Law knew that he should have gone to his room for some peace and quiet, because he now found himself with his roommates in the living room with him. At the very least they hadn't sat on either side of him on the couch, because that would have annoyed Law more than his quiet time being interrupted. It irked the surgeon to no end that Shachi and Penguin had begun to speak to one another as if he were not there.
"He sure is thinking real hard about something." Shachi commented from chair.
"At least he isn't cleaning." Penguin said from where he was seated on the love seat. "It must not be too distressing a thought."
"He's obviously thinking about his boyfriend. Nothing else twists him into knots so much." Shachi agreed before he smiled. "Maybe he's going to get another tattoo."
"Where? On his back?" Penguin asked.
"Maybe, or perhaps he was going to get more piercings?" Shachi agreed as he slid a sly glance Law's way. "Rocinante sure seemed to like your ear piercings."
Law glared.
It had no effect whatsoever, much to the surgeon's displeasure.
Shachi's grin widened. "Did you get more piercings?"
"No." Law denied immediately. The ones on his ears were enough. For now. He had started to notice that Rocinante had begun to try to toy with said piercings during their short make out sessions. And more often as time went by.
"You hesitated. You want to get more, don't you?" Shachi persisted as he wiggled his eyebrows. "Maybe somewhere...more private?"
A pillow struck the redhead in the face.
"I said I wasn't going to get any more piercings. And if I did, I wouldn't tell you because you are a notorious gossip with everyone. " Law said firmly as he hefted another pillow.
"I only let stuff slip if I'm drunk." Shachi confirmed before he hastily ducked to avoid another pillow. "And you were the one who forgot that your shirt was off with that huge tattoo across your chest. Does Rocinante make your corazon race?"
"What were you thinking about?" Penguin cut in to distract Law from throwing more pillows at Shachi. "You've been at it for over an hour."
Law hesitated for a moment before he gave in and ran a hand through his hair. "Rocinante's birthday is tomorrow." The surgeon frowned at his roommates as they exchanged glances. "Would you please stop doing that?"
The dark haired surgeon's roommates ignored him.
"Yep, he was thinking about his boyfriend." Shachi drawled, still smiling.
"It isn't that hard to get a birthday day present." Penguin made it sound as if it was the easiest thing in the world to do.
"This is Law we're talking about." Shachi said with an amused eye roll.
"Good point." Penguin said.
Law made it known then and there that he disliked being spoken of as if he were not there. It resulted in an impromptu pillow fight that left Shachi and Penguin breathless with laughter at the sight of the surgeon still irked with the pair of them.
And it did nothing to solve what he was going to get Rocinante for his birthday. And no, Law wasn't going to allow Shachi to put a bow on his head to be the 'present.'
By the time Law went to bed, he had still come up with nothing. And the dark haired man felt trepidation when he saw his cell phone light up with a text message.
From Rocinante.
'I work a half-day tomorrow. Dinner?'
Law returned the message and stayed up most of the night.
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Law was able to act normal enough during dinner, but as soon as he and Rocinante arrived to the officer's apartment, it got awkward. The dark-haired surgeon waited until Rocinante had closed the door to speak to him. "Happy birthday."
Sorry I didn't get you a present remained unsaid.
There was a pause and the blond harried man half turned as he hung up his jacket. Rocinante's gaze softened before he responded, his voice warm and happy, like he hadn't expected what Law had just said to him. "Thank you."
Law averted his eyes. "I was going to get you something..." The surgeon drifted off and gave an enigmatic shrug.
"That's alright." Rocinante said as he stepped away from the door and walked toward the surgeon.
"But you got me something." Law insisted, even though he was now aware of the way Rocinante now had him wrapped in his arms in a hug. The dark haired surgeon couldn't look the other man in the face, mainly because he was trying to figure out what the blond was up to.
"You don't need to get me anything." Rocinante said as he leaned over to rest his forehead against Law's.
Law frowned from their close proximity, his golden eyes reflecting his puzzlement. "Everyone could use something."
"I suppose, but..." Rocinante tilted his head to the side and over a little to rest it against Law's shoulder. The blond's arms held the surgeon a tad bit more snugly in that hug as he finished his previous thought. "...but you being with me is the only present that I will ever need."
Law buried his face against the other man's shaggy hair as he had no response that he could possibly say to that quiet confession. So he hugged the other man silently in return and since that didn't seem to be enough, Law silently urged Rocinante's head up from his shoulder to kiss him. The surgeon made it clear that he wanted the kiss to be very thorough to show him how just how much he was affected by the blond's words.
Rocinante was more than happy to comply with the silent request.
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A/N: Apparently, I'm on another KiddxLaw kick now so updates for this fic are going to slow down. I'll still update this fic, but it will probably be more like once a week, give or take a few days. I already posted way more chapters for this fic than I thought I would in such a short amount of time (I still can't believe this has been up for just about two months).
