What's up, guys! Here's Chapter six of Extinction! This Author Note will be a bit short, because I want to write at least another chapter for this and a prologue for another story that has been bouncing around my head. Warning for fluff and sexual insinuations. See ya later! Storm Out!
The gentle sound of breathing reached Erin's ears, and he ran his hands through the red hair in front of him. A contented sigh was his sign to continue, and he continued to massage Erza's scalp while she sat there, the blankets bunched around them from their earlier activities. He loved seeing her like this, when her walls were down, and she was opening and trusting. He loved that he was the only one to see when she was vulnerable. It brought back memories of nights spent out on the rooftops of Magnolia, of stargazing and cloud watching, of secrets told and kept, of promises made and wounds soothed. It was a ritual when they lived in Magnolia that they would spend summer nights on his roof, watching the stars and just enjoying the other's company.
Erza sighed as she felt Erin's fingers massage her scalp. She always teased him that if he quit Fairy Tail, he should start a masseuse business, and she was only half joking, his fingers were magic as he slowly moved from her head to her bare shoulders, working through all the tension that he found. Suddenly, she gasped and almost fell over as his fingers released a particularly large knot. "Sensitive, Red?" Erin asked, a small smiling toying with one corner of his mouth. "No thanks to you," she returned. "You're just…really good at that." He allowed himself a brief smile at that. "Anything for a queen like you. Now, lay down, so I can get the rest of you." Obliging, Erza lay down on her stomach, presenting her naked back to Erin, who moved so that he sat astride her ass. Sending a small pulse of electricity to his hands, he got started on Erza's back and shoulders, sending Erza into fits of ecstasy as the electricity caused a heated tingling to run down her spine. It had been so long since they had been together like this, she had almost forgotten just how good he was at massages. If he didn't stop, she was going to-
Suddenly, the tingling stopped as Erin removed his hands and moved off of Erza. "What-what are you doing? Why did you stop?" Erin smirked as he laid down next to her. "Can't be making too much noise, now can we, Red?" "And that means you have to stop?" Erin fixed her with a knowing glance. "Miss Scarlet, you and I both know that if I had continued with that massage, you would have woken everybody up. One of the things I love is that you are-how do I say this-very vocal." "Gee, thanks, Erin." Erza said, pouting comically. Erin laughed quietly, burying his nose in his girlfriend's hair. "That was supposed to be a compliment, Red. You know if I had my way, you'd be hoarse before midnight." "Well, well, well. I should be worried about the integrity of the man I share time with." Erin drew back, a hand over his heart and his face set in an expression of fake shock. "You wound my pride, Titania. You know I have but the best of intentions for you." He wrapped Erza in his arms as she buried her head in his bare chest, playing with the toned muscles of his chest and the slight trail of hair that led beneath the blanket that covered their legs.
"Something bothering you, love? You're awfully quiet." "I'm just worried." Erza said, gazing up into Erin's eyes. "What happens if something goes wrong tomorrow? We won't be near enough to assist if someone gets hurt, and if we assume wrong and they just go all out against one pair, then-" "Sh." Erin stopped her before she got into the rambling that was coming on with stress and worry. "We just have to have faith that they play into our hands. As for the other, if it all goes according to plan, then there's nothing to worry about. We'll take them down and send a message to the Alliance that we're done running. That's all there is to it." "But if something happens to you, then I don't know what I'd do." Erin sighed, and crushed Erza against his chest. "You'd carry on leading the guild through the end. You'd help your friends, because that's who you are, Erza. That's why we've made it this far, is because you never gave up. None of us did. And we won't give up until this is over." "But if you die tomorrow, or get wounded…" Erza trailed off, real worry dancing around her face. Erin sighed, and started to put his pants back on. "Where are you going?" Erza asked, making to get up. "Just get dressed and meet me outside, okay?" "Okay." Erza got up, put a pair of shorts and Erin's shirt on, and walked outside of the cave, making sure not to wake up anyone on the way out.
A couple minutes later, Erin walked out, a form-fitting white shirt playing havoc with Erza's emotions and making a certain area very warm. "Can we take a walk?" Erin said, drawing Erza's mind back from the gutter. They began to walk along the path that ran down the cliff from the cave, holding hands and enjoying each other's company. "Do you remember the day we started dating?" Erin asked, breaking the silence. "Of course. It was after our first S-Class mission, and we had both gotten beat up pretty bad." Erza replied, a smile tugging at her mouth. That memory always brought a smile to her face. They had both had a crush on the other for the longest time, but were too scared to admit it to each other until then.
It was a month after they had been certified as S-Class wizards, and they had taken a mission together to prove that they deserved the title. On the way back, Erza had gotten up to use the restroom on the train and had come back to see Erin mentally preparing himself to admit his feelings, and he had looked mortified when he turned around to see Erza standing outside the compartment with her hand raised to enter. After learning that he felt the same about her that she felt about him, she rushed in and hugged him, which had caught the awkwardly tall teenage Erin by surprise and sent him stumbling into their luggage and tripping into the side of the train. They had often shared a laugh looking back on the memory.
"Do you remember that night?" Erin asked, looking at the sky. "Yes," Erza said, wondering what he was getting at, "that was the first night we spent together on your roof." "Yeah. I'll always remember the promise I made to you that night. The one promise to you that I didn't keep." Erza was confused as Erin turned to face her, a nervous look on his face. "I promised that from that day on, I would protect you, that no harm would come to you while I was with you." "Erin, you know that's impossible. Even you can't protect me from everything." "I know, but it's still a promise that I couldn't keep. And I'd like to make up for that by making a promise to you that I will keep to my dying breath." Erza gasped as Erin got down on one knee and pulled out a crimson drawstring bag. Opening it, he pulled out a gorgeous silver ring, with a glittering ruby and a shining topaz stone surrounded by diamonds. "Erza Scarlet, these last five years have been some of the best of my life. We've gone through so much, we've fought, we've cried, but we've pulled through together and have become stronger together. So, I would like to make a promise to be by your side from now on. Even if thousands of miles separate us, just know you will always be the first thought that crosses my mind in the morning, and the last thing I think of as I fall asleep. Erza, would you do me the honor of marrying me?"
Erza gasped, tears springing up in her eyes. This man, the man who had fought for her, beside her, and with her for five years, who had helped her through some of her darkest times, and who had remained strong through the darkest time Fairy Tail had ever seen, was asking her to marry him. Smiling, she took the ring and slid it on the ring finger of her left hand.
"Yes, Erin. A thousand times over, yes!"
Actual happy chapters make me so happy! And hooray for fluff and dirtiness! Just a warning for readers, there will be no smut in this story unless it gets to a point that I am extremely confident in my writing and feel like writing an epilogue to this story. It will not be a part of the main story, so sorry 'boutcha! Anyways, see ya later! Storm Out!