A/N so the consensus seems to be this story is worth continuing so I'm rolling with it. As long as people want it, I'll stick with it. Sort of like my big one, this is writing itself and I'm having fun with it. I hope everyone is enjoying it, I don't write a weak Lucy, I don't care for her that way, I feel like she's been through enough she should have a back bone and some sense by now. I also don't care for a Laxus that is 100% asshole, I don't get that vibe from the character post Alvarez, and while this is set post Tart arc on a slightly changed timeline I'm trying to write these characters the way I've perceived them...As ever, I hope everyone enjoys...DESNA
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When Lucy returned to her room she was still riding high off of all that had happened, still shocked, dazed. Between Laxus' revalations, his kisses and getting to feel that tall hard body against hers, she was almost wishing he had walked her back, she would have drug him into her room, she didn't doubt it.
She could faintly hear the occasional scream from Canas room, it seemed she'd gotten Bickslows brother to her room, or someone at least and whoever it was, was making the Card Mage very happy if her screams were any indication.
Lucy sunk into the bath tub, laying back and trying to let go of the memory of a hot mouth on hers and strong hands gliding down her back to her waist.
He'd behaved, the man who was supposed to be the worst Playboy in the guild had behaved with her, kissed her until she couldn't remember her name at times but his hands hadn't slid anywhere they shouldn't have. When she thought about it, he'd been a damn gentleman for the most part, a few comments, teasing, but even that had been easier than a lot of her dates had laid on her.
Sighing when she emerged from the bath to more muted screaming she turned on the little stereo the room had, setting it to soft music and smiled when that effectively drowned out Canas seriously good times next door. Crawling into the soft bed, Lucy curled up around a pillow wishing it was a Dragon Slayer.
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She wanted to sleep in, seriously, if she got up early she would go mad waiting until it was time to meet Laxus but by 7 Lucy was up. Pulling out her swim suit she put it on then pulled on a mid thigh length dark blue sundress with pale pink lace trim and a bohemian style halterneck that was made out of a butter soft chiffon. It was one of her favorites.
Matched up with comfortable dark blue lace up sandals she was ready for a day outside as soon as Cancer finished setting her hair into a wrap around braid that left the rest of her hair tumbling loose over her right shoulder, with that set firmly in a silver clasp even if they went swimming her hair would stay under control.
Once that was all done she thanked Cancer and headed down stairs to get breakfast, meeting Levy and Gajeel just coming out of their room.
"Lu! Hey! You look amazing…how did last night go and where are you off to like that?" Levy grinned. They started past Canas door only to be greeted by more muffled screaming.
"Damn, I thought they'd stopped." Lucy laughed. "They never did, were up all damn night and are still fucking like rabbits, crazy drunk." Gajeel grumbled. Levy took his arm and Lucys and pulled the two down the hall with her to the elevator.
Lucy spilled most everything that had happened the night before, leaving out some of the things she just wanted to keep for herself. Levy and Gajeel both listened, though Gajeel was decidedly less interested while they ate breakfast.
"I never thought Laxus was a total jerk, not since Tenrou anyway, and he's been working so hard since the Master has been training him to take over the guild I really haven't seen him, well…" Levy hesitated trying to find a good way to put her thought.
"Acting like a man whore." Gajeel said and Levy slapped his arm but he just smirked at her.
"Yeah…ok, I wouldn't put it that way but yeah, he hasn't been like that the last year, he's been too busy working between the guild and the Raijinshuu." She said, giving Gajeel one more reproachful look he neatly ignored.
"But I like you're giving him a chance Lu, he's kind of been the one you've had a thing for for a while now." Levy said and Lucy gasped.
"I have not!" She denied, knowing as she said it it might not really be true, he was always the man who made her most uncomfortable, other men in the guild occasionally would pique her interest and she could admire how good they looked, like Bickslow the morning Cana had grabbed him, even Lucy had felt something taking in that 6 feet of man in tight clothes.
No man though had ever affected her like Laxus did, from the very beginning, even when he'd been vicious, and at his worst, she'd been attracted to him. Like she'd realized last night, she'd wanted him because he was out of reach, let herself fantasize about him, and in those dreams, he'd been like he was right now.
The man he was last night. When his lips had sealed over hers and that chocolate had drenched her senses in him she'd been swept away. Now she would spend a day with him, just them, her team was scattered. Natsu was back at the guild, Gray had been seen leaving with his date according to Levy, and Erza, well, nobody had seen her or Bickslow yet that she knew about.
Erza today had planned to visit the baths and the massage center, they offered mud wraps and such she was very interested in, so Lucy would bet, even if the Re-quip mage hadn't spent the night with the Seith mage, she'd still be busy all day getting herself pampered.
So they wouldn't be bothered by her team at least.
They finished breakfast and chatted for a little while longer then Levy said she and Gajeel were going to the pier as well anyway so would walk with her. "They're supposed to have some fun games, an underwater ride and then that steam boat, did you see that? It's beautiful! There's also some boutiques there I'd like to see." Levy grinned.
They were early, so Lucy walked with her friends for a little bit then left them to go back to the entrance.
Walking back she fought with butterflies in her stomach, feeling foolish about it. Laxus wasn't dangerous, he'd proven he could behave himself and she really was looking forward to spending time with him. That feeling doubled when she saw him.
Khaki cargo shorts and a sleeveless black muscle shirt did the mans body justice, hugging that breathtaking torso, broad shoulders and every single perfectly toned muscle. The smile he had when she walked up to him was like the ones she'd earned the night before and still took her breath away.
Gods the man was an Adonis, and he was only looking at her.
"You look amazing Blondie." He said and she grinned stepping right up to him and reaching up, as soon as she did he met her halfway and she smiled against his lips, the scent of him washing over her.
"I understand there are some unique rides and such here so lets see what they've got." He took her hand then and from that point on, the day got better and better for both of them.
She found out he'd done a great deal of travelling after being kicked out of the guild, some abroad. He'd stayed with Bickslows father in Bosco for a while and met all of the Seith mages family.
"I'm wondering how he and Erza faired last night, kinda hoping she didn't hurt him…" Lucy admitted.
Laxus shook his head "I haven't seen him yet today so I honestly don't know but he's known Erza a long while, understands how she is and if anyone can keep Titania happy it would be Bix. He probably had her playing games and shit all night once they were through the chocolate."
Lucy giggled at the idea "Well, I hope so, I really will talk to her and my team about laying off the interference in my life. I don't even go on a lot of jobs with them all anymore. Since Natsu mated with Lisanna she goes with them more than I do."
"I've seen you taking more solo work, you ok with that?" He asked and she nodded "I am, I've been able to work on my skills, my magic, everything and all without worrying about my team blowing up a town and costing me every cent I would have made on the job." She smiled at him, not wanting him to doubt her conviction.
"Well, if you want, the Raijinshuu can sure fit another good mage on a lot of our jobs, you'd be an asset so you're welcome with us any time." He offered. It was something Lucy promised she'd think about, something she needed to think about, she knew the Raijinshuu rarely took anything but the top s-class and ss-class jobs and she'd never heard of them wrecking property either.
"I'm sure Evergreen would love having some female company on jobs. You'd make her day." He chuckled.
They tried some of the games, Laxus' aim was not surprisingly, perfect and Lucy was soon the proud owner of a stuffed dragon, a pink one no less. Laxus laughed when she picked it out, honestly laughed, a sound she'd never heard before but wanted to hear again.
Lucy told him about her recovery of Aquarius' key, her goals, hopes of becoming S-class one day among them. "I would also like to destroy more fools who challenge me at se-car racing too." She said wickedly and he grinned "Maybe some sort of re-match is in order." He said.
The underwater ride was a sort of ship that was almost entirely enchanted glass, allowing people an amazing view of the lake underwater, all of its fish and various underwater creatures, she ended up tucked against Laxus' side with his arm around her leaning back looking up through the top of the ship and laughing as they started comparing various fish to guild members.
He was shockingly easy to talk to and made her heart race every damn time he touched her, she'd thought that might lessen as she got comfortable around him but if anything it got worse.
Laxus wasn't getting his ease either that he'd been hoping for. He didn't know why he had thought spending real time with the blonde would somehow calm his desire for her but he hadn't expected it to get so much worse. He finally took her from the carnival pier over to the water craft area figuring if he got them a little farther apart on jet skis his increasing hunger for her would calm down.
Bad idea. Watching her peel her dress off and reveal her black and white bikini clad body absolutely had the opposite effect he was after. His whole damn being stuttered for a moment when she lifted the dress off over her head.
Tossing her over his shoulder and taking her out on a boat far from shore, pinning her to the floor of the boat and losing himself in that gorgeous body was the first thing that came to mind and he shook it, setting to getting his own shirt and shorts off. He had some black mid-thigh fitted trunks on under his shorts.
He missed Lucys reaction to him, pre-occupied with trying to calm himself down and get his thoughts out of the gutter.
Lucy sucked her lower lip into her mouth as Laxus pulled his shirt off. Holy Gods…muscle flexing and bunching under tanned skin and black tattoos. There wasn't an inch on him she didn't want to touch, lick, drag her lips over.
The close fitting black swim trunks gave her a perfect view of taught powerful thighs and Cana was right, the mans ass was the finest there was. If the attendant hadn't caught her attention handing her a life vest he would have caught her damn near drooling at him. So she gave the young man a radiant smile, letting him tie the vest onto her and adjust it so it fit her right.
Laxus gave the blushing kid a hard look, shrugging into his own vest and helping Lucy down onto her jet ski. He'd ridden them a good bit down at Akane Beach, owned a couple he kept at the beach house he had down there. So he moved his craft next to hers and leaned over to show her how everything worked. Once she said she had it, he was almost knocked off his when she gunned hers and shot out over the lake laughing.
They were cat and mouse for a while, knew enough not to outright run into each other but it didn't deter them from trying to knock each other over. Laxus had to give it to her, the woman had a knack figuring out how to handle machines.
Still, he had a substantial advantage in experience and used it, finally tipping her off her ski into the water. When she popped up a moment later she gave him a dark look he could only laugh at as he moved slowly to her and reached out a hand. "Come on, I'll take you to your jetski, and I'll play fair, just had to get you at least once."
She accepted his hand, contemplating pulling him in with her but the water was too cold, she wanted out of it. When he pulled her up in front of him he frowned at seeing her shivering. Dipping a foot down into the water he frowned, it was plenty cold and he'd just dunked her in it, so much for not being an ass.
"Here, sit in front of me and get the jacket off. He ordered, arranging her in front of him he opened the front of his own jacket and pulled her back against him almost hissing at how cold she was against his warm skin.
"Shit, I'm sorry Lucy. Let's grab the tow rope on your jetski, you just sit here, least I can do is warm you up." He sighed and she leaned back into him, pulling his hands off the control bar so his arms went around her better.
Laxus drew a slow breath, the feeling of her mostly naked body pressing into his embrace was sending his own body in the wrong direction. She was cold and he was trying to get her back so she could dry off and warm back up, he kept telling himself that.
When Lucy turned in his arms though, settling with her legs on either of his thighs so she could press right into him and he felt her breasts, the cold hardened nipples pressing into his chest he had to close his eyes for a moment but Lucy didn't give him time to recover.
Lucy was already way too warm, just in places she wasn't pressing against him, yet. And when pushing more against him made his breath hitch and his eyes closed she pulled her arms back, slid them up around his neck.
She needed to feel herself against him, he was so warm and that water had cooled her to the bone. Smooth warm skin and hard muscle met her body as she moved closer and she tipped her head back to meet darkening eyes. He hadn't tried once all day to hide anything from her, had been more open than she had ever seen him by far and it was so disarming.
He was, under that arrogant façade, a strong honest man. Blunt, plain spoken but also fiercely loyal and devoted to those he cared about. It dawned on her then he was trying to pull her into that small group that he was so dedicated to, trying to be closer to her and she couldn't understand why.
Laxus could have any woman he wanted, hell the whole day women had been checking him out, some even trying to catch his eye but he'd ignored them. She knew he wasn't oblivious to them like Natsu was when it happened around him, she'd caught him rolling his eyes and shaking his head a few times, probably hearing something she couldn't that women were saying.
Considering that, why would he want a woman like her? She was endlessly in trouble, a rich girl who had run from grace that struggled to get by, struggled to complete jobs on her own and get stronger so that struggle would get smaller as she went.
She was nothing. He was a powerful S-Class wizard, the grandson of the Guild Master and heir to the leadership of Fairy Tail. Tall, handsome with a mouthwatering body, the list of what he had to offer was hugely longer than her own. Still, when she reached up, pulled at him to draw him to her he smiled faintly, eyes flashing with obvious want and it was her he wanted.
Her cool lips warmed quickly once his were on them, and he finally couldn't suppress a low moan when closing his arms around her brought her firmly up into his lap. "God you taste good." He said between kisses, his hands were moving this time, he couldn't stop them from curling around her scantily clad rear, cupping the firm round cheeks and pulling her even harder against himself.
She broke away, trailing kisses over his jaw and down his neck and he sucked in a sharp breath when her teeth closed on his skin in a delicious nip, his growl made her shudder and she turned that growl into a shuddering gasp when she rolled her hips against him.
"Lu…Lucy…shit" he gasped, his own mouth hot on her throat. "So warm." She breathed as he slid his lips over her skin.
She rolled her hips again, loving the friction, and felt him, hardening between them, pressing against the thin material of his trunks. He hissed through his teeth, grabbing her hips and making her stop, pushing her back a bit.
"I…ok beautiful, we can't play like this on the water.' He ground out and she shuddered at the heavy lust in his voice.
"Then lets go back…" She said softly, running her tongue over his ear, another shuddering groan from him making her heart soar and her body burn.
Putting an arm around her he gunned the motor of the jet ski, stopping to grab up the tow rope in the front of hers and tying it off on his then keeping her firmly against him until they reached the boat docks. The attendants showed them to the changing rooms where their clothes were and when Lucy came back out, Laxus pulled her to him.
"Warmer?" He asked doubtfully, her little sundress couldn't provide much more warmth than the swimsuit and fall was in the air.
She sighed "B..better, but I think I need to change out of this swim suit." She admitted. "Let's head back to the resort, we'll both change, it's looking like rain, I can feel a storm coming." He told her, looking up at the sky.
She smiled at him "Recognize your own huh?"
"Something like that. Come on, after we change I'll buy you dinner." He offered and she nodded, she'd been really upset over the idea he was going to end the day there and she didn't want to, she was enjoying herself, enjoying him.
"Meet me down at the restaurant at 7?" He asked and she smiled nodding eagerly.
Laxus watched her hurry to the elevator, she was still shivering slightly. He had to hand it to her, she hadn't gotten mad really when he'd knocked her off her jet ski, oh those gorgeous brown eyes had been full of all sorts of painful promises but she'd accepted his help out of the water and then, Holy shit warming her up had done more to boil his own blood.
Shaking his head he turned to cross the lobby to the elevator to his wing of the resort. She'd been smiling, laughing, teasing him as much as he did her the whole day, not a drop of animosity or fear.
She just let it go, accepted what he'd told her and was giving him the chance he so badly wanted. God he could have taken her right there on that damn jet ski, the feel of her body pressing against him, and when she'd started moving those hips of hers, he'd felt the heat of her right through their swim suits, and he'd smelled clearly how badly she wanted him.
He took a quick shower to rinse off the lake water, pulled on clean jeans and laid back on his bed to collect his thoughts, he still had over an hour before he had to get downstairs to meet Lucy.
He had no doubts left about her, not after the time he'd gotten to be around her without their guild hanging over them. The dragon within him was pretty clear what it wanted, it wanted Lucy.
He'd slept with dozens of women and never so much as a rumble from that part of himself, but as soon as he was around her all of a sudden he was fighting it for control.
He'd asked Gajeel not too long ago what made him choose Levy. It seemed like such an odd match. Gajeel was a powerhouse like Laxus, a big muscular man and Levy was the smallest woman in the guild, someone Gajeel had perceived as weak the moment he'd seen her.
"Wasn't weakness on her part that pulled me to her that first time, that was my own sorry ass not knowing what the fuck my dragon was trying to tell me. It drew me to her, I wasn't there to fuck anything up but the guild hall, and the whole thing, seeing her, shook me up so bad…well…I was a nightmare back then. One of Jose's best trained dogs." The Iron Slayer had taken a long drink from his tankard before continuing.
"Your dragon will tell you when you meet the right one, the woman whos soul is going to fill all the holes in yours, The one that will make you whole. Took me forever to see it with Levy, you're not wrong, it doesn't look like it would make sense that we fit together like we do, but it's real. The dragon is never wrong, just gotta listen to the fucking thing and try to make what it wants you to do fit into your human life, that's always the hard part."
Of all of the slayers Gajeel always seemed to best understand the Dragon part of a Dragon Slayer, Metalicana had taught him enough, and the man was wise enough that he was damn good at filling in the gaps.
Laxus got along with him well too, they understood each other, both having done horrible things to the Guild they loved and called family.
So while he thought Lucy was gorgeous, and would have wanted her in his bed regardless, his Dragons involvement made it all different.
The dragon didn't want a fuck buddy, it didn't want a one night stand or a girlfriend. His dragon wanted a mate. Lifelong, forever, bonded souls, no woman but her forever, get her pregnant, raise children level of serious.
It was strange that didn't bother him, he was manic about protection, had never had a scare, though one woman had tried to say a baby was his then run him around for 4 months refusing to get a test done to prove it until finally he'd forced her to and the test had, big surprise, proven the kid wasn't his.
He'd always kept the idea of children at a distance, under "someday" firmly. Still did, but his dragons wants were forcing the thought into his head as a reason it wanted Lucy. She'd be an amazing mother. He wanted kids, under that "someday" clause, and somehow, the only woman he'd ever thought about with was Lucy.
Love was another thing he scoffed at, romance, he'd never given a damn about any of it, and why a fucking internal dragon would want that was beyond him but it pushed him toward those things forcefully.
All he could do was be himself, let her see it, be honest and pray his dragon didn't have ambitions that exceeded his grasp. It scared him, the idea of going back to the distance he'd been at from her for so long, retreating again because if she didn't want him, he would have to, he wouldn't be able to bear being a "friend" to her, with her, it had to be all or nothing. He lacked the ability to endure anything else.
Glancing at the clock he sighed, still an hour, he'd given her time because he was betting she needed a soak in a hot tub to warm up. A knock at his door made him frown. Snatching the black button down from the bed he'd pulled out he shrugged it on and opened the door.
Bickslow grinned at him, he looked…tired.
"Hey Boss man, got a minute?" As usual he didn't wait for the answer, just stepped past Laxus and plopped heavily down on the lounge by the fireplace.
"Come on in Bix." Laxus chuckled, letting the door close before turning and sitting in the chair across from the lounge.
"What's up? How did the whole Erza thing go?" He asked.
Bix actually stilled for a moment and Laxus sat up a little more, oh shit…what did the Seith do…
"Well…I'm not sure to be honest. I mean, we sucked face for at least an hour, fuck the woman is rough too…finished off that chocolate with…ah…my brother and Cana…" He pulled off his sunglasses, regarding Laxus with confused dark red eyes.
"Your brother and Cana…helped how?" He asked, not sure he wanted to know.
"Erza and Cana wanted to taste both of us, see if since we're brothers we tasted alike and shit. We don't by the way. Anyhow, we drank all that fucking booze, you were gone, Mira and Freed never came back and Levy and Gajeel never touched any of it, they left when Erza started telling Gajeel she wanted to see what he tasted like…" Bix shrugged and Laxus rolled his eyes, the Iron Dragon wouldn't sit around for that sort of thing any more than Laxus would have and Laxus, between the two, was definitely more outgoing.
"So we got shit faced, two bottles of vodka, grey goose, fucking amazing, three bottles of blue label, two trays of shots and two bottles of tequila before I fucking lost track. I remember dancing, Erza isn't bad by the way. Some crazy car racing, and I uh…woke up round, uh…maybe 3 this afternoon with a monster headache, buck ass naked on the floor of somebodies room, Cristoff was on the bed, with Cana and Erza was…using my ass for a pillow and nobody had any clothes on." Laxus rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming and he hadn't even gotten drunk last night.
"Did you talk to any of them?" He demanded.
"Couldn't wake em up, finally left em just after 5 still lost in dreamland and I wasn't quiet man, took a shower, tore shit up looking for my clothes tried to wake all three of them but nothin, out cold. I have no fucking idea what happened Laxus…"
Heaving a sigh he glanced at the clock. He had to get going now or he'd be making Lucy wait.
"I need to go meet Lucy." He said.
Bix grinned "Niiiice, so I take it that went well…she got your name on her neck yet?"
Bickslow was the only person aside from Freed who knew about his feelings for Lucy and at the moment he wished he'd never told him, best friend or not.
"No, but I've still got a chance if I don't fuck up by bringing a hung over friend who may have fucked her crazy team mate last night." He said pointedly.
Bicks gave him a pout "I'm wounded man, seriously, I thought we had something and you're totally ditching me for a blonde, it's cuz her tits are bigger than mine isn't it?" Laxus rolled his eyes and stood.
"Aww come on, you know I'm the better drinking buddy, I can stuff a bra if you'll feel better." Bix cackled and Laxus went to the door "Not funny, not even if I was drunk would that shit be funny, go change your clothes, you smell like Erza and Cana both…" He paused then, let that sink in and Bix groaned laying back on the lounge.
"That's it, I gotta run away and join the priesthood or some shit…" The Seith whined "Burn my dick as a sacrifice for my sins against drunken hook ups."
"Yeah well don't burn it in my room. I'll see you later." Laxus finished buttoning up his shirt and left his friend. He didn't have time to help Bix figure out whatever mess he'd made.
The scents on the man were strong but it didn't mean he'd slept with the women for sure, Laxus would need to catch Bixs scent heavy on the women to know for sure, especially since Bix had showered, but he hadn't changed his clothes, so the scents thickness could easily have come from that.
Sex for sure, he'd had sex with one of them, but which one he just didn't know and didn't really care to find out.
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Lucy stepped from the elevator just in time to catch a glance of the one beside it closing on Bickslow and smiled. At least he was still alive!
Lucy soaked in the tub, so grateful for the delicious steaming water she was beside herself. She was also grateful Laxus had given her plenty of time for to soak and warm up. It meant she'd be fine in her thick red thigh high stockings, black mini skirt and red vest with detached bell sleeves.
She slithered into her favorite silky red satin panties and bra first then pulled the outfit she'd chosen on over it before pulling on her knee high black boots and summoning Cancer to get her hair sorted out.
Between wind, the lake and the bath it was a tangled mess. "Just leave it loose, but these tangles, I'm sorry Cancer." She sighed.
"It's ok ebi, you live life in the fast lane your hair is gonna get blown around."
Her nails changed to a deep crimson color, a gold choker earrings and Lucy grinned. "Perfect as always, thanks Cancer, you're the best!"
Letting the spirit depart she grabbed a black leather jacket just in case and hurried down to meet Laxus.