Helloooooo everyoneee! My exams are over and I'm finally freee~~~
Chapter 24 is out and I'm really looking forward for your comments!
I missed all of you so much so please I would really want to read from you!
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I don't own One Piece but I do own the OC.
Also I don't own the lullaby but I'm waiting to see who knows this beautiful song heheh.
That's all for now folks!
Have fun!
Law left his bike to lean on a tree and headed himself towards the entrance of the local clinic.
Elga followed him but stopped right before she enters inside, thinking twice of her choice.
What if she doesn't have the potentials to become a good doctor? Or what if she makes mistakes and embarrass herself?
She didn't know if she was ready yet to undertake real patients. Maybe, she should had denied the offer and stayed home in order to study more.
"Come on, I won't hold the door any longer!" the boy snapped her out of her thoughts and signed her with his head to come inside.
He knew pretty well how she was feeling as he was in the same position some months ago.
It was like someone was pushing you to fall from a cliff into the sea and you start swimming into the deep waters so as to survive.
However, sometimes in life you need a motivation like this and fight with what troubles you, in order to get stronger and win your fears.
After all he knew that the girl had a lot of knowledge and would be able to cope with this work.
Elga took a determined look in her eyes and crossed the entrance.
Then, a bell rang, notifying the other people who consisted the medical staff, that someone entered the place.
The black haired nurse popped her head from inside the doctors' room and smiled at the two teenagers.
"Good morning, Law! Is that the girl you were talking about on the den den mushi?", she asked approaching them.
"Yeah… I'm going to change into my scrubs." he said apathetically, leaving Elga alone behind.
The girl felt pretty awkward as she didn't even have a medical apron to wear.
"Your name is Elga-chan, right?"
"Yes ma'am!"
"Oh, you can call me Dulcinea! Nice to meet you!"
The girl nodded her head to the older woman so as to show her gratitude.
"I'm sure Law is going to show you everything around so don't worry!" she replied and reached a hand to hold her shoulder as a sign she is sure everything will be alright.
The girl gave her an unsure smile for response and lowered her head to hide her anxious expression.
Dulcinea patted her head and returned to the doctors' office room to finish the paperwork she left.
Elga decided to wander on the corridor to observe the place around her.
Then, she passed by a ward and saw 2 female patients inside.
The one was an elder woman that seemed to be awake from her body position on the bed but just resting her eyes while she waits patiently for someone from the medical staff to begin the morning check.
The other one was a small girl around the age of 5 and she was still sleeping peacefully on her bed.
Elga thought to go inside and start her shift by checking the numbers of the vital signs that were written on the thermometric chart which was hanging on the bed's feet.
The kid seemed to have a problem with her high fever that made also her breathing go faster than normal, while the old lady was perfectly fine.
The girl saw there was a urine catheter connected with the elder's urinal bladder, probably to check for any signs of a kidney disease or a disorder on her body fluids.
However, everything looked fine except the fact that her urine were darker in color than they should normally be.
The young doctor understood that it was an early sign of dehydration, something common for the older people as most of them lack of thirst sensation.
Then, she thought to administer a saline solution in order to stop the appearance of dehydration symptoms.
The girl started searching for the materials she was going to need in order to set a cannula inside the older patient's vein but she had difficulty to find the place they were kept in.
"We don't keep sharp materials inside wands. You can search for it at the doctors' office, in the white closet." Law talked from behind her, surprising the girl.
She turned her head to look at him with a puzzled expression as she was really curious how he knows about the situation every time, without being present.
The boy laughed seeing her face and grabbed a pair of elastic gloves to wear.
"I was about to do the same thing." he explained to her placing a smirk on his lips.
"Oh…", Elga just responded and started walking to leave the room so as to find what she needs but the boy stopped her.
"I already got everything with me. We keep copies of the patients' state at the office so as to be prepared and don't enter the rooms every time we need to check something on the vital signs…", he said again taking a cannula from a kidney dish he was carrying with him and gave it to the girl with a devilish, fake kind smile, teasing her with this move.
Elga felt her blood rising on her head and grabbed the object, taking also a pair of gloves with her while walking towards the old lady with determined steps.
After that, she took a saline solution bottle, a 3way and a set for IV liquids from the shelf next to the window and went for the patient's treatment.
Being old and dehydrated isn't a good combination to find a satisfactory vein, so the girl took her time to observe the elder's hands.
She decided to puncture the antebrachial vein as it seemed stronger than the others.
Elga followed the protocol like she was an expert already and provided the medicine with ease for a beginner.
Law who was watching her every move carefully from behind hided his smile by lowering his hat.
He was sure from the start the girl had a talent on the medicine field and felt relieved she managed to get along with the environment so easily.
"You know they say if you adapt yourself to a situation readily, is a sign of high intelligence." he said in an effort to compliment her work.
Law usually behaved like a rude and cold person but he was always fair at the same time and knew when he had to admit the truth. He thought it was good for the girl to let her know that she did a nice job and should keep going like that to succeed her goals.
However, the girl who was picking up the trash she made previously, turned her head to look at him with a blank expression on her face.
"I guess you had your doubts until now?" she answered back waiting for his reply.
"Actually, yes…" he teased her and Elga widened her eyes in surprise from the boy's rawness.
She gave him a glare for reply and went with big steps to leave the room so as to throw the rubbish.
*That jerk! Did he really thought I was stupid this whole time?! Is that really what he thinks about me?*, she thought inside her mind and suddenly felt her heart aching.
When did she start, though, to care about what he thinks of her?
Elga shook her head and left those thoughts behind as she had to go back at the ward and continue with the examination of the child.
She was about to cross the door when she saw a rather strange but simultaneously cute scene in front of her that never thought she would ever behold in her life.
Law was sitting on the girl's bed and held her on his arms so as to wake her up gently.
He had the expression of an older brother who was taking care of his younger sister, on his face and seemed like he knew how to hold a baby or a child of this age.
Elga stayed still for a while as the boy didn't look like he knew about her presence yet and tried to memorize this sweet sight into her brain.
At that moment she really felt like she wanted to learn more about this side of Law's character as it wasn't usual for him to have this kind expression on his eyes.
"You seem to know how to hold a kid…" she commented and the boy glanced at her.
"I'm waiting for the thermometer to set a temperature or else she won't keep still…" he said back explaining his actions.
That wasn't though, the right answer to her question.
The girl sat right next to him on the bed to accompany him and learn from his actions.
Law then looked at her eyes and he felt his heart skip a beat so he took his gaze away immediately.
He found difficult to keep the eye contact every time she was so close to him for a strange reason.
And deep inside his mind he was feeling like he should answer her previous question.
He wanted her to know him a bit better. They would be roommates and co-workers from now on so it was normal to feel like that, right?
However, if he began to tell her things about his past from now, someday the story will reach that shameful part when he used to be a part of that asshole's crew, Donquixote Donflamingo. And this moment terrifies him as he doesn't know how the girl is going to react on this revelation.
Will she hate him and feel disgust about him or will she accept him as he is?
However, from the time they are going to live together she is going to learn about his sad past so he felt like he should answer her questions from now on and leave her create her own image about him.
"I used to have a younger sister…" he whispered to her, having his head lowered.
Elga observed that the boy used a past sentence so she thought that his sister wouldn't be alive and decided not to continue the talk.
She just nodded her head in understanding and smiled at him.
The older doctor felt his cheeks getting slightly red and turned his gaze elsewhere.
He stood up from the seat passing the kid to the girl's hug and rushed to leave the room.
"You continue here, I have work to do.", he said and exited the room leaving the girl puzzled behind him from his sudden reaction.
*Did I do something wrong?*, she asked herself sweatdropping.
Then, she felt someone pulling one of her tufts and the girl faced the person in in front of her.
The kid was giggling while playing with her hair and that sight made an imagination cross her mind like a thunder.
The scene of a child with long light brown hair and a big smile that was stretching her hands to the air in an effort to reach her own hair while giggling.
'A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you will lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep.'
*What with this lullaby now in the background? Someone used to sing it… It sounds familiar…*, she thought while trying hard to complete this scene.
The girl's heartbeat went faster from the shock as she couldn't believe what just happened.
*Was that a memory?!*
She couldn't remember though, the face of that child clearly as the picture was blare on her mind but she was sure it felt nostalgic for a moment.
The thermometer's ringing brought her back to reality.
She still had work to do as it was her first day at the clinic.
Maybe it was just her imagination or her mind was playing tricks on her because of last night's events.
Finally, Elga decided to leave behind this thought and rushed to find an antipyretic pill for the kid.
