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Chapter 2: In Which Stupid Ideas Work Out Just Fine
It had seemed to Bickslow that avoiding the youngest Strauss sibling was a good plan for the foreseeable future. Luckily that was easy enough. Things were rather busy around the guild these days, everyone working hard to get the guild's debt taken care of. It seemed everyone had fallen behind in the years they'd all been gone, though he didn't much understand the reasoning.
Why the hell was everyone expected to pay rent for rooms they hadn't used for seven years? Was Fairy Tail that hard up for cash? He supposed so. It was actually easy to feel jealous of people like Lisanna who had a home that hadn't needed payments, though from the sounds of it she and her siblings were just as busy trying to clean and restore the place as well. That couldn't really be easy or cheap either.
Still, he found himself having to get a few jobs himself, Evergreen dragging Freed and him out several times to make cash for her own back rent. She was not a woman who went without the finer things in life and debt didn't suit her. At the very least it kept the wizard away from the guild for a while.
The fact of the matter was that it was just damn awkward what the two of them had done. The couple times he had been at Fairy Tail while she was tending the bar or picking out a job herself, he'd caught her eyes only for her to blush a bit and suddenly get really fidgety. Subtle she wasn't but then it's not like she'd ever had a one night stand before this. She probably didn't know exactly how to react to him now. Not that they'd ever been exactly close before, but as a fellow wizard of the guild they'd never been on bad terms before.
It was a few weeks later when he couldn't find himself avoiding her, back to turn in a completed job to Mira. He'd been getting worked like a dog by Evergreen and he was just happy to be back home and ready to get some rest. However, it wasn't the oldest Take Over sibling behind the bar but the youngest. He'd just considered folding up the finished posted job and returning later to handle it, but his teammates were already approaching the bar to turn in the paperwork. Damn it.
"Hey guys, back already?" Lisanna asked as she looked up at the three of them. She didn't seem to meet Bickslow's gaze, but the other two didn't seem to notice. "How was it?"
"Ugh, dreadful," Evergreen groaned as she sat down. "The job was collecting specimens for magical experiments in the middle of this awful swamp. I swear, if the silly little hedge mages can't even handle things like that, they don't deserve to practice magic."
"Now, now. At least it paid well," Freed said as he sat down as well. "Well, as well as can be expected considered there's not much to pick from. We're lucky we can get steady work at all."
It was true though. The second a new job came in, someone was usually fighting for it. A lot of people still had money issues to take care of, even with the intimidation of the Twilight Ogre guild, things weren't out of the red for everyone yet.
"You joining us, Bickslow?" Evergreen asked when she saw the Seith wizard hadn't moved.
"I'm exhausted," he excused with a grin that didn't quite ring true. "I'm going to get some rest."
"Bed time! Bed time!" his babies chimed as they bobbed around him. His teammates just shrugged.
"Well, I'm getting something to drink. I sure could use it," Evergreen said as she snapped her fan closed.
"Sure. I'll get you the usual," Lisanna said with a smile as she went to gather the ingredients for the fruity mixed drink they woman favored. Still, she moved slowly, glancing at Bickslow a few times. "You know… I get off in a couple hours. I-"
"I'm heading off," he said quickly, handing Freed the paper with their completed mission on it. "Be sure this get filed. Later."
He turned around quickly and made his way out of the guild hall, ignoring Freed calling after him and asking him what was the matter. Ugh, this was bad. He would have thought Lisanna would know better than to be so obvious. He could tell she was only just holding it in, and she seemed like she wanted to talk. Maybe it would be best to say something to her and not blow their secret.
He'd gone back to the male dormitories in order to wash up and change into cleaner clothes, tossing the other outfit into a hamper to just take care of later. After considering it for a bit, he eventually sighed and went back to the guild hall when Lisanna had mentioned being free. He should really be the responsible one and say something to her. She deserved that at the very least. No doubt his actions were really confusing her.
Luckily, it didn't seem there was anyone with her when she left. He'd almost expected Elfman to have been there to pick her up. Luckily the large man was nowhere to be seen, and Mira was the one taking the next shift of bar tending. He waited for her just a bit away from the entrance, leaning up against a tree.
"Hey," he said when she passed by, causing the girl to jump in surprise.
"Bickslow!" she cried out, patting over her heart. "Oh wow. You scared me."
"Sorry," he said.
"Sorry! Sorry!" his babies agreed.
"What are you doing here?" she asked him. "I thought you were gone for the rest of the day."
"You said you were getting off work in a couple hours, didn't you?" he reminded her. "I figured you needed to talk."
"Well… I had kind of been hoping… but then you didn't seem interested..." she replied. "And things have been so busy around here too, so I didn't want to pressure about it."
"But you have wanted to talk about it, haven't you?" he asked her.
She bit her bottom lip and nodded slowly. Of course she would have wanted to talk about it. He'd been an idiot to think he could just let it lay and never have it come up again.
"Alright, come on," he said as he turned away from her and walked off. He didn't check to see if she was following him, knowing she would be. Sure enough, she trotted off behind him until she had caught up with him, walking along with him by his side.
"Where are we going?" she asked him.
"I'd rather not have this conversation somewhere anyone could overhear," he informed her. "We need our privacy."
"Privacy! Privacy!"
Suddenly Lisanna giggled, covering her mouth with one hand as she gently laughed. He looked over at her in confusion.
"What?"
"Nothing. Just your babies," she replied. "They're kind of cute, the way they repeat so much of what you say. It's really like they are real kids sometimes."
He avoided her gaze, shrugging.
"They are."
"What? I thought that-"
"Anyway," he said loudly to cut her off, not wishing to get into it, "we need somewhere to talk where we won't be bothered or overheard. I don't know about you but I'd rather no one find out about this, especially your brother and sister. If they knew what happened, they'd flail me alive."
"Oh… yeah, good point," she said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "I haven't told them of course. I mean, it's really none of their business what we do together."
That was good to hear at least. Good thing she understood the importance of keeping it a secret.
"Why don't you come over to my place?" she suggested. "It's in a lot better shape now and Mira will be gone for most of the night. Not to mention Big Brother is off on a job right now. He's not due back for days."
It wasn't a bad idea. Sounded better than trying to sneak her into his room, that was for sure.
"Okay," he agreed.
The walk was spent in silence though and it felt like it took way too long to get there than it probably should have. He watched her unlock the door and let him in following her inside and looking around. The place still looked a bit of of disrepair, but it was warm and clean inside. There were a few patches in the ceiling that looked like bad weather had caused them, but it was clear they'd been working hard on the place for to look so nice in such a short amount of time.
"So, Lissana. I just wanted to say that I'm-"
He was suddenly cut off by her jumping on him and kissing him eagerly on the mouth. He fell back against the door from her weight, grabbing her to have something steady to hang onto. Her kiss were clumsy but purposeful and he couldn't help but groan in desire. Her seeking tongue easily got him to open his mouth for her, allowing her to explore him as she liked. God, she kept moaning too. It sent sparks of pleasure right to his groin and filled his mind with memories of what else he'd done to make her get so loud.
It took him several minutes of making out with her that he remembered he was here to put closure on this whole mess, not get tempted into fooling around with her again. He jerked back suddenly, grabbing her by the shoulders to make her stop.
"Lissana, wait. This isn't what I came here for," he groaned as he pushed her away.
"Sure it is. We have the place to ourselves. No one will bother us," she assured him as she began to undo the clasp of his cloak. He grabbed her hands to stop her.
"No, really. I just came here to talk," he insisted. His babies however were cooing and cat calling at what had just happened and he glared at them. "Quiet."
She looked confused for a second, slowly pulling away from him.
"I don't understand," she said softly. "I thought you and I..."
"That's why we needed to talk," he admitted before pausing. "Wait. What? You wanted to do more with me?"
"Well of course I did! I thought that was the whole reason you'd come here," she said with a blush. "I couldn't get what we did out of my head. It was amazing."
"Oh."
He felt a little dumfounded by the news. For some reason that possibility had never even entered his mind. Bickslow had felt like he'd taken advantage of her, coerced her into it, and here she was saying she wanted more.
"I… I didn't realize," he said lamely. Okay, now what?
"Then why did you come here?" she asked before her face fell a little. "Oh. You wanted to call this off, is that it?"
"I'm not sure people really call off one night stands," he admitted. "You and I just, no wait. That came out wrong. What I mean is… well, you and I… we just… that is..."
"One night stand?" she asked softly, as if she could barely get the words out. "That's all it was?"
"Look, I was just hoping we could keep what happened between the two of us," he said. "I didn't mean to hurt you, honest. It just sort of happened. I wasn't thinking clearly and the situation just kind of got away from me. That's all, I swear."
Despite his words though, he could tell it wasn't helping. Lisanna looked absolutely shocked at his words and all of a sudden she started sniffling, tears forming in her eyes. Oh shit! Not good!
"Lisanna, wait. I'm sorry, really."
"No," she said, shaking her head and turning away from him. "It's fine. Like you said, it was just a stupid one night stand. It didn't mean anything."
"Lisanna," he whispered. "I-"
"Don't worry," she cut him off. "I won't tell anyone. I'm surprised you didn't go off bragging though. Must have been pretty funny that you tricked stupid, naive Lisanna into thinking you actually wanted her."
"Damn it! It's not like that!" he exclaimed.
"Not like that! Not like that!" his babies quickly agreed as if to assure her.
"Then what was it like?!" she demanded. "You just said yourself it was just a one night stand!"
"Yeah, look, I did something stupid, okay? I took advantage of you that night and I shouldn't have. You just looked so beautiful that night and I wanted you that I was stupid and started kissing you without thinking of the consequences and it all sort of got away from me. I never, ever intended to hurt you though."
He rubbed at the back of his neck as she stared at him, seeming shocked by his admission. He really had screwed up, hadn't he?
"Trust me, I never would have hurt you on purpose," he assured her. "I mean it. I'm not going to go and say it was just healthy fun because I know that would just upset you more and-"
"Could it have been then?" she asked him softly.
"Huh?"
"Could it have just been healthy fun?"
He wasn't sure where she was going with this, but at least she wasn't crying or yelling at him now.
"Well, I guess," he admitted. "It's not like you and I weren't compatible or anything. In fact, it was pretty good. I figured though, you wouldn't be interested in that kind of thing and-"
"Bickslow, I took you here for the express purpose of sleeping with you," she said with her arms crossed. "Why in the world do you think I'm not interested?"
He had to admit, she had him there. He really didn't know what to say to that.
"Look, if you just wanted that one night, than I guess that's all it's going to be," she stated. "I just thought that you wanted something more, even if it was just casual."
"You… you're fine with just a casual relationship?" he asked in shock. Okay, he really didn't know Lisanna very well at all. He'd never would have expected her to say something like that.
"Of course I am. It's not like we're in love or anything like that," she said with a shrug. "We hardly even know each other that well. I just had hoped you'd be interested as well."
The gears in Bickslow's head were quickly turning. A nubile, young and pretty girl was telling him she wanted casual sex with him. No attachments, no emotions, just the two of them having fun. He had to be dreaming.
"Anyway, since that's not what you want I won't bother you. I just- HEY! What are you doing?!"
He grinned down at her as he grabbed her wrists and shoved her against the wall, pinning them above her head. His babies flew off to settle on the small table by the door, going dormant. He'd want privacy for this, and he was going to rock her world. Her eyes were wide in shock and he reveled in the look she gave him, absolutely loving it.
"I had no idea you were so naughty, Lisanna," he purred.
"Bickslow..."
"Mmmm, you really are a bad girl," he said as he nuzzled her neck. Suddenly all the reasons why this had been a bad idea before were going up in smoke. Bickslow didn't have great self control after all, and if she wanted it then who was he to deny her?
"I'm not," she protested softly but the words didn't seem so sure when she barely got it out in a whisper. He only grinned. This would be fun.
"Oh, you're not?" he asked mockingly. "You sure? Because I could have sworn you were from the things you want from me."
She squirmed a little, suddenly looking so shy and he drank it up. She really didn't know what she was getting into, but she would soon enough.
"Tell me what you want me to do to you," he ordered in a hiss. "Say it."
"I want… I want you to...
"Yes? I'm waiting."
"I want you to fuck me," she whimpered, her whole face red. "Bickslow, please. Don't tease me."
"Oh don't worry, babe. This time I'm going to leave you and I both very, very satisfied," he assured her.
He let go of her and trailed his hands down her arms. Despite the touches being rather tame, she shivered underneath of him. Now that this was actually happening, she had to be getting nervous about all of this. It's not like he was surprised though. Eagerness or not, she was still a virgin.
"Come on," he said with a soft smile. "Let's get to bed. You'll be more comfortable there than right in front of the doorway."
"R-right," she said, her cheeks still a dusty pink as she took hold of his hand and led him through the front hallway and up the stairs to her bedroom. He actually grinned at the little plaque on her door, reading, "Lissy's Room" in bold paint, each letter a different color and a little red hand print that looked like it belonged to a ten year old down in the bottom corner. He was pretty sure there was a very low level of hell reserved for people like him, about to deflower a girl that he'd known when she'd been so young.
Her room was decorated a bit more maturely, baby blue wall paper with clouds painted on them and a queen sized bed covered with several mismatched throw pillows. Along with a wardrobe and a book shelf there wasn't too much furniture, though there were several issues of Sorcerer Weekly stacked in piles around the floor.
"Sorry it's a little messy," she excused. "I got all these issues while we were gone. You think someone out there would think if you've been missing for seven years, you should stop wracking up charges for them and stop sending stuff."
"At least you've got plenty of reading material to catch up on," he stated with a chuckle. "Though I can't imagine they have very interesting articles since none of us are in it."
"Mmm, yeah. I guess that's true," she sighed as he came up behind her and began to kiss up her neck, resting his arms loosely around her stomach. "Wait, maybe I should shower. I'm kind of messy from work after all."
"You're just fine, babe," he assured her softly as he began to undo the buttons of her shirt, pulling it off her shoulder enough to drag his tongue over it.
"Are you going to make a habit of licking me like that?" she breathed.
"Why? You like it?"
She didn't answer him, but he could tell from the way she was shivering that the answer was yes. But of course it was. He'd never slept with a woman before than hadn't liked his tongue. Hell, the fact she was so eager to jump into casual sex with him just after what he'd done with just his tongue was more than enough proof that she approved of his 'habit' very much so.
She turned in his grasp, kissing him softly on the lips before she pulled him to the bed. He sat with her, holding her close. This might have just been a fun and purely physical thing, but he felt he owed her to make this as nice for her as possible.
"You sure you're ready for this?" he asked her.
She reached for him, unbuckling the straps to his faceplate and pulling it off slowly.
"I am," she breathed.
End of Chapter 2
Shorter than last chapter, but I didn't want to try to fit a full sex scene in and have to rush it or make the chapter run too long. I figured I can save the really good stuff for next chapter. If you enjoyed please review and I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as I did this one.
