Sunlight was filtering in through the open blinds and Kid groaned, trying to cover his face with his arm. But the arm not in the cast was trapped under something warm and heavy, and Kid opened one eye to glare at whatever it was.

It was Law, fast asleep and looking probably the best since Kid had known him. The dark circles had faded, and the doctor's skin was no longer vampire pale. The contrast from the day before almost made it seem like it was a different person. His breathing was deep and even, and Kid grinned when he remembered how awkwardly Law had invited the redhead to take a nap with him. Kid had never slept with someone in the literal sense before. It had been nice, actually.

They had gone to bed sometime in the afternoon, and the clock on Law's bedside table said it was five in the morning. Sleeping right through the afternoon and night would explain why the blinds were still open, and why Kid was starving. But he was comfortable enough, and he didn't feel like waking the doctor just yet.

After dozing off and on for thirty minutes or so, Kid felt Law stir beside him. The doctor yawned, mumbled something, and then sat up like he'd gotten an electric shock when he bumped into Kid's shoulder.

"Aaagh?!" The older man yelled, and fell clean off the bed.

"Good morning to you to." Kid said, rolling his eyes. "What the hell was that about? This the first time you woke up with someone in your bed or something?"

"Actually, yes." Law was a bit flushed as he pulled himself back up, and he sat on the edge of the bed. "I was startled."

"Really?" Kid propped himself up on his good arm. "You're a son of a bitch, but you're a good-looking son of a bitch. I would have thought you'd have had a few people stay the night."

"What makes you think the absence was due to unwilling partners?" Law shrugged, and picked up his work pants to look for his pager. "I've had no one in my bed before because I have no interest in sex."

"None at all?" Kid asked, sitting up as well.

"None."

Kid watched as the doctor kept digging through the discarded clothing on the floor, and tried to figure out where the two of them stood. Law had definitely been responding to his flirting, and he had to like the redhead a certain amount since he apparently didn't share his bed with anyone else. But guesswork was a useless headache, so Kid went with the direct approach.

"So what exactly is going on between us?" The redhead finally asked.

Law, who had found his pager and was checking his messgaes, looked at the redhead with a blank look.

"Does a relationship have to entail sex to hold your interest?"

"What? No."

"Then the exact same thing that you thought was going on between us is going on. Just minus the figurative sleeping together."

"What about spooning and shit, like we did last night?" Kid asked, scratching at the skin near the edge of his cast.

"That's agreeable." Law looked at a particular message on his pager, frowned, and got up to search the floor for his phone.

"Kissing?" Kid asked, checking it off on his fingers. "Making out? Second base?"

"Yes to the first, the second only when in an appropriate environment and what does second base even mean?"

"Basically groping your chest, but it could be like shirtless massaging if you're into that too." Kid replied, and grinned when Law dropped his phone and turned a visible shade of red as he tried to catch it. "So?"

"Again, only at an appropriate time." Law replied after picking up his phone again. He frowned at it too, and sat back on the bed.

"Good to know." Kid yawned, and grimaced when his jaw popped. "You going to tell me why you look more miserable than usual?"

"Apparently I'm on vacation" Law continued to frown at his phone, but he looked more confused than annoyed. "It would seem that my colleagues would agree with you that I looked poorly yesterday and have informed me I am to take some time off."

"They would have to be blind to not have noticed. And since you're off, get your ass back into bed. No damn reason to be up this early."

Law hesitated, but he put the phone down and shimmied over so that he was sitting next to Kid. The redhead put his arm around the doctor's waist, and the two of them sat in a companionable silence broken only by Kid's yawns. Law seemed to be intrigued by the scars that littered the redhead's torso, and he started tracing all the ones that he could see with one finger.

"You have a lot of scars for a mechanic." He said, probing at a deep one on Kid's good shoulder that was still a dull mauve colour.

"Yeah, I guess so." Kid replied. "I got in few crashes with Killer when we were younger. Street racing isn't the safest hobby."

"You drove?"

"We used to drive in pairs. One to watch the road, one to watch the cops." Kid turned, revealing a long, broad white scar that ran over his ribs. "Almost punctured a lung when I got this one, and Killer nearly lost an eye. We decided we wanted to live to be thirty, so we moved towns and started fresh, started racing legit."

"I'll gratify your ego, and say that I'm mostly glad you did." Law said, smirking at Kid before he swung his legs off the edge of the bed and stood up.

Stretching out his back, Law picked up the remaining clothing on the floor and dropped it into a hamper before he left the room. Kid got up and followed Law into the kitchen, stomach growling, and sat down at the counter that was still littered with their coffee cups and sandwich wrappers from the day before.

"So how long are you on vacation, anyway?" Kid asked, drinking the last of the leftover cold coffee in his cup and earning a disgusted exclamation from the doctor. "A couple days, or a couple weeks?"

"The message said a minimum of a week, barring any emergency operations."

"We should go out, then!" Kid grinned, and crushed the empty paper cup before tossing it into the garbage. "Get outta the fucking house and have some fun."

"I suppose it's not a bad idea. We could start with going somewhere for breakfast." Law said, digging through the fridge and coming up with nothing but empty containers.

"Let's do it, then." Kid stood, and ran his hand through his hair. "I can get dressed in no time. Meet you in the hallway in ten?"

And Law smiled back at him, and shut the fridge door firmly.

"Alright. Ten minutes, Kid."

Another chapter! A big thanks to Shiina Yuki for reviewing the last one, it made me so glad to know you were still waiting and that you liked it! Also I was originally intending to just leave it ambiguous what they were up to in bed, but it ended up flowing better this way. I've headcanoned Law as asexual for a while, and it was nice to write it in. Anyway, I'm really hoping to get this finished before September, so wish me luck! 3