Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail

Ever since Tenrou, since he opened his soul sight and caught a glimpse of her soul, his world had stopped. Normally he never spied on souls, he knew there was such a thing as a soulmate but they were so rare for Seith mages that he figured there was no point in peering at every person's inner selves he came across, it would have felt wrong to him.

He had gotten lucky that day though, and he was glad grimoire heart had decided to attack, despite the horrible situation.

He was waiting for her, luckily his team always came in right before she did and seemed to show up around the times she walked through the guild doors, it was pure luck and hey, he wasn't knocking it.

There she was, speak of the devil. Swaying hair, sashaying hips, her killer fifty watt smile that shone for everybody, even him and when she did smile at him he could pretend - for a moment - that it was meant only for him and no one else, it made his breath catch.

He watched her walk across the room and sit at the bar, animatedly talking to Mira and asking for a strawberry smoothie, it was always her usual.

Lucy Heartfilia, the light of Fairy Tail, was his soulmate; he listened to her conversation with the white haired woman. "I really need to go on a mission that will pay out a lot without everything getting destroyed" he heard her laugh nervously "Even with going on S class missions with Erza they might as well be little solo jobs by the time Team Natsu is done." She plunked her head on the counter and Mira patted it softly, smiling apologetically.

"Don't worry Lucy, you'll pull through, you always do!" The bar maid replied cheerfully, cosplayers words were muffled next, "what was that Lucy?" the barmaid asked, a curious frown on her face.

"I said I might as well do what Natsu did and steal an S class mission" she replied when she came up for air. Man she must be desperate if she was even considering something like that, he thought.

Mira's aura turned dark, "Lucy…" She began threateningly. Bickslow tensed ready to jump in if necessary, but the blonde held her hands out as if to ward off Mira's dark energy "I was kidding Mira!" she exclaimed sheepishly.

The takeover mage regarded her thoughtfully for a moment before returning to normal, she grinned at Lucy as if nothing had happened and she hadn't looked like she was gonna kill the little blonde. "I'll help you find someone to go on an S-class with you Lucy, if you want!" She told her, the smile she graced cosplayer with was rare and reserved for people Mira thought were her family; it was as big as the moon.

Lucy stared at the bar maid as if she were stupid. "There are only three S class mages here Mira and unless you're the one planning on going with me, then that leaves Laxus and there is no way in hell he'd ever consider going on a mission with me, that's for damn sure." She muttered the last words.

Bickslow had to chuckle at that one, he was startled when Laxus suddenly got up from his seat and in one smooth motion stood behind cosplayer.

This confused him, what was his leader doing?

Mira was turned away at that point so she hadn't seen the lightning slayer standing quietly behind Lucy with his arms crossed, Bickslow thought for a moment that Laxus heard them talking about him and was pissed about it, he frowned getting up, ready to intervene.

"I'll make him if he doesn't cooperate with you" Mira said, her back still turned, Lucy sweat dropped.

"No! Mira, don't make him do anything, I'll just ask and if he says no I'll figure something out." She laughed when Mira harrumphed and turned around stopping dead when she saw Laxus, still standing there, Bickslow was halfway there when Laxus words stopped him.

"I'll take you on an S-class mission blondie" he had leaned down so his lips were close to her ears and Bickslow clenched his fist, stalking over to the little group.

It was comical when Lucy squealed loud enough for the guild to hear and fell out of her seat when she turned to face him.

Laxus was right there though, catching her around the waist before she hit the floor, the celestial mage blushing furiously.

Bickslow felt a pang of anger and jealousy hit him like a sledgehammer, he had finally reached the pair and stood before his leader and his soulmate as she struggled to get out of his grasp. Laxus chuckling in amusement; "what's the matter blondie, you don't want me holding you?" He teased.

"Seriously Laxus?" she said in exasperation, Bickslow having had enough, reached down plucking her wrist he helped her stand up and pulled her flush against him. He caught her scent then, strawberries, honey and rain and he smiled down at her when her face was level with his chest and she looked up at him confused, blushing even harder, he smirked "Thanks Bickslow." She muttered.

He heard Laxus growl from behind her and Bickslow looked up frowning at him, had he set his sights on cosplayer? His frown turned into a glare that his leader didn't see; seeing as he had his mask on. He better not have, this was the one girl he couldn't have, and that was that.

"Okay, so what did you say?" Lucy turned around as carefully as she could; Mira was watching the whole exchange, noticing the poor blonde was practically sandwiched between the two guys. Her matchmaking was dangerously close to the surface; but she actually fought to suppress it as she tried to figure out what was going on with the two men, because they both clearly seemed more than distraught with each other and it was odd to see that.

Laxus pulled himself from glaring at Bickslow to look down on blondie before answering, "I said I'll take you on an S-class mission." He told her.-

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Laxus smelled her before she walked through the guild doors, for once her annoying ass team wasn't trailing behind her, being loud as usual, or... even louder than usual.

She smelled like strawberries, honey and rain, it was intoxicating and often left him heady. Ever since she walked through the guild doors the first day she had been there and he had smelled her he knew… deep down, but pushed it away, he tried to simultaneously stay away from her and sometimes attempted to claim her back then.

Since then he made his mission to find out her daily habits and always showed up at the guild before she did, he studied her everyday… or stalked her, whichever anyone preferred to call it and he had to inwardly sigh in frustration at that.

He sat back in his seat his arms folded across his chest, dragon mate. He had heard the term when Gajeel discussed it with Levy, in his poor attempt to make her understand that's what the little bluenette was to the iron headed moron. When she finally did find out; the next day they came in and he noticed her sporting a scar like mark on her right forearm, he had never really got a good look at it but he was tempted to, that was for damn sure.

He just couldn't imagine the fellow dragon slayer being too happy if he grabbed Levy's arm and put his nose practically to it to see what it looked like, he didn't think she'd like it either… She might even hit him with something.

He rubbed the back of his neck shuddering slightly; the women in this guild were a force to be reckoned with.

His eyes had been following the blonde's movement as she practically danced her way up to the bar, did she even realize what she looked like when she walked? Was it on purpose? He growled inwardly at the thought of her sashaying around for other men, but he shook his head, she didn't really seem like the type.

He had no problem hearing every word that Mira and her spoke as she complained about her team. "I really need to go on a mission that will pay out a lot without everything getting destroyed" she was laughing nervously and he frowned, that idiot team of her was always getting her in trouble or destroying crap "Even with going on S class missions with Erza they might as well be little solo jobs by the time Team Natsu is done."

He 'tch'ed' at that one "don't worry Lucy" he heard the takeover mage respond, patting blondie on the head, "you'll pull through, you always do!"

He heard Lucy mutter something and only caught the last word, "what was that Lucy?" the bar maid asked her, Lucy looked up at her.

"I said I might as well do what Natsu did and steal an S class mission" Laxus cringed, he remembered letting the little blue cat steal a mission knowing blondie was going, and knowing he himself had put her in danger, there was no way he was letting her do that ever again.

He noticed the white haired woman's aura go dark and he saw Lucy shy from it, he almost leaped out of his seat, intent on throttling Mira for making Blondie feel threatened. Even if he knew deep down the white haired bar maid would never truly lay a finger on Blondie, he felt his dragon senses demanding he protect his mate. "Lucy…" The blonde held her hands out as if to ward off Mira's dark energy "I was kidding Mira!" she exclaimed sheepishly, and when Mira went back to normal he relaxed.

"I'll help you find someone to go on an S-class with you Lucy if you want!" She told her, Laxus brow twitched upward at that one.

Blondie must have had the same thoughts as him "There are only three S class mages here Mira and unless you're the one planning on going with me then that leaves Laxus" exactly he thought smugly, "and there is no way in hell he'd ever consider going on a mission with me, that's for damn sure." He frowned; did she really think he was that much of an asshole?

He got up and walked over, Mira had turned her back to Lucy and began wiping a glass before speaking to Blondie; he crossed his arms, still a little miffed by what she said.

"I'll make him if he doesn't cooperate with you" Mira threatened, oh was she now? He cocked his eyebrow again at her.

"No! Mira, don't make him do anything, I'll just ask and if he says no I'll figure something out" he smiled, so she wasn't afraid of him, still…

He barely registered Mira making some sort of sound and turning to face her, stopping dead when she saw him looming over the celestial mage.

"I'll take you on an S-class mission blondie" he told her. He had leaned down far enough to let his words brush past her ear, making her squeal and turn around flailing in an attempt to see who had just spoke to her. He grinned but then quickly frowned as she fell toward the floor but he caught her instantly around the waist and pulled her against him, groaning when he felt her pressed into his chest.

He hadn't noticed Bickslow standing above him as he concentrated on blondie's movement she was squirming around in his arms and it wasn't helping certain things… he laughed "what's the matter Blondie, you don't want me holding you?" He teased her, watching as a blush spread across her face.

"Seriously Laxus?" When she said his name he felt an inner satisfaction gnaw at him, but it was quickly dissipated when she was suddenly yanked out of his arms and he stood up facing whoever dared to take her from him.

He was surprised to see his best friend now holding Blondie against him and he growled at him. Bickslow's head snapped up to frown at him, who the hell does he think he is? The lightning dragon slayer thought furiously.

"Thanks Bickslow" he heard her mutter and he ground his teeth at that. "Okay, so what did you say?" she had turned to face him as he was watching his team mate intently, ready to attack. He looked down and noticed how uncomfortable she was so close in proximity between to the two men, his mouth twitched. "I said I'll take you on an S-class mission" he said stepping back to allow her room and to move away from Bickslow.

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Lucy sighed in relief when Laxus stepped away, it was embarrassing enough having fallen practically in his lap and then to be pulled against Bickslow was even worse; she struggled with the blush threatening to fan her cheeks again.

"Really?" she asked him, her excitement was replacing her feelings of being uncomfortable, she had since then moved slightly away from Bickslow and felt like she could breathe again.

She heard the Seith mage shift behind her as she looked up at Laxus smiling brightly. He crossed his arms over his chest and nodded toward the S-class board upstairs "go pick one out and I'll go with you."

"I'll go to" She heard Bickslow say behind her and she turned to him confused, she didn't see the anger flit across Laxus face, but she did hear him snap at his friend "why?" he asked him

Bickslow's face went dark, or what you could see of it "I'm bored, I might as well go too… unless you don't want me to come Lucy." He said in an unsure manner, feigning a look of hurt if she rejected him and she sweat at that.

"Oh! No, no! You're fine, you can come!" She smiled brightly at him too, although this smile was a bit more nervous than the one she had given Laxus, Bickslow relaxed visibly all the same.

"Then it's settled then, we'll both go with you, go" he hooked a thumb over his shoulder indicating the S-class board and didn't move an inch forcing Lucy to brush past him, he grinned when she blushed for the hundredth time that day.

Laxus growled again but didn't say anything, instead he crossed his arms.

"Sooooo" they heard Mira say, neither men had even noticed her up until that point and they turned to face her "both of you are going with Lucy on an S-class mission?" she asked, she had this strange look on her face, that they both knew and inwardly groaned exasperatedly.

"Mira…" Laxus warned.

"Oh I was just wondering!" Mira sang and she spun around and hummed as she sprang into the kitchen, both men stared after her, wondering what that was about,. They both simultaneously turned and went up after Lucy who was peering at the S-class board, more toward the bottom of it so she was bent over pretty nicely and they both admired her silently, and giving each other equally as silent glares.

Lucy looked carefully over the requests, she was reading a particular one that caught her eye and she grabbed it standing up she turned to go back down stairs; bumping into both men, "oh!" she spluttered "I was coming to you" she laughed nervously at Laxus; he smiled down at her in an almost affectionate way? She shook her head, she was imagining things.

"What'd you find blondie?" he asked her, her eyebrow twitched at the nickname, it was bad enough Bickslow called her cosplayer.

She ignored it though, "idk…" she said thoughtfully, scanning the reward part of the request "I picked it, because the reward says it's an unknown key, there should only be two types of keys, obviously." She shrugged, the two men exchanged glances, it wasn't all that obvious to them, but they didn't interrupt "gold and silver, zodiac and normal keys, so…." She sighed "I want to check it out!" She finished giving them her killer fifty watt smile.

Bickslow flushed and Laxus grinned back at her, then turned and growled silently at Bickslow, he could hear his friend's heartbeat racing, and it was annoying him.

This is your best friend, a voice whispered in the back of his mind, but he shook it off, it didn't matter. Dragon mates were revered among dragons and dragon slayers, from what he had picked up, his mate was the most precious gift in his life and something he wouldn't take for granted.

Bickslow in the meantime had heard Laxus growl and turned to glare at him, the same thought crossed his mind, Laxus was his best friend, hell they were better friends with each other than Freed and Ever were with either one of them. That nagging thought tugged on his mind, but he brushed it off. It didn't matter, Lucy was the light to his soul, soulmates were special among Seith mages, and he wasn't going to let her go.

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I'm a little nervous about this one, because you know I've never considered posting a threesome story until a couple days ago, and not sure how everyone will feel about it, but, I hope you guys enjoy it anyway.