Shachi was breathlessly begging for mercy by the time that Law was through with tickling the redhead. And when the dark haired captain stepped back, Shachi slumped in Penguin's grasp, chest heaving as he fought to get his breath back.
"No fair." Shachi whined. The redhead tried to stand on his own a minute or so later and failed with a frustrated sigh. "No fair teaming up on me like that."
Penguin flicked a glance Law's way, and saw his captain give a single nod, presumably to allow him to tease their crewmate for his choice in words. Law wore a faint smirk, anyway, so the pale eyed pirate would go with that assumption. Penguin kept Shachi's arms pinned behind his back in his grasp, and leaned over to rest his head on the red head's shoulder, and spoke lightly, sure to let his breath spill over his friend's neck. "Teamed up on you? Be grateful that we didn't actually double team you. You wouldn't be standing up at all if we'd chosen to do that instead."
It was rather amusing to hear Shachi laugh nervously and try to brush his discomfort off at the same time.
"Ah, come on, Pen. I was just teasing you earlier." Shachi seemed to notice that their captain had gotten closer to them, and subconsciously pressed backward against Penguin, the red head's focus switching to Law. "No more tickling, please, captain. I don't think I can handle any more."
"No, I won't, because I want some answers, and if you're too busy laughing, you can't give them to me, right?" Law asked calmly, even if he fixed his red headed crewmate with a no nonsense look.
Shachi just nodded; he didn't want to tempt his captain to tickle him again, or ask Penguin to do it for him.
"What were you coming in here for without waiting for me to answer?" Law asked. "No one comes into my room ordinarily unless I am fast asleep or I tell them to come in."
"Um, well, I saw that Penguin was bringing you coffee, and well, I'd asked him-" Shachi was stumbling over his words now, so Penguin decided to fill in for him.
"He thought it would be amusing to tease me and ask whether I'd worn you out enough that you will have trouble walking when we meet up with Straw Hat Luffy and his crew tomorrow." The pale eyed Heart Pirate informed Law.
"Penguin!" Shachi groaned, and made as if to free his arms from his supposed friend's grasp when Law was suddenly looming over him.
Law was nearly face to face so that his crewmate would be forced to look at him, regardless of the sunglasses he wore. "And what made you think that we were up to anything?" The dark haired captain asked smoothly, remarkably calm, even if it sounded like he might not be at any moment.
Shachi was about to keep quiet when Penguin rested his head heavier on the red head's shoulder.
"Either you tell him or I will." The pale eyed pirate said simply.
"You two are evil, forcing stuff out of me like this." Shachi grumbled. At the sight of those golden eyes so close, however, the red head let out a light sigh of defeat and spoke. "Well, I wouldn't have said anything at all, but you two were really loud last night. Woke me and some of the other guys up."
Law clearly hadn't expected that, because he became slightly flushed.
Shachi grinned, clearly less apprehensive after seeing his captain become flustered. "Like, really noisy. We thought someone was being fucked to death or something."
Penguin gripped Sahchi's arms a bit tighter to warn his friend off from teasing Law too much, as their captain had flushed further, like he was horrified to have been heard. The pale eyed pirate couldn't help but smile at a thought that crossed his mind. Penguin let out a soft laugh next to Shachi's ear, which made the red head squirm uncomfortably, at least until Penguin spoke to their captain. "Maybe I should use a gag next time then."
A pure look of loathing fixed on Penguin, but the pale eyed pirate merely offered a serene smile as if the threat of bodily harm from his blushing captain wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to endure. Penguin smiled some more as Shachi piped up before their captain could speak.
"Yeah, you guys probably should if you're gonna do it on the ship again. Though I guess Penguin wouldn't really need to be gagged, since the captain was the one being loud." Shachi had twisted in an attempt to catch his crewmate's eye. "Right?"
"It would seem so." Penguin agreed, and from the affronted and embarrassed look on Law's face, he wondered if he ought to let go of Shachi to give both of them a chance to make a run for it.
"Shachi, did you or the others say anything to anyone else?" Law said, clearly straining to keep his calm, and not doing too well as thought of his activities last night with Penguin being out in the open for all to know about.
Since the red head didn't speak up right away, Penguin helpfully gave Shachi's arms a slight twist, which set the red head off cursing and trying to get away again.
"Ow, what the hell, Pen? I was going to say something!"
"And what would that be?" Law asked, looming closer again and sounding just a tad bit more agitated than before.
"Um, well, some of the crew that didn't hear what was going on asked what it was that we heard, and, um…" Shachi shrank against Penguin again despite his friend still resting his head on his shoulder, because Law had inched closer, golden eyes fixed on his crewmate. "We kind of had a discussion about it and then I thought it would be okay if I started a bet on…" Shachi cut himself off as Law's fingertips brushed lightly against his chest, as if to continue the tickling. The red head looked as if his captain was offering to cut off a limb, but even with the threat of more tickling to the point that he might well end up crying, Shachi didn't seem to be able to finish his thought.
Penguin felt his friend's hand twitch against a pocket of his pants, and after shifting his grip to keep a hold of Shachi's wrists in one hand, he dipped his other hand into the pocket and brushed his fingertips against paper. "Captain?"
"Yes?" Law asked, not taking his eyes off Shachi.
"There's something in his pocket." Penguin said, and strengthened the grip around Shachi's wrists when the red head twitched as if to pull away.
"Let's see it." Law said, eyes narrowing at his crewmate as if daring him to argue the point.
Shachi didn't even say anything, even if he did renew struggling to get away as Penguin plucked the paper out of his pocket, smoothed it out and lifted it to up read.
Penguin's face was impassive as he looked the sheet of paper over before he held it out for his captain to take.
There was a long stretch of silence as Law stared at the piece of paper, and neither Penguin nor Shachi knew whether he was going to be amused or pissed as hell over the contents.
"Shachi?"
"Yes, captain?" The red head asked nervously.
"Why is there a betting pool over who topped between Penguin and myself?" Law's voice had gone from remarkably calm to a low growl.
"Aha, well, you see…that is…I thought that, um…" Shachi trailed off and gave a desperate tug of his wrists in Penguin's grasp, silently begging his friend to let go of him. "No reason."
Law assessed the page once more before he started to smirk, and lifted his gaze to meet Penguin's pale one. "The crew is rather confident over who the dominant one is, aren't they?"
"I did see that." Penguin couldn't help but smile in return. "You are the captain; it's only natural that they'd assume that you would be dominant over me."
Shachi unfortunately dug himself a deeper hole by opening his mouth to comment on that. "Holy shit. So you really did fuck the captain, Pen?" Shachi quailed under the glare Law fixed on him, and winced as Penguin squeezed his wrists in warning. The red head seemed to know he shouldn't speak, but he couldn't help himself as he smiled mischievously. "So, how was it?"
"Out, Shachi. Don't breathe a word of this to anyone." Law demanded, as he waved a hand to indicate that Penguin should let go of their crewmate. "We will be out shortly."
Shachi retreated to the door, before he dared to pipe up again. "Everyone already knows what happened, more or less, but I will keep quiet about the collar, captain!" The red head slammed the door hastily before Law could think to go after him.
Penguin saw that Law was still blushing, however faintly, and appeared to still be completely mortified over the fact that something he had wanted to keep quiet was apparently no longer a secret. The pale eyed pirate couldn't help but go over to his captain and comfortably wrap his arms around him in a hug, nosing along the collar around Law's throat before he sighed. "I'm sorry that I forgot to take this off."
Warm arms wrapped around Penguin's back in return as the dark haired captain sighed similarly. "I admit I momentarily had forgotten the collar was there as well after that shower."
Penguin held Law to his chest a little more securely as he placed a kiss on his captain's shoulder, near the collar. "I'm not going to let you go."
Law pulled away from Penguin slightly in order to fix his crewmate with an amused smirk. "You're going to have to let go of me eventually because we have things that need to be taken care of on the ship."
Penguin brushed a brief kiss against Law's lips this time before he laughed a little. "No, I meant that now that I know how you feel about me, I'm not going to leave you be. I know there are things that need to get taken care of." Penguin trailed an arm down to just above Law's waist, and lightly traced the waistband with his fingertips. "Are you going to be all right walking, or do you want me to go pass off some orders to the crew?"
"And have them know for sure what went on between us?" Law asked dubiously.
"I think they would notice if you're having trouble walking." Penguin pointed out.
"I'll think about it." Law said seriously.
There was another short silence of enjoying one another's company without interruption, before Penguin spoke again, this time with more worry as he voiced aloud another concern of his. "Do we really have to go fight one of the four emperors?"
"Yes. Some plans have already been set into motion and I will see them through to the end." Law tightened his arms around Penguin's back. "Besides, Straw Hat-ya and his crew leave miracles in their wake. If we're with them, then I am confident that everything will work out in the end." Law loosened his grasp so that he could step back enough to be able to look his pale eyed crewmate in the eyes. "What I am not sure about is whether I really would want you to take part in that fight. I told you before that I don't want to see anyone I love die before my eyes again."
"I am not going to stay behind again. Not after what happened to you on Dressrosa." Penguin said firmly.
"What are you talking about?" Law asked defensively.
Penguin dropped his arms from around his captain's waist and instead gripped Law's right arm, and yanked the arm out of the sleeve, where he pressed a firm finger along the scar that ran in a circle around his captain's upper arm. "This. I heard from one of Straw Hat Luffy's crew that Doflamingo cut it off."
"Well, it isn't cut off, as you can see." Law flexed his fingers. "It healed just fine."
"But that doesn't mean it didn't happen." Penguin said, as he let go of the limb and yanked up Law's shirt, and tapped his abdomen. "They also told me that you were shot. Was that why you laughed at me when you had been hit by that sea stone bullet and I said I didn't think I'd ever seen you ever be shot?"
"Yes." Law shooed Penguin's hand from his skin before he invaded his crewmate's personal space and drew a hand along the tank top across the scars that were beneath the fabric. "But back to the future fights we will face." Law traced the scars with firmer fingers. "What if something like this happens again?"
"It won't. Not when you've finally let me know that you are interested in me and care about me. And none of the crew is going to want you to be alone, if something could potentially happen to you that we could prevent from happening." Penguin said, and since the back and forth had got him a little heated, from the damn touching and the fact that Law was wore a faint smirk throughout their short conversation, Penguin decided he needed to get that energy out before they went to interact with the rest of their crewmates. Penguin didn't want to embarrass his captain by forcing PDA on him in front of the crew when he clearly wanted to keep their relationship low key for the time being.
Law apparently noticed the shift in his crewmate's mood, because he didn't seem to be at all surprised to have Penguin shove him over onto the bed, although he clearly didn't expect Penguin to yank his pants off so quickly. "What are you doing? Wasn't two times last night enough?" Law squirmed against the bed as Penguin pressed up against him from behind, having already rid himself of his own pants. The dark haired captain braced himself on his forearms after Penguin decided to drag his legs off the edge of the bed. "I cannot believe that you're already hard. Is it that easy to get you aroused?"
"We slept nearly eight hours, and spent two more cleaning up." Penguin said, slowly grinding up against his captain's bare ass. "And you were having too much fun tormenting Shachi by tickling him."
"He is fortunate I am still in a rather good mood." Law pressed his face against the bedsheets with a muffled moan. "Penguin, if you keep this up, the rest of the crew will most certainly hear us." Law warned, even if he only grasped the bedsheets tighter and planted his feet as much as he was able to on the floor at another lazy grind from Penguin. The dark haired captain grunted as something was stuffed into his mouth and secured in place, only to still as breath spilled over the side of his neck in a quick exhale.
"I did have a gag with me but I didn't think you would have wanted it with the way I'd tied you up last night." Penguin said, and without waiting, found the lubrication and slid a finger in, and then another. "Huh. You're not as tight as you were yesterday." At a third finger, Law moaned something around the gag and then sighed and pressed himself against the bed when Penguin's fingers brushed something.
"Maybe Shachi will change those odds in the betting pool in my favor." Penguin teased as he slicked himself up, and at an annoyed growl around the gag from Law, thrust in and started to move. He wasn't looking for a slow fuck that morning, but a quick and demanding one that was sure to guarantee that his captain would not be walking until at least the early evening.
Law didn't seem to be as annoyed the longer Penguin thrust into him, and when the dark haired captain remembered that he was not tied up this time around, he spread his legs as best he could and gripped the sheets and made some muffled sound of encouragement.
Penguin didn't seem to be as focused this time around, because before he knew it, he was coming and Law was letting out some desperate gasping sound as he rutted against the bed as if to get relief. Penguin pulled out with a slow sigh and helped Law collapse onto his side of the bed, and saw that he had not yet come, so he wrapped a hand around Law's dick and gave it a few strokes and few heavy thumbs to the head. Law arched back against Penguin's chest as his breath hissed around the gag with some cross sounding words, before Law shuddered and went limp on the bed with a sigh. Penguin removed the gag, and couldn't help but laugh when Law's voice came out matter of fact.
"It seems like we both need another shower." Law lazily stretched, before he reached up with a hand to tap the collar. "And you still need to take this off of me. Don't think I would forget about something like that."
Penguin slipped a few fingers beneath the collar so that he could force Law to turn over. "I don't know…I'm really tempted to leave it there, so that anywhere you go, people will know that you're mine."
"No more sex shops for you." Law reached said firmly as he reached up to slap Penguin's fingers away. "I do need access to my Devil Fruit, should a situation arise that I need it. And then there's the whole sensation that comes with sea stone that I would rather not have linger any longer." The dark haired captain fell silent a moment, before he added, a bit reluctantly. "You may put it on me when we aren't in danger." Law frowned a little at his crewmate. "Where is the key?"
"I'm not sure, actually." Penguin admitted, and grunted as Law was suddenly on his lap and looking him straight in the eyes.
"Then you had better go and find it, right, Penguin?" Law asked, his voice full of warning over what would happen if he didn't. "I wouldn't want to think about the idea of you potentially having lost it on an island we have already left."
"I do have it on the ship." Penguin said, starting to inch away from beneath Law. "I just need to remember where."
"Sure you do." Law agreed, a little sarcastically. And them, without warning, he dragged Penguin back to him so that they were face to face again. "Oh, and I just remembered a little something I thought I should let you know about." Law urged Penguin backward on the bed a bit. "Something for you dwell on."
"What is it?" Penguin asked, and that was all he could say as he suddenly found himself on his back with Law holding his shoulders down as his captain locked him in a kiss. The pale eyed pirate flailed briefly until there was a slight nip to his lower lip, which caused Penguin to gasp into the kiss at the sensation, and groaned as Law started to ravish the inside of his mouth, not giving him an inch. It was a very different kiss than before, and Penguin found that he really liked it, especially as there was an edge of demand in it as Law licked his way along. Penguin writhed as Law angled his head back and pushed further into his mouth, the kiss starting to sound rather obscene as Law seemed to try to eat his way through the kiss with a gasp of air here and there. Penguin finally moaned into the kiss and that was when the intensity of the kiss dropped.
Law broke the kiss and gave a single, firm kiss to Penguin's lips, before he allowed his crewmate to start to gasp in air.
Penguin was lying limp on the bed when Law started to move, and found, to his surprise, that Law, despite limping very obviously, could walk. The pale eyed pirate heard his captain as he walked over to the door with some clothes back on, as he'd caught a glimpse of Law shrugging into the sweater with the feathers more or less hiding the collar still around his neck.
"Penguin?"
With an obvious effort, Penguin rolled over onto his stomach, still dazed by the kiss his captain had given him. It was difficult to even meet Law's eyes, but when Penguin did, his stomach flipped at the sight of Law giving his lips a slow and obvious lick.
"That kiss just now? It was a friendly warning to let you know that I am most certainly not going to be submissive all of the time." The dark haired captain offered a smug smirk, before he was gone and out the door.
Penguin was left reeling over the implications of that sentence, since he'd become used to Law being so pliant around him in the bedroom. Penguin had a shiver run through him at the thought of Law dominating him in bed, and found that it was hard to meet his captain's eyes for the remainder of the day.
-x-
Penguin was able to find the key in his room early the next day, and cornered Law in the infirmary to give him a brief kiss as the collar was unlocked. There was another kiss, as Law didn't use his powers to warp away now that he had access to them.
Law pressed closer, and with a faint smirk, cupped Penguin's crotch in his hand and made the pale eyed pirate jump at the action.
Both of them moaned into the kiss the longer Law palmed Penguin, and there seemed to be a call for less clothing in the room when a knock and Shachi's cheerful voice interrupted the touching and the kissing.
"We're near the rendezvous, you two, so keep it in your pants!"
As Penguin followed after his captain, both of them pretending that nothing had been going on, Penguin suddenly noticed that Law wasn't wearing his hat. "Captain? Where is your hat?"
"In my room. I will leave my hat off so long as you leave yours off as well." Law stated without turning around as they walked down the short hall of the submarine.
Penguin's hand flew to his head to discover that he wasn't wearing his hat like he thought he had been, when Law had given it back to him the day before. He'd forgotten to put it on, it seemed. Penguin dropped his hand to his side and decided that he would leave it be, as it was worth it to see Law with his hat off. To see that tousled dark hair and to fully see those golden eyes when they looked at him.
As the two walked down the hall, Penguin felt that he had nothing to worry about but for the eventual confrontation with an emperor. It seemed like he and Shachi and the rest of the crew would be sparring with one another more frequently. But as long as they were all careful, nothing bad should come out of it.
He hoped.
Penguin did, however, believe in his captain, and the pale eyed pirate knew that he would follow Law wherever he chose to go, regardless of any personal feelings. Because Law was his captain, and all of the Heart Pirates would follow him without question.
Even into a battle where the odds were stacked against them.
-x-
The battle did come to pass, although sooner than anyone had anticipated. And when those losses that had not been expected were accepted, Penguin couldn't help but be grateful that he'd survived it. If only to not let Law lose another person he'd come to love. Penguin just didn't think his recovery would be so painful, or his captain so attentive to his recovery.
Because really, Penguin had not expected to be incapacitated for so long in his captain's care and neither had the remainder of their crew that had survived the clash with Kaido's forces. The downtime they had, however, made up for it, because they were not expected to go off into another fight any time soon when they all weren't in the best of shape.
And that extra downtime meant that as soon as Penguin was able to be awake for more than a few hours at a time, he was able to spend those waking hours alone with Law.
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A/N: I will have you know right now that I am cracking up over writing a LawxPenguin chapter, and now it will be at least two chapters to include what I've written as an outline for it (because I was having too much fun with Law using his Devil Fruit powers to be a terrible tease). And then I will end the fic after that before it starts to meander too much.