Chapter 9

It has been a week after their very first sexual encounter that luffy found himself thinking of law since they haven't seen each other because the soon to be geisha was busy in practicing for his debut performance that will take place next week. His hands were quite full for the time being that he doesn't have much time for himself but at night,when he is alone, he finds himself thinking about the young doctor, his toned tanned skin, dark gray eyes that emits an air of danger, his exotic tribal tattoos that adorns his well sculpted chest crawling up to his arms, how he calls his name… And when luffy thought that was all there is to admire he remembered how he felt , how it felt in his mouth, it was warm and throbbing, those sounds that the doctor made drove him to want to make the doctor scream his name.

Desire was what overtook the young maiko, his hands slithered all over his body, thighs, arms, chest and everywhere where the doctor had touched him, but it was not enough, it was not as warm as the hands that he felt when he touched himself, he wants the guy named law to be his and only his. His body was already tired from the day's work, he didn't feel the need to fight the numbing sensation that sleep brings. Before he knew that the darkness has come to claim him, he wished that in his sleep, he'll find the doctor waiting for him in his own realm of dreams.

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Law sighed grumpily, these were the nights that he hate, probably caused by pulling all nighters back when he is at the university― the young doctor developed insomnia. His mind were all over the place, his goals, family― rocinante to be exact, he didn't give a shit or 2 about his flamboyant father. He is too tired to move from his position but too awake from his sleep, it hasn't been long since he and the maiko had softcore sex but he can already feel his craving for the boy's affection grow by the day. To be in love is wonderful yet at the same time annoying, tiresome and mind debilitating .

His current state was aggravated when he remembered the present that he gave. Normally, law is very sure of himself, not showing weakness nor doubt when it comes to his own actions but... this kinds of things were new to him.

He was at a different country who fell in love with a foreigner whose culture is different from theirs. Typically, in his own country with his own people he consciously and unconsciously knowd when people are pissed, happy or in love. It was another disadvantage of being him, paranoia and insecurity. Years of being anti-social was catching up to him. He does not know if the geisha did like his present, or or if what the boy had said was true. Sad to say, It was a mind game that he can't play.

There were so many questions yet the answers were not clear to him.

This time no books, journals or reasearch materials could help him win what everyone calls 'the game of love…"

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Morning has come with a big news coming from their onee-san, luffy and nami hurriedly fixed themselves and went to greet their sister who was surprisingly shocked and fidgety from the news.

"Nee-san! Ohayou! I heard you have a big news for us!?" Luffy greeted first and traversed the office until he reaches his usual spot by her eldest sister's side followed by nami who still hasn't fixed her kanzashi.

"Ohayou minna-san!" Robin greeted back, her face glowing perpetually with hapiness as the light from the sun touched her face.

"Ne, ne, onee-san spill it out already, I haven't even put on my kanzashi properly just to get here fast !" Nami whined good heartedly.

"So… I've been talking to doctorine-san and… " she trailed off, pausing long enough to see her sister's and brother's mouth go wide in anticipation.

"And?" The two said at the same time glancing at each other before shrugging and returning to their sister who was already continuing her story.

"And… she said that… well… I was misdiagnosed before and the doctor had probably miscalculated…"

ANDDDDDD!? Nami snapped her mouth open comically turned to sharp pointy rows of teeth.

"She said… I-I can still have a baby until next year!" She finished. How she said it was quiet but any one can feel the happiness in her aura that her revelation had bought.

4 long arms wrapped the purple kimono cladded geisha as few tears of joy escaped from her tear ducts. It was a very good morning indeed.

"Oh, nee-san! We're super happy for you!" Nami exclaimed as she too had tears of joy in her eyes.

"Yes! We really thought that you'll be alone and sad and and wrinkly, with cats for pets when you grow old!" Luffy exclaimed worriedly but was met with a fist on the head from nami saying something about 'baka! That was a secret of ours when we were kids!' But their sister just laughed it off and said that it might have been not far from the truth if crocodile didn't propose to her. For robin, it was crocodile or the cats.

The trio laughed it off as sanji rolled in with breakfast and proceeded to chat about the gender, the possible names if it is a boy or a girl and other things for the future baby.

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Morning for kidd has never been to slow but he was getting quite impatient waiting for a certain blonde who he had met back at he pacific waters. They had agreed to meet by the parks's river since today was the man's day off. He had thought long and hard for what he would do with his earlier commitment to the geisha, speaking of which, he hasn't visited for quite some time now. It was quite shameful that he had been so strong off back then when he was courting the raven, then with a snap of a finger, everything changed and he was swooning a different guy.

He likes luffy a lot, he does. But after getting to know 'killer' ― as people in the navy calls him, he found himself falling head over heels with the guy, one if the man's most noticeable golden blonde spiky hair which was always tied back in a neat ponytail glitter when the sun hits it, another was his incredibly bulk physique that is up to par with kidd's own bulky figure and last but not the least which caught kidd's heart the most was with his icy blue and forest green eyes. When it comes to their personalities it was a surprise that they were very compatile as killer was more of a listener but, he has great advices when the need calls for it ,also, they may or may not had fucked each other senseless earlier when they first met, but then again who are we kidding? ― in short, he can satisfy kidd's insatiable appetite in bed and that is something kidd doesn't want for luffy to become. Kidd knows he will feel guilty if he is responsible for dragging a naive and innocent boy in his own twisted quirks. He has his own philosophy that if he messes up then it better be just him who will suffer the consequences, as for killer, they have the same problem so no one between them would be drag by the other, they were on the same boat.

"Hey…" killer said calmly that it didn't even surprise kidd who was not on earth at the moment.

"You're late!" Kidd rolled his eyes as he catched a bottle of beer that his lover threw at him, cracking the lid ooen with his teeth, he took a gulp at the still cold beverage.

"So… why are we here?" Killer did the same with his own bottle and sat next to the brunette.

"Well… I kinda don't know where else to go since I only visit the okiya near the marketplace wheb I arrived here…" it was the truth, he didn't had much touring since he had met the geisha a few weeks ago and decided that it would be best to follow the boy around like a dog.

"You, have a lover or something there?" Killer asks as he took another swig of beer, it would be embarassing if the red hair notices the disappointment in his face.

"I thought I love him but… " he tilted his head and 'tsked', his eyes were pointed at the flowing river, not daring to look at the blonde.

"But what?"

Kidd darted his eyes to the fugure beside him the wind blew their hair along with some leaves and flowers that didn't survive the summer sun's wrath. "I met you and…" he didn't get to continue as the figure lunged and kissed him under the tall tree. Their mouths intertwined, their tongues dancing in a fight for dominance.

Killer pulled away briefly and stared at the amber eyes of his lover.

"No need to finish…" he whisphered, before kissing the young mab senselessly, moaning.

"I know…" running out of breath he panted and continued the kiss their bodies slamming the grass, they can feel the other's smile even when their appendages where busy and continued to make love under the tall acacia tree, not giving a fuck to whoever catches them.

After they fucked the two settled on the ground, their huge bodies where intertwined along with their limbs. Killer's head was lying on the brunette's muscular guns.

Giving out a contented sigh killer began anothe round of conversation, this time about kidd's other object of affection "So what are you gonna about that dude at the teahouse?"

"I already told you, my friend..." he was unsure how to call law so he just rolled his eyes while killer chuckled "and I are gonna bid for his muzage, I can't back out now but I don't want to have it anymore…" grimacing, his body shuffled slightly before finding his comfortale position, althroughout killer just looked at him like he is stupid.

"I have a plan…" was what all killer said as he sent a bone chilling smirk at kidd.

What kidd last remember is the blonde eyeing his crotch and proceeded to fuck himself with it.

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The day of the ceremony came by in a blink of an eye, everyone was too busy in preparing for their own causes, the okiya for the presentation, law and kidd for the upcoming bidding, while ace and the group were doing some final preparations for their departure back to the U.S. in a week's time.

Luffy in his nervousness proceeded to light a stick of cigarette which garnered a string of colorful words from the blonde cook as they were together in the kitchen. He's quite sure he is gonna mess up the presentation.

As if reading his thoughts the blonde patted his head reassuringly as he goes around the room while cooking for breakfast.

"You're not gonna mess it up! It's impossible that you will!" He said, going back to the cupboards and taking out some spices.

"I dunno…" he slumped.

"Well, why don't you go out for a walk, it's far too early, we still have a couple of hours before the presentation, just go, clear your head for a bit." Sanji winked at luffy who at his suggestion lighted up and walked out of the room sayibg he'll be back in half an hour.

It was still mid morning and the performance was later that afternoon but the crowd was already thick, the air filled with the elicious atsmell of food both savoury and sweet, food stalls were being put up as well as parlor games with prizes for the guests' entertainment. People wearing formal kimonos and suits were blended outside the concert hall, most of them talking about politics and other boring stuffs that didn't interest the maiko, the others were just looking around with their own respective families laughing and enjoyibg themselves with each other's company. Luffy stare at them as he sat at a bench under a tree, his eyes gleams with yearning and sadness, he didn't get to do that back in his childhood, though, there was this certain distant memory that he remembers it was quite faint and for all he knows it might just be a fragmented memory, it was them with ace and his parents when they were still alive. He didn't know what the event was but he knows he felt happy that time. It was then that a familiar voice snapped him out of his reveries.

"Why the long face?" He heard it from his left side the voice only a whispher that only he can hear. He turned his head to the direction only for his lips to brush against the tanned cheek of the doctor. Luffy has not seen that coming and when he looked at the doctor who was donned in a black and gray suit he thought that he was 10 times more handsone today than the last tine he saw him.

Chuckling, law sat beside him and placed a soft peck on his forehead. "Luffy-ya?" he called out to the teen, sounding like he want to ask him something.

"Yes traffy?" The young raven looked up to his tall danna with curiousity.

Mustering up courage, the doctor took a deep breath glancing to luffy fondly before exhaling it "Okay, before anything else I wanna come clean right now… I would really like it if you agree to go out with me!" He said it quickly in one go, not looking at the raven, afraid of being rejected but he didn't catch the maiko who was all the while smiling at the doctor.. " Wether I win or lose, it doesn't matter! I just want you to know… i didn't mean to but I really hav feelings for you, and it was weird and I thought I was going crazy and I haven't felt this way before to another person… " and law rambled and rambled like a prissy teenager with matching uncharacteristic hand gestures, that until luffy stopped him with a soft peck on his slightly dried lips.

"Okay… I like you too…" was all the maiko said , looking straight on those dark stormy gray eyes , clearly no hesitation in his voice. It wasn't a lie, like all the other bastards who he had slept with before.

It was like a holiday, that warm and festive feeling that creeps up in your guts during christmas? It can be comparable, but right now, nothing can beat the happiness of requited affection. It was always law who recieves affection from people, not until this adorable maiko pulled him out of his zone.

"When are we gonna go on a date?" Luffy asked with innocence and was that a hint of excitement that the doctor hears? He was leaning in front of law but not actually touching his skin.

"Well, we can do it right here. Right now." The older raven said as he looked around the surroundings. He would've taken the teen out to a more formal setting but this would suffice as time was actually essential at the moment. The raven maiko immediately agreed and shrugged deeming the whole place as perfect.

The pair walked into the crowd, the older's hand casually wrapped around the other's waist. They both haven't had breakfast as their stomachs grumbled in unison, they laughed at their own embarrassment and proceeded to harass the old man buying half of his stock of food for the famished boy, carrying a dozen or so stacks of food and orange juice for luffy and coffee for the doctor ,they went back to their bench only to sadly find out that an old couple had already occupied their seat.

Luffy didn't mind the lack of accomodation and dragged law away from the scene to look for an unoccupied one , unfortunately, all of the benches are already taken. Law was getting miffed at each bench that they neared only to find out that someone had already beated them into it, 'Tsk'-ing at the people irritably while luffy pats his arms and reassures him that they'll find somewhere to sit soon. noticed that they had already reached the end of the road, far from the concert hall where no people had ventured to. The young surgeon was almost ready to give up, not until…

"Nah! traffy? We can sit there!" The smaller raven pointed to a tall kobushi magnolia tree whose beautiful white flowers were still in full bloom as the spring only ended a few weeks ago. Law, who had no more options nodded his head firmly and they strode off to the direction of the tree and as the wind blew towards them, the gentle sweet scent of the flowers greeted them with delight. The thick leaves and flowers of this particular tree was quite luscious compared to the other trees giving them a nice shade to shelter the two from the rising heat of the sun.

Law sat in crossed legs when they reached the foot of the tree while luffy sat with his legs apart beside the doctor. They began eating ,only stopping to look at each other smiling before resuming their meal. Law was no fan of outdoor picnics reasoning that it is a waste of time and it would be just a bother to pack food and clean it afterwards, but if it means that him and the maiko would be together then it is considered time well spent. It is incredible how he changes on the inside little by little as their 'relationship' furthers.

A pink butterfly landed at the tip of luffy's head but as soon as he reached out to grab it, it flew away. He stood up, startling the doctor a little which pulled him out of his usual reverie ever since he though of the boy in a different light. The smaller raven jumped and tried to catch the butterfly only for the insect to fly higher, it wa always a mystery for law how the maiko can move freely even with constructive clothing, then suddenly he felt a slightly strong gust of wind blew towards at his side and some of the flowers which has a weak grasp on the branches flew by the air.

Tug-tugtug-tug law's heart beated like a drum as he catched a scene that he is sure his almost perfect photographic memory had forever engraved in his mind. It was luffy, looking at him through half lidded eyes with his always bright smile, the sun's light illuminating the boy's pale skin, the metallic highlights of his dark kimono shone like gold and silver, his dark shiny hair was being ruffled by the wind and all the while falling flowers dancing in the air between them, it was like everything was in slow motion as he appreciates the beauty before him, the beauty of japan, the beauty of luffy, the geisha who melted his frozen heart and kept it only to himself.

Law stood up from his seat and aporoached the geisha who was jumping and twirling on the grass. He intertwined his long toned arms around the teen's waist who was not surprised by the surgeon's sudden approach, he could no longer allow the geisha to leave his side, not anymore. With a finger he tilted the geisha's chin upwards, first, he kissed the boy's forehead and next, to the tip of his nose, to his cheeks and finally he kissed the plump and cherry coloured lips of luffy,

Luffy had always wondered why people say that a kiss is sweet, in his naivety he always thought that when people kiss their salivas become sweet but now he fully understood what they meant, it was not something tangible but rather something that can be felt, with the right person of course. He felt the doctor's heartbeat as his body's leans forward on him, he knows his heart was beating heavily too, his face? Perfection. Those storm gray eyes was looking at him like it was longing for his affection, he promises mentally that even if someone would come to claim his body , his heart would never part with the one who he truly loves, the foreigner from a different land who came and woke up his sleeping heart.

He felt something wet drip on his hand, the gray skies was forewarning them of an impending rain, law knew that they have to finish their date early, the teen should not be allowed to get sick on an important day, on instincts he scooped the geisha in his arms, and ran towards the direction of okiya.

Today has been a good day…

To be continued…

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What can you say people? Was it sappy? I don't care～ I love it!

Thank you so much for your support and time in reading my sorry excuse for a fanfic! The next one is the final chapter though and I would be soon starting a new one …