Frog Parts
He was trying to memorize the names of his students. The beeping of the clock broke his concentration. Turning to glare at his alarm clock, Law slammed his fist down onto the snooze button. "Shut the fuck up. I'm trying to remember their names."
Looking back at his papers, Law was matching names with the pictures he was given by Corazon. He had asked the man to get him the pictures of his students so that he could memorize the names with faces, so he didn't seem like he didn't care about his students.
About an hour later, his phone started playing We Will Rock You by Queen. Knowing who it was, Law snatched the phone up and answered it. He put it under his chin and shoulder so he could continue on with his work. "What is it, Cora-san? I know what time it is, so you better not be calling me about that." He placed the blue-haired girl from the class with Straw Hat next tot he name Vivian. She was the one that talked to the other girl about his mural in the gym.
"What are you doing right now?" Corazon sounded anxious about something.
"Trying to learn my students' names. I don't want to be rude by calling them 'hey you' or something like that. It makes them feel bad." He placed the pink-haired girl's photo next to the name Rebecca. "Why? Did you need something?"
"Doffy wanted to come visit us. He said for you to come to my house so that we are in a familiar setting." Law looked at the picture of the girl with the tattoo.
"I can't make any promises. I start dissections today." Law placed her picture next to the name Nami. "I might have to stay after classes to clean up."
"Just call me if you are going to be late. It will upset Doffy, but he has to understand that you have a messier class than I do." Law chuckled.
"What's messy about English? I have never heard of English being messy." He placed a black-haired woman next to the name Baby 5. He was still confused about her name. That can't be a real name, can it? "Physical Education is messy. So is art, music, and other science classes that aren't mine."
"Don't smart-mouth me." Law rolled his eyes.
"Then explain to me how your classes are messy." He waited for the other to say something. "There was silence for a good, long minute. "Uh-huh. Point proven."
"Shut up." He heard the man sigh. "Just...let me know if you're going to be late."
"Got it." Law looked at his bed and found that he had sorted out all the names and faces. Now, he needed to check his computer to see if they were right. He, then, looked to his clock. "I've got about an hour before my classes start. See you at lunch."
"Be safe. Don't let those kids hurt themselves or others. You remember last semester, right?"
Last semester, a kid accidentally almost cut his entire finger off with a scalpel. He had been squirting blood all over the place and the room had gone into a panic. The event had frustrated him because he had warned the kid to pay attention to what he was doing.
"Hey, that wasn't my fault. I warned him that the scalpels were sharp because I had sharpened them before class. It was his own mistake for that."
"I never said it was your fault. I'm just saying that you need to be more diligent this time around, okay?" Law grabbed his computer off the other side of the bed and opened it up.
"Okay. Okay. Now, bet back to your classes. I've got to make sure my shipments have been delivered when I get in the room." Law put in his password and pulled up the register for his classes. He was glad that he only had about fifty students this time.
"Goodbye, Law. Stay safe and I'll see you later tonight." Law smiled as he got to his students' names and pictures.
"Bye, Cora-san. See you later. You need to stay safe, as well." You are as clumsy as a fucking child that just learned to walk for the first time. He didn't say that to him because he knew it would hurt his feelings. "Did you ever tell your students where the fire extinguisher is?"
"Shut the fuck up. I haven't lit myself on fire in about a month..."
"That's fucking bullshit. I had to come put you out just a week or so ago." He looked over his stuff and was glad that he got all the names and faces correct. It made him feel pride in being able to do it on his third try.
"Ugh. I've gotta go."
"Bye." He used his right hand to hang the phone up. When he was done with that, he closed his laptop and proceeded to get dressed for the day. It wasn't anything special. Law just wore a tan turtle-neck, black jeans with white spots, and his boots. He grabbed his hat and put it on his head.
When he was ready to leave, he left and locked the door. Law was looking forward to pickling more parts of frogs. It was the second day for his first class of the semester. Straw Hat-ya is in that class. I'm going to take Brook-ya's word and keep an eye on that kid.
...
Once he got to his room on the second floor of the Science wing, Law grinned at the boxes that were in his room. He looked around. The desk that were there the day before were replace with dissection tables that he had in his storage room. "There's enough fro everyone to be in pairs. This should work smoother than I thought."
Law took out a pocket knife and began to open the boxes up. The grin grew wider as he saw the frogs in the boxes. He took them out and began to set the frogs on the tables. Law didn't want them to touch any of them without gloves.
After about twenty minutes, he was done setting out the frogs and some students started walking in. Vivian and Rebecca walked in together like the day before. "Please, sit anywhere." He sat on the edge of his desk. "I'll let everyone pick partners when they all come in."
The girls nodded as they went and sat beside each other. Law watched them all enter. He wasn't shocked to see all but Straw Hat in the room. He sighed. I'll wait a few more minutes. He should show up around some time.
His prediction was correct. Ten minutes after the time the class should've started, said student came into the room. "Sorry," he said as he entered.
"Don't worry about it." When everyone was seated, Law stood up to address them. "Okay. Today, we will be dissecting frogs. This is your first assignment." He walked over to his desk. Pushing it aside, he went to his storage room and unlocked it. Walking in, Law went to find his table.
Walking past the shelves, Law grabbed a hold to his table and pulled it out. "Mr. Trafalgar, do you need any help?" a male student called from the main room.
"No. I'm good. Don't come in here." He drug the table out. It wasn't as hard as they thought it was. To Law, the table was pretty light compared to most things. Getting it in the same spot that his desk had been in, Law went back to his door and shut it but not lock it.
Going back to his boxes, he grabbed a dead frog from inside the box and placed it on the table. Law went back to his room and grabbed coats for them to put on over their clothes. He also grabbed goggles and the scalpels that they needed to cut them open.
Once they were ready, Law let them get into groups. Nami and Luffy were in a group together. "Now." Law stood behind his table and grabbed up a scalpel. "This is what you are going to do. Watch me. Come stand around here." All of them came to stand around him. He sliced open the belly of the amphibian before cutting a little to the sides so that he could open it to look inside.
"This is so gross," a girl commented. Law rolled his eyes.'
"This is how you will cut it open. Your task will be to remove the heart of the frog," he pointed to it with the scalpel, "along with its livers which are the two blue organs and the stomach. I want you to make as clean of cuts as you can. Don't try to damage the organs." He stepped back. "When I'm finished with this, I will come and see what you have done and help you if you are stuck." The students nodded. "Go now. Get to work. You will be graded on how you get the organs out. You aren't to harm any other organs and to only take out those three organs."
With that, they all left to get to work. Law finished his work about five minutes later. He placed the heart, livers, and stomach on the tray next to the frog. He was bothered by the smell of formaldehyde. He had done this for so long that he was used to it. Most pf his students were using their shirts to cover their noses.
Law sighed. "Okay. How many of you want a mask to cover your nose?" Most of the girls held up their hands. The only one that didn't was Nami. About two boys raised their hands as well. Taking off his dirty gloves, Law went back into his storage room and grabbed about ten masks.
Going around the room, he placed the masks on the people who asked for them so that they could still work. Law had seen Nami and Luffy glance at him every so often as he worked. He wanted to ask them about the looks, but he had a class to tend to.
With their masks on, Law put on some clean gloves and went around the room to look at their progress. He stopped at Vivian and Rebecca's table first. "This cut is a little jagged. Try to keep them clean. If you were to go into be a surgeon or something similar, you will have to make clean, precise cuts so that you can sew it up afterwards." The girls nodded and he moved on.
Nami and Luffy's table was the last one. He walked up behind them and heard them arguing with each other. He didn't think that they knew he was there. "Luffy, that cut was jagged. You need to cut straighter," Nami scolded the other.
"I'm sorry. I can't keep my hands straight enough to cut the part that's keeping the liver inside." Taking this time to intervene to keep any problems at a minimum, Law walked up and placed his hands on Luffy's.
"Here." He kept Luffy's hands from shaking so much. Law also felt the kid tense up when he touched him. "Try to cut it now." He watched the man cut the part that was keeping the right liver inside. "There. It's not perfect but it will do. I won't count off for it,"
Law stepped back and walked off. He went to stand back in the front of the class. He watched them all interact with their partners. Law saw Nami glaring at Luffy every time she looked over to him. It was worrying to him. Aren't they friends? What happened in the past five minutes for her to be so angry with him?
Once the class said that they had gotten out what he wanted, Law walked around and inspected their work. He did criticize some aspects of their work but was overall pleased with what they did.
It was a good job for them to be first timers. When they were told that they did a good job, the guys gave each other high-fives and the girls giggled and hugged. It was nice. Nami and Luffy were different. They were whisper-arguing with each other.
The bell rang to signal the end of class. "There is a joining room to your right. You can dispose of your gloves and wash your hands in there. Leave your coats on my desk and then you can leave." They all agreed and left to the joining room.
When all the students were gone, Law took all the organs and put them on one single tray. He got to Luffy and Nami's table. The two did a great job, considering that they were arguing and having a small war with each other the whole time.
"I can preserve these parts. They will be nice with my collection." He placed them on a different tray.
...
It was a few hours later that Law was finished with his classes. He had persevered more body parts from frogs. Most of them were from the group that Straw Hat had been in the day he eavesdropped on them.
"Sanji-ya and Usopp-ya," he said as he wrote the names on the side of the jar. It was nice to know that he had a few good students in the class. Usopp was a little skittish of him. He understood that but he still would argue with Sanji when they worked together.
Getting out of his lab coat and washing his hands, Law left his room before locking the door behind him. He had just finished wiping down and disinfecting the tables for the next day. He hoped that they would be good like today's classes.
Walking down to the main part of the building to head to Corazon's house, Law saw the group together again. He hid in the shadows of the stairs so that he could eavesdrop again. "What the fuck Luffy?" Sanji asked in an angry voice. Law was confused.
"What did I do wrong?" Luffy countered with a question. He sounded confused with the other's anger.
"Nami told us what happened. That's not fair. You have to be cheating," Usopp answered. He had his arms crossed over his chest.
"I didn't do anything. Nami is just making it sound like I did something. He just helped me with my work." Luffy scratched the back of his head. "I didn't know he was listening to Nami and me talk about what we were doing."
Since the group was altogether, Law decided to congratulate them on a good job in his class. Walking up to them, he saw all of their eyes widen. "Hello, Nami-ya, Sanji-ya, Straw Hat-ya, and Usopp-ya. I wanted to congratulate you all on a good job today." He smiled at them.
"Th-Thanks, Trafalgar-sensei," Nami answered. She had a red face as she looked away.
"Please, you can all just call me Law." He shifted the papers in his arms. "We're all adults." He looked down at his watch. Shit. I'm going to be late. "Sorry. I have to go. I'll see you all next class. Have a good night." They waved goodbye to him as he walked out. He waved back.
...
Sighing, Law walked up to the two-story house and knocked. He waited for the man to answer it. After a minute or so, Corazon opened the door and smiled. "You made it here first. Doffy said that he was going to be a few minutes late."
"Nice to know." Law walked to his old room. He hadn't been in there for about a year. It was once every year that they would do this. Law would come back home just to visit with his uncle. He thought that these times were boring.
"You painted again last night, right?" Corazon asked as he followed Law to his room.
"Yeah. I painted the Music Department." He smiled as he collapsed onto the bed. "Brook-ya was ecstatic when he saw it." Law rolled over to give the other his attention. "So, we're having dinner, right?"
"Just like always." Corazon came to sit beside him. "How are your dream? Have the nightmares returned?"
"Not yet. I won't say that they will never come back, but they haven't returned for a while now." Law sat up and looked to his closet. The room hadn't changed since the last time he had been there. The light yellow wallpaper was still there along with the black carpet. His symbol that he created was on the wall in black. There was still the desk in front of the window and his closet was to the right of the bed. His nightstand still held the maroon lamp that he had bought himself to let him read and study at night. The room brought back so many memories. To be honest, not all of the memories were good.
A knock on the front door let them know that the other was there. "Come on. We have to go eat dinner. Doffy only gets a little bit of time with us." Law nodded before following the man out of his room and back downstairs to the entrance hall.
Opening the door, Law smiled softly as he saw his uncle. He looked the same as the last time he saw him. Not a single thing had changed about his appearance. Doflamingo still wore the same purple sunglasses, pink feather coat, pointed purple shoes, white button-down shirt, and orange and white capris. His earrings were still in.
"Nice of you to join us, Law. I didn't think you would really be here," Doflamingo said as he entered the house. Law rolled his eyes.
"Only you would think that." He turned around and walked off. "If I didn't want to be here, I wouldn't be in the house." He heard the man laugh from the entrance hall. It annoyed him to a certain extent.
Getting to the dining room, Law took his place to the right of the head of the table and waited. He rolled his eyes as he saw that there were bags from the Baratie. Cora-san, you should've told me to come over sooner. I could've cooked for us. But, no. You go and get food from the Baratie.
Soon enough, they were all seated in their places. Doflamingo at the head of the table with Corazon on his left and Law to his right. It was just like when he was growing up. It was different for him because he was older and had a few things going on in his life.
"So, Law, how are classes going this semester?" Doflamingo asked as they dug into the food. Law didn't have much on his plate because he wasn't all that hungry.
"Fine. Some of the students are frustrating but overall, they're pretty okay." Law took a bite of his steak. Corazon still knew what meats Law liked. There were vegetables on his plate along with the steak.
"How about that other teacher? Has he messed with you since last time?" Law knew who he was talking about. Cora-san probably told him about that bastard.
"No. Not yet this semester." He took a bite of his vegetables.
"I can help you with that."
Law's head whipped up to him. "That is not necessary. I can handle Eustass-ya on my own. There is no reason for you to get involved." He was being truthful. This is the first school he had been able to teach in for as long as he had been. Getting Doflamingo involved was going to put him out of a job again.
"I understand. But, if you ever need me to do something, I can fly back here and deal with it." Law rolled his eyes as he looked back down at his food. Over-protective fucker. They ate and talked about work and classes. Law told Doflamingo that he had to put Corazon out four times in the past two weeks.
"Corazon, you need to be more careful. You don't want any severe problems in the future." Corazon agreed and they finished eating. Law looked to the clock in the living room. I have to get going. The Math Department will need painting tonight.
"Cora-san. I have to go. I have things to do before tomorrow." The man popped out of the kitchen to look at him.
"Alright. Tell Doffy goodbye before you leave." Law groaned. He knew where the man was. It was always the same place when they were finished eating.
Slowly, Law climbed the stairs to the second floor. He walked to his old bedroom and peeked into the cracked door. He saw the man sitting on the bed. He was staring at a photo that he had picked up off Law's desk.
"Doflamingo," he said the man's name as he entered the room. Doflamingo looked up to him with a grin.
"I remember when you were this little." He turned the picture frame to face him. Law felt nostalgia when he saw which picture it was. He was around three in the picture. He was riding on Doflamingo's shoulders when the picture was taken.
"Yeah. Now, I'm all grown up and way bigger." Not to mention, those times were different. You didn't do what you did until later. Doflamingo laughed.
"You're right. You are much bigger than back then." The man stood up and replaced the picture on the desk. "You were looking for me, right?"
"Yeah. I was." Law leaned on the doorframe. "I'm leaving. I have some things to do tonight before classes start at eight in the morning." He turned to leave the house.
"Law." Law stopped at the top of the stairs. "Corazon told me about what you do at night." The man came to stand a few feet away from him.
"What about it?"
"Why do you do it? I thought being the dissection teacher was what you wanted."
"Yeah. It's fun but I also like to paint. I'm not getting paid for it. It's just a hobby that I like to do." He started down the stairs. "Rayleigh lets me do it, and it makes the students happy." He got to the front door. "Bye. I have stuff to do. See you again."
With that, he left. Law trudged back home and saw that it was already dark out. He sighed before looking up at the sky. The stars shone bright in the dark blue of the sky. A thought hit him. That's what I'll do for the Math Department. It fits well with some of the teachers there. Hope they'll like it as well as the students. He walked home with a smile on his face, unaware that he was being watched by four people from a house he passed by.
Second chapter done. Let me know what you think of the story so far. I can answer any questions you have. You can PM me or ask me in the reviews. I will answer them to the best of my abilities. Have a sparktastic day. Tatty-bye!