midnightstar | DA KIDLETS because i miss them so

Now that the weather was warmer, the kids were no longer so restless (not that they could be too restless with Natsu around to play with) and were eager to go out and on adventures of their own, both with their older sis/bro/not parents and without. Regine was kept busy helping to tend the guild in their absence, though occasionally she got dragged off by the children for adventures, on days that Natsu and Lucy had work to do.

Although lately there'd been a lot of jobs, so Lucy, at least, hadn't had time to spend with the kids quite so much. Which was why she had suggested taking the kids to the beach for fun, sun, fishing, and whatever else they wanted to do. Good plan, yes? Yes! Nev'd been up since the crack of dawn, full of excitement, and vigor, like a tiny fire-less Natsu. Justyne, on the other hand, had slept in a little more. Lucy just had to put a few final touches on her appearance - since her hair had gotten much longer in the last few months. "Twenty jewels say that Neveren will be knocking on the door in five minutes." She called over to Natsu with a grin.

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"Well if you'd rather I do something else, then all you need to do is-" Natsu paused for effect and breathed his next sentence straight into Lucy's ear. "-say the word, my queen~" Just then his hands left her arms and instead pressed up against Lucy's sides while the washcloth floated discarded on the surface.

THAT. Was. Unfair. He KNEW how she reacted to that, darn him! She let out a whimper, whining his name softly, "Naattsuu..." She reached up, her hand sliding behind his neck, turning her head slightly, "Tha.. that's not fair," she murred softly. "You know it's hard for me to think when you do that..." Now all she wanted was him.

"Then don't think. Do what you want~ Anything at all~" He was such a bad influence but his kind of bad was so tempting and it felt so right it was just too much for poor innocent Lucy. Somehow he'd managed to grasp that weakness of hers and didn't hesitate in exploiting it whenever he had the chance.

He was a horrible influence, a bad boy with temptations she could never resist. It consumed her, what little resistance she had long broken down. So when he freely suggested that she do what she want, she didn't even hesitate.

"Such a bad influence..." she purred with a playfully impish grin, turning in halfway, her hands slipping out of the water to run over his stomach and sides, "At any rate," she murred, her hands drifting up towards his shoulders, "There's only one thing I want right now." She grinned softly, her hands lifting up to tug him down in a 'c'mere you' motion, her face tilting up to meet his lips.

Well she was not one to talk. Her fashion sense often got him going and he wouldn't have teh option to ignore it. Not when she was always so beautiful. so enticing. Natsu didn't prevent her from moving, instead meeting her gaze without shying away from what passion lay inside his own orbs.

"Is that so? Only one thing hmm? ANd just what might that one thing be~" Natsu purred knowing full well what the answer to that was.

At one point she was going to have to play with that and see how far she could push him. She chuckled softly, for a second tempted to say something ridiculous. Nah. She brushed her lips against his, "You." She purred back. As if there was anything she would want other than that.

She should. Natsu would welcome it with eagerness. Just as he smirked into the kiss as Lucy finally admitted what she wanted despite being in the bath right now. Natsu pulled her in close, pressing his chest up against Lucy's while he purred deeply in delight.

She blamed him for this. She'd had intended from the beginning to get them both clean, and instead she'd fallen right into his sneaky dragon trap. That and he was irresistible to her, her arms slipping around his body as he pulled her in closer, her tongue brushing against his lower lip gently.

She could blame him all she wanted. He wasn't going to stop tempting her and be tempted by her. Unless the kids were in the room but that was a different story entirely. Feeling her tongue against his lip, Natsu gave her entry, luring his beloved into yet another sweet trap.

She wouldn't complain - not seriously anyway. Not anymore than he would complain if - and when - she decided to tease him with temptation herself. Feeling his lips parting, she took a breath, letting her tongue slip past his lips to deepen the kiss that much more.

The trap lay in wait until he felt Lucy's tongue dance with his own. That being said his hands didn't stay still either as they explored Lucy's body with poorly veiled eagerness.

Another trap? She certainly wasn't expecting it - obviously - it should be interesting. She uttered a soft mewling noise feeling his hands sliding over her body, dropping her guard as she pressed her body against his. Her hands wandered just as much as his did, admiring her physique. Her eyes drifted close as her tongue slid against his, practically purring at the familiar taste. Whatever evil trap he was planning, she was definitely going to get him back for it, at some point.

was it another or just the same one? Well neither of them knew the answer to that. But then did it really matter when it all led to the same destination? Not in the least. Natsu leaned into the kiss with more hunger, slowly leading the dance back into Lucy's mouth with his own tongue as he turned the flow of the moment to his desire just as his hands gripped both of her lower cheeks and squeezed enough to get a reaction out of Lucy.

Either way, no, it didn't matter one bit. Feeling that hunger in his kiss, she shivered with a faint purr, leaning into it more, tracing his muscles with her fingernails with just enough pressure to avoid leaving a mark. Her tongue retreated slowly, purring with the warmth of her own growing hunger.

And then the sudden squeeze, causing her eyes to fly open in surprise, partially breaking the kiss with a sharp noise and gasp, fingers digging abruptly into his back as she flinched in surprise. Give her a second, she's trying to decide whether to go on the offense for that.

She actually had to decide if she would go on the offensive? Even if he were to say flash her a very proud smirk as she broke the kiss. Still not enough. Then maybe his next words would grease the wheels of that decision.

"What's wrong LUcy? Cat got your tongue~?"

Okay deciding 'IF' was a bad choice of words. More accurately, she had to decide -how-. After all, they were in water and in a tub. She couldn't very well do the first thing that came to mind - namely, POUNCE him.

So she had to do the next best thing, once the stunned moment pass and she processed that taunting question. Cheeky bastard. "No, but it's gonna get yours." She countered with a playfully aggressive growl as she caught his face with both hands and leaned up to nip his lips sharply, probing at his lips to demand - yes, DEMAND - entrance with a far, far more aggressive kiss.

Why not pounce him though? Not like he wasn't egging her on that direction to begin with. Well taking hi mby surprise with the sudden kiss achieved the same goal making Natsu go wide eyed and momentarily speechless.

He parted his lips for her tongue without problem, even purring into their joined lips as his hands started moving oer the rest of Lucy~

Oh if he kept egging her on like that she was going to end up pouncing him even if she didn't initially intend to~! Is that what he wanted! Huh? HUH? ~~Wait...~~

If nothing else, the feel of his hands sliding over her body made her press herself closer to his. Since he parted his lips for her with no fuss, she was able to deepen the kiss as she liked, breaking away only when she felt like she might pass out from lack of air. "Hngg..." She exhaled slowly, letting her forehead drift forward to press against his, layering a series of soft kisses against his face in between words. "Why can't I ever resist you," she murmured chuckled. So much for bathing~!

IT was and part of him expected her to know that by now. SHe probably did even if she would not admit it. HE would grind down the fortress of her restraint with each deliberate stroke of his warm hands.

He kept the kiss as much as possible even leaning in to folow her sweet lips when Lucy pulled away. But then she had to say those words that made him grin without shame or hesitation.

"I ask myself that every day from morning to night."

Him knowing that she couldn't resist him could prove to be a problem in the long run; in particular if he decided to use to helpfully destroy any restraint she had against him.

She caught her breath, her body twitching, craving each touch of his hands as she nuzzled her cheek against his like a cat marking her person. She purred a soft laugh, but her voice was a delicate mix of sultry and pouty, nipping her way along his jaw, "Hmmm, you were planning this all along weren't you, you beast," she teased, lips tracing down to his neck for a few sharp bites.

"Guilty and guilty~ Though I know you're enjoying it too. I can feel it and hear it and even taste it~" Natsu pointed out, his voice growing deeper and more seductive as time went one.

"Touch me more. I love to feel your hands all over me~" he added with a determined growl.

She muffled a giggle, "Guilty as charged." But oh. Oh that -voice-, god did it ever call to her, her fingers dragging across his back more openly, pressing her palms against his chest, "Naaaaatsu," she growled softly, her tongue sliding across his neck, nibbling her teeth against his throat.

His demand certainly wouldn't be ignored, her entire body shifting abruptly to straddle his lap, restraint snapping enough that she was leaning forward to push him against the back of the but, her hands moving across his body with a sultry purr, her nips growing more aggressive.

A pleased growl rumbled from Natsu's chest as Lucy got a bit more forceful with him. For some reason he really loved it when she took command from him like that. Like REALLY loved it. Because it was her and because it showed how much she wanted more and more from him which matched his desire to give her everything he had.

"Your scent, your heat. It's all driving me crazy Lucy~" He growled deep and passionate as his fangs lightly scraped against her exposed shoulder.

It explained why he liked to push her to that edge so much too. But Lucy wasn't complaining, it was intriguing to take command from him once in a while. When she had the 'power' so to speak, to tease him if she wanted to. And boy did she want to, but that would come later.

That smoky gaze in her eyes was more of an aggressive, hungry mood than a teasing one, her hands and lips gracing his skin like a starving woman. Which isn't that far off. Still she sucked in a breath briefly, hearing that deep growl, which she responded to in kind, "You drive me crazy all the time," she purred, nuzzling his neck, nibbling her way up to his ear to nip the earlobe, her words purred for him. "Just seeing you look at me, that smile ..and god that voice...I can barely keep my hands off of you on a good day."

If he's distracted by her words or lips, that worked out just fine for her too, because maybe he wouldn't notice one of her hands slowly sliding down over his chest, moving towards a particular part of his body that was oh so sensitive for him. "Say it again," she pleaded. "Say my name."

How much later though. Because Natsu didn't have any inclination to stop pushing her buttons. Well unless she presented with a valid distraction which that increase in firmness and hunger from her kisses and hands was rather telling. To say nothing of that heated confession. Oh god did that send a surge of pleasure racing up his spine. He knew he could influence her but the way she said it out loud was what really did it for him, his whole body shuddering in utter anticipation under her.

HE was undeniably distracted though since seeing Lucy this assertive was a treat in of itself and when she prompted him to say her name, he poured every drop of heat and desire into his sweltering voice as he growled out the four letters that comprised her name.

"Lu-cy~"