Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own "Fairy Tail". I think Hiro Mashima is doing a wonderful job with the series. :D

It has been six months since Leo has regained his strength within the celestial realm and back as a member of the strongest guild in Fiore. Lucy has spent every moment she could away from the guild because it is becoming more difficult to hide her growing anger and frustration with her spirit. Loki has spent every night since his return with a different girl from the surrounding town and frankly Lucy has had enough with the flirtatious playboy. She slowly turns the key to her apartment. She is greeted by a tall, slender, well dressed man grooming himself to perfection.

"Lucy! Welcome home!" Leo greets her with an eager smile that she can see in the mirror.

"I'm home." She sighs and moves to walk passed him toward the kitchen.

"What's wrong? Did the mission not go well?" His voice is full of concern as he wraps his arms around her from behind. His animal instincts are telling him that something is extremely wrong with his master. He assumes that it something the dragon slayer did that caused them to not accomplish their latest mission.

The tone in his voice gnaws at her heart. The blushes finally realizing just how she feels about him. She had originally just wished that he would stop whoring himself to every desperate female in town. He even had the nerve to bring them back to her apartment for a happy ending! Lucy swiftly turn on her heels in an attempt to slap him for his ignorance, however her delicate wrists are caught in mid air.

"Let me go!" She growls as she unsuccessfully tries to wiggle free from his vice like grip. "Close gate of the li-" Her lips are suddenly and forcibly silenced by his making it impossible to finish the verse.

Once she is subdued Leo releases her lips while licking his own, savoring the lingering taste of his petite master. "I am sorry Lucy, but I will not allow you to punish me or force me to return home until you explain my crime." He calmly lowers her arm into a more neutral position. She shakes her head in a refusal to answer him.

"Well then we will remain like this forever. I have already proven that I can stay in the human world on my own power. I also enjoy being close to you." He teases while adjusting his glasses.

"You are my most loyal and trustworthy spirit and yet you insist on doing these things. Does that not go against your own nature?" She whispers on the brink of tears. She knows he is able to hear her with his sharp hearing. She is afraid that if she is any louder the dam will break and he will see how weak she really is.

Leo searches her eyes for the meaning of her words. He is stunned to see inside her soul the torture that he has been putting his precious mage through. He scoops her up into his strong arms eliciting a high pitched yelp from the blonde. He carries her to her bedroom. He tosses her gently onto the bed wasting no time to prove just how important she is to him.

"This is no time to go all 'king of the jungle'. I was being serious!" Lucy pouts swinging her legs off the side of the bed. Lucy finally looks up only to be met with a pair of stern, sorrowful amber eyes.

"Trust me Lucy-sama for the first time ever I am being serious as well." He crawls onto the bed stalking towards his prey. "You have made a valid point. I intend to how you exactly what my nature is." He purrs into her ear sending shivers up her spine.

Author's note: next chapter will have all the lemony good stuff. XD