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Chapter 2
One-Night Stands and Office Romances
"Lucy, over here!" Levy waved to her in the company cafeteria.
"What took ya so long?" a pink-haired man named Natsu asked.
Lucy rushed over to where Levy, Cana, and Natsu were sitting. "Sorry, I'm swamped. My deadline was moved from this weekend to today."
"That sucks," Cana groaned.
Natsu teased her, "Come on, that's not everything going on with you."
"Really, it's just the storyboard. Jason wanted it before lunch."
She and Natsu had been friends since childhood. He had always loved to tease her, and he often joked that since they somehow both ended up working at Fairy Tail, they were now stuck together forever. He was such a fiery sales associate, some people called him 'the dragon of the company.'
They began to eat, and Lucy was glad to have real food in her stomach. Her breakfast had been a plain bagel on the go as she rushed from the hotel to her apartment and then to work. She still felt a little queasy from drinking so much the night before, and she had been on edge all morning, so lunch was a welcome relief to the sourness in her nervous stomach.
"So, guess what!" Cana said, drinking a beer. Although going out for drinks was popular with higher level workers, Cana was the only person Lucy knew who ate at the cafeteria but brought beer from home so she could drink on her lunch break. "My man says he's reserved a hotel suite for us this weekend."
"Your man?" Lucy said in shock. "You can't mean—"
"Unbelievable," Levy sighed. "Is that office affair still going on?"
Their voices all dropped lower. This was a secret, and no one was supposed to know that Cana was sleeping with someone fairly high up in the company. Not only that, but her lover was a married man.
"Summoning you to a hotel?" Natsu said, looking annoyed. "Man, talk about lack of subtlety. How long are these booty calls going to continue?"
Cana set her beer down and glared over at him. "Ya got a problem with it?"
He just shook his head and poked at his food. "If you enter into a purely physical relationship with a person, they'll never choose you for the main event."
Levy blushed. "M-Main event?"
"Marriage? Hah!" Cana waved the idea aside. "Fine by me. So long as I'm having a good time, that's all I care about."
"Sheesh, I bet you'd even be okay with a one-night stand with a stranger."
"Those are fun," Cana said casually. "How about you, Levy?"
"Oh, no!" She waved her hands in front of her. "No way, not for me."
"You're still a virgin, aren't you?"
"Hey!" Levy shouted, starting to turn red. "I … I have a boyfriend."
"But he ain't gettin' any yet. What about you, Lucy?"
"Huh?" Her heart gave a leap. She had been thinking about a new memory from the night before. "Well, I … I'm not a virgin."
Natsu grinned mischievously. "Should I tell them about you and that Dan Straight guy in high school?"
"Oh my God! Seriously, I didn't sleep with him," she exclaimed a little too loudly. Lucy shrank down as a few people looked over. "You jerk," she grumbled.
"I know you're not that pure," Cana said. "What I mean is, are you okay with the idea of one-night stands with strangers, or even with someone you know and just wanna bang once to try it out?"
A one-night stand … with a stranger … sleeping with someone you don't even know, never finding out who they might be…
Natsu was one of those men last night. He had been there, but she felt there was no way she could confess this to him, even though … no, especially because they had been childhood friends, and because he seemed so disgusted by the idea.
"I … I'm okay with the idea of one-night stands, but it's not for me. I could never do it myself."
"You see," Natsu said, draping an arm around Lucy's shoulders. "Lucy's a classy girl. She's not into wild nights and drunken flings."
His words pierced into her with guilt.
Cana dismissed the fact that she was out-voted. "Well, I think there's something thrilling about an office romance. It's like one of those cellphone games, only you get hot sex."
"Cana!" Levy squeaked. "Not so loud."
Thrilling? Lucy had been on edge all morning. If the man from last night really was a coworker, how would that be from now on, feeling her heart race every time he walked by in the hallway, terrified that her coworkers would find out?
This was definitely not for her, and she needed to figure out what happened or she would never be able to focus on work.
Despite her resolve to sort out the details of the previous night, she did not come across any of the men who were there at the bar. Although she normally stayed late to finish up work and get a head-start for the next day, that evening she fled work, bolting for the doors as soon as the clock struck five.
She had an idea now. Lucy had done some investigative reporting for Sorcerer Weekly before working for Fairy Tail. She hoped she could put her skills to use, so she made her way back to the bar where it all started. Maybe she could ask around, find a clue, and solve this mystery.
She arrived again at Blue Pegasus, where they had their party the previous night. A handsome man stood behind the bar, dashing and outgoing, flirtatious with the ladies, serious with the men who needed an ear to listen to their woes. Lucy remembered him from the party, chatting up the patrons and convincing everyone to drink more and be merry. His name tag read Hibiki, and he smiled as Lucy approached.
"Welcome!" he greeted with a musical voice.
"H-Hi."
She looked around, hoping something would trigger a memory. It was no good, though. Finally, she went up to Hibiki, who was mixing together a drink in a shaker.
"I … um … I was here last night," Lucy began. She had been bold and thorough as an investigator before. Now that she was investigating about herself, it felt awkward.
"Ah, you were with that rowdy group from Fairy Tail."
"That's right. And I, well…" She decided to just blurt it out. "Can you remember if I went home with someone?"
His eyes widened, stunned by the question. Then they drooped in sadness. "Did you drink so much, something bad happened?"
Lucy felt her cheeks flush. "I don't know if it was good or bad, but something happened, and I can't remember."
"I'm so sorry," he said in true regret. "I don't know who took you home. I remember hearing some of them talking about karaoke, and there was a group who stayed later to drink more. A woman was with them."
"Yeah, apparently that was me," Lucy grumbled. If Cana was right, Lucy had been in the middle of a group of men, chatting and drinking after the others left.
"I see. Well, near the end, I overheard them discussing about getting a taxi for you, but I was busy cleaning up. It was already closing time when the last ones left, and to be honest, I wasn't really listening in."
"I see," she muttered. "Well, it was worth a try."
"They seemed friendly and concerned for you, if that's of any consolation."
She had to admit, it was a little. It also confirmed that whomever she had slept with was a coworker, and it was one of the men Cana said had stayed late. But which one? The Creative Director and her boss, Loke Leo? The famous copywriter, Gray Fullbuster? The accounting executive, Freed Justine? Her best friend, the sales associate Natsu Dragneel? Or the company physician, Dr. Capricorn?
Lucy wanted to know who that man was, but she also did not want to know. She could continue on like it never happened if she did not have a face to go along with the random memories of sensual pleasure.
"I really am sorry," said Hibiki. "I should have realized you were drunk and called you a cab, but it was a busy night, and they seemed to know you."
"Y-yeah, I guess so," she muttered, not liking that she slept with someone who knew her from work. What a mess!
His eyes looked compassionate. "If I can do anything—"
"Oh, you don't need to worry. I can handle this on my own. I don't want to be a bother. Ah, I haven't ordered a drink."
"Here." He placed the cocktail he had been making onto the counter. Lucy looked down, shocked to see it was her favorite drink. "It's from the man over there."
Lucy glanced behind her. Sitting at a table with a brandy glass wrapped up in his elegant fingers was none other than Loke. Lucy had been so focused on looking at the decorations around the bar, hoping something would help her to remember, that she had not paid attention to the patrons sitting around.
"M-Mister Leo … sir!"
Loke gave her a smile, rose to his feet, and slowly walked over, his eyes never leaving hers as he weaved between tables and people. She sat transfixed, like a tiny gazelle watching the approach of a lion about to devour her, knowing there was no escape. Loke smiled softly at her, gazing at her up and down just briefly before holding her gaze with those intense green eyes. His glasses caught just a gleam from the bar's colored lights.
"Waiting for someone?" he asked with a playfully teasing tone to his voice.
"Uh, no," she breathed, unable to believe that the Mister Leo was here with her.
"In that case, mind if I join you?"
"O-oh! Of course not," she said frantically. He was going to join her! Him! Mister Leo! With her!
He sat down in the seat next to her at the counter. Lucy's heart raced as she stared down at her drink, unsure what she could possibly say to him. The most popular man in Fairy Tail was right in front of her, talking to her, sharing a drink with her in a bar. Women in the company only sighed and dreamed of such an honor.
Yet, Lucy realized, Loke was also on her list of men who were there that night. If it was him, she wondered if he was disappointed in her. She had been so drunk, maybe she did some inappropriate things. Cana's snide tease that maybe something good happened with all five men returned to her. Perhaps he would think that she was the sort of woman who got drunk and slept with random men, and that was not like her at all. She could not meet his eyes with the deep sense of shame.
Her mind was in chaos, but Loke looked calm as he sipped his drink.
"You should watch out."
Lucy jolted up. "What?"
"A lovely woman like you, sitting at a bar, all alone at this hour. It puts certain ideas into a man's head." His eyes flicked along her body, making her gasp in astonishment and feel like covering herself up. However, his playboy grin drifted away. "That is, if I were not your boss."
Her boss! That was why it was shocking that he was even here, sitting next to her, flirting with her, all alone like this, in a public place where someone might see them and spread a rumor around Fairy Tail.
Loke looked over to the bartender and tapped his glass. "Another."
Hibiki winked and reached to his liquor display. "One more brandy, coming up."
"You as well, dear?" he asked Lucy.
She looked down. Her nervousness had made her drink her cocktail too fast again. This must be a weakness for her. Nerves and alcohol were a terrible mix.
As Loke began on his second drink, Lucy fisted up her hands, summoning her determination. Loke was her boss, but he was also there that night. No … because he was her boss, he was probably responsible for making sure everyone could get rides home after all that heavy drinking. Maybe he knew who escorted her, and thus who slept with her.
"Um … about yesterday." The investigator in her finally emerged. Lucy kept her eyes on his face, determined not to miss even the slightest change in his expression. "Did I … do something?"
How pathetic! She hated herself instantly for sounding so wishy-washy.
"Do something?" he asked, sounding confused.
"I was really … really drunk, and…" Her head dropped from the shame weighing her down. "I made a mistake."
His brow tensed, and his eyes narrowed behind his glasses. "A mistake?"
"I can't go into details," she was beginning to say, but Loke cut in.
"Can I ask you a question?" He set his brandy glass onto the counter and turned his body toward her, looking at her intensely. "Are you certain it was a mistake?"
She looked up in shock. "What do you mean?"
"Was it such a bad thing?"
Bad?
Another memory floated into her mind, this one different from all the sensual fuzziness from earlier.
…
She was in bed, basking in the afterglow, sweaty and trying to catch her breath. It was a warm, pleasant feeling of exhaustion, a feeling of satisfaction unlike anything she had even known before. No man had ever made her tingle like this.
She stretched her naked limbs, humming in utter bliss. God, how many times had she orgasmed? She lost count. No, she didn't even bother to count! She just enjoyed it, every single time, and when she felt like she could not possibly do it again, his hands, mouth, and cock proved her wrong. He was incredible, in every way.
The body next to her rolled over, dark in the hotel's shadows. Fingers that a moment ago had been plowing her into wildness now stroked her hair with tenderness. His hand moved so slowly, as if treasuring her.
She had not simply been fucked; she had been loved. It was not just physical satisfaction; she had never felt so happy to be in bed with a man. None of her boyfriends had warmed her heart as intensely as this, nor treated her so delicately while also pushing her to her sensual limits.
Strong arms wrapped around her in a close embrace. She buried her face into his broad chest, listened to his heart, and she felt so loved, so comforted, so cherished. Her eyes closed, and her body sank, knowing she was safe in his arms.
Then it all went black again.
…
No man had satisfied her so utterly, on both a sensual and emotional level. No man gave her so much comfort that she could literally fall asleep in his arms. No man had ever made her body buzz all the way to her toes like that. How many times had they made love before both were fully sated?
Loke chuckled roguishly and tapped a nail on his brandy glass. "Apparently, it wasn't bad at all."
Was last night such a bad thing? Definitely not! She should not have been drunk, but apparently she had been happy.
"That look on your face really suits you, but you shouldn't show it to just any man."
Lucy gasped and reached up, realizing her cheeks were ablaze with the memories, as hazy as they were.
Loke leaned forward slightly, and she thought he was looking at her lips before those eyes lifted up to meet her in a predatory gaze. "I've wanted to see you again ever since last night."
Oh … God…
Oh God! Did that mean…
Then, the worst timing ever, his phone buzzed with a text message. Loke pulled it out and saw the message. Instantly, his face with hard.
"Damn. It's work, and it's urgent. Excuse me, but I have to head back to the office right away. I'll see you later." His hand reached over and patted on top of Lucy's. "Don't let any strange men pick you up, okay?"
"Oh … okay," she said in a daze, mesmerized by his intense stare.
He set down a few bills and left. Lucy stared ahead. 'I've wanted to see you again ever since last night.' Why else would he say that?
She also thought about what he said. She had been sickly anxious about the fact that she slept with someone at random, she had not stopped to realize it was actually a really amazing night. The emotional warmth, the physical satisfaction, the happiness, and tender touches of that elegant hand … whomever it was, whether if it was Loke or Natsu or Gray or Freed or even Capricorn, she had been happy in that moment.
Maybe … it wasn't such a bad mistake.
Even now, she felt a deep, sinking bliss when she thought about the arms that had held her. It was just tragic that she was feeling it for someone unknown, a man she still could not visualize in her mind.
Then it was her phone chiming with a text. She moaned, wondering if she was about to get called back to work as well. Instead, to her shock, it was the same unknown number that had called her that morning, along with a text message.
"I want to see you again tonight."
"Tonight?" She skipped down to the end of the message, where she realized that, this time, the person had attached their name to the message. "Oh God," she whispered.
Lucy actually dropped her phone, and it clattered on the bar's counter. There was no doubt about it now. This was the phone number of the man she had slept with, and the name signed at the bottom of the text…
"I slept with … with…"
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