400 years

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Natsu lead me to a crystal clear river. Something about this section of it reminded me of glass, as the night sky reflexed perfectly on its surface.

Natsu suddenly heaved a sigh and ruffled his hair with his fingers. His onyx eyes peered at me from the corner. A sly grin glided across his handsome face.

"Care for a swim?"

"Here? Nuh-!"

Before I could reply, Natsu had already stripped. Leaving his clothes on the bank, with me and my answer. He stood in the middle of the river, dressed in the black of night and limned in the faint light of the stars.

The scene of his now glistening abs had me in a trance. I stepped into the shallows, making up my mind, I started to follow suit. Stripping until nude, as the water rushed over my ankles.

Once I'd made my way into his arms, "Natsu, why are we here and not planning our next move?"

"Because, even I need a break."

His eyes burned with lust back at mine, Natsu's heated breath danced an inch from my lips. Those simple words, that lustful tone had my body shivering with anticipation.

(Antic-ipation <- that word!! 👄 Lol if you get it, you get it! 🤣 ok sorry, back to the story!!)

Even through waist high water, Natsu's hand still felt warm. As they trailed my hips. Pulling my body closer to his, Natsu nipped at my bottom lip.

"Your such a biter!" I giggled, trying to keep my excitement undercover.

"It's your fault, your skin is so soft and delicious." He whispered into my ear, making sure to catch my earlobe between his teeth.

"Na~." A little moan escaped before I could bite my lip. In response, Natsu drew his hands up my back. One hand held the back of head as he pulled me in for a passionate kiss.

When Natsu broke away, he quickly attacked my neck and exposed shoulders. As he sucked on my skin with fiery kisses. This is what I'd been wanting, 'This is what I needed.'

Every kiss was a mark that left a pulsing glow of heat behind. Even though we stood in the cold water of the night, I felt hotter then a fire.

Natsu came back to each spot, caressing the still warm bites with his tongue, causing a cascade of sparks to go off inside me.

"Ahh~Na-tsu!"

He sucked on my breast and I clutched his hair, running my fingers through and curling his lush pink locks with desire. Only for him to nip at my nipples and slightly tug on them.

"Ahh~!"

Natsu suddenly hummed, pulling away he gazed into my eyes. "Do you need me to stop?" He asked with a teasing smirk.

I stared into his playful eyes with my hazy ones. "No. I need you to continue. We both need-!"

For a split second I seen Natsu's eyes glow with wavering heat. He quickly scooped my thighs into his strong hands, slamming his lips against mine.

Our tongues entwined, I gasped, hot and panting into his mouth. I wrapped Natsu tightly in my arms.

....

But just then, we heard a sound that shattered our moment of happiness...

'Thunder?'

We broke apart. "We'll have to stop here for now." Natsu said with a furrowed brow.

'Great.. a rain check, literally!' "Yeah.."

With that we returned to shore and redressed. However as Natsu took my hand I noticed some bushes rustling. And with a flash of green, Brandish reached out. She covered Natsu's mouth with a white cloth, as he fell backwards into her arms.

"What the-!?" 'Did she seriously just chloroform a warlord!?'

"There's no time! Listen!"

With that warning, Brandish explained that it was a low dose and he'd be waking up shortly. Also, that she believed a cosmological force maybe be stepping in to correct history. That this storm on the horizon was anything but normal. Assuming that a God was angry about us changing history. That this storm is an angry version of the original warmhole, sent to boot us out so that history can be returned to the way it's supposed to be. Which means, we'll have no choice in the matter. She predicted that it'll happen here, at midnight. Unless, we could attempt to out run it...

"Use the storm as your guide, Lucy and stay away from it. I'll be heading in the opposite direction as you."

"I understand, thank you.. and good luck Brandish!"

With a smile, she disappeared..

:::::::Author's Note::::::
Antic-ipation & 👄 is a reference to a movie! One of my favorites. Damn it, Janet!

~Tim Curry ❤️

🧐 😘