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Rush Hour

Lucy hated rush hour with a passion. Who in their right mind would like to squeeze in jam-packed transporting tube, filled with body odors and humid air? No sir, not her.

But the young editor didn’t have a choice as her boss Jason, the chief editor of the Crocus Weekly, had urgently requested her to gather the material to prepare for their sudden, exclusive interview with the hot shot - Salamander last minute.

Being a people pleaser and this was her boss, whom had helped her greatly when she was just starting out her career and normally was very reasonable with working hour, of all people, she readily agreed.

But she hasn’t anticipated the amount of work she had to pour in to prepare the material. Admittedly, sport was never her forte and this Salamander guy, who supposed to be a rising star in the baseball world, surprisingly having little to no information at all about him.

From grapevine, she learned that the guy avoided the paparazzi and presses like plague. The only information about him she got from the internet was general information that his club had released publicly, or snippets from group interviews.

Why he decided to change his mind and do an exclusive interview now of all time was beyond her. But she knew this was too good of an opportunity to pass up, and the information they collected from the Salamander himself would definitely put their magazine in the leading place.

With little information to work with, it certainly made her job all a lot harder. But Lucy has always been known as an overachiever, and she had never backed down from a challenge before. If anything, she was more than determined to scrape together whatever information nuggets she could find.

And finished it she did. With a list of strategic questions and leading topics that would surely encourage interesting answers, Lucy mentally patted herself on the back for making Jason proud.

However, that also meant her little investigation and info digging session dragged on longer than necessary. Meaning she was stuck in the worst possible train ride ever during rush hour.

Being squeezed between sweaty and depressed office workers was just what she needed on a Friday evening (not!).

And to make the matter worse, the hanging handle was just a bit out of her reach even if she tiptoed, snuffing out her last hope to stay balance on the occasional jerking train ride. Curse fate for her inconvenient height and the fact that all seats were taken!

A phantom feeling of her butt being groped filled Lucy’s veins with ice at the audacity of the pervert who dared to grope her blatantly in public.

Indignant swelled her heart and fueled her temper as the blonde turned around, ready to give the dirty fleabag a piece of her mind, when the sudden jerk of the train threw her off balance and sent her careening towards the door.

Cursing her rotten luck, Lucy squeezed her eyes shut and braced for the painful impact. But her falling momentum was reverse when the she felt something encircled her waist, pulling her body flushed against a wall of solid and warm muscles.

The smell of sandalwood and patchouli, with a hint of smoky campfire, filled her nostrils and Lucy couldn’t help but take a big sniff of the wonderful scent. She was a sucker for drool-worthy scent damnit!

Finally gaining her balance back, Lucy’s body went stiff as she realized the thing that wrapped around her waist in a vice-like grip was a toned, tanned arms - definitely belonged to a man, was still there. And it seemed like he had no intention to let go just yet.

Despite this man had saved her from a rather painful bump, the blonde was still skeptical of this total stranger and his intention with her. For all she knew, he could be the pervert that groped her earlier.

“Miss, miss! Are you alright?”

Turning around in the slightly slacken hold, Lucy was met with a rather stunning face, despite half of his upper features were shadowed by the band of his baseball cap.

Straight, high-bridged nose, cut jawline with sharp cheekbones, and a pair of brightly-lit, slanted viridescent staring down at her as his thin lips forming words she couldn’t hear. This guy easily ranked high in her top 10 of most attractive men list, and Lucy had had interviewed numerous hot celebrities to know what a good looking man was.

“Hey, are you listening? Did you somehow hit your head during your fall?” A large, calloused hand waved in front of her face, snapping the blonde out of her stupor. Heat rushing up her face and she was sure her complexion now rivaled that of a tomato. Damn, it must have been quite sometimes since she actually being in a close-range with such a handsome, good-smelling man that she was lost in a trance. Control yourself Lucy!

“No, I’m fine. I’m just a bit disoriented from the fall that I didn’t hear what you’re saying. Thank you for saving me.” Lucy signed as she put her hands against his chest to put a bit of distance between them, not that she could moved further out even if she wished, seeing how jam-packed the people around them still were. It’s a good thing those people didn’t care enough to pay attention to her and the mysterious guy.

“Aye, that’s great to hear! I’m glad you’re okay. Wouldn’t want you to smash your head against the door, it quite painful from my experience.” A toothy grin stretched across his face, showing off his sharp incisors and lit up his demeanor despite the shadow of his cap.

She couldn’t help giggle a little at his carefree remark, and she swore his smile stretched a tad bit wider and eyes a lil more sparkling at her laughing. But that was far-fetched thinking, so she quickly brushed it off as the lighting.

“So..what make you almost kiss the door like that?” He tilted his head and Lucy thought he looked like a curious puppy, a really cute one at that. But the reminder left the blonde in a sour mood as she thought back of the blatant disrespect she had faced.

Her expression must have been off putting, when the tall guy waved a hand in front of her face: “Whoa, you don’t have to tell me if it’s make you uncomfortable. I’m just worried - ah no, curious, yes, that’s all..”

Warmth filled her heart at his concern, not only he’s cute, but also kind as well, score Lucy! Patting his arm, which she now noticed was still wound around her waist loosely and something in her screamed how right it felt, she effectively stopped his sputtering and smile kindly at his reddening face.

“No, it’s okay. I’m just mad at the douche who dared to grope me earlier. I was about to give him a piece of my mind when the train jerked and threw me off balance.” A light frown marred his handsome face as he pursed his lips at her explanation.

“Well that’s not cool at all. No one should go through something like that. If you recognize the guy, let me know and I’ll be happy to pound him for ya.”

“Well, isn’t that nice of you Mr. Shining knight in armor. But unfortunately, I didn’t see their face so I guess they’re lucky to escape your justice wraith.”

“I’m no knight. I prefer to be known as a Dragon instead and you betcha I’m gonna beat the bad guys with my awesome dragon powers!”

Lucy laughed, and soon both of them guffawed at his silly declaration, making a few heads turned and stared at them incredulously due to their loud volume. But the blonde couldn’t find it in herself to care, too busy thinking how it was so easy to talk and joke around with a guy she just met.

Finally calmed down enough, she realized she didn’t even know the name of her savior, and that they were still standing so close that she could feel the warmth of the man’s body seeped through her clothes.

Blushing at their close proximity, and the fact that how unnaturally comfortable she was interacting and touching with a total stranger, Lucy spoke up:

“Say..I believe I didn’t catch your name. Mind telling me so I could thanks you properly?” Her fingers skirted up the length of his arms, barely rested on the man’s shoulder blade as she fluttered her eyelashes at him.

Lucy could hear his breath hitched and his pupils dilated, the hand on her waist unconsciously tighten its grip as his pretty eyes bored their gaze into hers.

Normally, she wouldn’t be so bold to flirt with a total stranger right off the bat, only when under the influence of alcohol or within the setting of social gathering. But she was heavily attracted to the man in front of her, be it his look or his charming personality, and she didn’t know if she’d ever see him again.

And Lucy was confident he’s interested in her too. She knew she was blessed with good genes and curves in all the right places, and was witty enough to hold any types of conversation. And not to mention, she was certain her savior had definitely tried to prolonged the contact and conversation between the two of them as he had yet to let go, or excuse himself after helping her.

That was all the good signs, so why not let him know she was interested as well?

“Why, how forgetful I was. But it couldn’t be help when you was the only thing I could focus on, any minor details seemed to slip my mind.” His voice dropped to a low timbre, the baritone tickled her brain in the most delicious way, and his large warm hand on her back pushed her closer until their front pressed flushed together.

“The name Natsu, and yours?” His name practically rolled off his tongue in a near purr. Natsu leaned down closer until the tips of their noses nearly touched, and Lucy could see tiny specks of gold ladened within his pools of vivid green.

For a fleeting second, his name reminded the blonde of Salamander, both of them bore the same name after all. But there’s no way the famed baseball player would end up on the same train, and openly flirted with her..right?

From what she knew, if there’s anything that could instantly rat out the sport star, it would be his shocking pink hair and motion sickness.

But the guy in front of her looked fine, though his cap had hidden any visible hair strands, and the varsity jacket he wore made it hard to tell whether he had any motion patches on or not.

Anyways, she quickly dismissed her silly thoughts and focused back on the sole objectives of getting this cute guy’s contact.

“It’s Lucy. And your name would definitely look amazing on my contact list.” She matched his tone, and her full lips curved up in a sensual smile that would surely swayed any man to see her ways.

“Pretty name for a pretty girl. I like your confidence, it looks hella sexy on you. Was ‘bouta ask for your number anyways, cuz I’d love to see you again beautiful girls”

Inwardly, Lucy nearly swooned from his praises and her ego had sky-rocketed to the roof for snatching such a hunk. But she maintained a cool facade and dig through her purse to get the phone.

After exchanging their contacts, the blonde was about to chat with Natsu some more when the intercom announced the arrival of her destination.

Sullen from the abrupt end of their conversation, Lucy reluctantly pushed herself away from the male, when he caught her hand and raised her palm to his lips, putting a light peck to the skin.

“Text me when you’re home, I wanna know if you’ve arrived safely” Natsu mumbled, his slightly chapped lips moving against her palm, effectively turning Lucy into a tomato with how flushed her face became.

Pulling her hands away, she gave him a timid nod and a bashful smile, no longer the brazen girl as she escaped from their own bubbles previously, as she rushed off the train before the door closed off.

Watching the train rode off, her stomach was filled with butterfly and a mixture of elated and nervous feeling swelled up her heart, and Lucy couldn’t help but cupped her mouth and squealed a little like a crushing schoolgirl at the whole event.

Who knew getting stuck within a rush-hour train ride, would lead her to such amazing encounter - as if it was fated. Lucy really hoped that they would get to meet each other again.

Little did she know, her wish would be granted in such a spectacular way, and led to something more than what she could ever hope for.

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“Back at home my wife awaits for me. She’s my everything; my Penelope.”

Throughout the Odyssey, Odysseus had placed Penelope at a high pedestal. His devotion so ground breaking that he’s willing to go through so many lengths to meet his wife — a being so pure and bright in his eyes.

As years go on, Odysseus only sees her as this beam of hope, talking of himself as a tainted figure in comparison; unable to find any reason to push forward if it were not for his Polaris. Ultimately having situations, like in the musical, where he begs for Penelope in his dreams to see him as no different to the man she once loved. In fear that if he does come back, he had become too corrupt and disproportionate for her to recognize.

Mind that I like to think he had forgotten that time has changed her too — making her wiser and more cunning. The Penelope he talks of when influencing himself and others is only a still portrait of her younger self from when he had left Ithaca.

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The freaking head pat. I’m dying 😭❤️❤️

Fairy Tail, Chapter 426: Black Heart!

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Nalu and Feminism:

Why Lucy Heartfilia being Natsu’s love interest isn’t as “irrelevant” to the story as the haters think.

Companion piece to Feminism in Fairy Tail with Lucy Heartfilia

Also, I will briefly discuss Gruvia. And in particular, how Juvia’s character is impacted by her relationship with Gray in comparison to Lucy with Nalu. 

Okay while I was writing that long meta about how Lucy not being a fighter and serving a more emotional role in the story doesn’t make her character any less important than the fighters, I also thought about the other reason that people claim Lucy isn’t a strong female character. Because she’s Natsu’s love interest. 

Now we’ve all been trained to think that when a female character in an action/sci-fi/shounen type story falls in love with and wants to be with a male character, that that somehow diminishes her character. And that adding romance to the story is unnecessary and is just pandering to shippers who they claim are only interested in the story for the romance. Which is a pretty sexist accusation considering that most (but not all) shippers tend to be women, so they’re basically saying that as women all we care about is romance and not the actual story. 

But if all we cared about was romance, then why would we be so invested in a relationship between two characters that haven’t even gotten together yet in a story that isn’t centered around romance. 

And if we were somehow able to force Hiro Mashima into making Nalu canon, then trust me, they would have been canon years ago! We have no power over what happens in this story in any way shape or form. Looking at you on that one Chris. 

We’re invested in Fairy Tail because of the story. And the story isn’t just about fighting. It’s about personal journeys, and overcoming obstacles, and being stronger together as a team. And when you have a story that is heavily focused on teamwork, then the relationships between the characters play a huge role in that story! Those relationships are what drive the characters to become stronger, and what give them something to fight for! Their love for each other doesn’t make them weak, it’s what makes them stronger. 

So yes, Lucy is Natsu’s love interest in the story. But that doesn’t mean she’s a weak character or doesn’t serve any real purpose to the story. In fact, it actually means the opposite. Her feelings for Natsu are what strengthens her character, and here’s why. 

Keep reading

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Why this post attacked me on Saturday? i felt called out lol 😂

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So I’ve a couple of spicy Nalu prompts that I’m dying to write, but was just too lazy to flex out fully.

So imma dump some snippets here until I feel motivated enough to write lol.

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Dragon-Demon!Natsu x Witch!Lucy - Accidental Aphrodisiac

“Something felt inexplicably wrong when she gulped down her newest testing brew.

Was truth serum supposed to make your body tingle all over and your nerves felt like they were on fire?

Lucy truly didn't know and had no time to think when a raucous heat suddenly flared up from the bottom of her belly, coaxing through her veins like wildfire, and pushing against her skin so adamantly that the slightest touch would have make her burst at the seam.

Just as she thought the flaring heat was a side effect from the fire lilies powder, an ingredient notoriously known for raking up travellers' body temperature when hiking through icy climate, mixed in the potion earlier, her theory was proven wrong when zaps of electric tingles sporadically shot through her nerves, bringing the blonde to her knees in quick succession.

The unbearable heat now concentrated within the pit of her lower belly, pressing against her nether regions insistently, which made slicks pooled and trailed down the curves of her inner thighs, much to the young witch's mortification. The cotton fabric of her once innocent dress also rubbed tortuously against her gradually pebbled protruded buds, shooting more pleasurable tingles down to her wet pulsing heat.

Hastily shedding off her dress and undergarment, Lucy moaned in relief as the cool air nibbled her bare form, momentarily clearing her dizzy head enough to move and crash onto the bed.

But that brief relief swiftly bit the dust when spasms of tingling pleasure once again assaulted her high-strung nerves, making her sensitive peaks hardened to the point of pain and more slick gushing out of her twitching private, gradually wetting the sheet.

Somewhere in the back of her delirious brain, a tiny part that was still coherent enough, pointed out that she may have mistakenly laced an aphrodisiac indulgent ingredient into her truth serum, a rookie mistake that would soon gravely cost her pride.

The issue wasn’t just that she was feeling horny. No, the real, big elephant-size of a problem was that she was feeling horny, and wouldn’t be able to lie her way out to save her face, courtesy to the potion effects.

Just freaking great. Can this get any worse?”

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“Saliva dripped down his chin as his nose flare up to take in the wonderful, mouthwatering scent permeated the air when he parted Lucy’s luscious thighs.

“Fuck, do you have any idea how delicious you smell right now Lucy?” A salacious grin stretched widely on the dragon’s face at the blonde’s hesitant shaking “You smell like a goddamn feast that attracts every hungry fuckers out there to come and have a taste, even more enticing that you’re ovulating.”

“What?! You can smell that I’m ovulating? How?!” Blood rushed to her cheeks and Lucy was sure she couldn’t get any impossibly redder, ignoring that she was buck naked underneath Natsu’s towering form, his callous heated hand splaying her thighs opened for greedy slanted eyes to see, and more focusing on the fact that her privacy was preached.

“Tsk tsk. Didn’t peg you as such a forgetful person little miss witch, but I’m a dragon-demon remembered? We possessed a far superior senses than those of you mere human” The demon leaned closer to her face, his hands making themselves known by stroking the plush milky skin of her underthighs, precariously closed to her twitching dripping core. Scaly dragon tail wrapped around the small of her waist, preventing her from escaping his voracious, heated stare and the impish smirk stretched wide on his cocky, handsome face.

“Not just that, I can smell your arousal from miles away. Such potent scent that made me wanted to kill every bastard who dared to take a whiff of it. Tell me Lucy, is it all for me?” Her breath hitched as she watched those usual expressive hazel eyes taken on a red tinge, slitted pupils blown wide, and long tongue darted out to swipe suggestively across his supple lips.

Natsu watched in rapture as the blonde witch’s curvaceous body underneath him gave an involuntary shudder, her heart pounding rapidly at his possessive words. Though he could see that she undeniably wanted to deny the question, the way her rosy tips perked up even harder, scant inches from rubbing deliciously against his broad chest, and the imperceptible squelching sound of her wet wall clenching, producing even more of those delicious nectar, betrayed her entirely.

Oh, she was more than attracted to him alright. Had been for a while now, and he had to physically restrain himself from pouncing upon her oblivious form every time she pranced around in that tiny, tight-fitted black dress, while emitting those mouthwatering Lucy-eques smell whenever she threw glances at him which she thought he didn’t notice.

Natsu had been biding his time, waiting for his pretty little witch to stop being in denial and admitted her feelings for him. But she was too stubborn for her own good, and he was this close to jump upon and shoved his feelings onto her, his only restraint was the thought of scaring her away and leaving him heartbroken without his mate.

And seeing such a good opportunity like this fell on his laps out of nowhere, he would be fucking stupid to pass this up when her mind was being as honest as her body. If accidentally seeing her pleasuring herself and unraveling beautifully with his name screaming to the high heaven didn’t do it, hearing her admitted her desire for him would further cement his resolve to claim her cute perky ass.

“Yes..It’s all because of you Natsu. I-I’ve had feelings you for a while now.” Lucy couldn’t look at the zealous man hovering above her as words spilled out of her lips without restraint. Cursed the truth serum for pulling out all the hidden feelings for the demon-dragon which she had tucked away in the depth of her heart.

Falling for the mythical being she accidentally summoned during one of her practice was not within her intention. But who could blame her when he seemed to be the only living being who was constantly around, though solely because of his biding to the summoner, and gradually befriended the lonely witch living secludedly from civilization.

It’s also not fair when Natsu was sporting such wild, devilishly handsome look. From his strong, sharply jawline to the chiseled body and steeled abs he often liked to flaunt around in his open-flapped vest. Wasn’t demons supposed to be all gnarly looking like the stories her Mama used to scare her to sleep?

A hot hand grabbed her chin to pull her head back and Lucy suddenly couldn’t breath at the intense gaze the pinkett was directing at her, a myriad of emotions - satisfaction, adoration and lust, flashed through his red tinged hazel eyes as his chest rumbled with a loud purr.

“Good girl. That wasn’t so hard to admit right?” His thumb stroking her cheek affectionately, the action contradict with the predatory gaze he set upon her, looking like he wanted to devour her whole. “And do you know what a good girl get? A reward.”

His words punctured as a lone thick finger pushed into her tight wall till the knuckle, making Lucy gasp for air at the sudden intrusion into her fluttering channel.

“Ahh..!” God, his finger was so much thicker and reaching deeper than her measly fingers could ever do, pulling a high-pitched mewl from her lips as she wound her arms tightly around his neck.

“Damn. Just a finger in and you’re already squeezing like crazy Luce. You sure you didn’t play with yourself enough earlier?” Natsu kissed and nibbled her red-tinted ears, thoroughly enjoying himself at her sensitive and responsive reactions to his crude words, heightened further by the potion effect.

“I’m gonna prepare you throughly, stretching you wide open enough to feed you all of me. And I promise ya, by the end of this, your thoughts would be filled with nothing but me and only me, my beautiful little witch.”

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Summary: Love lies in the most unexpected places. And Lucy found hers amidst the roar of the crowd and the sticky heat of an MMA arena, captivated by a striking fighter with sun-kissed skin and a shock of pink hair.

But they live in completely different lifestyles, and she has too much on her plate trying to live up to the Heartfillia name.

Can they have a happy ending, or will it end for nothing?

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Finally posted my first multi-chapters for the my precious Nalu babies with the MMAxModel AU.

Ride gonna be turbulence before this two dorks get together so buckle up hehe!

Featuring multiple pairings but Nalu will be the main pair.

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The Sweetest Dream

Summary: If kissing Lucy was all just in his head, he would never want to wake up from this sweetest dream.

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Igneel had long since taught him to expect the unexpected.

The wilderness was full of danger with ferocious beasts and poisonous plants. One wrong move and his tiny life would be snuffed out like a dying flame.

Although his dragon dad had promised that as long as Natsu stuck closely by his side, no harm would dare befall on his one and only son.

But that not to say Igneel willingly coddled him, quite the opposite really, as the dragon would literally drop him in front of a giant, angry boar and expected him to bring back dinner, as if he wasn’t a snot-nosed brat who just began to learn the secret art of dragonslayer at the time.

Nevertheless, he did manage to gain them a hearty meal of roasted boar meat, but not without a throbbing bump on the head and a few scraps and bruises in between. Despite his fighting skill and survival instinct did improve by a leap after facing such large beasts, he was still bitter with the whole thing. They called it tough love, he called it bullshit.

Anyways, the dragon made it clear that he would not always be around Natsu’s side all the time (it didn’t even cross his young, naive mind that the declaration was painfully literal until much later), so he had to be prepared and stayed alert at all times.

That’s why he began to develop a habit of immediate awaken from slumber at the smallest sound, or the slightest shift in the air, whenever Igneel went out on a a dangerous hunt on his own (the meat always tastier the larger the beasts), or did his instinctual dragon things like hoarding.

And this habit had more or less affected his health after the disappearance of all dragons. He rarely got a full eight-hours sleep unless he was rendered unconscious by the monstrous moving contraptions called vehicles, or by Erza’s packing punch. Neither option sounded appealing and he was certain that he would die first from either puking his guts out, or from concussions, way before sleep-deprived exhaustion.

It’s also one of the reasons why he chose to build his home, or nesting ground, inside the wood near the outskirt of Magnolia despite its far distance from the guild. The wildlife was all he knew, being one of his core memories, and he found himself most relaxed and lured to sleep easier surrounded by nature.

Having Happy, his trusted companion and best friend nearby, also helped tremendously with his light-sleeping tendency as he trusted the Exceed to watch his back in his most vulnerable state.

But it all changed when Lucy stumbled upon his life. The weirdo with a too kind for her own good heart and key-wielding magic, carried a unique scent that tickled the back of Natsu’s mind of something overly familiar and comforting from a distant time, fogging his brain to want nothing more than to curl up against her and sleep the day away.

But he didn’t think she would appreciate that when they were practically strangers at the time. She might sick one of the Rune Knight, or worse, one of her spirits on him if he was to clomp her and promptly fall asleep.

That’s why, in his rare moments of geniuses, a brilliant plan struck him like lightning: He would bring Lucy to Fairy Tail, and find a way to have her become his partner so she could get more comfortable with him, and the idea of them cuddling for sleep. It was such a foolproof plan (or so he thought) that he couldn’t wait to carry it out.

And carried it out he did. Although his plan didn’t involve them being chased by a horde of angry Rune Knights for destroying the port, or how they nearly died saving Macao from Mt. Hakobe, or even discovering a life changing secret from a dead but renowned author to his son by disregarding the mission objective.

But he could honestly say he definitely preferred this more chaotic version of his initial simple plan, as he hadn’t experienced this much fun in his wizarding career, all thanks to his mood-swing, weird but super awesome blonde partner.

Despite his initial goal was to have Lucy allowing him to cuddle with her platonically and get the much needed sleep, his path started straying away from the blurred goal the longer he got to know the celestial wizard.

Lucy was beautiful, a fact as obvious as the sky was blue or how fire would always beat ice. Her whole appearance screamed femininity, from the top of her silky golden hair, to the scraps she considered outfits clinging to her generous figure, to finally the tips of her manicured and painted toe nails. Like an alluring flame drawing moths, his partner attracted attention from left to right, both from the male and some female populations, with just a batter of her thick eyelashes and a swing of her curvy hips. Her outwardly innocent appearance subconsciously aroused others’ desire to protect a seemingly dainty and gorgeous female.

But she was anything but dainty and weak, far from it. Natsu would gladly sit back and cackle maniacally in glee at the unfortunate souls, who dared to claim otherwise, being subjected to his partner’s hellish whips and righteous fury. He watched that girl take on opponents twice her size and magic with an unwavering determination and battle will, unleashing the wrath of starry heaven on foes who dared threaten any of her family members.

He wondered if this was what Igneel felt when watching him, the immense pride and adoration to the one whom he took under his wings and oversaw their tremendous growth both in strength and character. Watching Lucy grow more confident and assured in her magic and her own self made something purred deeply in satisfaction inside of him.

He wanted to shout out loud to the whole world that that’s his partner. He was the one who brought her to the guild. He chose her to be his partner and have her in his team. He made her believe in their guild’s unwavering familial bonds and help her kickass any losers standing in their paths.

He even won her trust to see Lucy just being Lucy, a weirdo who all grumpy before having her morning cup of coffee, who snorted a little too loud when she found something extremely funny, who would collect all the magazine coupons to pay a discount price for her grocery while literally spending a huge amount of jewels on the tiny fabric strips she called cute clothes.

Around him, she didn’t need to put up the pristine and ladylike image of Lucy Heartfillia, she could be just Lucy. And when she smiled at him, all teeth and eyes squinted shut, with bruises and scrapes littered her porcelain skin and hair tangles unlike birdnest after a tough battle, he found himself free-falling into the pit of uncharted thoughts and feelings.

Long before he knew, he was discontented with being just her friend and was craving for the unknown, and scary feeling of wanting to be something more.

And that made the impact of knowing he would never be Lucy’s type of guy all the more painful.

For all the unsuccessful dates she went on, Lucy always seemed to fall back to those pretty-looking, lanky-built guys who always talked in fancy language and more brain than brawn. Natsu never approved any of them, they all seemed wimpy and boring with all their talking about difficult literature and never about battle tactics or adventure.

But he held his tongue and attitude, despite wanting to punch some reality into those guys who had such rose-coloured view of the wizarding world and being prejudiced of how a lady like Lucy shouldn’t take on a dangerous career (he glad that his partner did slap some sense to those assholes with her sharp tongue), all because Lucy looked happy enough, even only for a brief period.

Despite feeling like someone took a dagger and stabbed repeatedly at his poor heart whenever Lucy gushed and dressed up to the nine for her upcoming dates, he would be her biggest supporter and the shoulder for her to lean on if the dates ended up in an unfavoring note. As long as she kept smiling and being happy, he would bottle up those unrequited feelings of his to be by her side.

That’s why, it threw him the fuck off to feel the lingering pressure on his tingling lips, and a hovering scantily-cladded Lucy all flushed up over his rapidly heated body.

It was midnight when he crawled into her bed through her left opened window as usual. His partner would already be out cold for her much needed beauty sleep, hence, lessen the painful possibilities of him receiving a Lucy-kick to the face and leaving all aching on the floor when he only wanted to fall peacefully asleep for eight-hours straight.

Ever since Lucy came into his life, her comforting scent of pure honey and vanilla had always left a calming effect on his alerted senses, a privilege he long forgotten from when Igneel disappeared. Her presence smelled like home and safety, and the fact that every corner of her apartment drenched in those uniquely-Lucy scent had made his inner dragon yipped happily at the newfound nest.

The revelation of feeling pure energy coursing through his veins, fire magic roaring deep inside his core and his every senses sharpened like never before, when he rediscovered what uninterrupted sleep until the morning light feel like after curiously crashing on Lucy’s bed, had kept him greedily coming back for more.

Luckily for him, his constant sneaking in had somehow miraculously grown on the blonde when she seemingly lessened her violent attempts in kicking him out, and started to leave his side of the bed, next to the window, unoccupied as time went on.

So he did his usual nightly ritual of kicking off his sandals, stripping off his day jacket, and climbing into his spot underneath her pink comforter. The alluring warmth of Lucy’s body heat and her homely scent filled his nostrils, weighing down his eyelids and unwinding the stiff muscles as he slowly succumbed to the sleeping spell.

But something about this night seemed different. His instinct commanded his lethargic mind and foggy senses to stay alert, which puzzled Natsu greatly as he was just in bed with Lucy, and there were no immediate dangers around them because he had scented the air around her apartment previously as part of his routine.

He tried to pinpoint the cause, trusting the instinct which had saved him many times out in the wilderness and battlefields, and surprisingly found out that his blonde partner was still awake, the air around her buzzing with anticipation and nervousness.

If it was anyone else, they wouldn’t have found out anything from the blonde’s still posture and turned back. But he had been (illegally) sleeping next to her for quite some time now, he had long memorized her breathing patterns to know whether she was awake or not (a necessary skill that had saved him from those painful Lucy-kicks from time to time). And with that knowledge, he knew for sure she wasn’t asleep.

It’s odd that Lucy of all people was still awake at this time, her energy was even making him grown nervous, but he didn’t dare to voice out lest he lost his chance of sleeping in her bed for the night. Maybe she ate something funny and her aching tummy was what keeping her awake, or she was just feeling constipated, it happened sometimes, which was something she had drunkenly admitted to him after drinking with the alcoholic Cana.

Nevertheless, he laid still and waited for the weirdo to fall back to sleep for whatever reasons. But life was never easy as he soon felt the celestial wizard shifting her weight, gradually moving closer to his own until her hands planted firmly on each side of his head, the tips of her hair tickling his face.

Natsu was sweating bullets at this point but he was determined to hold strong on a relaxed facade. But Mavis, it was torturous to feel her hot breath fanning across his cheeks, honey vanilla scent with a mix of minty toothpaste overwhelming his senses as he struggled to not open his damn eyes out of curiosity.

And then out of nowhere, the feeling of something pillowy soft pressed against his stilled lips, albeit disappointingly quick, jarring him awake immediately and that’s how he found himself in this shocking and unbelievable circumstance.

Back to the present, Natsu watched his partner’s doe brown eyes growing impossibly large, red spreading like wildfire all over the milky white of her skin to the top of her cleavage, as she sputtered to find words.

However, of all things he expected her to say, he couldn’t understand for the life of him the reason his heart was flooded with overwhelming feeling of disappointment when she stammerly said this was a dream.

It’s shameful to admit that this was not the first time Natsu had such lucid and realistic dreams about his bombshell of a partner. Some of them borderline indecent as his suppressed feelings and desire for his partner seemingly roaring to life within the haven of his mind.

He wondered if his act of crawling into her bedroom in the first place was even real, or if it's just a figment of his hyperactive imagination and habitual routine. Maybe he was still at the guild, being knocked unconscious on the floor by Erza after brawling with Ice Princess, and he would soon wake up from this sweet dream any moment now.

Disappointment turned into frustration as Natsu bemoaned the hellish mental cycle he had masochistically subjected himself to by falling for his blonde celestial princess. If he couldn’t have her in real life, at least he could selfishly experience what they could have been within his mind.

“After all, Lucy will never like me back.” Fuck it.

It seemed he had voiced his thoughts out loud, when her parting lips slipped a confusing squeak, before he pulled her down to crush their lips together, teeth and all.

Dream Lucy was shy and stiff in front of his advancement, soft pillowy lips subjected to his own sucking and massaging as he encouraged her petals to move.

One of his tanned hands cupped the side of her jawline, thumb rubbing circular motion into her sensitive skin, alternately switching to capturing and rubbing her small ear, and her mouth soon fell open to let his wiry tongue eagerly slid in to explore her steaming wet orifice.

If he could forever have her sweet flavor imprinted on his taste buds, feeling her plush body molding every feminine curve to his own hard lines, he would give anything to never wake up from this sweet, indulging dream.

His lungs burned with the need for air from their heated lips lock, forcing Natsu to pull their face apart momentarily but not before giving a teasing suck to her plump bottom lips, a string of saliva stretched erotically between their gaping mouth as they panted hardly, greedily suckled in the much needed oxygen for their foggy minds.

This could easily be the best dream of his partner he had ever had before. Everything was so realistic that it sent euphoric tingles through his shivering heated body, down to the tips of his fingers that were still cupping and tracing Dream Lucy’s soft cheeks fondly.

Dream Lucy’s expression was all dazed and full of confusion as she looked down at him, pearly teeth sinking into her pink petal - a bad habit where she tended to gnaw the flesh to bloodiness when she’s trying to figure something out. It made him all the more filled with feral desire to break the habit with his persuading lips, wanting nothing more than to dove in that wet addicting cavern to pull the cutest mewls and moans from her once more.

“If this is all just a dream, please let me dream a little more” He managed to rasped out his selfish wish to any deities willing to listen, before he pulled her back down to mesh their mouths against one another.

Natsu’s other wandering hand slid from her bicep to follow the sensual curve of her round breast, before cupping a handful of pliant, overflowing flesh between his palm, giving it a hearty squeeze.

That’s when he felt small hands pushing off frantically against his frame, the most alarming phrase he ever heard cut through the still night “Natsu, stop!!”

Never before in any of his dreams did Lucy sound panic and full of confusion during their makeouts, if anything, she was all eager to reciprocate his attention and handsy, which would lead the dreams to a very steamy note and his boxers painfully tight the next morning.

Something was definitely wrong and the revelation had his arms slackened to let the blonde escape from his crushing hold before. Natsu watched as Lucy shuffled off him, hands covering her chest as if shielding her body from him, the action tugged something painfully in his chest as a reminder that the blonde might be uncomfortable with him now.

He was just glad that she still sat at the end of the bed and not running off to put even more distance between them. Biles rose up his throat and all he wanted was to run away from the fucked up situation where he almost jumped his “dream” girl without consent, and potentially burned to the ground any of his chances with the blonde.

After a moment of tense silence, it honestly jolted the fuck out of Natsu to have Lucy grasped his hand, her beautiful face pensive but redden all over like blooming rose as she quietly breathed out “I don’t understand..What make you act like that Natsu?”

He was sure his face was nearly aflame as the girl in front of him, jumbling mind frantically finding ways to wheeze out of this embarrassing situation. He tried tugging his hand out but the blonde had tightened her grip, shy expression now turned defiance and he just knew he wouldn’t find a way out of this until she knew the truth. Damn her stubbornness and his inability to refuse her.

“Geez Lucy..Are you really going to make me say it? Can’t you just figure it out yourself with that brilliant brain of yours?” His last attempt of redirecting the subject was futile as Lucy seemed to regain her confidence, both of her hands now moved to his shoulders, lifting to her knees and staring down at his hunched form “No Natsu. I want to -no, I need to hear you say it.”

Knowing this was already a losing battle from the start, Mavis forbid he would cave faster than the Ice Princess could strip with just a gaze into those molten pool of chocolate, Natsu decided to resign his fate and hoped for the best that this wouldn’t burn their relationship to the ground.

Hands running through his already messed up, he took a deep breath readying for his next words while petulantly turning his head away from the blonde, desperately hoped that it would somehow soften the pain if his dream girl decided to reject “Man, I’m never good with words ya know. But the truth is..I have sorta had feelings for ya for a while now.” And like a dam opened up, words kept spilling out of his mouth unhindered “And it’s not the normal feeling when I’m around others! There’s this sort of weird urge inside me of wanting to be around you all the time, wanna see ya laugh and smile and be happy, wanna..please you in any possible ways..That’s where those dreams came in and I sorta acted out..

Natsu badly wanted to clam up and disappear to wherever the hell his dragon father was, cause he definitely fucked up big time. But the frozen shocked expression and the impossibly widening gaze of Lucy’s doe brown eyes forced him to continue, trying to salvage anything left of their now potentially ruined friendship.

“Fuck..I didn’t mean to spew all of that and make ya uncomfortable Lucy. I..I meant what I said, but you can forget them. No-nothing has to change! We’d still be best friend and-“ He didn’t realize he was short of breath and body heating up out of embarrassment until he felt two cool palms pressed against his cheeks, effectively stopping his rambling.

“Natsu, it’s okay. Calm down and take a breath” Following the blonde’s instruction, he took a deep breath and felt his nerves calmed down significantly from the action. But he couldn’t bring himself to look into her beautiful brown eyes, afraid to see the disappointment and pity welled up in those orbs, so he kept his gaze resolute down his laps.

“Nastu, look at me..” The feel of her soft hands gently nudged his face up and her soft croon had Natsu reluctantly lifted his stare up to her. Instead of a pitiful expression, he was stunned to find Lucy was looking at him tenderly, an adoration-filled smile graced her pretty face, so much that he almost missed her next question “Why would you think I want to forget?”

Swallowing harshly, he contemplated on baring his heart, fearing that she would be chased away after hearing such reasons, but her non judgemental gaze and kind demeanor encouraged him: “It’s just..I would never fit in the type of guys you usually go on dates with. I know how much you like intelligence, gentleman-ty and calmness in your relationships, and I’m none of that. But I’m fine with not being more, as long as I can still be your friend, that’s enough”

He didn’t know what he expected at the end of his long rant, but the feeling of pillowy soft lips pressed momentarily against him was certainly not one. His Lucy came into focus again when they pulled apart, her arms wrapped loosely around his neck and her comfortable warm weight now settled neatly on his crossed legs.

“Oh Natsu, I thought those were what I wanted, but apparently you were what I needed. I..I also have feelings for you too, more than friends to be exact, and I was just late to realize that. So..so I hope you know hearing you say that really make me happy, and I don’t want to forget” The blazing blush adorning Lucy’s bashful face was oh so endearing, along with the rush of oxytocin coursing through his veins from her confession, had had him surging forward to captured her lips, arms tightening around her frame as he pulled them down to lay on her bed.

The kiss was more teeth than lips as they couldn’t fight the wide-stretch grins off their faces from the mutual reciprocated feelings. When the two of them pulled apart, Natsu couldn’t help but stare at the girl in front of him in amazement, head still reeling with the fact that he had just kissed his best friend and they would definitely be doing that repeatedly, and more, now that she’s his girl.

He was certain the dopey grin etched on her face mirroring his perfectly and he gathered her closer in his arms, dropping a chaste peck on the blonde head laying on his bicep and inhaling her wonderful scent deeply just because he could. “Sorry for groping you earlier without permission. I really didn’t mean to and thought it was all a dream” He trailed the back of his unoccupied hand along her cheeks, knuckles slightly rough against smooth skin, a content warmth spreading throughout his chest cavity as he watched Lucy nuzzling into the contact.

“You’re so sweet. And I wasn’t upset earlier, just surprised is all” A lone finger with pink-painted tip absentmindedly dragged down his chest, pulling an involuntary shiver from him from the ticklish sensation, and a dormant carnal desire was stirred awaked in the depth of his belly as Natsu focused on Lucy’s plump pinkesh flesh being bitten in between her teeth. “I..I wouldn’t mind letting you do it again! Just not right now since I’m not ready.”

Her outburst was unexpected and he chuckled heartily at the way she buried her heated cheeks into his chest, feeling adoration and happiness swelled up his heart at her cute display “Damn Lucy, you’re such a cute weirdo. My cute weirdo, and you betcha I’ll hold onto that. You don’t know how long I’ve been wanting to “please” and worship you in every way. Just let me know when you’re ready and say the words.”

He unashamedly admitted, his inner dragon giving an approval growl, obviously took pride in the fact that he managed to make Lucy squirm by his candid words. An unmistakable mouth-watering scent of arousal emitting from her had nearly made him lose control.

But he would be strong and force his insurmountable desire to covet and smother the girl in his arms with love and darkening pleasure. After all, they had all the time in the world to explore now that he finally got the girl of his dream to be his and his only.

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Out of it

Everything felt fuzzy and buzzing when Natsu slowly and achingly came to his senses, an annoying beeping kept assaulting his sensitive and over-heighten hearing.

There's a pounding throbbing to the side of his head, a bone-weary tiredness washed through his body and his every muscle screamed in protest with the littless movements.

He was blearily aware that he woke up in some type of infirmary or hospital, judging by the whiteness of his surroundings and a heart monitor stood by his bedside (ahh, that explained the annoying sound from earlier).

How he came to lie here was out of question, as he couldn't recall for the life of him without this bitch ass throbbing flaring up from the mental exercise.

But Natsu could vaguely make out snippets from his memory that fighting was involved. Not just any fights, but it was the final match between him and the current MMA Champion within the UFC 303. The crowd was wild as their cheers fed the intense energy coursing through his veins, and the blood pumping to his every limb as they tensed and locked up in position, preparing to take down his opponent and make history as the youngest UFC MMA Champion in his 20s.

His stats were among the elite this season and given signature deadly speed, lethal strikes, and winning streaks against opponents of different sizes and shapes, the rising star Salamander sure fired up the whole stadium.

Natsu's opponent was no joke either as the older male was a veteran and reigning champion in his mid-30s, his physique double in height and weight against the younger fighter. But the pinkette hardly batted an eyelash at the astounding difference, he didn't spar and come out battered and bruised - but winning against buffer dudes like Gajeel or Laxus back in the dojo for shit and giggles.

The two collided as they duked it out with flying fists and landing kicks as the crowd went wild at the animalistic display. They had been going at it for quite some time, both bloody and bruised, but Natsu seemed to have the upper hand as he looked slightly better out of the two.

At the last minute, the Salamander managed to upper-cut his opponent with a lethal blow to the jaw, guaranteeing his win but not before getting clocked to the head by a heavy, stray fist from the older male as his last attempt to win.

His surroundings were swaying from that point, his ears rang with black spots dotted his vision, and the only thing that kept him standing was sheer determination and stubbornness as he watched his opponent go down and down for the count.

Then everything went black afterward.

Musing his situation, Natsu felt immense satisfaction from bagging the championship, no doubt that would bring in huge lump-sum payments from the grand prize, his contract, and sponsorships. The reward was enough to triumph over the aching pain, the feeling of nausea similar to his motion sickness, and the fuzzy memory that he was currently experiencing all at the same time.

But a nagging feeling kept bugging at the back of the fighter's mind that he was forgetting something. Or someone. But he couldn't put it together for the life of him with the concussion from the blow fogging his mind.

Right on cue, his hospital door busted open and Natsu would heavily deny that he did not squeal (the Natsu Dragneel don't do squealing, just pitched shout) at the sudden action. He could hear frantic voices from the opened door, and as his eyes made their way to the entrance, his breath hitched as he took in the most beautiful woman he had ever laid eyes upon.

She was talking with whom he assumed was a doctor, judging from appearance, and despite the messily donned up bun and the frumpy attire that looked like she was rushing to get here, the disorderly couldn't hide the silkiness of her gold-spun hair and the sinful curves on her petite frame. Natsu could only see the profile of the buxom blond, but he was certain that she was overtly attractive with long thick lashes, a high button nose, and the gentle curve of her heart-shaped face.

The bewitched fighter was so attracted to the woman that he didn't catch any exchanged words from the pair, only when the doctor made his way out and the gorgeous woman turned to fully face him with an angry frown marring her face that he snapped out of it.

He was definitely right to think that was beautiful. If her profile was attractive, then her full frontal took his breath away with doe-brown eyes twinkling with burning fire and her full, rosy lips tugged down in a mix between a pout and a frown. Even in anger, she still looked like a goddess who came to cast judgment upon him for the wrongs he didn't know he committed.

Never before had Natsu felt so much attraction towards somebody, especially towards the opposite sex despite seeing scantily clad, curvaceous ring girls strolling around or female fans crowding him after a match. No one could hold a candle to this shining, angry blonde goddess.

Natsu felt his heart palpitating and his face heating up like a pre-pubescent schoolboy watching his object of admiration march up to his bedside with her dainty fists shaking and heel-clad feet clacking noisily on the tiled floor.

"Natsu! Would it kill you to be more careful during your fight and not black out from a concussion?! Do you want me to die prematurely from anxiety or something?!!" The petite woman was all up to his face as she heatedly reprimanded him for the injury from his match. Still, Natsu only half-heartedly focused as his nose filled up with the comforting scent of camellia, and her gorgeous face so close up that he just wanted to catch those supple lips between his and indulge in their softness.

Then the blonde shockingly wrapped her pale arms around his neck as she buried her face in the crooked of his neck, her pouty petals ticklishly brushing against his skin as she continued to speak. "I was so worried Natsu. I know you're strong and this injury to you was nothing, but it pained me to see you hurt. You're lucky that Gray was there to take you to the hospital after you blacked out! Everyone was worried as well and we had to hold Erza back from marching to the hospital and beat you back to unconsciousness because you were too careless. You have to be more careful next time, for me please."

Natsu was stupefied to say the least as he could only dumbly nod to the girl's request, something he questioned immensely at the almost automatic compliance to this stranger's ask when he was famously known for his stubbornness and defiance, and even more shocking how his arms had wound around the blond's frame and the natural way his body relaxed in her embrace.

He only got this comfortable and let his guard down around his family and closest friends, and would only get this touchy-feely with someone dearest to him, like his wife.

Wait, wife? That's it! That was the nagging feeling that kept thrumming in the back of his wife. He's wedded. He had a wife that might be waiting for him at home and she must be worried to death with him not coming home way past the promised time.

But the ironic part was that he couldn't remember her face, no matter how hard he tried, only the warmth and content feeling filled his heart at the thought of her.

Anyway, back to the current situation where a stranger was holding him intimately with her soft hand now trailing down his chest, rubbing soothing circles that almost made him purr with contentment, Natsu knew he had to end this.

Even though this stranger seemed to speak fondly and familiar of him and his closest friends, and despite his insurmountable attraction to this breathtakingly beautiful girl, Natsu was a committed, loyal man. He knew whoever he vowed to spend the rest of his life with was someone he dearly cherished and loved forever.

Clearing his throat, Natsu rasped out slowly, his throat a bit parched and vocal disused for a long time "I'm sorry but you have to stop this. I have a wife and she would be upset if she sees you touching me like that on my chest".

He tried to let her down gently but firmly and the hand on his chest stilled as the blonde looked straight and intently into his eyes to see if he was joking. Seeing that he was dead serious, the girl lowered her head, her thin shoulders trembled and Natsu couldn’t help but feel bad for her, but what done was done. He needed to set boundaries, beautiful or not.

But instead of the teary face of a heart-broken girl, Natsu was greeted with peals of angelic laughter as the blonde wheezed as if he just told the greatest joke in the world. Despite being a 5ft10 guy with densely packed muscle weighing at 155 lbs, Natsu admitted he just a teeny tiny bit taken back by this weird behavior of the much smaller woman. What a weirdo.

After laughing for what felt like an eternity, the blonde composed herself enough to speak, while entirely ignoring the incredulous and slight apprehensive look the fighter was throwing at her way. “Mavis, I didn’t think the concussion would affect your memory this bad, and while I don’t know if I should feel flattered or offended, but I am, as a matter of fact, your wife!”

At this, she raised her left hand up to display a simple but shimmering silver band with a small, rosy princess-cut diamond resting sparklingly on her dainty ring finger. Her right hand resumed it petting motion on top of his broad chest and a cheeky smirk graced her beautiful face, with cheeks flushed adoringly, as she mischievously gazed down at his stunned face. “The name Lucy Heartfillia. But I guess it’s Mrs. Dragneel for everyone to go by. Does the name rings any bells, dear husband of mine?”

The hamster in Natsu’s head was definitely running a slow snail-paced on his wheel now as the pinkette tried to wrap his head around how he managed to bag such a goddess like the one in front of him now. His eyes unashamedly swept through Lucy’s figure as he took in every gorgeous details of his wife.

Oh my god, his wife was the Lucy Heartfilia, the most sought out Angels of the VS line up, top 10 of most beautiful women in the world, founder of the Heartfilia Scholarship Fund for young female leadership, and the list goes on. But to him, she was just Lucy - his best friend, biggest supporter, his rock and the amazing loving life partner anyone could ask for.

How he managed to get such an amazing person to fell in love and married him was a world-class riddle itself. And he just had to go and make a fool of himself by forgetting her, of any people!

His heart monitor beeping wildly and his brain short-circuiting at the astounding revelation, his big fat mouth decided to move faster than his frying brain could think of as he let slipped out a response, no different than any hormonal male when being graced by the presence of an attractive woman. “Sup”

Lucy’s tinkling laugh gracing his ears as she wrapped both arms around the fighter’s neck, her supple lips pebbled kisses all over Natsu’s flushed but lit with delight face as he drunkenly drowned in her sea of warmth and affection. “Nastu you dork. I can’t believe you go getting yourself a concussion and forget about me like that. You’re in big trouble mister.”

The blonde faked huffing but she didn’t stop pressing butterfly kisses to his forehead, cheeks and chin, deliberately avoiding his lips, as her soft fingers gently cupped his strong jaws.

“Sowwy Lushi. It’s the darn concussion fault that made my memory all messed up. How could I ever willingly forget my beautiful wife.” The pinkette whined pitifully as he shot her the best puppy dog looked. Toned arms once again wrapped around her slim waist to anchor her close as he rested his chin on her soft, bountiful chest.

“Alright alright you big baby. I forgive you now, but don’t think you’re off the hook. I’m planning to have you committed me to your. Every. Senses when you’re better” The minx whispered seductively in his ear as she lightly nibbled at his ear lobe to emphasize.

A deep snarled tore through Natsu’s chest at the enticing promise. His large callous hand shot up to roughly turned Lucy’s pretty little head and crashed their lips together in a heated frenzy, their tongues clashing and rubbing each other messily in a fight for dominance.

That until a sharp pain from his bitching concussion, which Natsu had entirely forgot about the damn thing that put him here in the first place due to the euphoric lip lock with Lucy, as he was forced to mournfully break their kiss to hold his head.

“Oh no, I’m so sorry Natsu. I totally forgot that you’re still hurting. Let me call a nurse to see if they had anything for you.” His wife guiltily look at him, sadness and worry clouded her sparkling brown eyes, and seeing that look tugged his heart achingly as it was never something Natsu ever wanted to grace her beautiful features if he could help it.

As she turned to leave for help, the pinkette’s hand shot out to grip her smaller one gently but firmly when he shook his head. “No, it’s alright. I just need to stay here with me baby”

“Are you sure?” Lucy’s doe eyes showed confliction as she half turned towards the door, feet poised to moving.

“Yeah, I’m sure. So come back and cuddle with me Lushi. I need my daily dose of your touch” Natsu whined noisily while tugging her to come join him on the bed.

Shaking her head exasperately, the model still comply to his request as she climbed into the created space on the single bed as Natsu scooched back as much as he could without falling right off the bed.

It was a bit uncomfortably tight and required lots of maneuvering, but the couple made do with Lucy’s smaller form half lie on Natsu’s much bulkier one, his head cushioned comfortably on the girl’s pillowy chest.

“Okay hubby, get some more rest and get better soon so we can go home and cuddle on our own soft bed. This mattress is rock hard!” It’s Lucy turn to whine at him as her small hand carded through his spiky pink strands and scratched his scalp so soothingly that he began to succumb to the pull of slumber.

Letting out a happy hum as affirmation, Natsu shared the same sentiment as he couldn’t wait to get back home and make good of the plan his wife promised earlier!

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Baby Girl

Natsu was never someone who would think deeply and far ahead of his life. He was more than content to live in the present, enjoying food, brawls and going on dangerous missions with his Fairy Tail family day by day.

But he did give some thoughts about the future during the dead of some nights, when he's brimming with too much restless energy to sleep and Lucy strictly forbade his entry to her apartment for some sort of "girl nights"(urg, he wouldn't dare enter the dubbed danger zone during those time willingly either, less he wanted to be beaten black and blue by a certain scary scarlet head).

Fairy Tail was no doubt the one big and only family he would fight to death to protect, and everyone was always very welcoming and protective of one another despite coming from all walks of life. But inside the one big family, there would be smaller family units that hold certain members closer than others to their hearts, and these groups would become inseparable, irreplaceable with their core members given the utmost trusting and loving bond they shared.

He could definitely see those existed in the Connell family, the Conbolt father-son duo, and even in the bond shared between a certain metal-eating freak, his Exceed and their resident script mage. For a while, the fire dragonslayer could only see himself carrying this bond with his trusty, blue Exceed, and he was content with that.

But then Lucy, with her golden and buxom appearance, sassy and no-nonsense attitude, starry heaven magic and too big of a kind heart, came falling into his life and the transition of his family of duo turned into trio was so natural and seamless that he couldn't bear remembering a time before this beautiful, sunshine girl.

With the celestial mage by his side, his future now looked brighter and more exciting with countless adventures awaiting them to embark on as it's always more fun when they're together. And the idea of settling down sounded both daunting and appealing at the same time, as he knew that was what he wanted eventually in a near point of future, given how solid and fulfilling his and Lucy's relationship now going strong for 3 years as romantic partners among the 6 years of friendship.

Both he and Lucy shared the same idea of having a big family, maybe 2-3 kids, given how lonely it had for him to survive alone in the wilderness within the brief period after Igneel's disappearance and before Gramps found him; and the painful abandonment Lucy experienced as an only child without a loving mother and a grief-stricken father.

Natsu always thought his firstborn would be a son, not because of stupid prejudiced thoughts that boys were better than girls, but more so because he felt he could bond with the boy the same way Igneel had with him. He would teach the youngling how to harness and control his dragon fire, assuming that the kid took after his magic, how to fight and win a brawl (definitely when against the droopy-eyed ice princess kids), and to take him on fishing trips, missions and hunting escapades not only for father-son bonding time, but also for the child to hone his survival instinct and skills, and become stronger so one day he could protect his family and friends on his own.

And that excitement grew larger the rounder Lucy's belly got, carrying the proof of their love after a year into their marriage. It always fascinated him how a woman's body could hold and carry around the entire weight of a human being inside, no magic could hold the candle to this and this is amazing, his Lucy was amazing!

Whenever they were out, Natsu's arm was hardwired to automatically wound around his wife's waist, both to readily protect her and their unborn child from any dangers and to feel the heated warmth radiated from the baby bump against his palm just to assure the child were there. And when Lucy told him the baby could start hearing as their ears are now developed, courtesy to Polyusica's update from the celestial mage's bi-weekly pregnancy check-up, Natsu and Happy would start babbling to the baby bump about the guild, their teammates, the adventures Team Natsu had gone on. and the plans he had for the child when they came out, etc. as Lucy lovingly stroked his hair and pet between Happy’a ears as she listened to them.

They opted not to discover the baby's gender during the pregnancy, wanting to be surprised when the time came. On nights they laid in each other's arms, the couple would discuss about the possible names for their baby, often ended up with giggles or exasperated huffs from Lucy as the ridiculous names Natsu would come up with (no offense to Happy, but who would name their kid Happy Jr?!)

In the end, they decided to go with Nasha Layla Dragneel for the girl, and Igneel Jude Dragneel for the boy, in honoring of their late parents. Everything was going in the right direction and Natsu couldn't wait for the arrival of their child.

And the time finally came in the form of Lucy shriek and his too numb hand from the insanely tight grip of his wife as she giving birth. The guild resident fire dragon slayer had never liked to see his celestial mage in pain, even if it was because of their child, and he could only helplessly whisper soothing words into her ears and prayed for the quick process.

A piercing wail finally echoed the infirmary as Wendy rushed to clean and swaddle the baby in a blanket. Natsu was stunned to hear Wendy congratulated them on the beautiful baby girl and his brain took some times to proceed the information. He dazedly watched Lucy cradled their daughter close, and smiled those radiant smiles of her that never failed to make his heart skip a beat. Happy, now allowed in the infirmary, hovered over Lucy and the bundle as his eyes sparkled with starry wonder as he took in his sibling.

He only snapped out when Lucy turned and asked him if he wanted to hold their Nasha. The pinkette could only dumbly nod as he shakily formed his hand into the practiced form as Lucy passed the baby to him.

The moment his daughter laid in his arms, Natsu’s heart were instantly overwhelmed with the feeling of love and gratitude as he cradled his baby girl close to his chest. Nasha seemed to take a liken to his abnormal body heat as she subconsciously squirmed closer and his heart swelled with adoration.

He could see wisps of pink hair adorned her head and the moment she opened her eyes to show the world her murky but undoubtedly brown orbs so similar to the woman he loved, right then and there he decided that she was the most beautiful baby girl in all Fiore. Any objections could eat his flaming fist to their face.

At that moment, he decided that any baby of his and Lucy was absolutely perfect and he would lay his life down to protect and ensure they had the best life as possible.

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It had been a few months after Nasha’s birth and life had been eventful to say the least to the first-time parents. Despite the heavy bags hung under their bloodshot eyes due to the lack of sleep from their daughter wailing (that girl sure had the lungs of a dragon), and the fret to discover the causes, Natsu wouldn’t trade anything in the world for the warmth and fuzzy feeling in his chest whenever he looked or held his baby girl.

Nasha was now laying on his broad chest, his large palm anchored her tiny form to his as they laze on the bed with the warm afternoon light filtered through the bedroom window and basked their form. Happy had left for the guild to spend time with a certain white cat that had now warmed up to his advances.

Looking at the pudgy and rosy cheeks of his cute daughter, Natsu couldn’t help but lightly prodded and pinched the doughy flesh for his own amusement. Not liking the teasing from her father, Nasha’s doe brown orbs started growing glassy as her tiny mouth formed the beginning of a wailing.

“Shh, don’t cry Nasha, please don’t cry baby girl, Daddy’s only kidding. Shh, go back to sleep” Natsu immediately shushed his daughter by rubbing her back gently and pressing kisses to her wispy pink hair. His nose inhaled her heavenly baby smell and the subtle mixed scent of his and Lucy, and his body subconsciously relaxed and heated comfortably to calm the baby down.

He must have dosed off briefly as his sense woke up from the gentle combing on his scalp and the familiar scent of camellia and star dust filled his nose. Natsu opened his eyes to take in the pleasant visual of his beautiful wife smiling lovingly down at them as she whispered “Hey Daddy and Baby, I’m home. Do you mind if I join in the napping session?”

Opening his unoccupied arm invitingly, Lucy crawled into the bed to lay on his biceps as her dainty hands joined his on top of Nasha’s snoozing form.

As he curled his arm and pulled his wife tighter to the side, Natsu exhaled contently as he couldn’t help but think he was the luckiest bastard in the world to have two beautiful and loving girls in his arms.

He really wouldn’t trade anything in the whole world for this.

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Ahhhhhh, the fashion industry AU my hangry hippo ass was craving for. This is brilliant and well characterized!!

indescribable

synopsis: Fashion photographer Bakugou Katsuki’s world got irrevocably changed when he inadvertently met Uraraka Ochako, whose fiery eyes are strangely familiar to him for some reason.

prompt: je ne sais quoi, a French phrase which literally translates to “I do not know what.” It is commonly used to describe a certain quality that cannot be adequately put into words.

word count: 1,628 words

note: Shout-out to @vanaera and @senfleurs for being the bestest friends a girl could ever ask for. Seriously, I hope you both realize just how much your words have motivated me to continue writing.

If you have noticed any inaccuracies, please let me know. Also, I am unsure as to whether or not to continue this. I guess we’ll see in time. Comments and constructive criticisms are highly appreciated! ❤️

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Under the bright stage lights, as if it was only natural, Katsuki’s eyes found hers immediately among the sea of hopeful faces. She, with her soft pink ensemble, doe eyed look, and short but curvy physique, stood out in the crowd of skinny figures dressed in the fanciest clothes with practiced smiles and brimming with confidence. It was ironic, to say the least, that it seemed that his eyes automatically singled her out when there was nothing remarkable about her appearance: a simple white buttoned top with cut-out shoulders tucked into her pastel green flowing skirt. Her eyes, though, were different from her otherwise inconspicuous get-up. They sparkled with unflinching determination, almost breaking through the surface of her fragile mask of composure. It was a look of pure challenge, taunting and daring, and fuck, it looked really good on her cherub face. Not one to back down from challenges, Katsuki stared right back, unable to stop the feral grin from breaking out on his face.

This should be interesting, he thought.

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OMG, I totally dig Ino’s downed hairstyle ; Ạ ; It’s so pretty

Can’t do the color today…

sorry :c

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This is why we stan a QUEEN!!!

INO YAMANAKA IS USELESS?

1. Saved Sakura from loneliness, fought against bullies and helped her to build her own identity and confidence. Sakura was forever in her debt, she wouldn't be even half of what she is now without Ino.

2. Is smart asf, graduating top from the academy, helping her teammates to pass the written phase of chunin exams with her technique and coming up with strategies against her opponents as a genin which even Jōnins couldn't predict.

3. In the Forest of Death, while being in competition with one another, decided to risk her and her teammates' lives to save Sakura from Orochimaru's men, a decision which saved Sakura, Lee, Naruto and Sasuke's life.

4. Mastered Medical Ninjutsu and became a Medical Ninja during the time-skip. Was skilled enough to heal fatal wounds, perform surgeries, make immediate conclusions on patient's conditions and make anesthetic drugs/poisons.

5. After her sensei's death, risked her life to get revenge for him. Spied & located the Akatsuki on time before they attacked Konoha using a Hawk becoming the key to the fight. Fulfilled her role as the spy, healer & sensor perfectly during the fight. Healed Naruto after his first use of Rasen-Shuriken so he could survive until they reached Konoha.

6. Figured out Pain's mechanisms and how the six paths are being controlled by relating it with her Mind Transfer Technique, and figured out that the real body of Pain must be somewhere else but near the village in order for that to work during the Pain's Assault.

7. Defeated and completely shutdown the reincarnated Nine-Tails Chakra monster Kinkaku, who had previously killed Tobirama (the Second Hokage), and helped to seal him.

8. One third of the Sixteenth Generation of the Legendary Ino-Shika-Cho trio which is the second strongest trio of the world and a compulsory individual for their every formation. Fought side-by-side with the trio multiple times against powerful opponents during the war and etc. including the fight against their reincarnated sensei, Asuma Sarutobi.

9. Saved Chouji's life twice from Edo-Asuma, saved Chouji's life from Tentails, saved Shikamaru's life from Kinkaku, saved both of their lives God knows how many more times and kept them in line, motivated and supported them mentally and physically in every step they took.

10. Developed a new variation of the Mind Transfer Jutsu, a variation using which she can control more than one body at the same time and also send her spirit in curved lines, somethings which her father thought was impossible.

11. Possessed Obito using her Mind Transfer Jutsu, controlled the Tentails through him and sent a Tailed Beast Bomb off-target within just 2 seconds, saving Naruto, Kakashi, Guy, Killer Bee and the rest of the shinobi alliance behind them, hence saving the world.

12. Dealt with her father's death like a boss. Right after her father's death, with no time to cry, took over his role as the communication head of the alliance and regardless of her capability, connected the ninjas of 5 nation armies via with her jutsu for all the communication purposes without the use of a machine. Surpassed her father, who was the strongest member of the clan, big time in her teenages.

13. Again possessed Obito and controlled tentails, stopping it's movements and stopping it's wooden spike attacks, to which even KCM Naruto praised her for being faster than him.

14. According to Shikamaru's Plan, after learning the handsigns of an Earth Style defensive mud wall Technique from Kitsuchi, transmitted those handsigns to the entire alliance, summoning hundreds of huge walls to reduce the speed of a Tailed Beast Bomb by 1/3 of it's original speed so that Minato could arrive in time to teleport the attack, which otherwise would have wiped out the alliance.

15. Hashirama, the God himself called out for her, not to do something easy but to connect him to the approaching 5 kages and the entire shinobi alliance, something which she could do within mere seconds.

16. Motivated every single shinobi in the entire alliance by relaying Hashirama and Naruto's feelings and memories to everyone and making each one of them recall their memories and reminding them why they must win the war through her extremely advanced telepathy technique.

17. The strongest Sensory Ninja in the world who also developed a new sensory technique by combining her sensory ninjutsu with her telepathy, by which she could transmit her sensory perception to others, giving even non-sensors the ability to sense. Sensed the approaching mini tentail clones and transferred the information to her allies.

18. Was responsible for every communication made between Konoha and Tobishachimaru, and after going to the Blood Prison, captured the leader of the Ryuha Armament Alliance with her mind transfer jutsu and prevented him from escaping the prison.

19. Through her kindness and her Mind Transfer Jutsu, saved Sai from a very powerful genjutsu and saved him from darkness, completely bringing back feelings to him. This made Sai fall in love with her.

20. Risked her life to save Aoba's life after he was trapped in a mind trap during the exploding humans invasion on konoha.

21. Helped Sakura to open a Clinic for children with mental health issues, travelled to other nations to participate in medical conferences and became the assistant director of the Clinic.

22. Fought side-by-side with Sai against a Tailed-Beast level opponent Magire, came up with a plan to beat him, made poisons by herself, took control over an eagle and used the eagle to stab Magire with a posion coated kunai from behind his back, paralyzing and defeating him.

23. Connected everyone in the entire world during the meteor showers, a Kage Summit across the 5 great shinobi nations was held through her, Sensed all the incoming meteors towards the earth and informed about them to Hokage Kakashi, so he could manipulate the ninjas to destroy them.

24. Became the sixteenth head of the Yamanaka Clan hence the strongest member of the clan, also the only female to become head of a clan in her generation.

25. Became the Leader of Konoha Sensory Division who maintains the Sensory Barrier and keeps a secret watch over the entire village. In-charge of detecting every chakra nature that enters and leaves the village, and as soon as a foreign chakra/intruder is detected, is responsible to mobilise the the Police Force and inform the Hokage via her telepathic abilities.

26. Works in Konoha Torture and Interrogation force as their Mind-Reader like her father. Read the minds of the Village Gate Keepers due to the disappearance of Mitsuki and found out that Mitsuki left on his own will.

27. Despite her position and important responsibilities within the village, is also a Botanist who runs a Flower Shop as her personal business.

28. Has the responsibilities as a housewife too, is a loving and caring mother and a wife who takes care of her family. Teaches her son Medical Ninjutsu and her Clan mind-related techniques.

29. Still continues her ninja career and goes on missions regularly even in the peace era, eventhough some kunoichis gave up on their ninja careers after becoming mothers.

30. Infiltrated into a scientific institution along with Orochimaru and hacked the computers in order to steal the handsigns to undo the polar particle which is the cure for Naruto's chakra illness. Via her telepathy, transmitted those handsigns to Sai who was at a 20 days trip distance away at Redaku Country, which otherwise would have cost Sasuke's life to undo the polar particle.

She is and did all these and more. SO THINK AGAIN.

Lets give this Queen a big round of applause together 👏🏻 👸🏼 👑

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I gotta try my hand on this one :))

Sai: I’d like to announce that Ino is no longer my girlfriend.

Ino: That is the worst possible way to tell people that we are engaged.

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The Follow Up

Ino, drunk, pointing at Sai: That’s my boyfriend, bitches.

Sai: Your husband, Beautiful.

Ino: My Husband! Even better!

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This. This speaks my heart so much about the reason why I ship Ulquihime despite being an Ichihime shipper at the beginning ; A ;

Ulquiorra and Orihime had far more chemistry in one arc than Ichigo and Orihime ever did in the entire Bleach series.

Change my mind.

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This is the highlight of my day. So beautiful :’))))

Orihime & Rukia as Espadas Ψ( `∀)(∀´ )Ψ

More to this below the cut 💕

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Guarded

This is a random drabble from that Vampire!Au nobody asked for but I'm gonna write it anyway.

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It was the death of the night when distant howling woke Athanasia up from her slumber. Groggily opened her eyes and rubbed the remaining sand dust from her tear duct, the blond tried to adjust her eyes to the light of the full moon which flooded her room with soft silver hue by blinking her lashes rapidly. A cold breeze blew through her opened windows and sent shiver down her form as she instinctively dragged her woolen blanket to the tip of her nose.

Sudden realization dawned upon her that she had kept her windows closed before her sleep, afraid from catching an unwanted cold considered how freezing it would turn when nearing winter. Her eyes frantically searched for the culprit when they finally lain on the figure she had previously missed, blending in the dark with his presence partly concealed while crimson eyes aglowedwith soft hue of red, whether due to the brightly lit moon or his own lineage which she didn’t know, as they stayed transfixed upon the scenery outside. She let out a relieved breath.

Athanasia knew Lucas had already sense her presence upon her awaken, but simply chose not to acknowledge her with his usual teasing and chiding about her bad sleeping habits or disveled state like he used to. The man was oddly quiet for this night. Silence continued to stretch on along with his anomaly behavior, which did not sit well with Athanasia so she broke the still atmosphere:

“Why are you here? Aren’t you suppose to be sleeping? It’s way past midnight already and in human custom, it’s weird for a guy to just creepily standing in a girl room, you know?” Athanasia lightly scolded the vampire with her matter of fact tone. Ever since that guy casually declared her as his soulmate, he entered her life like a whirlpool of trouble, stirred up her dandy life and forced her to compromise. Though she was hostile to him at first, Athanasia found herself gradually warmed up through their ceaseless playful banters and his childlike curiosity about the human world.

“I don’t need sleep, remember? A vampire only need to rest when they felt drain which certainly not my case here. And not my fault when you left your door unlocked so carelessly, for however booksmart you are, you certainly lack commen sense.” Lucas finally turned to her, his voice filled with the usual mirth whenever he jabbed an insult at her but his eyes and body language spoke otherwise. His gaze kept darting back and forth between her and the window, round pupils was replaced with slit ones as his body seemed unnaturally tense, like he was on guard with something. The desire to bite back as his comment in Athanasia was replace with slight wariness as she tried to decipher the real intention of Lucas’s intrusion.

“ Is there something I should be worried about? You’re not answering my questions.” Gripping her bedsheet tightly, the blond couldn’t help feeling anxious over the thing that could make even Lucas stayed on guard. Though Athanasia often joked about his power and hit him when he was being too much of an asshole( she had an inkling that he let her),there was no doubt that Lucas was a powerful being that could end a life in a blink of eyes.

“ I guess it wouldn’t do much to hide from you. As you see, tonight is the full moon, some mythical creatures would be weakened, but some would gained immense strength from it. The purgatory among them will begin, even their families and soulmates will not be spared. Undoubtedly, some will come for me for I certainly wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea.” Lucas let out a sarcastic laugh as if the whole thing was a joke to him. Even though knowing how capable Lucas was in handling the matter, Athanasia couldn’t help but shiver from the thought of being killed. It made her requestion upon the life she was thrown into for just being a mythical creature’s soulmate.

Her fear didn’t go unnotice from Lucas’s keen observation as he let out an exasperated sign and strided towards her bed. A lone hand rested upon her head as they ruffled her already unruly bedhair quicklyand then covered her eyes, making it impossible to see his expression as he spoke:

“ Oi, have some faith in me will you? It annoyed me when you underestimated me like that.” The voice was laced with annoyance but suddenly took a turn with gentleness “ But I swear, I wouldn’t let any harm come to you as the cost of my life, so just go back to sleep”

It was such an out of character moment of Lucas that Athanasia immediately wanted to question his arubt switch of demeanor. But her chance didn’t come as she was then put under a sleeping spell, making her eyelids drooped and her mind went fuzzy with idle thoughts.

“Sleep tight. Athanasia” was the only thing she heard as she fell into a dreamless sleep.