Law walked down the street and couldn't help but shiver a bit. On a 25 degree night it was nearly impossible not to. It was the weekend and he wanted to go out, disregarding his homework which was usually unlike him but he didn't feel like dealing with it anymore.

He really didn't know why he agreed to this.

People did tell him he was a bit of a shut-in who didn't talk to others as much as he should, and he was always wrapped up in some kind of human anatomy text book and never having fun. Still, he usually didn't care but for some reason today he decided he would go outside some.

Looking for a bench, he spotted one near a park and noticed there was someone already sitting on it. It was the only bench that wasn't already occupied, and he wasn't about to go home just because of a little problem he could fix, he decided to just sit.

Honestly, he was just hoping that whoever he was down next to wasn't nearly as awkward as he was.

When he went over to the bench, upon closer inspection, he noticed there was someone who looked like a little kid of the age of 15. "Mind if I sit here?" he asked and pointed to the spot next to him.

The boy looked up at his with his big brown eyes. "Hmm? Oh, not at all." he responded and went back to looking up at the sky, his breath fogging up in the air.

Law sat down and sighed, trying to scoot to the edge of the bench so he didn't just look like some creepy pedophile trying to hunt down little boys.

He shivered at the thought of all the passersby giving him dirty looks, thinking he was a pedophile weirdo.

Not wanting to be sitting there in an awkward silence, he decided to make basic conversation. "What's a kid like you doing out here? Where are your parents?" he asked in a concerned tone.

"Kid? I'm not a kid, I'm 17!" he exclaimed and frowned up at Law.

"Oh, right. Sorry then..." his voice trailed off as he thought of something else to say. "So why are you out here sitting at this bench?" he asked after a few moments of thinking.

Luffy sighed quietly into the cold night air. His thoughts drifted off far from what he was originally thinking so he could answer this stranger's questions. "I guess I'm just taking time to... admire nature...?" he said but it came out as more of a question than an actual statement. "So why are you sitting here?" he asked and smiled.

"Well my friends say I'm a bit of a recluse. I don't have many friends and I spent most of my time studying instead of talking to other people," he answered with a straight face.

"Studying? Shishishi, that's boring!" Luffy remarked before thinking more about what Law said. "So... you said you don't friends, right?"

Law nodded in agreement and slightly scowled at Luffy's remark on his studying habits, but he quickly disregarded the thought.

"Well, why though? You seem like you're an interesting guy," he questioned and tilted his head a bit.

Law sighed. "I just... don't really do well with people. I mean, believe me, I want to. But it's just... hard," after he said that he realized he seemed to be opening up a little bit more to his stranger than he thought he would. Usually, he wouldn't have said more than just a two or three word answer but this kid's carefree attitude seemed to be contagious in a way.

Law definitely wasn't expecting that.

"Well, I think I could help you open up to people a bit more. I mean, I have a lot of friends and I could introduce you to them and maybe you could even get rid of your people problems. You should tr-" he was interrupted by his phone ringing and in response Law sighed. This boy sure knew how to talk a hole in people's heads.

Reaching in his pocket he looked for phone, seeming even kind of embarrassed for randomly stopping their conversation.

"Wait, um... hold on," he said and answered his phone. "Sabo? Why are you yelling...?" Luffy looked worried for a moment and for some reason that made Law have a bad feeling. "Wait, what! Ace tried to cook?! Alright, I'm coming!" he said and hung up his phone.

Law had to restrain himself from sighing in relief. For some reason, because of this boy's smiling nature it would make him sad to see the boy hear something tragic and have the happiness sucked right out him, like had happened to Law.

Brushing that depressing thought aside, Law was wondering what kind of family this boy had. Judging by what he was saying into his phone and how bubbly and not afraid to speak his mind he was, his family must have shared a bunch of those traits too.

"Well, I have to go, sorry... And, see'ya later, um..." he pause after realizing he still didn't even know the name of the person he'd been talking to. Even he was surprised because usually it's the first thing he asks. But from how their conversation started there wasn't much room for him to attempt fitting that question in.

"The name's Law, Trafalgar Law." he answered, knowing that was what the boy was thinking since he looked embarrassed once he paused. And he knew already that the boy didn't know his name. "And you are...?"

"I'm Luffy, Monkey D. Luffy!" then he made a big smile that for some reason put Law at ease.

"Well Luffy, I might take you up on your advice to help me make friends," he said with a small toothless smile.

"Okay, see'ya Traffy!" he said while standing up before stopping almost as if he was thinking of what to do. His eyes lit up again after a few moments and Law took that as a sign that he had an idea.

Without warning, he pecked Law on the cheek. Then as he giggled he turned to leave, before turning back around one more time and smiling his signature smile and waving goodbye.

Law felt blood rush to his cheeks and he felt like if he was in a cartoon, that would be the moment his face turned tomato red. He honestly didn't even know what happened but all he knew was that he liked it.

His heart started beating a bit faster and he was blushing a bit. But he brushed it off as him getting surprised and his cheeks were only pink because of the cold. Nothing more, nothing less.

He stood up to go home but still, something about that boy intrigued him quite a bit. He wanted to see him again just so he could have the questions he wanted to ask him answered soon.

"Well, that was interesting." he muttered.