A/N : hello minna, sorry for not updating sooner. I've been busy with my academics and stuff like that. I rushed into writing this and i didn't proofread it.

They were sitting on the sand side by side, the waves kissing their feet as they talked while ignoring the scorching heat of the sun.

Their fingers laced around each other's hands as they promised that they would never let each other go.

He stared at their intertwined hands and couldn't help but think back to the day when it finally happened. He heard her giggle slightly looking at him with those large hazelnut orbs. He knew without a doubt she was thinking about that day too and found himself chuckling at the fond memory.

*flashback*

It all began on one fateful evening, Laxus and the rest of his team were just returning to Magnolia after the month long mission. Bickslow holding a suspicious looking handbag with something moving inside of it, and Freed seems nowhere to be seen. Evergreens had a slightly grim expression painted all over her face, probably because of the long tiring mission. Laxus on the other hand seemed like he couldn't stop smirking, which was pretty odd.

Arriving at the station, Laxus, now carrying the suspiciously moving handbag over his shoulder, and the rest made their way back to the guild.

It was late in the evening when they finally showed up. Surprisingly most of the members were still around at that time picking up fights or simply drowning themselves in booze.

"Welcome back Laxus, Bickslow, Evergreen and err - where's freed?" Mira chirped, suddenly appearing in front of them from behind the bar.

"He'll be back by tomorrow, don't worry about him. Is Gramps still around? I've got something rather interesting to show him". Laxus smirkingly said holding the bag he was carrying in front of him for everybody to see.

"Ehh, Natsu, mite mite, the bag is moving".

"Ooo. That's right Happy. What's in it Laxus? Did you find a baby dragon?" Natsu exclaimed, sniffing the bag back and forth.

"Oyy, get your puny little nose away from it". Bickslow stepped forward, sending him flying across the guild.

"Seriously, Is that all you can think of flame-breath".

At this point, everyone in the guild picked up interest to know what's in the bag, Curiosity seemed to get better of them, people started placing bets on what it could be, which soon, turned into a full grown brawl.

"Ara ara, that was a fast development". Mira managed to say before getting KO'ed by a table flying her way. Instantly lightning surged throughout the hall successfully electrocuting everyone. That was quite an understandment, Nobody gets away harming his women.

"Didn't you have something interesting to show me Laxus? And don't go using your lighting around the guild you imbecile brat". Master called out, jumping downstairs, growing pale every second taking in all the damage made to the hall.

"Calm down gramps, they ain't dead yet y'know, and here take a look." His smirk never left his face, he tossed the bag to master. Master raised a brow at him, sensing that Laxus isn't going to explain, he carefully opened the bag to see what the big deal was all about. As soon as he opened it, a blur of green jumped out kicking master in the face and settling on the bar table.

"A BUNNY!" rest of the guild yelped, who were standing close by.

True. Sitting there on the bar was a green rabbit, it had its head turned to the side and arms crossed, looking all puffed up. The bunny turned to look at them with its greenish blue eye. Mistake.

"Kaawaaaiii des!" The girls screeched. What they didn't know and what Laxus decided not to tell them was that the bunny was none other than Freed Justine. Bunny-Freed was sweating animatedly at the girls reaction and sent, what he assumed to be as, a glare at the Raijinshuu, which again earned him another set of high pitched squeal. Of course, you don't get to see a bunny acting all tough everyday. That was his mistake 2. Cana grabbed him from the bar and within seconds bunny-Freed found himself being tossed around the guild and an occasional squealing filled the air.

Bickslow watched the scene unfolding before him with amusement and laughed at poor poor Freed being tossed around. He and Evergreen were a little against the idea about not telling them the truth at first but agreed nevertheless. He turn to look at Laxus who looked like he was waiting for someone to show up. Interesting.

Bunny-Freed looked as though he would throw up, squished between the girls surrounding him. He didn't see Lucy anywhere in the guild and was very grateful for that. Last thing he wanted right now was her squealing, assuming him to be just another bunny with strange green hair and squeezing him between her breasts. Sure, he liked the thought but it took all his will to decide to shut down his feelings for her during the time he was away on a mission. More importantly he wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. He managed to squeeze out of grasp of a female, he didn't recognize and jumped over her head to the nearest table which happened to be the one, where team Natsu minus Lucy, were sitting. Not being used to being in that body he slipped and fell headfirst into Gray, pushing him into Natsu and ended up destroying Erza's the half eaten cake. Mistake 3. Bunny-Freed stood there quivering under the Erza's intense glare for a full minute while Natsu and Gray smirked devilishly, for once not being the usual target for Titania's warth.

*BANG* the cacophonous sound rang throughout the guild.

"You guys better be careful next time." Erza's said after banging together the heads of the two previously smirking mages and calmly walked away, leaving the two in daze. Seems like turning into the form he currently was, saved his cute little bunny ass. Freed couldn't help but laugh at his luck, which sounded more like a weird squeaking noise.

"Oyy, who do you think you're laughing at? you little green monster." Gray said, cracking his knuckles.

"Looks like you're up for some trouble, Laxus, your bunny's gonna get roasted tonight." Natsu snickered chasing the poor soul around the guild along with Gray, breaking and crashing the guild hall along the way.

Lucy was at the guild's library, putting away the new books that arrived earlier that day, when she heard the squeals coming from the hall occasionally. She quickly sorting out the rest of the books into their places and headed upstairs eagerly to find out what was causing all the ruckus above.

Bunny-Freed kicked both Natsu and Gray in their faces, trying to get away from them. He hopped from table to table before jumping right into Lucy's chest, causing her to stumble backwards. He didn't see her coming. Lucy at first assumed it has happy who jumped at her but was surprised to see a cute but odd coloured bunny staring up at her with slightly widened greenish blue eye. Blink. Blink. Blink. Too. Darn. Adorable.

"Kyaaaaa! Omg! You're so adorable" she immediately wrapped her hands tighter around the small animal and swayed him violently from side to side, throwing him up and down. Lucy was just as bad as rest of the females in guild when it came to something she found cute. Freed wanted to kill himself, He swayed, feeling a little sick, his temporary body being weak, he couldn't free himself and was at Lucy's mercy. She finally stopped and held him at her arm's length. Tilting her head to a side, wondering who the bunny belonged to.

"Nice catch there Luce, but we've got business with that green shit your holding." Natsu said stretching his arm to grab it from her, bunny-freed kicked him in the face again, hopping back to Lucy, sitting on her shoulder innocently. He knew she could save him from Natsu.

"Ah! Natsu! Who said you could go around bullying innocent animals huh?" She said slightly bent forward, glaring and holding out a finger at him in scolding manner.

"but Luce, that bunny-"

"No buts Natsu, just look how adorable he is". Bunny-freed nodded, still sitting on her shoulder, mimicking her actions, holding his own tiny rabbit finger at him.

Laxus who was watching from a distance laughed heartily at Freed's actions, his deep rumbling laughter echoed through the hall and a titter rippled across the room.

He came over to her and picked Freed by his long rabbit ears. Freed struggled to free himself yet again, shaking his arms and legs animatedly.

"y'know what blondie, why don't you take him with ya? But be sure ya bring him back tomorrow by 11, what say?" bunny-Freed was horrified by what Laxus just suggested and struggled even harder against his hold, Laxus simply smirked at him.

"kyaaa! You'll let me keep him, that's wonderful" Lucy said, her eyes gleamed with excitement. Freed had stop struggling and was now openly gawking at the blonde mage who was frantically bouncing up and down, his head following her every moment.

Somebody should really tell her not to bounce around with those generous bosom she had, which felt more overwhelming to him than usual being in his tiny state.

"Just for the night, blondie, here". Laxus said, tossing Freed like he was some stuffed toy right at her. Saying her goodbyes to everyone, she left the guild happily swaying bunny-Freed in her arms..

"Laxus, you never told us where did you find that bunny, he looks interesting. Also why didn't Freed? Is he alright?" Mira asked wiping the glass in her hand, a concerned look adoring her face.

"Oh, didn't you realize it yet, that bunny is is Freed". He said, taking a sip of his beer. His eyes held glints of amusement in them.

"WHAT!" people still at the guild shrieked all together.

"What do you mean it was Freed?". Mira questioned.

"He was quite distracted from the very beginning of the mission, there was a half demon mage amongst the dark mages we had to annihilate, he turned wizards into animals before devouring them to gain their powers, somehow it got Freed but we managed to defeat him. The spell cast to turn him into an animal is supposed to last for a week, since we spent most of the week traveling, he will probably turn back normal tomorrow." Laxus explained

"You should have told us earlier and oh, Laxus!, Lucy doesn't know yet, we should hurry up and let her know. Why did you even ask her take him in the first place?"

"oh, I didn't know the matchmaking demon could be this oblivious, besides it will be fun" he said winking at her.

Freed wasn't really happy with the situation. It wasn't helping him at all, he knew he needed to stay away from her, but all he could think about right now was her. She was sitting at her table, writing something, humming a happy tune. He thought she is beautiful… Beautiful for the way her eyes sparkled when she talked about something she loves… Beautiful for the ability to make other people smile even if she was sad.
NO, she isn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks, She is beautiful, deep down her soul. He loved watching her. She turned around and smiled at him.

He daren't move, He daren't even breathe, He could feel heart pounding in his tiny chest...duh-duhn, duh-duhn, there was something about the way she smiled, the way the sun had somehow toppled down from the sky and made a home right there in his heart. She had the kind of smile that made you feel happy to be alive and just that little bit more human. He realized it then he was in deep shit, he needed distraction, he needed it bad.

Lucy found it very hard concentrate, she could feel the tiny bunny eyes on her. She knew it wasn't something to be bothered about but those greenish blue eye, it reminded her so much of him, also the unusual green hair wasn't helping much. She turned around and saw bun-chan as she called him, staring right at her. It made her feel somehow warm and fuzzy inside. Strange, she thought to herself. She got up and picked him up, placing him on her lap. He sat there looking straight up at her, just for tonight , he mentally said, he would let himself feel the warmth for having her by his side.

"You know bun-chan, you've got unusual yet beautiful green shade of fur and it reminds me of someone." she started petting him gently. "He has the most wonderful eyes - they are blue, mostly. He seldom smiles with his lips, but it is his eyes that shine instead, and it is this radiance that makes every woman who sees it feel the irresistible impulse to smile, too, for this smiling of the eyes is the most sincere and pure emotion". She continued a soft smile adoring her face. Bunny-Freed had all his attention focused at her, his curiosity building like a cat fixated upon its prey. Who was she talking about? He wanted to know. He made a squeaking sound which according to him meant 'who are you talking about?'

"hahaa, it's almost like you can understand me, do you want to who he is?" she asked. He nodded carefully.

"Awwwwww you're so adorable, Well he's one of our guildmates. He's generous, sensitive and emotional. He has a strong sense of responsibility and you can always rely on him, also gets confused easily and doesn't forget those who have caused harm to his nakama. He is protective and likes to look after people, I found him when I wasn't even looking. He is the special someone just meant to be, i wanted to tell him that. I had my doubts at first but now i feel i was being stupid. He never leaves my mind, he's always there mentally. It's just incomprehensible. My one stability in a world filled with chaos and I so desperately need that in my life. This feeling is so strange, It's overwhelming, yet makes me feel complete. It has no bound nor length nor depth, it's just absolute. It feels as though I'm in a dangerous fire, yet I'm completely safe at the same time. It feels as though someone's given me peace. I'm in love with him". She said while hugging him close to her. Freed was heartbroken, listening to her speak about the person she loves, was the last thing he wanted to do but what he heard next made his chest explode.

"He was supposed to be back today with the rest of his team, i heard it from Laxus that he will be home tomorrow. I miss him so much". Freed couldn't believe his ears, After all this time thinking that she loved someone less, he felt as though space and time collapsed into one tiny speck and exploded at light speed. He was totally stunned, trying to remember how to breathe. He couldn't describe the happiness he left, she loved him.

A/N : yesss! So it's Freed! Gomen everyone who wanted to be bickslow.. I love both of em.

I would be writing a special one shot for all the bixlu lovers after this story ;)

Flashback will be continued in the next chapter and will be really short and fluffy. Sorry if this chapter seemed rushed and wasn't up to the expectations. I will improvise next time.

Thank you everyone for the wonderful reviews, i will PM you guys to thank you personally.

Please let me know your thoughts on this.

Arigatou ~~