Chapter 2: Smolder

(w/n: Smut ahead. This is your warning; smut is ahead)

Lucy closed her eyes when he had held her, she heard, no, she felt the flame that surrounded her.

It beat, like a heart. Like his heart.

It was loud and erratic, and Natsu's breathing only confirmed it. However, as he held her, the sound disappeared all together, the flame dwindling around them until it vanished. Looking up, Lucy blinked, her eyes growing wide.

Natsu held his eyes closed, a look of pain etched into his face. Quickly moving her hands up, Lucy felt her heart crack as a single tear rolled down his cheek.

'Natsu...' Pulling his face down to hers, she held him, nose to nose and whispered softly.

"Natsu, I'm here. Are you alright?" Opening his downcast eyes, Lucy saw that they had returned to their normal appearance. "Natsu, don't make me worry. What is wrong?"

His hands pulled her closer to him, and as his lips brushed her own, he spoke in a shaky voice.

"I... I don't know what wrong with me. I don't know why I'm feeling like this. I don't understand why I attacked Erza." Pulling away, Lucy gasped as she locked her hazel eyes with his black ones. "I know why I wanted you, though. I know why I came to you last night. I know why I came looking for you tonight." Leaning in again, Lucy felt a small moan escape from her lips. Running his nose above her breasts and along her neck, all the way to the base of her ear, he inhaled, and she felt the same shiver from before run up and down her spine.

"I missed your smell. I missed it so much. I couldn't concentrate without you around. All I wanted was to be back here, with you." Rubbing his nose against her earlobe, Lucy moaned as his tongue darted out and ran along her chin.

'Ohh... it feels even better than before.' Rubbing against him slightly, she felt his mouth curl into a smile.

"It wasn't the first time I've sneaked into your room while you slept." His lips kissed her skin on her neck, goose bumps appearing as he went. Lucy leaned her head back, her hands running through his pink hair, his hands moving up and down her body, gentle gropes started to turn heavy as his breath became labored.

"But it had been so long, Luce. So long," Hands ran down and gripped her firm ass, massaging it and pressing it in his strong grip. "I couldn't help myself, especially the way you smelt then. God Lucy..." Pulling her cheeks apart, Lucy groaned, his hands quickly sneaking under the hem of her short skirt. Moaning as he continued his motions, Natsu's lips began trailing kiss down her chest, until he got to the thin fabric that was her shirt. With a lick and a nip, he was able to coax her nipple to harden, and with another moan from Lucy, went quickly to suckling his prize. His reward was Lucy's hand pulling him closer, her fingers gripping his hair as he sucked.

"Na-Natsu. Why are you doing this?" Her words were punctuated with gasps as she felt his hot fingers pull aside her panties.

"Because I love your smell, Lucy. I love your taste. I love the sounds you make when I do this." Sliding three fingers into her, Lucy cried out as his eyes closed. Purring against her skin, he pulled her down to the floor, his body pressing against her fully, and she blushed as she felt his hardness on her leg.

"Natsu, what are you do-" Natsu cut her off as his lips crushed her's his tongue invading her defenseless mouth. Moaning into his kiss, he continued down, lifting her shirt as he continued his attack on her body. Moaning, Lucy continued to run her fingers through his hair, gasps escaping from her bruised mouth.

"Natsu..." She moaned louder as his finger continued pumping into her body, her legs spreading wide. As Natsu groped her left breast with his free hand, he bit and sucked at her right breast with his hot mouth. Lucy felt as if she were on fire, her eyes closed in pleasure.

"Your so wet Lucy. I love it when your this wet. Get's me all fired up..." Rubbing against her leg, Lucy blush turned red as she felt his bare cock rubbing against her. Removing a hand from his head, she slid it down and softly gripped him.

A hiss was heard as Natsu froze, his eyes closed as she slowly pumped his hard length. Her hand didn't close around him completely, and she groaned when, after a moment, his fingers continued their newly invigorated assault on her pussy. His mouth returned to her flesh, his sucking becoming wild , his lips now moving down her body.

Pulling out of her light grip, Natsu moved his body to between her legs, his fingers sliding out of her drenched pussy. Panic arose in her eyes as she imagined what was going to happen next.

Next he would place his tip at her entrance, and she would be too tight to move in one go, so he would do much smaller thrusts into her, her pussy slowly coming to accept his girth. Then, just as she came he would thrust all the way to his hilt into her. Then, he would slam into her again and again until she gripped him and came harder and harder. Then, just as she would cum all around his shaft, he would jack hammer her as he filled her with his own hot cum.

God, she really did have perverted thoughts...

Bracing herself, Lucy cried out as Natsu's tongue slid between her now soaked lips. Sliding up and down, he took his time delving into her depths, eventually, he spread her open and began to milk her. As he lapped at wetness Lucy felt her mind go blank.

His tongue was hot inside her, and it seemed slightly longer then it should have been. There was no way he could reach all her hidden spots inside her with just a normal human tongue. But as this thought entered her mind, his finger went to her clit, and with a pinch, her mind went blank again as she felt immense pleasure begin to form inside her. Wave after wave started washing over her body, sweat glistened on her skin, and her free hands gripped Natsu's pink hair. Grinding against his face, she moaned as he continued his tongue work.

It was nothing like she had imagined. Looking down at her lower half, she felt herself wet at the wonton sight before her. Her legs were on either side of Natsu's head, his face buried into her pussy's lips. His thumb rubbed quickly at her erect clit and she felt a large wave crash over her as he did this. The coil that was wound inside her began to tighten again, and she reached down to his pink hair. Griping him, she began to rock her hips against his mouth, the smile he wore unseen by her.

Bouncing on his tongue, Lucy saw stars explode behind her eyes as he body shook. Pulling him closer to her, she bucked harder and harder as she rode the wave of ecstasy she was on, Natsu's hands holding her to him as he lapped at her juices.

"Oh god... Natsu... that was...ohh..." She moaned as he removed his tongue. However, her disappointment replaced by pleasure as he slid a slender finger inside her.

"Mm hmm Lucy. You even taste better straight from the source then from fingers." Moving to her side again, he held up a slick hand. "Your so wet tonight. What's got you so excited? Is it my fingers?" Pumping his fingers into her, she moaned "Is it my lips?" Pressing his slick lips against her mouth, Lucy felt his skilled tongue claim her mouth again.

Pulling away, she kissed his forehead, her cheeks flushed, her lips bruised. With a whisper, she pulled him closer.

"It's you Natsu. You've got me... fired up now. Because I want to be with you and you want to be with me." Flipping positions, Natsu found himself pinned to the floor, the blond mage grinning above him. "My turn, dragon boy." Running a finger down his bare chest, she grinned as he actions pulled a moan from him. "Stay still, or I wont ride you." His eyes burst open, his cock throbbing. With a smile, Lucy pressed her soft body against him as she slid down. Rubbing against him the entire way down, Natsu felt as if his mind was going to rupture.

"Now, Natsu. We're going to do some training in self-control." Sitting on his stomach, she brought his hand to her chest as she pulled the offending top away, her breasts bound by a bra that looked suspiciously like a corset. A grin fell across Natsu's lips.

"Training huh?" Shifting slightly, rubbing his length against her cheeks as he licked his lips. "Sounds good." Taking control of his hands, he groped her breasts and slid another hand down her soft curve.

"Mm hmm." Closing her eyes, Lucy smiled into his touch. Grinding her body slowly, she felt Natsu's hungry gaze on her. He didn't notice the sly smile that danced across her bruised lips.

With a quick flip of her wrist, her Fleuve d'étoiles unraveled and quickly bound the dragon slayer's hands.

"Lucy! What are you doing?" Moving his hands to her lips, she gave him a wicked smile.

"Training, Natsu-kun..." Sliding on of his fingers into her mouth, she suckled at the tips before moving the digit past her lips. Rolling her tongue , she grinned down at Natsu, his eyes rolling back and closing as he thrashed his head back and forth.

"Now, time for some rules, that if you were to break, even just once..." Her sucking continued, and Natsu was having trouble concentrating "Everything would stop, and we'd have to start all over again." Moving his hands from her lips to her breasts, she placed his bound hands between them and squeezed.

"Rule number one; You have to stay bound the entire time. Any attempts made to break the bond will cause us to stop." Moving his hands above his head, Lucy leaned forward, her lips centimeters away from his. "You must follow my every command, and call me Lucy-sama." Keeping her lips from touching, she pressed closer to him, wiggling her body as she did so. "Third," Natsu felt her grin into his skin. "You can't touch me."

Natsu had never felt himself so turned on then he was now. Sure, once or twice he had managed to get hot and bothered enough to relive himself, but those held nothing to what he was experiencing at the moment. His skin was on high alert, his senses over whelmed by Lucy.

"You've got to be kidding me..." He growled as she ran her fingers down his bare torso.

"Mmm no. Not at all. If you can keep your hands off me, you'll be reward with something sweet." He froze as she reached down ,and gripping him softly, moved his tip against her wet pussy. Pushing him in enough so he could feel her tightness, she pulled away, his growl of protest sending a shiver down her spine.

"If your bad, you'll be punished. Understood?" Natsu grinned.

"Sure I understand." Bucking against her again, Natsu was surprised when she flatted against him.

"Oh, what's wrong Natsu-kun? Can't take the heat? Going to give up?" Teasing his tip with her finger, she watched as his head rolled from side to side, his teeth biting into his lip as his eyes shut tight.

'He's so hot...' She thought to herself.

"First, Natsu-kun. What do you want me to do?" His eyes snapped and locked with hers.

"What do I want you to do?"

"Mm hmm. Should I do this?" She moved quickly to his chest, her hands pinching at his nipples as she ran her tongue down his sculpted stomach. Biting down, she suckled slightly, rewarded with a moan from Natsu. Looking down as she pulled away, he saw a red mark form on his skin and trail down towards his core.

"Pay back, for what you did to me." Grunting as she continued her love biting down, he cried out as she nipped the sensitive area above his cock.

"Luce..."

"Lucy-sama or we don't continue. You've been warned." Natsu groaned as he bucked. "Nuh uh Natsu-kun." Sliding her body back up, he moaned as she started at his chest and began working her way down again, this time slower. "Just had to make me start all over again, didn't you?"

It was eons before Lucy made her way to his cock again, at least that's how he felt. Finally, she made her sexy way down, her lips parting as she took his tip and kissed it. Natsu felt himself slip slightly, a small bead of cum appearing on his head. It wasn't his fault, her mouth was just so hot.

"Mmm, tasty." She slid her pink tongue around the swollen tip, and moving down a little more, starting at his base and began slow licks up. "How long before you cum all over me? An hour?"

Lick

"Half and hour?"

Lick

"Thirty minutes?"

Lick

'God dammit. I'm going to burst.' Natsu moaned again.

"I know. What if we did it in five?"

"Wha-ahhhhh ahh ahh ahh." Natsu cried out as Lucy plunged him into her mouth, in and out, in and out, until she took him all the way in. Humming softly, Lucy pumped her head, up and down, and with ease, she brought Natsu's hardness between the top of her milky mounds. The softness caressed him as she bombed her head, faster and faster, and for a moment Natsu forgot who he was. All he knew was that the woman who was at the moment, sucking at his cock could do what ever she wanted and he would be willing to do it.

"Lucy-sama." He managed between breaths.

"Hmm?" Looking up, she still sucked him off, her lips stretched tight around his shaft, his girth almost too big for her mouth. He gulped. She looked so sexy with a cock in her mouth. With his cock between her lips.

"Lucy-sama. Please, please make me-" He cried out as she slid her hand to his balls, cupping them slightly.

"Please what Natsu-kun?" Taking him in deep again, he felt his mind explode as she pulled and sucked on his cock and balls, each action happening at different times.

'Fuck, going to-'

"Lucy..." He grunted out before her mouth slid all the way down his shaft, drinking in his hot cum, her eyes locked with his own as she swallowed him.

For a moment, Natsu felt helpless. He felt that she could do anything to him now, and he would let her. Her grin as she pulled him out of her mouth sent a shiver down his spine, and with that shiver, a small bit of cum squirted from his tip, its destination? Lucy's creamy breasts.

"Ohh naughty boy, getting your mistress dirty like that. I guess you'll just have to clean me." Swinging her body around, Natsu almost fainted as she present her pussy lips and soft ass to him. She was soaked through and through, and he was suffocating on the scent.

'Ahh, a good way to die...' He thought.

"Make your Lucy-sama cum before you, and maybe I'll give you the honor of pounding my tight pussy." Rolling her hips, Natsu brought his hands up.

"Ahh ahh, no touching." He growled and slammed his fists into the floor above his head, the bindings holding. Natsu's anger quickly evaporated as Lucy began her sucking again.

'Oh god... those lips...' Letting his head fall back, Natsu laid with his eyes half closed, feeling the soft suckle of Lucy's greedy mouth. Her soft tongue worked his shaft, while her soft lips worked him deeper into her mouth. Lifting his head. he began setting to work on her already slick lower lips. First he began flicking her clit, pulling moans from her as she deep-throated him.

"Mm yeah, Natsu. Just like that. You must really like the idea of me riding you with my wet, tight, pussy?" with every pause she took one full bob, from tip to base on his cock. With every movement of her head, Natsu felt himself slipping more and more.

'Can't loose. Must resist urge.' Ramming his tongue over and over into her, Lucy paused in her own oral fixation, and began to pant, her hips bucking against Natsu's tongue again.

'Ohhh I'm so wet already... he's going to make me cum...' Natsu interrupted her thoughts by blowing warm air on to her clit, the shiver that ran up her spine almost tipped her. He groaned as he did it again and again and again.

"Ahh ahh.. NATSU!" Lucy cried out as she came on his face, her hands pumping him in place of her mouth, and Natsu felt, with a happy groan, that he was close as well. With a final pump of her hands, Lucy gasped as Natsu came on her face and tits, his hot, sticky cum slowly running down her body.

"Wow Natsu. Sure had a lot of cum saved up. Maybe I can help you relive some." Sliding her pussy away from him, his protest weak, she slid a wet trail down his body, coming to rest at the base of his shaft. "My my my, still hard too?" Leaning back over him, Lucy faceted away, and began rubbing her wet lips around his cock.

"Lucy-sama, what are you doing?" He felt her lips surround him, her hot and sticky insides taunting him as she slid all the way up and all the way down. Adjusting his hips slightly, Lucy paused and with a raised eye brow, she questioned him.

"What are you doing, Natsu? You're not moving are you?"

'Crap...'

"N-no, Lucy-sama. It's just the floor is uncomfortable, and I just shifted by ascendant."

'Smooth one!'

"I suppose." Standing, he gasped as her warmth left his body. "Sit here." Forcing him on to the large arm chain, Lucy removed his pants quickly. Standing above him she grinned evilly.

"Natsu-kun, you've passed the self-control part. Now, it's time to test your stamina."

Natsu could feel the pleasure ripple through his body as he watched her pull a key out.

"Erza-chan, it's been so long. You've become a strong, young woman." Baba sat on the bar, a barrel next to her small body. "Same with most of ya, haven't come around these parts in a while." Drinking her barrel, Mira smiled and replaced the drink. "Lisanna! I heard you were dead, but now I know that those were just lies. Very impressive my dear. Did you run away with a man?" A sly grin fell across her lips. "It's all right, you can tell Baba."

"Hohoho, you're as cheery as ever!" Mira laughed as she dragged her sister away, ushering her to bed.

"Are you sure, Mira? I can stay and help you if you need it." Lisanna protested slightly.

"Yes, I'm sure, go to bed..."

"Of course I'm cheery Mira-chan! Who wouldn't be cheery on this auspicious day?"

Draining her drink, she looked around at all the dumb faces. "What? Has the old coot not told any of you about your dragon slayer?" All present shrugged their shoulders, drunk faces grinning from ear to ear.

"The day Natsu-hic- becomes a man, is the day -hic- I retire."

"Why?"

"Because any kid he has is going to destroy everything!" Roars of laughter erupted across the tables.

"Oy! Granny! Don't say anything it'll be funnier that way!" Sera and Cana burst out laughing at this, and Baba sighed, a smile on her face.

"Your right!" Rasing her new barrel, she called out "Now, let's drink!"

"Oy oy, Mira-chan." Baba called the woman over, her own old face pink with drink and mirth. "I'm a very good matchmaker. I can tell who is tied to who by fate." Nodding her head over to where Elfman sat, she gave sly grin. "Has anyone shown interest in the man? His aura is touched." Raising a brow, Mira questioned the woman.

"No ones been showing interested in Elfman. Except..." Glancing up, Mira saw Laxus' group of followers sitting at a few tables down from Elfman, the only woman of the group glancing now and then towards the younger man. "Oh my..."

"There ya go. Your next target." Grinning, she took another swig. "Have fun deary, I'm heading back to my caravan. Keep an eye on Sera, she's a handful."

Natsu felt a chill as Lucy called forth Gemini, and with a quick transformation, three Lucys stood before his eyes.

"Wow, someone's been getting stronger." He smirked. It was true; Lucy had grown stronger after she had collected the Gemini key, and from that practice, she was able to transform each Gemini completely.

Lucy smiled as her duplicates knelt around Natsu, their bare breasts pressing into him. Natsu moaned as they began rubbing his face, whispering to him.

"You have to make the mistress cum at least five times, if you succeed, you can move again." The one on his left moved away, and kneeling by his knee, began sucking his cock.

'Oh god...' Tilting back his head, the duplicate by his head offering her breasts to him, and with gusto, he began sucking at her pink nipple.

"What a good dragon." Natsu's body tightened as he felt Lucy crawl into his lap. Lifting his head, he saw her facing him. Leaning forward, she placed a hot kiss on his lips, her breasts rubbing against his chest lightly. The copy by his head squished against him, her own soft breasts cradling his head.

Lucy, in turn was slowly licking her way down his body, his sense of smell being overwhelmed with the smell of sex in the air. Growling as he felt his tip press slightly into her tight lips, he almost yelled out when he felt the copy's hot tongue slide along his shaft.

'Lucy really is a pervert if she's this wonton.' A smirk fell across his lips. 'She can't hold out for long...'

Letting his head fall back, he smiled as he relaxed.

'Like a moth to a flame...'

Lucy closed her eyes, heat erupting from her core. Stretched to her limit, however the pain she felt hurt less than what she had imagined it was going to be like.

'Cana and Mira must have just been exaggerating...'

Biting her lip, she eased down slowly, short gasps escaping from her lips. She moaned as she felt her clone's tongue lapping at her filled pussy.

"It's alright, Lucy. Go slow. Don't want you to hurt yourself." A pink tongue darted out again, the wetness easing her decent.

'Oh man... hope this isn't against any rules...' Lucy gripped her clone's shoulders, her hips slowly moving down Natsu's shaft, earning moans from the helpless Dragon Slayer.

"Try rolling your hips, like this." The copy stood before her, and pushing Lucy back slightly, sliding its own wet lips against Lucy's filled ones. "Do what I do..."

Natsu felt Lucy pull him as she leaned back, her soft warm body pressed fully against him, his shaft sliding slightly from her tight pussy.

'Oh god, she's too tight...' Looking over her bruised shoulder, Natsu saw her copy grinding with her, their hips rolling in unison as the duo rocked along his shaft. His mind went blank as the two blond beauties before him pumped him slowly. Lucy's tightness pulled him back with every outward thrust, and her copy was grinding her wet pussy at the base of his cock, and by the sound of her voice, she was nearing her own climax.

"Lucy, I'm going to explode..." With a cry and gush, her copy leaned forward, its lips wrapping around Lucy's pink nipple, the sound of sucking reaching Natsu's ears. Crying out, Lucy came as well, her lips rippling around Natsu, who felt as if he had jumped from a very high mountain, the feeling around his shaft was ethereal . As the two wonton women clung to each other, one suckling greedily at the others hard nipples, the other impaled by a thick cock held her head back, her body quivering as she came again and again. For the moment, Natsu found it hard to keep his control even, however he did relish in the feeling of Lucy and her complete loss of control.

"Oh no fair, I want to cum too." The second copy cried as it watched the other two twitch as they came down from their high.

"I can help you with that." Licking his lips, Natsu grinned at it. Quickly presenting its soaked lips to him, he found her scent intoxicating.

'But nothing like Lucy...' Sliding his tongue deep into her, he felt her back arch into him. 'Mmm... tasty...'

Rolling his tongue back and forth, Natsu moaned as the first copy slid him from Lucy's sticky core. However his tongue happily occupied his thoughts for the moment.

"Mmm...Lucy-sama, why don't you face Natsu-kun?" Flipping slowly, Lucy gasped as she watched as her clone bucked wildly against Natsu, before it came all over his face.

"Lucy-sama, his tongue is so good. His breath is so hot, I couldn't help it, I just ahh ahh ahhh..." Her eyes closed as she came again, her moans of pleasure sending a jolt of lust through Lucy.

Moving her body again, Lucy straddled Natsu, her body glistening in the pale light. Looking down at him, she pulled his face away from her clone. Holding his gaze, she kissed him deeply, his moans allowing her to slip her tongue into his mouth. Sucking at his lower lip, Natsu thrust up suddenly, his cock engulfed in warmth.

"Lucy-sama... who..." His words were cut off as the first copy's lips wrapped around his cock, its hot mouth taking him from tip to base over and over. Fishing out his tongue, Lucy pushed her second copy forward, it's open pussy dripping and ready.

"Time to eat Natsu-kun." Attacking the exposed pussy, Natsu grinned and began suckling at the clit that pressed to his face. His tongue would graze over Lucy's invading tongue and in those moments, the pair of tongues would attack the unguarded pussy, their reward was the gush of cum from the copy, its hands buried into the couples hair, one had held blond hair, the other pink.

"Lucy!" Cumming hard, Lucy felt her own lips quiver, and with a gasp, she realized that Natsu had moved now had three fingers buried into her.

"Nat-Natsu! That's against the rules, we need to stop now and start ov-ahh ahh ahh..." Her eyes closed as he pumped her more and more.

"Mmm... no Lucy. I think not. It's been fun, but now it's time for me to show you how it's done." Her moans caused him to smile, and the way her creamy legs spread more only pushed him to pump faster.

"Gemini, why don't you both give our bad, bad mistress a tongue lashing." Lucy moaned as Natsu stretched her pussy lips wide. "Like that, Lucy? Like this?" She cried out as two tongues found themselves deep in her. Looking back over her shoulder she gasped that over the curve of her ass, she saw two blond heads bobbing up and down in turn with the slow licks sending shivers through her body. Turning back around, she saw Natsu grin as he lazily took a nipple into his mouth.

"You know, I've never felt this way about anyone before..." His words caused him to bite down on her nipple, the sharp pain over turned by the electric lashes from the tongues. Moving his hand to the other nipple, Lucy felt herself harden under his assault.

"Every time we're in danger, or I'm away from you, or you're not near, I just can't stop worrying." Leaning forward, he captured her lips in a soft kiss, her eyes rolling back as his tongue teased her own out. He spoke, and Lucy shivered at the deep rumble in his voice.

"So from now on, you're going to be mine, Luce. You wont be able to get ride of me, you'll be stuck with me for forever. If you don't accept me," His attention stopped, the tongues disappeared with a poof. Looking down at the man below her, Lucy gasped as he looked up at her slowly. Gone was the teasing , playful, wholly erotic Natsu from before. Now, she saw her Natsu. She saw the love in his eyes again, fear hidden deep in his dark pools. "If you don't accept me... I just..." Casting his eyes down, Lucy felt her heart skip. "I just don't know what I'd do, Luce."

Silence fell between them, their hot bodies glistening with sweat, their breaths heavy. But for Lucy, the silence pressed down on her ears the hardest.

'Accept him? What is he talking about?'

" I accepted you a long time ago Natsu. Back in Hargeon." Pulling his face to hers, she gave him a small peck on the lips. "I've always accepted you, Natsu. Your destructive, bold, instinctive self. The way you have a way of just being able to make me feel safe without trying; around you, I feel invincible. I mean, sure you don't know a thing about personal space, or hygiene but, I've always accepted you." Her words fell from her and with a quick motion, Natsu caught her lips as they closed. Pulling her to him, her soft body once again firmly held to him, Lucy felt heat erupted across her front, and eventually, engulfing her body. Moaning at the heat, She felt Natsu lift her.

"Natsu? What are you doing?" With a grin at her, he motioned to the bed.

"We're just finishing our training, that's all."

Loke ran a hand through his hair, his nerves stood on end.

'Leo, you seem tense-ebi.'

'Yes, Leo. What had gotten you so upset? Moshimoshi.'

'Leo is upset because Lucy-hime is with Natsu.'

Loke felt his eye twitch violently.

'It's not that. It's that Gemini went and assisted in it. I mean, I even told you not to! It just went a head and got into … ' Loke's face turned a bright shade of red.

'Leo, you're such a prude! Lucy got herself a boyfriend! Let her feel the romance...'

"I'm tuning you guys out now. Good bye." Standing still, Loke relished in the quiet of the woods.

However, the images racing through his mind were burned in his memory, and all her could do to keep himself stationary was to remind himself that this is what Lucy wants, and if she wants him then he would allow it. But should he step out of line just once...

"Oi, Loke." The red-head was pulled from his thoughts. He had walked around the grounds, while everyone else drank in the hall. Looking up he saw Levy walking towards him.

"Levy? What are you doing out here alone?"

A glimmer behind her reminded him that she was not alone. Gulping slowly, he saw red eyes watching from the shadows.

'Never mind...' Standing straight, he glanced down at the bluenette, his glasses covering his stormy eyes.

"Well, I just wanted to make sure you were alright." Shrugging his shoulders, he gave a sad sigh and a crooked smile.

"While I appreciate the concern, don't waste any more worry on that thought, Levy-chan." Placing his hand atop her head, he ran his fingers through her hair, ruffling it slightly. "I wasn't chosen by her heart, but I am her Celestial Spirit, and I will always be by her side when Natsu strays. That's all I can ever hope for anyways, when dealing with humans." Turning away, he waved over his shoulder. "Thank you, Levy-chan, for your worry, but I promise, everything is alright."

Calling out, Loke laughed silently; Levy-chan really did care about everyone didn't she?

"Loke! Do you have somewhere to stay tonight?"

"Don't worry, I'll be fine!"

In a blink he was gone, and Levy was left alone.

Turning back, she let out a sigh.

"Oh poor Loke, so heart-broken. It's tragic." Standing tall, she began walking back to the dorms, her thoughts bubbling around in her head.

Pausing as she rounded a corner, she stopped. The air around her held the smell of leather. Leather, sweat and metal. As the wind whisked off the memory, Levy looked around slowly.

'There!'

Looming from the darkness, Gajeel strode towards her, his cheeks rosy from drink.

"Hey shrimp! Ready to go?" Looking at him, Levy raised a brow.

"Gajeel, what are you doing here?" Holding up a large bottle of expensive rum, he gave a grin.

"Mira told me I could have this, as long as I saw you home."

"Ahh, you saw all that huh?" Nodding, she blushed.

"Sure did. Pretty fun if you ask me." Taking a swig, he grinned down at her. "You were pretty cute, turning in to a tomato like that."

Looking up at him with a gasp, Levy felt her cheeks burn.

"Yup, like a shrimp covered in tomato paste."

"Gajeel!" Smacking him in his arm, she began walking quickly away. "I'm going home, good night Gajeel."

"Geheheh. Comin' shrimp." Taking another swig, the iron dragon slayer followed quickly after the petite woman.