Loke felt a wave of disappointment. "P-Pretend?" He repeated to himself,

Lucy relaxed a bit, "Okay… so I have a bet with Juvia, I have to get a boyfriend… so I can be G-Gray…" She explained a bit red

Where once the great lion was disappointed, now he was heartbroken,

But he was actually known for his great enthusiasm… "A pretend boyfriend of Lucy's, eh..?" he said deviously to himself with a huge grinn plastered on his face,

"L-Loke? Loke, I-" Lucy tried to call his attention but was cut off,

Loke reached down and held Lucy bridal-style, with his hands on her back and behind her legs. "…How generous of you, my Lucy!" He exclaimed, "How nice of you to immediately think of me for a boyfriend~"

"Pretend boyfriend!" Lucy interjected, but Loke still has that grin.

Lucy struggled to get back on her feet, once doing so, she had a serious expression on her face.

"Ground Rules!" She explained, "1. You can't touch me." She said sternly, Loke put on a pout which Lucy ignored.

"And never…. NEVER tell anyone in the spirit world about this!"

Loke was initially upset, because he'd love to tell Aries about his accomplishment, and rub it on Aquarius' face that she did get a boyfriend.

But then, thinking back, he wouldn't know what would become of him if Taurus knew about it. Loke shuddered at the consequences.

Lucy snapped her fingers in front of his wandering eyes, "Loke! Are you even listening to me?"

Loke snapped back into reality, "Uh… Of course, Prin- I mean… Girlfriend" He said with a mischievous smirk, and paused a while to gain emphasis.

Lucy rolled her eyes, "Whatever," She sighed with a light pink blush slowly coloring her cheeks. "So… are you in?" She asked carefully, looking down and shuffling her feet

She turned away so that he couldn't see her face, which she knew was heating up. Loke took this opportunity and hugged Lucy's waist and rested his chin on her shoulder, "Of course, my dear, anything for you." He purred in her ear

Where once Lucy was heating up, now her whole damned face simply might burn.

"No touching." She reminded him under her gritted teeth.

The following day… At the Fairy Tail HQ…

"BOYFRIEND?" Exclaimed a pink-haired boy with a dragon-scale – scarf

Lucy nodded, leaning her head next to Loke's arm.

The boy; who was Natsu, was dancing around, "I knew it! I knew it!"

Happy, a flying blue cat was flying circles above the couple- er… pretend couple. "You do liiiiiiiiiiike him~"

Loke grinned, he was really happy, why wouldn't he be?

A comedic sweat drop rolled off the back of Lucy's head. "Er…"

A metal sword landed violently, pointed on the ground before Lucy, it's was Erza's. She rested her hand on the sword handle, "Is this true Lucy?" She asked with a stern, feared tone.

"Y-Yes, Er-Erza." Lucy stuttered, afraid.

Erza withdrew her sword from the ground, and… smirked, "Prove it." She demanded with a hint of playfulness.

The rest of the Fairy Tail members stared and waited for something to-

Lucy was scared. She was really scared. Who in the right mind would have enough guts to question Erza's commands?

The respond was almost immediate. Lucy, in fear, wrapped her right arm around Loke's neck, which was beside her.

She grabbed his hand with her free one and dropped, kind of like a dance-dip,

Due to the hand around Loke's neck, he was forced to bend over and-

BAM! LIP-LOCK!

Loke's POV

"HOLY SPIRIT KING!" I yelled to myself

Lucy… Lucy Heartphilia… was- IS STILL KISSING me?

My face was heating up like Natsu's fireballs in a large battle.

I swear, I've never been this close to my master, her eyes were half-opened, and I stared at her glorious, rich brown eyes.

Her hand, which was in mine, felt so smooth and frail.

I, as a spirit didn't necessarily need to breath, hence I could go on like this forever, not minding anyone else's piercing glares and agape expressions.

And I didn't think Lucy would mind… My lips curled, I swear, I will thank- no… worship Juvia for the rest of my life. Since, in her part, I was able to kiss my lovely-

"Oi! I'm ba-" A dark blue-headed male exclaimed as her kicked the door open, but was cut off by the sight,

The pretend couple's lips parted "Gray!" Lucy exclaimed, but in utter shock she accidentally let go of Loke's neck and fell on her back to the floor.

Everyone had their eyes on Gray whose eyes twitched, "Did I… miss something?"

"Actually, yes you did, Gray." Erza said, she pointed her finger to Loke who was helping Lucy up from the ground. "They; Lucy and Loke are now dating." She explained with a stern voice.