Kid keep pacing back and forth wondering when will Law come back. He becomes older but still haven't old enough to open the door yet. He look around dying to go outside, Kid hates being lock up.
Even if the room is big and huge it still small at least to Kid. For a person who has always accustomed to running around to an endless road stay in this small room is nothing more than torture. Kid turned around to the window just above the study and he wondered should jumped out from there and go find his crew and while he there surprise Law. He gonna show that raven head that locking Kid is impossible. But before the window's knob get turned so he can get to his freedom, Law walks back in.
Kid immediately turned around at the teen and started ranting:
"Where was you? I was getting bored here."
"For your information, I don't have to entertain you" Law shrug lightly before walking straight to his desk, pulling out some medical books, and about to leave the room again. But Kid hold on to his wrist refuse to let go.
"Yes, Eustass-ya?"
"Are you gonna leave me here like this all by myself?" Kid grumbled.
"Yes. You are if you didn't notice still a kid." Law explains.
He tears Kid off his wrist and walk to the door. When his hand is on the door's knob Law stops. He turns around and looks at Kid. He sees the pre-teen mumbled some swear words while pouting and Law can't help but chuckle for a bit. He shakes his head, pulls out his den den mushi and calls Chopper apologizing that his meeting with the blue nose reindeer might have to change to another day. He grins a little bit when the small doctor worries that he might be sick or something. Then he quickly dials another number before faking a cough to get the red head attention. When Kid eyes is focus on him Law smirks:
"If you promise to behave and listen to me…then lets go"
Kid stays silent.
"So…or I should just go alone and meet your boring friends then" Law add as he pretend that he's about to leave the room and stop when Kid suddenly speaks.
"I…"
"You?" Kid's eyebrows cringes with annoyance hearing the word from Law mouth.
"I promise, okay?" Kid yells.
"Let's go then" Law chuckles as he ruffled Kid hair gently. The touch was so soft and gentle that Kid yearns for more when the hand left his hair. He let out a groan for the emptiness that go un-notice for the surgeon.
Law opens the door and gestures for Kid to go first. Kid walks out mumbled again about how he hates being treated like a kid. Law walks behind him continuingly chuckles and as weird as it's may sound, its actually sound beautifully to Kid's ear. Some thing about Law laugh that is enjoyable to Kid and not the other around. Kid mentally hit himself as he try to tell himself that Law's laughter is annoying and the moment he's back to normal is show that arrogant supposed surgeon what he deserve for treating him like a kid. A question that cut off Kid's train of thought.
"Eustass-ya, why did you fix and upgrade that robot?"
"Because I'm bored" Kid immediately answer.
"Do you normally do that when you are bored?" Law raises an eye brow at the walking figure in in front of him stops walking and scratch his head as shakes.
"No"
"Then why?"
"I…" Kid stops talking because he doesn't want to admit that he went through Law's stuff, see the picture and fix that robot for the surgeon. He turns around see the confuse look on the tattoo-ed teen face he shrugs.
"I guess, I think I have been doing them when I was a kid, it just somehow got under my skin again."
"You know, if you are a engineer or simply a mechanic, and have your own shop, I might just drop by everyday." Law winks.
"What? Why?" Kid stunned at the word of the guy in front of him.
"Because you have a talent that why, Eustass-ya"
Replied the tattoo-ed teen as he continue walking past Kid and to the place where suppose to go. He left behind a confused but quickly snapped out of it and ran to catch up with the surgeon. While walking behind the surgeon, Kid can't stop thinking, when he's back to normal which is tomorrow will Law still be this kind toward him? Kid gaze still haven't left the young surgeon, he laughs at himself, why would Law be nice to him when he back to his normal self? Kid to the world that he hates Law more that anyone.
But if Law keeps being this kind toward the red head, then the surgeon will bring back un-needed emotions that are nothing more than a burden toward Kid. He needs to do something about this Kid walks a bit faster so that he's now walking side by side with the young surgeon.
"Oy, tomorrow when I'm back to normal, have a fight with me" Kid demand. Thing might go back
"You are not afraid of losing?" Law teases.
"What are you fucking saying? You are the one that will loose here" Kid yelled.
"Haha, We'll see" Law laughs.
"I'll show you, you arrogant bastard what I'm capable of"
"Oh…I'm so scare" Law teases.
"You'll see, don't go on crying when I kick your ass" Kid grits his teeth at Law teasing. At that moment, the red head takes back every good thing that he ever think about the male right next to him.
Penguin's Room
Killer wears the clothes and eats the breakfast all been brought to him by his temporally roommate. He looks at Penguin who is reading one of his books. Killer wants to break the silent but he has no word to say. They are after all share no common interest or even on a talking basic. He continues to observe Penguin through his mask which is still quite big but still able to wear. Killer's surprised, this is the first time has ever look at someone for that long.
"Why are you guy so good to us?"
"Really? Why are back to that question?" Penguin looks up from his book, boredom laces all over his voice.
"Because I still don't get it. I mean you guy hates us"
"Dislike, correction. We dislike you guys but we don't hate you" Penguin closes his book, giving the blond all of his attention. Seeing the blond's head slightly tilted, he sighs:
"We have no reason to hate you. I mean you guys bully the weak, but that's fairly normal here. This is high school. You guys are just acting like how you all suppose to"
Killer feels a bit taken back. He never thinks that Penguin is that much mature in thinking like that. At the same time he feel that a blush is creeping it way to his face. Thank god the mask is being helpful as its stand there as respectable shield from showing the opposite teen his embarrassing face. Penguin look at the all of sudden become silent 'roommate" and can't help but thinking, is that all the blond wants to ask or is there something else.
And suddenly last night creep its way back to Penguin's memory. Why did he agree to share the same bed as Killer, why did he ever taken his hat off in front of Killer, who not even close to a normal friend. In fact Killer is far from a acquaintance as well yet Penguin agree willingly to take off his hat. Even though Killer promised to wear a scarf but he can't help worrying that what happen if Killer see through the scarf? What happen if there is gap in the scarf where the blond wraps it around himself last night.
Just as if Killer is reading his mind, the blond speaks up:
"About last night, I didn't see anything"
"Did you?" Penguin's surprised as Killer just answer the question that is linger on his mind just a few second ago.
"No. I'm a man of my word" Killer simply reply.
"Thank you" Penguin nods.
And the atmosphere around them all of sudden become awkward again. Neither of know what to say to the other but both of them what to break the silence that has fallen upon them. Lucky for them the den den mushi more accurately Penguin's den den mushi has done that pleasure for them both. Killer quietly listen to Penguin conversation with the person on the other line. He hears how the other teen sound so…happy while talking to who ever on the other line. Happy, admiration, adoration, and much more.
Killer glanced and notice how Penguin facial expression changes while talking to the person on the other line. How a smile always appear of his face, how sometime that smile turn to small chuckles and that…somehow make Killer feel uneasy.
And…Killer hates that feeling.
Penguin hang up his phone and turn to Killer. His captain is kind even though he prefers that side of him not known to others. He looks at Killer, the smile is still there and that annoys Killer even though the blond had no idea why. Penguin breaks the silence that has fallen on them both after he hang up with a voice that is more cheerful than ever:
"Killer-san, do you want to got somewhere?"
"For what" Killer asks, curious but still annoy neverless.
"Because being crept up in a room like this must bores you out" Penguin smiles.
Killer feel even more annoy with that smiles…yet he still doesn't get why.
"I feel fine" Killer turns his head to the right, turn away his view from the male.
"Okay, then. I guess I'll just go and meet your crew alone then" Penguin stucks his tongue out and pretend to stand up and walk to the door when he feels some one holding on his hand.
"Fine…I wanna go" Killer says still refuse to look at the male in the eyes.
Penguin let out a small chuckles as he detects that the blond is blushing underneath that mask of his. He opens the door and let blond go first after all older suppose to let younger go first for now.
Penguin and Killer are the last to appear at the small abandon warehouse out side the school ground just a bit. When they are there they see that Law and the heart crew and Kid 's crew are already there. Killer run straight to his captain, have a look at him for a long time before giving his captain a high five they have both read each other mind:
"We both still look good at 15" says they at the same time.
Penguin walks up to his captain who is standing with his back against the ware house wall along with his crew. The heart crew are just standing there merely observe the Kid crew and let them playing with each other, tackling each other down like bunch of kids. Just like they are replaying their childhood all over again.
"It's like they are given a chance to redo their childhood" Sachi comments.
"Yea…how nice would it be if we actually get to redo our childhood" Law says, no emotion is heard in his voice.
With this the whole crew except for Jean Bart has fallen into silence. They watch the Kid's crew with envies. If only there childhood has a bit of carefree, a few more laughter and less worries will they still be who they are now? A captain with so much of secrets and paranoia, the first mate who can't even walking around in his normal human self, and along with to crew who wear hats and glasses to hide their own real face…they are here in the academy where students are free to bee who they are and yet they are not exactly as free as they think they are.
Kid on other hand, is having so much fun after a whole day not seeing not even a slightest conversation with his crew. He practices with them as he feel that he's slowly gaining his power back. They are not wrong whoever they are when they say you grow stronger each day as you get older. His crew on other hand are equally excited to see him as well. Killer even tackles him, his captain on the ground. Kid normally with threaten to cut the blond hair of but this time he just laugh and tackles the blond back.
Killer and Kid sit on the ground watches Heat chases Wire around. Killer looks at Kid, start up a conversation:
"Captain, why are they so nice to us?"
"Don't know, who care, when I'm back to normal, I make sure to kick his ass as a favour" Kid punches his right fist to his left hand making a statement.
Killer frowns at that idea, not that anyone can see it anyway. But Kid senses it, he gives the blond the look asking what the hell the frown for anyway:
"Didn't they help us? I mean we could have been kicked out, expel and everything and you think kicking their ass as soon as we back to normal?"
Kid's taken back for a little.
"Why all of sudden that you care?" Kid asks.
"No, I'm just saying that we should be fair" Killer says, but the question that Kid ask him has been asked by the blond himself so many times during all the time he's with Penguin,
"Law…at first I think that he have other motives when they when he want to help us. But now I'm not so sure" Kid suddenly say.
"And what you are trying to get at?" Killer asks, he can see it how the heart crew has crept their way into their mind and slowly spin them around.
"I don't know. But I don't like this feeling. It's troublesome, I rather we hates each other guts like before rather than this" Kid close his eyes and sighs and all of sudden he remember the touches of Law's hand on his hair and how good that feel.
"I can't think straight like this" Kid adds and Killer nods in agree with his captain.
I can't apologise enough for what I have done T_T
but there been a lot of thing that happen to me lately. Ever since I lost my wordpress password along with my hard drive I sort of just crumbled.
So I'm terribly sorry.
L Lyall.