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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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~"

Not much later, especially if he continued poking those buttons! She smiled against his skin, feeling that shudder of his body, her mischievous hand continuing to travel southward, while the other dragged her nails along his back, touching every part on its way up his neck. But that way he said her name. Good. God. She shuddered slightly in delight, just hearing her name, fingers tugging into his hair, rewarded him with a lingering bite to his neck, before trailing feverish kisses up to his lips with a growl. "You...are so irresistible," she purred, "Na~tsu..."

It was probably a good thing he didn't say her name like that more often, the way she reacted, honestly. But she took a break from speaking, leaning down to claim his lips in a hungry, passionate kiss, the hand not currently tugging his hair not-so-gently reaching to brush her fingers firmly against his length between them, intending on overwhelming -him- with sensations from her assault.

"I can say the same to you~" Natsu purred before Lucy claimed his lips again this time scorching him with her hunger and the desire he'd sparked inside of her. Nothing he would apologize for. Being irresistible wasn't a crime and it certainly didn't lead into anything he did not enjoy, the current moment included naturally.

"Luuuu-cyyy~" This time he hummed, dragging out the sweet combination of letters until the moment he felt her hand tugging at his hair at which point he growled deeply as his lower half gave a reactive buck upwards into her hand down below.

In the end she would have to agree with him - she might have been -trying- to keep her hands to herself and be good, but with someone that sparked that natural desire for him so often, it was an impossibility. Especially when he decided to get her to stop resisting that want. The results were something she would be more than happy with repeating.

Hearing that sweet hum of her name, she echoed his in a sultry purr, out of breath and barely giving herself time to catch it between kisses. "Naa-tsuu~..." Dimly she could hear the water sloshing over the tub a little from moving around so much, but her brain had stopped functioning on the level that would have said 'maybe I shouldn't have filled it so much', and was stuck on wanting to make her precious respond with the moans he's always been able to get out of her. Feeling his lower half buck against her hand, she smiled against his lips, slowly sliding her hand up and down his length.

Bathroom floors were designed to get wet. A bit of water getting thrown over the side was a triviality at most. And if need be Natsu could always dry it off in a flash. However right now he had mroe more delectable of a distraction.

"Mmm I'm starting to wonder who the real Dragon Slayer is here~ " He teased with a breathy growl before he gave Lucy's cheeks another healthy squeeze before one hand started trailing up along Lucy's side, slowly making its way to her chest.

It was one of the many many good things about being with him. But also like him, she wasn't even a little bit concerned about water on the floor. At that teasing comment, she giggled, her teeth nibbling on a part of his neck, "Hnnn, you can be the Dragon Slayer," she teased back. "I'd rather be a-" She'd rather be a what? a what!?

Well she didn't get a chance to finish that statement, grunting a gasp at that feel of that squeeze, her hand tugging his hair sharply with a matching bite. What was she saying again? Was she saying something?

Natsu grinned victoriously at how easily he'd managed to distract her to the point of forgetting her own train of thought, his chest shaking with quiet chuckled underneath Lucy before he said with such audacity as he leaned up close.

"Would rather be what~?"

The look on her face was SO suspicious of his question, wondering if he was going to try to distract her before she could answer again. Well TWO could play at that game~! If.. she could keep her head in the game as close as he was and.. her past history of that wasn't good. And the cheeky bastard had the -audacity- to be cheeky too! She had to get a defense against that somehow, forcing herself to close her eyes, taking a deep breath.

"...a...um..." Uh... okay she still needed to remember what she was saying, but maybe she could make him forget what HE was saying too. Which might be why her hand was taking a little bit more of an aggressive approach, stroking against him while letting her hips press in for added pressure.

She was very right to suspect his motives. Not that she would even hope to stop them. Natsu leaned in closer still ready to tease her about her inability to get her thoughts out before he gave her other things to focus on than her own thoughts and desires.

"YEeeessss, Lu-" He paused abruptly when he felt her hand and the rest of her body pressing down on top of him making Natsu let out a heated groan.

If he could see her face... she was looking very, very smug. Her hand steadily rubbing against him and her hips grinding slightly in the same motion, she nipped his throat. He could probably hear the smugness in her voice when she spoke up again, "... sorry, didn't catch that," she purred.

Oh so now she was using his own tactics against him was she? Well it was only fair if one stopped to think about it. However Natsu wasn't one to just give her the win like that so he started grinding his hips back up under Lucy to shake her up a little.

"Are you sure you didn't?" He growled, a low sultry rumble from the bottom of his chest.

Well they were pretty darn effective. Of course she didn't think he'd just surrender, much as she tended to tease him to do so. It would be too easy if he just gave in - half of the fun was the challenge in seeing who would give in first. The other half of course, being hearing the reactions the other had.

She in particular loved hearing how she made him feel. She couldn't help but chuckle softly, brushing her tongue against the hollow of his throat, "Hmm, we--" Oh whoops, feeling him start grinding under her was going to make it even more difficult to think. From the way her nails suddenly dug into his back and shoulder, consider her shaken, gasping against his skin. "Ggh~!"

It took her a little bit longer to respond, stifling a small moan against him, her train of thought difficult to grasp. "N.. I... ..gh.." Words, how do you use them again? "I..hh uh.. M...maybe... again.. you...say it.." ... No wait, that wasn't quite right...

He didn't stop grinding his hips up under Lucy, relishing the way she struggled to find her words. After all she was the most verbose in the relationship and yet here she was at a loss for words and thoughts. Natsu relished that power and he couldn't help but sound a little more smug than before.

"Say it again? Alright then. I think it was something like "Yeeeesss Luuuu~Cyyyy~" Purred the way only a dragon in heat could.

Bastard. Cheeky, smug, sexy bastard. And he was all hers. Except he was making it harder and harder for her to think beyond pure desire, which was probably his end goal all along. Her hand tightened slightly as it moved, though the way he continued grinding made it difficult for her to focus on everything at once.

Especially since she was grinding against him just as much, so she pulled her hand away in order to give her body more contact against his. Sliding forward a bit more on his lap in order to increase the pressure and feeling between their bodies, she let out a low hiss between her teeth at the sound of his purr, thoughts spiking into a blank state. Her arm now free to wrap around his neck, digging into his skin with the other pulling at his hair as she moaned his name into his ear. "N..Nattsu..."