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EDITED Hopeless Romantics: Chapter 36

After Luffy had left through the back door with Law following her, Kidd didn't really feel like sticking around. "Come on, Killer, we're leaving—looks like she doesn't want to have any fun with us." Kidd began to walk towards the door, with Killer following behind him, once outside he turned to the blonde, "Since that plan didn't work out…what do you say we go down to Kaido's?"

Killer smirked, "There should be plenty of ass at Kaido's, let's go."

Ace and Sabo had searched Iceburg's for any sign of Kidd, but they were unable to find him after looking for half an hour. They rejoined their friends at the table, where Law and Luffy were now sitting. "We couldn't find them," Ace announced, "He must have left already."

Everyone else was too engrossed in their own conversations, they didn't pay the brothers any mind as they sat beside Law—with Luffy sitting on his lap. Law groaned and rubbed at his eyes while his other hand rested on his girlfriend's hip, "Damn it!"

The three men gritted their teeth, none of them were happy about the situation they found themselves in. Sabo and Ace's little sister, Law's new girlfriend—Luffy—had been raped by Kidd over a year ago. They all had known Kidd but they didn't think of him as a friend, and they certainly didn't want to be friends with him after finding out what he did to Luffy. Over the past year they had spent time around the guy, they had only grown to dislike him the more they got to know him—but this was their tipping point.

"Law, Ace," the blonde glanced between the two dark-haired men, "We will make him pay…but for now, let's try to enjoy the rest of the night and worry about this tomorrow."

Ace exchanged a look with Law before they both turned back to Sabo. Law sighed, "I suppose we can take care of this tomorrow…"

The freckled man felt an ache in his chest as he watched Law wrap his arms around Luffy and whisper something in her ear, causing her to smile at him. Ace clenched his fists, but managed to restrain himself from hitting the guy and telling him to get his hands off his sister.

"What about you, Ace?" Sabo asked.

"Huh?" He turned to face his brother, tearing his gaze away from Luffy's smiling face, "Oh, yeah, tomorrow's fine."

Sabo studied his brother's expression for a moment, "Okay, let's go get ourselves a drink." He tugged on Ace's arm and dragged him up to the bar, ordering them two shots. "Want to talk about it?" Sabo asked as he sat down on a barstool.

Sighing deeply, Ace took the seat beside Sabo, he stayed quiet and drank the shot of tequila after the bartender poured it into the glass. Ace clenched his teeth, his mouth and throat burned from the alcohol, but he gestured for the bartender to pour another. He took the second shot and slammed the glass against the wooden countertop before turning to Sabo, "Why does it have to be him?"

The blonde stared into his brother's pained eyes, "I don't know, Ace, but he makes her happy."

Ace began to chew on his lower lip, he felt his eyes begin to sting with tears—he looked up at the ceiling and tried to blink them away.

He saw a tear fall down the freckled face of his brother, "Here," Sabo slid his still-full shot of tequila in front of Ace.

Smirking, "Thanks," he took the third shot and grunted at the taste. Ace was feeling a little calmer from the alcohol and began to open-up, "I just thought that after all this time apart, she would see me again and maybe things between us would change…," he let out a deep breath of air and put his hand over his eyes.

Sabo saw Ace's lip trembling, he had never seen his brother cry before and wasn't sure what to do. He watched with wide eyes and tried to offer him comfort by placing his hand on his shoulder and giving it a squeeze.

"Sabo, I…," Ace sighed, "I don't know what I'm supposed to do—I love her—I want her to be with me, I've always wanted her to be with me. For three years I've waited to be with her again, for her whole life I've been trying to protect her from the darkness of the world…" Ace held back a sob, "While I wasn't there she got raped…," he let out a shaky breath of air, "I couldn't do anything to protect her, I wasn't there." He began to shake his head slowly from side to side, "And now she has fallen for Law—the epitome of darkness." Ace wiped his cheeks with his hand casually, "I never even had the chance to tell her how I feel."

He gave his brother an understanding smile, "I know, Ace." Sabo motioned for the bartender to fill their glasses again, "Look, I know what you're thinking about Law, but he isn't going to do any—"

"Don't you think I know that?!" Ace snapped before turning to look at the blonde, "Sorry—It's just…," he turned and glanced back at the table their friends were at, "I know he's not going to hurt her." He took a fourth shot and closed his eyes, "I can see that Luffy's changed him—it's obvious. Law may be the darkest person out there, but Luffy is the brightest. I guess even he couldn't dull her shine…," his mouth fell into a frown, "Not even Kidd could."

Sabo closed his eyes out of frustration, "How could we let that happen? How did we not know?"

Ace shook his head, there were fresh, hot tears at the corners of his eyes, "She never told us—she never told anyone until tonight—Law told me he was the first person she told."

He sighed, "Luffy…," Sabo was frowning, "It's our fault for always trying to shelter her, she probably didn't understand what was going on…" He felt a knot form in his throat, he hated knowing what happened to Luffy, but he hated the fact he didn't find out about it until now even more. "Law better have a damn good plan—that bastard has hell to pay."

Meanwhile, Law was desperately trying to keep his mind from wandering into his darkness—he was trying to keep the thoughts and images he conjured up of Kidd raping Luffy buried deep. He kept his arms around her small body, partially because he wanted to touch her, but also because he felt like he needed to make sure nothing else happened to her. Kidd is lucky I promised Luffy I wouldn't kill him—I really fucking want to see that asshole bleeding out. I know I'm supposed to save lives as a future surgeon, but… Law looked at the small girl who was sitting in his lap, she was smiling as she listened to her friends talk about something he wasn't paying attention to. Luffy-ya…what kind of monster would do that to you?

He tightened his arms around her, pulling Luffy closer to his chest and causing her to turn and look up at his face. She smiled at him, "What is it, Traffy?"

Law placed his lips on hers and gave Luffy a quick kiss, "Just keeping you safe."

She furrowed her eyebrows, "Traffy, I told you before—I'm strong, I could even kick your ass if I wanted to. I don't need you to protect me."

Even though he had only known her for the past few days, Law could tell the smile she gave him was forced, "Luffy-ya…" He was about to say something to disagree with her, remembering what happened to her, but he knew if she hadn't been drugged by Kidd that Luffy would have been able to defend herself. Instead, he gently smiled at her, "I know, but I still want to," then kissed her forehead.

Luffy leaned against Law's chest and inhaled his scent, nuzzling his neck with her nose, "Traffy, you smell sooo good." She wrapped her arms around his neck and shifted on his lap so she was in a more comfortable position, her legs sitting perpendicular to his.

Law fixed the skirt of Luffy's dress so it was covering her thighs better after she twisted her body on his legs. He smirked down at her as he decided to tease her and leaned down to her neck, running his nose from her collarbone up to her ear, "Mmmm, you do, too, Luffy-ya."

She felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up and her inner walls tighten. Luffy's heart was beating faster as she locked eyes with Law, his face only inches in front of hers. Gazing into Law's pale blue eyes was causing Luffy to forget how to breathe, only to suddenly gasp as he reached up and gently ran his thumb across her lip. Luffy closed her eyes and leaned into his touch, she felt his lips against hers and opened her mouth for him to allow his tongue entrance.

He pulled Luffy's face closer as he deepened the kiss, Law was rubbing his tongue against hers and could feel his dick hardening in his jeans as her ass gently wriggled on his lap. Law forgot where they were momentarily and his hand slid down to Luffy's left breast, squeezing it through the fabric of her dress. She didn't protest or try to move his hand away, he was fondling her with his tattooed hand before he slipped his long fingers under the fabric and began to play with her nipple.

"OH MY GOD! GET A ROOM YOU TWO!" Nami suddenly shouted, causing Law and Luffy to jump in their seat and separate their lips.

Law realized what he had been doing to the girl in the straw hat—right in front of some of her friends and his own. His hand was shoved into the top of her dress and he had her entire breast in his right hand as he pinched her nipple with his thumb and forefinger. He took his hand out of her dress, being careful not to expose her to everyone in the process, and felt his cheeks heat up.

Shachi and Penguin were snickering with one another as they saw the blush on his face, Shachi whistled, "Damn, Law!"

His face had to be red with embarrassment as he shot his friends a glare, "Fuck off."

"Shishishishi, Traffy, you shouldn't be so mean to your friends!" Luffy smiled up at him, she seemed to be completely unfazed by Nami's outburst.

"Yeah, Traffy, you should be nicer to us!" Penguin teased and began to laugh after calling Law by Luffy's nickname for him.

Law ignored his friend and instead stared wide-eyed at Luffy, "Why should I be nice to them? Can't you see how annoying they are?"

"Hey, we can hear you!" Shachi shouted.

Luffy pouted up at him, "Traaaffyyy," she whined. "Please be nice to your friends, I don't want you to get lonely when I'm not around!"

How am I supposed to say no to her? Law sighed, "Fine."

Her face broke into a wide grin, "Now, apologize."

"What?! Why should I apologize to them?!" Law asked, exasperated.

"For being mean, silly," she said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Law reluctantly turned to his friends, who were trying to hide their cheeky grins and stifle their laughter. "I'm sorry for being mean," then turning back to Luffy he asked, "Happy?"

Luffy's grin was so wide her eyes were closed, "Yes, thank you."

The two men broke out into laughter when they saw Law's body relax and a smile form on his face. "I'm so glad you met Luffy! She has made you a lot more fun to be around, Law," Shachi winked.

Instead of replying with a sarcastic remark or an insult, Law smiled at his friend, "I'm glad I met Luffy-ya, too." He turned back to Luffy and gently kissed her on the lips. Ecstatic…

AN: Hey everyone! Sorry this chapter took a while to be published, I was having writer's block last night so I didn't finish this until now. I hope it was worth the wait! Sorry, you still need to wait to see what Law has planned for Kidd, I want to make everything perfect for our Surgeon of Death. Please keep leaving me reviews! I love to hear from my readers and what you are all thinking of the story, also please let me know if there is anything you would like to see later on. WulfyFang3 and FallForYourType I love reading your reviews and I loooove hearing what you two have to say and really appreciate your feedback!

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