Last one for today: Monday Morning.

After I tortured our two hotties with some strange thinking, I get closer to the first really confusing moment.

Disclaimer:All Oda's still.

Enjoy!

Monday morning found him unprepared and in a really bad mood. Lying awake in his bed, staring at the celling he was thinking about Eustass Kid. How was it possible that suddenly his first thoughts in the morning were about someone he hardly knew?

Sighing he got up and walked to his cupboard. Thinking wouldn't help him here. The dark haired male knew that only time would come up with an answer to this. And therefore he would wait. He was in no hurry.

Shooting a quick glance at his alarm he realized that he was indeed in a hurry. "Shit…" Grabbing a grey hoodie he ran down the stairs. "I'm late, Mom. No time for breakfast. See you tonight!" And he was out of the door. Passing the letter box he grabbed his cigarettes from where he hid them. His mother wasn't particularly fond of the idea of him smoking, so he just didn't let her know.

Fingering one cigarette out of the package he lit it on his way to the bus stop. He would make it in time, though only very tightly. Fine for him… No need to stay in the school longer than absolutely necessary. Maybe he would do it like Kid on Friday and just leave after the first lesson.

Sighing once more he shook his head. That was one thing he had always wondered about. How did Eustass manage to ditch so many classes without getting detention? Well, maybe the teachers had just forgotten how he looked like. But somehow Law doubted that. Kid was quite an easy one to remember.

Smiling lightly the dark-haired male passed the gate and walked up the stairs. Completely oblivious to the confused looks of his classmates he went to the coffee machine and got himself a double espresso.

Still not realizing the smile he took a sip, only to spit it out again immediately. He should know better. Coffee in school machines was no use. It tasted like if someone had cooked a bunch of old socks. Then he heard the dark laughter from the classroom door and looked up. His smile deepened as he met Eustass Kid's reddish-brown eyes.

The other male walked over to him and dropped his bag beside Law's. "I thought you knew better than to try and drink this shit." He shrugged. Yes, he usually knew better. But to tell the truth (which he would never let the other hear) the dark haired man didn't even know why he had gotten himself the coffee in the first place.

Dropping the full cup in the next bin, he returned the smirk that was spreading on Kid's face. "How comes you're here for the first lesson again today?" The redhead just shrugged. Law laughed; exactly what he had expected.

They sat in a comfortable silence for a while until Kid broke it and murmured: "What are you doing today?" The dark haired smirked, all the while not looking up from his notes. "You mean besides being stuck here for another 6 hours?" Kid barley nodded, writing down a formula the teacher was currently explaining.

"I need to work. Why?" Kid looked uncomfortable. He chewed on his lips, eyes still fixed on the blackboard. "Thought we could go for a coffee… It's a stupid idea. Just forget that I even said something." He smiled. The redhead had just said spoken out what he had been thinking about how to formulate. "If it's not today… I could do tomorrow; depending on the homework."

Eustass looked over at him, a surprised expression on his face. "Don't need to be so surprised. I really do the homework; especially so short before Christmas." The dark-haired knew that this wasn't Kid's issue, but it would give the other man the chance to get out of the slightly embarrassing situation.

The redhead smirked. And Law knew that he had realized what he had just done. Satisfied with the outcome of that conversation, the raven-haired male turned his attention back to the teacher. For the rest of the lesson they were silent, the comfortable feeling of understanding between them.

During the break, Law found himself walking through the corridors beside Kid, earning some confused glances from the fellow students. They didn't even talk with each other. Again, Law felt as if he had some unexplainable mutual understanding with the red haired man. It seemed they weren't as different as he had always thought. They both enjoyed silence when many words weren't required. It was funny…

After a long and exhausting day they walked to the bus stop. "You need to come my direction, right?" Law nodded at the question. Checking his watch he found that he would have around an hour before he had to start working. He could start homework for Wednesday, so tomorrow afternoon would be freed up.

A satisfied smirk crossed his features. Yes, that would work. At the questioning look he said: "I guess I will really be able to make it for tomorrow's coffee. I've got enough time to do homework before I need to start…" The broad smile that appeared on Kid's face after this comment made him feel strangely light-headed. Their ways parted at the Starbucks. "See you tomorrow." Kid nodded and walked ahead.

The woman that had the shift before him raised an eyebrow, looking at him questioningly. "What..?" She rolled her eyes and answered: "You're smiling as if you won in the lottery or something." Confused he turned to a mirror, only to find himself grinning back. Robin was right. Now how did that happen…?

Well well, tell me what you think.

Next chapter should be up tomorrow (hopefully for real this time) midnight CET.

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