Laxus gave Lucy the brightest, toothiest, smile he could muster. He gently leaned in and embraced her. "Oh Blondie, I am so sorry I didn't handle the mate thing the way I should have." "What the hell Sparky? You are more of a sappy mess than I am now. I think it due to all those years of emotional conistipation you've had." "No Blondie, I have been scared shitless these past months, worried that I had ruined everything for good. I wanted to play it all macho and make you work for it again. I had a game plan, but when you were carried in that day, barely alive, all those ideas went flying out the window, along with every ounce of control I had over the annoying lizard living in my head. I don't give a single fuck if anyone knows how whipped I truly am!"
"Glad to know Sparkplug! I do want us to rebuild the trust we had, my trust in you not keeping life altering facts secret from me, and me being emotionally mature enough to face problems head on and together by not running the fuck out on you. This is NOT going to happen overnight. I am going to be living at the guild until I can move better on my own. Wendy doesn't see it taking too long for me to be stable on my new hip. We are going to start from scratch here buddy! Are you okay with that?"
"I will wait as long as you need Lucy." With that, Laxus planted a gentle kiss to her dry lips. There was a power behind it that easily could have led to more so Lucy broke the kiss. "Slow down dragon. We need to keep this PG for awhile. I am not physically or emotionally ready to hop right back in bed with you. Let's try dating again first."
Laxus kissed her on the forehead and smiled. "Anything you want Blondie!"
