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Stellar Mistakes
By : Rhov
Category: +. to F > Fairy Tail
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Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail nor do I make money from this fanfic.
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Chapter 9
Sports Car Ride
A few nights later, Lucy walked out of the Fairy Tail building after staying late once again, only to see it pouring rain.
"Ah man," she groaned. "The forecast said it'd be clear all day. Great!"
She did not have an umbrella, and there were no convenience stores nearby. Everything was closed for the night. She looked down at her watch. If she hurried, she could still catch the last train. She shielded her purse and faced the dismal skies with resolution.
"Okay! Time to suck it up and run to the station as fast as I can. Prepare to get drenched…"
Just as she was about to bolt, a car pulled up in front of the Fairy Tail building. She stopped short, wondering who it could be. She had seen no one else inside at such a late hour. The passenger side window slowly lowered, and the driver peeked out. It was a face she knew all too well.
Loke!
"Hey," he said in a friendly tone. "Can you believe this rain?"
"I know," she said awkwardly. "Um…"
"Well? Hurry up and get in already. You don't want to get sick."
Lucy gulped hard. Ride? With him? However, he gave Lucy an inviting smile, and she knew she could not resist the opportunity. She hurried through the rain and slid into the passenger seat. She closed the door, and the window rolled up automatically. The rain tapping on the roof and windshield wipers were the only sounds she could hear. The car slowly started to move. Lucy buckled up and tried to make herself as small as possible on her seat, nervous in the silence between them. Loke had his eyes focused on the road, and he was not saying anything, probably realizing she would be intimidated, riding in a car alone with a man. She needed to say something to break the tension.
"Um … thank you." After that, to hide her nervousness, she took a handkerchief out of her purse to dry her hair.
"I just happened to see you. Lucky timing," Loke said with a light smile, yet he still had his official director voice. Lucy tried to force herself to see it that way. This was just a boss looking out for his subordinate.
Still, she was afraid that she might start to stare at him, so she forced herself to look away, gazing at the city of Magnolia flashing by in refractions of light in the rain.
"So, where to?"
"Huh? Oh! Strawberry Street. Do you know where that is?"
"No, but GPS does."
She gave him her address, he entered it, and a map pulled up on his navigation dash. Lucy was impressed. Her last car had not had any of this technology, but that had been many years ago and a really cheap, used car. She had been relying on trains since moving to Magnolia.
"You stayed awfully late," he stated after a long silence.
"I haven't finished revising my proposal." Since they were talking about work, she felt slightly more at ease. "I have an idea I think will work, but the storyboarding is taking time." She turned and saw him in profile, his hands on the wheel, his tie off and a couple of buttons loosened on his shirt, a smile on his face as he watched traffic. He looked casual and relaxed, and it put her even more at ease.
"It's not good to work too hard."
"I know," she sighed, and despite herself, she could not pull her eyes away from staring at him. It was the first time she had seen him drive. It was a brand new sports car, heated leather seats, and she could barely feel the road, as if they were flying, not driving. Somehow, the light in his eyes and the relaxed posture were different from how he looked at work, and even at the bar. It was like she was getting a glimpse of him in his private life.
They came to a stop light, and the windshield wipers flicked the drops away. "It's not letting up," he muttered, looking out the window.
"Huh? Oh, uh, yeah…" Talking about the weather was always a safe bet, and it was obvious that was his aim, to keep her feeling at ease. However, Lucy wondered why he was out so late. She worried if everything was all right, but she did not have the guts to ask.
The rain pounded against the windshield, and the swiff swiff of the wipers were all she heard. The silence between them was oppressive, but she honestly had no clue what to talk about. Not the weather; there was only so much you could say about rain. Not work; it was all they talked about, and he looked so relaxed now. Then she remembered what Cana had said.
"Have you heard the rumor about Mr. Leo? Apparently someone here saw him going for a drive with a drop-dead gorgeous woman, holding her arm and everything, like they were on a date."
His fiancée. A date. Was it in this car? Had his bride-to-be been sitting right where she was now?
"I … um … I hear that you're engaged." The issue she had both wanted to ask about and not wanted to know at all came out of her mouth awkwardly.
Loke's eyes widened a little. He glanced over in dismay. "How did you know about that?"
Lucy panicked. Was that supposed to be a secret? "I … I just happened to hear about it."
'Oh God, maybe I shouldn't have said anything. It's not public knowledge, which means he wanted to keep it to himself. I can't say who I heard it from, because it would expose the man Cana is seeing. Crap!'
Loke looked back at the road, but now there was a pinch to his brow. "Well, technically, we're not engaged. It was just an omiai, a traditional matchmaking arrangement. We were introduced to each other as perspective marriage partners. Nothing more."
He said it so casually, but Lucy was speechless. She had never heard of an omiai before. Did people still do matchmaking like that? They stopped at a red light, and Lucy watched his face, trying to sort out her feelings. He slowly turned to her.
"Luckily, omiai are not forced marriages," he explained. "Two people are introduced whom others feel would make a good match. They meet, chat, and see if there's any chemistry."
"So it's like Tinder for rich people?" She cringed as soon as she said it. What a stupid comparison!
He laughed, and she thought his smile was charming. "A bit more formal than that. There's some ceremony to it, and it's specifically about getting married, not simply dating. Her father arranged it, and my family agreed. It's just a meeting. We might get married, we might not. I guess the most truthful thing to say is, I don't know her well enough yet to decide."
"Oh," she whispered. "You'd never met her before?"
"A few times when she was younger, briefly, but I never really talked to her." The light turned green and he drove on. "Gotta admit, it's not a bad arrangement," Loke added. "It'd help me get a promotion."
That sounded horribly lonely. A marriage just for business? For a promotion? Then again, he was a man with endless ambition and limitless talent.
"I guess it's true what they say about you," Lucy said, trying to sound lively. "You live for your work."
Loke snorted out a wry laugh. "I get that a lot. 'A bachelor, at your age! You're married to your job.' The truth is, I don't really want to be single for the rest of my life. There was a time when I thought a lot about settling down, starting a family, all the typical humdrum things in life. I've been too busy with work for dating. The years somehow slipped by. That nosy old man keeps telling me to live for myself once in a while before I get too old."
Old man? Did he mean the CEO? Lucy also knew that there was no way to keep women away from a man like Loke. No matter how old he got, he had a charm that transcended age.
"But … would you really get married for a promotion?" she asked, a bit saddened to hear that.
His face went cold for a moment. "I suppose I would. I'm an ambitious man."
Lucy turned away and looked out her window. First she was relieved to find out that he was not actually engaged, then hearing this a second later made her depressed again. The executives placed their hopes in Loke, and he was great at his job. For him, marriage was another tool for work.
Did this mean he was the sort of man who had no interest in romance? Had the thrill of falling in love faded over time for him?
Lucy had nothing to say; it was his business alone. The atmosphere between them grew thicker, and it seemed to make Loke anxious. Suddenly, he pulled over to the side of the road and turned in his seat to fully face Lucy.
"Look, you're young so I'm sure the dreams of finding true love and marrying a soul-mate are still bright goals in your life. Me? I'm too old to get excited about falling in love."
It was like he read her mind, and her heart skipped a beat. "I … I don't think age matters when it comes to love."
He laughed in a self-deprecating way. "If I had a soul-mate, I would have found that person by now. The only love I've known, though, is my work. It would take one peculiar woman to fall in love with me."
"I don't think that's true," Lucy muttered.
An eyebrow arched up from the glasses in curiosity. "No?"
She could hardly stop the words. "I'm sure there are lots of women who want the chance to love you."
He stared at her, and Lucy nervously squeezed her fists in her lap, stunned that she had said that out loud. Loke was shrewed, he likely knew precisely what she meant by that. While Lucy felt embarrassed, Loke leaned toward her.
"Are you talking in general, or … is that how you feel?" he asked, slightly playful, but also on edge.
Lucy felt her heart beating in her throat and gulped hard. His eyes were so keen on her, she could not meet them. He leaned in even closer, waiting for her to answer. Soon, he was so close that she could feel his breath on her skin.
It was like an alarm was going off in her head, warning her not to let him come closer.
Yet, that fateful night they had shared once again filled her mind.
…
"Mmm…"
He dragged his warm lips along her skin. She knew her body should be cold and wet from the rain; instead, it was full of heat and pleasure … full of him.
"Mr. Leo."
She slowly reached her hand out, and his fingers gently entwined with hers. She opened her eyes, and although hazy with alcohol, she saw his naked body hovering above her with those green eyes staring down, so intense and filled with passion.
…
She knew they shouldn't, but … she could not stop herself.
There was the same flicker of passion in Loke's eyes now as he looked at her. Unable to control herself, she leaned forward. Her lips brushed against his. She meant it to be quick, but the temptation was too great to resist. Lucy leaned in more and allowed herself to stop thinking, to just feel and enjoy it.
Although it felt like this was just another wild dream, the touch of his lips was real, and so was the sweet rush of pleasure surging through her body. Her head was spinning as her pulse raced. Loke pulled back for a moment, his eyes worried as they looked at her, but Lucy leaned forward to fall back into his kiss.
'This is Mr. Leo, my boss!'
Her brain was not listening to that frantic voice in her mind. Her lips parted, she tasted him conquering her mouth, and Lucy lost what little self-possession she had left. She was not sure where this was going, she did not know what would happen after this, and she refused to listen to her rational side.
Although her heart was thrown into confusion, her body answered every one of Loke's kisses and touches as if it already knew. Of course, maybe it did. Maybe her body remembered what her brain had forgotten in the wake of a hangover.
As their breaths quickened and their hands slid over clothes and skin, all she heard was the rain tapping on the roof of the car and the windshield wipers flicking away droplets. She got lost in his arms, his kiss, his heat, and the illusion of their hearts beating as one.
Maybe it was yet another mistake, but she completely surrendered to the Lion.
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Stellar Mistakes	By : Rhov Category: +. to F > Fairy Tail Views: 14748 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail nor do I make money from this fanfic.

Stellar Mistakes