Law leaned back into his chair, Zoro was lounging back on the hospital bed listening. Sanji sat opposite wishing he could see his face whilst Law carried on.
'So the doctor came close to replicating Doflamingo's ability but it couldn't even work properly on a small kid' Law rubbed his eyes 'Corazon told me the doctor had an unfortunate accident once Doflamingo got everything he wanted out of him' a wry smile made it clear there was no accident.
'Thanks Law, we'll let you get some sleep now' he got up and rubbed his eyes, even he was exhausted at this point. He left the room with the swordsman, going to the edge of the ship, staring into the ocean. The sea was calm but he could hear the water gently hitting the edge of the ship. He let the sound of the waves calm him down, many of his favourite memories was with Zeff fishing, the best though were the short breaks where they took a boat out to fish. He pulled out his Zippo, the wave pattern on it was the reason he'd bought it. He pulled a cigarette out, flicked it open and lit it, staring at the flame for a second before snuffing it out with a click of the lid.
He felt Zoro shifting beside him, he turned and sat on the edge of the ship. He took a deep draw still trying to process what they had found out.
'So you know everything now?' maybe knowing would make dealing easier.
'Yea, wish I could have killed that bastard' Zoro stared out at the ocean 'Though at the same time I'm just glad it's done'
Doflamingo had dispatched the doctor over his failures and to keep the information on his ability a secret. That only left whoever took him and it was highly unlikely they would ever work that out.
'What about the Marines?' he asked carefully
'Fuck em, as long as they leave me alone I don't care anymore' Zoro sounded tired, older than he should 'After the hospital tomorrow I need to go see my dad, I at least owe him the truth'
'Sure but just remember you didn't have a choice, try to focus on that' he hoped he could get through to the damned idiot.
He slid off the edge and turned to stare into the ocean again, the waves still lapping against the ship. How easily they could pull you down, had been drilled into his head by Zeff from a young . As much as he loved the ocean, he respected it; being around Zoro, talking about family was making him miss the old bastard.
'While you're there I should probably go see my old man. He told me to check in when I got back' he stubbed out his cigarette into Franky's ashtray again 'Come on we should get some sleep, tomorrow's gonna be busy as hell'
Zoro finally tore his gaze away and followed him down into men's quarters, before he even opened the door he could hear the others snoring away. He opened the door quietly, his bed was nearest the door meaning he could leave without waking up the eating machine and cook in peace. The rest tended to be a free for all and tonight the one above him had been left free. He was still wearing the plain white t-shirt Chopper had given him to replace his tattered shirt, so he pulled his trouser off dumping them in the corner. He would worry about a shower and clean clothes tomorrow, Zoro seemed to have had a similar idea but only took his boots off before climbing into the top bed.
He set an alarm on his phone before sliding it into the wireless charging box that Franky had built into the bunk.
He quietly said night into the mutterings and snoring of his sleeping friends.
'Night Curly' a quiet response before exhaustion won and sleep took over.
The buzzing from his phone alarm woke him up without waking the others. He slid out of his bed quietly and went over to his locker to grab clean clothes. He opened the door and stared in disbelief, he should have knew something was up when Nami not only said she would grab his bags for him at home but unpacked them on the ship. She had even left the suit he had been wearing on a hanger on the front of his locker.
She had repacked, replacing all his suits except one with t-shirts, checked short-sleeve shirts and jeans. Looking closer he realised at least half of the stuff she had packed was the stuff that they had bought for Zoro. It had been in a bag beside his cupboard making it easy for her to grab, not that he would hold it against the beautiful Nami-swan. He rummaged through finding a blue checked shirt that she had bought him for his birthday and a pair of faded blue jeans. They would look fine paired with his shoes and it's as casual as he felt comfortable with.
He grabbed out a set of Zoro's and left them on the end of his bed as he went to the mens bathroom. A quick shower, then he would have to make breakfast for everyone. Well except Zoro, Law had been quite firm about no food or water after dinner.
The morning passed quickly and before he even knew it, it was mid afternoon and they were in the dock.
Sanji left the kitchen with his knife roll, tucking it into his bags. The others would be taking his stuff back as he would be driving Zoro and Law to the hospital.