(Backdated to the 14th) Video/Action/ Open to All

[celestial_wizard]

[ Video ]
[ Sometimes, you just have to take a break from the battles to goof off. Lucy was puttering about in her room, folding up a pair of cloaks and taking another one off its hook, draping the navy fabric over her shoulder. With Natsu out of the room at the moment - probably getting a shower or something, Lucy grinned into the video feed. ]

Hey, if you're seeing this, I need you to do me a favor if you wouldn't mind; if my partner Natsu is looking for me, don't tell him where I am. [ A giggle. ] That's cheating!

[ She winked at the feed with a grin. leaving that open to guildmates and others, Lucy left the message there. Well he probably won't need it anyway - dragonslayer senses and all that, but there was a chance he'd run into someone anyway, whether or not they were from the guild. ]

[ Action ]
[ Feed finished, Lucy proceeded to summon Gemini into the room. ]

It's been a while, you two - you know what to do, right?

"Are you sure this is a good idea, Lucy?"

[ Gem and Mini weren't so sure - but it had potential for hilarity and backfiring messily, so they could easily get behind that. And after one POOF, the spirit had taken the form of a towel-clad Lucy. Lucy immediately pointed them to get dressed in one of her outfits because like fun was she letting them walk around outside like THAT.

Minutes later, she was ducking out of the shared apartment, only leaving a note behind on the door reading: 'Bet you can't find me~~! <3' ... she was so going to get the jump on him this time! She wrapped herself up in the invisibility cloak she gained, immediately vanishing from sight and sprinted out of the apartment building with Gemini quick to follow behind and ready to throw off Lucy's trail. Though Lucy might bump into others along the way - literally in some cases. ]

[ OOC: Feel free to meet and say hi to Lucy, in other words :3 ]

Comments

[celestial_wizard]

[ CRAP. She quickly glanced away, blushing. ]

That's... that's so mean..! No - I mean, unfair. Although it explains why you're always laughing when I'm scolding you. Does it really look -that- funny?

[ Pout. ]

[explodewiththerage]

Yep. Funny and cute~

[Well then that's probably not something he should have let slip so easily.]

[celestial_wizard]

[ Wait what? Lucy went stock still for a moment, staring at him. ]

Cu--?

[ She heard that right, didn't she? Wait, did he mean cute as in 'aww dat puppy is cuute', or CUTE-cute as in he was attr... wait why was she even thinking about this? It was ...it was because she'd kissed him on more than one occasion, and he kissed her back, right? Or was it because he held her so close earlier, and...and she'd really wanted to just melt into his arms like she did when she fell asleep in his lap. AGGH. ]

D-don't tease me like that -!

[ She would only get flustered and puffy cheeked! ]

[explodewiththerage]

That reaction only serves to make him laugh even harder almost doubling over with mirth.]

Hahaha you should see your face!

[celestial_wizard]

[ JEEZ, it wasn't that funny! ]

Cut it out! It's not funny, you...Natsu!

[ Greatest, Insult. Ever. Well, not an insult actually, just her scowling, huffy face trying to keep from breaking into a grin at his obvious amusement. ]

[explodewiththerage]

[Nope still laughing.]

It is. And you're doing it even now. Cute and funny~

[celestial_wizard]

[ THERE, he went and did it again! He called her cute --! But ...no no, she had to push that thought out of her head. Besides, if he meant -CUTE-, she didn't know what she'd do. It was just a pipe dream and fantasy. ]

If you keep laughing like that you're going to get the hiccups or something! Besides, it's not like it's something I can control, when my partner is making fun of me!

[ Hmph! ]

And I'm not the only one anyway!

[ He was cute too, especially when he was laughing like that. It was so hard to keep a straight face looking at him. ]

[explodewiththerage]

W-Wha haha what's that supposed to mean?

[Nope still impossible to stop laughing. Which naturally only makes her pout even more if not for being unable to contain her own amusement much longer.]

[celestial_wizard]

PFf-

[ AHEM. No Lucy, don't lower yourself to his level! She bit her lower lip, stubbornly glancing away, though she looked rather like a volcano about to pop with giggles. ]

N-Nevermind what I mean! It... ju... just forget I said anything..!

[ If she told him he was cute when he smiled, or laughed, it would only fuel that terrible ego of his! ]

[explodewiththerage]

[Finally his amusement starts to die down a little if only for running out of air.]

Y-You're sure?

[Oh he's only chuckling now. That's an improvement right?]

[celestial_wizard]

[ Really that was the longest she'd heard him laugh in a while! How she managed to keep a straight face, she still didn't know. But she relented to giggle a little when his laughter started to calm down. ]

Yes, really. Besides, the last thing I want to do is make your ego -bigger-. Honestly, I worry about you sometimes - You were laughing so much..! You're so impossible.

[ Her puffy face couldn't be THAT funny could it!? ]

[explodewiththerage]

[Oh yes it could. He wouldn't laugh at just anything after all~.]

I was laughing because There's no way I wouldn't. THe way you looked. Wish I had a mirror.

[celestial_wizard]

I could get one for you, but I'd have to get up. [ She propped her cheek against her palm, grinning at him. ]

You're ..really comfortable like that, huh? You know, it occurs to me that you're kind of at my mercy here. I could do whatever I want. [ Like tweak his nose, or play with his hair, or tease him with the end of her own side-tail -- all things that were running through her head to do. In fact, she reached up to catch the end of her side tail to lightly dust his cheek with it. ]

[explodewiththerage]

Nah some other time then

[He's in no hurry to let her move. Though there is a shudder of something when she mentions how she has him at her mercy.]

You wouldn't dare.

[Oh yes she would. And he knows it. Though his eyes already follow that swishing side tail like a cat watching a string.]

[celestial_wizard]

[ Her smile widened into a teasing grin at that. ]

Wouldn't I?

[ He was right there in her lap and all - much to her amusement, she watched him as he tracked the way side tail swung over him with the slightest tilt of her head. ]

Question is, what manner of deviltry should I do?

[ She could drum her fingers against his stomach lightly, perhaps! Or tweak his nose lightly, both things that she was doing, as she thought of it. ]

I could tickle you all I wanted, you know!

[explodewiththerage]

[He's still far too captivated with that lock of hair than he has any right to be. But he does snap out of it with a start every now and again]

W-Well you can do that but you know I'll get back at you after you're through, right?

[celestial_wizard]

[ Could she hypnotize him with her hair? That thought was far too funny. She shook her head a little, partly in response, and partly to watch his reaction to the swishy hair. ]

Maybe, maybe not. Although you were laughing pretty hard earlier, it might not be a good idea to make you laugh so much in one night. Besides, I wouldn't back down from a flimsy threat like that~!

[ It was far more interesting to watch him as he watched her hair actually. At least with his attention on that, he couldn't notice her staring at him so much! Perfect plan! ]

[explodewiththerage]

[It was looking more and more likely that she could. His green eyed trailed the tips swaying in the space just above his face. part of him actually wanted to capture the lock in his hand while the other was pondering doing the same but with his lips. A strange impulse but one that grew stronger and stronger.]

Oh I know you wouldn't. But I wouldn't either.

[celestial_wizard]

[ Good...good. The more he was hypnotized by the simple thing like her side-tail, the more she could watch him - that guileless, while he was the most relaxed she ever saw him. Of course she had no idea he was contemplating -- catching her hair with his lips of all things! Everytime he insisted he wasn't weird, he had to do or think about weird things. Weirdo. ]

I wouldn't expect you to - there'd have to be something very wrong if you ever backed down from a challenge like that. Even in play.

[ Now she absently let her hair swish back and forth slowly, thoroughly amused by his fascination, watching his eyes intently. ]

[explodewiththerage]

[Whose fault was that? Lucy could just captivate him with the smallest thing. Even if he hid it pretty well with the constant teasing.]

Hmhmhm~ You want me to prove how right you are~?

[He's this close to giving in to that impulse.]

[celestial_wizard]

[ All his fault! She had no idea he was thinking weird things like that. Although, okay, it was kind of her fault now that she was teasing him with her hair. ]

Hmm? Sure, go for it.

[ ...ah, wait, maybe she shouldn't have agreed so quickly. ]

[explodewiththerage]

You asked for it!

[And capture of the ellusive lock of hair between his lips in 3...2...1~!!!}

Hm~ Hm~ Hmmm~

[celestial_wizard]

Asked for w-

[ ACK! What the heck -!? He almost sounded -proud- of himself for that move. Though with her hair caught she didn't dare tug it away, staring at him with wide, perplexed eyes for a second or two. ]

Wha.... What the heck are you doing, Natsu!?

[explodewiththerage]

[He doesn't answer, instead humming proudly still back at her.]

Hmmmhmmmm~

[Nope not letting go of his golden prisoner either.]

[celestial_wizard]

[ How was she going to get out of this one? It forced her to look at him more directly, and the amusement and pride in his face made her heart flutter nervously. ]

Natsu, cut it out..!

[ Most ridiculous partner, EVER. She grinned, deciding to try to go for his ribs - maybe if he laughed she could free her side tail! ]

My hair isn't food!