Law had visited Kid several times since that one night, and found himself amused by the conversations they had. Enough so that the dark haired being always came back for more, though there was one point that he wasn't too sure of.

Kid kept insisting on running a hand along his skin somewhere, and Law liked, craved touch, but he didn't know how to voice that touching was different for humans than it was for him. But he liked the way the red head was always so fascinated with his scales and skin, and the way that Law's fins on his forearms could flatten to reduce drag in the sea. And most of all, Kid kept wanting to look his tail over, but Law soon enjoyed teasing by only coming to the surface up to his torso. And tauntingly show off his finned waist of mostly yellow and the tanned parts of his torso that were skin tones similarly seen on humans.

Law didn't see why the surface was so bad, and certainly Kid was enough reason to keep surfacing, until one day, months into spying and then conversing with Kid, it wasn't the red head who he was met with.

Instead, he was met with a net and several unfamiliar pairs of hands hoisting him up and out of the water before Law could properly figure out what was happening.

And if that wasn't bad enough, thrashing only made Law tangle further into the net. And when he tried to lash out with his tail, to knock one of his harassers into the sea, the net was yanked down restrict movement, rendering him all but harmless.

Law hissed at all the humans around him, and made as if to lurch up, when one of them none too gently jammed the butt end of a wooden pole- one of Kid's fishing rods, presumably, that he left lying around- into his mouth to force his head to the dock.

Law bit down on the object hard in response, determined to saw through it with his teeth. But between the net being further restricted around him and the lack of proper transition between water and sea, Law couldn't work up the strength to help himself.

And the way these humans were looking at him didn't bode well, nor did their grins, like they found something expensive to play with. Law heard whispers of selling, and didn't know what that meant, but as soon as the humans started to drag him along in the net, pole firmly keeping his teeth from being an issue, Law panicked and started to thrash despite restrictions.

And that was when Kid clocked the man that was forcing the end of the pole in his mouth. Law twisted to the side and spat it out, holding perfectly still as Kid dealt with the remaining humans on the deck, before he let out a soft grunt, followed by a curse and then another splash.

Law twisted in his attempt to see what was going on, and saw that Kid had a hand to his left side.

He was bleeding. The dark haired being tilted his head.

Interesting.

They had similar colored blood after all.

That was one thing that Law had always been vaguely curious about. The dark haired being lay inert when Kid came over and started to cut the net with a purloined knife.

"Eustass-ya." Law had taken to calling the red head that because it seemed to make him preen, and it fascinated Law, because his equivalent to preening was to let parts of his body glow brighter and swish around in the water to show it off.

Not that Law had any reason to do that before. He had no potential mate in his homeland, and Kid was human, so it seemed pointless to show off. Except more and more Law found himself toying with the idea and thinking the red head would appreciate it.

"Fucking bastards." Kid growled under his breath.

Before he could finish cutting the net, Law caught movement, and hastily lurched up with freed hands to drag the red head into the water with him, net be damned.

Someone had had a knife aimed for Kid's back.

With a few shakes of his tail fin, and a longer shake of his lower torso and tail together, Law freed himself the rest of the way from the net. Then, seeing more humans gather on the dock, not including the ones Kid had tossed into the sea, Law held tight to him and whispered. "Hang on."

Kid's curse for being pulled underwater was lost as Law made his way to a remote area around a mile away. He swam fast; he was certain that he could get Kid there in time for the red head not to drown.

Law made good time because he arrived at the deserted lagoon sooner than expected, and, using his tail, propelled himself and Kid out of the water and onto the beach. Law shifted his upper body in order to lean over Kid, and reared back a little as the red head coughed up water.

And a little blood.

Law's eyes narrowed at the wound in Kid's left side, before he wriggled backward into the water and vanished beneath the surface.

-x
Kid woke with a start, and found himself lying on a beach, staring up at a starry sky half covered by rock curving over from the land he was on. Kid sat up with a wince and cursed as his hand went to his left side. Kid craned his head for a look, and found that his knife wound had been covered with some type of seaweed. It wasn't bleeding, so had Law-?

A splash drew Kid's attention to the water, and he spotted Law a short distance away, watching him. It struck Kid that the other being's skin didn't glow as much as it had before, and in fact had dimmed. Until Law met Kid's gaze. Then the glow from his scales seemed to brighten the moment the dark haired being realized that Kid was awake.

Law swam lazily over to Kid, his pointy teeth showing in a pleased smile.

"If I hadn't met you before, this would be fucking terrifying. Like you're gonna eat me or something." Kid frowned when Law stopped short of the shallow water. "Are you all right on a beach?"

"The tide is low. It will rise soon enough, so it would be fine." Law answered, as he cocked his head to the side to study Kid.

"Then come here." The red head patted the damp sand on his right side.

Law inched closer, though from his body language it was clear that he was suspicious of humans again, and whatever Kid had in mind. Considering what happened the last time Law was out of the water with Kid, not including that day, it wasn't surprising. Law rested his webbed hands on the sand and made marks in it with his nails, his body still tense. It also seemed like he didn't care for Kid suggesting what he should do, as he didn't move any closer.

"Want some help?" Kid teased as he shifted himself further down toward the edge of the water until he was seated partially in it. The red head was already wet, so more water wouldn't hurt. And it didn't touch his wounded side. It seemed the action made Law relax, because the dark haired being changed directions and did a not so graceful flop to settle alongside the red head's uninjured right side. Kid hooked his arm behind Law's back to help him into a seated position, and found that Law leaned up against him, tail curving slightly to one side to swish lazily in the shallow water.

"Your skin is really smooth." Kid commented, his right hand lightly tracing along Law's shoulder.

"Yes?" Law sounded as if he thought such things didn't mean anything important. Though he did stare at Kid as if he expected the red head to do something.

Kid didn't know what, but he reached his left hand up gingerly to Law's cheek, and gave it a very light caress.

Law sagged into the touch with a soft sigh.

Emboldened, Kid skimmed his fingertips to Law's right ear out of curiosity of how it felt.

Law went limp against Kid's side with a faint sound.

Kid grinned like he'd just received the most wonderful present. The red head traced Law's ear, feeling the difference between the ridge of what resembled a normal human ear, and then down from the tip to the earlobe. It was very soft, almost see through membrane that drifted away from the ridge. It probably had a nice, tantalizing flow under water. It felt fragile, and oddly warm. It also had started to glow a little bit, the edges, much to Kid's amusement.

When Kid reached the earlobe with golden earrings in it, the red head all but had Law like putty in his arms. Grinning some more, Kid switched to the other ear, and Law automatically leaned in closer with what sounded like a moan. Kid used both hands to card through Law's hair soon after, and found it soft to the touch, though a little damp. By then Law had all but settled his upper body into Kid's lap, arms draped over the side to twitch against the sand now and again in response to the red head's questing hands.

When Kid let go altogether, Law seemed to come back to himself. But Law said nothing; only levered himself up on Kid's lap. The fins on his forearms flattened as Law wrapped them around Kid's neck and urged him into a kiss.

Kid was surprised by the action and even more surprised when Law adjusted to rest his lower body on Kid's lap. The red head dimly noticed during the searing kiss that Law had curled his tail lightly around Kid's back. The kiss was distracting, and Kid liked it, enjoyed it, and was just grateful that Law was being careful with those pointy teeth of his. When the kiss ended, Kid noticed, with a flush rising on his cheeks, that Law slid bonelessly off his lap and onto the sand on his back.

Of course, the somehow arousing sight distracted Kid from the fact that Law was going to be a shit and thwacked him with his tail out of the blue, knocking him over. It wasn't as hard of a strike as it could have been, because at the very least Law seemed to remember that Kid was injured.

Kid sat up with a scowl, but when he saw Law lay limply on his back, and lift his head, the red head was struck by the fact that Law's eyes were glowing a little. Or maybe it was the darker scales around the bottom of his eyes that made it seem that way.

"Don't stop." Law said quietly, his tail lightly slapping the sand near the red head's legs.

Kid moved over alongside Law, wary of the lightly tapping tail, before he looked up the line of Law's tail all the way to his abdomen, and then to his waist and a bit lower. Kid grinned as he settled half over Law, and traced the other's scaled waist. "Your dick gonna come out to play tonight?" Kid teased a finger down the scales. "What's gotten you so worked up anyway?"

"Touching me." Law answered. He sounded distracted as he rested a webbed hand over Kid's. "In my homeland, touching is very intimate, as it stimulates our bodies. Touches are generally only accepted between mates. Ordinarily we don't touch one another unless it is absolutely necessary. Hand signals are the norm where I'm from. Or we use words, both above and below the sea."

"Oh, um…" Kid fumbled over his words, but Law merely locked a webbed hand around his wrist.

"It's fine. Before I was going to discourage it, but then I decided I wanted you to touch me. I would have let you know sooner otherwise during our previous conversations." Law smirked; his tail curled slightly to brush Kid's back with a trailing fin. "Touch me some more?" He guided the red head's hand to a familiar line of scales.

Kid grinned. "Oh, I'll touch you all right. As much as you want." The red head gave the now there dick a squeeze, before fumbling out of his pants as quickly as he dared with his wounded side. Kid used his free hand to stroke himself absently, eyes roving over Law's bare torso, and then lower, to see what he was doing.

"No mouth this time?" Law asked, sounding somewhat disappointed, though he did appear intrigued by the sight of a half-naked Kid.

"Maybe later." Kid straddled Law's waist, and gripped both of their dicks together in a firm hold and started to stroke.

Law bucked in surprise before his arms shot up and he held Kid tightly around the neck.

"Feel good?" Kid asked, hands moving faster, though he paused now and again to stimulate Law.

The dark haired being was reduced to curses, much to Kid's entertainment.

Law eventually appeared to be overstimulated, as he began to nibble along the red head's jaw before drawing the Kid into another kiss, his whole body jerking now and again.

Though Law clearly took care not to strike Kid with his tail.

Neither one of them lasted for long once the kiss grew more demanding and law was all but moaning into the red head's mouth.

Kid cleaned up as best he could in the water, before he left Law briefly in the shallows to tug his pants back up. Kid was about to point out how ridiculous Law looked, especially after the other had let out a sound of contentment, when a naked torso and a lengthy, muscular tail bowled him over and onto his back.
Law wrapped his body around Kid tight, possessively, almost, and without the intention of letting go. He'd also started to mouth along the side of Kid's neck; through there was not a hint of teeth.

"I will need to go home at some point." Kid commented, though his arms were wrapped around Law's waist.

Law left off mouthing the red read's neck to press his face against it instead, before settling and going still.

The red head traced the fins along the dark haired being's back until they ended up flat against it the longer Kid petted them.

"Hey, you hear me?"

Law didn't seem to hear, merely running his webbed hands over Kid with increasing pressure until the red head caught both wrists in his hands.

With a faint grin, Kid closed his eyes and let out a sigh. "I better not drown when I wake up."

A hand ran through his hair in what appeared to be a reassuring way.

Kid dozed off with Law still curled around him.