Feelin Feline

Slow blinking

She hadn't been kidding about buying that book, he caught her reading it almost every day, always on a different part of it. In the small space of time since, he had learnt a lot about how cats acted and how much he had apparently been acting like one without even realising. The way he loved it when her hands were in his hair, rubbing his head, the way he was possessive of her attention, or the fact he enjoyed belly rubs. He couldn't remember but Lucy swore he had demanded belly rubs while he was on catnip, which was quite embarrassing if he had to be honest. He nuzzled her and rubbed his cheek against hers a lot, which is a cats way of showing affection and love. Then of course was the purring and kneading that he did almost subconsciously at this point. The list went on and on, it was starting to get depressing. How much of his lion self had leaked through before he had even realised. Without the whole catnip disaster, he may have never known how deep it ran, it was terrifying.

It was thoughts like these that plagued him as he sat with the others, they were discussing their next mission and battle plans, all the usual stuff. He wasn't really focused though, in the end he was sure Lucy would lead him to victory, so nothing else really mattered. So his mind wandered to how he had managed to become so catlike without noticing, when had all his natural instincts taken over? He would ask why, but the answer was sat across from him, listening intently to the others. Lovely Lucy, her love and acceptance had stopped him from shying away who he was, had encouraged this change, but she was so amazing she was managing to do it quicker than he had realised. She was just too amazing he supposed. He sighed happily, a big grin forming on his face, he could just stare at her forever, she was the most interesting thing in the whole world, the universe even. Smart, cute, sexy, brave, caring, an adorable blush- Oh, she had caught his staring, it was probably obvious he was laying all his affection on her, a 'tidal wave of love' as she had once described it.

She was staring back at him, flushed red and he shot her a toothy grin. She pouted, nodding her head to the others, in a not so subtle way of telling him to pay attention. He would of laughed at the idea, if not for the fear of Erza's wrath, she was most important, the only thing in the room worth listening to or looking at. This was a low level job, it didn't need planning, he could tell Natsu and Happy agreed with him, if their constant squirming in their chairs meant anything. They were getting restless, so this meeting would be over soon anyway. He turned his attention back to Lucy, who was still frowning at him, awwww so cute! He mouthed 'I love you', wearing what he knew was a lovesick smile, for added effect. She huffed at him, not backing down in the slightest, it was on now, war had been declared. What he wasn't counting on however, was that stupid cat book of hers to have given her a lethal weapon. She lightly tapped underneath her right eye, asking him to share eye contact with her. He happily complied, as he loved her beautiful brown eyes and couldn't resist staring into them on a normal day, nevermind now when he had permission. However that was the trap Lucy had set for him. Her eyes became half lidded before she slowly blinked at him. He shuddered as an unexpected thrill shot down his spine. She smirked at his response, slowly blinking at him once more. His heart burst with a loud yell, she loved him! It was a rush unlike anything he had felt before, yet it also left him weak kneed and shaking. He slow blinked back, unable to stop himself from returning the gesture and almost purred at her loving smile. As it was, her open affection already had him kneading into his own legs, damn her! What in the world was going on? How was he going to stop it? But his cat side refused to be pushed down in its exhilaration, he had to grab onto his chair to stop himself running to her. His fingers dug painfully into wood as he fought the rising tide of emotions he was feeling. Lucy was no help, rather she seemed to be enjoying his struggles, she started rubbing the table in a slow circle, practically begging to pet him, that she devil!

"Are you two alright?" They both jumped out of their staring match, to face an unimpressed looking Erza. "You've been staring at each other the last few minutes and getting either of you to answer a question is impossible, do you need a minute?"