LawLu, requested by Anon. Criminal!AU
His forehead was beaded with sweat as he slowly and carefully screwed tight the final screw. One mistake, one vibration, and they all be dead.
"I'm hungry!"
Law could only just in time pull back his hand from the bomb he was making as his self proclaimed, but useless assistant jumped him. "Dammit, Luffy! You want to kill us all?!"
The younger boy looked at him with his large, owlish eyes. "I'm already dying from hunger!"
"Well, I'm busy!" Annoyed, Law went with his hand through his hair. Honestly, how was he supposed to plan a robbery when he was constantly interrupted.
"You can't eat bombs!"
"No, you can't. But we can use this bomb to blow up the safe, to retrieve art, which we'll sell for money. Money which can buy food," Law reminded him.
Luffy's eyes started to sparkle. "What are we waiting for then?" He made to grab the bomb.
Law hit him on the head. "Not yet! Let me finish it first." He sat down again, placing his glasses on his nose which somehow had ended up on his head and picked up his screwdriver. Luffy watched curiously, but surprisingly quiet, what he was doing. It was annoying to have someone breathing down his neck, but at least it was better than the boy clinging to him like the little monkey he was. Carefully, he placed the device on the table when it was finished and sighed relieved as he took off his glasses and wiped his brow.
"So, which museum are we going to rob?" Luffy asked, picking his nose before studying his treasure.
Law looked at him disgusted, but hissed: "Shhh! Do you want the whole neighbourhood to hear you?" Still, he got up and retrieved the blueprints of the museum out of their case. "This is the plan for the national museum in the centre. We use the bomb to get in from the tunnel systems underneath the streets. Our goal is here," he tapped on the paper with his index finger, "a rare diamond people refer to as the Devil's Fruit." He shuffled the papers around on the desk and retrieved the picture he was looking for, handing it to Luffy. "Some say it's cursed." He couldn't suppress the smirk on his face.
The boy stared at the picture with his head cocked. "What does it taste like?"
"You don't eat it!" Law repressed the urge to slap his hand against his forehead. Honestly, if he did that every time Luffy said something stupid, he might get brain damage.
"So it's a mystery fruit?"
"It's not a fruit! It's a fucking diamond!"
Luffy nodded understandingly. "A mystery diamond."
"Sure. Let's just… go with that." Law sighed. He was feeling tired already, and they didn't even start the robbery yet.
