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Call Me

Chapter 9

The next time Law talked to Kidd, it was after their blow up was almost two weeks later in the park. The raven had decided to go for a jog, taking Bepo with him. He was wearing his short shorts again, but other then that, he was wearing a thin,gray, no sleeved sweat shirt from Crimin, his black hair covered by it's hood.

He was running, sweating quite bit by the time he reached the park, having decided to take the long route to get there. Law bent over his knees to catch his breath, the pants coming out in a slight fog.

Bepo collasped by his side, telling Law to give his manic run a rest. Law had barely slept a wink for the last week due to the heavy bruises on his ribs and back, courtesy of Doflamingo, via Vergo. Doflamingo was starting to realize that Law's growing a spine toward him on a whim was not starting to fade, and the blond man was starting to get pissed at the raven refusing him.

He collasped on the wet grass next to his dog, stroking the pet's fur. The jolt hitting the ground made him suck in his breath with pain, but other then that he made no sound. He could cope with pain, after all, he been through much worse. He closed his eyes, and tilted his head back to the warm sun, his hood falling back. He had no idea how long he was like that, but he was startled out of his daze by a noise.

"Mr. Dog!" came a happy call.

Law slowly opened his eyes, feeling like his eyes had been glued shut. He blinked his bleary eyes up at the shadow that had fallen across his face. It was the little girl from the other day.

"Mocha!" another voice called, getting closer, "Don't just run off and- oh."

Trafalgar blinked again, and saw the mug of the man he least wished to see.

"Hello, Mr. Eustass-ya," Law greeted dryly, then closed his eyes again. He was way too tired to argue with the red head today.

"Mister! It's so good to see you again!" The little girl chirped, oblivious that the teen wanted to be left alone.

Law hummed tiredly, then opened his eyes again. He staightened, and went to stand, but his breath came out in a soft hiss, and he almost fell back down again.

"I'm sorry, little girl-" he started to say as he straightened, and adjusted his hoodie back over his head.

"Mocha!" she interjected.

"...Mocha, but Bepo and I are leaving so..." Law said, shifting uncomfortably, and tugged on Bepo's leash to get the dog to his feet. He waved lamely good bye, and began to walk away, wincing now with every step.

"Mister, are you really leaving?" he heard the small voice of the little girl ask in dismay.

That made Traf look back. Big mistake. She looked at Law with such big, brown eyes- eyes that did something to his heart. He looked at her, then in defeat, carefully bent down and unclipped Bepo's leash from his collar.

"I suposse we could stay a little longer," he sighed, and sat down stiffly on a near by bench.

Mocha smiled happily, and called to Bepo, who came to her eagerly. They were gone in seconds, going off to play.

"Stay within eye sight!" Kidd called out, and recieved a wave of acknowledgement.

" Cute," Law smirked, leaning back against the bench. "Never pegged you for a babysitter."

Kidd stood next to him, silent, hands in the pockets of his brown leather jacket. He shrugged his broad shoulders, and sat next to him.

Law refused to speak again, instead, lifting his face up once again to the warm sun, and letting his mind float on the border of sleep before jerking awake with a yelp.

"Sorry!" Kidd said quickly, pressing himself away from Law. "Sorry!"

Law was forcing himself to cross his arms casually, to hide his shaking hands. Damn, Kidd's arm had just brushed his rib cage, and he had squawked like a bird. He turned his head to hide his blush.

"Listen, Law..." Eustass-ya began, "About the other day...I am sorry about the way I acted," Though you deserved it, was left unsaid, but Law heard it as clear as if it had been spoken.

"I'm sorry that you got angry as well, Mr. Eustass-ya," Law said, eyes closing again, half way this time. God, he was so tired;

He saw Kidd stiffen out of the corner of his eye.

"What kind of half-assed appology is that?!" the red head exclaimed, facing Law.

The raven shrugged. "It wasn't any kind of appology. I was simply agreeing with you."

" You are such a bastard!" he exclaimed. "I am trying to fucking appologize, but you make me want to punch you instead!"

Law shrugged lightly, and held covered the wince with a cool smile. "I tend to have that effect on people."

Kidd grabbed hold of the front of Law's sweater. He was pretty sure that he had kept a neutral face, but something must have showed, because Kidd immediatly let him go.

"Law, what the hell is wrong? You are as pale as death." Eustass-ya questioned, and grabbed hold of the teen's chin, pulling thm face to face.

The raven teen narrowed his gray eyes, and leaned even closer to the red head. "And if I told you? What the fuck could you do about it, hmm?" When Kidd didn't respond, Traf answered, "That's right, nothing, so piss off."

He grabbed hold of Kidd's pale hand on his face, and toke it gently off his chin, and turned away. He looked out across the grass and watxhed Bepo bounding around after Mocha, who was teasing him playfully with a stick. He sighed, and ran a hand through his dark hair. When he turned back to Eustass-ya, his breath caught in his throat as his cool eyes meet with blazing amber.

"Trafalgar, " Kidd growled, and scooted closer to Law, totally breaching in to the raven's bubble of personal space, and grabbed his shirt, pulling closer. The actions seemed that they would be rough, but Kidd's gripp was nothing but gentle as the red head brought his face close to Law's. "I am not dicking around with this." His deep and rough voice made Law's traitorous body shudder with want, but the teacher ignored that as he continued. "I want to help you, so why won't you let me?"

Law avoided the older man's eyes as he said, "There is nothing you can do, that's why. "

"Bull shit. There is always something that you can do. Tell you what," he said, releasing his gentle hold on Law, "If you let me help you, I'll spend a night with you. Just you and me, whatdya say?" He leaned back against the bencH, looking at Law with a grin.

Law smirked. 'What a smug bastard,' the raven thought. ' Thinking that something like that could possibly tempt me... '

But as Law looked at the body of the man next to him, he realized that it DID tempt him. Quite a bit actually.

Law pretended to think, then said, "I suposse that the offer is tempting, I must admit, Mr. Eustass-ya." Law leaned forward suddenly, ignoring the screaming from his ribs and the wide eyed look of surprise Kidd gave him, and grinned dangerously. "But I don't think that you know exactly what you are getting into." Then the teen licked the almost nonexistent hickie on the junction where Kidd's collar bone met his neck next to his shoulder, biting a little as he pulled away.

The action drew a startled squeak from the red head, and before he could get punched, the teen stood, and walked in the direction of his dog.

"Bepo!" He called out to his dog, and clipped the dogs leash on to his collar. He thanked Mocha, and bidded her farewell, before making the trek back to his home. He had some planning to do.

As he walked away, he smiled as he heard Mocha's loud voice ask alarmed, "Hey, why is your face all red? And why are you holding your neck? Did a bee get you, again? Thats the second time this week..."

Kidd mumbled something that Law didn't catch, but the raven couldn't missed the embarrassed tone that the words held. Oh, boy. This was gonna be good.

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This was NOT going to be good, Kidd concluded as the raven teen strode away, but he could see the slight hitch in the teens gate. He was still holding his hand over his neck as he and Mocha walked through the park. He had been promising to take her for a few days now, and now with Bonney on tour, and Mocha 'sick' for the next few days, he could finally spend some quality time with her with no worries.

Mocha grabbed his injured hand gently, and they walked through the park trails and over the wooden bridge to the other side of the small river. The leaves were starting to change with the late September air, the cool breeze blowing the crisp smell of leaves and fall all around them.

Kidd was quietly humming while Mocha entwined her small fingers in his, and smiled down at her. She looked up at him and smiled back at him, making his heart ache wih happiness. Not that he'd let it show to anyone other then the little girl.

"So, Mom is calling again tonight, right?" She asked.

Kidd hummed in agreement as he fixed his sweaters collar over Law's bite, stopping in front of apple fritter stand. Yum. "You want some?" He asked, pulling his wallet from his jacket pocket. The little girl nodded eagerly, letting go of his finger painted hand.

The red head got them each an order of steaming hot, and cinnamon packed apple fritters.

"Be careful, they hot as hell."

"Heehee!" She giggled as she took the box the the older man offered her. She started to shove one in her mouth immediately, but decided to wait, smelling it instead.

Kidd popped one in his mouth and cringed as the heat hit his tongue, but concluded it was worth it as his senses filled with the taste of cinnamon and apple. They found a near by bench next to the duck pond, and Mocha lead the way to sit down.

Kidd sat down on the seat next to her as she swung her legs through the air over the sidewalk, and began to eat her fritters.

"Do you know that man?" She asked suddenly, and pooped another piece of food in her mouth as she waited for his answer.

Kidd knew that she was talking about Law. "Yes. He's a student of mine," he replied.

Mocha tucked a strand of her dark curls behind her ear as she giggled, "Well, I like him. And his dog, too."

Kidd gave her a lopsided grin. "Yeah, he's alright. You want the rest of these, Mo? I know your aunt has you on a sugar ban," he asked, trying to distract her.

The little imp smiled with stuffed cheeks, and nodded. "Wesh, pweash!" She exclaimed happily around the food in her mouth.

The red head dumped the rest of his fritters in Mocha's box, and threw his away into the nearest trash bin. As Mocha ate, Kidd waited, much too occupied by his own thoughts of the raven haired teens words. He was already regreting his deal, but then he shook his head. No, this was an opopportunity for the red head to get his foot in the door.

But that begged the question: why? Why did Kidd care so much about Law?

Kidd thought at first it was because he felt the same need in Law that he had felt in himself at the teens age, and then he thought it was because he felt partially responsible for the way Law had turned out. Where was the geeky 12 year old that was taking advanced algebra? Now Kidd didn't know if it was a mix of both, or a whole new reason altogether, but whatever the case, he refused to give up. He would get Trafalgar Law to be human. Kidd wanted him to be more then the shell the teen had built around himself, and the red headed teacher knew that sosomething was wrong. He would be no better then the person hurting Law if he stood by and did nothing.

He was pulled out of his reverie by Mocha's very unlady like burp, a trait that she unfortunatly developed from her mother. Kidd sighed, and stood with the little girl.

"Come on piggy, it's time to head over to the paddle boats if you want to snag that chicken boat your so fond of," he laughed, and took hold of Mocha's hand.

Said piggy checkily oinked, and suck out her tongue at Eustass. She pulled him along as he started to walk slower purposely to aggravate her. Eustass laughed as the raven tried with all her might to get him to move quicker, but had no success. When they finally made it over, she was slightly annoyed with Kidd, but was soon happy as she got into her favorite paddle boat, and peddled away in a bright orange life vest.

Kidd watched her fondly, and as he said goodbye to her later that afternoon, she hugged him tightly around his neck.

"Bye, kiddo," he said, kneeling down to place the girl's feet on the ground.

Mocha's aunt Hina, watched the two interact, and smiled despite the fact that she knew that the little smelt of sugar and sweets.

""Bye, Daddy!" She called from the door way as Kidd walked down the walk from Bonney's sister's house, and he turned to wave a finall good bye before he climbed into his black truck, and drove further away from another joy in his life.

Okay, guys, I know that this was a shorter chapter, but I just had to let it end there. Don't worry, things will explained in the next chapter. There might even be a little kiddxlaw action ( if you know what I mean) ;) dont forget to review! XD