Within Touch Yet Out Of Bounds
Chapter Sixteen - Sixteen Laughs
Unloving, cruel, bitter cold water poured down his tired body like a never-ending marching parade. Every drop sent a shiver down his spine. The smell of booze still lingered in his breath, with every gulp he was reminded of it. Law mind was to proccipied by watching the water pour down into the drain. Swirling and curling. His thoughts were running riot. Mostly ones of Eustass Kid. How could he let this man have so much effect on him. When he'd meant that man, the one he was going to sleep with, he had told Law that he lived in this apartment. Law jumped at the chance to see Kid. So the man could hold him and whisper in his ear that everything was going to be alright. Law knew he wasn't drunk enough to have sex with someone. He just liked the idea of someone holding him and telling him how much they desired him. It was stupid. He knew. God, that time when Eustass hugged him in the kitchen. He held his arms and sighed. It had felt so nice to have the man holding him. He was starting to like-
Suddenly a knock at the door withdrew him from his thoughts. "Kid?" Law questioned covered his private area as he stepped out of the shower and grabbed for the nearest towel. A familiar voice answered him.
"No, it's Alex. Can i come in for a second?" The man sounded parched, his voice held a dry tone to it like he had a sore throat.
"Sure." Law replied wrapping the towel around his waist and momentarily shivering as the door opened and another cool draft crept over his body. Alex shut the door behind him and smiled down at Law.
"I brought you some fresh clothes, they don't fit me anymore so they might just fit you, even if the tops a little big." Alex handed over a bundle of clothes to his friend, they included all the essentials; Slacks, T-shirt, socks, and boxers. "It's just until your clothes are washed and dyed. If you need anything just shout me kay?" Alex stopped just before he left the room and grinned at his friend in reassurance.
"Alex, i don't know what to do about Kid." Law hated the fact he sounded so weak and pathetic, but the words had already exited his mouth.
"Hey, he's only pissed because that other guy touched you, You two wil be fine again in no time at all." Alex winked. Law smiled weakly. "Oh, by the way." Alex re-entered the bathroom and walked over to Law whispering in the mans ear. "I think he wants to sleep with you, like seriously. I had to tell him what to do, it was awkward as hell."
Law laughed at this and hoped Alex was right. It was weird he felt so comfortable with talking to this man. He felt he had more of a friend in Alex than he did in his farther, even though that should be the case. It never used to be the case... "Oh, well i'll have to see about that now shoo, let me get dressed and think about what im going to say." Alex chuckled as he left Law in peace and closed the door quietly behind him.
Alex chuckled as he swiftly moved to his roommate and brothers side. Sitting, he looked to Kid with a smutly look. Kid responded with a dark scowl. The redhead was still pissed from earlier. Fucking Law touching someone else. He wanted to destroyed the bastards face for thinking he had right to touch Law...maybe he was being a bit protective. But heck, Law needed to be protected.
"Law looks fit in just a towel. I bet without the towel he looks fitter." Well he said it. Alex needed to just say it. Kid looked like he was about to punch his brother square in the face. "I said it. I needed to say it."
Kid pushed his brother. Literally put his hand on his brothers arm and pushed the bastard off the sofa, "Fuck you."
"I get your angry Kid but can you stop bullying your brother." Killer growled and followed Kid actions and pushed the redhead off the sofa.
Kid fell on top of his brother. Alex moaned in pain from having the heavy redhead on him, "Get the hell off!"
"You get the hell off!" Kid yelled back and pushed off his brother and stood.
Alex frowned and stood as well.
Law abruptly interrupted as he stepped out of the bathroom in his new slightly baggy clothes. "The shirts way to big." Law said holding out his arms so you could see how baggy it was giving him no shape at all. Alex laughed at the lustful look Kid was giving.
"Here Law take a seat while i go make some coffee." Alex suggested patting the sofa. He made forced Kid the spot next to it.
Law sat down next to the crazed redhead and smiled weakly. Kid's eyes were to busy looking down at the exposed skin Law was showing, it might just be Law's shoulders and collar bones but it still quite a picture. It suddenly made Law feel nervous from the stare. He'd had many men stare at him with lust but Kid's was a type he's never received before.
"Make it any obvious Kid." The blonde next to him stood, "I'm having a shower, please keep the moans down. I really don't want to wank."
Kid pulled a disturbed look to the blonde, "You'd seriously...oh god Killer, you have a girlfriend!"
Killer laughed and scratched his stomach, "I can't control 'him'." He pointed to his crouch
The raven head eyes dropped down to the area Killer was pointing to. Kid quickly covered Law's eyes and snarled to Killer. "Get out Killer."
"Your not even dating and your getting jealous with him looking at my dick...gosh." Killer stormed away and slammed the bathroom door closed. Kid muttered swears.
Law stoked his finger's over Kid's hand and bought it down to his shoulder, "Eustass?"
"Sorry..."
"It didn't mean anything with that guy, I was just upset and-"
"So why the hell was he touching you." Kid croaked out coughing to clear his throat.
"I like you Eustass." Law proceed to sit closer on the sofa next to Kid and rest his frame against the other man with his head on his shoulder. "It's just my parents have just had a row and Crocodile left, I was upset." Law explained desperately wanting Kid to understand. "I just wanted someone to take my troubles out on."
Law glanced at the redhead beside him and saw the look on his face. His chin was slightly clenched and his lips were curved into a bit of a frown. Kid growled and looked away, "You have me..."
Suddenly there was the sound of something hitting the laminate and smashing from the kitchen, followed by a growled trail of curses. But before anyone could ask what was going on Alex was out of the kitchen into his room and back out again. His phone practically melting to his head with the force he was applying to it from his hand. "Pick up, pick up, pick up. No, fucking s-shitty voice mail." He tried this again before giving up and shoving his phone into his pocket. Kid and Law glanced on in confusion as Alex headed towards the door swinging his jacket over his shoulder.
"Where do you think you're going?" Kid asked, he had a feeling Alex was about to do something irrational.
"To get Justice, she's alone in the house with Doflamingo from what I heard. I'll be back soon." Alex made for the door again, but was stopped by a death grip on his arm. "Kid get off me!" Alex growled.
"Are you stupid, Doflamingo will gut you."
Law just sat there wide eyed, listening to the argument. Before everyone heard a knock at the door and were reduced to silence. The twins seemed to be to distracted with glaring at each other to bother to open the door so Law got up and opened it. Instantly he felt arms tighten around him and his breathing cut off. "Your safe!" The girl worried and snuggled her head into Law's chest, "I thought something had happened."
"See she's fine. No need to fret." Kid commented and smiled shyly to his brother. Alex still frowned.
Alex walked off to sort out the broken cup in the kitchen.
Justice let go of her brother, "I'm glad you didn't go out drinking."
"Er..." Law darted to the sofa.
Justice clenched her fist, "FUCK SAKE LAW."
"Did you seriously just come here to yell at me?" Law crossed his arms. "If so, go home."
"I-I can't."
Law blinked, "What's he done?"
Justice bit the top of her lip, "He said we were going to move..." She left out the important bit she had told her father because of the fear of getting yelled at. Today had been emotional and she couldn't take if her brother officially stop talking to her. She'd already lost her father.
Law flinched but Kid was the one to jump in, "Move where?"
"I don't know, he said this place was to distracting and that we should move somewhere else." Justice answered slowly and carefully. Making sure not to miss anything out.
"He means we're too distracting?" Alex popped his head around the corner and raised an eyebrow with a annoyed look on his face.
"That's what i said to him, i said he was being stupid." Justice mumbled.
Law took a deep breath and tried to come to grips with the situation. Crocodile had left Doflamingo so the bird thought the best solution was to run away from it. Therefore, he successfully splitting these four up. "He's only running from his problems." He grunted, his voice was distant.
Justice nodded her head thoughtfully, "He destroyed his office." The girl moved to her brothers side. Kid watched her briefly before departing out the room.
Law scoffed, "What a moron."
"I'm worried about him Law. He acted like he didn't care that Papi left him but I could see it in his face that he was lying. H-he real-ly heart-broken-" Justice explained with tears already forming in the side of her eyes.
Law touched her shoulder to bring her into a hug but she jumped and painfully hissed. He frowned and slowly took down the her shirt sleeve to see a huge purple bruise forming on her shoulder. Law's eyes narrowed dangerously, "Did he-"
"It was a accident, he was throwing things about and I got in the way and...this happened. " She defended and shrugged Law off her and pulled up her shirt sleeve, "He didn't do it on purpose."
Law raged inside his head but wore a calm face, "I bet he didn't." He remembered back to when Doflamingo held Crocodile's wrist. Law was studying medince and by the looks of it, Doflamingo had also brusied Crocodile. Law knitted his brows together.
"Law?" Justice softly whispered and Law day-dream popped.
Kid spoke next hissing at the nasty looking bruise to be. "Alex, you got any bruise cream left?"
"Yea i'm way ahead of you." Alex walked back out of his room leaving in in a hectic state as he had duck around for the cream. "Errmm, here...Law are you putting the cream on?"
Law took the bottle from Alex's hand and thanked him, he turned to his sister then but she already had exposed her bruise for him. "What does it do?"
"It brings out the bruise quicker, making it heal faster." Alex stated watching Justice jump as Law put the first bit on.
"It's freezing." Justice squeaked.
"Stop being a baby." Law rubbed the cream on gently and Justice closed her eyes and tried not to scream like a bitch.
When done, Law twisted the cap back on the tub and gave it back to Alex. The man grinned and walked away. Kid sat down next to Law, and getting the message, Justice followed after Alex and walked into the kitchen.
"Just realized how much of a protective brother you are over her." Kid observed and snaked a arm behind Law and dragged the man closer
Law closed his eyes as he rested upon Kid's chest, "She is my little sister."
"I know that, she knows that. But i think she's a big enough girl to make her own decisions Law, don't you?" Kid smiled and hugged the man into his chest.
"I just don't want her to get into trouble like me."
"She won't, i think Alex has that handled for now. So you can just relax for a bit."
"But that's just it, he already thinks they are dating. She is in trouble for nothing because they aren't even going out and-"
"Law, chill. They act like more of a married couple than we do. Doflamingo will eventually come round... I hope."
"I wish." Law sighed and relaxed into Kid.
"Anyway..." Kid roughly purred, or more like growled, into Law's ear causing Law to shiver in delight. The pair got closer together, just enough for Law to see Kid's lustful yellow eyes until their lips met. It was Kid who pushed into Law and made the older man fall back on the sofa, but the raven-head pushed right back and their arms immediately wrapped around each other. Law's hands constructed around Kid's strong neck, his hands stoking at the redheads hair while his lips parted and Kid immediately invaded. Kid's right arm wrapped around Law's upper back, making the man arch his back, and pulling their bodies together hungrily.
"Hey Law how many sugars do you-Oh" Alex walked in only to catch the image of the two on the sofa. He mentally blushed and turned, "Okay, I'm gonna guess none." The ginger quickly ran out the room although his voice was loud, "Their snogging each other faces off in there."
Kid sat up and coughed awkwardly. A bright blush covering his face. Law chuckled softly and followed and sat up. He wiped his lips with the sleeve of the shirt and got rid of Kid's lipstick.
"Err, she's drinking something one sec- Hey! you can't drink that out of the bottle, are you trying to drink yourself to death! Get off my whisky!" Alex yelped, Kid and Law listened to the struggle and the giggling coming from the kitchen but decided to leave the pair to get on with it. Law face palmed t his sisters attempt to flirt. They heard mumbling again meaning they were talking instead of shouting now, but neither Law nor Kid could hear what was being said.
In the kitchen Justice was a little tipsy. She steadied herself by leaning against one of the counter tops and grinning up at Alex like a mad women.
"You are a complete nutter, you know that?" Alex smirked as he pushed the two coffee mugs to the side keeping them out of the way as he turned to directly face Justice. The girl had gotten closer somehow without him noticing.
"I've seen you naked you know." She decided to change the subject to keep the fun in the conversation. "You were stood near your drawers just getting changed casually. Like i wasn't even in the room. Bu you kept turning round to check if i was still asleep." Justice giggled as she saw Alex's jaw drop and his eye's widen as a blush crept all the way up his neck.
"You are such a pervert-" Alex was stopped as a finger pressed against his lips and Justice was suddenly right next to him.
"Shhh, your talking to much." Justice spoke lethargically then immediately after pressed her lips against his. She felt him stiffen in shock at first, but as she laced her fingers into his hair he started to relax and move his lips against hers. He growled into her mouth when she pressed her body flat against his. She liked that and bit on his lower lip in response. He growled again.
Alex could feel himself hardening but did nothing to stop it as his tongue continued to play within this woman mouth. Biting on her tongue she let out a whimper. She could feel it pressing into her thigh. Without a second thought he moved his hands from her hair and lifted her up by the bottom onto the counter top, swiping kitchen object out of the way as the continued to kiss, this was getting a little out of hand and he was getting way to hot and bothered as he felt her legs lock around his waist pulling him closer to her. He heard a call from the living room but ignored it.
But he finally broke the kiss for air. Shit. Alex looked up to see the slightly disheveled woman above him looking even more exotic than she usually did, she looked down at him from her place on the counter unit with half lidded eyes as she panted gently.
Holy shit what was he thinking! "I'm sorry, arghh." Alex ground out he left the kitchen cursing himself as he went. "Shitty little bastard, you went to f-fucking far." He grumbled to himself, knowing nobody else could here him. When he finally came back to focus he noted the three men staring at him in shock, Killer with a rather scared look on his face accompanied by a blush that went to his ears. And he was also aware of the fact he was still half hard. For fuck sake could this get anymore embarrassing. He left for the bathroom before anyone could question what had happened.
Justice walked out a few seconds after and smiled weakly at her scowling brother. "Hi guys the coffee is ready."
"Justice." Law ground out between gritted teeth.
"I'm really sorry for walking in on that." Killer said still in shock, Kid cocked an eyebrow at the older man. He was still confused though he did have some idea's as to what happened, considering how Justice's hair was suddenly a mess.
"What was the sudden racket about? Like things clanking around or being pushed out the way?" Kid asked.
Justice giggled and smugly boosted, "Alex and I were kissing-"
"You were what?" Law scowled.
Justice rolled her eyes, "So you can kiss Kid all you like but I kiss Alex and that's crossing the line?"
Law nodded, "Yep."
Even Kid nodded, "I didn't get a boner from it."
"Bit insulting." Law commented.
Justice rolled her eye's again, "I'm going to get some more whiskey." Justice spoke waving as she walked back towards the kitchen. But she was blocked by a wall of muscle which she walked into. Alex was stood in the kitchen doorway dripping wet with nothing but a towel around his waist, looking very menacing.
"No more whiskey for you." He growled, Justice turned around with wide eyes. Instantly her head dropped down and she smirked. With a quick pull, the towel ended on the floor.
A/n - Once more a cliff hanger -_- Hope you enjoyed, I have to point out that the drama hasn't even begun yet.