Chapter 14 – A Dragon's Nose

Beach House, Summer Time,

Year X792

General Perspective

Natsu and Sting crashed through the door in record time. They barely had time to close it before they were pawing at each other, hungry for any taste of flesh that they could get as their lips crushed together in the first of what was sure to be many passionate kisses that night. "Natsu…" Sting breathed as the pair broke for a little air. The White Dragon Slayer had hoped for some physical stuff after his date with the pinkette, however he had not realised just how much he had wanted it.

"Sting… I…" Natsu couldn't quite find the words to express his desire, so instead he drew the blond close to him and wrapped his arms around Sting's waist. Likewise, Sting pulled Natsu into a tight embrace, before leaning in to the pinkette's ear to whisper.

"It's alright… you don't have to say how much you want me" he mewled in a lust filled tone. "I feel just as horny as you" he added with a flicker of a smirk. Natsu eyed Sting with desire he did not realise he had, before the White Dragon Slayer's words wove their irrevocable effect on his body and he leaned in for a second kiss.

This was short lived, as Sting began to direct Natsu towards the bedroom. "Not here" the blond said in a cocky tone, "I want to do it on the bed, the same one we've been sharing all this time".

Natsu nodded, before he allowed himself to be pushed towards the bedroom, and then up against the wall beside the bedroom door. "Sting… before we continue, I need to say something" Natsu said suddenly, as the White Dragon reached for the door knob to their shared bedroom. Sting eyed Natsu with intrigue, that only slightly veiled the deep lust he was currently experiencing. "What is it Natsu?" he asked in a concerned voice.

Natsu blushed slightly, "Well… it's just. I've not… done this… before" he admitted with an odd shyness like he had never experienced. Sting smiled hearing this news.

"That's okay, I've not either" he replied, before shooting Natsu a confident grin. Natsu gave a slightly surprised look, before allowing a smile to take over his own face. "We'll be each other's first" Sting stated, earning a nod from Natsu.

"Okay" Natsu agreed, before he leaned in to give Sting one more short-but-sweet kiss, before the White Dragon flung open their bedroom door and took Natsu inside.

Once in the safety of their bedroom, Sting began to feel the heat rise up in his body. He was aware that Dragon Slayers would often experience an intense burning passion when in the grips of heat, however he had never thought it would be this bad. Wrapping his arms around Natsu's body, Sting directed the pinkette to the edge of the bed. When Natsu felt the soft mattress touch the back of his legs, he sat down. This gave Sting the opportunity he had been waiting for, and he perched himself on Natsu's lap, before leaning in close. "Natsu… I really… really... want this. But I need to know if you're actually okay with this too" the blond said in a deep voice, full of want. Natsu smiled.

"Sting… I think I've wanted this since the theme park, so can we please… not stop any more" the pinkette replied. Natsu's words were met with a slightly predatory grin from Sting, before the White Dragon pressed his lips to the Fire Dragon's, his tongue immediately pressing at them for entrance. Natsu gave this willingly, and as their tongues began to battle inside their mouths, Sting pushed Natsu down on the bed. "Natsu…" he breathed slightly, before sitting up and allowing the pinkette to slide further onto the mattress. Sting wasted no time in unbuttoning his shirt and revealing his tightly woven muscular torso, the product of his very many years of training. Natsu ogled the body freely, a faint smile passing over his lips as his eyes caught Sting's and the two knew what the other was thinking.

This is really happening…

As Sting crawled back onto the bed, Natsu threw off his waistcoat to reveal his own body. Sting had already had plenty of time to observe Natsu shirtless on their beach job, however seeing that stripping action, and the subsequently revealed body, up close gave the White Dragon far more pleasure than he had expected. Leaning on top of Natsu, the pair kissed once more.

As their tongues rolled over each other for a second time, Sting directed his hands over all of Natsu's body, loving the feel of each individual muscle as it moved beneath his touch. Natsu's skin was very warm and soft, although it was marred here and there by scars that remained well after those that inflicted them had been defeated by the fiery pink-haired Mage. Sting couldn't help the throb of heat that pulsed through his body as he imagined what Natsu's skin would feel like slickened with sweat and other fluids. "Mmm… Natsu…" he groaned into the kiss.

Natsu had been having similar thoughts as he slipped his arms up Sting's shirt, feeling the tight muscles of Sting's shoulders, as the White Dragon's abs rubbed against his own. "S-sting…" Natsu mewled a little, as Sting began to become more dominant in their kiss. Natsu would never had called himself a particularly submissive person, however here, under Sting, he could think of nothing better than to be dominated by the blond.

Breaking up from their heated make-out session, Sting and Natsu took one last look at each other, before they began to undress further. Sting threw his shirt aside, before he kicked off his shoes, and then began to unbutton his trousers. Natsu on the other hand slid his trousers and sandals off in one swift motion, before he reached to help Sting with his own belt. "Seriously, who wears a belt if they're planning something like this?" Natsu questioned the blond, who stopped trying to remove his own clothes, and instead decided to trail kisses down his new boyfriend's jawline and neck.

"I don't… know… who does… Natsu?" Sting replied in between kisses, before he changed tact to nibble along the pinkette's earlobe. "Maybe someone who… wanted a little time to be able… to do stuff like this?" Sting whispered as he leaned up from his short-lived attack against the Fire Dragon's ear and jaw, his belt now completely loosened. Natsu rolled his eyes at Sting, as the White Dragon Slayer slid off his trousers. Then the pair were only left with their underwear, and the massive tents that they had formed.

Natsu was the first to make a move, attempting to pull down his underwear, before Sting reached to stop him by grabbing his wrist. "Someone's a little too eager" the blond mocked, before shooting Natsu a wide grin. "I want to be the one to do that… and then… maybe a little more" he added in a darkly sensual voice. Natsu did not resist Sting's attempt to stop him, that voice alone was enough to make him stop and shiver a little in pleasure.

Sting leaned down on top of Natsu, biting his lip. "I'm gonna make this one hell of a first time, for us both" he whispered, before beginning to kiss Natsu. This kiss led to another and then another, as Sting slid further and further down the Fire Dragon's body, right until he came to Natsu's nipple. "I'm starting here, and then…" Sting stroked his fingers over Natsu's clothed, hardened member, "I'm going to have a little fun with this" he hissed. Natsu barely had time to respond, let alone process everything he was experiencing, before the blond completely consumed his nipple with his mouth. Sucking, playing around with his tounge, and then sucking again, Sting drove Natsu mad with just this small action, and the feeling of his other hand playing around with the other nipple, pinching it between his fingers. "Sting… agh…" Natsu let out a moan. Sting smiled at his handiwork, opting to usher more delicious noises from the Fire Dragon Slayer. "S-Sting… ah… ahhh…" Natsu continued to moan, as he ran his fingers through Sting's blond hair, tugging it just enough to tease rather than stop the White Dragon Slayer.

After enjoying enough of those beautiful moans, Sting decided that he should move on to the first event, and he left Natsu's nipple with one last slightly rough tug at the bud. Kissing lower, Sting looked up Natsu's body, enjoying the deep want that had formed in the pinkette's eyes as they stared back at him; it made him immensely happy to see Natsu so into this. Kissing lower and lower, Sting reached the waistband of Natsu's underwear, and then with one final, predatory smirk, he gripped the sides of the cloth before pulling them off completely. "Woah…" Sting breathed slightly, as he saw Natsu's member for the first time. It was big, but perhaps a little bit smaller than his own, and a little thicker than his too. Licking his lips involuntarily, Sting looked up to Natsu. The pinkette blushed slightly at the hungry gaze of the blond. "Well don't just stare…" Natsu complained, in a voice that clearly showed he was harbouring some embarrassment. Sting chuckled.

"If it'll make you feel better…" the blond reached for his own underwear, before pulling them off. "There" Sting declared, as he stood completely naked before the pinkette. Natsu couldn't help but smile at Sting's confident actions; plus, Sting knew Natsu would be eyeing him up. Nothing wrong with giving him a little sneak peek before what's gonna come later… Sting thought to himself, as he leaned back so his face was level with Natsu's cock. After a moment or so, Sting decided that he would start. How should I do this? He thought for a moment.

Smiling to himself, Sting began by kissing the tip. Then he gave a few experimental licks, before licking all the way from the slit to the base of the shaft and back again. Natsu seemed to enjoy this, as the pinkette began to run his hands through Sting's blond locks once more. Tasting Natsu's member for the first time, Sting felt a great amount of curiosity, that made him want to do more. Experimentally, Sting tried to flick his tongue over Natsu's slit a couple of times, to get perfect results as Natsu once more verbalised his pleasure most excellently. "Agh… good, Sting…" Natsu moaned. This encouraged the blond, who then continued with this motion for a little while longer.

After a short period of licking, Sting decided it was time to try taking Natsu's member into his mouth. Giving a final lick to Natsu's tip, Sting began to surround Natsu's head with his mouth. The White Dragon never broke eye contact with the pinkette as he lowered his head further down the length of his cock. Once he reached as far as he could, Sting began to raise his head up off the length, before descending once more. With each bob of his head, Sting found it easier and easier to take more into his mouth, however he found it a little too difficult to make it all the way down. Yet.

Natsu didn't seem to mind this at all, however, as the pinkette was lost in his own world of sensation. Most of this was new to him, he had never bothered to even try sucking someone off or letting himself be sucked off, and now doing this with Sting he started to question why he put it off. "Sting… this is… really good…" the pinkette said with a slightly far-away quality to his voice. Sting smile a little, as he began to add more motions to his pattern. Down, up, flick slit with tongue, repeat. It became a rhythm of pure pleasure for Natsu, and soon the pinkette reached his limit. "Sting… I'm gonna come…" Natsu warned. Sting grinned, before he increased the speed of his actions, driving Natsu closer to the edge. Soon it overwhelmed the Fire Dragon, and he released his seed into the White Dragons awaiting mouth. Sting swallowed as much as he could, however a small amount escaped him, and as he pulled off this dribbled from the corner of his mouth.

"Hmm… this is interesting…" Sting commented on the new taste he was experiencing. Despite all the complaints he had heard from guys and girls before, about how semen could taste bad, he did not find this to be particularly unpleasant. "Not bad Natsu" Sting smiled. Natsu smiled back.

"That was fun" the pinkette beamed. Sting smirked.

"You like that then?" he asked. Natsu nodded his head vigorously.

"Yeah!" he said energetically. Sting smirked darker.

"Good… however… there's still more to come yet" the White Dragon said through a hooded gaze. Natsu frowned, before he looked directly at Stings hard and throbbing member.

"You… want me to do that to you?" he asked with a note of uncertainty. Sting shook his head, as his smirk evolved into a wide grin, laden with hidden lusts and possibilities, some of which Natsu could not fathom.

"No… I've got something better in mind. Don't worry, it should make you feel good too" the White Dragon Slayer said, before he leant down and began to kiss Natsu, entering the pinkette's mouth without being given permission. Natsu quickly allowed for this to happen, as intrigue, heightened by the taste of his own semen delivered on Sting's invading tounge, made him open his mouth and accept the kiss. "Sting… what are you…" Natsu began to question the other Dragon Slayers actions as Sting broke away and began to slide his hand down Natsu's body, before stopping somewhere around Natsu's thigh. He caressed the area softly.

"Natsu… I want to be inside you" Sting said, in a tone of voice that made it seem like he was saying the most average, normal thing in the world. Natsu's eyebrows raised a little, before he smiled.

"Alright, you shoulda just said" he smirked. Now it was Sting's turned to give a surprised expression.

"You're completely okay with that?" he asked. Natsu nodded.

"I am. I said I wanted to do all this with you, plus it's only fair after you just sucked me off and stuff" the pinkette responded, with a cocky smirk. "Or are you just surprised that I'd lie down and let you do it?" Natsu asked.

Sting smirked back at the Fire Dragon Slayer. "I guess I am… a little" he admitted. Natsu laughed.

"You're so easy to read" he chuckled, before he gave a slightly more wicked smirk, "But you gotta remember one thing; next time I might not let you get away so easy. I'll be the one topping!" Natsu added with a defiant tone of voice. Sting shrugged.

"I'm okay with that, so long as it's you topping me I don't mind having to get down" the White Dragon laughed. "However… since you've given me permission…" Sting's eyes trailed down Natsu's body before returning to the pinkette's cute-but-handsome face. After a short exchange of stares, Sting and Natsu both smiled, before leaning in for another kiss.

As the pairs lips connected for another passionate kiss, Sting began to straddle Natsu. The hand with which he had been caressing Natsu's leg, moved back up the pinkette's body, before it rested itself on Natsu's cheek. Once the pair finished their short oral exchange, Sting wiggled his two fingers in front of Natsu's mouth. The pinkette eyed them for a moment. "Suck 'em Natsu" Sting instructed in a faintly amused tone of voice. Natsu did as he was told and took the two digits into his mouth. Natsu used his tongue to get them both coated with as much saliva as he could, before Sting deemed them slick enough and then removed them from Natsu's mouth.

"You ready for this Natsu?" Sting asked, as he lined the first digit up with Natsu's hole. Just before Natsu nodded, a slightly puzzled look came across his face. "What is it?" Sting asked, reading the other Dragon Slayers facial expression instantly. Natsu pouted.

"Er… Sting, I know you prepared for all this but… you do have lube, right?" the pinkette asked. Sting smiled upon hearing Natsu's question, before nodding.

"Yeah, why, would you prefer it if I used that on my fingers too?" he asked. Natsu shook his head.

"Nah, I'm okay with you doing that part with just spit, but… I just would feel more comfortable if… you know…" he gave a mildly embarrassed expression. Sting chuckled slightly.

"It's okay, we're both new to this, so it's okay for you to say that you don't want it to hurt too much" Sting stated with a reassuring tone of voice. Natsu frowned.

"Hey, don't go puttin' words in my mouth! I just want to make sure this is good, and it's all done properly" the Fire Dragon Slayer barked. Sting just continued to chuckle.

"Well… at least that's the spirit" he reasoned, before he moved back to holding the first of his slickened digits at Natsu's hole. "Now… are you ready?" he asked. Natsu nodded, this time with much more confidence. "Okay" Sting beamed, before he leaned down to kiss Natsu, and distract him from the feeling of the first finger entering.

Natsu gave a muffled noise as he felt the first finger enter, however it did not feel like he was making this out of any particular discomfiture. "I'm gonna make sure this feels good for you, Natsu" Sting whispered to the pinkette as he broke off kissing Natsu's lips to instead grin wickedly. Sting then began kissing along Natsu's jawline before he followed the same trail down Natsu's neck and chest as he had done only a short while ago.

Natsu recognised the trail Sting was leaving and immediately realised what the blond was going to do. Sure enough, after a minute or so Sting's mouth latched on to the opposite nipple from the one he had attacked before he sucked Natsu off a few moments ago. "Agh… again…" Natsu breathed as Sting's tounge more expertly now began to play around with the pink bud. Whilst Sting continued to make Natsu feel good, the blond entered a second slickened digit into the pinkette's ass. "Ahh, Sting…" Natsu moaned as he felt the two digits begin to be moved around inside his butt, stretching the hole.

Sting smiled at his work, as Natsu breathing got a little heavier. "Like that Natsu?" the blond purred in as heated a tone as he could manage.

"Sting… move 'em more" Natsu grinned back. Sting did not need to be told twice, and after only a second, he had Natsu writhing as his fingers were moved in and out at a much more rapid pace, scissoring as they moved.

Once Sting deemed Natsu's entrance to be loosened enough, he withdrew his fingers. Natsu made a noise of displeasure as the feeling of being filled was removed. Sting shook his head. "Don't worry, it'll be back soon" he said, before he stood up off Natsu, and leaned over the side of the bed to reach for the side table on his side of the bed. Opening the drawer at the top, Sting produced a small bottle of lube, before smirking at Natsu. "Bet you didn't think this had been here all this time" the blond mused. Natsu shrugged.

"It's not really my business what you put in there" the pinkette replied, before he smiled lustfully, "However… I do care about what you put in there" he added, before gesturing to his ass, which was begging for the next thing that to enter it. Sting could barely keep himself contained anymore seeing Natsu in such a horny and desperate state. "Well… fuck, I can't hold it back any more" Sting said, as he clambered back on top of Natsu, and removed the top of the lube bottle. The White Dragon Slayer hurriedly coated his hard cock in the slippery substance, before he added an additional amount to Natsu's ass for good measure. "There. This was how you wanted it, right Natsu?" Sting purred to the Fire Dragon Slayer. Natsu nodded.

"Yeah, now put it in… please" Natsu begged in a whiney tone of voice. Sting shivered slightly at that voice coming from the male.

Sting lined up his cock with Natsu's prepped hole, before he smiled, finally ready and able to claim the thing he wanted more than anything for so long. "Someone's impatient" Sting commented, before he pushed the length into Natsu.

"Ahhhh…" Natsu moaned loudly, as the slight burning pain of being entered filled his system. Slowly Sting buried himself right up to the hilt and then waited on Natsu to say that he was okay before he would begin to move. Natsu gave it a minute, then smiled. "You can move Sting" he stated. The White Dragon Slayer nodded, the feeling of Natsu's insides quickly taking any sense he had left, as that tight heat enveloped his cock in the most pleasurable way imaginable.

Allowed to move, Sting didn't hold back. He pulled his hips back and forth, increasing his pace as he found a steady rhythm. With each thrust Natsu moaned with increasing volume, however it was only after a few experimentally angled thrusts that Natsu made the noise Sting really wanted to here. "AHH… there, fuck… Sting, there" he moaned with more volume than any of his previous noises. Sting smiled, before he began to bore down on that spot with each of his thrusts.

As each thrust came harder and faster, it was not long until Sting was ushering pleasured moans out of his mouth uncontrollably, just as Natsu had done so many times that night. Natsu saw Sting through lust-lidded eyes and all he could think was how beautiful he looked, with his face contorted into a pleasured smile, his muscles coated in droplets of sweat from all the activity. Their enjoyment was immense, but short lived. "Sting… I think I'm gonna come" Natsu barked out in amongst another few moans. Sting nodded.

"Yeah… m-me too" the White Dragon replied breathlessly, "Let's do it together" he added. Natsu smiled, he loved to here Sting in such a pleasured, breathless state.

"Okay" Natsu agreed. After a few more erratic thrusts, Natsu came over his and Sting's stomachs. "Sting…" Natsu gasped as the ropes of hot white seed escaped his cock and covered his chest.

Sting could barely contain himself, seeing Natsu covered in his own seed, and the muscular contractions causing him to tighten around the blonde's member pushed Sting over the edge too. "Fuck… Natsu… I'm coming" Sting moaned, as he released his long-held load inside of the pinkette. Natsu felt the thick white substance fill his ass, and it made him feel an odd sensation of joy.

After a few moments Sting pulled out and lay beside his new lover and boyfriend. "That was fun" he commented with a happy smile as his afterglow made him feel all warm inside. Natsu agreed with a slight nod of his head.

"Yeah, it was…" he chuckled, before he leaned over and kissed Sting's cheek. "Thank you for this night… it was amazing" he added. Sting chuckled, and rolled so that he was on his side, facing Natsu.

"I'm glad you liked it… boyfriend" he smiled. Natsu laughed a little.

"That sounds kinda odd. But it's not bad" he mused. Sting chuckled.

"Well whatever, you agreed to it, so I can call you what I like, right?" the White Dragon Slayer giggled, before he wrapped an arm around Natsu and lay close.

"I guess so… but, er… Sting" Natsu gave a slight blush, which made Sting coo internally.

"What is it Natsu?" he asked. Natsu pouted.

"I don't not want to be with you, but… can we keep it quiet just until everything with the debt and stuff is sorted out?" Natsu looked to Sting with a slightly concerned expression, however Sting just smiled.

"Yeah, that's okay. We might have to keep this quiet for now anyways, since I'm a guild master and everything… we'll have to see what we should do before we go telling everybody, in case it ends up affecting Sabertooth and Fairy Tail" Sting stated. Natsu nodded in understanding.

"Okay" he agreed, before a small yawn escaped his mouth. "But for now… I'm glad I got to do this with you" Natsu said in a sleepy voice. Sting smiled contently to hear those words come from Natsu's mouth. The White Dragon Slayer nuzzled Natsu close to him, as they both fell into a peaceful sleep, their scents mixing and relaxing them to a deep slumber.

"I'm happy I got to be with you too, Natsu" Sting said, before he and the pinkette both fell fast asleep. Each dreaming of the other, and of the stuff they had done together.

/

Hargeon Outskirts, Summer Time,

Year X792, Midnight

General Perspective

There figures stood waiting on the outskirts of the harbour town, their fourth member late on arriving. "What is taking him so long?" one of the three complained bitterly. Another shrugged.

"Maybe those two puppets of his tried to do something stupid and he is busy cleaning the mess up?" they reasoned, before the crossed their arms. The three were not a bunch to be kept waiting, usually, however for this particular individual they could afford to give up some time.

Not long after midnight, the awaited fourth appeared. "Well well, gentlemen. You missed all the fun" they said as they stepped out from the shadows of night to look upon the trio. The man, with black haired slickened back, grinned wickedly.

"You said you had two captives" one of the three muttered. The black-haired man muttered something under his breath, before he gave a wide smile to his compatriots.

"Ah yes… they escaped. Although not without the odd cut" he chuckled. The trio all groaned.

"So, you made us come all the way out here for nothing?!" they whined. The man with black haired shrugged.

"It was not for nothing though, one of my captives did certainly have some interesting information in his head that I was able to extract" the black-haired man stated, before he took out a pocket watch and checked the time, "However it looks like it's time for us to leave. Can't keep the Young Masters waiting" he added.

One of the burlier members of the group scoffed. "Just how are you going to explain your failure to them I wonder" they mumbled in a slightly sadistic tone. The black-haired man laughed.

"Who said it was a failure?" he mused, which earned confused looks from all of the three men. "You see… I have a plan. I was able to gather an interesting bit of information from that pink-haired Dragon Slayers head about a certain Zollzero child. I was thinking, perhaps, that we could prepare a little present for them" he stated. This did not remove the looks of confusion from the three's faces, however it did ignite a little interesting within each of them.

Turning to set off the man with black hair looked over his shoulder. "Come, I'll explain everything on the way" he said. So, the three followed him, as he explained a plan that had each of them burning with passion.

They each wanted to see the downfall of the Zollzero family for a while now… and through this, they reckoned they could do it.

/

Beach House, Summer Time,

Year X792, the following morning,

Sting Eucliffe

I awoke sticky, covered in dried semen from the night before. Looking to my side I saw Natsu grinning like a maniac, his rounded face warped by his smile, his eyes glittering like the most beautiful jewels. "G'Morning" he greeted me. I smiled.

"Good morning" I replied, "Did you wake up a while ago… or…" I trailed off as Natsu shrugged.

"Not that long ago. I was gonna wake you, but then I thought about how cute you looked when you were asleep and I decided not to" Natsu said in a playful tone. I sighed.

"Well thank you for letting me snooze the day away then" I replied, before leaning in to give the pinkette a soft but shot kiss. Natsu kissed me back freely, and I felt a shot of happiness as I remembered everything that had gone on the previous evening.

"So, what time is it?" I asked the pinkette as I pulled away. Natsu shrugged and glanced over at the clock.

"It's… 'bout… 7AM" he said, before turning back to me, "Plenty of time to get this all cleaned up before we have to leave" he added. I nodded, although it hadn't occurred to me the previous night, we did technically only rent this place, and so the mess we had made of the beds, and of ourselves, would definitely have to be dealt with before we handed the keys in at the allotted time of 1PM.

"We should probably shower first, then we can deal with everything else" I stated, as I attempted to get up, only to be grabbed by Natsu from behind and pulled back into the bed. "Wait, Natsu!" I cried out as I was tackled by the pinkette.

"Don't go yet" Natsu stated. I looked to him with a surprised face.

"Why?" I asked. Surely, he can't want to have sex again just after waking up I thought to myself.

Natsu smiled. "I had an idea whilst you were asleep" the pinkette stated, "I think you might enjoy it" he added with a chuckle. I sighed, as my previous thought seemed to have been incorrect.

Frowning at the pinkette, I shook my head. "We can't fuck again Natsu" I said, "It'd just mean more mess to deal with".

Natsu laughed. "I knew you'd say that, but that's not what I was suggesting" he stated knowingly, with a slightly cocky tone to his voice as well.

I raised an eyebrow. "Okay then, what's this idea?" I asked him. Natsu smirked.

"How about we use this place's facilities to get ourselves clean together… and then we clean-up" the Dragon Slayer stated. I smiled.

"So, what you're asking is do I wanted to take a bath with you?" I replied in a suspicious, yet amused, tone of voice. Natsu shrugged.

"You don't have to come if you don't want to, but I'm heading there now" the pinkette stated, sitting up in the bed, "I'm just telling you so that, you know… just so you don't have to track me down" he added with a wink as he got up and began to head towards the door. He lingered at the entrance for a moment, before laughing and heading off. I shook my head for a moment, before a mental image had me bounding after him. Natsu naked, with water dripping over his body… that mental image was all the fuel I needed to get me through the day.

"Alright, you made your point" I said, as I caught up with the other male, kissing him fleetingly before we both entered the hot-tub area of the beach house to enjoy our last bit of time together before we would have to head back.

/

After that interesting start to the morning, this pretty much progressed at an equally as interesting rate. We handed the key in at the desk for the beach house, thanking the manager for his hospitality and kindness. He graciously accepted the key, before thanking us whole-heartedly for our assistance. On the way out, Coral came up to us and also offered us her thanks for helping her deal with Lynn, even though the blonde Water Mage had not been seen since the incident. We thanked her for her help in rescuing Natsu, before we headed out quite merrily back to Fairy Tail.

The walk back to the guild was pleasant and uneventful. The weather was perfectly warm and nice, and we even had the money left over to stop at a café I knew on the way back, although it was somewhat of a detour. Natsu had to pay, since I had blown all my available cash on the date, however we made sure to keep the necessary money to hand over to the Zollzero's from the job, as well as the money I needed to pay for my hotel room back in Magnolia. I could afford to sit through another lecture from Rogue if I forgot to pay for that at least. Especially after all the trouble we went through when the Shadow Dragon Slayer had last visited Fairy Tail.

Whilst we walked, Natsu and I discussed our new relationship, quizzing each other in order to get even more information about our likes, dislikes, as well as both our similarities and differences. I learned quite a lot about my crush-turned-boyfriend from just a short amount of questions and soon we were just walking happily beside each other, our hands intertwined since there was no-one about to see us.

When we arrived back in Magnolia, Natsu decided to leave me, although not willingly it would seem. "Sorry, Sting, but I agreed with Happy that I'd go tell him when I got back. Can you go to the guild and make our payment on the debt?" the pinkette asked me, after apologising profusely for having to abandon me. I just smiled and nodded.

"Sure, I can, Natsu, just don't forget to come find me later, okay?" I asked. The Fire Dragon Slayer nodded.

"Yeah, oh… and we're still keeping this all a secret for now too, right?" Natsu asked, as he leaned in close to me. This could very well be the last time we could kiss for a little while, so he seemed reluctant to let it end without a little bit of closeness. That made me feel happier about him leaving at least.

"We can keep it a secret. If it comes to it though, we might have to tell a few people and hoep they keep quiet too" I said, "At some point we might need to tell Makarov too. As Guildmaster of Fairy Tail, this could end up affecting the guild so he should probably be told too" I added with a slightly more serious tone of voice. Natsu nodded, before he leaned in to me to give me a quick kiss.

"Does that mean I can tell Happy then?" he asked me. I nodded without even thinking about it.

"I guess so… actually, I guess it would be kinda fair" I replied, which made Natsu pout.

"Why is that Sting?" he questioned me, his eyes trying to burrow their way into my head. I realised what I had said too late, and floundered under Natsu's gaze.

"Er… well…" I stammered, "I didn't want to mention this before, but a couple of people may already know that I have a crush on you" I admitted, my face going a few shades redder as I acknowledged this fact. Natsu eyed me suspiciously.

"Like…" he prompted me for more information.

"Like… Lector" I said carefully.

Natsu shrugged, "I guess I can understand that" he butted in.

"And Rogue… and Frosch too… and I think Yukino suspects something as well" I added in a hurried breath. Natsu sighed, a pout forming on his lips.

"Just them though, right?" he questioned me further. I nodded. After a moment Natsu's pout turned to a smile. "Then I guess that's okay. If I tell Happy then that only makes five people who know, plus one extra who only suspects, and I don't think any of them would mind us being together" Natsu stated. I nodded, thankful of Natsu's easy-going and understanding nature.

"Rogue always keeps asking me if I got anywhere with you, it will be pretty funny when we tell him that we're together" I said. Natsu nodded.

"We?" the pinkette grinned, noting my use of the word with interest. I nodded.

"Yeah, it's only fair. We should tell them together at least" I stated, with a tone of voice that was surprised that Natsu would think of just blabbering this information away freely, even if it was towards our friends. "Right?" I asked him. Natsu nodded.

"Yeah, I guess so… does that mean I should wait on telling Happy then? I was gonna tell him now, but…" he trailed off, seemingly leaving this up to me. I shrugged.

"I guess it'd be okay if just you told him, but if you'd prefer we could do it discretely either at your place, or even at the guild, if you wanted to do it together" I stated. Natsu gave this a moment of thought, before smiling. He leaned in and kissed me again, before pulling off.

"Hey, I've got an idea. I'll meet you at the guild later, around… 6PM, okay?" he said as he moved to leave quite quickly. I was confused as to Natsu's sudden change of energy, moving from being reluctant to leave, to suddenly wanting to dash off and abandon me. All the same I was intrigued by what plan he had clearly just concocted in his head. With an interested smile, I nodded.

"Alright, I'll just go to the guild and pay off our debt, then go home or do something and meet you back at the guild at six" I called out, as the pinkette got a little farther away. Natsu nodded.

"Fine, see ya later then" he cheered, before leaving me alone. I watched Natsu dash off, and then began to set off to the guild just like I said I would. All the way there I questioned what the hell Natsu was thinking, however no matter how much I tried, I just could not fathom the pinkette's though process.

Only when I got to the guild did something else grab my attention. "Hello Sting" a voice greeted me from the entrance to the Fairy Tail guild hall. Looking up at the source, I saw three figures, two I knew particularly well, and one that quite surprised me.

"It's been a while Master Eucliffe" Medea Zollzero greeted me.

"I trust you are keeping up on your debts" Edric grinned.

I looked to them all. "Well… this is a little surprise" I commented.

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After meeting Edric and Medea at the guild entrance I decided to pay off mine and Natsu's section of debt money directly. Edric accepted the money, commenting on the continued lack of Kenji around the guild. I mostly just smiled in order to keep up appearances, however it wasn't long before he and Medea left me, and I could go to the bar alone with Rogue.

Ordering a beer from Mirajane, I sat down next to the black-haired Dragon Slayer. "Well I'm surprised to see you back here. On the way back from that job you were heading out on last time?" I asked Rogue. The Shadow Dragon Slayer smirked.

"I finished that ages ago. I'm actually heading out on another job; however, I need some very particular help from a couple of the wizards here. There's no one in our guild that could help me at the moment, since everyone's still busy paying off the debt" Rogue commented. I nodded.

"So… who's help do you need?" I asked him with a faint smile. When I had proposed an alliance with Makarov, Rogue had been unsure as to what exact help Fairy Tail could offer us, especially considering its disbandment after the Tartaros incident. It made me somewhat happy to hear the Shadow Dragon approaching our allies so freely for help now. Although I suppose this debt does change things a bit… I reasoned.

Rogue seemed to grow quite after my question, however he did offer an answer, eventually. "Gray Fullbuster" Rogue said in a level tone of voice. I raised my eyebrows.

"Gray? Why him?" I asked. Rogue smiled.

"As a Devil Slayer, his powers could be helpful for the Blight-Destroying job I'm on. Orga could've probably helped, but he was on a job, so I figured Gray might be available instead, and as it happens he was" the Shadow Dragon explained. I nodded in understanding.

"I suppose it helps pay for the debt, so it doesn't matter where the job comes from" I reasoned. Rogue nodded.

"Speaking of debt, how are you and Natsu doing?" he asked, with a subtle smile.

I sighed. "We're working hard" I stated, "I'm pulling my weight. In fact, I only just got back from a job today, and after having this drink I'm going to go pay for the hotel room I'm staying in" I added with a proud smile. Rogue chuckled to himself.

"I'm glad our Master is able to work so hard" he said, before he leaned in, "Especially when he's having such tiring nights" the Shadow Dragon added in a knowing tone. I went wide-eyed at his comment. How did he… oh shit, my scent… does that mean Gajeel and Wendy know? I looked around for a sign of either of the other Dragon Slayers. Luckily, they both appeared to be absent from the guild this afternoon. Rogue seemed to notice my sudden frantic action. "Don't worry, Gajeel and Wendy aren't here. Although, if you are actually trying to hide this, then I would probably clean up more thoroughly" the Shadow Dragon commented in a low tone. I leaned a little closer to him. Sorry Natsu, looks like we didn't get to tell people together I thought.

"Okay, we need to talk. Come with me to my hotel" I said. Rogue just smiled.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Besides, I can't come even if I wanted to, since I will be leaving with Gray any minute" he stated. I sighed.

"Well… okay fine. Just make sure you don't tell anyone" I said exasperated. Rogue nodded, before he got up. Gray approached us, and after a quick exchange of pleasantries with me, they both set off.

Watching the two leave I suddenly got very paranoid about other's finding out. Wondering how to solve this problem I drank my beer and then set off to the hotel in order to pay my fees. Spending the rest of the day training in my room, I couldn't help but ponder this issue all day.

Unfortunately, I still didn't have an answer when I returned to the guild that evening. Despite that issue remaining unsolved, as soon as my eyes locked onto Natsu, I found I couldn't focus on it any more.

After all, I was already intrigued by what plan Natsu had rushed off to prepare.

End of Chapter 14

Chapter Hint; Fishing for Trouble