One more to do.

The redhead's eyes are beginning to ache by this point, slipping the coin into the envelope and setting down her eye piece before she stretches out once again, her back clicking with the motion and drawing a stifled grunt from her lips. 

Her attention soon focusing on the raven sat at the end of her bed, watching as his inked fingers maul the coin with the rabbit that she had found earlier, he was able to tell her about it in much detail;  it's a limited edition coin, would have been 50 pence in England, it was made in reference to a writer named Beatrix Potter and the cute little rabbit was from one of her books.  

He seems highly intrigued...

"Do you wish to keep it?" Her question earning a small hum in response as Law glances up at her, his fingers still twiddling with the penny and drawing a subtle smile to her lips. "We don't have any exhibits based on authors or coin collections so it would be wasted on us." 

She had seen a frame filled with coins at his apartment when she slept over but she didn't take too much notice of it, she wouldn't have guessed that he was a collector, but it works for her in a way. He made this task much less painful, if his presence wasn't soothing enough, he also knew how to tell if the coins were fake or not so he gladly did half of the work.

Some might say he has earned a reward.

"Wouldn't that give Hawk-ya more reason to hate me?" 

"He doesn't hate you." The redhead calmly murmurs, trying to ignore the slight tug on her heartstrings as she scoots closer to the doctor, gently leaning back against his chest while she begins inspecting the final coin. "Besides, he didn't exactly count them so he won't notice if one is missing." 

Law doesn't vocally respond to that, mainly because his eyes are also fixated on the final coin, discreetly studying it whilst he reluctantly slips the Beatrix Potter into the pocket of his jeans. 

 "That one looks fake to me." 

"Mmh." She would have to agree with him on this, it's supposed to be the Bermuda coin but whoever made it misspelled the word and it instead says 'Bernude' which amuses the redhead immensely, not that she'll ever admit it aloud.

Of course she decides to keep it due to her own amusement and because it has an old-fashioned ship engraved onto it, the girl setting the copper down on her bedside table before shifting in Law's lap to face him, her arms loosely draped around his neck as she stares into his golden orbs. 

"I never asked you how your day went." Her little comment only seems to make him smirk however, his tattooed hands resting on her hips as he gently leans his forehead against her own, his nose brushing hers and his breath fanning her lips. 

"It was normal." His eyes showing subtle hints of amusement as they stare back into her own, his fingertips lightly fiddling with the hem of her shirt as his smirk widens ever so slightly. "Sometimes you can be pretty cute, Kyo-ya."  

And just like that, her face instantly turns red, her eyes widening as she attempts to pull away, though she doesn't get the chance since the surgeon's hold on her hips tightens a little, the man seeming intent on watching her squirm as she tries to cover her flustered face with her hands. 

"I'm not cute, Trafalgar!" 

"Now you know how I felt." The raven immediately earning himself a small pout in return, a semi-serious glare in Kyo's eyes as she playfully thumps his chest with her palm, she had forgotten that she called him the same thing a couple of days ago and she certainly didn't think he was the type to remember such a thing and get revenge for it. 

"You're such a--" Her incomplete sentence abruptly being silenced by a kiss, she can feel him smirking against her lips but she still gives in, her teeth pinching his bottom lip as a small punishment for interrupting her. 

Not that he seems too bothered by it, instead just deepening the kiss before he finally runs his tongue along her lips, asking for entrance, which she grants immediately. her hands cupping his face as he leads the dance and her heart beating like mad inside her chest as she leans back into the bed, softly tugging him down with her without breaking the kiss for even a second. 

The raven's delicate hands gradually sliding up her hip and underneath her jumper though he takes it very slowly with her, only really touching her stomach before his caress travels around to her back. Her eyes instantly spring open at the contact as she jolts, causing Law's fingers to cease their movement while he breaks the kiss, his eyes closely studying her own. 

"Are you okay?" He patiently questions, she knows he would stop at any given moment if she wanted him to but apart of her doesn't want that, despite the fact that proceeding scares the hell out of her.

The redhead only managing a light nod as she desperately tries to conjure up a sentence, her hands still coddling his face as she blushes madly beneath him, finally managing to stammer a short; "I-I'm scared..." 

It's the first time she has ever openly expressed fear to anyone, the surgeon watching her observantly as his fingertips gently begin to roll across her skin, brushing over a few of the various scars that she usually keeps hidden as his brows softly knit together. "We can stop if you want."

"No." That is exactly what she didn't want, her thumb tenderly stroking his cheekbone as she stares into his pretty eyes, a thoughtful frown etching into her features. "But they're not nice to look at." The hesitance is as clear as day in her tone as her gaze trails off to the side, she presumes that so long as he keeps her laid down on her back during intercourse then he won't have to look at them and therefore, won't feel disgust.

Though he immediately blows this idea to pieces with his next sentence. 

"Let me see them."   

 What?

"But...why?" Her voice uncontrollably quivers with that question, her eyes flicking back to his face but only to stare at him in utter shock, her mind too dazed to even attempt to read the boy's expression. 

"Because everyone has baggage, Kyo-ya. You've seen mine, now I wanna see yours." The way he talks to her makes her heart clench, he sounds so resolved yet somehow sweet in a way, it's like a calming energy radiating from him. 

What is this man?

She lets him tug her forward so that she's sitting up on the bed, her hands trembling rapidly as she grips the hem of her jumper, trying to ignore the chills running up and down her spine as the doctor positions himself behind her, gently brushing her hair over her shoulder so that he will be able to see the markings properly.

Her arms feeling heavy suddenly though as she tries to lift the clothing, the cotton only barely over her stomach as she stiffens in fear, her brows furrowed and her teeth gritted while she silently curses herself for being so cowardly. 

Just do it...but if you do, 

He'll never look at you the same again.

"Whatever it is, it won't change anything." The surgeon murmurs from behind, almost as if he had read her mind, giving her the slither of confidence needed to lift her clothing up over back, her arms beginning to frantically shake as he stares at her marked skin. 

No matter how much she tenses, she can't stop herself from trembling, especially when she hears Law's breath hitch at the sight. She can only imagine what kind of expression must be on his face; disgust, regret, maybe even hatred for not showing him sooner - she essentially deceived him. 

Her thoughts finally coming to a screeching halt when he presses a kiss to one of the old wounds, the action causes an odd sensation, a warmth to spread across her skin as her anxieties slowly begin melting away. She had thought she must have been imagining it until he does it again, his lips brushing along her skin to the next scar and kissing that one too.  

What?

"Is this what you were so ashamed of, Kyo-ya?"

"Y-Yes..."

Why isn't he grossed out?

His arms enveloping her from behind and pulling her back into his chest whilst releasing a calm sigh into her crimson hair, his warm hands caressing her trembling fingers as he nestles his face into her locks.

"Like I said; this changes nothing." 

I don't understand...