LawLu 30 Day Prompt

A/N: Ten chapters down, twenty to go. *sweats* Hope I can sorta meet your guys expectations until then!

10: Arranged Marriage AU
Warnings: AU (obviously), swearing, ooc.

To say Luffy was upset would have been a great understatement. The usually happy-go-lucky teen was sitting the darkest corner in the room with his arms crossed over his chest, a frown upon his lips, and a glare set in his eyes. Ace couldn't help but feel sorry for his brother, though he felt more guilt than anything. He was already happily married and, because of that, Garp was forced to arrange a marriage for Luffy with someone 'of noble blood' for 'business reasons.'

Luffy vehemently disagreed with the arranged marriage, but he was practically given no choice of the matter.

Which why he was currently sulking in the corner.

"Hey, Lu, come on," Ace said, kneeling down next to his bother and placing a comforting hand on his shoulder. The teen refused to make eye contact with Ace, choosing to stare at the patternless wall instead. "Maybe it won't be that bad."

"Easy for you to say, you got to marry someone you fell in love with," the teen mumbled out." Something in Luffy's voice told Ace something else was running through Luffy's mind.

"What's wrong? Hm?"

"I…" And it was then that the mask Luffy wore started to crack, and Ace could see those large eyes fill with both fear and tears. "I-I don't want to do this," he said, finally looking at Ace. The older sibling could also see the panic building in his brother's eyes. "What if I don't love them? What if they don't love me? I don't want to be stuck with someone who hates me for the rest of my life! I want my freedom!"

Ace's expression softened and he pulled his brother into a gentle hug, rubbing small circles on the teen's back. "Shh," he soothed. "It's alright. It's gonna be alright." He couldn't blame Luffy for panicking, arranged marriages were indeed a scary thing, especially when you've never met your intended. Once it seemed his brother calmed down enough, he slowly pulled away and rested his hands on the teen's shoulders; looking him the eyes with a smile. "I'll tell you what. If you really don't love this person, and they make you feel really uncomfortable, let me know and I'll talk to gramps about it. Sound good?"

"Okay," the teen mumbled.

Ace chuckled and ruffled his hair. "Good. But you have to put effort into liking them first, alright? No chickening out in the first week."

"I'm not a chicken," the teen hastily snapped back, a smile working his lips.

"Good. Now, let's give a big smile and go meet our new soon-to-be-family."

Law was ready to fucking explode. No, he didn't care if he looked like a five year old throwing a tantrum, this was fucking uncalled for and completely unfair. "What the fuck do you mean I'm getting married tonight?!" Doflamingo sat in his chair, head resting in one hand, as he continuously smiled at his nephew's behavior. It made the surgeon was to rip the blond's face off. Or, at the very least, cut his lips away so he couldn't smile anymore.

"Doffy," Rocinante looked torn between yelling at his brother along with Law and trying calm down his adopted son. "You're…kidding, right?" He knew Doflamingo liked to have his fun, pulling pranks and telling jokes, but this joke had gone far enough.

"This isn't a joke," the older blond answered, his smile growing in size. "I've arranged a marriage for Law, and the wedding is tonight after we meet the family."

Rocinante opened his mouth to say something but Law's utterly dark cursing and palpable bloodlust cut him off, and he was forced to hold back Law when the surgeon began to walk towards Doflamingo with a scalpel in his hand. "Let go, Corazon! I'm gonna fucking skin him alive and feed his flesh to the–"

"Law, come on, calm down. Hey, look at me. Look at me." Reluctantly, the surgeon's eyes fell on Rocinante. Staring into the man's blue orbs made some of his anger slip away; he found it almost impossible to stay mad when he looked into Rocinante's eyes. "I know you're upset. I am too," and he turned, throwing Doffy an irritated and angered glare before he looked back at Law with a soft expression. "But just try to think of this as one big adventure. If you truly don't like…what's his name, Doffy?"

"Luffy."

"If you truly don't like Luffy, I'll talk with his guardians to see if we can work something out."

"Or we could just kill him," Doffy suggested from his seat, to which Law flipped him off without breaking his gaze from his father.

"But you have to promise you'll at least give this Luffy person a chance," Rocinante added, his tone firm, meaning there would be no room for an argument.

Law still looked like he wanted to kill something but gave a sigh. "Fine," he muttered.

Rocinante beamed with happiness before pulling the surgeon into a tight hug. "Thank you," he said. Law made an odd noise in response. "Now, let's go meet our soon-to-be-family."

Ace and Garp stood in the Donquixote mansion and the younger couldn't help but find himself looking over the building in awe. Apparently the term 'spare no expense' was something the family lived by because holy shit was their place nice. But the sound of opening doors pulled his attention away from the building and his eyes landed on two tall blonds. The one on the right, he found, had a natural air of intimidation that demanded respect. The blond on the right…just tripped over nothing and–

Holy shit, the man caught himself on fire.

His inner pyro screamed in joy and he found himself staring at the flames as they were quickly put out by the other blond. "Really, Roci, what a time to do this," he heard the taller mumble. The other simply smiled sheepishly in response. Once they reached Garp, the old man laughed and clapped Doflamingo on the shoulder like they were once childhood friends. Ace tuned their conversation out as soon as he heard the word 'business' come up and instead went over and introduced himself.

"Hey, I'm Ace," he said, shaking the man's hand. The blond smiled back.

"I'm Rocinante. And you are…?"

"Luffy's brother," the freckle man answered. "I'm guessing you two are brothers?"

"Yeah. Listen, I'm sorry if myself and Law are a little…underdressed and unprepared for this meeting. We just found out about the marriage not ten minutes ago." Ace's mouth fell open in surprise.

"What? You just– How is that even possible?" Luffy had been informed of the marriage five days ago! How were these people just now finding out?

"Doffy thought it would be hilarious to see Law's reaction to getting married tonight," the blond dryly replied, a look of irritation flashing through of his eyes. Ace suddenly felt bad for this Law person, it must have been hard living with someone like Doflamingo all his life.

"Alright, let's bring the lads in!" Garp said, ending Ace and Roci's conversation. "Oi, Luffy! Get in here!"

"Time to come on out, Lawsy~!"

"I swear, Doflamingo, if you keep calling me that, I'm going to–" Rocinante cleared his throat to cut off the surgeon's threat as the man entered the room. Getting the message, Law took in a deep breath to calm down and made his way through the room to stand next to his father. Ace looked him over, a feeling of unease pooling in his stomach upon seeing the word DEATH tattooed on the man's fingers.

"Ace, you gotta go in there and check out their aquarium! It's like unbelievably awesome!" A straw-hatted teen ran into the room with a grin that stretched from ear to ear. The freckled male gave an equally big grin before throwing his arm over his brother's shoulder, bringing him in a half-hug as he turned to Law. "Huh? Who's this?"

"Luffy, this is Law, your soon-to-be-husband." The surgeon raised his eyebrow upon seeing the younger teen.

"Are you sure he's even legal? He looks like a minor. No offense," he quickly added. The last thing he wanted to do was accidentally start an argument before the wedding even took place.

"Don't worry, Luffy here is already 19." He threw a glare at Law. "You better take care of him because if I hear that you touched or hurt him in anyway, I swear I will fry you in–"

"Ignore Ace, he's got a bad Brother Complex," Garp cut in off from the side.

"Oi! I do not have a Brother Complex!" Ace snapped back.

"So what's your name again?" Luffy asked, his large eyes falling on the male before him.

"It's Trafalgar Law."

"Traf– Trafag– Targafler–" The teen's face scrunched up in concentration as he desperately tried to get the name down. Law only grimace as he heard his name get butchered over and over again. "Toraooo… Torao!" The teen's smile was back in an instant. "I'll call you Torao!"

"No, really, you don't have to do that–"

"Too late, I've made up my mind!"

"Whatever, Mugiwara-ya."

Garp and Doffy stood off to the side with giant smiles while Ace and Cora both had uneasy looks. "This is going to be an awesome wedding," Garp said.

Doflamingo simply laughed in agreement.

A/N: …...I don't even know what to say except I feel like failed in this chapter. My apologies.. (By the way, is it alright if I mention MarcoAce a few times in this series [if it comes up]? If not, I won't. I'll just leave it as "Ace's loved one" or "Ace's boyfriend".)

Your shy ice elemental,
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