As always Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima

Chapter 8

He's being a pervert...again

As Lucy followed Laxus she couldn't help but wonder why her keys were in his office. She passed by several other offices, all for the S-Class mages, though some of them did share. The first office she passed was Erza's, the door was open and she saw her in there doing some paperwork, Lucy waved and kept walking. Across from Erza was Gajeel's, and next to that was Natsu's. Next to Erza's was Mira and Freed's shared office, which was next to the shared office of Gray and Juvia. Across from Gray and Juvia's was Cana's, which she sometimes shared with Gildarts. Next to Cana was Lucy's own office and across from that was Laxus's, which he turned into, and at the end of the hall was Master Makarov's office.

Lucy stepped into Laxus's office and waited as he picked up a bag from beside his desk. He handed it to her and waited.

"These aren't my keys." She glared at him.

"Just open it, Blondie." Lucy sighed and opened the bag, removing some of the tissue paper the store had put in, and saw a simple black leather belt with a holster for her whip on one side, her fleuve d'etoiles already on it, and two pouches on the other. She sat in one of the chairs in front of his desk and examined the belt further. She opened the pouches and saw that they were actually for her keys, as they had no sides and had a clip for the key ring. Lucy just sat back and stared at the belt.

"Why?" Lucy whispered, looking up at Laxus.

"Because, Blondie, your other one was destroyed in the wreck and I thought you would like a new one." Laxus leaned against his desk. "Well go ahead and try it on. After you do I'll give you your keys back." Lucy glared at him and stood up, wrapping the belt around her. She fastened it and it settled lightly on her hips.

"Okay, it's on. Now where are my keys?"

"Look in the bag again." Lucy did and under the tissue paper she found her keys, but they were on two different rings, her zodiac and 13th gate key on one, all her silver on the other. She fingered her keys, trying to think of something to say, but her mind was blank. She noticed Laxus holding something out to her, a tissue, and she realized her cheeks were wet.

"Thanks," she mumbled, wiping away the tears. "For everything. For saving me when I'm so..." Lucy felt more tears and sat back down. She saw Laxus move and heard the click of the door closing. He knelt down in front of her and looked up at her.

"Blondie, don't you ever, even for a moment, think that you're weak. Yes, I saved you, but even a strong person needs to be saved once in a while. If you ever feel weak just remember, you became S-Class two years after we got off Tenrou Island, before just about everyone else, and do you remember why?"

Lucy smiled as she remembered. "Because they underestimated me and didn't realize it until it was too late. I destroyed Natsu and Gray that year, didn't I?"

Laxus smiled as he wiped her tears away with his thumbs. "If anyone ever calls you weak just remember, if you weren't with us seven years ago, if you hadn't closed the Eclipse Gates, none of us would be here today. Without you, Fairy Tail would be lonely and quite, because you bring happiness to Fairy Tail. Since I want Fairy Tail to stay happy I will always be there to save you."

Lucy was shocked. He can't be serious. She looked into his storm blue eyes and became lost in them. She was so used to Natsu always saying that he'll save her, but he has a family now. Lucy, who has no family of her own left, who depends on and counts Fairy Tail as her family, now has one of the strongest members telling her that he would always be there to save her. It was too much for her.

"Laxus... I... I don-" Lucy's words were cut off by Laxus's mouth covering her own. His warm lips moved against hers, gently sucking on her bottom lip. She moaned as he pulled her closer and ran his tongue along her bottom lip. He then bit her bottom lip lightly and they parted, allowing him to explore inside. He taste so good... Wait... What am I thinking? This is Laxus I'm kissing... Her thoughts trailed off as his tongue started to swirl around her own. Lucy felt a slight tingle between her thighs as Laxus moved away from her mouth and started to kiss along her jaw.

"Laxus..." She tried to speak as he made his way down her neck.

"Hmmm..." His mouth was right above her collarbone.

"Lax...ahhh..." She moaned again as he started to gently suck and bite where his mouth was. She let her head fall back and her eyes close as her hands made their way into his hair. His mouth stayed there for a minute, and the only sound were Lucy's hums of pleasure. Laxus then made his way back to her mouth, his tongue fighting hers for dominance, savoring her taste.

Lucy responded by moving closer, wrapping one leg around him, feeling the hard bulge in his pants. Laxus growled a bit when she pressed against him, his hands moving down and starting on the zipper on her shirt. Wait. What am I doing? This is Laxus. He couldn't possibly feel the same way. This needs to stop before it gets any worse. Lucy then bit his lip, hard, and Laxus jerked away. She could see a bit of blood coming out of the bite.

"Wha-"

"No!" Lucy cut him off and pushed him away. "We can't do this. I can't do this knowing that it's probably just a game to you! Hell, I bet you do this all the time." Lucy stood and started to speak in an arrogant voice. "Hey look at me! I'm the famous Laxus Dreyar of Fairy Tail. All I want to do is mess with a woman's feelings, screw them, and then leave them!" Lucy glared at Laxus. "Well, I'm not going to be one of those women that you screw just for fun, and I'm not going to let you mess with my feelings. Especially the ones about you!" With that, Lucy stormed out, ran into her own office, and locked the door behind her.

She was leaning against the door, trying to think, when she felt him pounding against the door.

"Go away!" Lucy yelled at him, fingering her keys, debating wether or not to summon one.

"Please, just listen to me."

"No! Now go away before I force you to leave."

"Laxus, what's going on here?" Lucy heard Erza from the other side of the door.

"He's being a pervert again!" Lucy called out to Erza, and felt another thump on the door.

"I tried to follow your advice, Erza, and look where it got me." She could hear the frustration in his voice.

"Laxus, just go somewhere and cool down, and let me try to talk to her." Lucy heard a sigh and footsteps going across the hall.

"Lucy? Can I come in?"

"Just a moment." She looked into the mirror beside her door and winced at the giant hickey forming above her collarbone. She sighed and re-zipped her shirt and moved soem of her hair forward to cover the mark. She opened the door and let Erza in.

"Can I ask why Laxus was trying to destroy your door?" Lucy moved her hair and saw Erza's eyes go wide. "Damn, that's huge." She winced and covered it again with her hair.

"Don't remind me."

"Is that why his lip was bleeding, did you hit him?"

"Ah... No..." Lucy could feel heat creeping up her face. "He's bleeding because I bit him. I was actually enjoying ti for a bit, but then I realized that he was probably just messing with me." She saw Erza biting her lip. "Erza... What aren't you telling me?"

"That is for Laxus to tell you, but I will tell you this. Laxus can be one of the most caring people in the Guild, for the Guild is his family. He would never intentionally harm anyone in the Guild, not after the Battle Festival." Erza could tell the blond was hiding something of her own. "Lucy, you can tell me anything, remember."

They stared at each other for a moment, and finally Lucy let out a sigh. "I guess I can tell you, but you have to promise not to tell anyone."

"Of course, Lucy"

"Well, we might as well sit down, it's a bit of a long story." The two women settled themselves in the chairs in front of Lucy's desk.

"Okay, Lucy, what is it you want to tell me?"

Lucy sighed, looked down at her lap, then back up at Erza. "I'm going to tell you the real reason I broke up with Natsu."

"The real reason? I thought you told everyone it was because he still had feelings for Lisanna."

Lucy sighed and her hands went involuntary to her abdomen. "Well that's true, but there is more to the story. The only other person who knows the whole truth is Laxus."

"Why Laxus?"

Lucy sighed and let a sad smile go onto her lips. She looked over at her desk, at a single white rose with yellow tips. "Because Laxus it the one who saved me."