The next day, Law was woken up by the sound of voices and the smell of fire.
He was about to sit up, when he remembered Luffy sleeping half on top of him and he contemplated for several minutes if he should wake him up or not, but when his stomache growled slightly he decided to just wake him up as well.
"Luffy-ya.. Luffy-ya, wake up.." Law whispered against Luffy's ear, the latter shaking his head at the request and nuzzling more into Law's chest. "5 more minutes.." Luffy murmured sleepily, pulling Law closer towards himself, Law rolling his eyes at Luffy's childishness.
"Everyone's up already… I think they're making breakfast." Law stated, remembering how much Luffy ate and within a second Luffy sat up straight. "Breakfast?" he asked, his eyes shining brightly as some drool streamed out of his mouth.
Luffy didn't even care to change into his other clothes as he bolted out of the tent, stumbling on the rocky cliff and nearly crashing into Marco who was carrying a bucket full of water.
"Where's breakfast?!" Luffy nearly yelled in excitement, jumping up and down in front of Marco, who couldn't help but chuckle at Luffy's antics.
"You guys missed it. It's already noon, yoi." He said as he put out the fire by pouring the water onto it.
"What?! Why didn't you wake us up?!" Luffy yelled desperately, his stomach growling to anticipate his need for food.
"Because we thought it'd be better to let you sleep, besides, Smoker said that Law wasn't a morning person, yoi and I don't like dealing with grumpy people." Marco explained and was about to say something else when Sabo jumped onto his back, throwing his arms around his neck and placing kisses along his neck and moving up to his jaw line.
"Sorry Luf, try Smoker for food, Marco and I are going to be busy for a while." Sabo said, winking at his little brother who rolled his eyes and ran over to Smoker, skidding to a halt right in front of him.
"Smokey! Food! Now!" Luffy yelled at him, a determined look on his face.
"Forget it, brat. You should've gotten up sooner. Though you and Trafalgar can go into town, because we're out of drinking water." He explained, causing Luffy to pout. "But, Law can't run as fast as me so it'll take at least an hour to get there!" Luffy exclaimed in disbelief.
"Can't me and Ace go?" he asked hopefully, causing Smoker to laugh. "No way, brat. Me and Ace had something different in mind today, besides, it'll be good for you to bond a little with Law." Smoker explained, smirking at Luffy.
"So you're basically saying that he's going to be babysitting me today and I should just deal with it?" Luffy asked, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "Exactly~!" Ace said cheerfully as he let himself fall into Smoker's lap, holding a piece of paper out to Luffy with a huge grin.
"I wrote you everything down what we need and try not to forget anything." Ace said smiling as Luffy took the paper and quickly read what it said.
"Ace! You know Makino wouldn't sell me any alcohol! They all know I'm under age!" Luffy whined at his brother who was nuzzling into Smoker's neck and giggling, before turning his attention back to Luffy.
"That's what Trafalgar's for, he's of age so he can get it, besides, if you tell her that it's for us she might give you some." Ace said as he threw his wallet at Luffy.
"Now get dressed and go. I thought you were hungry." Ace laughed at him, causing Luffy to pout as he stomped back to his tent.
As Luffy was about to get back into their tent, Law got out and they nearly crashed against each other, Luffy having been able to react in time as he quickly stepped a side to let Law pass.
"We missed breakfast.." Luffy pouted, handing Law the wallet and the piece of paper, Law raising a single eyebrow questioningly. "Ace wants us to do some shopping." He explained.
"Shopping? But I was going to study." Law said frowning. "Yeah well, not going to happen I guess." Luffy said, shrugging it off as he got into the tent and put on different clothes.
Luffy was much faster than Law when it came t changing clothes, within only a minute he was completely dressed in his black shorts, a blue vest and his usual straw hat hanging from his neck as he got out of the tent, putting his favourite sandals on and running towards Law who was drinking a cup of, what Luffy assumed to be, coffee.
"Let's go~!" Luffy said, a huge grin on his face as Law glanced up at him, frowning. "Can I at least finish my coffee?" he asked and got his answer immediately as Luffy grabbed him by the arm, dragging him along.
"We're off~!" Luffy yelled, though he wasn't sure if his brothers even cared.
"You know, Ace said that you have to baby-sit me today.." Luffy stated as they walked along a road that went through the forest.
"Oh? And why's that?" he asked, raising an eyebrow at Luffy. "Because you're the only one who isn't screwing his boyfriend right now." Luffy said with a huge grin.
"That's probably because I don't have a boyfriend." Law stated matter-of-factly, though smirked at Luffy.
"Is that an invitation?" Luffy teased, causing Law to roll his eyes with a small smile playing on his lips.
"Maybe." He said after a while, grinning at Luffy who quickly looked away blushing, causing Law to laugh. "You bring it up and now you're embarrassed or what?" he asked, poking Luffy in the side playfully.
"I-I'm not embarrassed!" Luffy exclaimed as he crossed his arms over his chest, pouting, though the blush didn't leave his cheeks.
"You're cute when you blush." Law stated, catching Luffy off-guard.
Luffy stopped the second the words left Law's mouth, his face bright red and his mouth hanging open.
Law stopped and turned his head around, looking at Luffy and smirking at the boy. "Hmm? Are you coming or are you going to stand there for the rest of the day?" Law asked, chuckling to himself as Luffy slowly came walking next to him again, not daring to look at him.
They walked in a comfortable silence for about half an hour, both of them unconsciously moving slightly closer towards the other with every step, until the bumped into each other slightly, making them aware of the fact that the gap that had been between them was now completely gone.
Though neither of them stopped nor moved away, their hands brushing against each other with ever step they took, the feeling sending tingling chills through their bodies.
After several more minutes their hands were almost entwined, both of them blushing slightly at the feeling when Law moved his hand slightly closer to Luffy's, enwinding their hands completely and a small smile found it's way onto Luffy's lips.
The rest of the way to the town went by faster than they had wished and Luffy reluctantly let go of Law's hand, shooting him a smile as he ran off, storming into the local bar.
"Makino~!" Luffy yelled in excitement, the woman behind the bar looking at him with slight shock which immediately turned into excitement. "Luffy!" she yelled, getting out from behind the bar and hugging the boy tightly, tears gathering in her eyes. "I missed you so much! Where are Ace and Sabo?" She asked, looking at the door the moment Law came walking in.
"They're at the cliff," Luffy explained before continuing. "That's Traffy, he's Smokey's brother." He said and Makino let go of Luffy, frowning at the young man before her eyes widened.
"Traffy..?" she asked carefully, looking at Luffy and than back at Law. "You're…" she began, trying to remember the name. "You're Charlotte's son.. aren't you?" she asked, tilting her head to the side slightly.
Law nodded, frowning at the woman. "Have we met before?" he asked her as he took a few steps closer. "Once, yes. About 11 years ago, you were still little so I doubt you remember me." Makino explained.
"I do remember you.. somehow.. You came visit us with.." Law began, his hand moving up to his face, rubbing his temples as he tried to remember. "with…" he began, a huge headache starting to form as he tried to remember.
"It's alright, you don't have to remember." She smiled at him, looking a little worried as he still tried to remember. "Law-chan, it'd really be better if you'd stop now.." she said carefully, taking a step towards him and placing a hand on his shoulder soothingly.
And when Law looked into her worried eyes a name flashed through his memory.
"Leila?" he asked out loud and suddenly pain shot through his mind, making it feel as if his mind was being split apart.
"Traffy..?" Luffy asked, walking towards him, worry written all over his face.
Law felt dizzy, everything around him was turning and he couldn't focus on anything, his ears ringing. "Traffy..?" he heard someone ask and recognition washed over him, his hand shaking heavily as it touched Luffy's cheek. "L..eila..?" Law crooked out before he fainted, falling into Luffy's arms.
"Who's Leila?" Luffy asked, his heart clenching out of jealousy as he picked Law up bridal style, wanting to bring him into the guestroom so that he could lie down.
"An old friend.." Makino answered, not meeting Luffy's eyes as she walked ahead of him.
"Have I met her?" Luffy asked, frowning at Makino as he put Law onto the bed. "No, she died pretty young." Makino said, her eyes filled with pain as she glanced at Luffy for a mere second.