Within Touch Yet Out Of Bounds.

Chapter two - Second Standards


Law definitely regretted last night. Too much drinking and not a lot of thinking - a rhythm He huffed out a sigh from the stupidity he was phasing. The rough sheets under his back painfully stated he wasn't on his luxurious snow leopard print bed but indeed in some strangers. Yet, Law felt something wrong. There seemed to be no pain in his lower regions, and he highly doubted he'd had sex with a woman. Had he topped? Oh shit, he only now realized that he had a banging headache. His head felt like it had little metal balls inside it. Every time he moved, the metal balls smashed against the side of his head.

The rich smell of damp was one thing he didn't want to be greeted by in the morning. At home, it was the aroma of define coffee and finely cooked food. Law could only give one name to this place. A shit-hole. Barely furnished and simply decorated, it was boring compared to the overly used pink and purple he got at his house.

Of course the room was small. The king sized bed touched three walls and a small set of drawers was at the side. A small window was above the bed and causing a awful draft. It all seemed cramped in and cold. Law didn't like it. He got out of bed. Only now releasing he had his jeans on. So, the answer of him topping was answered. Obvious, he hadn't even had any sort of sex. This left him disappointed and once again questioning. Why was he here?

The door took a few japs to open, but when it did, he saw three men. Heck. Three fit men. And all of them shirtless, two only wearing boxers meanwhile a tall, muscled redhead wore black jeans. He was only peeking his head around the corner of the door, trying not to be detected. However, that was impossible considering the loud noise the door made when he opened it. Now, all three men were looking in his direction and Law suddenly felt self-conscious. He'd understand if he'd had sex with one of these guys. But by the lack of ... safication he felt, he knew that was a wrong. So. Law was put in a house with three very strong looking men, shirtless and frankly powerless. His wit couldn't help him in this situation. Jumping back into the room, he slammed the door closed and begun to quickly search for his phone. It seemed he didn't even have his hoddie. Had he lost that? If so, he'd just lost his favorite hoddie, phone, keys and wallet.

Oh God, he heard footsteps. They were loud, like army boots on wooden floor. Law scurried to the floor to find a object to protect himself with but there was jackshit in this room. Then the door was flung open and Law felt his blood run cold. Before him was a familiar face. Sharp jaw, pointy bust nose, thin painted purple lips and fiery red hair. Law would have to be lying if he wasn't confused and scared at the man's strange but interesting appearance. With a low growl, the man spoke, "You've made a mess. Fucking hell, are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost?" He asked as he knelled down to Law sitting on the ground.

Law was short for words and instead sat there with his mouth wide open. The man frowned and helped him up - Law's body felt weak and he didn't bother to stop this man from picking him up and laying him back on the bed. Law felt like those hands were just as familiar as this man's face. "Did we have sex?" He asked, hoping this man answered with a 'yes'. Everything would be better if he knew if this man was just a one night stand.

The man, or better known as Eustass Kid, shook his head and sat next to Law on the bed, "You were drunk so I bought you back here to cool down."

Law gasped, hoping he hadn't been to loud, "Why?"

"Why not? You were in the wrong side of town, a guy like you doesn't fit in around here. You were easy prey." Kid defended angrily. Shouting at Law about something which was obvious.

Law shuffled in his spot. This sort of kindness was hard to come across these days. And he meant true kindness. Many mean men used him for sex or to get to his parents. He'd never experienced this sort of...protection from a stranger. "I guess I should thank you..."

"Don't. Just sober up and get the fuck out of here." Kid snapped annoyed.

Frowning Law rapidly stood, only making his head feel worse, "Don't talk to me like that! I didn't ask for yourhelp."

"Bullshit. Don't you hear what happens to brainless shitheads at that time of night?" Kid said with pure anger. What had happened yesterday must of hit a nerve.

Law stayed quiet for a moment. He narrowed his eyes and sighed heavily though his nose, "Egh, whatever. Just give me my hoodie and I'll leave."

Kid clenched his teeth. How bloody stupid was this man? Just walking around drunk at half 3 in the morning? Was he asking for trouble, "I washed it cause it reeked of booze. It's on the sofa. Follow me." The angry redhead guided Law into a slightly larger room, it was the living room/ kitchen. The two men were still in here and still shirtless. One of the men, a blonde, narrowed his brows to Law. The raven haired boy didn't get time to see who it was before his hoodie was thrown to him. "There it is."

Law grumbled and checked his pockets, "Where's my things."

"Here." A charming voice spoke as he handed out Law's things. He looked like Kid but with ginger hair, eyebrows and stubble. He had a friendly grin and deep green eyes. "Names Alex, you must be Law, right?"

"How do you-Oh fuck, I don't care." Law held his head.

"Well you told Kid here, and he told me what you were called. You really need to try and relax." Alex spoke gently smacking Killer will his spoon from the chair next to him. Killer seemed un-phased by everything and was still glaring at Law. He knew this man and his power. He only questioned why he was in his house.

"Relax? You may be relaxed in your own fucking house in your own fucking lack of clothing but your telling me to relax?! You practically kidnapped me!" Law blurted out, hands flailing everywhere in exaggeration. The only immediate response he got off the ginger was a 'are you serious' look and a raise of the brows. Kid just looked really offended and was about to tell this guy to get the fuck out of his apartment before-

"Yea, you were kidnapped by a very considerate stranger who saw a plastered guy that was probably going to get raped or something, so being the nice guy he is, he decided to put you up for the night. I think you should be fucking grateful that nobody raped you and killed you last night. And actually thank the guy that saved your sorry little ass, instead of throwing some prissy fit you inconsiderate shit." Alex was stood up now glaring down at the tanned man with disgust, his body tensed and fists clenched ready to punch something. Law just frowned and gawked at the same time, nobody had ever dared talk to him like that before.

"Do you know who i am?" Law said, sticking his nose up at the over reacting ginger.

"I don't give a shit who you are, i don't care if your some spoiled rich kid who thinks the world revolves around him, i don't care if you come from a well of family who could get me hurt for insulting you. You don't come in this apartment and start spouting bullshit about being kidnapped when you know fine well he was trying to help." And with that he stormed out of the room before he hurt the man.

"I hate snobs like you, think everyone loves you and should bow down to you, well guess what nobody cares. People have to work their asses off everyday to get this standard of living, and your here acting like a bitch because basically it's not what your used to. I'm sorry, we don't have room service. Have a nice day." And then Killer left... Kid and Law were just gawking at the door.

"Well shit..." Kid trailed off, he agreed with them 100% but the man looked like he was on the verge of a break down. "Come with me, i'll give you a lift home." Law stilled and didn't move, "Oi, Law-" He touched the older man's shoulder.

The body tensed under his hand, "Don't touch me. I don't want your greasy third class hands to touch me!" Law growled and stepped away from Kid. A flash of hate ran over the man's shielded grey eyes for a second before they returned once more to plain and boring. "Don't touch me with your animal hands you beast!" Law stormed past Kid quickly. He exited the front door and darted to the lift. He felt like a moron. Out of place, class and line. He pressed the lift button and waited. And when the lift didn't come instantly, he pressed it again, and again. Until his finger hurt. His head was spinning with the insults that the blonde and ginger had said to him. Fucking poor shits thinking they were better than him. They deserved everything they got as far as he was concerned. As soon as the lift opened, the raven-haired man left in a huff. Hopefully, he had enough credit on his phone to call his escort.


A/n - Hopefully, you can see the contrast in both characters in this chapter. Don't worry, it is explained in later chapters why Kid was nice to Law in chapter one. Moreover, it also explains why Law was drunk. :)

There are a couple of OC's in this story, however don't be put off by them, they are only to make this a 'family' story. Eustass Alex-Child is Kid's younger twin and looks near-enough the same as him only with brows, stubble and green eyes.

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