Well, here's the last one :) But, before that, I wanted to tell the guest reviewer from last chapter that that is a really cute idea, and if I knew how to draw I would do it xD Thanks, I loved it ;)

Now, day 7: Corazon.


Smile

Cora-san is there, sprawled on the ground in the position he had fallen in when the chest where Law had been hidden, the chest Cora-san had been propped against, had been removed. He is half buried in the snow already, his head barely visible.

Law crouches down next to him, ignoring the now distant noises of the battle.

"They've left, Cora-san," he says, even though he knows his words cannot be heard anymore. "I'm out."

Law reaches out with a shaking hand to remove the snow covering Cora-san's face. He is still warm, the freezing cold hasn't chilled his skin yet. His eyes are closed.

Cora-san is smiling.

Law's lips tremble. A fresh wave of tears, that by now had subdued to a constant stream falling down his cheeks, takes over his eyes. He barely holds back from sobbing out loud, because Cora-san had never liked to see Law cry. Cora-san always sulked when he saw Law cry, and got mad at whoever had made him cry. Law knows that Cora-san made an effort to ensure that the last thing Law saw him doing was smile.

So Law smiles, too, even though his lips tremble, because he wants to believe that Cora-san can still see him.

"You just wait, Cora-san. I'm gonna make you proud, you'll see," he promises. He still doesn't know how he is going to do it, but Cora-san gave him a chance to live and Law isn't going to let it go to waste.

He wipes off a snowflake that has fallen on Cora-san's forehead.

Law hears running feet coming this way, and he looks over in that direction. He turns to Cora-san one last time.

"I have to go," he tells him, and then does something he has never done before. He leans down and kisses Cora-san's forehead.