⚡Lightning Dragon Slayer⚡

Chapter 5

True to Lucy's prediction, she had only been home for under an hour before she heard banging on her front door. "Hey! Open up, Lucy!" she heard Natsu call out. She marched towards the door but didn't make any moves to open it.

"What do you want, Natsu?" she barked, arms akimbo.

"C'mon, Lucy, open the door and let us in." the pink haired mage pleaded, a little more quietly. "We just want to talk to you for a bit."

"Fine. I'll open the door but you're not allowed inside." Lucy huffed and opened the door, using her body to block the entrance.

A ball of blue fur barrelled towards Lucy's ample chest. "Lusshyy! Can I have some fish? Natsu and Gray burned all of theirs!" Happy cried, his eyes wide and teary.

Lucy gave the little Exceed a pat on the head and answered, "Sure, Happy. There should be a really big one in the fridge." Happy yelped happily and flew off towards the kitchen.

Natsu and Gray were standing side by side, Natsu looking more like a kicked puppy compared to Gray's calm expression.

Lucy crossed her arms, "Well, what did you want to talk about?" She was still angry at them and it would take her a few days to forgive them.

"We just wanted to say how sorry we are again for destroying your writing. It was a complete accident, but still our fault." Gray humbly said. "Is there any way we can change your mind about not going on missions with us? A month seems so long." He finished sadly. Gray considered Lucy to be one of his closest friends, almost like a sister. From what Lucy said earlier, he could understand why she would need a little break from their over the top escapades.

"Yeah, Luce. We're really sorry and all. Especially me. I was the one that threw fire towards you. If it wasn't for Laxus, I really could have hurt you." Natsu's eye was begging for forgiveness as he scratched the back of his head. Mira and Lisanna explained to the dragon slayer how Lucy wasn't abandoning them but that she was entitled to having a little break from them once in a while.

Lucy's eyes softened a little before giving a small sigh, "Look, guys, it will take me a few days to forgive you but I will forgive you. You're my family and families always fight but they also forgive each other. I'm still a little upset about it as it was one of my best works. But don't worry, I promise I'll go on a mission with everyone after my mission with Laxus..." Lucy trailed off, realizing that she had no idea what type of mission it was that she and Laxus were doing.

"Something wrong?" Gray asked.

Lucy turned to Gray and said, "I just realized that I have no idea what kind of mission I'm going with Laxus tomorrow." Lucy flushed in embarrassment at her error.

"Oh! Mira actually asked us to tell you to pack warm and to have a few days worth of clothes. She didn't say anything else besides that." Natsu helpfully provided.

"Hmmm.... okay then...." Lucy quietly said to herself as she watched Happy return while munching on a fish merrily. 'I got so tongue tied earlier that I completely forgot to ask Laxus or Mira for details!' the blonde reprimanded herself.

Turning back towards Gray and Natsu, "Guess I better start packing then. I'll see you when I get back, okay?" Lucy said, giving them a tiny smile.

Gray smiled back and turned to leave. Natsu raised his fist in the air and shouted, "I'm all fired up! We'll make sure to pick an awesome mission when you get back!" Natsu then ran after Gray and Happy waved and mumbled what sounded like, "Thanks for the fish, Lusshyyy!" as his mouth was still full of fish.

Lucy closed her door and leaned heavily against it. Now that her team had left, she could concentrate on packing and think on how she was going to deal with Laxus. She had only ever had one conversation with him which was after the GMG Naval battle. She had been beaten by the sadistic Minerva. She was heavily injured and was stuck in the infirmary, miserable that she had lost and that she couldn't cheer her guild on.

....FLASHBACK....

The Celestial Mages' body was covered in bandages but at least Wendy had healed most of her major injuries from Minerva's beating. Still recovering, all Lucy could do was watch the game, via lacrima, in the infirmary. She was disappointed that she couldn't be physically there to yell encouragement to Natsu and Gajeel, with everyone, who had just finished their fight with Sting and Rogue. 'I'm so glad they're okay. And they defeated those arrogant dragon slayers! Ha! Serves them right!' Lucy thought a little vindictively. She wasn't impressed when they had made fun of Fairy Tail's dragon slayers.

Wendy had just stepped out to look for something for her and Lucy to eat, when not long after, Laxus entered the infirmary and headed straight for her bed.

"Hey, Blondie. You took quite a beating out there." Laxus stated as he stood next to her bed.

Lucy felt that he was way too close for her sanity. She had to look all the way up so their eyes could meet. He was so close that she could smell his aftershave and another scent that was entirely unique to Laxus. He smelt like how the air did when it rained. It smelt heavenly to the spirit summoner. Rain, especially thunderstorms, were secretly one of her favorite things. She would sometimes curl up in her warm bed and listen to the rain beat against her window. It reminded her of the times she had spent cuddled up next to her mother, during a storm, as she read Lucy a bedtime story. Lucy always found comfort in the memory. The pitter patter of rain, would make her feel calm and lull her to sleep. Laxus' scent, on the other hand, made her feel intoxicated and far from relaxed at that moment.

Shaking her head to clear it, she replied, "Yeah, I did... But Wendy thankfully fixed me up! See? You can barely tell!" Lucy said  as she showed Laxus one of her bandaged arms.

Laxus took a closer look at her person, inspecting every inch of her visible body. Lucy started to squirm uncomfortably under his close scrutiny. His face had started from her legs and slowly moved up towards her hips and chest. When he was just centimeters away from her bandaged covered breasts, he stopped to look up at her. Lucy could only watch with bated breath as the handsome mage gave her a mischievous grin before standing up straight again.

"Looks all good to me," Laxus said, winking at her. He then tilted his head to the side, to listen, before sighing out, "Better go. Glad you're okay, Blondie. Take it easy or else I'll have to take measures next time." He warned before walking out of the infirmary.

Lucy exhaled heavily and relaxed back against her pillows. 'I wonder what he meant by that?' The celestial mage felt confused yet also a little giddy that he was concerned enough to check up on her.

Wendy had then returned with some delicious lunch and they continued watching the game.

....END FLASHBACK....

Lucy had now finished packing and was lying in bed trying to get some sleep. She kept on tossing and turning, thinking about what tomorrow would bring. 'We'll most likely be stuck together for a few days. I need to keep it cool and not act like a complete fool around him. If I don't end up looking like a fool, I might just end up being a mess anyway.' she thought forlornly.

These thoughts repeatedly went round and round in Lucy's head until exhaustion finally caught up to her and she fell into a restless sleep. She dreamt that night of paper and pens pushing her out of her apartment with a smiling Laxus, on the other side, to catch her.

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