A cool sea breeze whispered through the air, lightly tousling the newspaper in the captain's hands as he turned another page. Doflamingo casually skimmed the titles, looking for anything that stood out as interesting from the usual garbage typed up. But as he leafed through the sheets it seemed like there wasn't any news worthy of note. With this start to his morning the pirate hypothesized that the rest of the day wasn't going to be much better.

Doflamingo folded the paper and let out a breath, contemplating what to do next since now he was just bored out of his skull. A few thoughts came to mind but since he was aboard his own ship and liked the fact that everything in sight wasn't cut up to small pieces it probably wouldn't be wise to hone his Devil Fruit abilities. The captain mumbled some complaints about slow currents and sluggish winds as he reached for his coat which was on the chair next to him.

When something cold and metallic came into contact with his skin the pirate frowned, glancing over to find that his feather jacket wasn't there. Doflamingo looked over at the other chair tucked near the table he was sitting at only to see it wasn't there either. The pirate raised an eyebrow, wondering where it could have wandered off to until little trotting footsteps came to his ears. The man peered over his shoulder, searching for the smallest member of his crew and frowning even deeper at what he found.

Law ran across the deck of the ship with a very familiar and large pink coat draped over his shoulders. The little boy jogged in a mismatch pattern, calling out 'whooshing' noises and airplane sounds as if he were flying. Doflamingo stared at the scene for a while, watching as the kid also flapped his arms up and down and waved the feathers all around like wings.

As Law was about to make another round across the deck, he caught sight of the pirate watching him with an expression that made it seem like he was doing something wrong. The little boy immediately stopped what he was doing and hung his head apologetically, gazing back with large shimmering eyes as he waited for how the other would react. The captain sat for a bit before raising a hand out in front of himself and using a finger to motion for the kid to approach.

Law hesitated momentarily but complied, slowly making his way over as he continued to wait for what the man had in store for him.

He stopped just out of Doflamingo's reach, causing the elder to commend him internally since it was obvious the kid was finally learning to be cautious. But nevertheless, the captain had something he wanted to accomplish right now.

Doflamingo turned completely in his chair and extended an arm, easily capable of reaching the child now that he had a more flexible posture. The pirate caught Law before he had a chance to run off, pinching his little nose with two fingers and pulling him forward. The little boy let out a sound of protest as he shut his eyes, wondering what exactly was going to happen next.

When he came to a stop he opened his eyes once more only to have them covered with something that caused his vision to be tinted with purple. Law blinked a few times in confusion before glancing up and noticing Doflamingo was no longer wearing his glasses.

"The coat isn't complete without the shades, kid." The pirate captain stated with a smug grin, earning a beaming smile from the little boy. Law ran off once again, scuttling happily across the ship with the large feather coat dragging behind him.

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AN: it's 1:30 in the morning and i'm updating chapter 21 of "consequences" with the backup of the backup of what i originally wanted to post because i have lost control of my life

oh! and as some of you may have noticed i have a tendency of making our little Law meet various OP characters in this fic. so, being the infinitely generous person i am, i would love to know who you want Trafalgar Law to coincidentally meet as a child! bear with me though, i might not be able to accommodate all characters and if you suggest someone like Luffy or Chopper i'm going to save them for later since neither have even been born yet. suggest as many characters as you want and i will try to give priority to the ones with multiple suggestions :)

one last thing: OH MY GOD. 21 CHAPTERS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS? !
i have a little scrolling bar in the drop-down box! ! ! :D