"Law it was not your fault"Shachi pitched as he stumbled after their friend.
"Yeah, you extended his life more than anyone could do but those injuries, they and he knew it was the end"Penguin said quietly walking behind.
Both men dodged just in time for a bottle to miss them however only to shatter on impact to the floor, Law gave them a lifeless stare before marching off. They looked at one another with frowns before running after him, yet giving the man space as they did not want to be a target to what ever he threw next.
Sometimes Law hated working as a doctor, the death was something he over looked as he was used to it and he was very talented in his field of work but the one thing he hated was meeting the families of the lives he lost on the table, it got to him when they had a small child. Coming out of surgery room covered in blood, Law had taken off his mask and turned to his left, he had been informed by Bepo that someone was waiting for the guy. He hated this part, he had to tell whoever was there that their loved one, friend, family member was now dead, arriving to the waiting room he was greeted with the sight of a young women crying into an older man's shoulder while staring at him was a small boy, maybe aged ten.
It brought back painful memories of how he lost his father Corazon and there was nothing he could do at the age of ten, his uncle had taken him in and from his experience he wanted to make sure no one went through the same pain.
But going through it even if it didn't effect him, it still hurt him and crushed what little heart he had, that why he took up origami, to vent the frustration into making something beautiful out of it.
The outside world was lost to him as he marched to his door and threw it open with such force that it slammed into the wall, leaving a huge dent into the wall. Law disappear into his house but could hear his two friends coming up behind him.
"Sorry!"
He didn't look back to see who Penguin had said that to but he had heard the door close, letting out a deep sigh, Law threw his white coat onto the sofa and moved swiftly to the kitchen, opening the fridge he pulled out a beer and uncapped it before taking a large swig of it.
He wanted the pain to go away.
"Law best not drink"Penguin said entering the kitchen.
"Yeah, what if they need you tonight?"Shachi tried to reason.
"If! they wont be able too!"Law shouted, taking his pager and threw it at the wall and the three all watched as it shattered into tiny pieces. Shachi and Penguin looked at one another before to Law who didn't give a damn as he took his beer and left them in the kitchen.
Shachi grabbed the broom and began to clean the mess while Penguin was on his phone, letting know the hospital that Law would not be contactable, those at the hospital knew as these episode occurred a few times. Everyone hated seeing him like this but there was nothing they could do. Once all the pieces were picked up, Shachi threw them into the bin, they would be able to replace it, this was number 15.
The skies opened up after the two had left as Law was not coming out of his room, nothing they could say would bring him out of this state, it had never worked before but they refused to give up. Law came out once they had gone and grabbed his fifth beer and headed to his porch. Opening the door, he was greeted by the smell of fresh rain and let out a sigh, taking a seat down, he placed his beer down and rubbed his face then it hit him as he moved his hands away from his face.
The sweet citrus smell, looking down he just only noticed the tangerine currently sitting in front of him.
Picking it up, he looked at it with his darken amber eyes then he noticed the note upon the fruit.
'Amongst the darkness is a ray of light'
Confused, he looked around to see if anyone was around but no one was, Law looked at the tangerine and smiled then he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. There in his neighbour's garden were a few tangerine trees, he noticed the glow of the lights on and looked at the kitchen window to find her their, perhaps washing the dishes as she was looking down.
He wanted her to look up.
'Why though?'
Law looked at the tangerine and the note again, unsure about the mixed feelings he had going on, letting out a sigh he looked up to find warm brown eyes staring at him. She had looked up, like he had wanted but all he could do was stare, caught in her gaze. The beer now long forgotten, tipped on his side, the brown liquid now flowing out of the bottle and down the path into the grass or mixed now in the rain.
He watched as she pulled something up, in her hand was a tangerine and with that a heart felt warm smile.
A small wave and one last smile, she left the room and the light in the kitchen switched off. Law began peeling the skin of the tangerine and slowly ate each piece as the tears ran down his face, clutching the note to his chest, he couldn't help but smile through the pain.
No matter the sadness running through him, this small act was bringing him so much happiness.
