Firsts

Chapter 1

The first thing she thought when she woke up was that she had been in battle or something. She hurt. Not just the regular kind either. She hurt.

Then she remembered why.

Opening her eyes, Lisanna was met with an empty bed and a messy room. He clearly hadn't been expecting visitors the night before when he invited her back to his places. There were clothes strewn across the room as well as random soda cans and beer bottles scattered around.

Just then, the door to the room opened and he walked back in, wearing only a pair of boxers and nothing else. He started to head over his closet, but when he noticed that he was up, he changed his path towards the bed instead, making sure to close the door behind him then, no doubt to keep his 'babies' out.

"You're up," he said as he slowly went to climb back into his bed. Lisanna only stared at him, not sure what to say. She had never been put in such a position before. And all the times that she had pictured it, her first time, the last person she ever thought it would be with was Bickslow.

In fact, since she was a little girl, it had always been Natsu. And they had been dating forever and he was a perfect gentleman about it. Then he had pledged his undying love for her and there were candles and music and…and… And now she had lost it to a guy that she had never really given a second glance.

"Yeah," she said softly as he moved to get back under the covers with her. She thought that he'd be kicking her out already, but he seemed to be laying down with her once more for some reason.

"Well," he slowly said as he moved to lay on his side, staring at her. She was still on her stomach, pushing up slightly and angling her head to glance at him. When she remembered that she was still very much so nude though, she fell back on the bed, somehow bashful in the daylight. Seeing then, Bickslow only shook his head. "Here. You wanna get dressed?"

"Yes, please."

He grinned then before slowly moving to get right back out of bed. "I'm guessing you want me to leave, huh?"

She blinked. Why was he being so nice to her?

"It's your room," she told him then, making him stop. Then he just sat there on the bed, staring down at her. When he found that she wouldn't remove her eyes from him, he frowned.

"What are you looking at?" he asked as she moved to sit up some too, showing off her breasts fully then. They were keeping eye contact then though and she forgot about being embarrassed.

"It's your face," she whispered softly then, turning to face him. "I've never really paid that much attention to it. And in the light…it's just…your tattoo."

He only sat still, his eyes crossing then as he watched her reach a hand out to press gently against his face, in the center of his tattoo. Then, very gently, she ghosted a finger around the ink, as if tracing it.

"You don't like it?" he asked softly, not used to this reaction with women. Heck, nothing about Lisanna was what he was expecting. She was so…different. Almost childlike.

"I do," she admitted to him then, slowly removing her hand. "I think it's handsome. I- Bickslow."

He grabbed her hand when she tried to drop it, holding it gently in his own. The gaze he was giving her, all it did was bring the night before back to her with a flush.

Mira was being so mean to her. Well, not mean, but not exactly nice either. She told Lisanna that she was going out with Laxus that night and that she would have to find some other way to entertain herself. All Lisanna did was remind Mira of the fact that they were supposed to go out together that night, alone, a girl's night. Then Mira only giggled and told her when she had a boyfriend, she'd understand. That Laxus just got into town the night before and wanted to be with her.

"There's no way, Lisanna," Mirajane had said, "for you to understand what it's like. You're just too young. So find something else to do, okay? Maybe Lucy and Natsu will let you play with them."

That alone was enough to set her off. Where did Mirajane get off anyhow, treating her as if she were a child? She was not that much older than her. She just wasn't. Yet she always acted like there were decades separating them. There weren't. Just a few measly years and months.

So she went down to the guildhall to, well, find Natsu and Lucy. They weren't around though. Happy either. In fact, none of her friends were really around. It felt like everyone in the guild had a social life and she was just realizing she was the last left without one. Elfman was there though, pretending not to be interested in Evergreen. They were seated at two different tables though they were next to one another.

Her big brother immediately pulled her down next to him at his table and began talking loudly to her, though he continued to sneak peeks at Ever. The other woman only then pretended to talk to the person over at her table as well, which happened to be Bickslow.

And then somehow, they all ended up at the same table and Elfman, who was a little drunk, invited Evergreen out. She must have been a little tipsy too because she agreed and then they were leaving Lisanna behind to. Then it was just Bickslow and her together and she was all depressed and he hadn't been laid in a few weeks and…well…

Oh no! It suddenly came to her. She had just given up her virginity to get back at Mirajane and Elfman for ditching her! How horrible. It was something you could never get back, after all, and she had just wasted it.

"Your hands are so soft," Bickslow told he softly then as he continued to hold her hand. Slowly, he let it go though before grinning at her. "So now what, huh? You wanna go to breakfast?"

Blinking, she only stared at him for a moment. That was the same thing she had said to her the night before. Only it went more like,

"So they both left us then? Now what? You wanna go to dinner?"

And then, somehow between fast food and him walking her home, they ended up at his apartment and he just wouldn't stop kissing her! Not that she had hated it. In fact, she actually rather loved it. The only other person she'd ever kissed, really, was Natsu when they were growing up. And even then, it had just been a peck or two, here or there. He'd always gotten super embarrassed though.

No. The way Bickslow had kissed her was totally different. It was…adult. Because he was an adult. And so was she! Everyone always treated her like a baby, as if she were a child, but no way. Not with Bickslow. And as he had closed his apartment door behind them with a bang, his babies fluttering in just barely, she had never felt more grownup.

And it had all felt so good, so rushed, so flustering. And somehow they were in his bedroom, that door shut too though it was more to keep his babies out who only whined about being left behind. Then they were on his bed and Bickslow was pushing her shirt up, pressing some kisses against the pale flesh of her tummy.

It felt so great. It felt so real. And there was nothing Mirajane or Elfman could do to stop it. She wasn't just going to go and play with Natsu or giggle and gossip with Levy and Lucy anymore. No. She was going to be a woman. Who slept with people. Lots of people. And wouldn't they feel bad then, huh? When she was out having tons of sex with tons of guys and there would be nothing they could do to stop her, because they'd know that it was all their faults. If only they'd paid her some more attention. Would Laxus and Evergreen be so important then?

Huh?

And even though Mira wouldn't give her alcohol, claiming she was too young to drink, Mirajane hadn't been the one behind the bar that night and Kinana knew of no restrictions. So with a little bit of some sort of sweet tasting wine on her lips, Lisanna whispered yes to Bickslow when he asked her,

"You sure?"

She knew that he was only asking because they, for all intents and purposes, worked together. And that would more or less ruin everything. Or at the very least change it all. For a moment, she wondered how many people up at the guild he'd slept with. She really hoped not Mirajane because, revenge or not, it would just be far too weird.

Then Bickslow had been pulling her shorts down, though not all the way. Just enough so he could slip a hand down there and feel around a bit. And oh, if Lisanna had thought making out was wonderful…

And he kept whispering things to her. Things that really made no sense in her mind as she focused solely on what his fingers were doing and less on anything else. Before she knew it though, that wasn't enough for him (though it was more than enough for her) and he was pulling everything off. Taking everything off. And it all felt too fast and too rushed and she didn't even get a chance to tell him-

But then he knew. And then he was groaning while she only shut her eyes, trying to figure out how she had been so foolish, while he only mumbled a, "Didn't know," in her ear with a soft moan. Not that it changed anything. He was getting what he'd come for, after all.

Then it was over and she was laying there and there had been some blood and Bickslow was mumbling something before leaving the room, leaving her alone, and suddenly being an adult wasn't so much fun. The wine was catching up to her though and her head was spinning and then he was coming back and she just…she wanted to go to sleep.

So she did.

Now though, as she sat there next to Bickslow, she felt a blush creep back to her cheeks. Breakfast. Mira usually made her breakfast. When she was home. And though there was a chance she was with Laxus and wasn't home to know that Lisanna had stayed out all night, there was also a chance that they'd gotten into a fight or that they'd just decided to go back to Mira's place and they both were out looking for her. The thought made her stomach hurt.

"Breakfast sounds good," she said slowly, making Bickslow grin. Then he tumbled out of bed with a laugh.

"Great. You can, uh, you know, shower first though. If you wanna."

She blushed deeply at the suggestion. He was right though. She felt…icky. And a nice shower would fix that.

"Yeah, I do," she said slowly, moving to get out of bed as well. There was an awkward moment then, as she was still completely nude, but Bickslow was just going over to his closet to pull on some clothes. With a blush, Lisanna gathered up all her own articles of clothing before rushing from the room to find his bathroom.

"Lisanna," his babies cheered from their spot waiting outside the door. Then they gasped. "Naked Lisanna."

Her blush was at it's deepest then as Bickslow only stuck his head out of the bedroom door and growl, "Behave!" at his dolls.

Lisanna found that the bathroom was just as disgusting as the rest off the house. It was clear that Bickslow must not have had a lot of female visitors. Lisanna was certain that there was no way Evergreen would ever step foot in there with it in such a state.

Still though, she needed a shower. Badly. All of her felt dirty and she knew there was no way she'd get dressed feeling the way she did in that moment.

His shampoo smelt nice though and, before she knew it, she was massaging some into her scalp. She knew that it would be a tip off then, to anyone with heightened senses, that she'd been around Bickslow, but she didn't care. Not really. That feeling of being an adult was swarming her body again and she was invincible.

"Hey, Lisanna?" There was a knock against the door. "Me and the babies are ready when you are."

"I'll be out in a minute," she called out, a grin find its way back onto her face. Breakfast. With Bickslow. With a man. A man who she'd slept with.

She'd never felt more mature in her life.

When she got out of the bathroom, Bickslow was waiting, all dressed in his normal getup. She was slightly disappointed, as she rather liked looking at his face, but he was very attractive all the same.

"Clothed Lisanna," his babies crooned then making Bickslow snap at them again. She only giggled though, running her fingers through her hair.

"You ready?" she asked softly. Bickslow only nodded then. Lisanna took one last look around his apartment then, as in that moment she was almost sure that she wouldn't see it again. Now that she'd done it, she'd lost it, she was going to be a real woman about these things. She'd have her taste of all sorts of men. She'd be experienced. Worldly. And wouldn't Natsu be jealous then? As he watched her flaunt around with whoever she pleased?

For such a fit man, Bickslow ate a lot. Or so she observed the night before when he downed triple the amount of food as her and the next morning when he ordered a five egg omelet, pancakes, some sausage and bacon, as well as a glass of orange juice.

"Get whatever you want, kid," he told her. "I got you covered."

"Got you covered," his babies mimicked while she only giggled. She had never noticed before how, never needed to, just how nice Bickslow was. She'd been told before, by the others, that while she was in Edolas, he tried with the rest of the Thunder God Tribe to take over the guildhall at Laxus' command, but at that moment, she just couldn't see it. He was such a great guy.

So maybe her first time hadn't been how she imagined it. No flowers, no candles, and no soft murmurs of love. And certainly no Natsu. But it had been nice. Real nice. And just because it wasn't perfect, that didn't mean it wasn't good. Now she was nearly certain her and Bickslow were even friends! So it all hadn't been a loss.

The next guy she slept with though, she just knew there'd be candles and soft promises and pledges of unwavering love for one another. Because at the moment, she'd settle for fast food, blood, and a few sausage links.

"Laxus," Bickslow called as he rushed over. "I have a prob-"

"See that, Bickslow?" Laxus wasn't looking at him as he sat at the table, headphone in, downing a glass of beer while staring across the room at his girlfriend. She was at the moment talking loudly to Cana who was slowly working her way into a stupor. "That sexy woman over there? Yeah. Went home with me last night."

"That's great, Laxus, but-"

"Fucked her all night," he went on. "Had her all over me. Got a blow out of it too. Because that's just the kinda woman Mirajane is."

"Yeah, alright, but-"

"And then, when we were finished, know what she did?"

"Laxus-"

"She got up, in the middle of the effin' night. Made me something to eat. Because that's just the kinda woman she is."

"La-"

"Watch this." With that, he downed his beer in its entirety. Without even needing him to call out for her, Mirajane somehow just sensed that he was finished with it and came over with the pitcher to refill it.

"Here you go, Laxus," she giggled, giving his cheek a kiss while she was at it. "Need something else?"

"You tonight would be great."

That only got him another kiss and a, "You're so cute," before Mirajane went back to work. Laxus watched her retreat before glancing over at Bickslow with a frown.

"The fuck are you still doing here? Huh? Fuck off." The man made a face at his bodyguard. "Go find Freed or Ever or something. I ain't got time to entertain you."

"I'm not coming for entertainment," he insisted as he took a seat at the table. Laxus gave him a sideway glance before downing some more beer. "Hear me out."

"Two minutes. And you better make this story worth my while," he grumbled as he went back to ogling Mirajane. "I'm waiting."

"Okay, well, see, I'm sure you've run into this problem before, seeing how you are, and I want to know what you think I should do."

"Nice preface. Now get to the point."

Taking a deep breath, Bickslow said, "I might have, you know…popped a cherry and now I'm afraid of-"

"Yours or hers?"

"Laxus-"

"What?" Laxus asked, glancing over at him finally. "She clingy now or something?"

"Well, no, but it was just last night," he said then, speaking quickly. "And I want to be prepped in for it, you know, when it happens. I've never taken a girl's… This is my first time being a first."

Grunt. Laxus was hardly listening. Mirajane was waving over at him then, as she had felt his eyes and he was trying hard to look like he was happy that she was acknowledging him.

"Just avoid her," Laxus grumbled to Bickslow then. He wanted to get rid of him. "What was she? Some whore in a bar? Just don't call again. Eventually she'll lose inter-"

"It's not that easy."

"What do you mean?" Looking at him then, Laxus said, "Someone you know?"

"Someone that's part of this guild," Bickslow told him then in a hushed tone.

"Really now? A virgin, huh?" Laxus sat up taller then, looking around. "Who was it?"

"Laxus-"

"Most the women here ain't that pure, so it knocks all the hot ones off. Not Cana or Erza. And I know there's no way that Laki-"

"Stop it, Laxus."

Then he noticed something. Bickslow's little dolls weren't fluttering around their heads. Instead they were over at the table with the Salamander, hanging around him and his stupid little blonde bimbo.

"Oh, I get it not," he said before laughing. "You fucked the celestial wizard, huh?"

"Laxus, you don't-"

"Good choice. The little Salamander know you boned his woman though?"

"You really don't-"

"I mean, I'd have fucked that. Look at her. That's just pure-"

"It wasn't Lucy, okay?" he finally yelled at the other man, being a tad too loud for the setting. Not to mention it was the great Laxus that he was yelling at. Blinking, Laxus looked hard at him then.

"Then who's left? Who else was a virgin? 'cause I know Gajeel's banging that flat-chested one. And that weepy water mage is all hung up on Gray. So who's left? Kinana? I doubt it."

"Laxus-"

"Who's left?" He scanned around again. It was then that it dawned on him that it wasn't the blonde girl the enchanted dolls were hanging around. No, it was another girl at the table. His grin fell then as he repeated the question. "Who's left?"

"You really don't-"

And then he slugged him, right in the face. In fact, a little harder and he'd have dented the visor covering Bickslow's face. Regardless, it made the other man tumbled out of his chair and onto the ground. Standing, Laxus only glared down at him, the alcohol clouding his judgment.

He'd kill him. He'd wring his scrawny little neck and then he'd zap every single one of those damn 'babies'. Someone would pay for this. Bickslow would pay for this. He would-

"Laxus!" Mirajane was leaning against the bar then, palms pressed against the surface as she glared over at him. "Behave!"

Grunt. Glancing back down at Bickslow, he found the other guy just laying there, staring up at him. The dolls were rushing over then, whining about their papa's big fall.

"This ain't over," he told the man in a low growl before turning to walk away. Freed and Evergreen were rushing over then to check on Bickslow, but Laxus only left them behind, instead turning to walk over to the Salamander's table.

"What's the big idea, Laxus? Huh? Fighting him when I'm totally here, just waiting for a go," Natsu yelled, jumping up. Lisanna though only sat there at the table, stone faced as she refused to look at her sister's boyfriend.

"Fuck off, Salamander."

"I-"

"Now," he growled. Lucy jumped up and took Natsu's arm before dragging him away.

"Come on, Natsu," she said. "Let's just, uh, you know, leave the big scary man alone. Sound good?"

After they were gone, Laxus only stood there for a moment, across from Lisanna, staring down at her. Then, slowly, he took a deep breath before going to sit next to her at the table. Then it was just the two of them, not talking. When he took his headphones off though and sat them on the table, Lisanna knew she was in trouble.

"Laxus-" she started, but he cut her off by beginning to pat her on the head. Frowning, Lisanna glanced up at his face. Laxus wouldn't look at her though. Only kept staring straight ahead.

"I won't tell your sister or brother," he told her softly after a moment. He was done with patting her on the shoulder and had gone back to his headphones. Lifting them up, he moved to latch them on his ears again. "But I am not a very gracious man. You get a free pass this time. Next time though, I'm going to kill the guy. Alright?"

"I'm not a baby," she said then, but it was nearly inaudible. Laxus only sneered then before patting her on the head again, gently.

"Don't care if you are, kid. You're Mira's little sister though and that means that guys like Bickslow? They go through me before they get to you. Remember that from now on, huh?"

With that, he stood up and walked away before out of the guild. The second he was gone, Natsu and Lucy rushed back over to the table.

"What was his problem?" Lucy asked as Lisanna only shook her head.

"He try to hurt you, Lisanna?" Natsu asked, flexing then as Lucy rolled her eyes. "'cause I was gonna come over here and defend you, but Lucy-"

"He clearly wasn't hurting her, idiot!"

"I'm okay, guys," she said, grinning at her two friends then. "Really."

"Lisanna." Mira was over to them then, though her eyes were still on the guildhall doors, which her boyfriend just walked out of. "What was that about?"

"I-I dunno," Lisanna said, glancing up at her older sister. It was good in theory, rebelling against Mirajane and having sex and doing other adult things just to get back at her, but in practice, Lisanna's fear of the woman killed it. "You know that Laxus is weird."

"Yeah, but I've never seen him attack his own bodyguards before," Lucy said then as she glanced over her shoulder at Bickslow. "Hope he's okay?"

"I'm sure he's fine." Natsu pounded his fists against each other. "I'm next though! Me and Laxus. You all heard it here from me first."

"Yeah, next to get pummeled," Lucy remarked dryly. Mirajane only giggled into her hand before looking down at her younger sister.

"You sure you're okay?" she asked again to which Lisanna only nodded. She was fine. At the moment. A new problem had just popped up in her life though and it went by the name of Laxus.

Who knew he could be so protective?

First chapter of probably five. And why did no one tell me that Bickslow and Lisanna was actually a pairing? I've spent all this time looking for someone for Lisanna and now I finally have one. Like seriously. If you thought that I was bad about Laxus and Mirajane, just wait. Now that I have someone for all three Strauss siblings, that's probably all I'm going to write about.