a moment he let himself drift off to whatever fucking imaginary land he had in his head and pictured the beautiful blonde bombshell that haunted his dreams. He pictured her beautiful brown eyes looking up at him innocently on her knees in that iconic white bikini of hers with the pink flower on it. God did he have it bad...he willed himself to open his eyes and look up at the rafters where she stood with her other team mates. He chuckled watching as she tried to calm down Wendy.

He smiled, Lucy was always good at that kind of stuff. Calming people down, lifting up their spirits with just a smile. The minute she walked through those guild doors though 7 years ago changed his life completely. She was beautiful like a angel but had the body of sin personified. God, no wonder her dad kept her locked up and away from people. He was very attracted to her to put it mildly. He was only partially joking when he made that offer for her to be his girlfriend the Cana thing was really only an after thought. When he got expelled he thought all thoughts of the bombshell would disappear and that wasn't entirely the case, the sound of her voice and her smell haunted him for some reason sometimes at night.

It only got worse when he rejoined the guild.. God damn it Blondie! She was the first person to talk to him normally as if he hadn't tried to kill her once. He noticed her curves, how soft her voice was, that beautiful smile, how soft her hair looked. He was very thankful she was the one to approach him and treat him like a comrade because he sure didn't have the guts to do that...again hard to do that when you tried to kill that person.

They started out as acquaintances, just waving and small smiles. Then they started working together on odd things like paperwork and getting the guild back in order from them being gone for so long. During that time they found themselves actually talking about things like music, and books, personal things, and horrible jokes about their equally shitty childhoods through dark humor. Through it all he actually found out she was insanely smart, witty, funny, and understanding. God, could she get any more perfect? Somewhere through it all he stumbled over the fact that she was his mate...and that just presented more problems than he knew how to deal with.

"Gee-hee, wishing Bunny girl was down here instead?" Gajeel's annoying laugh broke his thoughts.

Laxus blinked, he thought about it Lucy posing in a bikini...for everyone else to see? No thank you. And how come Gajeel had seen Lucy wear a bunny suit and not him? Laxus could have ignored it...but he was Laxus and this was Gajeel so he decided to be a jackass instead.

"No I was actually picturing Levy in one," he smirked relishing in the fact that Gajeel's face turned sour, Gajeel huffed as Mystogen aka Jellal was trying his hardest to not laugh. Gajeel turned away from the blonde dragon slayer. "Levy in a swimsuit is better than Erza in a hot nurse outfit and Lucy in her swimsuit." Yeah not the greatest comeback but it did annoy Laxus and Jellal so it was a win in his book.

"First of all how is Erza in a hot nurses outfit better than Lucy in a bikini?" Laxus said incredulously.

"Funny Laxus because you got in line for nurse Erza to patch you up," Juvia said amused by the conversation. Then getting annoyed remembering the fact that her beloved Gray also got in line for her too...that hussie she thought darkly.

Gajeel laughed at this, "you also got in line to Gajeel," Juvia said dryly. At this Gajeel stopped laughing and looked sheepishly at the ground. Jellal was slightly fuming another part of him was seriously turned on picturing Erza in a nurse costume... Lucky bastards. Jellal sighed heavily.

"What's your problem?" Gajeel said.

"As much as I wish I could get angry about all of this. And even feel jealousy over this...I can't." Jellal said in a resigned manner, "she walks the path of the light, and I've been tainted by Zeref, for nearly killing her trying to get power I can never have her. So I must love her from afar.."

Laxus and Gajeel looked down at the ground feeling very guilty at the moment, "Get in line." They growled.

Laxus laughed in spite of himself. The other men looked at him in confusion, "we're all in the same boat, I could never have Blondie for trying to explode her and the constant harassment I gave her, and Gajeel can never have Levy for nailing her to tree, and Jellal tried to sacrifice Erza to a tower..we all tried to kill the women we fell for." It was a sick joke they all deserved in a way.

"You forgot he also said he would kill her little friends too if she came back to the tower," Gajeel said offhandedly.

Jellal was going to say something but Juvia cut him off, "you should all start a club then," she quipped still feeling put out by Gray choosing Erza over her. She sighed though, "That's not true," Juvia said, "Juvia knows for a fact that Levy forgave Gajeel, and even had to convince Lucy to say a good word for Gajeel to be allowed in the guild and Levy did same for Lucy at Lucy's pleas to allow Laxus back in the guild. They both forgave you. And don't get me even started on you "Mysotgen" Erza nearly kissed you not too long ago! So stop being dramatic."

"Isn't that ironic coming from you? I remember what you did in the tower to Lucy over being your love rival."

Gajeel and Laxus lifted an eyebrow at this taken back by what Juvia said. Each processing what she had said, while they knew they had been forgiven it was another thing entirely to know that they went out of their way for them...

"Wait you kissed Erza!?" Gajeel exclaimed surprised thinking through what Juvia had said.

Jellal sighed, "nearly. One time I tried to kiss her." Jellal said becoming very interested in the wall and not about that fleeting memory.

"Well now you can't be part of the club for sure," Laxus said sarcastically.

Jellal gave a rare smile at that, they were all pretty fucked up weren't they?

Gajeel was going to make a some smart remark but a scream coming from the stadium caught them all off guard. Turning to see who it was they saw it was Risley from Mermaid Heel.

"You can't expect us to let these bubble headed bimbos take all the attention do ya!?"

Laxus raised an eyebrow at that statement... Mira wasn't a bubble headed bimbo by any means.

"We have strong beautiful chicas as well! Team Mermaid Heel is the ultimate in girl power!"

"This is embarrassing," the red head said.

Laxus had to agree. This was supposed to be a demonstration of strength and power, wizards duking it out. Not a fan service match of who had the better eye candy. He looked up to see Lucy slightly rolling her eyes. He smirked, the women-are-not-here-to-be-drooled-on-by-men must be seriously irked at the moment.

While the announcers were going crazy over the new development, the cousins from the Lamia Scale joined in- wait wasn't the youngest one Wendy's age? Why are guys going nuts over her?

Laxus looked back at Lucy and was confused at to why she was looking frantic and angry at him. What did I do? He thought cocking his head..

Lucy stood there blinking. What the hell happened? How the hell did the match become like this? Part of her was annoyed, I mean for crying out loud why would anyone want to go out there? This went against her principle of women aren't just sexual beings. Hypocritical right? Considering what she wore and wasn't above using her God given gifts to get a good deal every now and then. But she wore her outfits for herself not to impress a man, and also as a big screw you to her former life...this just felt weird. But she will admit Mira and Jenny had the confidence and the bodies to pull all of this off so good on them for being confident in their own skin. God this was really was confusing and making her head hurt..

She was caught off guard when Mavis came by, "why are you all standing here! We should go down there together!"

"What!? For real!?"

"There's no reason why we should just let our competitors have all the spot light" Erza mused.

"Besides! It may be fun to torture the boys!" Mavis giggled.

Lucy thought about that... Torture...a certain blonde dragon Slayer popped into her head.

"Oh come on it could be fun!" Mavis squealed. "You can teach Laxus a good lesson too!" She winked.

Lucy gasped, "how did you know-i don't care what Laxus thinks!"

Mavis giggled, "Lucy I'm a ghost and can see everything even behind closed office doors. I've seen you flirting with Laxus and him flirting with you right back!" She winked again.

"Lucy I didn't know you had a crush on Laxus," Wendy said smiling innocently.

"I do- not!" She stammered.

Mavis laughed, " so then you don't mind him ogling Mira?"

"HE'S WHAT!?" She screamed looking frantically over at him, her eyes locked on his head and he was in fact not looking at Mira, thank God she thought relieved.

Mavis and the other girls laughed at her, "well if I had doubts before I don't now." Erza giggled.

Lucy puffed her cheeks in annoyance. "That was mean!"

"Well then how about we give him something to look at," Erza teased. "Besides I believe I am owed some payback since Mysotgen nearly kissed me and then lied about having a fiancé." She smirked evilly.

"What if he's not interested? Let's face it I'm not Mira.. I've always found him attractive but wasn't until recently I've really started falling for him. He doesn't seem to even notice me these days-"

"Lucy he literally checks you out everyday you come into the guild-"

"And stares at you when you're not looking doing paperwork" Mavis added.

"Sounds to me like he would very much LOVE to see you in a bikini." Charla added in surprising the girls. She had been silently listening to the conversation. "So what are you going to do? Stay up here or go down there?" Charla demanded.

Lucy was hesitant, Erza held out her hand to her. Biting her lip she took Erza's hand. She screamed as Erza pulled her off of the ledge and they disappeared under a cloud of smoke.

"Well I don't see why I can't join in this!" Juvia exclaimed, since my body is made of water, I can fill out a bathing suit better than any of these girls," Juvia said smirking.

"So you're going to do it too?" Gajeel said unimpressed by the whole thing.

"A woman must be prepared to do whatever it takes to fight for her love!" Juvia said passionately.

Laxus just looked slightly disgusted,"well good luck with that." He said that until he saw Blondie get pulled down by Erza his heart stopped as he saw her disappear behind a cloud of gold smoke. When they reached the ground the smoke dissipated and revealed Blondie in that trade mark bikini of hers. His eyes quickly devoured her. He didn't have to look at Jellal and Gajeel to know they were doing the same but for Levy and Erza. This suddenly became more interesting...

"If you wanted a heaping scoop of fan service the grand magic games is the place you want to be..."

Laxus couldn't agree more as he saw Blondie bent down her hands on her knees, that wonderfully shaped ass sticking out for him to see... Him and everyone else here...but he was really trying to ignore that fact that everyone else could see her... Not just him...Mate! Mine!

"Don't get me wrong I just don't understand why a ghost would be so into this." Cana whispered trying to not get caught talking to a figure no one else could see but the Fairy Tail girl members.

"Well makes sense, coming from the woman that started this crazy guild you know?" She said surely. Lucy was slightly annoyed Laxus would watch her intently then look away pained and torn then look at her all over again. She felt really exploited at this point, the only good thing about all of this was that she had Laxus attention and that was about it. She would never admit it out loud but she was taking way too much delight in the fact that he was watching her. She was on the ground now laying on her side, she "pretended" to adjust her swimsuit so her boobs were adjusted and internally smirked as she saw Laxus's eyes follow her movements. It had been like that for the entire match she cocked out her hip, his eyes would follow. She stuck out her leg in the air his eyes followed. Like a cat watching a red laser dot before he pounced. The only question was how long would it take before this cat pounced on her, she felt a familiar pressure build up between her legs she could feel how wet she had gotten during this match. She tried to rub her legs together to relieve the tension and to her delight again she felt his stare follow that tiny movement.

She looked back up to see he wasn't staring at her again. Again she felt herself get annoyed by the fact that Laxus for a moment took his eyes off of her, then she saw that it landed on Evergreen and Erza, he looked unamused watching them. Lucy got off the ground and got to her knees quickly grabbing her "cat's" attention again. As she stuck her boobs out right in front of him practically her hands behind her head. That's much better she thought..if she was going to be down here looking like an idiot she was going to make sure Laxus's eyes were on her and her alone.

Laxus's eyes were watching Lucy very closely. He had the most perverse grin on his face. He was thoroughly enjoying the show. This was a true test of self control. Lucy wasn't his to have but God's did he enjoy the show. He dared hope that maybe she was doing this all for him. She was staring at him and him alone. That thought excited him and he mentally cursed how much that made his stomach flip flop. He pretended to look off to the side pretending to be bored. Then to his delight when he looked away she huffed and changed poses and he was right back to staring at her. He was committing every pose to memory for research purposes...

"Wardrobe change!"

He had to keep himself from groaning out loud when he saw her in the school girl swim suit. There was a heavy side boob action in her current pose. She was standing off to the side pulling on the straps of her swim suit her butt sticking out. Her hair was looking wild and sexy,and she had a faint hint of pink on her cheeks. And she was licking her lips. His eyes took in every curve, and every well defined muscle in her legs. If he weren't so turned on he would have beat every man that laid eyes on her. His inner dragon was screaming at him now. Mate! Mine! Claim her! He pinched the bridge of his nose but did she want him? Did she know what she was doing to him!?

"Bikini and thigh highs!"

Lucy looked down feeling weird, "it covers more skin but it feels more embarrassing," she muttered. She looked over to Laxus who looked physically pained. Like a man who was holding back every fiber of his being trying to not pounce on the one thing he truly wanted.

She blushed heavily thinking about that thought. Steam coming from her ears. How could she get him to do that in his office though?

"Who likes glasses!?"

Me! Laxus thought... If it's on Lucy...

He smiled slightly seeing her hair up in a messy bun this time, she was trying to calm down Wendy who yet again looked distressed. Her blonde strands falling around her. she had on black horned rimmed glasses. She was smiling and laughing at her comrades as she wore a black bikini with golden Chevron stripes going across it. Her trunks looked painted on revealing some pubic bone. She looked around smiling. His heart nearly stopped at the sight.

"CAT EARS!"

Laxus held his breath when he saw in the same black bikini but this time- no it had to be...was that his leopard shirt!? He growled causing Gajeel and Jellal to tear their eyes off Erza and Levy. They smirked and rolled their eyes upon seeing Lucy. She was wearing leopard cat ears, her hair looked like something out of Tarzan but sexy Tarzan. She had on Laxus shirt unbuttoned revealing the black bikini. Laxus held his breath trying to think about anything but of what he saw and how hard it made him. He couldn't manage to tear his eyes off of her and he felt a tingly sensation come over him when her hands readjusted the tiny top of her swimsuit. Mine! Take her! It was becoming harder not to go out on that field and take her right there and then. If he had any doubts beforehand about her doing this for him... He got the message loud and clear now! This was a show for him and him alone.

But was she trying to kill him by rushing all the blood to his dick? And honestly was this a bad way to go?

No the next wardrobe change was meant to kill him he decided...

"BONDAGE GEAR!"

He looked up,s his eyes first saw the bright red heels she was sporting, his eyes trailed upwards showing off her legs in tight leather pants that looked painted on. Leading up to a busty black corset, little to the imagination was left but he never felt more jealous and more sexually frustrated in his life. He was not one to be dominated but the thought of what she could do with her whip made his dick painfully harder than it was before... This was something he would have to explore...

"WHAT ABOUT A BLUSHING BRIDE CHALLENGE! LADIES GRAB A MAN AND GET INTO SOME WEDDING DRESSES!"

Laxus paled when he heard the sounds of bells going off. All of sudden everything was in white. Nope! Commitment phobia at it's finest was being demonstrated on that field and it wasn't just by Macao... But Master Mavis had other plans..."come on!" She said pulling Laxus. Nope! He was trying to deny his feelings not run into them head on! He couldn't have her he had to remind himself that. But this round wasn't helping by gracing his brain with images of him and Lucy having a life together. Happiness, stability, belonging, security, safety...all things he didn't even know about but the stupid dragon in his head was screaming about it. And to make sure no one else got her!

Mavis pushed Laxus with some unknown strength towards the crowd he groaned looking down. He was wearing a suit. "Go find Lucy!" She ordered.

He felt the air getting knocked out of him seeing her in a wedding dress. . She never looked more beautiful. She had a golden glow surrounding her. His feet moved on their own towards her..

"Huh? Who's supposed to be my partner?" She said to herself. She looked over to where Laxus was standing but now he wasn't there and she couldn't see him now. She sighed feeling depressed maybe he partnered up with someone else?

"Hey I gotta question will you marry me?" Loke said. Lucy was taken aback. "Huh?"

She screamed when she felt Loke accidentally drop her tripping over someone's train. She screamed and almost fell into Nastu who looked stunned. But she didn't fall into him, someone caught her before she did. She looked up and blushed when she saw it was none other than Laxus himself.

"You don't need to throw yourself at other men to get my attention Blondie."

Lucy puffed out her cheeks, angry at his statement.

"I wasn't trying to get your attention," at least not at that moment. She thought. "Why are you here? Decide to be my partner?" Laxus purposely ignored that last statement.

"Really? Cause that shirt you wore earlier looked awfully familiar." He whispered in her ear, and she could not even begin to describe the sensation that produced. She licked her lips nervously, and blushed seeing Laxus staring at her like a man who hadn't eaten in days and she was next meal.. Laxus was enjoying this but then he realized who she was and what this meant, and he didn't deserve that... Someone else deserved her not him. His inner dragon growled at that.

"This is stupid" He scowled. He was a liar, a bold fucking liar. "I'm not your partner, just saved you from falling and busting that face of yours."

"I didn't ask you to save me from falling-"

"I'll be your partner," Nastu offered smiling at Lucy. Lucy smiled gratefully at Natsu but before she could say anything she felt Laxus's grip on her tighten. Ok anyone but Nastu could have her-even if he was the most likely candidate for her heart and happily ever after- but not today!

"Okay- since you begged me I'll be your partner." Laxus said turning on his heels and walking away.

"I never asked you Thunder Head! And I definitely didn't beg!"

"Shut up! No way I'm allowing you to partner up with Natsu for this round."

"And whys that!?" She demanded.

Laxus scowled, "because I-"

They tore their eyes off one another hearing Ooba scream.

When Ooba took off the cloak and started gyrating her hips Laxus felt whatever boner he did have shrink.

"You ok?" Lucy asked mortified at what just happened.

"Yeah just scared my balls crawled back into my body and now I'll have to go through puberty again."

Lucy giggled into Laxus's chest. Their previous argument nearly forgotten. Nearly...

"Hey Laxus why did you not want me to be with Natsu?"

Laxus looked away from Lucy, she felt her heart flutter when she saw a faint shade of pink on his cheeks.

"Just because-"

"And with that lesson, the mood has been brought back down to earth land. Party is over folks. The other teams have started to get off the field..."

Lucy and Laxus looked around to see in fact that everyone was getting off the field.

"Hey Laxus do you mind giving back Lucy?" Natsu said impatiently sounding faintly annoyed. "Everyone is getting off the field now."

Laxus growled, causing Lucy to shiver. He looked down to see her flushed, he sniffed the air...arousal. Did she get turned on by me growling? He thought.

Laxus grudgingly put her down. Lucy looked disappointed by this, and he filed that away to ask her about that later.

"Continue this conversation later?" She asked shyly.

Laxus nodded, then quickly got off the field. He turned around to see Nastu clinging to Lucy. But she appeared to be pushing him away from her. That's my girl, he smirked.

The rest of the match went by uneventful. When Lucy and Laxus were sure the other wasn't looking they gave each other secret glances. Laxus smiled when he saw Mira won though as she walked off the field the rest of their team congratulated her.

"Day two has now ended folks tomorrow we will pick it back up!" The announcer said. Laxus looked over at Lucy, who was already staring at them. She had a look in her eyes that he couldn't place. He sighed, maybe it was time to be honest with himself. He wanted Lucy. He thought about her wearing his shirt, and how angry he got over Nastu butting in earlier... Maybe it was time to come clean? He smiled... Safety, security, loving and belonging... Lucy. Maybe it was time to step it up make the next move... Now how was he going to go about spending more time with her? That was the real question... Maybe he'll ask her get a drink tonight...

AN: obviously we know the real answer to that... If you don't go read can you feel it? That's the first date lol took my man a minute but we got him to come around. Lol I'm writing up a following chapter to this about the water park episode. This is all going to be set in the Can You Feel It? Universe. But this was really fun to write..struggled with how I wanted this to go. Did I want to make them a established couple or explore them discovering feelings and flirting and teasing one another and I liked how this came out.

Update: currently waiting to see on which story people want to read more on for Can You Feel It? So I'll be writing one shots and publishing them until I get more a of a feel it's currently 1:1 on each so if you have a preference tell me! I think I'll be writing both just which one is getting written first is the real question...

See you on the flip side when my evil indecisive brain completes the follow up to this chapter!

Thanks again guys xoxoxoox

Mad

Minor grammar and changes have been made if you see this since 3/26/2020