Chapter 15: Voiceless / Drama

I ripped off the Hello Kitty Band-Aid that I wrapped around Lucy's finger. She glared at the paper cut that marred her once flawless skin.

"Who gets a paper cut during sex?" I said teasingly, nudging her elbow.

She blushed and rolled her eyes. "Well I don't want to give out any details, but a certain fire Dragon Slayer hit the bookshelf while we were getting it on and it rained novels. Though he was pretty hot, if you know what I mean." She winked. "That body of his never ceases to amaze me."

I snickered, "Get you some,"

Natsu popped his head from the aisle and looked at Lucy. "Tell me about it- She liked every minute of it."

"Excuse me,"

We all looked up to the flight attendant. Her eyes were trained on me. "The men from seat 4A and 4B would like to give this to you."

She handed me a flute of champagne.

Gajeel looked at me from in-between the seats, then gestured me to stand up. Since the plane had yet to take off, I stood up.

He stood up, his six foot two tall lean body towering over my small five foot one slender form. He cupped my chin, tugging my head up. He took the flute of bubbly champagne and took a sip before leaning down and kissing me. It reminded me off the time he fed me the lemon water with his mouth. This time I held on longer, slowly becoming intoxicated with every dose he gave me from his mouth.

I saw Gajeel's eyes dart to the two brown haired boys that were a few seats across us. The corner of his mouth tipped up in a devilish smirk.

When I sat back down, Juvia smiled and gave me a gentle kick. "Who's getting some now?"

She turned back to the movie that Juvia and Gray were both watching. For some reason they both demanded the window seat, yet they didn't spare it a glance.

Suddenly Juvia pulled the headphones from her ears and stood up, leaning over Gray's seat, then yelled out: "What does the fox say?!"

"Hatee Hatee Hatee Ho!" Gray replied standing up briefly to give Juvia a kiss. "We'll play that game later, we're taking off in a moment, ok?"

She just smiled, then sat back down.

"Um… any explanation as to what happened?" I asked.

She handed me the head phones. "Juvia likes this song. It is called "What does the fox say?"

After a minute of hearing it, I came to a conclusion that this man was like a pop version of Old McDonald with a thing for foxes and the noises it could make.

I wasn't sure what do throughout the plane ride. It was rather boring since Natsu and Lucy were talking to each other most of the time, Juvia and Gray were having like a movie date and Gajeel was sleeping.

I unbuckled my seat belt and cut through Natsu and Lucy's conversation, heading for the bathroom. I almost collapsed when I stepped out into the aisle. My legs were like jelly. Natsu's hand steadied me. "Whoa, there. You feeling okay?"

"Yeah, just a bit numb on my legs. I'm fine."

Natsu nodded hesitantly, then let go of my arm. He looked extremely worried for something as small as this.

When I got into the bathroom, I closed the door and opened the tap, dousing my face in water. I looked at my reflection, waters flowing down my face. I shook, my body quivering. I felt like I had been run-over by a bulldozer.

A sharp pain came from my leg. I glanced down. The dragon- it was moving. That was impossible. I thought Gajeel sealed that dragon. I saw the thin lines in where Gajeel had cut my skin. It was healed down, merely fading into a scar. The dragon could move about now. The moment I realized that, the dragon scampered quickly to my neck, wrapping around tightly. I was being choked.

I gasped for air, pushing the door open and falling to my knees. Natsu was beside me in a moment's notice, his hand holding my hair up. Flames erupted around his body and he yelled out to Gajeel. "You idiot, why didn't you remove the Mate's mark?!"

Gajeel was on his feet instantly; he glanced at me, and then turned his fist into iron, his fingertips sharp as needles. "This is going to hurt, bookworm. I promise."

Natsu quickly ripped open the back of the shirt I was wearing. Gajeel's fingers gently raked down my back. Flaps of my flesh hung on my back and I could feel my breath rush into me as the dragon hurriedly ran off, trying to escape.

Then I felt something that felt like spiders crawling under my flesh. Only it wasn't spiders- it was Gajeel's hand. I gripped Natsu's arm, my nails digging into his skin leaving bloody crescents. I clenched my teeth and held back the screams. Juvia and Gray were blocking people of the view.

There was a slight twinge and suddenly Gajeel's hand was out of my skin and I was out cold.

(*-*) (*-*)(*-*) (*-*)(*-*)

I was sitting on chair, my feet buried under white sand, shaded by an umbrella planted next to the chair. The ocean was beautiful. Like Hawaiian waters.

"Don't touch her," a voice growled.

I removed the shades that I didn't know I had on and looked up, searching for the source of the voice. It seemed to be coming from the sky.

"Oh get over yourself, Gajeel- it's your fault that her back is like this. Why didn't you take off the mark when you were mating? You didn't even give her the proper mating mark- this is the courting mark!"

That voice… it sounded like Nurse Porlyuscia.

Instead of answering, Gajeel muttered: "Just let me heal her. I don't want you touching her."

There was a sound of shuffling and the scene shifted. I was in an outdoor hot spring; a folded towel balanced on my head while from the shoulders down my body was submerged in water. I glanced down in the water and noticed there were more than two legs.

Before I could turn my head to see whose lap I was sitting in, a familiar voice told me to lean forward. "Hurry up- otherwise the wounds will open up again."

I felt a hand close around the back of my neck and gently push me down until I was at a 45 degree angle. "I'll do my best to make this process painless."

Regardless of what he said, I felt the burning lick of Gajeel's tongue as his saliva healed the torn flesh on my back. I bit my lip and tried to hold back the screams. Gajeel's fingers slipped over the newly healed skin. If anything, the skin felt smoother than before. He laid wet kisses up my back, ending just behind my ear before he bit my neck. "Now… it's okay, right?"

He didn't wait for answer and plunged into me. His hand covered my mouth and I cried out. "Be quiet or Porlyusica will come back to check on you!"

I just barely nodded as he began to move. He tugged me back against his chest by my elbow. I could faintly hear the groans and growls that left his mouth. Gajeel's hand curled in my hair and he pulled my head back, licking the column of my neck. "Scream for me, bookworm."

One hard thrust from him and I wailed from the extensive pleasure.

"Beautiful," he murmured once I ceased my squirmed. He leaned back against the edge of the hot spring, letting his arm drape along the rim, his fingertips touching the surface of the water. I sighed and fell into him warmth while his other arm wrapped around my waist, holding me tight against me. He pushed back some of my hair and reached for the towel that I hadn't realized that had fallen into the water. He set it to the side, and then kissed my cheek. "Are you feeling okay?"

I nodded vigorously. For some reason it hurt to talk.

Gajeel stood up with me in his arms, and then set me down before wrapping a towel around me. He snatched a towel off the floor and lazily wrapped it around his waist, hanging dangerously low on his hips. "Let's go. Everyone is waiting upstairs."

He led me to the doors of a wooden resort. The lobby was empty save a few couples and friends here and there. I spotted Juvia and Gray at the front desk, both getting their own room key. I raised a eyebrow and Gajeel caught my drift.

"Natsu and Lucy are fighting and they want to stay in separate rooms, but we only have three rooms left, so Juvia is sleeping with Lucy and Natsu is staying with Gray."

I kept silent as a fire coated Natsu walked through the door with an angry Lucy hot on his trail.

"Shut up, Natsu! Don't lie to me- you wanted to go back for Lisanna!"

Natsu growled and turned on his heel sharply. "Shut the fuck up, Lucy. So what if I wanted to go back for Lisanna?! She's my friend!"

"She's working with Sting and Rogue to split us apart! Did you not hear her? And don't ask how I know that. Levy told me everything that happened. How can you even think about going back for her?"

Then I saw Natsu do something that he's never done before- even to Lucy- and that action shook me to the bone.

"You're such a slut! I know what you're thinking- that I'm going after her to have sex with her. Well guess what? - You're wrong! Stop acting like you know me just because you're my mate. And don't even start with the whole "let's have kids" when you can't even control yourself over something as small as this. You'd probably make the worst mother ever you annoying, bossy whore!"

He turned around and walked away, but then stopped halfway, thinking about what he said. His eyes widened and his flames died. But before he could face her and apologize, she was gone. Natsu was in shock. Juvia glanced between Natsu and the door and then ran after Lucy.

I wanted to go after her, but I held back. If there was anyone that was good at cheering people up out of the six of us, Juvia would be the second one. Too bad out first person is the one who caused all the issues.

Gajeel left my side and talked to Natsu after slipping the room key in my hand. Gray walked over and gestured for me to join him in the elevator.

"So how are you feeling?"

I opened my mouth to answer when then elevator suddenly jerked to a stop. My eyes widened and I looked around, a slight panic obviously shown in my expression. Thankfully the elevator came back to life and took us to the fourth floor.

"What room number are you?"

I lifted the card to check. 432.

"433? No, 432. I was confused for a second. I thought you had the same room as Natsu and I." he laughed nervously. It was kind of difficult to be excited or happy after that scene with Lucy and Natsu.

By the time two hours passed, Gajeel was yet to be in our room. I couldn't really sleep, so I just swung open the balcony doors and seated myself into one of the chairs. I had changed from the towel into the white nightgown with a pink silk bow sown around the hem. It was moonless outside. Everything was swallowed by darkness save a few lanterns that went along the edge of each room on every other floor around the resort.

The door opened and I peeked over my shoulder. It was Gajeel.

"Hey, shrimp. Sorry I took so long." He sat down next to me. "I'm sorry about earlier. I placed the courting mark on you because I thought the dragon would freak if I put the mating mark first. It turned out to have the opposite effect."

I gripped his hand in both of mine, my thumbs tracing his rough, calloused hands, slipping higher, ghosting over the multiple piercings that were on his arm. He sighed heavily, then guided me to the bed. "Sleep. Porlyusica will arrive to check on you tomorrow."

Gajeel kissed me until I fell asleep, his body giving me the warmth and comfort that I needed to clear my head. We had a big day tomorrow. We'd finally reach home and see our friends. However something tells me we'll come back with more drama than we left with.

slow down / grab the wall / wiggle like you tryna make yo ass fall off / hella thick I wanna smash them all / now, speed up / gas pedal...

damn Alicia getting that song stuck in my head...

Sayonara has now become - what does the fox say?,

SitBoy10