After Corazon and Doflamingo join the party Law excuses himself to go with his boyfriend. You see the doctor approaching the two brothers and Corazon gesturing between Doflamingo and Law, so you deduce that Corazon is introducing his boyfriend to Doflamingo.

You watch Doflamingo speak with Law and you can't help to see it ironic because just a month ago Doflamingo offered you to almost kill the poor man, and now there he was: having a polite conversation with him as if he had never had the least bad intentions against him. Definitely, Doflamingo was a versatile interesting fellow. You couldn't possibly bring yourself to deny that.

At that moment the rest of the Donquixote members that had arrived together with Doflamingo appear dressed up as well, and you are surprised when Rebecca suddenly approaches Viola to hug her with affection. The two women talk for a little while until Rebecca eventually signals towards your direction, moment in which Viola nods with a smile and kisses Rebecca softly in her temple before the girl finally goes with you.

"Wow, it's been almost a year since the last time I saw my aunt"

Your eyes open wide.

"Aunt? Viola is your aunt?"

Rebecca nods with a smile.

"Yep, she is my mother's sister. She used to live with dad and me after mum died but some years ago she found a job and stopped living with us, although I had no idea that she worked for your new crush"

"Hey, Doflamingo is not my new crush!"

"Oh, come on, (y/n): you were drooling right now while looking at him"

"I-I wasn't!"

"Yep, you were, but that's not what I wanted to tell you", you half-close your eyes at your best friend but the girl keeps talking as nothing, "it has just occurred to me a really funny game for the party and I am preparing it right now with Barto and Cavendish. Do you want to help us as well with it? I promise that you'll love it"

You are about to ask what 'really funny game' was that but at that moment you notice Doflamingo looking towards your direction before beginning to approach.

"Oh, your future hot boyfriend seems to want to talk to you", Rebecca has the nerve to smile charmingly at you, "then don't worry about the game. We three will finish it and we'll warn everyone when it is ready!"

"O-Oi!"

Rebecca just ignores your call and disappears with an animated wave of her hand. You sigh with resignation. Not knowing what Rebecca had planned for the party made you really nervous. Even more nervous than when Doflamingo got close to you and-

"So Viola's niece is your roomate"

Your gulp when Doflamingo asks that just behind you. Okay, maybe Rebecca didn't make you that nervous.

"Yes, I didn't know it though", you turn around to face Doflamingo and makes sure to focus just in his face and not to stare too much at any other part of his body, "I would have introduced her to you but she is busy preparing some kind of game for the party"

Doflamingo nods to himself before taking a bottle of wine from the table.

"Would you like some?"

You shake your head negatively when Doflamingo points at your glass with his chin.

"No, thank you. I don't like wine very much"

Doflamingo's smirk turns familiarly teasing.

"That's just because your taste buds aren't developed enough. You still have to grow up to appreciate it"

This time, you decide to answer with irony instead of glaring at the man as you have been about to do.

"Well, maybe this wine is just meant to be liked by men of certain age"

Doflamingo's amused smirk expands a little.

"Are you subtly calling me old, young lady?"

You shrug.

"It depends: are you subtly calling me a kid, boss?"

Doflamingo laughs loudly when hearing your quick answer and you yourself has to make an effort not to join him.

"Your replies are getting bolder and bolder, (y/n). What's happened with that girl that got so scared every time that I approached her?"

"Oh, that girl isn't gone completely", you speak with same playful tone than Doflamingo has used, "but she has simply learnt that there is nothing to fear as long as she is part of the family and doesn't dare betray you"

Doflamingo hums approvingly when hearing your answer.

"Well, that girl is surely something. No wonder she caught my interest the moment I get to know her a little better"

This time, you can't possibly stop the blush that reaches your cheeks and that surely travels to your ears after hearing Doflamingo say that with total casualness. Shit, you would really like to answer to that with the same ease but you couldn't. Not without dying from embarrassment.

"S-So, Corazon has introduced Law to you, right? What do you think about him?"

For goodness sake, what a lame way to change the subject. If Doflamingo mocked you for that you'd certainly deserve it. However, it seemed that the man was in a merciful mood and he accepted the obvious change of topic with a little smirk.

"We haven't talked much but he hasn't even flinched when I warned him about not hurting my brother, so I admire him for that", Doflamingo looks at you with curiosity, "and what do you think about him?"

You are about to laugh because Corazon asked you that with the same words the first time that you met Law in his medical office.

"At first I thought that he was really serious and cold but after talking to him I think he is a really nice guy. And he's rather attractive too"

You hesitate in adding the last part but you eventually do. It was the truth after all.

"Oh, so you like skinny short guys?"

You can't help to laugh when hearing Doflamingo's comment because his description of Law couldn't be more purposely inaccurate.

"He isn't skinny in the least, he is just lean. And the fact that he is just 1.90 and doesn't reach the 2.00 meters like you doesn't mean that he is short"

"2.05", Doflamingo rectifies with a grin, making you roll your eyes with patience, "but you haven't answered my question, is Trafalgar Law your type?"

Again, a question that Corazon had asked you as well.

"No, I certainly prefer men like Corazon"

You regret your words when seeing Doflamingo's wolfish grin. Crap.

"You mean tall, blonde and strong men with brown eyes?"

You think furiously in a way to answer when Doflamingo asks that with amusement.

"No, I mean men with pale skin, lipstick and a propensity to trip down and fall"

Again, your rapid answer causes Doflamingo to snicker.

"Fufufu~. It seems that from now on I'll have to work harder to catch you off guard"

You dare to raise your glass towards the man with a smile.

"Practice makes perfect"

Doflamingo chimes his glass against yours playfully before taking a sip. At that moment a couple of loud clapping sound over the music and murmur and everyone turns to look at Corazon, the man responsible of the calling of attention.

"Okay, everyone, I think it's time to give Doffy his present!"

The present consisted in a new pair of flashy green sunglasses. One of Doflamingo's hobbies was to collect glasses of different colors, so to choose the present has been rather easy. The difficult thing has been to choose the right color, but Jora had been in charge of taking note of the colored lenses that Doflamingo already had and when she learnt that, it was Corazon's task to find the appropriate model.

"I spent almost four hours searching on the Internet until finding them, so you better use them"

Doflamingo laughs loudly when hearing Corazon's menacing tone.

"I will, little brother", Doflamingo turns around, living his back to the family, and when he faces them again he was wearing the new pair of lenses, "happy?"

Corazon smiles and nods, causing his older brother to laugh again, and you think for thousandth time that one way or another you wanted to eventually learn the whole story of the Donquixote Brothers.

"Everyone! Can you pay attention for a second?"

At that moment Rebecca's voice sounds above the collective murmur and when you look at your friend you see that she has stepped on a chair to be seen by everyone. You also see that Bartolomeo and Cavendish are on either side of Rebecca, the first one looking rather enthusiastic and the second one a little nervous.

"Thanks", Rebecca smiles when everyone focus on her, and you can't help to admire the girl's ability to talk in front of such a unique people without feeling intimidated in the least, "first of all, Bartolomeo, Cavendish and I want to thank Corazon for having invited us to the party as well even if we are not part of the Donquixote family. For that reason, we wanted to contribute somehow to this birthday and we have prepared a game, so…", Rebecca looks at Doflamingo, "…if the birthday man agrees, we would like to explain it and, if it's a game of your liking, play it as well"

Doflamingo's simple answer is to nod briefly with an amused smile, causing Rebecca's face to illuminate.

"Great!", Rebecca extends her arms towards Bartolomeo and Cavendish, who place a set of several cards in the girl's hands, "okay…have you ever played truth or dare?"

During the next minutes Rebecca explains the game. Basically, people sit down in chairs or in the floor forming a circle, and in turns each player decides to play 'truth' or 'dare'. Once the choice has been made, a random card is selected and the player has to do as the card says. 'Truth' consists of answering a question, and 'dare' to carry out a challenge. If the person fails or refuses to do as the card says, he suffers the penalty that is written in the same card.

"And that's the game. Any questions?"

The members of the family begin to talk among themselves, and you are surprised to see that everyone seemed quite enthusiastic with the idea of the game. However, a sudden doubt invades you that causes you to raise your hand.

"Yes, just one. Those cards…", you look at Rebecca suspiciously, "…where they come from?"

It's Bartolomeo the one who answers with a wide smile.

"We have created them. We have taken some ideas from the Internet but we have invented others"

"Exactly", Rebecca says in a proud tone, "and I can assure you that they will be really funny to play"

You gulp. You didn't like how Rebecca had spelled the word 'funny' one bit.

After the entire family decides that is going to play, everyone forms a rather wide circle following Rebecca's indications. You make sure not to sit next to Doflamingo and Corazon, because the last time that you have seen a 'truth or dare' game, several cards consisted of interacting with the people that was sitting just next to you, so you wanted to be sure to avoid any possible embarrassing situations involving the Donquixote brothers. Therefore, you end sitting between Law and Bartolomeo and almost in front of Doflamingo, who was sitting between Corazon and Trebol.

"I have never played something like this before", Law looks at you, "what would you recommend me: choose 'truth' or 'dare'?"

You are about to answer that you have just seen other people play but that you have never actually played, but when seeing Law's concerned expression you decide to show yourself confident.

"I personally prefer 'dare' because it usually consists of doing something ridiculous, and I deal better with that than having to say something about me"

Law nods to himself.

"Alright, then 'dare' to death"

You can't help to laugh when hearing Law's answer, but before being able to agree with the doctor Bartolomeo leans to whispers something in your ear.

"Be careful with always choosing 'dare'. Rebecca has insisted in writing most part of the 'dare' options and hasn't let Cabbage and me see what she has written"

You gulp when hearing Bartolomeo and look at Rebecca. The girl notices your stare and her reaction is to smile widely with satisfaction. Shit, what was that demon of a girl planned?! Well, you were going to discover it really soon.

Rebecca is one who initiated the game, mostly to show the rest how the game is played. She chooses 'truth' and you hold your breath, wondering what kind of question was written on the card.

"If you were a billionaire, what would you spend your time doing?", Rebecca sighs exaggeratedly, "where do I start?"

You exhale a relieved sigh while everyone begins to laugh when Rebecca begins to rapidly enumerate all the things that she would do/buy. During the first rounds Bartolomeo's warning rounds your head but when it's Pica's turn and his 'dare' consists of singing at the top of his lungs his favorite song you end eventually forgetting about it, since you are busy laughing until almost cry.

Most part of the 'dares' that appear were ridiculous but not excessively embarrassing to make: Dellinger had to share his shirt with the person to his right (that resulted be Sugar) for the next 3 rounds, Lao-G had to do 20 pushups (immediately Jora forced him to do just 2 despite his protests), Trafalgar had to prepare a sandwich with his eyes closed and then eat it (the eating part was omitted because of his hate for bread) and when it was your turn you theoretically had to walk on your hands from one side of the room to the other but you refused and accepted the penalty, that consisted of having the drink of the person of your left, a.k.a Bartolomeo, that resulted to be one of your less favorite drinks.

Finally, Diamante had to pretend to be a dog the next round, Trebol made sure to choose truth the next round and to his answer really slowly to prolong Diamante's imitation. The rest of the family chose 'truth' and again the questions weren't excessively intimate. For example, Corazon had to talk about how he met his actual boyfriend (you obviously were mentioned in that story) and Doflamingo had to tell a nickname that was called as a kid (he had always been called 'Doffy' so you didn't learn anything embarrassing about him to take note of.

Baby 5 was the last one in choosing 'truth' and unfortunately her question was 'What is your biggest fear in a relationship?', so as you were fearing the girl began to cry saying that she was never lucky in love matters you decided to make a little stop in the game. Besides, since you were a total of 20 people the whole round had taken more than hour, so you decided to eat a little more before coming back to the game.

"Okay, I choose 'dare'"

Corazon says when it's his turn, and his eyes open wide before cursing.

"What does is say?"

Corazon sighs and reads aloud.

"Arm wrestling with the person of your left. The one who wins will write something in the other person's face", Corazon looks at Doflamingo, a.k.a the person on his left, "okay, you can begin to think what you are going to write in my face"

Everyone laughs when hearing Corazon's defeated tone, and as the man had predicted Doflamingo is the one who ends winning their little match.

"Well, Corazon, you have lasted almost half-a-minute, you should be proud"

"Shut up and finish already"

At the end Doflamingo uses Corazon's own lipsticks to write the word 'weakling' in bright red in his forehead while everyone (Law included) makes sure to use their mobiles to immortalize the moment.

"Hey, Cora-san, you could use this a new profile photo"

Corazon glares at Law but when the man winks at him playfully Corazon ends smiling with resignation.

"Alright, my turn", Doflamingo chooses 'truth' and after reading the card he chuckles, "well, this is easy: how many times have you been married? None"

You convince yourself that you are feeling happy because you finally have your answer to that question, not for any other motive.

The game continues with more ridiculous dares and not too embarrassing truths until Law's turn arrives.

"Dare", he says without hesitation while taking the card, "if you have tattoos on your body, show all of them"

You don't understand why Corazon begins to laugh while extracting his mobile and why Law blushes lightly, but then the doctor suddenly unbuttons his shirt to expose his chest and your mouth falls opened when seeing a heart shaped tattoo on his chest.

"Wow, how cool, man", Bartolomeo says sincerely while you keep staring at the tattoo in disbelief.

"Hey, the I-want-to-be-a-surgeon excuse doesn't explain this", you say pointing at Law's chest, causing the man to chuckle.

"Well, the card doesn't say that I have to explain that"

You snort when hearing Law's teasing answer. Well, another thing that you planned to discover.

"Okay, I choose 'dare' too"

You take the card without feeling the least concern.

But when reading it you freeze.

Damn, you should have remembered Bartolomeo's warning.

"What does it say, (y/n)?"

Doflamingo seems to detect your tension from where he is sitting because he asks that with utter curiosity. You suppress a gulp, trying to decide is the better way of action was.

"I-It says…", crap, you better speak with firmness, but how could you when your heart was beating so crazily, "sit in the birthday man's lap until your next turn arrives"

Corazon almost spits his drink, and thank goodness that the family begins to laugh because otherwise the tension would be unbearable.

"Sorry, (y/n)", Bartolomeo mutters, "I think Rebecca wrote that"

This time, you see Rebecca purposely avoiding looking at you. Damn, at that moment you really want to kill Rebecca because you are sure that the girl has purposely written that card for you.

"(y/n), you can always refuse to do it and get the penalty"

You look at Doflamingo, but despite his words his smile was challenging. Yes, you could refuse to do the 'dare', but if you did that it was as if you were giving it too much importance to the challenge and that wasn't the impression that you wanted to give.

"No, it's okay"

Despite your words your legs are trembling while standing up. There were just a couple of meters between Doflamingo and you but they seemed eternal. While you approach, Doflamingo changes his sitting position so that his legs were opened, giving you space to sit in between them.

When you are in front of the man you suppress another gulp. Doflamingo is now leaning one of his elbows on the arm of the chair and his chin over his hand. He is looking at you with curiosity, as if he was wondering if you were really able to do it, so you push away your nervousness the best you can and with all the determination you are able to gather in that situation you sit down on the chair.

You make sure to sit all in the border you can to avoid all possible contact with Doflamingo, but the chair wasn't precisely too big so you inevitable feel the man's worked chest and abs against your back. And shit, why the hell Doflamingo's body was so warm? You could feel yourself beginning to be hot just for the warmth that Doflamingo's big body emanated.

"I don't mind if you lean against me, (y/n)"

"No, thank you. I'm perfect like this"

You answer in a high-pitched tone that could rival Pica when feeling Doflamingo's breath so close to your ear, so you can't certainly blame the family when they begin to laugh. Oh god, you were really going to kill Rebecca when the party was over.

"Ok, my turn: 'dare'", you internally thank Bartolomeo when the man re-initiates the game, "kiss the person who is in your left"

You snap a hand against your mouth when realizing that the one who is on Bartolomeo's left is no other that-

"WHAT?!", okay, now Cavendis's cry has surpassed yours, "okay, you better choose the penalty right now because there's no way that-"

But what Cavendish was going to say is lost forever when without the least hesitation Bartolomeo grabs Cavendish's face and plants a rude kiss on the guy's lips. A loud murmur explodes then and even if you can see that Cavendish's ears are extremely red he doesn't any particular attempt to push the punk away.

After some seconds Bartolomeo lets Cavendish go. They keep staring at each other for some more seconds, as if they didn't know very well what to say, and then, suddenly, Cavendish hits Bartolomeo in the shoulder with force.

"You jerk, I hate you!"

Everyone stares with surprise how Cavendish hurriedly stands up and disappears towards the back-shop, closing the door behind him with force.

Bartolomeo blinks, completely confused, before looking at you.

"What the hell? I've just done what the card says!"

"Well…I think that's the problem", Rebecca intervenes with a cautious smile, "maybe Cavendish hasn't liked that you have kissed him just because of what a card says"

Bartolomeo blinks again.

"What?"

You are about to facepalm.

"For goodness sake, Bartolomeo, go to speak with Cavendish already!"

"O-Okay, okay, I'm going!"

When hearing your impatient tone Bartolomeo rapidly stands up as well towards the back-shop. There is a brief silence and then Corazon looks at you.

"Okay, tell me that Bartolomeo is denser than me, please"

"No, he isn't"

Everyone laughs when Law is the one who answers immediately, causing Corazon to 'glare' at his boyfriend.

"Mmm, I wonder, (y/n)…"

Doflamingo talks so close to you that the hair of the back of your neck stands up. You turn your body a little to be able to face him but that only causes your faces to be way closer than they should, so you decide to answer while facing forward.

"Y-Yes?"

"I'm just curious: if you would have gotten that card and would have been at my right", you shiver when Doflamingo whispers the next sentence in your ear, "what would you have done?"

You gulp, but fortunately it doesn't take you much to find a proper answer.

"Well, the card didn't demand to kiss someone in the lips, so I suppose that blowing you a kiss would have been accepted as well"

There is a little pause and then, to your surprise, Doflamingo grunts a little frustrated.

"Definitely, catching you is getting more and more difficult"

You can't help to chuckle, but before being able to answer back anything the game continues once again with Baby 5, who chooses (again) 'dare' and ends a little drunk when the card demands her to finish the rest of his drink in one go.

The game continues some more rounds and even if at first you were extremely tense, you eventually manage to relax a little more, and not to flinch too much every time that Doflamingo moves a little his body and accidentally his front rubs against your back.

However, when almost fifteen minutes have passed and your two idiot friends haven't come back you begin to worry.

"I think I'm going to check on Cavendish and Bartolomeo", you announce, standing up from Doflamingo's chair, "just to make sure they are alright"

"Alright, but after that remember that you have to come back here"

You half-close your eyes at Doflamingo when the man signals his chair with a teasing grin.

"Yes, don't worry, I haven't forgotten it", you reply with irony before going to the back-shop.

You knock a couple of times, softly, but when you wait and there is no answer you decide to slowly open the door and stick your head in.

You are about to call your friends' names but no sound escapes your mouth because of the sight that welcomes you: Cavendish and Bartolomeo, wildly making out as if the world was going to end tomorrow.

Cavendish had been pinned against the wall and had his legs wrapped around Bartolomeo's waist, his arms around the punk's neck. They are kissing so passionately that you could see almost perfectly their tongues interlacing outside their mouths. At that moment Bartolomeo suddenly begins to eagerly rut against Cavendish and the both of them begin to exhale ragged moans of pleasure, so you decide that definitely you didn't have to worry about them and hurriedly close the door with your cheeks red.

Damn, you called Corazon dense but you definitely should have guessed what why it was taking them so much to come back!

After your cheeks have regained their normal color you decide to come back to the shop entrance. The game has continued while you have been absent and now it was Viola's turn to choose.

"Well, since everyone is choosing 'dare' in this round I will choose 'truth': 'say who your first lover was'", Viola giggles and then, suddenly, she signals at Doflamingo, "well, this is easy: him"

You, who have been about to join the game again, stop in your tracks while feeling cold sweat invading your body when hearing Viola's answer.

You think to have heard wrong but when seeing Rebecca with a hand against her mouth and her eyes open wide you deduce that no, you haven't heard wrong: Viola has just said that Doflamingo and her had been lovers.

"Seriously?", Corazon exclaims, looking alternatively at Viola and his brother, "b-but you never told me anything?"

"It was a long time ago", Doflamingo looks at Viola, "eight years, right?"

Viola nods.

"Yes, we met in a party that was held in your company. At that moment I was working just for the Police Department but we met and…well", Viola smiles playfully, "we connected"

"Ahahahaha! Oh, you surely did", Jora intervenes suddenly, "I remember that you spent some months being really affectionate"

You feel your heart clench inside your chest when hearing that. And the fact that you have just seen Cavendish and Bartolomeo in such an intimate way just caused your imagination to picture more easily Doflamingo and Viola being as passionate. And damn, what did that hurt?

"Yes, you were always kissing, puaj"

"It wasn't that bad, Sugar", Viola protests, "well, obviously we kissed sometimes but that's al-"

"(y/n), are you alright?!"

You freeze when suddenly Baby 5 practically shouts that, and even if you knew that the girl hadn't done it on purpose at that moment you would have really killed her.

"Oh, I haven't realized you were here", Viola says suddenly with an honest apologetic tone, as if she was regretting having talked too much.

You think rapidly in something to say but damn, you feel that a lump is about to form in your throat and you were afraid that in case of trying to answer with irony, it was going to be horribly evident that you were just faking it.

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine, Baby 5, I'm just feeling a little weird. Maybe it has been Bartolomeo's drink fault so I'm going to the restroom to see if…umh…I get better so keep playing without me"

While talking, Doflamingo has turned around in his chair to look at you but you don't dare to look at him ever once and after speaking you disappear rapidly. However, instead of going to the restroom as you have said you'd do, you enter the office and close the door behind it.

You take a deep breath before shaking your head brusquely, trying to stop your stupid eyes from watering. Damn, what the hell was wrong with you? Why were you now feeling about to cry? You didn't have the least motive for it!

You exhale a long sigh. You just needed a couple of minutes to calm down and then you could come back to the party to…

"I think this is not the restroom"

You freeze when hearing that voice behind you.

Damn, you have been really naïve thinking that Doflamingo wasn't going to notice that there was something stupidly wrong with you and that there was going to do something about it.

"Why are you hiding here, (y/n)?", Doflamingo is talking to you from the door of the office but you don't dare to face him yet, "have you just got tired of the game? That's a pity. Right now it was just getting interesting"

Doflamingo's comment causes Viola's words to appear on your head again:

'Say who your first lover was. Well, this is easy: him'

You gulp when the unpleasant feeling in your stomach grows even more, and the fact that Doflamingo has just spoken with a completely casual mocking tone while you were feeling like shit causes you to be about to snap something rude that you will surely regret. However, you manage to keep your cool and answer with an acceptably neutral voice.

"No, I was just not feeling very well and I was going to get an aspirin. I think that I have one in my bag so I've come here to get i-"

Your heart stops when you feel Doflamingo's body behind you. The man has silently approached you while you were thinking in a proper excuse and now you didn't have any place to run away.

"(y/n), you already know what I think about lies"

You feel goosebumps in your body when Doflamingo whispers those words just in your ear before making you turn around to be finally facing him, and even if he had his new glasses on, you can perfectly feel his penetrating stare through his colored lenses.

"I'll give you another chance to answer, (y/n). Why have you abandoned the game?"

You know that Doflamingo would never do any harm a member of his family, and that therefore he would never hurt you, but that knowledge doesn't stop you from feeling a little of apprehension when detecting some impatience in Doflamingo's serious voice.

"As I've said, I was just not feeling very well", you say, choosing carefully your words to avoid lying, "so I was just wanted to be alone for a while to recover"

Doflamingo hums to himself.

"Well, if you are feeling sick you should ask Trafalgar to check on you, don't you think?"

The sarcasm was evident on Doflamingo's words but you decide to pretend not having detected it and take them literally. Maybe that way you could put an end to that nerve-wrecking conversation once and for all before it turned too awkward.

"No, it won't be necessary. In fact, maybe a little of fresh air is all I need to feel better so-"

Doflamingo surprises you by snickering to himself.

"I think that I've underestimated your stubbornness, (y/n), so since you are not willing to talk I'll be the one in doing it", Doflamingo crosses his arms in front of his chest before talking next, "young lady, could it be that you were jealous of Viola?"

You freeze again. You weren't expecting that Doflamingo was so horribly straightforward and consequently his sudden question catches you completely off guard.

"What?!", you insult yourself for your ridiculous high-pitched cry, "m-me? Jealous?", you try to laugh with incredulity but you end doing with evident nervousness, "of course I'm not jealous! Why should I be jealous of her?"

You barely have time to realize that you have said the word 'jealous' three times before Doflamingo speaks as if you hadn't talked in the least.

"Well, the moment you have learnt that Viola and I were together you have ran away to hide here and cry, even if that is something that belongs just to the past"

You blush intensely.

"I'm not crying. I just-"

Again, Doflamingo continues without listening to you.

"But the most interesting thing is that even if Corazon and his doctor have been flirting all night long, you have barely blinked. In fact, you haven't even looked bothered in the least. So tell me, (y/n)", Doflamingo leans over you until you are forced to raise your face to be looking at him, "do you have an explanation that justifies why you don't care if Corazon is right now with someone else but you do when knowing that I was?"

You try to answer but your throat is stupidly tight, causing that speaking was out of the question.

Shit, you couldn't find a proper excuse, because there wasn't any excuse to give. What Doflamingo had said was completely true. Your behavior right now didn't have any sense at all unless you finally admitted that to yourself, but you couldn't do that!

Your heart had been already broken by Corazon, you didn't want it to break a second time because of Doflamingo as well, so you weren't going to admit anything until being sure that you weren't the only one in-

"Young lady, it's true that I don't dislike one bit this game of cat and mouse that you and I are sharing. In fact, I enjoy it thoroughly. But maybe it's time to put an end to it. I think that my interest for you is more than clear by now, so…"

You feel a shiver run down your spine when Doflamingo whispers the next sentence in your ear.

"…(y/n), don't you think it's time already to confess that you are also in love with me?"

At that moment Doflamingo approaches his face to yours and the words that you may have been able to form die definitely in the process when you feel his breathing against you mouth, his lips ghosting against your own without actually touching.

Your heart is about to leave your chest by then, a knot of anticipation appearing in the pit of your stomach, and you realize at that moment that you are looking forward to what is about to happen. That you really want Doflamingo to put an end to the frustrating distance that now exists between you two.

You find your mouth half-opening on its own, as if you were automatically giving Doflamingo permission to continue, as if you were finally surrendering to the fact that you wanted this to happen.

The closeness allows you to feel Doflamingo's smirk against your embarrassingly waiting mouth, and when the man leans even more against you and your noses brush lightly, your accelerated heart stops for a moment.

"So?", you almost feel Doflamingo's lips moving against yours for how close he is, "what is your answer, (y/n)?"

Your heart beats again hysterically against your chest, but now you can feel relief invading you and all your previous reservations about admitting your feelings for Doflamingo finally disappear at once. Because maybe Doflamingo hadn't used the typical words that you would expect to hear when someone is declaring to you, but that simple 'also' that he had used before was all the confirmation you needed to know that, this time, your heart wasn't going to be broken, and therefore there wasn't the least hesitation in what your answer was going to be.

With an almost rude movement you lean forward with the intention of kissing Doflamingo, but the moment the man detects your positive reaction he is the one who successfully ends capturing your mouth.

Your stomach clenches almost painfully with the mere contact of Doflamingo's lips moving against your own, unhurriedly during the first seconds but almost immediately you feel Doflamingo's tongue teasingly tracing your bottom lip, coaxing you to open more your mouth for him. You immediately obey his silent command, anticipation invading your whole trembling body, and when his wet muscle joins yours the heavy heat that had previously settled in your stomach travels even lower.

You exhale a soft whine when Doflamingo tilts his head a little to the side to keep kissing you properly, and that sound evokes a low satisfied grunt out of the man that goes directly to your core.

Doflamingo settles then a hand on the back of your head to prevent you to strain your neck too much while kissing back. You are about to settle one of your hands on his chest but you stop midway when remembering that his skin was exposed. Doflamingo seems to notice your hesitation because you feel him smirking against your lips before using his free hand to make you finally settle yours over his bare chest.

A wave of arousal hits you when feeling the warm and hard muscle under your palm and another involuntary moan escapes from your mouth. Again, Doflamingo seems to react to your sound because with another grunt he places his hand on the small of your back to force your body flushed against his. He pulls sensually at your bottom lip before kissing you again, even more passionately than before.

From then on you give up in trying to take control of the kiss even a little and decide to enjoy how Doflamingo ravages your mouth as he pleases. You had never been kissed in such a way before, never had felt so aroused in all your life, and with just a little of embarrassment you can't help to think that if you were feeling so good just for being kissed by Doflamingo, you were dying to discover how it would be to do much more with that man.

At that moment Doflamingo stops kissing you just to divert his mouth to the side of your neck. He rolls his long tongue over the sensitive skin, causing you to lose again the little air that you have been able to gather after having been kissed in such a breathtaking way. You grab Doflamingo's shoulder with your free hand but don't stop his actions. In fact, you tilt more your head so that he had better access to your neck.

Doflamingo chuckles softly, pleased with your willingness. He kisses your neck once, the feathery contact making you shiver once again, and then…

BANG!

Doflamingo and you immediately divert your attention towards the place of the noise, that resulted to be the door of the office, and your mouth falls fully opened in mortification when seeing Bartolomeo in a rather disheveled state standing there, looking at you two with a shocked expression on his face.

"O-Oh, shit, sorry", Bartolomeo apologizes hurriedly, "h-have I interrupted something?"

Doflamingo, obviously annoyed, draws himself up to his full height again while glaring at Bartolomeo.

"I don't know, kid. What do you think?"

Doflamingo's sarcastic comment causes Bartolomeo to gulp with nervousness so you immediately intervene, clearing your throat rapidly before talking since you were almost without air because of Doflamingo.

"We will be out in a moment, Barto, so can you wait to…umh…do whatever you were going to do here?"

After recovering for the surprise Bartolomeo waves his hand dismissively.

"It's okay. I was just looking for a better place to make out with Cavendish but I see this place is taken so I'll leave. Have fun!"

You are about to face-palm when Bartolomeo abandons the room while directing a thumb up gesture in your direction. You exhale a resigned sigh when your friend disappears, leaving Doflamingo and you alone once again.

"Okay, goodbye to keep this in secret"

Doflamingo snickers with amusement before looking at you again.

"Oh? Does that mean that you didn't want the rest to know that you are mine now?"

You half-close your eyes at Doflamingo when the man obviously says that to provoke you.

"No, but I preferred to be the one in announcing that you are mine now"

Doflamingo begins to laugh when hearing your ironic reply before kissing you in the forehead, the unexpected intimate gesture making you incredibly happy.

"Oh, (y/n), I'm so glad that you have finally stopped playing hard to get"

"Hey, don't say it like that! It makes it sound as if I am easy! Besides, I wasn't playing hard to get: I was just not sure about-"

"Mm? About…?"

You blush when Doflamingo grins at you teasingly, but you decide that now that you were together you definitely weren't going to be flustered so easily by him. Or at least, you'd try that with all your forces.

"About being in love with you"

Satisfaction invades you when your answer makes Doflamingo's expression turn slightly surprised, as if he hadn't been expected you to be able to say that. However, your triumphant smile just lasts a moment because then Doflamingo kisses you once again and the only thing you are able to do is to melt into the kiss while enclosing your arms around his broad back. Damn, who was going to tell you that you were going to end falling so hard for the man you hated so much at first?

"That's exactly what I wanted to hear", Doflamingo purrs when you separate, causing you to smile a little breathless.

"I'm sure you knew from the start what my answer was going to be"

Doflamingo's grin intensifies.

"Yes, but it's still nice to hear you say it aloud"

You roll your eyes with resignation, causing Doflamingo to laugh in his characteristic way.

"By the way, you realize that you could stop working for me, right?", Doflamingo comments casually, "after all I can't threaten you with telling my brother about your feelings anymore"

You chuckle.

"Still, I'd prefer you to keep the secret. I have the feeling that Corazon would feel incredibly guilty in case of discovering that he was my unrequited crush for two years"

Doflamingo laughs again.

"Yes, he'd definitely take the blame. He'd probably cry even, my little brother is too emotional. But…", Doflamingo grabs your chin between his long fingers, "…you haven't told me yet if you want to keep working for me or not"

"Mmm", you pretend to think, "it depends: do you think it would be ethic that the boss of the company is with one of his subordinates?"

"Well, since I am the boss of the company I don't think anyone dares to question the ethic of it. Besides, the family is already occupying the best positions and no one had ever protested"

You exhale a chuckle.

"You have a point there. Okay then: I'll keep working for you but promise me that next time you won't pay me the monstrosity you have paid me this month"

"Fufufu~. Well, at least I can be sure that you don't want me for my money"

You chuckle again and are about to playfully insult him for suggesting such a stupid thing when the door of the office suddenly snaps opened again, causing Doflamingo to grunt in annoyance.

"Kid, are you willing to die that muc-?"

However this time it wasn't Bartolomeo the one who had interrupted you both.

Or better said, it was not just Bartolomeo but the entire Donquixote Family plus Rebecca plus Cavendish plus Law plus Corazon the ones who had decided to visit the office without knocking, and now were looking at you two with astonishment.

"I-I can explain this, (y/n)", Bartolomeo says hurriedly, "I promise that I just told Cavendish, I swear!"

"Yes, Barto is right", Cavendish intervenes to defend his now boyfriend, "he was just telling me but we didn't realize that Rebecca was close and she heard us and-"

"I KNEW IT!", Rebecca practically yelled with a triumphant smile, "I knew you liked him even if you didn't want to admit it!"

"(y/n), why didn't you tell me anything?!", your eyes open wide when Corazon looks at you with a really offended expression on his face, "I knew that Doffy was interested in you but I didn't know you also liked him! If you had told me I would have helped you the same way you did with Law and me!"

"Well, Cora-san, it seems that she hadn't needed your help after all", Law intervenes with a conciliatory tone while Corazon crosses his arms in a sulking way.

"Behehehehe! Diamante, you have to pay again: I told you that this was going to happen"

"Tsk, I don't know why the hell I keep betting against you"

"But young master, if you wanted to be alone with (y/n) you just had to ask instead of hiding here!"

"Jora, a hidden secret romance in an office is something really hard-boiled that women adore"

"But it's not a secret romance if we all know about it!"

"I agree with Pica. Besides, a proper romance is not as such if there isn't a finale explosion in the background while the hero runs away with the girl"

"I think that someone is obsessed with bombs, iiin…"

"Wait, Su-G-ar, why are you pointing your G-rapes at (y/n) and the youn-G Master?"

"Because they are together and Viola told me that people throws grapes at people when they are together"

"No, sweetie: I said it's a tradition to throw rice when people get married, but Doffy and (y/n) aren't married yet"

"Kyahahaha! Sugar is such an idio-HEY! Don't throw your stinky grapes at my heels!"

"(y/n), Doffy, does this mean that now that you are together you don't need me anymore?!"

"Baby 5, I think you have drunk too much already-"

"SHUT UP, BUFFALO! I'M JUST SAD BECAUSE (Y/N) AND DOFFY DON'T NEED ME ANYMORE!"

You stare in disbelief at the family's reactions before looking at Doflamingo out of the corner of your eye. You see the man exhaling a resigned though amused sigh, and despite the light embarrassment that you are feeling for being the center of attention you can't help to laugh.

Definitely, having Doflamingo as a boyfriend was going to be something incredibly funny to say the least.

Weeell, hope the wait has been worth it ^^
Spoiler of the next chapter: Your first day of work while being together with Doffy and the visit of certain police that is annoying Doffy really much ;)