Soul Anchor Chapter IV - Be Yourself [PengxLaw]

Chapter IV - Be Yourself

The nightwatch preyed on Penguin's mind. Actually he was no night person. Instead he prefered getting up with the sun just to train a bit before breakfast.
He placed a lot of value on keeping in shape and improving his strength. Therefore he also liked to do a little sparring in the exercise room of the ship with some of the other crewmates, however those usually lost out to him. This was no surprise as he already addressed himself to material arts at an early age and put a lot of time into his training. The only one on the ship who was still able to measure up to him was Ban. How much Penguin had liked to dare him to a trial of strength the next morning.
But this was not possible because he would walk through the empty walkways of the submarine on his own for at least the next four nights. Maybe even longer as he was not sure if his captain would leave it at these two weeks of nightwatch. After all he wondered how things should went on between the two of them since he avoided him consistently since that night.
"This is just ridiculous. We have to talk about it. And if he doesn't want to talk, he shall rather kick me out of the crew instead of behaving like this. He sometimes really acts childish." With these thoughts Penguin did not stand in front of the captain's cabin for the first time during his nightly rounds, this time he did not make a retreat though. He caught a deep breath and knocked at the door determinedly.
It took a moment and Penguin was already tempted to walk away again when you could hear a "Come in!" from the door's other side. After some hesitation he grabbed the handle and opened the door. However he did not do it too swiftly as he would not want to anger his captain directly and not to let the atmosphere overturn instantly.
Law sat on his bed, which stood centered at the right wall lengthwise to the door, reading a book and turned his head aside to see who of his men grace him with his presence that late. Promptly his expression turned cloudy when he saw Penguin, who was still standing at the open door holding the handle.
With an annoyed sound of his voice the doctor looked back at his book and flipped the page as if he wanted to continue reading, "What do you want?"
"Talk to you, Captain!" Penguin lent a certain weight on his voice, which should signify the other that he did not let himself being put off and send forth.
"I don't know what we have to talk about." Sure Law knew it. But he did not want to talk about it and looked further grimly on the scientific text in front of him.
Still the older did not let himself being intimidated by his unwelcoming harsh way. Even though he usually obeyed him, but in this case he would not give in. No matter what. He wanted to resolve the issue now once and for all. Therefore he pulled his hat from his head and at the same time closed the door behind him.
"You know it very well. But if you don't want to talk about it and rather still want to ignore me, well, then that's how it is. In that case don't expect from me that I'll stay any longer on board. Because for me it's too stupid to get treated like I was not here by my own captain. I don't have to take this, even though I regret it a lot." And yes, Penguin would really regret it, after all by now the Heart Pirates were already like his family.
But he did not feel like following a man who did not deign to look at him.
Sighing annoyed Law closed his reading, put it on his right bed table onto two other books and turned around so he was sitting on the edge of the bed. But on the side which faced the huge round window opposite the door so that he turned his back on Penguin. Obviously he did not want to look at him.
"Somehow this sounds like extortion," he said with a snarl, while he was now sitting there straddle-legged, bracing his elbows on his thighs and his chin on his folded hands.
Penguin lifted one eyebrow and looked at him, "How should I extort you with this? At the moment it doesn't seem like it is important to you that I'm still a part of your crew."
Decisively he looked across the bed at Law's back.
"Bullshit!" he spitted unexpected and stood up quickly to walk straight over to his desk, which was placed in front of the window.
Vigorously he pushed his hands on the dark-brown wooden tabletop and peered into the dark night. They were not diving at the moment and therefore he could watch the black waves which were shimmering in the moonlight. The sea was quite calm. Infrequently a wave sloshed that high that it hit the lower edge of the windowpane before it became one with the black mass further down again.
On purpose Law did not look at the other. He knew too well how his body would react again. Just the fact that he was in the same room let him be uneasy. Especially due to the dim light of his bedside lamp he could also see himself and Penguin in the windowpane.
"If this is bullshit," Penguin continued at the other side of the room, "then please explain to me how you think to go on with this? Are you planning to ignore me for all eternity?"
Law hesitated before he confessed quietly, "Dunno."
The other watched him standing unstrung at the desk, bowing his head and staring at some notes.
"I know that I've made a mistake. That by now you let me feel above all. But because of that you can't avoid me forever if you want that I rather stay on board." Penguin tried to stay calm.
However Law's next statement confused him: "You haven't made a mistake."
What? If he hadn't made a mistake why did his leader behaved like that towards him and moreover had given him for Law's standards a rather hard punishment in form of a longer term nightwatch?
Exactly this was the point where Penguin went into it, "If I didn't so, why do I have to run my feet off night by night then? And why then the hell do you treat me like shit now? That makes no sense."
Again a pause of some length occurred before the surgeon answered calmly, "Because I refuse to believe it and can't accept it!"
Penguin rolled his eyes. He hated it when he had to worm everything out of somebody. And his captain was a great candidate for this, you were glad if you made him talk at all though.
"That you slept with a man?" He had no scruples to speak this aloud. "Is it this horrible for you?"
Now the other answered surprising quickly and appropriately loud, he still did not turn around thoguh, "No!"
No, that he had slept with a man was by now the smallest problem the young doctor had.
"I have slept with one of MY own men," now he spun around and spitted toxically at him, "passive! THAT is much worse! Therefore the punishment as well. I wanted to avoid that you get arrogant just because you… bedded your captain."
Surprised the other glanced back and looked in Law's eyes, which visibly reflected his inner disturbance and despair. Now Penguin understood what the problem was: Law fought with the fact that as a captain he had given himself to one of his subordinates in this way. According to that it was his fear to lose his reputation and the respect, which his crew paid to him, once someone came to know of this.
Just when he had turned around Law already regretted this decision again. Because right that moment Penguin stroked with his hand through his straight, raven hair. Sure he did this without any ulterior motive. He could not know that even this simple gesture caused a wave of lust inside his captain - lust to do it again.
Penguin sighed, "Surely I won't lose my respect towards you or stop seeing you as my captain. Actually you should also know that I'm not arrogant. And I told you that nobody will learn anything about this from me. It was a one-off which only happened because we were drunk. And sometimes you do stupid things if you're drunk. I will take care that this will never happen again. But I can't do anymore than promise that nobody will ever…"
Law, who knew very well that Penguin did not tend to arrogance, cut him short harshly though, "It wasn't the alcohol!"
Again the one next to the door eyed him confused, "It was not the alcohol? Do you mean to say…"
Penguin stopped speaking. He remembered the next day at the showers when Law looked over him sober. Was it him? Was his captain sexually attracted by him? For a moment he regreted that he had taken off his hat. Otherwise he had pulled it further down into his face now to hide that he was blushing a little.
Also on Law's cheeks a subdued red appeared, however Penguin could not see it due to the distance to him.
A little bit embarrassed the younger looked to the side and spoke more calmly but still furiously on: "On the last island I've slept in one night with three women only to prove to myself that I just imagine wanting the sex with you."
Penguin's eyes widened: He had not expected so much honesty by his opposite. Apparently the whole thing stressed him awfully. Therefore he was happy that he now talked with him about it and gave him the opportunity to understand his behavior.
"I thought," Law continued, "that then everything would be as it was before. And I would notice that it satisfy me equally. But it hasn't. Not a bit! And it wasn't the fact that the women were bad. It just hasn't given me what I wanted. Whatever it might be. And also…"
He stopped.
Penguin chased it up, "And also what?"
Law bite his underlip briefly, well deliberating if it was right to be even more plain.
"Now it is too late to lock the stable door after the horse had bolted, Law. Besides he has bedded you. You have already put your cards on the table. Therefore it doesn't matter," crossed his mind before he spoke on. "And even when I pleasured myself it didn't change anything. Fucking shit! Suddenly, everytime I see you, I want to touch you and like to do it again!"
With his last words Law glanced angrily at him again. Inside him his thoughts whirled and mixed up with despair and rage, whereas this was directed at himself above all. Everything he had said was the truth: He had desperately tried to get away from being that much attracted by Penguin, but he had failed. Every time when he had caught sight of him after that night again, arousal had suddenly grown inside him and he could not explain himself why it was like this. Not to mention that he did not know how he could halt it. Also now he became more restless, when he looked at him and his manly, striking, but also symmetric and beautiful face. Inside him rose the wish to lay down on the bed promptly in front of him and begging him to repeat it. But Law dissembled this.
Penguin gazed stunned back: So that was why he was avoiding him. Now he had heard from Law himself what he had already thought. His expression turned back to ease.
"I see," he replied calmly.
But Law disagreed completely, "No! You don't get it at all! You don't get what this means to me! Somehow I have to put this desire down but I don't know how!"
The other dared to walk some steps towards him, "What it means to you? What does it mean to you?"
"That's what I just told you! I'm the captain here!" Law got louder again.
Anyway Penguin was not deterred by this now and went over to him past the bed's footboard, but stopped about three feet away from him. "Well, so what! That doesn't mean that you're not allowed to do such things. Apart from that I don't think that anybody of the guys will excoriate you due to this: I've told you several times now that nobody will learn about it from me. And I won't think in another way of you because of this. You are and you will stay my captain - assumed that you don't treat me like I'm not here."
Now Penguin could clearly see the slight blush on Law's face.
The thoughts, that came to his mind at this sight, he kept for himself though, "Sure he can be frightening, but now he's looking really cute when he's so upset. At the moment I'd love nothing better than sleeping again with him."
His opposite looked away again, as soon as he was so close to him, and kept silent again. The other's thrusting, dark eyes let his arouse grow further more. And this was not what Law wanted. He just did not want to accept that his libido responded like this to his counterpart.
That Penguin meanwhile also eyed him up precisely and could not refuse that he was fond of him, the younger did not notice.
"We have to do it again! Pretty sure then my body will realize that I don't want this at all," he mumbled after some time.
Thunderstruck the older one looked at him before he, similar like the last time, had to laugh briefly, "Pretty sure not. Sorry, Captain, but this is the biggest bollocks I've ever heard."
Again the other flashed angrily at him, "Really? Then tell me how to stop this!"
Penguin shrugged his shoulders, "Not at all? Or by sitting it out? Perhaps you really just have to ignore me long enough, although I don't think that this will change anything."
But the other did not seem like he was listening to his words any longer at all. Because just when he looked again at him his furious countenance abated from his face. There it was again: The growing desire. Even though Penguin was wearing his overall entirely closed for a change Law wanted to touch him. Again he started to look him over. And again it seemed like this was happening unwitting, as if his brain was completely disabled for that moment.
Penguin watched him for a few seconds until he released him from hanging though, "Forget it, I won't sleep with you again just to be treated like this by you after it once more."
He was serious. No matter how handsome the younger was, Penguin would not do this with such an idea in his head. He turned around to leave. Freed from his trance a little moment later Law rushed past him to the door, locked it and pressed himself with his back against it.
Penguin looked at him sceptically when he reached the door, "Are you kidding me? With all due respect, Captain, THIS is ridiculous."
A bit surprised Law eyed his face. He did not expect Penguin to face him that way. Momentarily he admired him for his courage, although Penguin really was not that kind of person that could be pushed down easily. After all he reverted to his imperious role.
"You will go nowhere without my permission! We will do it now once more!" His opposite did not miss the purposefulness in Law's steel-blue eyes when he was standing right in front of him.
The other quarreled with himself: He could not deny that he was still a bit tempted to have sex with him once more. Just the very thought of last time when his captain writhed underneath him was alluring. And the memory of this was quite present in his head when he looked in his eyes like this. But, not, this time he would not relent, no matter how much loyalty and respect he paid his captain otherwise: He would not do it a second time. Especially not with what was in Law's mind.
He reacted accordingly harshly now when he braced himself with his right hand against the door next to Law's head and snarled at him, while he impacted the cap in his fist tightly, "No we won't! If you like give me the night watch for the rest of my life or disassemble me with your devil fruit power! But I will NOT sleep with you once more… CAPTAIN! Not when you have in mind to hate it and will likely again forbid me to prepare you properly and compel me due to this to hurt you again. And I know that it caused you horrible pain the last time. Probably it also still hurt a few days later. You won't force me to do this again! And for this reason I don't mind to set against your orders! Because I don't let you command me to harm you and besides to do something that you don't want at all - not a second time!"
Law's eyes widened. Suddenly his heart started to race. Not because he was afraid of Penguin, even he was a sight stronger than himself and appeared indeed intimidating at the moment with his serious expression. Finally Law still considered himself superior due to his devil fruit powers. The reason was this unbelievable charisma with so much determination, self-control and intripediness inside - this expression in his dark brown eyes, which told him that he did not tolerate any objections, no matter what he would respond. And of course Penguin knew for sure that Law had advantage over him due to his powers. But this did not seem to scare him away from meeting him head-on.
The doctor stared at him speechless. Penguins words had also textually shaked him. The statement that he did not want to hurt him again affected him fiercely. But why? Was he so much surprised that one of his crewmates said such things? Did he really believe that they did not care about his wellbeing at all? Law just did not know. He looked down on the floor. A deep silence fell.
Penguin watched his counterpart again sharply. Again he realized that it was hard to resist for himself as well. In his imagination he even started to undress him, he could recover himself quite quickly though. He still disliked Law's plan too much to get involved with it.
Because Law obviously was still searching for arguments to get him around, Penguin abruptly interrupted the silence, "You've got two options. Either you let me go now, maybe after you have made mincemeat of me since I opposed your orders, or…"
Now he faltered.
Law looked up again, "Or?"
Penguin blushed again which irritated in the light of his just determining manner.
"Or we do it again, but then with my rules and not to the end that you will hate it afterwards," he replied calmly and looked still firmly into Law's eyes.
With that said he indirectly confessed that he also was not loath and it was hard to resist for him as well, although he just had decided to do so.
His opposite seemed surprised. Until that moment he also thought that Penguin did not want to repeat it in any case. But obviously he had been wrong.
Law's typical mocking, a bit mean smirk appeared on his lips, "So you liked it too?"
"Sure," Penguin admitted a little sheepishly.
"I just hope not only because you could nail your captain." Law's face went serious again.
"Damn, no! That's completely irrelevant!" Penguin said a bit louder before he sighed, "You turn me on as well. Not because you're my captain and therefore I think it's hot to screw you though. But you as a person. You, Law!"
In fact he dared to call him by his name. Usually the whole crew called him only by his title. Even though Law never had been emphatic about it, it was their way to express their respect towards him.
But right now Penguin did not want him to involve himself back in this role and to diabolise himself because he as the captain had shown himself towards him like this that night.
And indeed it aroused a strange feeling inside Law which threw his heart rate out of rhythm again. Once more he did not know why, but he liked it when Penguin called him by his name.
He did not want to accept it like anything else though.
"Great, but I want to hate it anyway," he growled quietly.
"Damn, why?", the older again raised his voice, "What is so bad about the fact that you like it? Just because you are the captain and therefore in your opinion it is not proper if you have sex with me like this?"
"Yes!" The doctor fizzled back.
The older sighed and looked suddenly pitying at him, "Why… can't you just be Law and put this stupid title or job or whatever by for a short time? At least here in your own four walls? Finally you're just a human with needs and preferences too. Just simply be this human. Just be yourself: Law! And not the captain. You are it the entire day anyway."
With this words he caused again something inside the other which he could not understand.
Just be himself? Forget his tasks that he had here on board? Even it sounded really inviting, this was impossible.
"I can't! I'm responsible for everything that happens on this ship," again Law looked away, "I mustn't betake myself in such a weak position. Thereby I only bring us all at risk."
"It's no weak position, Law." Again aware of calling him by his name, Penguin hoped to lead the other to abandon from his cramped attitude. "And you'll bring nobody at risk if you let yourself go sometime and relax utterly here, in your cabin, behind a locked door. And the last time I could awfully well see that you can do this. I think no one here has seen you like this before. And I also think that this is what you meant when you were talking about something that satisfied you which wasn't the case otherwise. Everyone of us needs sometimes a break from his duties and has to let go of and to be himself and to do what makes him relaxing and unwinding. And if I can give you this I'm really willing to do so. But not if you don't want to accept that this is what you want."
Due to what Penguin said Law's hard shell got more and more chapped. He looked at him stonily.
"But," again he tried to be resolute, "my task is to care about everything here and to see that everything runs smoothly."
"Yes. But not all the time! You've got a very competent crew. Therefore this ship will not sink immediately sink just because you seclude yourself for a few hours and unwind." Penguin pushed himself away from the door.
He did not intend to change Law's mind so he could have sex with him again without a queasy conscience. To him it was much more important that his captain grant himself sometime a downtime and did what he really enjoyed and let him unbend.
But Law did not want to admit that the other was right, "I do this nearly daily when I'm reading. Like I just did this moment before you came in."
"No, you don't! Even then your head is working restless and you jump up as soon as you hear a little sound to proof if everything's fine. Instead of just trusting in your men." Penguin just spoke aloud what the entire crew was already discussing for themselves again and again.
They all knew that their captain considered that he had always to be there on demand and to control everything on board. It was obvious that he had less trust in his crew. Not only Penguin wished that he would show more of it and lean backwards more often. Especially for his own health which he yet paid less attention on, although he should know it better as a doctor.
"Trust…," went through Law's mind.
No, he really did not trust anybody that easily. That was also the reason why the most things in his head stayed there. And he knew the reasons for his mistrust. Reasons which belonged to his childhood. In those day when his trust in other humans had been broken. But this did not concern anybody and was not important now.
"So?" Penguin looked bidingly at him.
"So what?" Law still looked stubborn back, although the other's words started to galvanize him.
"May I go or do you prefer to dismember me? I'm sure you won't respond to my offer in any case," was the answer of the older.
Instead of responding something, the other kept silent, disengaged from the door and passed Penguin. At first he gazed after him over his shoulder a bit confused and watched him heading for the bed.
He concluded that Law let him go without any more words, "Fine, then I'll just continue my vigil, Captain."
He just wanted to unlock the door when Law talked again to him, but again without turning around, "We play by your rules and I forget my intention of trying to hate it frantically, but you won't waste a word to anybody."
It was obvious that it was difficult for him to bend the other's claims, but he knew that Penguin otherwise would never agree to sleep with him once more. He just had made this abundantly clear. But Law felt how much his body called for it.
Surprised by the calm words the older looked again at his captain, who now turned around and faced him determined. And besides his determination Penguin could suddenly see something else in his eyes that he managed to hide the whole time: Passion. The longer he saw this expression the more he felt the same raising inside himself.
He ceased from the door and turned to the younger.
"No word to anybody. I promise. But you'll trust me and let me just do." Again Penguin walked towards him and stopped anew close in front of him. "If you are iffy again I'll drop it immediately no matter how you'll react or whatever you'll threaten me with. And don't think that I'm smug about it just because you're my captain. That is completely irrelevant. Which doesn't mean that I'm losing my respect towards you as the captain."
He surprised Law again. Actually he thought he would know his crew very well. But he had never expected Penguin to face him ever that imperious as he already did a few moments ago. He had to confess that he liked it somehow though. This kind of self-confidence, which he even showed right now towards him, his captain, turned him on. In fact noticeable as he noted yet that something was stirring beyond his waistline due to this.
"OK." Law did not look back less self-assured.
Penguin came even closer so their bodies touched each other.
He leaned to his ear and whispered, "Most important rule: You are, at least until I leave this room, Law. And not my or anybody's captain. But just yourself instead."
Penguins deep voice with the subtle seductive undertone close to his ear sent the younger in sudden, unforeseen arousal. He could feel a strong tingling at his lumbar region.
He smiled slightly and responded quietly, "I'll try."
His opposite could imagine that it was not that easy for him to just give up this role. And also he had to be careful to continue calling him by his name and not by his title out of habit. Therefore he was satisfied with this answer.
He threw his cap blindly on the bed while he opened his mouth a bit and started behind Laws golden earrings to trace the outer edge of his ear with his tongue. At the same time he placed his hands on his hips.
"Let's see if he will really manage to leave the lead to me and play along. I hope so. I really want to go ahead with it and to see him so unbend." So much he wanted to do something good to Law, Penguin could not deny that there was a little self interest as well. Because he had also enjoyed their last fling - even though unperfected. Therefore he hoped it would become better this time and he could again enjoy this arousing view beneath him.
At first Law remained standing motionless and looked over Penguin's shoulder at the door. A little tension already raised up inside him. Maybe he was even more tensed up as the last time because he was sober now. He was not sure what really was the reason for his unease though. The sex itself or just the fact that he as the captain devoted himself again to the other like that. Only the imagination how he would lay underneath him again in a bit… no Law might not think about that. Abruptly his body tensed up even more.
The other did not miss his stiffness. He pulled back his head and looked once again in his eyes, "What is it? Didn't you just say as soon as you see me you have the need to touch me?"
"Yes," was the short answer.
"Why don't you do it then?" Because Law did not let his inner uncertainty show so easily, Penguin could only guess it, what was not really difficult for him in this situation. "Are you still unsure if you wanna do it?"
"No." Again came just a brief reaction to this question.
His opposite sighed not wanting to throw in the towel yet. Instead he raised at first his left foot and took off his dark brown boot before he let him just fall to the ground. The right followed straight away.
Again he looked at Law, who kept silently tabs on him, "I hope I don't have to undress us both completely again."
Penguin remembered the last time very well where he nearly had done everything himself.
This time he did not want Law to remain so inactive again, especially since he openly had said how much he wanted to touch him. By all means the older would not have mind more initiative from his counterpart.
The other furrowed his forehead. Despite all excitement: He would not take this. So now he grabbed the low end of his dark blue pullover and pulled it suddenly over his head before he let it fall beside himself. At the same time he took off his socks with his feet.
"Satisfied?" Again Law was about to get a bit very.
But Penguin smirked while now he for his part eyed him up. The sight of Law's slender but well build torso pleased him very well again.
"For now yes." Penguin grabbed the button at his collar, opened it and did the same with his zipper afterwards.
He removed the upper part of his jumpsuit and waited for a response of his counterpart. But it was absent again. Once more it seemed as if Law suddenly spaced out completely. Again a moan of the other one: Where should it lead them?
He did not miss how the younger's eyes looked down his neck and slipped to his well toned chest and also his abdomen muscles, which were even more pointed due to his tight black top, and got caught at his crotch for a few seconds before he hastily looked back at his chest again. In the course of this in Law arose an incredible heat, which aroused him further.
"What's the matter? Do you want it now or not?" Penguin broached the subject again.
"Yes, I want." Law tried to appear determined again.
Once more the older leaned down to his ear, "Then take it off for me!"
Law knew what he meant. He faltered briefly before his hands grabbed slowly at the seam of the black fabric and pulled it up. As they were close to have an equal height he was able to take it off entirely when Penguin lifted his arms. While the younger let the garment fall, his eyes stuck tightly to the muscular torso in front of him again. And now, as it was naked, he felt like feeling it beneath his fingers and tracing each of this clearly defined contours even more than previously. But that indisposition about what they were doing restrained him from doing so. He felt his hands, which wanted to touch and explore that body so much, got moist and cold. He clenched them next to his own body in the hope that he could dispel the cold. But everything this resulted in was that Penguin took even more notice of his unease.
Calmly Penguin laid his hands on Law's. A shiver crossed the doctor's body. Even this simple touch heated his inside more. Meanwhile he could plainly feel his manhood pressing against the solid fabric of his pants.
"Law." As Penguin breathed his name more than he said it, he shivered even more with excitement.
"Are you sure that you want to go on? You're still struggling against it. Maybe last time has just confused you and actually your whole body doesn't want that. In this case we drop it and this all never happened." Although Penguin would regret this, since meanwhile he also had a strong desire inside himself to sleep with his opposite again, he did not want to talk him into doing something he did not want to do at all.
But Law, who had again looked away briefly, responded now unexpected when he released his hand from Penguin's left hand, grabbed it and pressed it with the palm against his crotch.
And yet he looked seriously at him: "If I don't want it, then explain THIS here to me!"
Clearly the older could feel the hard bulge under his hand and once more looked surprised at him.
"My body wants it more than anything else! Only my stupid head doesn't want it, because it always thinks that I am your captain and wants to tell me that it's completely wrong to do it. If it would be that easy to shut it off I had already done so!" The despair, which resonated in Law's words and even laid obviously in his facial expression again, was not missed by Penguin.
And he felt sorry for him that he could not just loosen up.
"I need to help him with that. Somehow I need to get him to shut down his thoughts," he thought.
He looked into his grey blue eyes, which clearly reflected a mix of lust and unease. At that his sight darted briefly over Law's lips before he looked back calmly into his eyes.
"Sorry about that," he replied gently, "I didn't mean to pressurise you. I know it's not that easy for you."
He divested his hand of Law's clutch and grasped his hands instead again, pulled them under Law's unsteady look up and laid them on his own chest. Now he was wise to the fact that the younger could not let go off his role that quickly and he had to lead him more than he initially intended. He was ready to do it if it lead to the fact that Law could finally relax again though.
Law looked perplexed at his tattooed backs of his hands. The smooth skin beneath his fingers felt so good. So soft and hot at the same time. But he could not concentrate on this for long as he suddenly felt Penguin's hand on his back pressing him closer to his body, and the other on his cheek. Again he looked in his face where he now could see even more warmth and gentleness than ever before.
"Remember, you've promised to play by my rules and to let me do," Penguin reminded him silently.
Law did not knew what he was up to. Yes of course he had promised this. And he still was up to it.
"Yes? And that's final," confirmed the other confused.
"Good," Penguin smiled, "then still try to stop thinking. The only one who will think now, if at all, is me. You just do what your gut says. And not your head."
Law just wanted to say something again and repeat once more that it was not easy for him, when Penguin spanned the short distance between their faces and laid his lips on his captain's.