Author's Note:
It's Wednesday! (I just love stating the obvious, don't you? lol) Anyways, you all know what that means...a new chapter! Yay! And it's another double chapter to boot. ;D
As always, huge, wonderful, fluffy, happy thanks to all my fantastic lovely reviewers out there! Big hugs and kisses to my repeat reviewers: xxIt'sAllAboutThemxx, ravenqueen162, Lady La-sara, KitsuneLover05, Firefly9917, Alice, Wolves silver wind, TheJSmooth, valerioux, Maczorro, Leomae2.0, Lucinda, WisdomDragon27, mr-simba-722-97, Elphaba818, Donthedarkdragon26, Anna5949, thechani, Shadowslayer15, Ikrani, kilatails, loopymama, MiseryWolf97, Syfenos U, silentlinkmit339, and HotvampGurl23.
Also, I've had a few people ask about where this story is going, and I just wanted to say that there are two plotlines. Natsu and Lucy's relationship is one, but there is an overarching plotline as well. Basically, I'm rewriting Fairy Tail, if that makes sense. So it will be a longer story, and isn't JUST about NaLu (though that is a HUGE part of course.) So don't expect it to end as soon as they have sex for the first time, lol. As I mentioned last chapter (I think?) there will be multiple love scenes, basically one (or two) for each story arc, although I made sure to make each one unique so it wouldn't get repetitive. ;D So buckle up kiddos, the ride's not even close to over yet. There's plenty of lemons, fluff, humor, action, and heartache to come.
Alrighty, on with the show! And stay tuned for another author's note and a sneak peek at the end.
"Okay, okay! Too much!" Lucy yelped, heat burning through her veins for the fifth time in the past couple of hours.
Natsu cut off the magic he'd been sending to her and grinned. "You took more this time! Good job Luce!"
She grimaced, her body breaking out into a sweat and flushing from top to bottom. "Yeah, great."
For the first part of the day she had meditated again, working to expand her reserves some more – and then after lunch they promptly went into the second part of her training regimen and summoned Aries and Gemini. This time she'd been able to keep them out for about seven or eight minutes before growing exhausted. Then Natsu had refilled her reserves, and they had repeated the whole process … more than once.
It was getting a little easier to take Natsu's magic into herself, but it still made her feel like she'd been shot up with liquid fire. It was a good thing she always packed too many clothes, because she had sweated through at least three outfits today. It was also lucky that it was nice and cold outside, because it seriously helped when dealing with Natsu's fiery magic.
"Open! Gate of the Maiden! Virgo!"
She had graduated to summoning Virgo instead of Aries, because it took a little more magic power to summon her.
"Are you ready to train some more, Princess?"
"Yep." she wheezed, fanning herself.
"You look hot, has Natsu transferred more of his fire to you?"
She just nodded and wiped sweat out of her eyes.
"Would you like me to punish him for making you hot and bothered?"
At that, Lucy scowled and rolled her eyes. "That joke is getting old. I'm just hot – not hot and bothered."
"You look awfully bothered by being so hot." Virgo pointed out.
Natsu snickered, fire licking his lips as he sent Lucy a mischievous smirk. That was one euphemism that he now fully understood, thanks to Virgo.
"Don't you start too, Mister."
He mockingly saluted. "Aye Sir!"
Ignoring the both of them for the moment, she instead focused on summoning Sagittarius again. This combo was significantly more difficult, and she could barely hold their gates open for four minutes at a time. In sharp contrast – after repeated training today – she'd been able to keep Ares and Gemini out for almost twenty minutes.
"Hidy Ho! Reporting for duty Miss Lucy!"
"Thanks Sagittarius…sorry for calling you guys so much today."
"It's completely understandable, and honestly I'm quite impressed by your commitment to training!"
"Good, I'm glad it's not a bother."
There was a slight pause, and then Sagittarius lowered his voice just a little. "If you don't mind me saying so…. you don't look quite well Miss Lucy. Perhaps you should drink some water?"
"It's not a bad idea, I should probably do that after this round." Lucy wheezed in agreement and found a patch of shade to park herself under.
As before, she just held their gates open while they visited. This time she was actually able to hold out till a full ten minutes had passed, and by the time their exiting puffs of smoke had vanished she felt pretty proud of her accomplishments. She was still exhausted though.
"Alright… I think that's all I can do for now. I need to rest for a bit." she groaned, and stretched out flat on her back under the tree she was sitting under. "Could you go order dinner for us? And make sure to ask for lots of ice water please."
"Sure thing."
He disappeared, and then reappeared a short while later to tell her that the food had arrived. After eating - and drinking her weight in water - she rested for another thirty minutes before feeling like herself again.
"How about we go check out those hot springs now?" Natsu asked as she sat up in bed and stretched.
"Sure. Sounds like fun." she responded, hopping out of the bed and donning her coat. Now that she was no longer burning up, she was a little chilly from the cold air coming in through the open doorway.
…
They had to walk a little ways to get to the hot springs, but when they got there Lucy was surprised to see that there were several different options given – as well as several non-hot-spring related attractions.
There were natural baths for men and women, and a mixed bathing option was even offered. Of course those were just for soaking, since soap was not allowed in the hot springs. Showers for actual washing were located nearby – again offering options for women, men, and mixed.
That was all sort of expected – aside from the mixed bathing options – but what really surprised Lucy were the cool spring-fed pool and the geothermal mud bath. Plus, there was a sauna, hot stones, and a fish pool bath.
"Wow, this is awesome! I want to try everything!" she exclaimed, already eager and ready to try stuff out.
They headed for the hot spring first, and somehow Natsu managed to drag her into the mixed bathing option.
"Um, Natsu…I'm not sure about this." She hesitated going through the door after changing into just a towel inside one of the changing rooms.
"Come on Luce. You're wearing a towel!"
"Well yeah, but…"
"Oh come on. Stop being such a worrywart." With that, he tugged her the rest of the way through the door and out into the bathing area.
Thankfully there was no one else there, so she didn't have to deal with the awkwardness of being mostly nude around male strangers. In fact, it seemed like there were very few people in the spa at all …. they had only seen one or two bathers in the other pools. That was probably because the sun was already setting, and the temperature was starting to drop – but whatever the reason, it was nice and allowed for her to admire the amazing setting.
Like most of these hot spring baths, this one was outdoors, with bamboo fences around the sides to offer privacy. The area was beautifully landscaped, just like the rest of the grounds – with plenty of mossy rocks, flowering plants, and zen garden type decor. Amazingly, the hot springs were open on one side to give the bather a beautiful view of the setting sun over the mountains from the side of what appeared to be a cliff.
Natsu of course distracted her from the view by doing a cannon ball into the hot spring, the tails of his white scarf flapping in the wind. He'd tied it onto his head like a bandanna again.
"Come in! The water's great!"
"Oh, all right." she sighed, and tucked her towel securely around her body.
After she'd stepped into the water though, all her doubts started to ease away. With a sigh, she relaxed fully into the hot water and let herself float for a long moment, before wading over to watch the sunset from the open side. She laid her crossed arms on the mossy rocks and let her chin rest on them, sighing again in relaxation as her muscles started to unclench.
"This is nice…I haven't been to a hot spring since that spa mission we took earlier this year."
Natsu just hummed in agreement. After a while of peaceful silence, though, suddenly he started chuckling.
"What's so funny?" She turned her head to look at him and noted the twinkle in his eyes and his mischievous smile.
"I was just remembering how I barged in on you taking a bath. Remember?"
"Oh yeah. That was fun." She rolled her eyes, chuckling a little herself at the odd memory.
There was another short pause, and then, "You know…I think we bypassed a couple of steps on your list."
"My list?"
"Yeah…you know, the list!"
When she stared blankly at him for a while, he grumbled, got out of the bath, went back into the changing rooms, and came back waving a paper which had apparently been tucked into his clothes somewhere.
After he'd plopped back into the pool, he gave the paper an extra wave and then handed it at her. "Your list!"
She looked down at it, to see an old grocery list of hers. "Um…bananas, apples, milk…what is this supposed to be exactly?"
He growled and grabbed it, flipped it over, and then shoved it back into her hands. When she looked back down at it, her eyebrows shot up on her forehead.
It was a list alright, in his messy handwriting, that read: "1: dates (going to places and doing fun stuff). 2: kissing. 3: messing around with clothes on. 3 ½: above the belt first, then below the belt. 4: taking clothes off. 4 ½: bathing together apparently. 5: sex and stuff."
It took her a long time to figure out just what it was she was looking at. Then, finally she remembered the conversation she'd had with him about why he couldn't take a bath with her, and she started cracking up.
"You wrote all this down?!"
"Well yeah, how else was I supposed to remember it?"
"Oh my god…" She just couldn't seem to stop laughing, and Natsu snatched the paper from her hands before it could get wet.
When she finally managed to control herself, he was looking confused and had already put the list back up, since it had taken her a little while to calm back down.
"That is too funny…" she snickered, wiping away the moisture from her eyes that had popped up from the giggle attack. "So, uh…what was it that you were saying before bringing that out?"
"I said that it looks like we skipped a few steps."
"Oh. Well, we're not fully naked."
"No, but we have taken our clothes off … and we are taking a bath together." He was starting to approach at this point, and she could already see where he was going with this.
"Yeah, uh, true but…"
By this point he was close enough to wrap his arms around her and bend down for a kiss. She let him peck her lips but pulled away before she could get too involved. "This is a public place Natsu! I'm happy to do more stuff when we get back to our room though."
He pouted a little. "But Luce, there's no one around…."
"Right now, yes. But what if someone walks in on us? We could get kicked out."
With a sigh, he finally relented, but instead of putting some space between them, he just turned her around so her back was to his front and then wrapped his arms around her waist. His chin came down on her shoulder and she felt his tail coil around one of her legs.
"Uh…what're you doing?"
"Hugging you. I can do that at least right?"
After a moment, she sighed and relented. "Fine. I suppose it's okay."
She could feel his grin against her neck as he found a place to sit and tugged her down into his lap. Apparently this was how he planned to soak. Though it was a little awkward at first, she couldn't say it wasn't comfortable. Once she relaxed and let herself just lean back into him and float in the water a little, it was actually very nice. He certainly provided a more comfortable brace than the rock wall of the pool. She could have easily gone to sleep like that.
After soaking for a while, Lucy finally decided it was time to exit the hot spring – both because she was beyond pruney and because she was also starting to fall asleep.
By the time they got back to their room, she was as thoroughly relaxed as possible under the circumstances. Her muscles still twinged a bit here and there, but they definitely felt much better. She collapsed onto the bed with a satisfied sigh and stretched. It wasn't long before Natsu had plopped down next to her.
"Well you look happy. Do you think you're still gonna want one of those massage things when ya get back?" Natsu asked.
She got the feeling that he didn't necessarily approve of her getting a massage for whatever reason.
"Um…yeah, probably. Why?"
He hmphed. Then after a moment he added, "Speaking of…. you said you were gonna show me what a massage was. You wanna do that now?"
"Sure." She sat up and stretched again for a moment, before scooting up the bed so she could sit above him. "If we're going to do this properly though, you need to take off the top of your robe."
He shrugged and shimmied off the robe from his shoulders so it pooled around his waist, then leaned back on his elbows to watch her as she reached over to the nightstand and snagged the complementary lotion they provided. Squirting a healthy dollop into her palm, she used her clean hand to shove his head down onto the bed so she could get to his shoulders.
He lay down with a grumble and crossed his arms over his chest. She worked the lotion into both palms and then placed them on his shoulders.
He flinched and instantly yelped, "That's cold!"
"It'll warm up fast, don't fuss so much."
Since he was so hot, the lotion warmed up even faster than she expected, and he relaxed again. Every time she had to reapply though he would flinch and yelp, making her laugh each time.
With firm fingers she worked the lotion across his skin and used it to make sweeping motions over his muscles to relax them without any unpleasant friction. It didn't take long to get him on board with the idea, and soon he was practically putty beneath her palms and fingers as she kneaded the tight muscles in his shoulders and neck.
It was plenty fun for her too, because she got to feel all those great muscles up close and personal. He had a beautiful body, and she had a wonderful time exploring it. After a while, she had him flip over and got to work on his back, which was just as lovely as his front.
Eventually she got up onto her knees and straddled his head so she could lean far enough forward to get to his lower back. She didn't think much of it until his pink hair tickled her inner thighs, and then she realized this might be slightly inappropriate. Of course that didn't exactly matter, but it was slightly awkward.
Ignoring it for the time being, she stretched forwards to reach his lower back muscles near his tailbone and worked on them with the heels of her palms. Apparently it felt good, because after a moment he stretched out a little under her - his back flexing and lengthening - and a deep sigh escaped his chest. Hot air blew over her thigh, and she suppressed a shiver.
Once his lower back was relaxed, she tugged on the bunched-up robe around his hips and flattened it out so she could massage the top of his butt over the material. There was probably no need for her to go any lower, she was sure he got the idea of what a massage was by now, but frankly she wanted to go a little lower. So, she smoothed her palms down below his tailbone and out to the sides, working on his hips a bit. The muscles there were impressive, just like the rest of him, and she thoroughly enjoyed copping a feel.
Working her way in from the sides, she went back up to the muscles she had been working on near his tail bone, and then worked straight down from there a little ways. Of course unlike a human, his tailbone actually had a purpose, and as she worked around a little more boldly in the area, she ran into the base of his tail. For a second her fingers froze, and she wondered if she should call it quits …. but after a moment, her curiosity overrode any concern she might have had. Using her thumbs, she massaged around the base of it, getting an idea of where it attached and how.
Given what he had told her about his tail, she wasn't overly surprised when he reacted to her rubbing around the base of it. The muscles in his hips and butt all sort of clenched up and flexed in something like a long flinch as she first started working the area, and she clearly heard him when he muttered, "Fuck…"
She couldn't quite keep herself from chuckling a little, flushing with pleasure at the knowledge that she was making him feel good. But his twitching was not going to help the massage, so she felt compelled to ask him, "If you can, try not to tense up. It'll undo all the relaxing I just did."
He grunted, and then cussed some more. "Crap. You're not making it very easy to relax right now Luce."
"Sorry, would you like me to stop?" she asked, honestly wondering if she was pushing things too far.
"Hell no!"
She laughed, happy that he was enjoying what she was doing. "Okay."
As she went back to what she'd been doing, he tensed up again, but then with a few jerks he seemed to get his muscles to relax again. On her thigh she could feel his breath catch on a gasp, and then kick up a notch as she continued. A jolt of heat settled in her stomach, and suddenly it wasn't just curiosity driving her exploration of this particular zone.
She could feel his muscles continuing to flinch every so often and clench up spastically as he tried – and apparently failed – to keep everything relaxed. Every now and then he cussed. His legs shifted restlessly, and she could see his tail doing some odd things as well – arching stiff, and then wiggling around restlessly for a moment before repeating the process. When he whined and his hips bucked, she figured she'd probably tortured him enough and moved up to the muscles on his back, working there instead to give him a break. Sitting back down above his head, she went back to kneading his shoulders and upper back and neck, and he slowly seemed to relax again, though his breathing stayed relatively fast.
To finish off, she wiped all the lotion off her hands and slid them into his hair to give him a head massage, which she figured might help to calm him back down. It did indeed seem to calm him … up until her fingers pressed against the little bumps of his horns, and then he seemed to tense up again, very similarly to the way he had when she was touching his tail.
She stalled, thinking that there couldn't be any way that this was also an erogenous zone. What were the odds that both pieces of his dragon anatomy would be erotic for him? It seemed highly improbable to her. The tail she could understand. It was a tail, it came out of his rear, it was attached to his spine for heaven's sake … of course it was going to be sensitive at the very least. Horns though were a different matter. They were like fingernails or teeth… there shouldn't be any sensation within them as far as she knew. Especially if they were used in battle. On the other hand, if they were mainly decorative or maybe like the tail of a peacock (the bigger horns meant the best male or whatever) then it was possible they might have some feeling in them, unlike horns that were meant to be used for headbutting.
Whatever the case, the way he had tensed when she touched them meant that something had happened … either the area around them or they themselves were sensitive.
Curious again, she lifted her hands away. To test if the horns themselves had any feeling in them, she eyeballed one and very lightly touched the tip with her finger. The feather-light touch got no reaction, so she tried something else and stroked her finger gently across it. Again, there was no response from barely touching the surface…. which suggested that if there was any feeling, it was probably more like a tooth, where you couldn't feel the surface but any tugging, pushing, or tapping would be transmitted through the nerves in a root.
To test that theory, she lightly scratched it with her fingernail, and he very slightly twitched. So, apparently he could feel that. It didn't get the same sort of response though as before, so scratching it probably didn't feel good. That made sense, considering that going to the dentist and getting your teeth scraped didn't feel good at all. However, the fact that he had twitched at all did suggest that her hypothesis was correct and his horns had roots with nerves in them – but of course that still didn't tell her if he'd tensed before out of discomfort or pleasure.
She figured she should probably just ask if she was causing him discomfort. "Quick question… you can obviously feel your horns. Should I avoid them when I massage you head? Is it uncomfortable when I touch them?"
"No. Feels good." he mumbled, his face mushed into the bed.
She blinked. So, her first theory had been correct.
Although… she still didn't know if it felt good in a sexy way, or if it just felt good like a head scratch or something. There was a really good way to find out though, so she quickly worked her fingers back into his hair, unable to quite keep the smirk off her mouth. Touching him was quickly becoming very entertaining for her… in more ways than one. That heat in her belly kicked up another notch, and she was helpless but to pursue her curiosity and intrigue.
Her fingers found the little nubs of his horns and firmly rubbed around their bases, the same way she had done to his tail. She got an immediate and positive response as he hissed and groaned, the muscles in his back visible tensing. He inched up on the bed a bit and ended up with his head in her lap, which was both cute and hot at the same time. His hands reached around and latched onto her upper thighs, as if to anchor himself as she gave him a head rub.
After rubbing around the bases for a little bit, she slid her fingers onto the horns themselves and grabbed them as best she could, before using that grip to tug and push and pull on the horns. Of course, they didn't move at all because they were likely attached to his skull, but it certainly got a reaction from him.
"Shit, Luce!" he gasped, and his hands clamped down tight onto her thighs as he pressed his forehead hard into one of her calves.
Maybe the intensity of his reaction was because she'd already turned him on and messed with his tail for so long, but it left no doubt in her mind that his horns were at least somewhat of an erogenous zone.
Eventually she just had to ask. "Am I imagining things, or is this turning you on?"
"Well yeah, I said it felt good didn't I?"
"Ah. Good to know."
Getting verbal confirmation that she was making him feel good like that made her flush a little, but she also couldn't keep the grin off her face. It was beyond cool that she could do this to him, and she found it a little intoxicating. She was plenty turned on herself, knowing that she was pleasuring him, and she wondered how far she could take this. As her mind drifted into fantasy land beyond the gutter, her hands must have stopped moving on his head, because a few moments later he was pushing himself up out of her lap. The quick motion surprised her, so she flinched and pulled her hands back with a yelp, and then lightly glared at him for startling her.
However, the sight of him immediately erased her irritation at being surprised. His hair was a mess from what she'd just been doing, his cheeks were a little flushed, and his eyes were burning bright gold with dark pupils making them heavy.
Trying to lighten the suddenly intense mood, she cleared her throat and said, "So, uh, that's a massage!"
He scoffed and then laughed. "If that's a massage, then there's no way you're getting one from anyone but me."
She would have gotten mad, but since her massage had turned him on and was relatively sexual – to a dragon at least – she understood what he was getting at. "Well normally massages don't…arouse you. It's usually just relaxing. Like the first part."
He grinned. "It did feel pretty awesome. All of it did."
She blushed a little. "Good…I'm glad I made you feel nice."
"Better than nice Luce."
She flushed hotter for more than one reason when his smile shifted, showing a little more fang and edging into the territory of a smirk. Before she could think up a proper response, he was already crawling over her, and she was forced to lean back.
"Now … how about I return the favor?"
She gulped thickly, her insides twisting up in excited knots. "Um, sure?"
By this point she was flat on her back and he was kneeling with one leg on either side of her hips. "Can I take this off?" he asked, tugging at the opening of her robe.
She bit her lip and blushed, but nodded. He grinned and eagerly tugged the robe open until her front was exposed. With some awkward wiggling and shimmying, they managed to get it completely off her top half and pooled around her hips, the way his was. She was still wearing a bra though.
He stared at her bra for a long moment, looking both confused and slightly irritable with it. After giving it the hairy eyeball for a bit, he hooked his finger under the front connection between her breasts and gave it an experimental pull. "Can we take this thing off too?"
She didn't really see why not. It was a little nerve wracking, but she was hardly insecure about her body, and they had been dating long enough that she felt comfortable taking it to the next level. Thanks to having Happy around all the time, they hadn't been able to progress their physical relationship as far as they probably would have otherwise, and she was beyond ready to explore some more stuff with him.
She still blushed though as she sat up a little and reached behind her to undo the clasp. As soon as it went loose, Natsu hooked it and yanked it off, almost giving her rope burns on her arms from the straps.
She flinched a tiny bit and complained, "Watch it Natsu, those things are expensive!"
He didn't seem to be paying any attention to her whatsoever. His eyes were focused on her chest as it bounced free, and his head cocked to the side. Eventually a wide grin settled on his mouth, and she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
"What? Is there something funny about my boobs?" she grumbled, not sure about his smile.
He blinked and looked up. "Huh? What're you talking about Luce?"
"Nothing, you just looked weirdly amused."
He cocked his head again. "No, I'm just happy."
Immediately she relaxed, feeling silly for getting bent out of shape. She just hadn't expected him to smile like that after seeing her boobs for the first time… it seemed like an odd reaction for some reason. But she should have known he would smile. He was always smiling.
"Well come on, lay down!" he said after a moment, his legendarily short patience running out.
She 'oofed' as he grabbed her shoulders and pushed her back down on the bed. "Hey!" she protested, but he was already reaching over her for the lotion.
He looked at it for a moment and then gave it a heavy-handed squirt, which sprayed lotion onto his palm as well as everywhere else too. Lucy winced a little as droplets spattered over her too. The mess didn't seem to bother him at all, and of course the explosion barely fazed him. Natsu was probably so used to things exploding and going everywhere that it seemed perfectly normal for him.
Lucy made a mental note to never let him cook alone in the kitchen, because it would probably be absolutely destroyed after he got through with it.
With a grin he tossed the bottle of lotion onto the bed and then rubbed his hands together to get it evenly distributed, before reaching for her. He started on her shoulders and gripped them, mimicking the sorts of motions she had used on him. Of course his hands were significantly stronger than hers, so the first few squeezes were way too hard and Lucy cringed.
"Ouch! Ease up there Natsu!"
"Oh sorry! I thought that's what you were supposed to do?"
"Start gentle and then slowly increase the pressure," she directed.
He nodded, following instructions for once and rubbing her shoulders gently. "This better?"
"Yeah…" she sighed, and his trademark grin popped back onto his face.
He didn't stick to rubbing her shoulders for long, but the whole time he did she wondered when he was going to move on to other things, and the anticipation had her belly coiling up into tight knots. She didn't have to wait long, because in true Natsu fashion, he quickly barreled headfirst to his main goal, which was obviously to feel her up. Rubbing her shoulders was a pretty weak attempt to pass this off as a massage.
Soon he was traveling down…and she was just as eager as him to get on to doing more fun things. To his credit, as his hands slid down and cupped over her chest, he stayed gentle. He ended up with a hand on each breast, and gently squeezed.
Immediately, his eyebrows shot up on his forehead and his eyes popped wide as he gasped a little in shock. "Wow Luce! They're so squishy!"
She could just feel the incredulous expression crawl across her face, and then busted out laughing. His response was so unorthodox, and so incredibly Natsu, that she just couldn't contain her mirth. "You are such a weirdo!"
"What?! They are! They're like…" He squeezed a couple of more times. "Water balloons or something!"
She just snickered some more, and he gave her a toothy grin of his own, then refocused on his hands. He squeezed and massaged her boobs, then shifted his hands to the sides and pushed them together to make a mountain of cleavage. Then he cupped his hands under them and jiggled them up and down. And the whole time he played with her, he sported a silly grin, bright sparkling eyes, slightly flushed cheeks, and she could see his tail wagging back and forth happily behind him.
Honestly, Lucy wasn't sure what to make of it, aside from just giggling helplessly at his silliness. With anyone else, she probably would have called it quits and told the guy to stop, but with Natsu she just found his antics funny. His playfulness was both cute and weirdly attractive, and she couldn't remember the last time she had been so happy, relaxed, and amused.
Still chuckling, she squirmed and laughed under him, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Just messing with your boobs. They're super awesome, Luce!"
"I'm glad you think so," she snickered.
After a bit more messing around, he finally seemed to calm down enough to just grope like a normal person. Instead of jiggling them around to see how wiggly he could make them, he went back to grabbing and squeezing, which felt much better. For Lucy, it felt good to have her boobs squeezed and massaged … they got more sensitive the more he rubbed. And as his hands shifted and moved over them, his palms rubbed against her nipples, which sent zings of pleasure down south and made her more and more fidgety as he continued.
It was like a very arousing massage, which was appropriate since she had basically done the same thing to him. Now that he wasn't just playing anymore, she found it much more stimulating and ended up squirming and tensing up in probably the exact same sort of way that he had. When his thumbs ran across her already pretty awake and perky nipples, she jerked and sucked in her breath. He cocked his head and ran his thumbs over them again – getting the same sort of response from her – and then pinched. At that, Lucy arched up and whined a little, which got his eyebrows shooting up his forehead, and he flashed her a fangy grin.
"That feels good?"
"Yep…" she gasped, wincing with pleasure as he did it again. "Really good."
His grin got wider, and he focused there for a bit. Then he leaned closer and eyeballed the pink buds. "Wow Luce, they get so big!"
He sounded positively shocked, and she ended up breathlessly laughing and rolling her eyes at him as he leaned to the side to get a side view of her very erect tips.
"Yeah…they do that." she said somewhat dryly, still chuckling at his apparent amazement. "Is that okay?"
"It's awesome! They're super freaking sexy…makes me wanna…"
The open-ended statement left a question, but it was answered almost instantly as he straightened himself and then leaned down and latched his mouth over one. She yelped, and her hands ended up in his hair to hold him to her. He groaned, either at her response or at the feeling of her nipple in his mouth, or maybe both, and his body shifted to lie down over hers instead of straddling her. He had to lift his mouth off her for a second when the jostling threatened to make him accidentally bite her, but as soon as he was situated between her legs he dropped his head right back down.
She'd been more than happy to spread her legs and let him fit himself between them … in fact she hadn't even thought about it. However, when he landed snug against her and a hard ridge dug into her hip, she was forced to think about it. It was instantly apparent what was causing such uncomfortable pressure in the crease of her belly and hip, and the realization had a shot of what felt like pure fire zipping through her libido. Something deep in her belly stung sharply and then started to throb.
As sexy as it was, she still had to squirm around and get him rearranged so he wasn't grinding into her bone, which hurt. By arching her lower body and giving a little buck – which was almost instinctual given how he was still sucking on her and his hand was now grabbing and messing with her other boob – she was able to reorganize everything down there so he lay in between her legs. The sensation of his dick grinding into her v-zone was sharp – both pleasurable and a little uncomfortable – so she clenched her thighs tight on his hips and used the grip to control how hard he pressed down. Nobody wanted a bruised pelvis.
As for Natsu, he had instantly felt the shift, and knew without having to look where his dick now rested. The softness and the heat were dead giveaways, and he had to work hard not to just grind down into her at full power. He had to remind himself that she was a human, he was a dragon, and he could easily break her if he wasn't careful. So, when her legs clamped down on his hips and controlled his thrusting power that way, he was happy to follow her lead. Plus, the sensation of her legs clenching on him like that was super-hot.
At this point, he could feel things getting way out of control, and he didn't even really care. He had one boob under his mouth and another under his hand, while his dick pressed right up against her pussy …. how the hell was he going to complain about any of it? The only thing he had to be careful about was being gentle with her. As it turned out though, that wasn't proving to be too big an issue, because anytime he was too rough with her she would grumble and yank on his hair or readjust herself, and it would instantly remind him.
He had no idea how far this was going to go, and he wasn't even bothering to think about it …. all he knew was lust and a fire in his belly that was getting hotter by the second. It wasn't long before that fire started spilling out of him and leaked into his mouth, which happened to be located on her breast.
Lucy gasped and then moaned as suddenly the nipple in his mouth started burning. It was a good burn though. It only stung a little, and far exceeding that was scalding pleasure that left her nerves tingling all the way down the road that had been established between her nipple and v-zone. Though she had kept most of her noises quiet – in consideration of the other guests potentially trying to sleep in other rooms – that sensation proved to be too unexpected and too pleasurable to keep from groaning loudly.
"N-Natsu! What are you doing?!" she yelped, twisting under him and wondering how he was doing that … only to figure out a second later that he was probably just breathing fire on her.
Whatever the case, it felt so good that she just didn't know what to do with herself and was halfway tempted to yank him off, because it was practically too much. Her hips bucked up into his, and they both groaned at the friction. After that, her hips insisted on rocking and grinding herself against him, which at this point felt pretty great.
Her hands ended up in his hair and went between yanking on it and gripping it tight in her fists. By chance, her fingers passed over his horns, and she latched onto the bumps as something to hang onto. He gasped against her and his head jerked back, his neck arching a little with pleasure, and his whole body pressing into hers. Their eyes met, and if possible she was turned on even more by his expression…how his eyes were heavy-lidded and glazed over with pleasure, his cheeks flushed, and his lips parted on quick breaths.
His eyes squeezed closed and a blast of heat shuddered from him on a groan. Suddenly the little bumps under her fingers expanded, growing into full length horns. She jerked her hands back in surprise, staring at his horns with shock. And then the situation hit her, and she started to laugh.
"Seriously? Your horns get horny? Like… they get erections when you're turned on enough?"
He sent her a crooked grin. "You were the one playing with them. It's not my fault."
"I guess that's true." She grinned back, and her hands lightly landed over his newly lengthened horns.
They rooted near his temples before slicking back along his skull in a subtle wave, first up and then down, and finally the tips hooked back up and around to point forwards again. Her fingers ran along the deep spiral that coiled up their length curiously. Then when he slanted his mouth over hers, she gasped, and her hands slid back to where his horns lifted away from his skull. Grabbing them there, she suddenly realized that she had full control over his head, and the thought made her slightly giddy. It also seemed to strongly affect him, and he growled against her mouth, his lips parting and roughly deepening the kiss.
It was mere seconds later that she felt fire flooding her mouth and sliding down her throat to fill her belly with heat. A deep groan came from her as the flames seemed to melt her from the inside out, and this time they immediately settled low in her gut, sinking lower by the second. It wasn't long before her pelvic muscles were trembling from the fire that dripped into every part of her and seemed so much hotter than ever before. She gasped into his mouth, the heat almost stealing her breath and making it hard to breathe.
Her head spun, her body arched up into his, and her legs wrapped around him tight. His tongue was like liquid fire itself as it burned the inside of her mouth, and she sometimes found it hard to distinguish between that and the actual fire that poured down her throat.
After a few minutes of this, she pulled him back - using his horns - and he gasped, then growled as his lips were yanked from hers. She had to breathe. There were no 'ifs or buts' about it. As soon as her mouth was free, she gulped in air. When her eyes managed to peel open, it was to the sight of Natsu staring down at her with a slightly feral look in his golden eyes. After a minute though, that look softened, and he chuckled, grinning a little.
"What do you wanna do Luce? You've got me by the horns … it's up to you."
She gasped out a weak chuckle. "Let me just catch my breath a second… your fire is kind of intense."
His grin widened, showing a little fang, and he huffed, "Sorry. Can't help it."
After a short moment, she had caught her breath and dragged his head back down to hers for another kiss. He growled against her lips, and she felt heat burn them. She took a deep breath and parted her lips to let his fire in again, and the soft sound she made was swallowed by him.
His fire was addicting, she couldn't get enough of it, but at the same time it was so overwhelming that she wasn't sure how much she could stand. At some point her hands slid from his horns and her arms wrapped around his neck instead. Her entire body was slick with sweat by now as she flushed from head to toe with heat. When she tore her mouth from his to breathe again, his lips drifted down her neck, and his flames continued to burn her skin, causing her to hiss a little air in between her teeth. It felt like he was branding her almost, and she loved every second of it … while also kind of hating it.
This was going places fast, and she had to figure out where to draw the line. It was still a little soon for sex in her book. She was a virgin, so it was kind of a big deal to her - although she really wanted to go for it at this particular moment. But she knew she had to draw some lines now, while they were both still somewhat sensible … all things considered.
"N-Natsu, hey, Natsu…" she had to repeat herself when he didn't respond to his name the first time, and the second time only got a grunt from him as he blew a little tongue of flame in the hollow of her throat.
"Natsu, trying to say something here…" she gasped, squirming a little under him and having trouble concentrating.
With a sigh he finally surfaced. "What?"
"Before we go any further with this, I just wanted to say that I'm not ready to go all the way yet. Is that okay?"
He nodded. "That's fine, but can I get back to kissing you now?"
A laugh escaped her throat and she grinned up at him. He took that as a yes, and after a grin of his own he dipped back down and pressed a burning kiss to the center of her chest, then trailed up her throat and latched onto her lips again.
After inhaling and swallowing fire for another unknown period of time, Lucy was so hot she just simply couldn't stand it anymore, so she shoved him off and followed, rolling them over so she could be on top. He went with a surprised grunt, and they landed with her straddling him. Sweet relief in the form of cool air flowed over her drenched skin, and she sat up fully to try and cool off, shivering violently at the abrupt change in temperature. Under him she had baked in his heat, but now she was able to actually get some air.
Her nipples tightened in the cold air, of course, and acted as magnets for Natsu's fingers apparently. She groaned and looked down at him, feeling slightly frustrated, amused, and of course highly turned on.
"I'm trying to cool off…"
He grinned unrepentantly, and his hands didn't budge.
She shivered and grumbled, but didn't protest, because it simply felt too good. The rest of her was cooling off… she didn't need the air over that little bit of her. Her hips rolled and she ground her crotch into his, which wiped the grin right off his face as he clenched his teeth and scrunched his eyes closed. With a yelp, she was almost bucked off when his hips jerked up under her and she was tossed forwards. To keep herself from doing a face-plant into him, she braced her palms on his chest, and then when she realized where they were, she indulged in smoothing them down his front. As her fingers trailed over his abs, he shivered, and his hips flexed, but thankfully didn't buck again. His hands switched to grabbing and massaging her boobs, and she arched her back to press them into his grip while simultaneously grinding down into him.
It all felt so good that she felt like she was going to go crazy. She had no idea where this was going, but she had the smarts to know that it was probably going to end with him orgasming. Frankly the thought just aroused her more, and she bit her lip as she rotated her hips to grind down into him some more and get some much-needed friction. Something hot and smooth slid up her thigh, under the robe still somehow pooled around her hips, and then looped around her once before sliding up her back. When it slid around to her front again, she grabbed for it and managed to snag his tail as it slipped between her breasts.
"Sneaky…" she breathlessly laughed and gave his tail a squeeze, which had him hissing a few choice cuss words.
Wrapping both hands around it, she proceeded to essentially jerk it off…which would have probably felt a little weird if he didn't react so wonderfully to it. His hands immediately landed hard on her hips and he gripped her tight as his hips bucked up, grinding his erection into her.
After a moment of that, she was forced to release his tail so she could brace her hands on his chest again. Even with his supporting hands she needed extra balance, and it gave her the leverage to lift up a bit and prevent his grinding from getting painful. In exchange for lightening the pressure, she moved with him… circling her hips over where she felt his erection end, knowing that the tip was supposed to be the most sensitive part.
And all the while, his tail clenched, coiled, rubbed, and massaged rhythmically around her body…which she found stimulating and could only imagine that he did too. It slithered down her body a bit and relaxed to let her lean forwards and kiss him, swallowing his fire as he gave it to her. Unfortunately, grinding and kissing proved a bit difficult, because she kept accidentally clicking their teeth together, so she sat up again.
"Shit Luce, what're you doing to me?" he groaned, arching up into her movements and mimicking her rhythm as she picked up the pace again.
"Hopefully getting you close."
He sucked in his breath and his eyes widened. "You want me to cum like this?"
She faltered. "Only if you want to…. Would you prefer to do something else? I can…"
She scooted her butt down a little and slid her hand down his stomach – which clenched under the caress – to the line of his robe still pooled around his hips. She figured it was probably pretty obvious what she was offering.
He inhaled sharply and glanced down with big eyes, looking a little shocked.
"If you want to, then hell yeah." he breathed, his wide eyes flicking back up to meet hers.
She couldn't help but grin, and something low in her clenched tightly with heat. She shivered and moved both hands down to the confusing bundle of folds in his lap. After a moment of finagling and tugging, she managed to worm her hands into the tangled cloth and find where his robe overlapped, spreading it to get to his erection. Somehow she wasn't surprised at all when she met no resistance in the form of underwear. Instead, all her palms met was warm skin as she parted his robe, not bothering to get permission since she already knew good and well that he wasn't bothered by nakedness.
It was a moot point though, because she didn't get a close look at his erection anyways. As soon as her hand gingerly wrapped around it, his body seized up underneath her, and then they were suddenly in motion as he flipped them back over with him on top. Somehow her hand stayed latched onto his dick, but that was all she was able to do as he pounced on her, his lips crashing to hers. Once again fire consumed her senses, his lips prying hers open and his tongue slipping into her mouth without waiting for an invitation.
At that point, his dick was trapped between their bellies, with her hand wrapped tight around it. She curiously ran her fist up and down his length, getting a feel for the girth and length of him with the strokes… and also noted that he was either circumcised or else dragons simply didn't have a foreskin. Rubbing it was difficult though with her hand being pressed between them, and in the end it wasn't necessary. After a moment, his hand reached down and wrapped around her wrist, moving her hand to the upper half of him.
"Just make a tight fist Luce," he muttered into her mouth, and she nodded.
After that, his hips did all the work as he continued to kiss her breathless. He shoved his length into her fist, back and forth, and slowly his pace increased. Soon he was pistoning in and out at a rate that had her wondering if she would be able to keep up if he was anywhere other than her hand. It made her a little nervous at the prospect of eventually having sex with him, but also sent a violent thrill through her.
His kisses were equally worrying and intoxicating as the flames that poured down her throat seemed to impossibly grow hotter and hotter until she was gasping for breath and once again drenched in sweat. She tore her mouth from his to grab a few desperate breaths of cool air before he caught her again. He was consuming her completely, burning her inside and pounding her outside.
On top of it all, his tail was still coiled all around her, flexing under her as it slithered across her frame. Several coils circled the thigh that was hitched around his hip, while even more of its length wound around her hips and ass and slid over her belly. The end slithered over her chest, going between her boobs and twining around them, the very tip finding one of her nipples.
It wasn't long before his whole body jerked to a stop and his tail constricted on her almost painfully. A deep, loud, and not very human sound rumbled out of him and into her through their lip-lock. The flames that escaped his lips kicked up in heat again, and she yelped into the kiss. By this point she had gone past feeling hot and reached some sort of second wind in a way, because now the hotter the flames were the more they aroused her, despite how her body flushed and sweated and shivered. She'd basically given up trying to breathe normally, and was just breathing fire now, and every part of her felt like it was being consumed. She felt like she had a fever and was delirious with it, so the sudden burst of increased heat had her almost going into her own orgasm. Of course without any stimulation downstairs, that wasn't going to happen, but she still arched up into him and met his final thrust with one of her own.
He kicked in her grip, throbbing rhythmically, and blisteringly hot liquid suddenly spurted out, coating her hand, her belly, and him. His flesh in her hand also blasted with unnatural heat, all the way up to his pink curls, and it flashed in rhythm with his pulses – which seemed to go on for at least a minute if not more. She was left wondering if dragons simply had longer orgasms. He jerked a couple of times until the last spasm, and then finally went limp, his mouth parting from hers and his head thumping down onto her shoulder as he panted.
"Fuck Luce…holy hell."
She breathlessly chuckled, now gasping in air herself, suddenly realizing that she did in fact need to breathe as soon as his mouth released hers. Gasping in air also made her aware of the scent of smoke, and with a yelp she glanced down between them to note that he had actually set fire to their robes. She panicked and pushed him up off of her, but when he noticed what it was that she was so worried about, he started to laugh.
"Don't just sit there and laugh! Help me put it out!"
Almost casually he patted out the flames until they had died down and their robes were simply left blackened.
After that, she figured that sexy activities were over, even though his fire still simmered in her, making her itchy and hot and aroused. She was proven wrong though when Natsu laid back over her, kissed her shoulder, and once again grabbed her wrist. He guided her hand between them, and then both his hand and hers shoved down inside her blackened robe.
She tried to pull her hand free, not sure about what was going on at first, and mumbled, "Natsu, what are you-"
She was cut off when his lips landed on hers again. The fire that licked the inside of her mouth alongside his tongue was much cooler than the inferno he'd just given her a moment ago, but it still thoroughly distracted her and made her moan. His hand on her wrist jerked back and forth a little, as if he was mimicking jerking off, and suddenly she got the idea.
She gasped, separating their lips a little, and mumbled into his mouth, "You want me to…?"
"Fuck yeah, I want you to cum too Luce, and I can smell how close you are."
She shuddered, and his lips landed back on hers, kissing her vigorously. One of his hands reached for her breast, which sent a blast of pleasure across her nerves right as her fingers slid down and made contact with the appropriate parts. Her whole body bucked up against his and he growled against her lips, hotter fire sliding into her mouth. She moaned, and within less than a minute of just flattening her fingers and rubbing in vigorous circles, she was orgasming stronger than she ever remembered.
The muscles in her torso tensed up and tried to curl her into a ball, but that wasn't happening with him pinning her to the bed. Spasms shuddered through her entire body and she shook against him as she rode out the waves of pleasure that assaulted her as subtly as a hammer pounding her flat. Her knees clamped down so tight on his hips that her hip popped, and the fingers of her free hand dug into his bicep. He swallowed her cry, the way she had done for his, and then she felt his lips curl up against hers in a grin. For some reason that just caused another wave of pleasure to go through her and she jerked again, whimpering.
It lasted what felt like forever to her, then gradually slowed … the tight grip her vagina had on the rest of her body easing up a bit. Eventually, every muscle in her body went limp, though they were still trembling.
His lips lifted off hers finally, and she gasped in some much-needed air, feeling like she had just run a marathon in ten seconds. When her eyes eventually managed to peel open, it was to see Natsu hovering over her with a brilliant smile and his normal black eyes glittering down at her.
She attempted a wobbly exhausted grin back, and mumbled, "Hey…"
"Hey yourself. You okay? That seemed kinda intense."
She rolled her eyes. "No kidding. Yours did too though … are you okay?" she countered with a chuckle.
He busted out laughing and finally fell off her, collapsing onto his side next to her and nuzzling close, one leg thrown over hers and his tail coiling around the other.
After a moment of peaceful silence, he muttered, "That was amazing…we've gotta do that again. And soon."
She sputtered in amusement. "I agree. Even though you almost cooked me alive."
"Hey! You can handle it, you're a dragon's mate."
She just snorted, pretty sure there was a limit to everything.
There was another long peaceful pause, and when the warm happy butterflies in her stomach just wouldn't let her stay quiet any longer she finally whispered, "Hey Natsu?"
"Yeah?"
"Love you."
He hummed happily and nuzzled her shoulder. "Love you too Luce."
Post Note:
Okay, yes, I know some of you might be questioning my sanity about the horn thing...but let me just defend myself by saying that it was something I actually picked up from a romance novel involving a demon (with sensitive horns, lol) so I'm not the first one to come up with it! And no, they aren't nearly as sensitive as his tail, he can't get off on them or anything like that. Soooo...I hope it wasn't TOO cheesy. And if it was...well...just do your best to ignore their mention in future lemony scenes. If it makes you feel better, Lucy finds the whole thing really funny and cheesy too. XD
Also this gives you an idea of how explicit things are in this story...because this is pretty much the baseline. From here on out, all lemons/limes will be about this involved, if not significantly more-so. So if this was too much for you...I guess just skim over the future lemons, because it's only going to get worse. Or better, depending on your opinion. ;D
Sneak Peek
Ignoring them, the master in question continued. "Please direct your attention to the smoke coming from the shore." He pointed at a tall column of smoke. "Your first task will be to head for its source. Once there, you will choose one of the seven routes leading into the island. Each is meant for a single team only, so don't dawdle and pick one. After you've made your choice, you will have to conquer these obstacles."
A magical display suddenly popped into being next to him. It showed a map of sorts, with an area that had multiple paths leading off it. Each path was numbered, and was labeled either "intense combat" or just "combat." The "intense combat" labels also had the name of an S-Class wizard attached to them.
"Combat routes are self-explanatory. Two teams clash, but only one moves on. You should use every power at your disposal. Intense Combat routes are more difficult. Find yourselves on one of these, and you'll be fighting one of Fairy Tail's elite."