Chapter 21
"He will sleep in the bunks and you can sleep beside me. Just like old times." he smiled softly.
"I'd like that. Like old times." she smiled back.
"I'm gonna go take a quick shower. Do you want one as well?" Law asked as he stood up.
"Yeah. I'll take one after you." she smiled, sitting up.
Law grabbed pajama pants and a loose t-shirt and went to shower.
Timi sat on Law's bed, smiling softly to herself. They were finally together again. Law grew up to be quite the handsome guy, he looked strong. She definitely needed to ask him to a fight.
"I'm all done. You can go in now." Law said, smiling at Timi as she stood up and walked in.
After a warm shower, Timi came out in a pair of black baggy pj pants and a maroon baggy shirt with no binding on.
"Good shower?" Law asked smiling as he was sat on his bed with a book in his hand.
"Yup. Needed it." she said, smiling and sat down beside him.
"I'm glad. Ready for bed?" Law asked smiling.
"I'm too awake for that." she grinned.
"Let's just talk then." he smiled as they got under the covers beside each other.
"So, have you been with a woman. I'm sure the Surgeon of Death is a lady killer." Timi asked smirking.
"I have. Unlike you, I'm a man and have urges. There's no way that you never got horny every once in a while." he said looking her in the eyes.
"Maybe one or twice but there wasn't much I could do about it. The world believes that I'm a guy, remember? Getting laid is a bit difficult like that but I had women hit on me before." Timi explained chuckling.
"Well that must have been fun." Law laughed.
"They're such a pain. I hate women." she pouted.
"Sorry to break it to you sweetheart but you're a woman yourself." Law grinned, poking her boob.
"Perv." Timi said wrapping her arms around her breasts and stuck her tongue out at him.
"What are you going to do now?" he asked changing the subject.
"I guess I'll just take calls as usual but will have a set place to come back to, to come home to." she replied smiling softly at him.
"As long as you come back." he smiled back and pulled her into a warm hug.
Timi let out a big yawn and they decided to sleep.
It was a week until they would hit an island again and in that time Cori and Timi got to know the crew a bit better and she answered all of their questions. She still wore the binding out of habit.
After the crew calmed down and gave them some space, Timi didn't really leave Law's side. They missed each other and wanted to spend as much time together as possible. Law also talked a lot with Cori and was happy that everyone got on so well.
"So what island is it?" Timi asked leaning over Law's shoulder as they sat in the control room.
"A winter island." Bepo smiled happily.
"Bummer. I'll just wait in the engine room until we leave." Timi said and sat down in an empty chair.
"I forgot you hate the cold." Bepo frowned.
"Too bad. You're coming with me." Law said, smirking at Timi's pouting face.
"Just dress warmer and you'll be fine." Cori chuckled.
"Easy for you to say." he frowned.
"We're docking in half an hour. Let's go find you something warm." Law said, standing up and pulled Timi to his room.
"Law, come on. Why can't I just stay here?" Timi whined.
"Because I want you by my side. It's not often that a big shot assassin like you joins a pirate crew." he replied with a smirk.
"So you just want to show me off?" Timi asked smirking back.
"Yeah. And I want you to have a new tattoo." he smiled as he handed Timi a black fluffy coat with a hood.
"Your Jolly Roger?" he asked wrapping a scarf around his neck and pulled the fluffy coat on.
"Our. And yeah. You belong with the Heart Pirates now." Law smiled, pulling on a long black coat himself.
"Possessive much? Where do you want it?" Timi asked chuckling.
Instead of answering, Law walked up to him and poked the middle of his chest, right under his collar bone.
"Alright. But don't expect me to be happy about the cold." he frowned.
"Haha, I don't." he laughed as they left the room to go on deck. They already surfaced and were about to dock, so they walked up to stand beside Bepo and Cori.
Cori smiled at them and pulled a hat onto Timi's head.
"Thanks." he grinned.
They docked and walked into the town. It was a nice friendly place but being pirates, the locals tried to avoid them.
"Let's go explore the mountains." Timi grinned, turning to Law.
"I thought you didn't like the cold." he said smirking.
"I don't. But while we're here, we might as well look around." he smirked back.
"You never changed." he grinned and they took off towards the big snowy mountains.
"Don't forget your tattoo when we get back." Law called from beside Timi as they walked into the snowy woods.
"You'll make sure I wont." he grinned and took off to the left with Law close by.
They reached the edge of the mountain and started to head up. They ran into a lot of huge animals that tried to eat or kill them but they just knocked them out; Timi didn't let Law actually kill them.
"We reached the top!" Timi yelled happily, with his arms in the air.
"You're as energetic as ever." Law said amused, catching his breath.
"I get that a lot." he grinned back.
"Let's have a race down. Unless you can't handle it Mr Captain." Timi said, smirking at Law.
"You're on." he said and they stood ready. Law gave the signal and they started running down, head to head.
As they ran, the snow beneath their feet suddenly gave away and they fell down, stumbling down a steep path that led to the belly of an underground cave.
Groaning, Law pulled himself together and sat up looking around. The cave was cold and dark with a lot of rocks sticking out of the ground and walls.
"Timi." Law called as he spotted the red head a few feet away from him, lying on his back.
He ran up to him and shook his unconscious body. He noticed a big gash on his forehead that was bleeding. He must have hit his head on a rock on their way down.
"Wake up. Timi." he said shaking him a bit more but he didn't seem to even stir. Law didn't have any choice so he just treated the wound and laid him down on an even part of the ground while he tried to find an exit. It was a bit hard, seeing as it was dark and the only thing he could see was that steep hole they dropped down from. There was a big pool of water to their right, so Law thought that when Timi woke up he could use his Blood Magic to get them out, climbing wasn't an option.
So he sat down beside Timi, up against the wall and pulled him onto his lap to keep them warm.
It took Timi a few hours to wake up and by that time, the sun was setting outside, making the cave even colder.
He stirred with a shiver and looked up at Law.
"What happened?" he asked with a groggy voice from just waking up.
"While we were running down, we fell into an underground cave." he explained as Timi snuggled into him more.
"It's cold." he said hiding his face in the crook of Law's neck.
"It's getting dark outside. I tried to look for a way out but it doesn't look like we can get out by feet. You'll have to use your blood magic." he explained tightening his arms around Timi.
"Alright." he replied shivering but didn't move.
"You alright?" Law asked looking at him.
"I'm cold, have a killer headache and you're too comfy to move." he said snuggling closer to his body.
"You know the sooner we get out of here, the sooner we could get to a warm place." Law said chuckling.
"That's true." Timi smiled up at him and stood up, reaching a had out for Law to take.
"There's a pool of water over there." Law said pointing to it as they walked up beside it.
"Perfect." Timi grinned and pulled his right sleeve up to reveal his snake markings. He dripped his blood into the water, making it twitch. The water turned red and two balls lifted from it and took the shape of boards.
"Hop on and we're out of here." Timi said jumping onto one of the blood boards as Law nodded and did the same. They flew out of the cave and back towards the town.
Landing, they walked the rest of the way towards the little bar, the rest of the crew was in.
"You're back!" Bepo yelled and pulled them both into a crushing bear hug.
"Yup. I need a hot drink now though. I'm chilled to the bone." Timi said as he let them go and walked to the bar.
"Two hot chocolates." Law ordered before he had the chance to.
Timi was about to thank him but sneezed instead.
"You caught a cold?" Cori asked sitting on the other side on him.
"I guess so." Timi frowned.
"What happened to your forehead?" Cori asked worriedly, spotting the injury. They explained everything while sipping their hot beverages.
By now Timi was sniffling and sneezing a lot more.
"Let's get you back to the ship." Law said and pulled Timi with him.
Timi was wobbling all the way to Law's room and was glad they finally made it. Law helped her change into his pajamas and tucked her into bed.
"Rest up. Hopefully your fever will drop by tomorrow." Law said sitting beside her and took his hand off her forehead.
"Night." Timi called weakly and fell asleep.
Unfortunately Timi's condition got worse and she was bed ridden for a few days until she got better. Law was there to help her though and nursed her back to health but not without Timi putting up a fight about eating medicine and staying in bed.
"So fucking stubborn. It will make you feel better. What don't you understand about that?" Law asked annoyed as he tried to feed her some medicine.
"I don't want to take it. Fuck off." she frowned hiding under the sheets.
"As your captain and doctor, I order you to take it." Law said with a stern voice, quickly getting tired of Timi's protests.
"I don't care. You may as well be a king and you wont be able to order me around." she snapped back glaring at him from under the sheets.
"Why you." Law said annoyed.
"That's enough you two. Just let her be." Cori said walking in with a tray of food for Timi.
"But she's so fucking stubborn." Law frowned.
"What else did you expect from Timi?" he said with a grin.
"Food." Timi called happily and sat up in the bed but then sneezed. Cori placed the tray on her lap and ruffled her hair while she dug in.
"If you want her to eat the medicine, you got to be more creative about it. Yelling wont get you anywhere." Cori whispered to Law with a smirk.
"But leave her be for now, she's getting better, no need for that now." he said.