Heya Guys! Just posting this before I go to work! Thank you so much for all the reviews and faves, it really made me excited to post this and make more ff in the future!

Sorry about the editing not being on par with the beauty it usually has. Like I said, I got too excited about posting this and I didn't want to rush my beta so I'm going to repost the fully edited version later.


Reaching her room and heading straight for the dresser drawers, Lucy pulled out a pleated baby blue skirt and an off the shoulder white shirt that made a heart shaped dip at the bust. As she took off her lounge clothes, she pulled on the new ones, reminiscing about her and Natsu's relationship.

Intimacy wasn't a problem between the two of them. They knew they loved each other and after finding out what a mate really meant, they learned that they truly were made for each other, even if it was in a lab. They had always had an unspoken promise that they would never be with anyone else the same way they were with each other. It wasn't until Granny passed that they truly acknowledged the sexual aspect of what their relationship could be. Granny had been traditional and always advised them to keep hands above the waist, so they never explored beyond a cuddle, nuzzles and chaste kisses. Lucy had her time of the year, but it had been contained for the most part when Granny was alive.

When she had gotten that close to mounting Natsu and impaling his shaft inside of her, she couldn't stop thinking of anything else even after her week was over. It had been maddening, the fight between guilt and lust that bloomed within her. Growing older and learning what her love for Natsu really meant, made the feelings that were invoked during her periods of instability, much longer and debilitating.

Lucy looked at herself in her vanity mirror, noticing the soft blush at her cheeks, rouged lips pulled down in ire, wisps of messy blonde hair framed around her face only slightly hiding her long floppy white ears, and blazing brown eyes that snitched on her frustrations. Her face was clear, but she suddenly desired to pat on some makeup, the girl huffed as she grabbed at her mascara on the desk and pulled it across her already lengthy lashes, then picked up her favorite lip gloss and swiped it on. Crinkling her lips at the finished look, Lucy turned this way and that towards the floor length mirror to her side, before deciding to pull on thigh high socks as well. An ensemble addition she knew Natsu noticed more than the others. Sometimes she would catch him staring at the few inches of skin shown between the socks and her skirts heatedly before he caught himself. It was a surprising place to pick to stare considering she always wore a low-cut shirt for her bountiful chest—a more obvious choice. Shrugging her shoulders, Lucy decided he probably thought it was a more innocuous area that he could get away with. Though he wasn't the only one affected, she didn't notice after the first time catching him, that her wardrobe suddenly spiked up in volume with that pairing, her own mindless doing.

Pulling the socks up one at a time, Lucy shivered at the gentle feel of her skin dragging over her sensitive flesh. A jolt went through her heart, this year was definitely different from the others if she was this on edge from her own fingers. Especially this early into the affliction. Even though the shower was down the hall from her room, she could smell the warm scent of Natsu's body wash as he lathered it on, bringing a delightful tingle between her thighs.

This year was definitely the worst.

Lucy took a big paddle brush and yanked through her hair, trying to ignore her feelings. As a newly turned adult, she decided she knew what she wanted in life and she knew she wanted Natsu. Even more than what was obvious she had. She had his love, his affection, trust, loyalty, and smiles—he had the best smiles, but she wanted more. She knew what sex was and felt there was nothing wrong with it. If her body craved it even outside of her season in heat, she didn't feel like there was anything wrong with giving in. She would love to give him babies as well, knowing he wanted the same when he whispered desiring to see her pregnant in his sleep. However, knowing that that was just as much the stem of his worries, with the help of a friend Lucy started herself on birth control to make it easier for him until they could finally take that leap into fulfilling their dreams.

With all that in knowledge, she didn't see what was wrong with them going along with it. The only problem was that she hadn't yet built up the courage to talk about it with the pink haired fox-man in question. She had gone over possible solutions with her best friend Levy, a human that she had met in a bookstore she avidly went to, but they hadn't come up with any ideas besides blatantly telling him. With all other options amiss, she had decided that was the best route, and tonight was going to be the night.

Ding Dong

White fluffy ears perked up at the sound of the doorbell, her nose twitching to find a smell but only catching the alluring scent of Natsu in the shower. Lucy gave herself one last look over, pleased with the twin pigtails at the top of her head wrapped in baby blue ribbons and the back of her lengthy tresses left down to float softly down her back, she nodded her head in determined approval before stepping out of her room and into the hallway. Just as she left her room, she heard the shower go off, the sound rushing her heart to walk faster down the stairs before she peeked inside the room to catch Natsu naked. That would make her intentions way too obvious. She wanted to ease into the topic of sex with Natsu without being overcome with lust—although if she really thought about it, edging into this topic while in heat probably wasn't the best idea...

Opening the front door, Lucy looked out into the slowly waning day to find no one but a lone box. Hearing a car engine, the blonde noticed the post man taking off in his car down the trail that lead out of their neck of the woods. Lucy looked at the unmarked sender's address with curiosity, the name on the recipient was hers so she decided to open the box and see what it was. Pulling the smaller object inside of the package halfway out, the blonde's eyes bulged, ripping the rest of it out fully from shock. The item was so scandalous, Lucy knew exactly who it came from.

"Lucy, if pea-brained Natsu's not going to give it to a bombshell like you, you need to take matters into your own hands. You're too wound up these days." Cana, another one of her friends, advised sagely. She was a beautiful buxom woman with brown hair and seductive lips known for drinking the strongest booze and saying the dirtiest words. They were in one of Lucy and Natsu's common spots, Fairy Tail, a bar that her and her partner had found a couple towns over in Magnolia after they left the laboratory. The old man that owned the place, lovingly called 'Gramps', had given them food and advised them to go to the house where they had met Granny in. Ever since, Lucy and Natsu had visited the bar often even when they were underaged and made friends with other wayward kids or patrons that went to the establishment. One of those patrons being Cana.

Tipping back another shot, the woman spoke again, staring deeply into Lucy's eyes a little too deviously, a crooked dirty smile permanently glued itself to her lips, "If the birth control I got for ya hasn't gotten you to fall in bed with him yet, I've got something I'm going to send to ya to help keep the edge off, how about that? I know just whatcha' need."

Lucy had been desperate at the time, the same day finding no good solution with Levy about her troubles and knowing her heat was coming soon, the girl had just shrugged her shoulders naively, before taking anxious sips of her strawberry milkshake. The brunette siren chuckled evilly all the while typing away on her phone.

Now Lucy knew exactly what she intended to send to her. The candid up close spread of the town's friendly neighborhood firefighter layered in his uniform on site, looking intensely at the blaze with an excited feral look pulling at his expression, the man not at all intimidated by the flames but seemingly in control of them before he even reached them. Clothes tight around his corded muscles as he ditched the heavy coat a fighter normally wore to face the fires bare, like only Natsu would. This led the eyes to seeing why women all around wanted to date a firefighter, especially one of his caliber. Natsu's broad shoulders, defined chest and abs that made themselves known through a typical singlet, was a sight to behold. The problem with this picture (not that any girl in their right minds could ever find one) was what was not seen. The picture had been made into a booklet and this was its cover, knowing Cana, this was probably the tamest picture of them all. Knowing what that entailed, the girl hurriedly shoved the photo booklet back into the discreet box.

"Hey Lucy."

"Ahh!" The blonde yelled, fumbling with, before hiding the box behind her back then whipping her head up to the intruder.

A man with black hair, slate blue eyes and pale skin stared at her with surprised raised eyebrows. Behind him was a smaller woman with blue hair and honey brown eyes similar to Lucy's.

"Gray! Levy! What are you guys doing here?!" Lucy fidgeted, feeling sweat drip at the back of her neck as she stared at the pair.

"Um, we were going to eat together tonight remember? Did Natsu not tell you?" Levy spoke in her usual dulcet tone, while Gray rose a dark brow, arms crossed at his chest.

Lucy's heart slowed a bit in confusion, heavy stomps coming from the stairs behind her interrupted the moment as Natsu showed up in a rush.

"Oi! Luce, ya okay!?" The man wet from his shower yelled into her face as he pulled her towards him. It took the blonde a moment to register the wet strands of natural pink hair falling over his eyes as he stared anxiously down at her. The sweet smelling water droplets from his hair falling onto her chest and face.

The noticeable shiver that ignited from the cold water as it dropped on her form, drew Natsu's searching eyes down to her pushed forward chest that was presented proudly thanks to his pulling. The heated look he gave from her unintentional offering had his deep green hues seemingly flickering with flames as they searched hers, making Lucy lick her suddenly parched lips.

"I-I'm fine," she finally got out after an intense moment.

"Ahem.." Gray cleared his throat. Lucy blushed once she realized they had an audience whereas Natsu just glared at his frenemy. The pink haired man then loosened his grip on Lucy but didn't all together let her go as he placed his hand on her lower back instead. "Nice outfit doofus. Are you guys gonna let us in or leave us out in the cold?"

"You would like that wouldn't you, Popsicle Dick?" Natsu snorted back before standing tall and crossing his arms over his puffed out chest in a similar manner as the other man.

Lucy and Levy turned their eyes to Natsu's clothing only to notice the lack thereof, as he was only wearing a towel from his shower. A slowly falling towel at that, the clumsily knotted part of it dared to come down and reveal more than a little of his firm Adonis belt and pink happy trail. Levy turned around quickly with an 'eep' while covering her eyes, whereas Lucy turned away completely before rushing up the steps.

"Bring them in the house Natsu, I'm going to go to the restroom and finish fixing myself up!"

She knew she was getting bewildered looks at her back, especially since she was the one running to hide rather than Natsu who was basically naked in front of their friends, but she really needed to take a moment to calm down.

After freshening up and shoving Cana's 'gift' as far under her bed as possible, Lucy went downstairs to find Natsu and Gray fighting as per usual while Levy was nowhere to be found, but it didn't take much to guess that she was probably in the office looking over anything new Lucy had written for her story.

"Get off of me, you pyro!" Gray wheezed, elbowing Natsu as he held him in a headlock.

"How can I be a pyro ice for brains, if I work in a fire department?" Natsu growled at the strong blow to his uncovered side. The attack was strong enough to loosen his hold and Gray got free, twisting to his advantage as he strong armed the man down and elbowed his face into the floor.

"Exactly my point. If you had a brain you would see how stupid you sound." Gray huffed from the effort, having to focus exponentially to keep the man down, but it wasn't for a few more seconds until Natsu turned the tables again. All of this turned Lucy's attention to the two men, distracting her from looking for Levy. Thankfully Natsu had decided to pull on some pants, but he still didn't have a shirt, letting Lucy's eyes take in the mouth watering non-2D form of broad shoulders, defined arms, and rippling abs…Lucy cleared her throat feeling herself starting to drool. "I-If you two want dinner tonight, you'd better stop and set the table!" Lucy put some authority into her voice mimicking another one of their friends from Fairy Tail, Erza—and the way she did it. Knowing if it came from the right source that the two men—now what seemed to be boys, would straighten up. She wasn't Erza, but with the threat of food hanging in the air, Natsu and Gray finally shook each other off.

If she wasn't used to it, Natsu's serious and fired up glare that he gave Gray that quickly changed into a charmingly goofy grin directed at her would've given her whiplash. "Sorry I didn't tell ya Luce, I stopped by Fairy Tail today and Gray wouldn't stop complaining about Juvia being gone on a trip and not having anything ta eat at home. I couldn't deal with his babying, so I invited him over." Natsu barely dodged the punch at his side from the man at hand. "I invited Levy over too for the same reasons. What with Gajeel going with Juvia and everything."

Lucy had guessed as much, Levy and Gray's partners were in a jazz band, a surprising job to many when they learned the duo's personalities—the scarily intimidating Gajeel and the shy and slightly odd Juvia, but when one heard Gajeel's riveting scats and Juvia's soulful calls that seemed to come from the seas, you could understand why they were so popular in the business.

Lucy didn't mind the extra mouths to feed one bit, if not for what she intended the night to be. Gray was oblivious and even though Levy knew about her plans with Natsu, Lucy had neglected to tell her when exactly she planned to execute them.

Wanting to let off some steam from her frustrations, she decided to shake Natsu up a little bit, knowing he had the most to do with everything going wrong. "Natsu you idiot." Lucy glared, watching Natsu's face fall into his infamous pout and Gray sweat. Walking towards the men Lucy walked slowly up to Natsu as if she was going to walk past him but stopped just before she did so, turning to the man as he stood there next to her. Her bare feet making him even taller than normal so she was just below his chin as his scent wafted down stirring her insides up and making her heart flutter inside her chest. His expression of scared timidity with a hint of curiosity, completely changing in the next moment after she reached behind him precariously and yanked on his tail.

A deep growl left the man, Lucy not scared in the least even after he quickly huddled over her, taking up every shred of personal space she had to unnerve. Instead, she stood her ground turning her chin up to him, but the flare of his nose showed that he was no fool as he undoubtedly took in her peaked arousal from his show of dominance. His arms strained at her sides and Lucy knew then to back down, baring her neck as she soothed over the sting of her touch on his tail by smoothing it down her fingers all the way to the tip. "Stupid Natsu," she stated finally, before turning with a 'humph' and walking away into the kitchen behind them. That would show him.

The strain at Natsu's canines ebbed away as he lost sight of her pale flawless neck once she walked away. His eyes trailing down her supple yet curvaceous form until he was lost, leering heatedly at the sway of her hips as his brain processed the confusion running around in his mind. Lucy hardly ever pulled at his tail like that knowing it riled him up like no other, just her rubbing at his tail made him hard as steel and she knew what button to press there to make him go off. His tail became an area off limits to touch especially when she was going through her heat, so to do it now especially around their friends was weird to say the least, but when it came to Luce, he shouldn't be surprised. After all, that was her MO—weirdness.

"Was that some half-human half-animal thing you guys just did? Because I am so uncomfortable right now." Gray grumbled, his face pinched to overemphasize his statement. Their closest friends at Fairy Tail knew about their genetic deformity and past. And it was a right call because Lucy and Natsu never got judgement for it, as their friends also saved them from a couple close calls with the public finding them out.

Natsu was still beyond confused at his mate's actions, desiring nothing more than to take an ice cold shower (again) or corner Lucy in a dark hallway and pounce on her, rather than talk to his frosty companion. Picking up Gray's shirt off the ground, Natsu threw it at the man's face, "Go suck on an ice cube." He spoke before walking away.

.oOo.

Dinner was an uncomfortable affair to say the least. At least in the beginnings of it. There was an obvious tension in the air between Natsu and Lucy that their friends felt they could cut with the cutlery placed in front of them. Gray and Levy took turns trying to break the proverbial ice only to fall flat with the awkward chatter they received back. Natsu sat, stone-faced, grumpily eating his food while Lucy stole anxious glances his way. He was obviously still perturbed by the blonde's earlier actions.

They came around toward the end of the meal when Gray complained about the heat, most likely an effect of the awkward tension, only to impetuously throw off his shirt—as he was always so inclined to do, which landed on an unobservant Natsu.

There was silence then, as the shirt covered the salmon haired man's face and upper body, pieces of the shirt landing in the potatoes the man was so absentmindedly picking at. There was a moment of silence that took over the room and then, "You mother fucking stripper!"

Natsu had leaped over the table and a brawl ensued once more. It took Lucy and Levy a long time to finally break them apart, but when all was done, the group looked over at the tossed-up table, haphazardly strewn food and laughed.

The two guests took in Natsu's bellowing guffaws that slowed down to happy chuckles as his eyes softened onto Lucy, his gaze watching her as her girlish giggles tinkled into the air. They saw how Lucy leaned into her partner with the moment so natural between them and felt whatever tension was going on, wouldn't last.

.oOo.

After Lucy and Natsu bid Gray and Levy farewell, waving at the pair from their doorstep as they took off into the night, the two hybrids had turned to each other, peeked at the upturned table, a disaster of leftover food and a messy floor, before turning back to each other and laughed once more.

"Whelp, we've got to get this clean some time." Lucy's last few giggles broke away by the end of the statement.

"Yeah," Natsu scratched an embarrassed hand behind his head. Taking in Lucy's carefree smile as she stretched to get ready to clean. "My bad, I didn't mean ta make so much of a mess Luce."

Lucy looked at him with a surprised expression before it quickly wiped away into a mischievous grin. Natsu took the expression in as something he was more likely to do and decided that he and his mate spent too much time together if she could pull it off so flawlessly. "Oh, don't think I forgot Natsu. You're cleaning up the hard stuff. I'm just going to do the dishes." Lucy simpered as Natsu blanched, the blonde was proud of herself enough to fold her arms across her chest.

.oOo.

Well into the night after all the dishes were cleaned and the dining table was finally righted into place, Lucy and Natsu found themselves walking down the hall to their rooms together, still chatting and joking about the boy's antics during dinner.

"Okay but the stripper had it comin' Luce, you gotta admit that!" Natsu crooned, edging up to Lucy provokingly, eyes wide and arms open to get her onto his side. "My freakin' potatoes were desecrated by his shitty shirt!"

Lucy giggled, hands flying to cover her mouth so that she wouldn't egg the man on, but he saw nonetheless. An amused twinkle flashed in his eyes and pulled a smirk to his own lips as he described the encounter with even more dramatic vigor. Lucy noted the swish of his tail and stopped herself from petting at it. "Desecrated? Since when did you learn that?"

Natsu shrugged noncommittally, exuberance suddenly dulled into a happy simmer. "I've been reading some of your stories."

Lucy felt a blush burning at her cheeks, knowing he did that from time to time but unsure if she wanted to stop him. There weren't much people left who read them after Granny died besides Levy, "Okay but Natsu, did you have to leap over the table to get at him?" She asked, ignoring her current embarrassment to crack a knowing smile. Remembering who was in front of her, she reprimanded herself. "Oh wait, I forgot who I was talking to, of course you did."

This is when Natsu smirked fiendishly, barely noticing that they'd made it to Lucy's room but leaning over the door pane as casually as if he knew it was there. "Sometimes ya gotta go to those lengths to shove it back in the dirty flasher's mouth." He finished confidently. So confidently in fact, Lucy was mesmerized by him. The way his lips moved with his words and the hooded drop of his eyes. One thing Lucy knew no one could ever take away from the man was his confidence, especially after they left the factory, and it was one of his most attractive traits in her opinion.

Natsu had pulled the jacket from his ensemble off leaving him in a deep red muscle tank that read Rebel Without a Cause on the front in burnt orange letters, bringing the eyes to the corded muscles that flexed as he folded his arms across his chest and the tease of toned obliques. Her vision became cloudy with lust as it dragged down his waist to the fitted grey jeans of his lower half that painted over his taut muscles outlined there. The clothes he finally decided to put on while she was making dinner.

Lucy could feel her heat taking over her, deciding now was the time to bring up what she had been wanting to all night despite the joviality of their current conversation.

It was now or never.

Clearing her throat and looking away, knowing the visual of Natsu looking so good would entice one to forget the whole thing and just pounce, and that obviously didn't work before when she let her emotions lead her. Lucy scratched at her cheek and worried at her lip trying to decide how to go about the conversation. "N-Natsu…"

Natsu straightened up his stance and focused his stare on the girl. Obviously worried at her change of emotions. "What's up Luce? Is somethin' wrong?" The pink haired man's eyes narrowed as he continued to watch her nervous movements.

"I-I'ts nothing…" The man's eyebrows furrowed. "J-Just, I want to talk to you about something. About something serious." Lucy finally got out, her fidgeting going to even grander proportions as she started playing with her hair and wiggling around, all the while completely avoiding Natsu's gaze. She just knew the thoughts going through Natsu's head had to do with how weird she was behaving. A thought for him, not all that atypical. "As you know we're mates, and although we only found out what it really meant recently… I just, I mean, you know I l-love you but not because we only had each other when we were in that lab all that time ago! I-I love you for real reasons and f-from the bottom of my heart…But with that comes weird feelings, and u-urges! Yes urges! But just because it's an urge doesn't mean I don't actually want to do it, I want to!" Lucy hurriedly rambled out what she felt was majorly unintelligible squeaks and sighs at the more embarrassing statements. Her hands had waved around in the air when she got to explaining confusing parts so that he would see her earnestness. This really wasn't the way that she wanted the talk to go, that earlier plan down the drain after their unexpected guests showed up. Hopefully Natsu wouldn't mind her ineptitude, which was funny considering she was the one that usually had a great way with words and he was more about action.

Before Lucy could continue on realizing her gibberish wasn't good enough, she felt warm calloused hands grip her arms firmly yet gentle, bringing her shoulders up and focusing her attention on their suddenly decreased distance between each other. Olive hues stared deeply into her eyes.

Even being almost chest to chest, Lucy forced her eyes away from his to stay on Natsu's throat. The scar there open for her eyes to feast on that he surprisingly didn't get from the lab but after roughhousing with Gray when they were younger. For whatever reason, the sight of it made her think of his masculinity and how he could wear such a jagged scar proudly, almost like a trophy, or at least with the same indifference as he wore the many up and down his body. It amazed her how the thought of them was so hot to her. Her jumbled and constantly hazed over mind taking a huge turn from their conversation to the grandiosity of his presence. The smell of his skin became tantalizing to her, the smell so warm, reminding her of campfire and petrichor after a night's rain.

Her focus was shattered after hearing a frustrated growl and feeling his large hands tense around her arms. His heaving pull on her body flushed her completely against his chest. "Look at me Lucy."

Feeling a shiver down her spine that curled into a syrupy warmth in her core at the paired feel, look and smell of him, Lucy eventually pushed away the clouds in her mind. Worrying at her lip again, she slowly peeked up to him beneath her lashes, tawny eyes blinking at his visage with unintentional lasciviousness, and she felt more than saw him take in a breath. The concern she saw on his face, completely melted into a knowing darkness. "I-I want to make love to you Natsu."

She'd finally said it and that was all that was needed. She saw the verdant shade of his eyes complete darken over to black, only the fire that raged there as the only light as his nostrils flared, obviously taking in her heightened arousal.

"I…we can't," He growled with clenched teeth, the sound animalistic. His grip on her tightening even further and causing the girl to whimper, instinctively baring her neck to him. That got Natsu going even further as he back peddled her body until she was pressed solidly against the opposite wall, their bodies breathing rapidly against each other until there was no space between them.

"Why not, Natsu?" She wavered, but not from fear. The tension between them and his show of bestial dominance was pulling her own submissive desires out of her as his mate. Her voice sounded foreign to her ears as she basically begged him for an answer, her lusted over brain not finding one. She wiggled her body against his in obvious desire, feeling out a hardness below his waist between them before he had to clamp her legs together with his own. Natsu sighed heavily, face falling at her neck like he always did when he tried to find the words, a sign it not being his strong suit. Lucy was more than eager in her daze to let him go there, turning her neck more, to once again bare it. Natsu hummed anxiously, brushing his lips against her neck before stopping himself when she mewled. He barely stifled a whine of his own from her body's call to him.

"I don't want to hurt ya Lucy, I don't think I could stop if I had to." Natsu nudged her chin up, dragging his nose against the snow white of her oh-so malleable skin. His heart pounding in his ears at how easily he could pierce the flesh and make her his. Just one little bite.

Lucy imagined he could hear her heart beat as she felt his body tense, hearing it herself. He brushed his lips against her ear and Lucy felt like liquid in his hold, her insides clenched anticipatingly as if her womb knew he could give her something it needed while her mind couldn't fully grasp at what that was despite growing so incensed at times like this.

"You're not ready…I can't." Natsu said with finality, breaking away from her and quickly turning to walk away. He didn't want to see the look of disappointment on her face or hurt from his obvious rejection but knew she would be grateful after she was over this current wave of heat. He could smell the sweetness literally leaking out of her and it was taking every fiber of his strength to stay away. Her body was as ripe as tender fruit, and just the taste of the air on his tongue around her was sending him into a frenzy. And baring her neck to him that many times, the little minx, it was causing his claws to lengthen and his teeth to sharpen. His baser instincts screaming at him to claim her fully as his rightful mate, the experience promising itself to be the last step to fulfilling their destined bond.

Right when he was about to walk away, maybe even leave the house for a long desperate walk, he felt a pull on his shirt, the pull as distinct as the sudden smell of her tears. That caused him to freeze, his whole-body tightening as anger and the buildup of bile overtook him. She had never cried before when he rejected her in the midst of her heat only after when she realized the crazy things she'd done. Even then, he hated it when she did, vowing to never let her embarrass herself again by stopping whatever they had going before it got too serious. Now she was crying because he took her feelings into consideration, just not the right way.

"Don't you love me Natsu?" Lucy whispered behind him. There was no shake to her voice, just a decided timber, as if she had already answered that question before she asked it.

Natsu turned his head, eyes wide at the turn in development, and took in her hunched over form. Her shoulders were shaking as her bangs covered her eyes, white ears flopping down dejectedly. "A-aren't I your mate?"

Natsu rushed forward, closing the distance between them in a blink of the eye as he enveloped Lucy into a hug. He felt her sob within his hold and felt his heart wither up and turn to ash. Her heat was hurting her this much? Giving her this much pain? This was really not what he meant to do. It was obvious this was the strongest heat she's ever had to date. Shoving her further into his arms and feeling her clutch tightly to his shirt, Natsu nuzzled the crown of her head. "Of course, I love ya Luce. You're silly if you think I could ever stop." He admonished in a gruff voice. Throat tightening at her sniffle. Her tears smelled like a sweet liquor, and a morbid thought swept through his mind to lick them up. Jeez, he really was tortured over her. Everything about her was savory to the senses even her tears, but they drove darker feelings from him than other aromas coming from her form, especially when someone else was the offset of it.

"T-Then why don't you want to make love to me?" She hiccupped. "I'm on birth control now thanks to Cana if you're worried about that."

His body shook, surprise, yet also a small amount of disappointed anger that he didn't understand started bubbling up in his stomach at the news. It rose the fear he already felt, that his instincts desired so badly for him to get her pregnant. "I—still, I can't." He felt Lucy gearing up to ask why, her white ears brushing against his face as they pulled up, but he stopped her before she could with his own words. Natsu decided to finally relent on his darkest fears about their relationship. "He made us in that lab Lucy. With the intent to have me impregnate you over and over until you..." He cleared his throat to keep going and Lucy tightened her hold, with a sniffle to stop her tears. "I just…I don't know if he put something inside of me so that, when we mate, and now especially with ya on birth control," Natsu hands slid down her back unmindfully drawing a sigh from the girl, "I won't be able to stop. I never want to hurt cha Luce. I won't allow myself to." He finished firmly. That hand now at the bottom of her spine, clinching tightly to her shirt.

"You could never hurt me Natsu," Lucy admonished. Natsu looked at her in surprise as she forced her head up to stare at him determinedly. "I want this, and if you want this there is nothing that can get in our way. This will be the final act of putting our claim on each other. We could know each other in every way…fully." Lucy blinked at him, still lingering tears hanging on the wispy lashes of her eyes.

Suddenly a thought came to her mind, realization dawning over her and she gasped, pulling away from Natsu's slackened arms. "Unless you don't want to? I don't ever want to force myself on you or pain you like I did before." Lucy stated, a horrified expression coming over her face, the likes of which resembled the day after the incident she was referring to and she remembered everything after her heat was over.

"Lucy it's not like that," Natsu rebuffed, sighing as he shook his head wearily. Reaching out he cupped her wet cheek and felt peace at her now calmed gaze. "I want to. I really want to." Natsu dragged out, seeing the girl shiver no doubt from the heady ignited fire in his narrowed almost threatening stare, giving her a peak at his true emotions. "You wouldn't be able to breathe knowing the thoughts I have running through my mind all day about you." His timber darkened as he finished firmly.

"Then—"

Natsu stopped her, bringing her face to his before lightly brushing their lips together. He stayed there for a second with their lips pressed sweetly together, feeling her staggered breath as she opened them slightly trembling to press them firmer against his; then he felt her feathered lashes brush against him as he broke them apart and placed his forehead against her own. He hoped that the slightest intimate touch would be enough to appease her, appease them, "Let's just wait 'till you're done with your heat and have a clear mind. I'll be more secure knowing ya really want this then."

"But I d—"

"Just…do this for me." He said interrupting her again.


AN: So what do you guys think? It's getting pretty spicy right~

Poor Natsu being tormented by Lucy, poor Lucy being tormented by her heat!

Haha, its only going to get even more so from here so look out!

Just because I posted it on my tumblr, here's a sneak preview for next chapter so you can see just how dirty its going to get~

Natsu yanked his hands down from her pillow causing the girl to moan as she distinctly heard fabric ripping. She didn't have the mind to care, knowing that if Natsu lost control, nothing in his sight would be remiss from damage even herself. However, the thought didn't scare her so much that it excited her into even more tears of happiness. She wanted him to mark her, bite, scratch and grab. She wanted to walk around limping tomorrow with the love juices still leaking out of her insatiable twat because they'd only finished up seconds ago, she wanted him to drag her back after she'd scraped her nails against his semen and placed it back inside her of her sinful mouth and he just couldn't get enough, she wanted the whole world to know she was his girl in heat, and only for him, to take as he pleased.

Natsu leaned over her fucked out form and gave her a pointed kiss on the lips with a deep bellied purr that tingled through them, pleased when her own trembled and she called out his name as her first words after her first orgasm of the night. "Natsuuu."

"That's it, that's alright baby. You want me to keep making you feel good?" Lucy blinked her cloudy eyes until they became utterly focused on his licking her lips to his words, and effectively clenching down on his still hard length inside her. Natsu moaned, throwing his head back and exposing his tense thick neck to her wanting eyes. The sight of his eyes piercing the dark, slowly coming back into view as he craned his neck back down, enough to beguile any female to his whim. A sneer painted his lips from the engrossing feel of her. "Get on your knees for me then okay?"

Again than you guys so much for your lovely reviews, a few made me tear up a bit. It took me so long to actually post this story and I'm so happy I did despite the anxiety I had...