The lightning dragon slayer and celestial mage spent the next week in domestic bliss. They cooked together, cleaned together, and screwed all over every surface of their house.

Laundry was on their list of chores for the day. They set up a system where Laxus would clean out the pockets and turn everything right side out to look and stains to pretreat. After pretreated, if needed, he'd hand it off to Lucy so she could sort the clothes into their specific color piles. Everything was fine, they were listening and singing to Laxus's soundpod music as they worked. Lucy's cutoffs, that she wore the day of the move, were the last article of clothing left in the hamper. Laxus pulled out the piece of paper and read the request. His eyes grew big with shock. "You are not seriously going to take this quest with your team Nlondie, are you?" " What the hell are you talking about Laxus?" Lucy reached over and took the flier. "Oh, I forgot all about this. Natsu brought it by the day I moved." "YOU are NOT going blondie!" "I wasn't planning on it Laxus, but what makes you think you can tell me whether or not I can go on a job with my team?" "You mean team destructo? Lucy, you never really fit in with them. They are all strength and no brains. Even Erza bulldozes her way into situations without thinking. I was thinking you should join my team." This was totally the wrong way to broach the subject Laxus realized. Laxus immediately noticed the stubborn, spitfire light that ignited his love's eyes. Usually this look got him overexcited and hard immediately, but this time, since the anger was directed a him, all he felt was a cold wave wash over him. "Are you saying I am not strong enough to be a part of Fairy Tail's strongest team. Am I being regulated to the Lightning God's meek girl whose only assets are the milk bags hanging off my body or my brain power? Is that it? I can handle myself on this quest! I am so much stronger than you know, dragon!" "You know that's not what I meant Lucy! I am not downplaying your ability. I am just... "And another thing, oh great Laxus Dreyar, even though my team gets carried away from time to time, they listen to me now. They follow my strategies and let me be a part of the action. The let me go all out and kickass! " Lucy was already storming to the bedroom and calling out Virgo to pack her a bag. "I am leaving on this mission just to prove to you how much of an asset to my team and to the guild I am!" Laxus started to worry and his dragon was livid, but not with Lucy. The dragon was berating Laxus on how much he had just put his foot in his mouth, begging him to make it right with his unclaimed mate... "Mate..." he thought to himself "I can work with this..." that idea rolled around in his head. "Lucy, you can't go! I can't be without you that long. A dragon can't be without his mate..." "What in the fucking hell did you just call me Sparky?" He looked into the angry amber pools of his treasue. "Lucy... You are my mate!"