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Law stared at the scene before him with a twitching eyebrow, "How exactly did this happen?"

"Uh..." Kuro laughed sheepishly, "I might've gone a bit overboard,"

Maki rolled his eyes from where he was tending to a downed Shippo, "A bit? You either knocked out or at least floored most of these guys."

"Why exactly were you sparing?" Law asked feeling the telltale ache that signaled the beginning of a headache and a bad one at that.

"I wanted to see where they all stood," Kuro tugged on the end of his braid with a sheepish smile, "And I ended up getting excited,"

"And when the idiot get's excited, he forgets his own strength," Kuro turned to pout at Maki.

"Ki! So mean!" The large man whined.

Law mentally rolled his eyes at the childishness being displayed. It reminded him of Ariun when she was acting childish only she was actually kind of cute. Law shoved those thoughts down as he began tending to the downed men. Kaze gave Law a smirk as he walked over to Josh leading Law to believe that the teenager had a hand in this mess. Law mentally shook his head at the childishness of his crew.

I leaned back against the couch as my fingers touched the spot on my neck where Law had kissed it. I knew damn good and well that he had left a mark there. The thought of it caused a shiver to go down my spine and something inside of me to warm up. My head touched the couch and I breathed out through my nose. If things continued the way they were, Law was going to win the game. I wouldn't have minded too much before, but something's changed. I needed to win the game since that's the only way Law would want to keep me in his bed. If I was reading the situation right, Law hated losing. Since Law hated losing, he would most likely instigate another round of the game to try and win. Only problem is, how do I win the game? My mind went to what happened in the infirmary and a smirk wove its way onto my face. If I took control, Law would lose the game since he obviously liked it when I took control of our kiss, "Oh yes, I think that will work just fine."

I was drawing in the sketchbook that I had left in here when Law walked in. I glanced up at him and noted the look on his face before smirking. Law's eyes narrowed at me, "You knew this would happen."

"Yup," Law set Kikoku down against his desk, "Kuro doesn't really know how to control his strength when he get's excited and I knew from the tone of his voice that he had been excited," I ran a hand through my hair, "It's one of the ways that we're the same. Only I get carried away when I'm excited while Kuro just forgets how to control his strength,"

"You can tell just by the tone of his voice?" Law looked at me in surprise as he walked over.

"When you spend years around someone, you tend to pick up on their tells," I explained as he took a seat on the couch across from me, "Once you pick up on their tells, you can figure out when they're pissed, excited, happy, and all. With Kuro, the most basic tell is in his voice. You can tell when he's nervous or angry just by listening to the tone he uses. With Maki, the most basic tell is his eyes. When he's angry, his eyes tend to gain a red tint. When he's happy, his eyes become half-lidded like he's about to fall asleep,"

Law picked up one of his medical journals that he had laying on the coffee table as he considered what I told him. After a few moments, he asked, "How long does it take for you to pick up on someone's 'tells'?"

"Depends on the person and how close I get to them," I picked up my sketchbook once again, "It also depends on how much time I spend with them,"

"What if it's someone you just see in the street?" Law's eyes lightened showing me that he was curious.

I frowned slightly, "If it's someone I just see in the street, I would have to talk to them for a few minutes to get a basis on what kind of person they outwardly appear as. Once I do that, I can start figuring out a person's basic tell."

"Are there any common tells?" Law set the book down next to him.

"Eyes are the most common," I opened my sketchbook, "When someone lies, they tend to look either to the left or to the right. If they're feeling a negative emotion, their eye color darkens while the opposite occurs when they're happy,"

Law was quiet for a few minutes which allowed me to focus on my current sketch. He finally spoke after a few moments, "When did you start developing this skill of yours?"

"A little after I was sold to the scientist," I set my pencil down and shut my sketchbook, "It was a needed skill since it told me if he was going to be particularly brutal when he came to experiment on me," A shudder ran through me, "If he was, I would make myself go unconscious which helped me escape actually feeling a majority of what he did to me," I shook my head to stop the memories of that time from rearing up, "Can we please stop talking about this?"

Law nodded with a slight frown as he picked up his discarded book, "Of course, I didn't know it would bother you."

"I'm going to take a nap," I got up and walked over to the bed before laying down facing away from Law.

Law frowned as Ariun laid down and inwardly cursed. Just how many skills did she develop while with that depraved bastard?

"Captain?" Maki walked into his office, "You called?"

"Sit down," Law gestured to the chair across from him.

Maki did as he bid and asked, "So what's this about?"

"What skills did Ariun-ya develop while with the scientist?" Law cut right to the point.

Maki stared at him for a long while before sighing, "Which skill did you find out about?"

"Her ability to pick up a person's tells," Law informed him with a slight frown, "Maki-ya?"

Maki leaned back against the chair, "I guess that makes this easier. Let me guess, she decided to take a nap after you asked how she developed it?"

Law's eyes narrowed, "You did as well?"

The silver haired man nodded, "Back when Ariun first escaped, I wondered why she could figure out when people were angry, so I asked her. She ended up avoiding me for three days after telling me about it."

"Will she do that to me?" Law disliked the prospect.

A shrug was his answer, "You can never tell how Storm will act when it comes to stuff like this. While it's a possibility, I doubt she'll do that, but keep an eye out for it. She'll probably be quiet for awhile and seem lost in thought. Sometimes it sticks for a few days or sometimes it sticks for a few weeks."

Immediately, Law disliked that prospect, "Is there anyway to speed it up?"

The amused look Maki gave him in reply irritated Law, "Nope."

I was reading when Law walked into his room, "Ariun-ya come here."

He stood by the door as I put my book down after marking the page. I slowly stood up and walked over to him. He grabbed my hand and tugged me out of his room. I was curious about where we were going, but decided not to comment. As with every time certain parts of my past got brought up, I felt too tired to speak or argue. Law pulled me through the sub and up to the top deck. I looked at him curiously before noticing the fact that it was sunset. Without much thought, I walked towards the railing as Law's hand let me go. I perched up on the railing and watched as the sun slowly sank into the ocean dyeing it dark orange, red, purple, and blue. I faintly heard someone down below mutter, "What's Ari-chan doing out here?"

I ignored them as my eyes stayed locked onto the beautiful scene. I was slightly startled when arms wrapped around my waist, "Ariun-ya you need to tell me about what topics make you uncomfortable and why. I dislike it when you suddenly turn cold or bitter because something is mentioned."

Shock ran through me, but I pushed it down as I murmured tiredly, "Talking about certain aspects of my past make tired. Please leave my past be until it comes up."

"Will you warn me if it does?" He asked gaining a nod from me, "Good,"

"Why bring me out here?" I looked away from the setting sun.

My eyes widened slightly at seeing the way the fading sunlight ran across his face. It caused his grey eyes to become lighter making them appear almost blue in appearance. The black of his hair gained a slight blue tint to it that reminded me of a raven's wing. Law speaking prompted me to refocus, "Maki-ya mentioned that looking at the sky helped you center yourself."

I blushed faintly and mentally promised to hit the silver haired meddler later, "It's really just the colors that help me."

"Colors?" Law looked down at me.

I turned my head to look back at sunset while trying to ignore the blush staining my cheeks, "They remind me that there's more to the world than shades of white, black, and grey. Sunsets and sunrises are my favorite times of the day even if I don't get up early enough to see a sunrise most of the time."

I fell silent and Law didn't comment anymore which left us in silence. Without really noticing it, I leaned back against Law as my eyes took in the colors of the sunset and ideas for new drawings came to mind. Law's arms tightened around me for a few moments before relaxing. When the sun had finally set and dinner was being called, I moved away from Law and he released my waist before moving back to give me room. once my feet were solidly on the deck, I walked over to Law and wrapped my arms around his neck to hoist myself up enough to press a kiss to his lips. I pulled back before it could get heated and left the top deck.

Law stared after Ariun before shaking his head and following her with a small smile. It seemed that whenever they talked about her past and were on the top deck, she would instigate a chaste kiss. It was somewhat amusing, yet also somewhat annoying. He recalled the kiss they shared in the infirmary and wished she would take action more often.

As Law slipped into bed with Ariun, he was surprised when she pressed a kiss to his lips. She once again licked at the seam between his lips and explored his mouth before he pushed his tongue into her to do the same. He let out a low groan as she tugged at his hair and felt himself grow hard. He was surprised when her fingers ran over his clothed erection and he broke the kiss to hiss. She smirked at him as she laid back, "Good night."

He stared at her before a smirk tugged at his lips. She was going to play it that way, was she? Well he would give as good as he got.

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