"G-Gajeel? A-are you okay?" Levy stuttered out as she took a hesitant step towards the huge black wolf in the middle of the room. The canine snorted and walked towards the small girl, nuzzling his snout into her stomach.

Levy giggled as she ran her fingers through Gajeel's fur, tears still lining her eyes from watching his painful looking shift, "Of course you're still you, thank god!" she hugged his head to her chest, "That sounded like it hurt really bad, are you sure you're fine? You're actually a werewolf! I can't believe it, why didn't you tell me you were a werewolf?"

Natsu watched Lucy as she looked upon the whole exchange, expressive brown eyes wide. Her wolf's bright cerulean orbs had shifted back to her regular human's colour. Even though her wolf's eyes were sexy as hell, he had to say that he preferred the brown mocha of her regular eyes. They held secrets that he desperately wanted to find out, they also looked calculative and smart that too was… sexy as hell.

After he had claimed his mate, albeit biting her had been unintentional in the heat of the moment, Natsu took his time in appreciating the beauty of the woman before him. He had really been lucky, fate had chosen him a goddess of a wolf; blonde hair that glowed as bright as the stars and eyes that could brighten a person's day with just a smile. She was perfect, and she was his. His.

Whoa, he had to calm down, if his wolf was taking control he'd have a problem. Born an alpha, Natsu had a firm hold over his wolf, and that couldn't change anytime soon. Especially over something like this, just because he wasn't jumping the bones of the girl that stood beside him his wolf demanded he take control to get what he wanted. Like hell. Though, speaking of jumping Lucy's bones…

As Natsu's semi-hard on turned into a full one at the thought, and the girl on his mind turned towards him, her milky eyes dark. He knew her wolf wanted him too, could smell his arousal, but he needed her human side to want him as much as his did. And he wanted her, oh yeah he definitely did.

Holy hell, what was happening to him? Gajeel was right, he was acting weird. He was usually happy-go-lucky and couldn't sit still for more than 30 seconds. But here he was, sitting beside his mate, and he didn't want to run around and brawl with other pack members. Especially if it meant he had to leave her side.

Natsu tugged on the hand that still held to his and Lucy fell back to the couch, he wrapped his arms around her and nuzzled his nose into her neck. This was the place that smelled the strongest of her delicious strawberry vanilla scent, a scent that drove him wild but also soothed him onto relaxation. This was crazy, how could he feel like this? He never thought that a person could ever feel so intensely and not be ripped in half. Natsu knew part of the emotions running through him came from the Mating, but he could feel the realness of this bond, he knew that he couldn't live without this woman already. And that was terrifying.

The girl in his arms tried to leave them, jerking away from his body, but he wouldn't let go of her, she was his.

He growled.

"Let go of me! I-I can't do this! I'm not like you, I can't turn into a wolf!" Natsu's grip on her torso tightened.

"Calm down Lucy! Just calm down and let's just sort everything out, alright?" the blonde leaned away from him and dug her nails into his arms in panic, her wide eyes swung his way, contracted.

"I-I can't calm down, you're a wolf! Gajeel's a wolf! We just dry humped the shit out of each other! How could I possibly calm down?!" Lucy's breathing turned erratic, a rushed rhythm-less action of in and out.

"Lucy! Listen to me, you have to calm down. You're panicking and it's freaking me out too. Breathe slowly." True to his word, Natsu's heart was racing a mile a minute, his wolf was pacing in his mind; ready to force its way out to comfort his mate properly.

"I…" Suddenly, the girl in his arms relaxed onto him, her whole body limp.

"… Lucy?" Natsu shook her lightly, when she didn't respond he assumed that she had fainted from shock. The pink haired wolf turned towards the other two people in the room, their eyes directed his way.

"Why'd you have to get the calm one?" Natsu asked as he frowned at the black wolf in the room.

Levy giggled, "I'm actually freaking out right now too, I just have it easier because I wasn't just told that I was werewolf. I-I feel really faint actually…" Levy raised a hand to her forehead,

"Oh no, don't faint too…" Natsu couldn't believe how sensitive girls were. Yeah, they were just told that werewolves indeed existed; but that didn't mean that they had to freak out.

Gajeel nudged his mate with his head, turning for her to lean on him. She refused, but he didn't leave any room for argument when he growled. The two were too sweet, Natsu wanted to vomit his lunch back up. The pink haired man shifted his eyes towards the girl in his arms, he wouldn't mind being sweet with Lucy, though. He could just picture her nurturing their children, her words soft and gentle when spoken to them.

Wait, children? He'd never really wanted them; it had to be the Mating planting this in his head, he wasn't the kid type of guy.

Natsu shook his head, this wasn't the time, he had to tend to his mate. Despite the fact the two had only just met; Natsu felt his heart making room for her to settle. Now that she was unconscious and he had time to think without the panic of finding his mate and telling her about their kind, Natsu felt a warmth in his chest. The way that she filled his arms, all delicate and pale; it had him swearing to always protect her. Now, after the Mating, after the Bond took, and after she was with his child. Always. He growled at the thought, hopefully the family part would happen soon.

"Gajeel, I'm gonna use your bed."

"Sure, just don't mess anything up." Sometime between Lucy's fainting and then, Gajeel had shifted back to his human form, Levy looked away and blushed due to his naked self.

Natsu carried his mate to his pack mate's room and set her down on his bed, covering her up with the man's blanket. As he did this he wrinkled his nose and growled softly in annoyance, he didn't need his mate smelling like rusted iron, his mate needed to smell like him. After staring at the girl, he decided that it wouldn't hurt to lay with Lucy for a bit, just to get his scent on her. Natsu climbed in behind her and wrapped his arms around the woman; now this was home. The werewolf sighed contentedly and relaxed, he couldn't believe he lived without the woman before, he finally felt like he belonged somewhere; it'd been too long since he'd felt remotely like this. Natsu wished that they could stay like this forever. Though that was wishful thinking, nothing ever stayed the same. He had learned that first hand.

Now all the man had to do was leave before Lucy woke and felt his painfully hard erection digging into her.

Lucy woke, her eyes drifted open as she came into awareness. She scanned her surroundings; black walls incasing a small room, a steel bedside table beside the twin bed she lied on that was covered with red sheets, a closed window displaying trees with multi-coloured leaves swaying in the autumn wind. She shifted her eyes to the white ceiling, now that she wasn't freaking out she could actually form thoughts in her head. This was not a good thing as she didn't want to think of what she knew was the truth; werewolves existed. Gajeel was a werewolf. She was a werewolf. There was a hot guy who was a werewolf just outside claiming to be her 'mate' whatever that was. An animalistic version of a wife? Probably.

The blonde's eyes shut as she sighed. What had her life become? All Lucy wanted was to live, she wanted the freedom to do what she wanted, she wanted to be herself without being attached to a name. Now she only had another title; werewolf. Monster.

Lucy's eyes lifted slowing before she sat up and reached for the window. She wasn't one to run away from her problems, 'says the person who ran away from her home' prodded a voice inside of her head, but she really needed time to think, alone. Her mother had always talked about the importance of nature, of how fresh air can work to clear one's mind and allow them to make major decisions when faced with a dilemma.

Lucy slid the window open and climbed through, though not without difficulty; she didn't make a habit of climbing through windows regularly making her movements sloppy and uncertain. Plopping onto the grass below, Lucy took a breath of fresh air and ran. She ran, feeling the cool evening air soaking into her skin. She ran as a large smile grew on her face, the blonde woman headed for the woods behind Gajeel's house and just enjoyed. Just ran.

Maybe if wolves enjoyed themselves like this all the time, being a wolf wouldn't be that bad.

A/N:

Hello there, I'm back. I've had writers block for the past 2 weeks. And yes, you may be thinking, writer's block on the 3rd chapter? Well, life is hard, hun. Anyways, I wrote half of this chapter in mind of, OH GOD I NEED TO WRITE THIS, and the other in mind of, I WANNA CRY LISTENING TO THIS SONG I WANNA MAKE MY CHARACTERS SUFFERR. Guess which was which? Please enjoy this chapter! AND THANK YOU PEOPLE WHO REVIEWED I READ EVERY WORD AND I LOVE EVERY WORD. Yes a review would be appreciated. ;))