Not my captain
Chapter 1. Fine fine
"Meh... Mornin'..." Luffy mumbled, lost of all enthusiasm he had the day before. He hadn't enjoyed the fact that he was going to have to sit down and stay still with Nami for God knows how long.
"Shut it Luffy. I don't want to watch you strain yourself learning..." Luffy spat at the word but let the carrot haired woman carry on. "But it's for our… Um... Benefit?" She scratched her head in bewilderment. What was this feeling of boredom already arising from his usually energetic self? She had expected this, but they hadn't even started yet!
"Nami~" He groaned at the thought of sitting at the wooden desk his crew had conveniently found for this. Nami was sort of surprised in the two years of waiting he hadn't even attempted learning a single thing. Then again, it was Luffy. He wasn't the type to sit down peacefully while writing beautiful words of wisdom.
Nami shrugged the thought off. It wasn't an image she wanted in her head. She could more or less imagine comical smoke coming out of his ears instead while smashing the old oak desk to shreds. She was only teaching him the basics anyway, it's about time they started to get their captain to learn something.
"You promised Luffy. You have to listen and keep quiet or no meat. You hear me?" He groaned again, slightly louder than before. He tugged at his already frayed jacket but reluctantly sat on the brown cheap stool waiting for him. He picked up the pen sprawled across the desk and started to doodle on clean pieces of paper that had been put there especially for his amusement.
Nami's teachings seemed useless though, as the already way too hyped up 19 year old needed to pee urgently. Nami reluctantly let him go. Knowing as soon as he escaped from her grasp, that he wasn't coming back to finish with what was already proving useless to both of them.
Luffy was looking quite pleased with himself as he pulled up the cold metal zip on his blue cropped jeans. He knew Nami was going to make sure he wasn't going to be getting any meat so he'd just have to stock up before that could happen. To his surprise, there was someone in the kitchen covered entirely in black. Luffy cocked his head to the side but saw no real threat to the meat. So he let it slide.
"Zoro?" He asked. Wondering if the swordsman had fallen asleep and had finally started to bring some sort of warmth with him to cover his body instead of his usual sleeping habit.
There was no sound at this call so Luffy tried out many other names of his crew. None seemed to grab this person's attention though.
He didn't want to be rude and just yank the black hood covering this eerie person's face off. He sighed though and resorted to the name he guessed was right. He hadn't expected him to get on the ship after leaving punk hazard, but he must have snuck on anyway. The captain let out a chuckle. This was quite hilarious, the dreaded surgeon of death, sleeping peacefully on his very own ship.
"Trafal-guy~ Wassup?" He laughed as the figure jumped from hearing his name that was rarely used due to it being a nickname only Luffy would use for him.
"Straw hat." He muttered. He knew this guy was who he wanted to speak to, but he really didn't want to say anything at the same time.
"D'ya need help with something?" Luffy couldn't help but notice the dark lines thickening under the doctors hollow eyes. He enjoyed Law's company, no matter how black the aura he always gave off was. He watched as the doctor of death shuffled to stare straight into the captain's joyful eyes.
"Heh. No…" He lied to himself. He hated that he wasn't going to tell him yet but regretted what was going to happen when he said it.
"Fine fine…" Luffy turned without hesitation. Grinning at what he was waiting for.
"Wait…"
The 19 year old turned with a large grin plastered across his peachy face. "Yes Trafal-guy?" He chuckled under his breath.
Before Luffy could get and answer though, something caught his eye that he hadn't ever expected he'd see.
Law's coat was sprawled on the floor and his head was lodged between his hands. He let out pained gasps of what seemed like a mixture between hiccups and coughing. He refused to look up at Luffy, but Luffy knew what he had to do. At the same time though, he had no idea what to do.
"It's ok..." Luffy held back his need to say. This guy had saved him before. Saved him from a time he tried not to remember. So tough, so strong, not as he was now. He refused to see the person he owed his life to looking like he was.
"Luffy…" Luffy tensed as he said his name. They had some sort of nick-name thing going on so far, what could that be a sign of…? "Luffy I want you to tell me something…" Luffy nodded along. Sweat starting to drip from the very back of his head. He edged closer to Law in the softest way he could.
"What of me is human?" His question was simple, refined. It was also the type of question that angered Luffy. He hated that question more than death or loss. It was inhuman to just ask that question in the first place.
"You're not." Was all Luffy said. He said it so calmly too…
"Heh… Think so?" Law chuckled.
"Of course! Being human's too boring~!" He stuck out his tongue with the most rhythmic laugh that Law had ever heard.
"Straw hat…" Law grinned under his hair that had covered the entire front of his face. He couldn't have thought of a better answer than what he had just got.
"Come on~!" Luffy stood in front of him, the light bounced off his back warmly. He offered his hand forward and watched as Law turned his head to stare at it. It took a minute or two for Law to process but when he did. He grabbed the hand with such force; it nearly pulled Luffy to the floor, immediately Law loosened his grip. Luffy smiled, this time in a different way than before. It was more of a mocking smile. To see what he'd just seen was rather peculiar in a funny way. He also felt somehow familiar with Law…
…Like he was the replacement for something that he'd lost. Yet, he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
At the same time, something sparked in Law that he hadn't felt for too long. Affection entered his numb heart suddenly. He had yet to discover what this feeling was, but his confirmation was only a few denials away.
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"SANJIIIIIIIIII~!" Luffy screeched outwards towards the men's cabins. A few seconds later, a blond haired man stumbled out while lighting a tobacco filled item. He waved his hand as if to say: 'I know, I know' as he wandered into the kitchen.
Luffy smiled at the hidden Law who was waiting for just the right moment to reveal himself to Luffy's strange bunch of nakama. He refused to show his emotions through his face though, and just looked blankly back. What was the rubber man thinking? It surely couldn't be…
"HEY GUYS~! GUESS WHAT~? TRAFAL-GUY WANTS TO JOIN OUR CREW~~!" Luffy declared through devilish laughter. Law seemed to feel blood rise to his face and the sudden thought to take the man's body apart was becoming a rather pleasant one at that.
He shrugged the thought of that off and just sat back, enjoying the show unfolding in front of him.
"He's on the ship? Nice look out marimo…" Sanji snorted at the half asleep swordsman.
"Shut it mellorine." He retorted. Then all attention turned to where the shadowed figure was. Nami looked furious as she stomped straight up to Luffy, kicking him multiple times in the head. After she was done, she spotted what the other two idiots were looking at. Luffy smirked at her expression of surprise. Her first reaction though, was to of course, yell at him the same way as she already was. Obviously in no mood for another male idiot to interrupt her rampage.
"What's he doing here?" Zoro all but yawned. Peed off that he'd been woken up this 'early'.
"I'm off." Law turned away; ready to find a place to sit until they arrived at the next island. He couldn't be doing with Luffy's cuteness and the overwhelming sense of not being wanted coming from a certain edgy swordsman.
To no surprise though, Luffy came flailing towards him with an even bigger grin. He knew his suspicions… The crew were grateful towards him for helping their captain, but still had hostility to his odd power. Especially Nami, she was extremely peed with him for placing that blond pervert in her body.
Law seemed to have earned a pat on the shoulder; he turned to stare at the boy's big black pupils centring his eyes.
"Ne Law… How can I say thanks, when you're going to go?" The boy was right, he still felt indebted to his fellow black haired buddy even though Law had refused payment.
"Well, if you want then…"