Tenka Denkou: Set Fire to the Lightning
Chapter Two
…I guess there's nothing else to it then...'
"I'd like that a lot. Thanks Laxus for talking with me, I think it really helped. I feel a whole lot better than I did earlier." Natsu said rubbing the back of his head while grinning sheepishly, and looking happy for the first time in months. "Anytime brat. Now, from what I hear you haven't been taking good care of yourself so go home, eat, shower and for the love of magic get some damn sleep. You look like you got shot in the head multiple times by Bisca and Alzack over whether or not their magic should actually be considered magic." Laxus replied with a smirk.
The blonde and the fire mage left the hut to go to their respective homes, each with a different set of worries. Laxus was worried that if he wasn't careful that the guild would soon know of one of his greatest secrets thanks to proposing the training deal to Natsu. The latter however, was concerned that he wouldn't improve much even with the lightning mage's help and that he would quickly become frustrated leaving Natsu back at square one. That's the last thing he wanted, to feel as if he could never progress passed his failures, to forever be 'The Flaming Moron'. He wanted to show everyone that he was worthy of being a dragon's son and that he would do everything within his power to protect the ones he loves.
Upon opening the door to his house, he decided that he should probably tidy up the place a little seeing as it looked even worse than the usual pig-sty it always seemed to be. He had vaguely remembered something about Happy going off with Lucy during his earlier pouting session so he made sure to make the little Exceed's bed and to write a brief apology note to give to his best friend when he came back.
After the house work was finished, Natsu stepped into the hot shower after eating a large meal with a satisfied sigh, letting the water soothingly caress his skin and ease his body's discomforts. If he had actually bothered to think about it, he would have realized that he hadn't showered in days and had begun to smell but none of that mattered now as he stood beneath the spray of water. He quickly soaped up and finished rinsing before getting out of the small shower's confines. He toweled off and decided he would sleep in the nude because he was simply too lazy to put on any sleepwear and no one really visited him anyway. He took the time to make sure that his bed had clean sheets before jumping onto his bed and as soon as his head touched the pillow, Natsu Dragneel was dead to the world…
Meanwhile Laxus lay on his own bed, thinking over his recent job with his team. Evergreen had casually said something to him about finding a lover as they made their way back to the guild. They had easily dealt with the bandits plaguing the small town the request had come from and were taking the scenic route back to relax a bit before going on another job. "Really Laxus, you ought to find someone who can greet you when you come back from missions with some love and good, hot food. I think it would do you some good. You could always go for someone like Mira you know? She's soft, sweet, and fights like the devil himself. No doubt she'd be able to defend herself against you or any other man plus...she's probably very passionate in bed." Bixlow nodded in agreement with a wicked smirk and added, "Yeah Laxus baby, you need to find someone who'll help you unwind after a mission." His little spirits chimed their agreement so loud that the lightning mage had to fight his urge to zap the soul mage and his puppets to ashes for annoying him.
Shockingly enough even Freed threw in his 2 cents, albeit speaking so softly it was barely heard, "It would be nice to see you happy with someone, loneliness breeds sadness and heaven knows you've had enough of that to last a lifetime."
The rest of the journey home had been passed in silence but Laxus had a storm raging in his mind as he pondered their comments objectively. The fact that the Thunder Tribe was more concerned with his love life, or lack thereof, than he was made him wonder if he really should find a person to be with. It's not as if he hadn't thought about it, women and men alike threw themselves at his feet all the time, but it was more along the lines that he hadn't thought of anyone he would care to get to know that well. He knew that love was a two-way street; you can't expect someone to care for you if you don't care for them and he honestly couldn't see anyone in Fiore being someone he'd truly be able to fall in love with.
Being bisexual, he had a larger pool of people to choose from and he knew he'd probably end up picking someone he knew fairly well from the guild. The problem was figuring out if any of them caught his interest and returned it in full. He knew he wasn't an easy man to deal with, he was constantly reminded of this whenever his grandfather disagreed with a decision he'd made and the looks other guild mates would exchange when he was in a foul mood; he was certain he'd have a hard time finding a person who'd be able to bring him back down after being angry or understand the way he expressed himself.
In the end though, he could see where having a partner could make him more relaxed. He'd have someone he could confide in and trust with virtually anything, as well as the advantages that come with a relationship such as a warm bed, good food, clean house, and of course great sex. One day he'd find someone, but for now Laxus Dreyar would sigh before allowing his exhaustion to take hold of his conscious and drag him into the fantastic world where his dreams took flight….
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