A/N:
Hello again! ^_^
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I am so happy this story was so well received, despite the inventible outcome, but until then so much will happen and hopefully everyone will enjoy it as much as I do writing it! :D
So. I am making an exception this time around, being so extremely happy for all the feedback I received that I got yet another chapter for you guys! But mark my words: This will be the last time I upload a chapter this fast. I need time to write them out and though I got another chapter as a back-up yet, it wont continue that way if I upload them faster than I write them.
Thus the uploads will be once a week from now on, and I'll try and make them regular. So because this is a wendesday, wendesday it will be from now on. So look out for them ;]
I forgot to add in the first chapter that the medicine Law receives; Imatinib, is also called Gleevec, if anyone knows about it? Anyway, onward we go!
Disclaimer: I still do not own any of the One Piece characters, nor do I make any profit from this either. I do own Warren Todd though.
Warnings: Grammatical errors and minor mispellings might occur.
Pairing is KidxLaw and it's still M-rated! So a little warning! This chapter is pretty "safe" so to speak, but future chapters might hold some more explicit stuff, I will warn you in advance though :]
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Chapter two: Secrets.
Law awoke in the morning with a patch of sun in his face, he squinted his eyes as he groaned and sat up in the bed. He could hear the birds eager chirping just outside his window and if anything it just made him annoyed. Law was definitely not a morning person. More often than not he had these horrible headaches everytime he woke, like he had been laying wrong in his sleep and he probably had. This was no exception.
He had no idea what time it was, but it has to be early despite the annoying sun that just seemed to follow him everywhere in the room, like the headlights on a stage. Had it not been early his mother would have barged in and demanded he got up lest he wasted precious day time, despite the locked doors. She had a key. God. He swore that he had to man himself up soon and demand he got his own place or he'd haul himself over the edge of the balcony.
More than once, Law had considered suicide. It was maybe stupid in his position, given he was going to die sooner or later anyway. Sooner compared to most people because of his illness, yet in the end it was not because he knew he'd die that he stopped, but because he desperately looked for reasons to live. He had a few of course, mainly his friends and his mother, too. And also because he loved life, he really did. He had often wallowed in selfpity over his predicament, of how unfair it was that he, so young of age, had to face an early death.
As Law swung his legs over the bedside and proceeded to get up on his feet and do his anual morning rituals, the door barged open and Law was shocked to say the least that is was not locked at all. He assumed his mother had unlocked it and left it so when she checked on him after he had fallen asleep. Well, duh, of course. He knew she always checked on him, so why was he so surprised? Oh yes, the intruder. What did shock him the most was not the fact someone had barged in on him half naked, but more of whom it was who had appeared so suddenly.
"Eh?" Was his first, intelligent reaction after he'd willed his heart to settle for a more steady rythm and was slowly catching his breath again. At least he'd not whined like a girl, though he'd felt like it.
"Laaaaw!" Came the pathetic, long and very deep cry as a huge white haired young man trew himself at Law, enveloping him in a tight bear hug, crushing him against a broad chest.
"B-Bepo!" Law gasped, feeling his lungs being squashed and he had to cough before Bepo drew back with a pitiful 'Sorry'. But Law didn't want him to feel sorry, in fact, as soon as he caught his breath he launched himself right back at Bepo and hugged him with all his strenght. Which was not much compared to his much larger friend.
"You silly bear! Fuck I am glad to see you!" Law half laughed and half choked on a sob that was dangerously close to leave through his throat, but he managed to clench it and drew back to take Bepo in. It wasn't before another set of voices reached his ears that he realised two things; One, he was still only in his boxer briefs, and Two, Bepo had not come alone.
"Law, you're practically naked," Came Penguins steady, if not a bit reprimanding, voice, followed by an estatic wail from Sachi who was advancing in on him and Bepo fast.
"Laaaw! I want a hug too! I missed you more!" It probably wasn't true, but it didn't matter. Law could only laugh as he allowed Sachi to hug him as well, until Bepo put a hand on his neck and drew him back, mumbling about him catching a cold if he did not get dressed soon. Penguin agreed with him. Hurriedly, Law picked up his garments from the day before and hastily adorned everything. In the meantime his friends had settled in the chairs by the wall in the other end of the room and Law wondered how the hell they had been allowed in here.
"What are you doing here? Does mother know?" He asked, though he was still smiling like a little child upon christmas morning. Sachi and Penguin shared a look, but it was Bepo who answered.
"She knows. She asked us here," He said and Law could only blink in response. His mother had actually asked for them to come here? Wow, to say he was surprised was an understatement and the gears ran rampage in his head, trying to figure out a valid reason. Penguin seemed to notice as he went to answer Laws confused questions.
"It's friday, and we proposed to take the two of you to my familys beach house for some relaxation," Penguin stated as a matter of fact, as if it was the most normal thing in the world. Law was not sure how to respond to that though.
"Oh?" Was all he came up with as he sat down across from Bepo and beside Sachi in the only available chair.
"Yes," Sachi chirped, wrapping an arm around Laws shoulder. "Your mother thought it was a good idea and told us to tell you ourselves. Well, if you want to of course," He added, as if he suddenly wasn't sure if Law even wanted to. But Law only scowled as he swatted his arm away and gave him a knowing look.
"Of course!" He repeated. Rather adamantly. Yes, of course he wanted to go some place else, anywhere else actually, aside from this boring place with everything being white and all. A vacation at Penguins familys beach house was possibly pure luxiosity in Laws eyes. Fuck he loved his mother now for allowing this, though he knew she only said yes because she was invited too. It didn't matter. It also allowed them to spend more time together as a mother and her son, rather than a nurse and her patient. Law gave up on the scowl and settled for beaming at his friends though as he exclaimed once again;
"Of course, you moron! I'd want nothing else than get out of this boring place!" All three of them smiled among themselves and nodded. "We thought as much," Penguin said and Bepo still just nodded furiously.
The next hour they did nothing but chat about anything and everything that came to mind. At first the others wanted to know what Law had been up to, but the raven haired boy quickly dismissed their inquiries and said he'd answer it later. He'd rather hear what they had been doing alwhile during the seperation. Bepo told him about his new past time job at the docks. Law was rather surprised since the cargo there was heavy stuff, but Bepo assured him he was more than able to handle it, so Law concluded he could do nothing but accept it. Penguin went next, coaxed a lot by Sachi and finally revealed he had begun dating again. After the nasty breakup with his ex-girlfriend, Penguin had for more than a year avoided girls like the pest. But as it turns out Sachi had somehow convinced him to go on this blind-date with a girl he'd met at the diner he works at in the evenings.
Apparantly it had been a great date and the sparks had flown between them. Sachi joked about that after their 'third date' he'd almost had to invest in earplugs since they rotted like rabbits. Penguin had knocked him one over the head while blushing furiously. Law had only laughed. Ever since he and Bepo had met Sachi and Penguin, the two boys had shared a room at campus. They had been at least as inseperable as he and Bepo was and once they moved from their respective homes, they'd just settled with what they were used to, mainly each others company.
Though Law suspected where girls were involved Penguin would probably reconsider having his own appartment and it was not like he couldn't afford it. Penguins family came from a rich line of business men and women, all hard working so they had certainly earned their lot. Penguin was still studying though he was almost a year older than the rest of them and turned twenty one this year. Law was about to ask more about this girl of Penguins when Sachi suddenly piped in, looking at Law with sudden accusation.
"Oh yeah! You never called me last night, captain!" He wailed, hurt detectable in his voice, but Law was more occupied by that silly nick name they'd thought up for him ever since watching a pirate movie as teenagers. And Law exclaiming he'd definitely be a captain where he a pirate. He had been fifteen then, they could let it go now. He let it pass though as he remembered the number his mother had given him had turned out to be wrong. A smile worked at the corner of his lips.
"Oh, but I did, actually," He said smoohtly, resting his chin on his folded hands, his arms prodded on the table for balance.
"No you didn't," Was Sachis curt reply, and Law resisted the urge to laugh.
"Yes I did. I called you at least five times, but was always received by a voicemail," Law could almost already hear Sachis protests, but continued just before the orange haired boy could complain some more.
"You also called me back, actually," It was then that Law almost couldn't help himself and chuckled low by Sachis dumbstruck expression which clearly said; No I didn't, you idiot, and even Bepo and Penguin looked positively puzzled.
"Granted, as it turned out it wasn't you," Law finally admitted, feeling a bit smug as he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. "But I did have myself a quite lenghty conversation with this stranger." Penguin shook his head with a knowing smile. It was just like Law to engage strangers in conversations of any kind, when their captain had set his mind into something he was extremely stubborn about it.
Bepo looked from Sachis still dumbfounded face and Laws smirking countenance, just watching as the conversation played out.
"You got the wrong number?" Sachi asked, surprise evident on his face as well as in his voice. Law nodded somberly, but gave no vocal reply as he waited for Sachi to work it out. The orange haired boy would have suggested Law had simply pressed a wrong button, but the recalled Law saying he'd called him at least five times, no one pressed a number wrong five times, did they? Unless he had just repeatedly pushed the repeat button, that'd explain it. In the end he shook his head and furrowed a brow.
"And you talked to this person instead of me?" How very smart Sachi was today, Law thought with a rueful smile, but left the comment unspoken and instead just settled with nodding again, which wrought another very intelligent expression from his orange haired friend.
"Ugh." Law laughed so his shoulders shook and he heard Penguin and Bepo snicker in the background. "For around twentyfive minutes I reckon. At first it was annoying, but then the conversation turned out to be rather... pleasant." Law said, feeling so utterly amused he was afraid his cheeks would ache if he did not cease his ridiculous smiling.
"Pleasant?" Again Sachi sat there looking like he was thinking really hard, or not thinking at all. Until realisation dawned on his face and he let out a long, knowingly; Oooooh! I see! His face practically split in an ear to ear grin as he leaned forward and wiggled his eyebrows at Law, it was all the raven-head could do not to smack him in the middle of the face. "You lucky bastard, you ended up talking with a young girl, didn't ya!" He almost yelled and Law felt like cringing. He could feel the inquiring gazes of both Bepo and Penguin who also seemed to pique an interest in Laws next answer. But he was going to have to dissapoint them.
"No," He said with a scowl, almost feeling offended that Sachi would think Law found any pleasures upon the idea of talking with a young woman. Pfft, not a chance. But then again, Sachi didn't know Law was homosexual and he surely wasn't going to tell him right now.
"Eh?" Sachi looked utterly intelligent once again, a single brow raised and the smile falling from his lips almost as fast as it appeared. law sighed and closed his eyes, shaking his head a bit.
"It was a man. Not much older than me I reckon, but it quelled my boredom, at least." Law was back to his nonchalant self, not sounding in the least like it had been a pleasant conversation anymore and before Sachi or any of the others could ask, it occured to them that Law had probably just messed with them, guessing they'd draw to the wrong conclusion. Somehow he had. Well, messed with them. But he wanted to dismiss the subject, keep the rest for himself. There was no reason to tell them about the sudden attaction to this complete stranger either, or how he had relieved himself with the memories of that sexy voice. Law was glad he had a darker skin tone, because then his blush wasn't so easy to detect and luckily no one of his friends noticed it in the slight.
"Anyway," Penguin said, breaking the uncomfortable silence and raising from his chair. "We promised your mother to leave in time for breakfast, which should be in just a few minutes," Wether he had a watch on him or not, Penguin always seemed to be able to tell the time from instinct alone. It was a very nice ability, Law thought.
The two others rose as well, though Bepo and Sachi looked a bit more sad about having to leave this soon. Law was once again hugged by the both of them and even got a pad on his shoulder from Penguin. That guy wasn't very affective and Law full out respected that. He was not one to initiate something like hugs or kisses either, not even when in a relationship, he only allowed it to indulge Bepo and Sachi. He knew what it meant to them.
Law actually felt oddly relieved once he was left alone again. He was able to tell the exact time from the display on his cell phone and knew he had but five minutes till breakfast. Damned be Penguin and his stupid intuition. Law shook his head with a smile and finally went to the bathroom. He would take a shower after he had eaten, but he just had to brush his teeth. He just had to.
It was much later, a good while past 10 that Law found himself back on the balcony is his usual chair. This time he'd brought an extra blanket and a cup of coffee. He took in the scent of the black liquid substance and moaned with delight. Coffee in the morning was bliss. As he sat there and sipped at his cup of joe, Law once again thought back on his friends and what Penguin had said just before they left. Apparantly they would not leave before monday morning, at the first day of the winter vacation. But his mother had pulled him aside during breakfast and told him they'd leave tomorrow for home, to pack and everything. It was fine with him.
Law closed his eyes and enjoyed the quiet. He had brought his cell phone in case it should ring, though he doubted it would so early in the morning. And why was he even so eager to talk with the man again? What would it give him? They hardly knew each other and were not even seemingly curious since they'd yet to learn anything about each other. Heck, it had also only supposed to be a one-time conversation. But Law couldn't lie to himself. He was eager, he wanted to talk to the man again. And soon.
The rest of the day seemed to pass in a blur. He attented lunch and dinner and was even forced into lenghty conversations with his mother who insisted they took a 'mother and son' session at least once a day, to ensure they did not lose the ability to talk with each other despite their predicaments. It wasn't that Law minded it much, just not today was such a good time. He could hardly concentrate as the day drew to a close and the evening approached. His heart beat was picking up its speed as he ventured out on the balcony for the third time this day, sitting himself back into his chair with another cup of coffee and a cell burning a hole in his pocket.
Sachi had been sure to give him the right number this time, so Law had trown out the piece of paper. He had, after all, just saved the number into his phone, but without a name. But it was not Sachi he was going to call, and certainly it was not Sachi that caused his palms to get all clammy from sweating despite the very cold evening. Law shuddered in the cold, though how much of it was from the actual cold and what was from the nerves he had no clue. He just knew his hands shook as he picked the phone from his pocket and found the number in the last called section in the phones memory base.
Sheesh. He was acting like a young teenage girl about to approach her secret crush. Which was ridiculous. First; he had no crush. True, he was attracted to the mans voice, he'd admit that much, but second; it would never work out. It was more or less like that internet dating everyone went on about. Senseless, if you asked Law. He did not believe it was even possible to develop true feelings towards a person you had never met before, which was why he wasn't so worried about this attraction. It had nothing to do with feelings, not the intellectual ones at least, this was simply lust if anything. Lust for the unknown and the excitement that went with it.
He was sure he'd only come so hard last night exactly because the man had been a complete stranger and Law had not expected such sensations to stirr upon hearing a voice. As sexy as it might be. He knew his previous actions would have no influence on his behavior once the call went through-and he hoped it would, he wanted to hear that voice again-simply because it did not bother him. He was absolutely fine about it, glad even, that such want had sprung out of nowhere. After all it had led to quite the orgasm, Law couldn't recall had ever been more intense. If he was just able to experience that one more time, now that was worth living for.
He slapped himself across the face to regain his wits and finally pressed the caller button. He really hoped the man would just pick up the phone right away, but after the fifth ring, Law was slowly giving up hope. It was when he was just about to just end the call before that irratating voicemail could annoy him further that the phone was picked up.
"Yes?" Came the gruff question from the line in the exact voice Law had just yearned to hear. He felt his heart flutter a bit, but ignored it.
"Hello, Sir." He simply said, and he swore he could hear the smile in the other mans voice when he answered.
"Ahh, the strange guy," A chuckle followed and Laws toes curled. It should be illegal to have such a sexy voice.
"That would be me," He said, trying his best to sound indifferent and succeeding with top marks. "So," He drawled, trying to come up with a conversation opener that wasn't too lame. "Did I perchance interrupt something, Sir?" It seemed innocent enough to ask, so Law felt fine about it.
"No, was just cooking something," Came the answer, and now that he said it, Law could definitely hear the faint sound of chewing as the man spoke.
"I see," Came the creative answer and Law wanted to bang his head against the table across from him. He was suddenly at a loss for words and felt silly for calling. But after a bit of rustling from the end of the line, the man picked the conversation back up, a bit of a playful egde laced in his tone.
"Missed me already, hm?" Law wanted to snort, so he did. But somehow the man had hit the nail on the head.
"Not really," Law lied. "I'm just bored. My friends were over today, quite surprising actually, so it would be silly for me to call any of them." Law thought it made sense.
"You seem to get bored easily," Still with that teasing tone to the masculine voice, not that it made it any less attractive.
"Maybe," Law smiled, starting to feel a bit playful himself. And how could a little bit of flirting hurt anyone? Though he had no idea about the mans sexual prefferences, he found that he couldn't care less anyway. "Guess you would just have to entertain me, then, Sir."
His remark was met with a low chuckle, a deep throated one and Law wanted to moan as it went straight south. He didn't, of course. "Would I now?" His voice practically dripped with amusement and Law simply replied with a short 'Uh-huh'.
"Well, then lets see. What do you find entertaining?" Law could hear water running in the background, the man probably rinsing his plate under the faucet after dinner, and he listened to the sound while he pondered his answer.
"Lately I find remarkably little to be of any interest, so I must admit I'm not quite sure how to answer that," He couldn't see it, but Law clearly heard the man scowl, followed by a thick silence that let him to believe he was thinking hard about something.
"I know you're in the hospital and all, but there has to be something you find interesting enough to do at least sometimes,"
"Well. I often find myself on the balcony, watching the fallen foliage from the trees," Law heard a snort coming from the man, he was clearly unimpressed.
"How fun," He mumbled and Law had to supress a chuckle and settled for smiling instead.
"I know, Sir." Another snort, but this time Law detected it was for a completely other reason.
"Would you stop calling me 'Sir' already? It makes me feel old," The man sounded a bit grumpy and this time Law couldn't supress his laughter.
"Well, then what would you have me call you, Sir?" He empazised the sir part just to spot him and as expected he was answered by a 'Hrmpf'.
"My name would do just fine," Law couldn't believe his own ears. Had he really just suggested they shared such delicate information? Given their situation and all, Law hardly believed it would do any harm, but he knew his last name was pretty rare, so it would not be all too hard to track him down. Then again, he could also just not tell him his last name but only the first. Or make up a name. No. That was against his principples, them be damned, but still.
"You have not told me your name Sir, so that would be a little difficult," He decided to settle for that as an answer instead of asking, though he found himself wanting to know his name. Wanted to know him just a little better. Not that it'd bring them any further, but it would be nice to at least put a name on the voice.
"You never asked," True.
"And I am not going to either, Sir. So the decision is all yours." He was met by a grunt and another round of thoughtful silence before a loud crash startled him and Law cringed slightly as a string of profanities shot through the line. Quite colorful ones at that, he had to applaud him on his creativity. He was just about to inquire about the noise, when the man cut him off and talked instead.
"It's Eustass Kid, and hold on, I dropped something," Law heard the receiver being placed down on, probably the counter, but he was far too occupied with this new relevation. Eustass Kid. This mans name was Eustass kid. KID? Law blinked, dumbfounded at first, but then a snicker escaped him and he couldn't help the string of laughter that followed. It seemed it was just then the phone was picked back up and Law tried to still his laughter when a heard the man, no; Kid, groan. He snickered again.
"Are you done yet?" Eustass Kid seemed a bit annoyed and it only caused Law to break into another fit of giggles. But it was so funny, he couldn't help himself.
"I.. I'm sorry, Mister Eustass," He snorted a bit between the laughs and willed himself to calm down. He knew that 'Mister' probably wasn't better than 'Sir', but he just couldn't bring himself to call him Kid. Before the man could say anything else, Law managed to calm himself down enough to reply properly.
"Trafalgar Law," He said simply, as a matter of fact. He was glad Mister Eustass did not laugh, but then again, his name wasn't as funny as Kid. Could as well had been Guy. Aiya, some parents were just strange.
"Trafalgar Law, ey," Kid repeated in his deep drawl, with an unusual sensual ring to it that caused Laws amusement to evaporate instantly. Law couldn't put a finger on why, but the man sounded pleased and suddenly color flooded his cheeks. His annoying heart was also picking up its speed and Law could have cursed under his breath.
"I like your name, Trafalgar," He purred and Law gulped. True, he had said a little flirting wouldn't hurt, but he'd never actually expected him to flirt back, because that was flirting, wasn't it? Complimenting a stranger that way. Law quickly shook his head and furrowed his brows, it was beginning to get a little overwhelming and he was no longer sure how to proceed.
"Too bad that is all I know about you." He didn't sound all too dissapointed in Laws opinion and it was then, with a sudden, that Law realised what he was playing at; Mister Eustass Kid was baiting him. The sound that left him was like a strange morph between a snort and a laugh and he felt quite amused once again. What could he say? Mister Eustass was a fast learner.
"Ah, Mister Eustass." He purred back, his lip curling slightly and humor flickered in his eyes, not that the man was able to see it, but he would surely be able to hear it. "I never said you weren't allowed to ask questions, I might even answer."
"Is that so?" Was the amused reply and Law absentmindely stroked the inside of his palm with his thumb, awaiting Mister Eustass next move. The man sounded thoughtful, but Law knew this was probably more a game to him than anything else. Not that he was complaining, he rather enjoyed this little game of theirs, immensely so and was more than a little bit curious of how it would evolve. There were no rules and it wouldn't hurt. He actually found the idea of getting to know this Eustass Kid a little better very attractive. So he would play along and if he felt like it he would even give this man the information he wanted, or he would not. It was his decision, and his alone.
"Very well, Trafalgar Law, let's do it this way," Kid started and Law listened with interest. "You answer a few of my questions and in return I'll answer yours, how does that sound?" Law smiled cheekily, his chest swelling with joy, he really was having a good time.
"That depends, Mister Eustass," He touched the pad of his thumb against the tips of his fingers repeatedly, stroking the long appendages as he leaned further back in the chair.
"On what?" Kid asked.
"On what you plan to ask me. I'm a man with few secrets, but those I have I like to keep."
"Secrets, eh?" He could hear Mister Eustass' curiosity peaking and imagined him sporting a thoughtful look, trying to think up a way to get what he wanted.
"I want to know one of your secrets, Trafalgar," He said, sounding enthuiastic. Law merely snorted.
"Unfurtunately that is not a question, so I am not inclined to answer," He drawled in a bored way, though he was anything than bored, the gleeful smile on his face was indication enough. Of course Kid wouldn't see that.
"So you'll answer my questions?" Mister Eustass sounded elated, and Law had no doubt that the man, as well, was having a great time.
"Just this once, Mister Eustass. I'll answer three questions," Law held up said three fingers for emphasize, despite there was no way in hell Kid saw that. "No more. So pick them carefully,"
"Hmm," Was all the Eustass Kid responded with at first. And then a positively intimidating grin obscurred his face. From what Law could hear he was glad he could not see his face.
"How old are you?" Was his first question, and it was not like Law had not seen it coming, but he still hesitated at first.
"Almost twenty," He then admitted, knowing that in the end it did not matter wether he lied or not, so he could as well just be honest. It was something Law wanted to ask Mister Eustass as well, out of sheer curiousity only of course.
"Hm, your turn." He said. Law was mildly surprised, at first he'd thought he'd just ask his round first, but this was fine with him too.
"How old are you, Mister Eustass?" It was the same question, but Law didn't feel like he'd wasted it.
"Twenty Two," The man said and Law hummed in reply. Almost three years older, or two and a half was mayhap more precise, not that it mattered.
"Ambitions?" Law had to chew on that one for a bit, he knew what Kid was asking was not really if he had any ambitions, since he had made it pretty clear his current predicament didn't allow for much. But Law did have dreams, things he wanted to do before he, well... Died.
"I have always wanted to be a surgeon. Not because I care about other people much, but I find the idea of dissecting the human body immensely interesting." Eustass Kid snorted a laugh in reply, clearly amused of that part.
"Dissecting human beings, eh. Like I said, you're a strange one," He chuckled, and Laws smile widened. He might be strange, yes, but so was Kid if anyone asked him. That was just not a normal response, but Law was glad the man wasn't repulsed. Why would he be?
"What is your proffession, Mister Eustass?" Law did not ask the same this time, there was no reason since there was a distinctive difference between them and Kid probably had a job.
"I'm a mechanic. I run my own shop down town, is pretty good business," Law detected a bit of pride as he spoke of what he did for a living. It was clearly something he enjoyed doing and Law guessed that was a better purpose for life than any, to simply do what one liked.
"Oh, sounds like a dirty job to me, Mister Eustass," Once again the man laughed his deep rumble of a laughter and Law drew a shaky breath. He really liked when he laughed.
"I do like to get myself dirty," The man drawled, the sugegstive leer back in his voice. "What about you, Trafalgar?"
"I beg you pardon?" Law was not sure what he meant with that and he raised a single, delicate brow.
"You said you had secrets, any dirty ones?" Law almost huffed, but refrained for commenting on it much.
"Again with the secrets, Mister Eustass. I see no reason to answer that at all." And Law meant it.
"I didn't ask you to either, a simple yes or no will be sufficient. I'll coax it from you sooner or later, anyway." The man seemed smug and sure of himself, and Law took the bait. Again.
"Ah, will you now?" He challenged. In the end, Law did not allow for him to answer the obvious reply and simply continued where he had left off.
"Yes, then. I do have a single dirty one, but really Mister Eustass, knowing it or not wont change a thing," Was his final words. Though by now Laws insides where churning around and somewhere deep down he really wanted Kid to try and 'coax' it from him, as he had put it. But his words held true; he could not imagine what it would change or what Mister Eustass could gain from it. The chances were they lived immensely far from each other and meeting up in person was just a thing that hadn't crossed eithers mind. And it was indiscusable. This was just for fun.
"Maybe not," Kid admitted, but his voice was smooth and still laced with under tones of seduction. How appealing Law found that. "Would be fun, though," Ah, yes. Fun. Law chuckled low and shook his head.
"Then tell me a dirty secret, Mister Eustass, and I might reconsider." Law knew that neither had asked the final three questions he had allowed, but he felt like indulging him if just a bit. If Mister Eustass reply wasn't satisfying he could always retreat and deny him anything further. It might be a game, but Law liked to keep it safe.
"A dirty secret, eh. Very well," Law held his breath and listened more intenseful, though as the hesistant silence prolonged he started to doubt that Kid would really reveal anything at all. But once again he was surprised.
"I once worked on this unbelieveable car, Ferrari f430, a very sexy car in my opinion, sleek and all black. It was in the middle of it I found myself quite hard in my pants, though it was rather the owner of the car who was the cause of it than the actual car. Though as I recall it I'm not too sure anymore. He was dead gorgeous, a young dark haired man with incredible long slender legs. In the end I fucked him on the hood of his own car, using motor oil to sleek the entry," Law suddenly sputtered the remnants of his coffee out and over himself, slapping himself mentally for picking this time to sip from his cup of joe and coughing hard, choking almost, trying to regain his composure. But it was a lost cause. Law didn't know what shocked him the most, but he was surely rendered speechless for more than one reason.
"Are you okay?" There was a slight bit of worry in Mister Eustass voice, but also the under tones of sheer amusement. Bastard knew how much that had shocked him and he practically relished in it. Oh, it all be damned. Law pounded himself a few times on his chest, working out the rest of the coughs and was finally able to draw a shaking, but clear breath.
"You fucked a guy?! With motor oil?!" He knew he sounded a bit delirious, but right now he absolutely could not care less. True, the whole thing about the motor oil was a bit freaky, but who had lube in their work place unless it was a common occurence to fuck their clients, but daaaaamn! What had Laws heart pounding so stupidly and furiously in his chest was none of that. It was the; fucked a guy part that left his mouth hanging open and his eyes a bit too wide. Mister Eustass chuckled, and loud, which had Laws guts clench instantly.
"I sure did, was fantastic really. Though he seemed to enjoy it more, believe me," He was smug and smooth and practically gloating! Obviously just having an ego boost out of all of this and Law could not blame him. He was impressed to say the least, but still his heart wouldn't stop pounding in his ears. So Eustass Kid was gay? Or did he swing both ways? Well so far Law only knew of this one encounter and that had been more than he had expected to know of. Damn, his little secret, the dirty one, completely paled in comparison to this and he be damned if he was ever going to reveal it now. He found himself not the least cold anymore, in all actuallities he was almost sweating and his mouth felt dry. He coughed a few more times, only to clear the rest.
"Wow," Was all he could say and there the man went laughing again, so utterly and very amused. "You are not kidding me, are you? This is the truth, right?" Law knew he sounded doubtful, but hey, to his defense it was quite the story, could as well be Mister Eustass fucking with him. Ah! No, he didn't want to go down that road and was certainly blushing furiously as he smacked himself hard for using that term of phrase. Kid seemed oblivious though and merely proceeded to finally coax from Law what he wanted. Law wasn't having any of that.
"I wont tell you," He cut in just before Eustass Kid even had a chance to ask. "Believe me, Mister Eustass, it's not even half as dirty as yours." He could almost hear Kid frown and he sounded oddly dissapointed as he responded, almost like a little kid. Hah. A little kid. Law snorted of the initial joke, but stopped when he realised how stupid it might seem. Again Kid seemed oblivious though.
"But I still want to know," Law imagined him sulking, but before he could come up with more mental images that compared him to an actual child, he simply sighed. Well. He wasn't supposed to feel awful about not telling, but he was starting to, so it was with great annoyance he finally exclaimed;
"Alright! I'll tell you, but don't you dare laugh," He grumbled as he chewed on the inside of his cheek, and it wasn't helping that Kid sounded so enthuiastic once again and Law had a new mental image of him as a dog wagging his tail. Sheesh. He took a deep breath to prepare himself, knowing he would regret this and just went to get it over with, not even bothering to make it sound more interesting than it was, because it wasn't.
"I had my first crush in highschool on this guy named Warren Todd, he was a real catch back then, tall, red hair, extremely athletic. Every girl in school practically swooned over him, but all talking we ever did was greet each other once in the hall way. Anyway. After highschool, I was 17, I met him again at this part time job I had in the evenings. He clearly remembered me and went to entertain me every evening for a week. It was a friday night and after I had closed up I realised he was still there and he advanced on me. It was then we ended up having sex on the top of the counter and he pretty much deflowered me, as cheesy as it sounds," Law knew he had rushed it, but really. What was this compared to Kids amazing rot in his own workplace? Really. Law was blushing, red as a tomato and he felt like kicking something. It didn't help that an uncomfortable silence seemed to settle between them, but somehow he did not even want to know what went on in Mister Eustass head right now. When he did talk though, it was really not what Law had expected him to say.
"You like red heads?" He sounded thoughtful, and as if assertaning this piece of information was all he cared about. He didn't seem all too interested in the rest and it annoyed Law quite a bit, since he'd went through all this humiliating trouble just to give him what he wanted. But he also felt relieved.
"Uh, yeah. Pretty much. Though you oughta know it was a nasty fuck I don't like to recall, hurt like hell and I have not bottomed ever since," He snorted. But it was the truth. Prodigy Warren Todd had been a real dissapointment and to Laws own relief the said man had also avoided him ever since. And he had been fired anyway, because he had completely forgotten all about the security cameras just above their heads. Still, it was the only dirty secret he had.
"Hmm," Kid drawled and Law wished for the first time that he could see his face, just to get an idea of what he was possibly thinking and to see the emotions flickering across his face. Well, if he had any.
"Not all red heads are bad in bed though," Was what he finally said, with such a completely serious tone Law could only grunt.
"And how would you know?" Though he felt silly for asking, Kid might have had his fair share of red haired men and women too. Law was pretty sure this mans sexlife was more active than his. Law had no time for fooling around, he was a prisoner under his own mothers strict rules and pretty much closed in in a hospital for fucks sake.
"How indeed," Eustass Kid mumbled, but did not elaborate any further. A new silence settled between them until Kid, once again, broke it.
"I should go," Was all he said and Law didn't feel like trying to stop him. Actually he just wanted this conversation over with, and now. He got what he wanted when the man simply ended the call without as much as a bye or anything, and Law never had a chance to reply anyway. He simply dropped the phone on the table, closed his eyes and leaned back with a sigh.
This was probably the last he would hear from Eustass Kid. Just brilliant.
End of Chapter Two.
A/N:
And that concludes chapter two ^o^ As always, please leave a review so I know what you think! It spurs me on and fuels the writing ;D
And of course it doesn't end here, no matter what Law thinks xD But you will see next week! Fufufufu!
