Omega: I'm in a very merry mood because of the Christmas music and getting ready to decorate. So I figured I'd spread the joy by writing a story, a Natsu x Erza one of course!
DISCLAIMER: Fairy Tail and all of its characters belong to Hiro Mashima. Please follow his works if you like this story. The profile pic isn't mine as well, the credits go to the original editor.
Onto the story!
The winter breeze whistled through the air, blowing some leftover autumn leaves in front of the Fairy Tail guild. Much of the outdoors was quiet with the exception of a few people decorating their houses and stores. Pictures and stickers of reindeer, snowflakes, snowmen, and jolly old Santa Claus were plastered on each and every window.
In this winter wonderland, the beginning of December was the month of good tidings, sleigh rides, and heartwarming moments with friends and family alike. From within the town of Magnolia, many of the townspeople were littering the streets with much joyous celebration, and the Fairy Tail guild was also included in this merriment. Within its guild halls were the members, many of which were too busy decorating or just talking with one another as joyous Christmas was playing through some Lacrimas.
A familiar blue-winged cat was flying away from a group of giggling children. One boy whose spiky hair was mostly orange with blonde streaks was holding a pair of toy reindeer antlers, a boy with wavy dark blue hair and long eyelashes held a red clown nose, and a young girl with long but wild red hair that had scarlet red streaks flowing through it held a green cotton Christmas that seemed to be the perfect size for the cat. "Get away from me!" The cat shrieked. "I'm not gonna wear that!"
The girl pouted as she crossed her arms. "C'mon, Uncle Happy. It'll only be for a few seconds, we have to get you ready so Uncle Reedus can make a picture. You say you'd help us get a good Christmas photo. You promised..."
The cat, now identified as Happy, held his paws in a cross pattern as he shook his head. "No way! There's not a chance I will pretend to be some reindeer! I'm a cat! An Exceed even! I'm not gonna embarrass myself!"
The orange-haired boy grumbled as he got closer to the cat. "C'mon, Uncle Happy! My mom made you that sweater! The least you could do is just try it on for a little while, you're being mean to her. That's not fair."
"What's not fair is making me wear that crap!" Happy barked. "I'm not gonna wear it, you can't make me!" As he yelled that, all three children puffed their cheeks and frowned, whining as they stomped their feet.
"Happy..." The Exceed shivered as he felt a chilling presence behind him. As he turned, he looked up to see a woman with long flowing scarlet hair wearing a red sweater with white snowflakes patterned on it glaring down at him. She had her arms folded and her eyes were glowing with a crimson tint as she stood before the cat. "Are you causing trouble for the children?"
Happy quivered at the intense aura that was emitting from the woman, and so did everyone else inside the guild hall. Despite cowering in fear, the Exceed shook his head and flew toward the redhead's face. "Your daughter and her friends are the ones causing trouble for me! I'm not dressing up as some red-nosed clown, Erza!"
Erza furrowed her brow as she stepped closer to the cat, causing Happy to float downward slightly. "I believe that you will, else... I will force you." The redhead spoke in a dark tone as she glared at the cat.
Happy began shaking in fear and landed on the ground. He could barely speak as the redheaded woman make him freeze from her icy glare. He began stumbling backward before running away from her. "You can't make me do it! I won't, Erza!" As the Exceed was making his escape, he ran into someone's leg as Happy ran toward the center of the guild. The Exceed stumbled backward and looked up to see a man with salmon-colored wild hair who was wearing a green sweater with reindeer and miniature Christmas trees designed all over it. Happy smiled and flew into the arms of the man as the man turned to face him. "Natsu! Help me! Erza and Enya are picking on me!"
Natsu chuckled as he grabbed the cat and held him in front of him. "Happy, they're not picking on you. All Erza wants is for you to get a Christmas picture with our daughter, c'mon Happy. It'll be Enya's first Christmas photo as a five-year-old, don't you want to make my little girl happy?"
Happy shook his head furiously. "No way! Even though Erza is your wife and Enya your daughter, I won't embarrass myself!" The Exceed flew out of Natsu's hands and turned away from him.
Natsu frowned as he crossed his arms. "Not even for me, little buddy?"
"Not even for you! I can't look silly in front of everyone!"
Natsu began rubbing the back of his neck as he turned away from the cat. "That's too bad... I guess I can't give this Rainbow-scaled catfish fillet I got you then."
Happy's ears perked as he heard that. The cat slowly began turning towards the salmon-haired man. "Did... Did you say Rainbow-scaled catfish?"
"Yeah, I managed to catch one after I finished an S-Class request last month. I skinned and cooked it, lightly searing it just the way you like it, I was saving it as a Christmas gift for you." Natsu sighed as he grabbed a medium rectangular red box wrapped together with a white bow, making Happy's eyes widen. "But I guess I'll just have to throw it away now, it's too bad because it was just a big fish too..."
"NO!" Happy shrieked, before quickly covering his mouth, making Natsu turn his head towards the cat with a faux-shocked expression. "I mean, I wouldn't want you to waste it. You did put all that time into making it."
"You're right but I wouldn't want you to do something you don't want to do. I wouldn't want you to embarrass yourself after all."
"Well, I think I can make an exception this time. Can..." Happy began licking his furry lips. "Can I take a peek? Just so I know you're being honest."
Natsu turned to face the Exceed with a smug smirk. "Well, I was going to save it for Christmas, but what the hell. You can take a peek." Natsu then held the box in front of the cat, slowly opening it to reveal six large gleaming and perfectly seared catfish fillets. The meat wasn't burnt or overcooked, and it was also not fully raw, but it looked to be a perfect balance between cooked and raw. It looked like a perfect cut of fish and the more the Exceed gazed at the fish, the more he began to drool and get hungrier. While Happy was entranced by the fish, Natsu smiled as he stood up and shouted. "Haco! Quick, grab Uncle Happy!"
"Huh?" Before Happy could react, he was suddenly entrapped by the strong arms of a smiling male nine-year-old with wild scarlet hair and salmon-colored tips. The boy whose name was Haco chuckled as he held the cat who was trying to escape the boy's clutches. "Wait! I change my mind!"
"Nope!" Haco smiled as he carried the Exceed toward the children who were giggling and cheering. "You're gonna get in that photo, whether you like it or not." As Haco carried the whining cat away, Natsu chuckled as he stood up and placed the box in a hidden bag. After he tied up the bag, Natsu looked to see his scarlet-haired wife in front of him.
"You know I would have just beaten and forced him to take the photo right?" Erza joked as she chuckled.
Natsu chuckled as well. "Yeah, I know you would have. I figured this would have worked better, best not to scare the kids on Christmas, ya know?"
"I suppose you are right." Erza then grabbed Natsu's hand and intertwined her fingers with his as she smiled softly. "You've gotten good with dealing with children, you know that?"
"Well, I figured out how to with raising both Enya and Haco but I have you to help me learn that." Natsu smiled back at Erza and seemed to be entranced by her beauty and the same could be said about Erza.
"Hey, Erza! Natsu!" The two broke from their trance as they turned their heads towards a blonde with her hair tied in a side ponytail. As she waved them over toward her, she stood there in her blue Christmas star-patterned sweater and smiled. "C'mon on, you two! The kids are getting ready to take the photo!" She stood next to an orange-haired man who was just a few inches taller than her and wearing a black matching sweater to hers.
The man fixed his glasses as he smirked. "C'mon on, you two. If I can wait to show my Princess affection, so can you two." The blonde blushed slightly and she elbowed the orange-haired man in the stomach, causing him to chuckle as he winced. "Sorry, Lucy."
"Alright, alright, we're coming." Natsu led Erza toward the decorated stage. On the sides of it were two medium trees decorated with tinsel and many different colored Christmas ornament balls. In the background was a crimson curtain that was laced with gold lining and of course in the center were the children. From the far left stood a young white-haired boy with glasses wearing a green and red elf costume, and a sapphire-haired young girl wearing a green and white Santa outfit. From the far right stood an emerald-haired boy wearing a green and red elf costume, next to him was a young black-haired girl wearing a light blue and green elf costume. In the inner center stood the orange-haired boy wearing a green Santa and the wavy dark blue-haired boy stood in a blue Santa outfit. Within the dead center was Enya Dragneel wearing a pink and white Santa suit with a white cotton button in the middle. She smiled widely as she held Happy in his Rudolph outfit and the two of them were being held up by her older brother Heco Dragneel as he stood in the middle in his red and white Santa outfit.
"You look awesome, Aster!" Lucy cheered on her son, causing the orange-haired boy to smile sheepishly.
"Show them just how manly you are, Puck!" A tall bronze-skinned man wearing a blue Christmas sweater cheered on the white-haired boy wearing glasses, causing him to blush and a brunette woman in a green Santa outfit wearing glasses elbowed the tall man in the stomach.
"Keep rocking on, Raven!" A tall and muscular man wearing a metal visor and purple Christmas sweater cheered on the sapphire-haired girl and the white-haired woman in a matching suit next to him smiled and cheered.
"Keep smiling that pretty smile of yours, Seth!" A white-haired woman wearing a sky-blue Christmas sweater cheered on the emerald-haired boy who blushed but still smiled. The emerald-haired man next to the woman smiled and waved at the boy.
"You're looking so handsome, Fuji! Just like your father!" A blue-haired woman with long eyelashes in a light blue Christmas sweater waved as she cheered and waved, causing both the wavy-haired boy and the raven-haired man wearing a dark blue Christmas sweater next to her to sigh and rub their faces in embarrassment.
"Show 'em, you got style, Tetsu!" A tall muscular man wearing a black Christmas sweater smirked as he raised his fist, the short curly blue-haired woman next to him smiled and cheered the black-haired girl who smiled widely.
As their fellow guild members cheered on their children, Natsu smirked as he cheered on both of his children. "Enya! Heco! Don't be afraid to show those pearly whites! Show 'em how bright those smiles are!"
Erza smiled at her husband's enthusiasm but then her eyes widened as she thought of something. She tapped Natsu's shoulder, causing the pinkette to turn to look at her. She ushered him to follow her and walk towards the raven-haired man. As Erza tapped his shoulder and he turned, Erza whispered in both of their ears and after doing so, the two men looked at each other and smiled.
Just as the glasses-wearing light-orange-haired man with a black top hat and a white Christmas sweater designed with red snowflakes readied himself in front of the stage with a blank case and a painter's pallet, the salmon-haired man and the raven-haired stood on both sides.
"Ready, Gray?" Natsu smiled at the dark-haired man, who returned the smile while placing his fist in his open hand.
"Ready. Ice-Make..." Ice mist began to release from the inside of Gray's hands and the mist flew outwards and floated above the children. "SNOWFLAKES!" As the mist hardened and transformed into beautifully crafted snowflakes, making the children stare at them in awe. As the snowflakes floated above them, Natsu smiled and let out small flames and expertly blew inside the snowflakes, illuminating them and causing the guild to be filled with light. All of the children smile brightly and their eyes beamed at the sight, including Happy who suddenly was gazing at the sight.
The painter smiled brightly and leaned into the canvas. "Alright, children! Smile and say Merry Christmas!"
All of the children smiled brightly and at the top of their energy-filled lungs shouted:
"MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
"Thank you so much, Uncle Reedus!" The excited group of children shouted as the painter gave each of them their own copy of the photo.
"Why, of course, children!" He smiled brightly as he bent down to look at them. "Now, you all should get ready to celebrate Christmas with your families." Reedus smiled as all of the children smiled back at him before they ran to their parents.
"Thank you so much, Reedus. We do appreciate it!" The short curly blue-haired shouted while smiling and slightly bowing. The other parents smiled and waved Reedus happily smiled and waved before he exited the guild.
"Daddy! Daddy!" Enya ran to hug Natsu's leg and smiled brightly as she looked up at him. "Can we stay for a little longer? I want to stay and play for just a little bit. Please~?"
Natsu chuckled as he rubbed her head. "No, we can't, we have to head home." Natsu smiled and sighed as he saw his daughter pout. "Hey hey, no need to frown. You have to head to bed early so Santa can bring you presents in the morning. You wouldn't want to upset Santa right?"
"No..." Enya spoke softly and as Natsu picked her up, he lifted her chin and whispered in her ear.
"We have to head home as soon as possible because Santa is going to stop by our house for a little bit." Enya's eyes widened as she heard this and she stared at her father who smiled but held a finger to his lips. "But it's supposed to be a surprise so you can't tell anyone yet, OK?"
Enya nodded her head enthusiastically and held a finger to her own lips. "OK, I promise." Natsu placed Enya down and she ran to the other children as she began saying her goodbyes. Just as she was doing so, Natsu walked up to his wife who was talking with both Gray and Lucy.
"Hey, love." Erza turned to face Natsu and eagerly held his hand which he held hers while smiling.
"Let's hope that our kids head to bed quickly." Natsu joked with the three of them, causing the other three to laugh.
"We're going to have to try to get them to calm down since they're the children of Fairy Tail's Strongest Team," Gray smirked as he crossed his arms.
"Well, I know a few lullabies so I suppose tonight's a good time to try 'em." Lucy smiled. "Want me to give you some of them, Erza?"
"Actually, I've got my own plan to get Enya and Haco to bed early," Natsu interjected, causing the other three to look at him surprised.
"And how are you going to do that?" Erza asked as she tilted her head.
Natsu smiled widely as he closed one eye and held a thumb up. "It's a surprise~!" And after that, both Enya and Haco ran up to Natsu and Erza. Natsu picked up Enya and began carrying her out of the guild with Erza and Haco following quickly behind. "Good night, guys, and Merry Christmas!"
As Erza was helping Haco and Enya decorate their evergreen tree with tinsel, Christmas ornament balls, and many other Christmas ornaments, Natsu was in the kitchen finishing some gingerbread cookies.
Just as Happy lifted Enya to place the shining Christmas star on the top of the tree, Natsu pulled the cookies out and the scent of gingerbread and cinnamon filled the house. Erza stepped into the kitchen and smiled contently as she saw the cookies, there were some cookies in the shape of typical gingerbread men but there were a select few that were shaped as the Fairy Tail guild mark, miniature swords and dragons as well as miniature versions of the Dragneel family members, of course including Happy.
"These look amazing, Natsu." Erza lifted her head to look at her husband as she smiled. "And I'm sure that they'll taste just as good with how good of a chef you are."
Natsu laughed sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Geez, you spoil me, Erza. You're going to make me blush." Natsu's eyes widened as the redhead wrapped her arms around his neck and she kissed him, pulling away from him slightly as she had an enticing glint in her eyes.
"Oh, I'll be making you more than blush, love~. I've got my own surprise for you as well." She lifted his chin and smirked as Natsu began blushing slightly. "But for now, how about you and I spend some time under the mistletoe~?"
"M-Mistletoe? But there's no-." Erza pointed up and as the pinkette looked up, his eyes widened as there was a small little mistletoe hanging above the oven and stove. "Just when did you-?" Before Natsu could utter another word, Erza placed a finger on his lips as she smiled seductively. Just as the redhead was going to capture his lips once again, she was interrupted by her equally energetic children and the family Exceed.
"Woah, Dad! You made all of these?!" Just as Haco exclaimed that he looked up to see both of his parents in a tender position with his mother holding his father. "Ew, are you guys having a moment?" He cringed, causing his mother to pout and his father to chuckle.
"You know moments like these are the reason you were born right, Haco?" Erza spoke as she turned to face her son, crossing her arms and frowning as Haco turned away and groaned.
"I don't want to think of that!" Haco exclaimed, causing Enya, Happy, and Natsu to laugh.
"Alright, alright, we won't talk about it more. Here, come get some of the cookies, you three. But save the special-looking ones."
Haco raised an eyebrow at that. "Why's that, Dad?"
"The special ones we're going to put out for Santa to eat so you have to leave some for him. I'd hurry up because I think he's on the way!" Upon exclaiming, the children grabbed as much of the regular gingerbread cookies as they could and began munching down on them, smiling as they ate.
"They're so good!" They both exclaimed with cookie crumbs all over their faces and cheeks filled with cookies, making Erza and Natsu chuckle.
As they finished the last of their cookies, Erza stepped between them and smiled, placing a hand on their heads. "Now that you two have finished, I'll draw you a bath. You need to look your best for Santa." As they nodded their heads, Erza led the kids upstairs and as they entered their rooms, Erza went to the bathroom and took a short shower. Lathering herself in soap, she washed her body and scarlet locks and when she rubbed her stomach, she stopped for a brief moment. She smiled to herself and rubbed it then let the warm water cascade down on her, washing away all of the soap then turned the shower off. After she dried herself off, she exited her and Natsu's room in her usual purple cross-patterned pajamas. She knocked on Haco's door, opening it and making the young boy look up at her as he began to change into his pajamas. "Haco, watch your little sister while she's taking a shower."
"Mom, she's five. I'm pretty sure she can handle taking a shower." Haco chuckled as he put on his shirt. "I don't think she's going to drown."
"Haco, please. Just make sure she'll be OK." Erza spoke sternly.
"Fine," Haco sighed. "I'll watch her, Mom."
Erza smiled as she backed away from the door. "Thank you, I will be downstairs with your father." Erza walked down the stairs and made her way back down into the living room, but her eyes widened in shock because her beloved Natsu was nowhere in sight. She checked the kitchen, the living room, the guest bedrooms, and even the basement. However, he was nowhere in sight. "Where did he go...?" She asked aloud and turned her head as she heard footsteps behind her. As she turned to face whoever it was, Erza found that it was just Happy munching on a gingerbread cookie. "Happy, do you know where Natsu had gone to?"
"He said..." The Exceed swallowed the remaining bits of chewed cookie that was in his mouth. "That he had to go grab some stuff from town, he'd said he'd be back soon."
"Oh... I see."
Happy tilted his head and then began giggling. "Geez, you can't spend one hour without him, huh Erza?"
Erza crossed her arms and frowned at the cat. "He is my husband after all and it's Christmas Eve, is it wrong for me to be a little sad when he's not here?"
"Hm... I suppose you're right but I think he'll be back soon tho."
Just then, suddenly it sounded a heavy thud resounded on the roof, greatly alarming Erza and Happy.
"What was that?!" Happy exclaimed as he looked up at the ceiling.
"I don't know, just don't make a sound." Before she could say anything more, the thud repeated into heavy pounding footsteps that lead down the house. Erza's eyes widened as she heard footsteps leading toward the fireplace in the living room. She raised a hand and summoned a sword.
"Mommy?" The redhead looked towards the top of the steps to see her young daughter yawing and her son rubbing his eyes tiredly. "Is Santa here yet?"
"Happy, fly towards the kids and protect them." Erza stepped closer to the fireplace as she held up her sword.
"Wait, Mom. What's going on?" Haco asked aloud as his eyes widened.
"No time to argue!" Erza exclaimed. "I think someone's trying to break into our home."
Enya's eyes widened. "It's probably Santa, Mommy!" Before she could run down, she was stopped by Happy. "Let me go! I want to see Santa!"
As Happy was holding Enya, the burning log in the fireplace burnt out and suddenly, the room was filled with smoke as something, rather someone landed on it. "Ow... OK, not my best landing..." The figure rubbed his head as he leaned forward fixing his red hat as he began stepping out from the fireplace. Just as he pulled his head out, a sword was placed on his throat, greatly alarming him. "Woah! Woah! Wait a minute!"
"Who the hell are you?! And what do you think you're doing in my house?!" Erza shouted as she stood over the figure, clenching the sword. She would not let anyone come to harm her or her children when her husband was away.
"Wait! Wait! Let me get out of the fireplace first! And I'll explain!"
"And why the hell should I?! You're breaking and entering! I just have the right mind to take you out right now!" Erza lifted her sword and began swinging it down on the intruder. Before she could slam it on him, the intruder dove out of the way and landed on the floor. As Erza was pulling the sword away from the sliced log, she turned toward the person and lifted the sword once again.
"Erza! Wait! Stop!" As Erza stopped with her first step, her eyes widened as she had just now realized what she saw. It was a person dressed up in a Santa Clause outfit, a red hat, a long white beard, a red suit with white cotton linen, black boots and even carrying a crimson gold-lined bag.
"Wait, Santa?!" Erza exclaimed as she stepped back in shock, making her sword vanish. "Is that really you?!"
"It is Santa!" Haco and Enya exclaimed, running past Happy and rushing to Santa Clause's side.
Enya frowned as she turned to face her mother. "You tried to kill Santa! You better say you're sorry, Mommy!"
"Yeah! Otherwise, you're going to be on the naughty list for life!" Haco shouted as he pointed at her.
"W-Well, I, er, I just thought that..."
"Now, now, you don't need to blame your mother. She was just doing her duties as your mother to protect you is all." Santa sighed as he stood up, rubbing the chimney soot off his outfit, he smiled as he knelt down to be on eye level with the children. "Listen, do not get angry with your mother," Santa spoke in a deep yet warm tone. "She loves you two so much and can't stand the idea of you getting hurt, so she'll do anything to protect you two the best she can. I am a stranger in this house after all, even if I'm Santa Clause." Santa chuckled heartily.
Enya and Haco looked at each other before nodding their heads and running to hug Erza's legs. "We're sorry for accusing you of killing Santa, Mommy!" Enya looked up at her mother with sad eyes. "We just didn't want you to take Santa away."
"Yeah, you're a great mom and I'm sure you won't be put on the naughty list. You were just protecting us, sorry for saying that Mom."
Erza's eyes began to water as she looked at her children and she began to gasp. "No, I'm sorry my dears. I shouldn't have assumed that it was someone coming to hurt us, next time I will ask first before going on the attack. Thank you for understanding." She then knelt down and hugged both of her children with much love and kissed them both.
Santa smiled warmly as he stood up and began digging through his bag. As he pulled out two large boxes, he turned to the Exceed flying towards him and handed him the gifts. "Enya! Haco!" Both children turned their heads and their eyes beamed as they saw the colorfully wrapped gift boxes.
"Are these ours, Santa?!" Haco asked excitedly as he held the box with his name on it.
"Ho! Ho! Ho! Why yes, my young boy!" Santa chuckled. "Your father told me that you and your little sister have been such good children this year that I had to make a personal stop here myself! Would you two like to open them now or wait until your father comes home?"
Haco and Enya looked at their gifts and despite wanting to open them right away, the two children placed their gifts under the tree, surprising both Santa and Erza. "We're going to wait until tomorrow because we want to give our Dad our gifts, it wouldn't be right, right Enya?"
"Right!" The little girl nodded her head.
Santa smiled. "Well, then let me guide you both to bed then." Santa took both of the children's hands and let them to their rooms, wrapping them in their blankets and kissing their foreheads. Waving to them both as he gently closed their doors and as he made his way back downstairs, his eyes widened as he saw their scarlet-haired woman frown and look away from him. "You know I have my own surprise for you, Mrs. Dragneel."
"And what might that be?" As she looked at the man, her eyes widened as when he took off his hat, she saw that his hair was salmon-colored. And that his beard was fake because he pulled it off! "N-N?!" Before she could scream, the salmon-haired man placed a finger on her lips and he began chuckling at her shocked expression. "But how did you?!" As she spoke in a harsh whisper, Natsu pulled out a necklace that had a light blue Lacrima tied to it and took it off his neck.
"It's a vocal Lacrima." He explained in his normal voice. "I went to go pick it up from town as I got my outfit and the gifts from my secret hiding spot. I guess the surprise was too good huh?"
"I... I could have killed you! You do know that, don't you?!" Erza then looked away from Natsu as she rubbed her face. "What kind of wife am I? I could have killed my own husband on Christmas Eve!"
"Hey!" Natsu grabbed Erza's hand and made her turn to face her. "You were just doing your motherly duty. You had no idea that it was me and you had to protect our kids! I understand why and I'm not mad at you. Besides, I had to tell Happy not to tell you, I wanted it to be a surprise, right Happy?"
"Aye, sir!" The Exceed lifted his paw as he exclaimed.
"So, if anything," Natsu let go of Erza's hand and bowed with Happy following.
"We're sorry that we tricked you like that, Erza."
Erza sighed as she reached up to Natsu's face and smiled softly. "You idiot, don't scare me like that. I was so worried when you disappeared."
Natsu chuckled as he kissed the inner part of her hand and smiled at her. "I had a feeling, if it makes you feel any better, I got you a gift too." Natsu pulled out a medium-sized black box wrapped in white cloth. Erza's eyes widened and Natsu smiled.
"I thought we weren't getting each other gifts this year."
"I know, but I've been wanting to give you this since I worked so hard on making it, I finished making it about two months ago." Erza stared at Natsu in disbelief but she took the box and opened it. Her eyes beamed as she saw what was inside, it was an artisan-crafted gold chain with the middle of it being held together with two serpentine dragons holding a heart-shaped ruby medallion. On it was engraved: To the woman who will always be my treasure and the love of my life, I will always protect you.
Erza looked up at the love of her life with tears beginning to form in her eyes. "N-Natsu... I..."
"I wanted and will always want to show you my love for you because I love you wholeheartedly, Erza. No matter what and even if you try to kill me." Natsu kissed her forehead and lips softly before giving her his trademark smile.
Erza felt her heartstrings being pulled and she blushed furiously. "Natsu!" She fell into his arms and kissed him passionately, making Natsu chuckle as they began making out.
"Geez, you two, get a room!" Happy sighed as he rubbed his face, making Natsu blush but making Erza smirk.
"You know what, Happy? You're absolutely right!" The redhead energetically grabbed Natsu's hands and pulled him to their bedroom, pushing the salmon-haired man onto the bed.
Natsu, blushing at his wife's excitement, tried to sit up and reason with her. "E-Erza, wait! Don't you want to wait until it's just us two alone?"
"Hell no," Erza answered quickly. "Mama Dragneel wants her sugar, especially since her husband is such a loving man, I have been waiting for this all night!" The redhead soon made her clothes disappear and hopped onto the salmon-haired man as she slammed the door.
Natsu just stared at his wife with eyes as big as dinner plates as he knew that the two of them wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight.
The morning Sun filled the Dragneel home and as the light flowed in both of their rooms, the Dragneel children soon awoke and rushed downstairs to the living room. Both their eyebrows rose in confusion.
"Where's Daddy and Mommy?" Enya asked as she looked at her older brother.
"I don't know, maybe they're still asleep." Haco looked upstairs. "Let's go wake them up."
The two children ran toward their parents' bedroom and knocked on the door. Just as they finished knocking, they heard a weak moan. "Y-Yeah?"
"Dad? Is that you?" Haco questioned. 'Why does he sound so tired and weak?'
"Y-Yeah, it's me," Natsu answered back exhaustedly. "We'll meet you two downstairs, don't wait up, OK?"
Haco and Enya looked at each other and shrugged. "OK, but don't be long." The two soon walked back downstairs.
Natsu groaned as sat up, every time that he and Erza had made love, they both were very tired at the end of it but they had always been either away or the kids were not home. And they were equal in the effort but Natsu had never seen Erza so aggressive before. "S... Say Erza..." He croaked as he looked over to the bathroom where Erza smiled sweetly back at him. "Care to explain why you were so..."
"Hungry for you~?" Erza cooed.
"Y-Yeah."
"You have yourself to blame, raising our two beautiful children with me and giving me this lovely present for no reason." Erza smiled as she sat up and looked at the chain. "I can't help but to want to make love to such a wonderful husband. Besides, you made me just as tired after all." Erza giggled as she sat down next to Natsu. "When I woke up, I had to limp to the bathroom and I'm still trying to cool myself from your fiery hot passion, my Dragon Sex God husband~."
Natsu blushed furiously at that name. "I hope you don't talk about our love life with anyone at the guild."
"Of course not~. No one else needs to know how great my husband Natsu is at the ways of pleasure and how long he can go at it, with his nearly limitless stamina and that beast between his legs." Erza giggled at Natsu's heavily blushing face and kissed him. Then, she kissed his cheek and neck.
"Wait, stop!" Natsu held Erza back, causing her to pout. "I know what you're trying to do and you're going to have to wait, Erza Dragneel. It's Christmas and we have to spend it with our kids!"
"Hmm... Fine, but afterward, we need a Round 2."
"A Round 2?!" Natsu shrieked. "We just got done just a few hours ago!"
"I know, you're so good that it's addicting, Natsu. I can't help it."
Natsu blushed as he looked away. "N-No way! We're spending the whole day with the kids! That's final!" Natsu nodded his head and jumped out of the bed.
Erza pouted as she crossed her arms. "Fine, so you're just going to tease me with that sexy body of yours?"
Natsu looked down and then covered himself. "L... Let's meet the kids downstairs!"
Erza flopped down on the bed and pouted. "Can I get one more kiss before we go?"
"R-Right now?"
"Yes, else I'm not leaving this room."
Natsu chuckled as he heard that, putting on his pajama pants. But his eyes widened as his wife didn't move. "Oh. You're serious."
"As a heart attack."
Natsu rubbed his neck before sighing, smiling as he leaned down and gave Erza a short but love-filled kiss. Before she could pounce on him, Natsu placed a finger on her lips. "That's all you'll be getting for now. We'll save more for later."
Erza pouted but nodded her head. "F-Fine. But we're doing more later. We need to, we need to get back on track at least twice a week."
"Just how hungry are you?!" Natsu stared at the woman he married in utter astonishment.
"For you, my hunger can't be filled. I just need you for as long as I can." Erza stood up and walked toward the bedroom door, holding Natsu's and leading him down. Natsu smiled sheepishly as they walked together and both smiled as they saw their children opening their Christmas presents.
"Oh, sick! I finally got my own sword!" Haco exclaimed as he held the sword above him. It was a long sword with a double-edged silver blade, the guard was a golden circle with two small golden protuberances on the sides of a pulled-back gold spiked cross-guard. Haco began thrusting the sword forward and swinging it to test its might. "This is awesome!"
Erza chuckled as she patted her son's head. "That's great, but you will need practice so you don't accidentally hurt yourself or others, starting next month, we will be doing our own sword training."
Haco pumped his fist into the air as he nodded. "Hell yeah! I can't wait!" He flinched as he saw his mother glaring at him. "I-I mean heck yeah!"
Natsu turned his attention to his daughter as he knelt down at her. "And what did Santa bring you, Enya?"
Enya turned to face her father with a crimson and white muffler scarf just like Natsu's. "I got a scarf just like yours, Daddy!" She wrapped the scarf around her neck and stood triumphantly. "Now, we match!"
Natsu picked her up and squealed with glee. "Indeed we do! And I'm sure we'll do our own training as well!"
"Seems like Uncle Happy is loving his gift." Haco pointed out as the Exceed was eating the catfish fillets with happy tears in his eyes, making the entire family laugh at him.
"Hey, Mommy." Erza turned her head towards Enya. "Where did you get that necklace from? Did Santa give that to you too?"
"Oh, this? No, this was a gift from your loving father. He gave it to me when he got home last night." Erza smiled sweetly, causing Natsu to look away sheepishly.
"That's so nice! Did you get Daddy anything?" Natsu placed Enya down as she ran toward her mother.
"Oh, he'll be getting his presents about nine months from now." Natsu's eyes widened at that as Erza smiled.
"E-Erza... You're...?"
"Yes, I am. That was my surprise to you." Erza turned to face her children. "Enya, Haco, soon you two will have two little siblings."
"I'm gonna be a big sister?!" Enya's eyes shone with excitement.
"Yes! I'm going to be a big sis, Haco!" Enya hugged her brother tightly and he smiled back at her.
"Don't worry, I'll teach you all about being an older sibling! Just leave it to your big bro!" Haco grinned confidently as Enya cheered him on.
As Erza sat down on Natsu's lap, she smiled and lightly peck his lips then smiled at him. "Merry Christmas Natsu, I love you."
Natsu smiled back at his wife and held her close. "Merry Christmas Erza, I love you too."
I hopey'all enjoyed the story and hopefully, it brought some Christmas cheer! Thank you for always reading my stories and I hope to see many of you in the next stories, let me know what you thought of it in the reviews! I love to read them! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year! Much love from my family to yours, peace!