midnightstar | DA KIDLETS because i miss them so

"Well they were looking forward to it so much. Couldn't disappoint'em." Natsu answered with a grin before slowly and carefully climbing up the stairs to make sure he doesn't hit their heads against anything and wakes them up. Such care and attention in each step.

Him being father material isn't even a thought in his mind.

Regina chuckled, "Well they're going to have a really good sleep tonight," she noted, opening the door to the kids room. Justyne's bed being nearest to the window, and Neveren's closer to the door.

She walked over towards the bed, pulling down the sheets while Lucy moved over towards Justyne's, doing the same for her bed. Regina watched the pair at length, a faint smile on her face. Honestly she'd swear they were the kids parents the way they acted. Very young parents.

"Bet they will. About flying on top of dragons high in the sky and stuff like that." Natsu answered with a grin as he waited for the beds to be made for each one. As soon as they were done, Natsu put the two kids down for Regina to wrestle with now.

"Oh?" Regina laughed, "That will certainly make for interesting dreams. I can hardly wait." Nev, when he was placed down, immediately took over the entire bed, sprawled out, whereas his sister curled up in a ball on her side.

"Are you sure you don't want us to stay and help?" Lucy inquired, glancing over at Regina with a grin.

"You've already done more than enough, spending all day with them like this. Don't worry," Regina pulled out a nightshirt from the drawer and pulled Neveren up so she could start wrestling with him to get the shirt on first. "I've got it. Go on, you two are probably tired too."

Actually, maybe not, she mused, glancing from the overly energetic Natsu to his grinning partner.

"We'll see you guys in the morning then." Natsu said and grabbed Lucy's hand in his own before leading her out of the room. Yes he was eager to have Lucy too to himself now. Even after all of that messing around he still had plenty of fire left in him.

Lucy was about to inform Regina that no, she wasn't tired at all, when Natsu snagged her hand and she was reminded that she didn't get to spend as much time with him as she wanted either. So with a chuckle, she gave a wave to the other woman, closing the door behind them. "She must have gotten a lot done today, not having to worry about what the children were up to," she grinned, squeezing his hand.

"I bet. But it was worth it on our end too. Seeing you play around with them like that. I could watch that forever you know" Natsu said, leaning in to playfully nip at the air close to her cheek.

Lucy giggled, rewarding him with a small squeak of surprise when he nipped at the air near her cheek. Playfully she gave him a shove - even though he wouldn't budge if he didn't want to, and she knew that well by now. "Hahaha~, as if you were the only one watching. Seeing you and Nev working together to take down our little fort -" she giggled.

"Well you didn't see us that much. Spent most of the time digging up under ya before you were any the wiser~" Natsu grinned cheekily and nuzzled lovingly against her cheek this time.

Grinning, she raised her free hand to fluff through his hair. "Yes, and you're filthy because of it. Even after Aquarius' bath." She teased, leaning against him. A little dirt wasn't going to stop her from getting nuzzles, after all.

"It was totally worth it~" Natsu admitted without shame and finally pulled away but only barely. Natsu lead her up to their room without any more delay. "So about that second bath I need?"

She grinned at that shameless response, following along after him, "Mm, hmmm? What, you want me to wash your back?" She teased. No, she remembered a certain conversation he'd hinted into earlier.

Ohohoh she started this game. And he would take her up on that. Natsu chuckled and leaned in closer still taking a good whiff of her scent.

"Welll if you're offerin~"

Whoops, she had only been teasing about that~! And now he was getting closer, which always threw her off, even now. "Well..." she said slowly, grinning, "You can't reach your back on your own, right...?"

"Then I should do yours too~ Since you did get pulled into the sand with me." AS if it hadn't been him that pulled her down. THe dragon was clearly innocent. The princess was such a bad influence.

She was totally okay with that offer; she'd have said so if his follow up statement hadn't made her burst into giggles. "And I wonder how that happened?" As if she didn't know her dragon wasn't totally guilty and trying to pin the blame on cute little her! The nerve of some people.

" I think it was because you had Virgo dig a tunnel to kidnap my second in command~" Natsu answered with a grin from ear to ear before leaning in to tease the tip of her ear with his lips.

She grinned, looking a little too smug when he pointed that out. "Well you have to admit - you never saw it gkliiiiiiiii-" Now,... that wasn't even any word in the language anywhere, but she didn't see him teasing her ear coming either, so her words sort of got letters got mushed together from the surprise.

"No...not that I don't enjoy the attention, but-- c...can't you wait until we're at least behind closed doors before doing something like that?" She sputtered at him. Think of the consequences man~!

"Now why would I do that? AFter all Regina should still be struggling to get the kids in their pj's." She would rue the day when he picked up on all of her smartalec habits and lines. He was already starting to be an expert at this sort of thing. The transformation almost uncanny and yet still very natural.

"Ahaha, That's an answer I think I'll keep to myself." she made a face at him. Hmph, he wanted to be the incorrigible, unashamed troublemaker she knew and loved, she could tease him back just as much. "And you'll just have to wonder and wonder," she reached up to tickle her fingers at the back of his neck, "And it'll be my s-e-c-re-t~."

"ohohoh the star queen thinks she can keep secrets from her dragon king hmm?" Natsu purred softly and leaned into her hand despite his haughty words. Oh yes he was offering her his neck for tickling petting or scratching.

Lucy stifled a soft laugh, tickling her fingers up his neck as he offered that spot for her more. "Mmm, she does~!" she teased back, "And there's no torture the evil dragon king can do to pry them from her sweet lips," she added, giggling as she shifted her hand from tickling him to petting gently.

By then they'd reached their destination, and Lucy reached forward with a hand to push open the door, still amused.

"Ohohoh that sounds like a challenge to me~" Natsu chuckled but then broke into a purr rumbling from the bottom of his chest. He pulled her in by the waist through the door then quickly closed it before leaning in for a quick nip at Lucy's throat.

Giggling, Lucy nodded, "Maybe i-eep~!" Really she should expect him tugging her along like that more often, but the end result always left her incapable of speaking. Now was no different, though she chuckled softly, bracing herself against the door he closed, her voice lowering into a teasing purr of his name. "Natsu..." She hummed faintly, tilting her head up to let him reach her neck more easily while she ran her fingers through his hair.

She would feel his lips form a cheeky smile against her neck. Oh how delightful it was when he could cut her off like that. Pinning her up against the door was more or less natural at this point having grown too impatient so many times. But he didn't take to messing with her clothes just yet instead letting his lips roam all over her neck and collar.

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