Sorry for the taking so long to update! Life has been a hellish roller coaster as of late. Health problems, bus accident, the works. I have quite a few announcements below. The chapter was 6939 words without author's notes.

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Doflamingo tossed and turned more than a little bit without his Croco there to cuddle during the night. He didn't sleep terribly but not nearly as well as he had been. He had grown very used to the other man's presence after all. Luffy on the other hand was grumpy and tired when his Croco-momma didn't cuddle him like he had sleepily demanded while he resituated himself. Once he realized the dark-haired man wasn't there the infant was nearly in tears. Doffy didn't blame him one bit. Poor Sweetness! His good boy didn't understand why his mommy wasn't with them. Doffy crooned sweet reassurances to his pup, their temporary separation would be worth it in the end. His Pretty wouldn't be able to stray for long.

Doffy did his best to appease his pup by giving him his stinky Tora-Tora and petted the bridge of that adorable little nose until his boy settled down enough to at least doze a little. That didn't leave both feeling particularly well rested by morning though. Honestly, Doffy felt less energized that morning than normal. Since he had gotten his precious treasure, he had been feeling incredibly chipper, refreshed, and ready to face the world by 6am- unlike his pretty Croco. He was sure Luffy wasn't feeling much better that morning. The blond let out a sad little hum and nearly allowed himself to fall back asleep, until he realized Trebol was hovering over him.

"Hey, hey Doffy! Is everything alright? You're sleeping in, you never sleep in when you have prisoners to punish!" The man asked unnecessarily loud, as he looked down at the blond with concern.

Doflamingo let out another pitiful sigh, "Just didn't sleep too well…. Poor sweet boy's all tired too! He wanted his Momma to pet him last night. Treasure got so, so sad when Pretty wasn't there to love on him!" The blond explained, looking a little miserable as he tried settling his grumbly grumpy pup who had been woken by the sounds of his uncle shuffling into the room. Where was his new special person? Why hadn't his nice smelling new person come back to him yet? He wanted his safe feeling, special mommy person!

Trebol frowned deeply, forcing down a growl. His poor Doffy and his sweet, sweet baby nephew, Lu-Lu couldn't even understand! Trebol absolutely wouldn't tolerate Crocodile hurting them anymore than he already had! The man better show up groveling on hands and knees if he knew what was good for him.

Luffy let out a demanding merp as the scent of breakfast began to waft through the partially opened bedroom door.

Trebol's face lit up at the hungry sounds the infant made. "Oh, Lu-Lu's so hungry! I'll get him his bottle and if you want we can take him for a bit, alright Doffy? Oh, hey, and when you get up breakfast is already waiting on the table." Trebol said.

Doflamingo didn't actually voice a response but gave the man a genuine smile making Trebol beam in his warped strange way as he shuffled from the room. He was happy that he had cheered up one of his most beloved and favorite possessions. Now he needed to help settle and feed his precious nephew. Neither should ever have a frown on their face!

Trebol could be an annoying weirdo at times, but he always came through and did his best to make the young blond alpha feel cared for when he was down. Moments like that made him love his found family all the more. The way that Trebol immediately just knew that he was having an off day made Doffy feel loved and understood in return. The man was also concerned with his sweet Treasure being stressed out instead of himself… Doffy had such a wonderful loving family! As odd and annoying as some of his family members could be at times… well Doflamingo would never change or exchange any single one of them for the world.

"You have such good aunties and uncles Sweetness.~" The pup grumbled disagreeably when Doffy stroked his bedraggled hair and let out a soothing chuff before continuing. "Yes you do! They love you so, so much, though they could never love you more than I do my good boy!" Doflamingo cooed, the slightest edge to his voice. "Your mommy Croco loves you so much too. I promise! Don't worry Daddy won't let him leave us, no I won't~ Your Mommy will never ever be allowed to leave us! Not ever!"

"Lu-Lu, your favorite uncle Trebol got your bottle! Bwehehe, I bet your super hungry aren't you?" The unkempt looking man exclaimed happily as he shuffled back into the room with a bottle in grinned, letting out a needy 'Love me-I love you' squeak when he caught sight of the man and smelled his protective, possessive, adoring scent. Luffy always felt so safe and loved when his special people smelled that way.

Trebol made a pleased sound, practically preening over his nephew being so sweet to him. No one would ever take him or Doffy away from him, not as long as he had breath in his body! He snickered as Luffy's eyes zeroed in on his bottle. Only a moment later, the pup made grabby hands. His ''I love you, love me' squeaks turned to eager demanding merps to be fed. It was a relief to hear Luffy sounding more like his normal gluttonous self after the scare they all had the night before. The stressed mood he and Doffy had been in because of Luffy's metabolic issues were always sitting at the back of his and everyone else's minds. No one was sure how long the pup could last without eating, but it clearly wouldn't be for very long. He did his best to not even think about the shape his sweet nephew could have been in if they hadn't got him to start eating again!

Doffy grabbed the offered bottle and grinned when uncoordinated hands eagerly latched around his fingers, tugging the bottle towards the hungry pup's mouth. The man sat up and adjusted Luffy into his arms, before allowing the bottle to be yanked to the demanding infant. "Fufu, Luffy says thank you to his best uncle Trebol!~ Don't you sweetness? Yes my good boy's so hungry aren't we?~" Doflamingo positively purred, ecstatic his good little glutton was eating so well after being stressed just the day before. He forced down a snicker when Trebol clearly could barely contain himself, he was so proud and flattered from his words.

"Yeah! That's a good Lu-Lu! Uncle Trebol wants his cute boy to eat all he wants so he gets all big and healthy!~ Neh-neh, right Doffy? All he wants!" The unkempt man exclaimed towering over the pair and sniffing up a big string of snot as he fawned over Luffy in his weird sort of uncomfortable way. Trebol was far too close to Doflamingo's face for comfort, totally ignoring the blond's protests as he chuffed at the sight of Luffy greedily gulping down his bottle.

"Young Master? Is everything alright? Would you like me to make you some of your tea or maybe something else?" Pink asked, leaning just a little past the doorway. The man was dressed in a nice burgundy button up with rolled up sleeves. Sporting a pair of ironed black slacks and shiny black loafers he looked entirely too spiffy for such an early morning. Especially after staying up late the night before. The only thing that wasn't put together that morning were several wild curls that were falling in his face, suggesting that he had just brushed his hair back instead of oiling it like he usually would have done. Doflamingo frowned as he got a good look at how the man's eyes carried sleepless bags under them, telling a clear story that poor Pink hadn't had the best night. Him being up so early was proof of that though. The man rarely got up before 9 or 10 when they weren't busy with important business.

Pink, like Pica, Jora, Lao G and Machvice wasn't an early riser. Though not nearly as bad as Jora or Pica, he still wasn't totally awake around the time Doffy or Vergo were usually up. The pair were usually the first up, however Vergo woke at least an hour before Doffy now that the blond had Luffy. Next was Trebol and a grumbly half asleep Diamante. About an hour later, a chipper Buffalo would be joining them. Gladius though, he would sometimes be out before the pup and Pink. Lastly were Machvice and Lao G, Jora and Pica, who usually didn't wake up until lunch time.

"Sounds good Pink!" Doflamingo exclaimed, getting a small relieved smile and a nod in return. "I'll be out there in a second." The blond reassured, heart feeling like it would burst at all of the loving thoughtful attention his chosen family was giving him.

"Hey, hey, I see enough of Pica hanging out all of the time! I don't want to see that at breakfast, cover up Doffy!" Trebol scolded as the blond alpha went to get up, exposing his nakedness uncaringly to the taller man.

Doflamingo snorted in an amused manner, shifting Luffy a bit as he slid himself out of bed. "It's just my cock! You've seen it all before! Fufufu, besides we have sweet impressionable babies around now!" The younger alpha teased getting an unimpressed pointed look from Trebol of all people. Doffy pouted as he slipped on a pair of hot pink boxers with one hand then tossed his mantle over his shoulders.

In the dining area, not surprisingly, Bentham was nearly done eating what looked to be a fruit salad with a veggie omelet, and a big glass of some sort of fruit juice. He was wide awake, cheerfully chatting with, or more like at, a vacantly staring Zala. She looked like she was half asleep with her barely nibbled cheese Danish. Clearly, her nearly emptied cup of straight out sludge coffee was not doing much for the poor woman. Daz only looked marginally better with a zoned out look on his face, and slow, sleepily blinking, as he cradled his own mug like one would their own child. He had actually managed to eat some of his eggs and toast.

Diamante was sitting in his normal spot near where Doffy always sat at the end of the table. He looked mostly awake, if a little grumpy, as he piled what looked to be stuffed crepes onto his plate, and poured himself a small glass of white wine next to his cup of milk. Typical of the wine loving man. Gladius was up too. He was eating some crepes as well while trying to politely point out how Vergo had a donut stuck to his sideburns. The other man was cluelessly looking around for the donut thinking that Gladius was pointing at the table, even though he was clearly pointing right at his face. The morning would have been perfect, Doflamingo thought with his growing family all around, if Croccy had been there.

"Oh, morning!" Bentham greeted, smiling as he caught sight of Doflamingo.

"Good morning my dear family!~" The blond greeted the group in return, taking his rightful seat and trying not to pout over his Pretty not being there beside him. At least he had his little treasure with him and everything was always better when his sweet boy was in his arms!

"Morning Doffy." Vergo said, though looked distractedly around.

At the same time Vergo was looking around, Gladius' eyes twitched as he eyed the donut that the other man just wasn't noticing on his face. He had said it was right there! Not over somewhere on the table, right there! On his FACE! How clear did he have to be without screeching at him that he had a damn donut velcroed onto his sideburn somehow?! How wasn't he feeling that disgusting sticky mess on his face?! His eyes caught Bentham's and they shared quick looks of mutual pain and disgust as the brunet eyed the oozing chocolate that was slowly starting to drip its way down Vergo's face. It was only then that Vergo reached up to itch his sideburn and realized that was where the donut was the entire time. Both cringed as the man made a pleased sound and took a bite out of the melted mess. Doflamingo's lips twitched down into a grimace along with the pair.

Luffy had the blond smiling only minutes later when he began to squirm, trying to right himself in those long arms, and sit up. "Oh, you want to see everyone Sweetness?" Doflamingo cooed, helping to stabilize the infant in his arms. He preened at the happy reassured sounding coos and babbles that left his good boy at being able to properly see everyone that was up so far.

His Luffy was such a social talkative little thing~ Doffy couldn't help but to melt. "Oh, Lu-Sweetness~ are you happy to see your aunties and uncles? You love our family so much don't you precious boy?!" Doflamingo exclaimed, chuffing adoringly at his treasure and kissed at the infant's perfect little face reverently. The man felt like his chest would burst when his sweet boy made half a dozen loud squeaky chirps and just as eagerly nuzzled into his father's kisses.

Bentham, of course, 'awwwed' at the sight looking totally enamored with the pair practically having stars in his eyes at the weirdly adorable sight.

After the pair settled down enough for Doflamingo to eat and juggle his determined pup out of reach from the poached eggs or prime seaking steak, the man was more than impatient to see his Pretty. Of course Luffy agreed with him, making questioning squeaks for his Croco-momma.

Doflamingo became even more impatient when Diamante pointed out the things that he had gotten for his lovelies were there and he had already had them washed by staff. He was so excited to give the pups their gifts! Buffalo would be so so excited, he was sure of it and Luffy was sure to love his new monkey plush and look so so cute in his new hat!~ The hats were perfect for the changing weather too. Especially for when they arrived back in Spider's Mill where it was far colder. Not that Luffy would be leaving the warmth of his nest much until the warmer months hit again, not with him being so young and vulnerable. Doffy, himself, liked to stay home and use the coldest months for going over his assets with a fine toothed comb and planning out the following year from the comfort of his toasty now even more comfortable nest. He could already imagine his precious boy cuddled into his neck and clinging to his newest toy, gumming happily at one of it's cute little arms or nuzzling at its super soft face fur.

A besotted keen tickled his vocal cords at the thought. Now Doffy just needed to settle his Pretty and give him his cute gift that he was sure his brunet was going to love~ and then he would have both of his lovelies to cuddle with and to care for all winter long! Two of his most favorite things to do!~

"Oh, don't be mad at daddy, Little Glutton, you are too little to eat that! Are you hungry still Sweetness? It's okay, I'll get you another bottle!" Doflamingo crooned, his adoring smile quickly turning into a childlike pouting at the way his Luffy glared up at him before turning to make pleading, wanting whines and grabby hands at his uncle Diamante's plate.

"Hey-hey, Diamante, Is our Lu-Lu wanting to eat like a big boy? Do you want some of uncle's?" Trebol exclaimed, a long line of snot gushed down his nose as he eagerly got up and grabbed a small plate.

Diamante chuffed, looking overwhelmingly pleased that Luffy wanted him for once, even if it was only for his food.

Doflamingo hugged his pup closer to himself, anxiety spiking at the thought of Luffy consuming anything but his formula. He was too tiny and young! What if he was allergic to something?! He didn't even have his teeth in yet. Yeah, according to the baby books his sweetness was plenty old enough to start eating. According to the books, once he started showing interest then it was a good idea to start on solid foods. Luffy was Doffy's though and the blond alpha knew what was best for his son! His instincts said no and he wasn't going to lose Luffy by choking to death!

Bentham and Vergo were both quick to join the other two in gathering up food from around the table and their own plates for the pup. Bentham gathered fruits and veggies and Vergo tried to add a cheeseburger and some of his fries.

Doflamingo went pale at how everyone began talking about how best to feed the food to Luffy and even paler when he saw Vergo's contributions. Were they insane? Luffy was his pup and regardless if he liked the smell of their food or not his boy wasn't going to be eating any of that!

"No fruits, just vegetables, he doesn't need any of that sugar at such a young age." Pink insisted.

"Hey-hey, you're forgetting Lu-Lu isn't your average baby! What about bananas? Those are good to start babies on and have more calories! Most veggies would make his body spend more calories digesting than he would get out of them with his condition. Lu-Lu needs protein too!" Trebol pointed out, glaring at the other man as if he had said something particularly offensive to him.

"We can mix it with his formula to help him get used to eating more solid things!" Bentham exclaimed, beaming excitably as he began mashing a banana like Trebol had suggested. Gladius hovered around him as the group got more and more excited about the thought of seeing their nephew hit such a big milestone.

"I read that it's better to start a pup on pureed meats or things like rice cereals. Fruits and vegetables should be eaten separately and given 24 hours to make sure they don't have an allergic reaction to what they ate." Vergo pointed out.

"Hey-hey, then why are you trying to shove all that down our Lu-Lu's throat, huh?!" Trebol sputtered.

Vergo gave him a totally puzzled look, "He's hungry! Besides, you are doing the same thing."

The others gave him unimpressed looks, Bentham's was particularly scathing, though he was still a little surly with the other man. Doffy was still just as convinced as most of this other family members that he and Vergo were going to fuck soon. They were holding out pretty well though. Or at least Bentham was as he had predicted. Jora and Gladius were idiots for betting against him. Doffy gave it a month not that the bet was all that important at the moment when his family was in the middle of trying to kill off his sweet Glutton!

"My Sweetness isn't going to be eating anything! He's too small!" Doflamingo grumbled, cuddling his tiny boy while giving the group a sulking glare. The man totally ignored the grumpy wanting merps as his pup eyed the pile of seaking steaks sitting on a platter near the blond's plate.

"Doffy, he's 6 months old! He's been interested in food for months, he's plenty old enough!" Diamante huffed, rolling his eyes.

"You don't know what you're talking about! Look at how tiny he is!" Doffy hissed defensively.

"He's probably always going to be small compared to all of us! He was what, about 12 pounds the last time he was weighed? He needs to eat real food eventually, Doffy." Trebol pointed out, looking at the younger blond like he was being the unreasonable one, Trebol looking at him that way.

"Yeah… Eventually, not now!"

"Hey, hey, hey! The doctor said he should start eating 2 visits ago with how interested Luffy was in food, Doffy! I remember he even said something about how meat proteins would really help him get full and maybe even help him gain some weight." Trebol lectured, what kind of backwards alternate universe had Doflamingo landed in? What was going on here?!

"Well I-

"What the hell's up with all of this arguing? I was gone one God damn night and you're all at each other's throats? Ugh, you do all realize you're adults right? The only one that should need a babysitter here's Luffy and he's probably behaving the best out of everyone outside of Zala and she's heading back to the ship right now to pick something up." A rough growl of a voice grumbled, sounding more exasperated than irritated.

Luffy immediately made excitable chirps and squeaks, head whipping around to try and see the new person. His person-his person had found him! The pup's face lit up when Crocodile came into view, leaning over Doflamingo's shoulder, with a lazy smirk tugging at his lips as he eyed Luffy who immediately began squirming, his hands made eager grabby motions at the dark-haired man. "Miss me that much already?"

"Of course he did! We were both sad all night without our pretty Momma-Crocy~ there!" Doflamingo crooned, sneaking a kiss to the side of his Pretty's mouth. The other man rolled his eyes, his focus quickly shifting back to Luffy when the pup began to make anxious, 'love me, I love you' sounds.

"Hey now, none of that!" The brunet grumbled, scooping Luffy up and sitting in the chair next to Doflamingo before he could get his panties in a bunch. As much as the blond liked to be spontaneous and wild, he was a creature of obsessive habit, at least when it came to his family and Luffy rituals, especially the Luffy ones.

Morning breakfast was important to the man just like family dinner. Mornings were daddy time with Luffy. He encouraged Crocodile to bond with Luffy usually as much as he liked outside of his nests, more in the afternoons and evenings, but mornings were his 9 out of 10 times. Doffy could be very possessive of his quality alone time with his son.

Crocodile didn't melt even the littlest bit when Luffy began doing his best to scent him making endearing 'I love you and I missed you so much momma!' chirps and excitable squeaks. Even if the pup did melt him and his throat felt like he'd swallowed a rock and maybe his eyes felt a bit of pressure as that sweet bright and gummy 'I love you' smile lit up the infant's impossibly positively precious little face it wasn't like it was anyone's business but Crocodile's own how he may be feeling. Luffy was such a little gem!

Doflamingo nearly swooned at the adorable sight his two lovely pretty's made together~ Luffy was so precious! His cute, cute perfect boy and his pretty Croco trying to act all nonchalant. The man didn't even realize how sweet and soft his smile was or that he even was smiling at their sweet pup. Crocodile was clearly just as pleased to be cuddling and scenting the pup even as he was trying his best not to show how eager. He smelled of enamored momma pheromones as he began nuzzling the infant back all sweet-like. The hurt and angry betrayed feelings towards Crocodile that Doflamingo had felt smoldering deep in his chest eased to almost nothing at the sight of his pretty loving on his Treasure.

His Croco must be one of those weird, introverted people that really preferred time completely to themselves sometimes just because they liked being alone. It wasn't something that he liked nor really understood especially since Doffy loved and wanted to have his Croco there every moment of every day. He would just have to get the other man used to being around him so much that he was trained out of such strange and upsetting behaviors, Doflamingo decided. Though Doffy was just glad that he didn't have to drag the other man back nor did he have to do anything truly drastic. That and his sweet lovelies were now both in such good moods and of course, being so cute together!~

However, the fact that it was breakfast time and Luffy was always his during breakfast time prickled at the blond unpleasantly. Routines were so important for growing babies. The blond was sure that Luffy would agree with him. He was Doffy's wonderful perfect boy after all~ and he always got cuddles at the table from daddy in the mornings. It was their special morning routine. Doflamingo pouted, fingers twitching as Crocodile settled the infant in the crook of his hooked arm before reaching for a plate of seaking meat omelet. The man was clearly taking claim over his and Lu-Lu's cuddles and morning time.

"Croco~ why did you have to steal my Treasure?" Doflamingo whined, flopping himself over the man's shoulder and lap.

"Get up! You're a grown ass man!"

"So? I just want to spend time with you!" Doflamingo crooned, even as he practically crawled into the smaller man's lap and began wiggling his fingers in his pup's face and chuffed when those big wide eyes were back to focusing on him instead of Crocodile. His perfect sweet sweet boy!~ His treasure always knew who he belonged to most.~

"No you don't! You're just trying to steal Luffy back while slobbering all over me and stinking us up with those knothead overactive glands of yours! Don't think I don't know what kind of crap you're pulling!" The brunet grumbled, tucking Luffy closer to himself and glaring down, looking unimpressed at Doflamingo, who had himself laying across his lap at that point. The look didn't waver in the slightest when the blond looked up at him with a look akin to that of a kicked puppy. Even still, Crocodile looked and smelled more exasperated than truly bothered.

"Zala, why did you leave?!" Bentham exclaimed, spotting the young woman before anyone else as she sauntered through the door, a blue messenger bag draped across her shoulder. "You could have convinced Mr. Doffy for sure, you're good at things like that!"

"Hey-hey-hey! Why are you acting like Doffy doesn't listen to his family, huh?" Trebol grumbled testily.

"What's with all the arguing again? I thought we'd gone over this already!" Crocodile growled, rocking Luffy ever so slightly as he eyed the others with clear irritation. "Sit your asses down and eat or go away, I don't give a damn! I just wanted to have a nice breakfast with my brat and to have some peace and quiet for one morning isn't that much to ask for."

"But Croco sir! Luffy needs food, bottles are clearly not enough anymore!" Bentham insisted, getting an eye roll from the brunet.

"Like I said, sit your asses down and settle down." Crocodile said, ignoring the gooey eyes and love-struck chuffs the doofy flamingo was giving him. The brunet had to hold back a snort, Doflamingo wouldn't be so smug, and lovey eyed soon enough. "Zala filled me in on the crap this idiot's been pulling." The brunet said, unable to hold back an eye roll as he flicked a startled looking Doffy's face. Crocodile's attention focused back on Luffy who was babbling happily and soaking in the attention that his parents were giving him. The pup was soothed by his Momma returning to him. The man was sure the moment he picked up his fork the pup would be swiping at his food again and caterwauling with everything he had though.

"And it isn't like I haven't noticed what's going on." Crocodile drawled, tone judging as he gave a less animated Doflamingo a pointed look. "Zala, what did they come up with?"

"Nothing fancy, Cricket said he can puree the meat if Luffy has any issues since he hasn't eaten solids before. So, he's been given the options of shredded beef or white fish and also pumpkin. They said he shouldn't have any issues with digesting them. Though, Cricket did say that it would probably be best if he stuck with one or the other when it comes to the meat just in case there are any issues and that we can go from there. Also, none of these cause allergic reactions very often." Zala informed the table. Pulling out little see-through jars with frilly pink and blue bows on top and handwritten cards labeled with what they had in them. Even though everything was easy to tell apart, especially the pumpkin.

Doflamingo went tense at the revelation of what was going on around him. No-no-no! This could not be happening!

"You hear that brat? No more trying to steal my food. You've got your own now." Crocodile said to the infant, almost teasingly. He rolled his eyes when Luffy let out a demanding squeak, completely ignoring him, and made grabby hands at the piece of omelet he had on his fork while still nuzzling at Doflamingo's now frozen fingers. Cheeky thing, being all bossy at that size and age! He definitely had everyone wrapped around those little fingers of his and knew it to.

"A highchair should be coming up any minute." Zala explained, popping open the jar of moist finely shredded beef.

"W-what?"

Just as she had said, an attendant was knocking on the door and setting up the chair within only a few moments of her explanation. It wasn't even a full 10 minutes before everything was set up and a bewildered Luffy was plopped in the highchair. His big eyes were wider and rounder than they even normally were as he tried understanding what was happening and why he wasn't being cuddled by his comfy warm mommy person and daddy. He wasn't sure about this. It wasn't nearly as comfortable or warm and didn't smell like anything and just wasn't like being held by his favorite special people at all. He could easily see all of his special people in the room though and that made him happy. Especially since they all were smiling and looking happy too. He liked when they were happy and safe feeling!

"Look at him!" Bentham half squealed, melting as Luffy's eyes met his.

"Wait, wait, wait a minute! I gotta' go get my Den-den! Don't start feeding him yet!" Trebol squawked hurrying back towards his rooms, Diamante, Gladius and strangely enough Daz on his heels.

Luffy's smile quickly turned into an irritated pout as a bib was clipped around his neck. Crocodile couldn't help but preen a little at the cute gator design on it. His boy wasn't nearly as impressed with the bit of cloth, he made sure everyone knew by letting out an irritated shriek as he tried to go full on noodle mode in protest. The infant swiped his chubby fingers down the fabric in an clumsy attempt at escape.

"None of that now!" The brunet chided, unable to hold back his amused grin at that point. "Doffy, move already! You're being a bastard and making it intentionally hard for me to situate the brat!" Crocodile growled, glaring down at the other man who was practically pinning him in place at that point. "And if you have to be an annoying useless bastard, at least start taking pictures with Primanaldo." Crocodile grumbled, pulling a honey shelled photographic den-den from one of his pockets. The creature had a weird little hairdo that spiraled into a near pompadour and ending in a stylish flip.

Doflamingo huffed, jutting out his bottom lip. "Croco~ he's just a baby!" The blond whined, nuzzling his face into Crocodile's stomach. "Look how tiny he is, Croco! He's way too small to be eating all of that stuff!" Doflamingo exclaimed, nearly to the point he sounded like he was going to throw an actual child-like fit.

"Stop whipping yourself around like that! You're an adult for Blue's sake!" Crocodile chided, eye twitching in irritation at that point.

"Croco Pretty!~" Doflamingo caterwauled, if he didn't know better Crocodile would so think that Luffy was the man's blood related son with the dramatics the pair put on.

"He's always going to seem tiny to us! You are at least 10 feet tall, idiot! I'm over 8. It's pretty damn rare that a person from the Blues gets over my height and Luffy's small even for the average omegan Blue pup. I doubt he's ever going to get anywhere near even my height let alone yours! You can't keep judging his milestones by his damn height and instead focus on his age and milestones or he'll never even be out of diapers by that weird ass standard of yours." Crocodile grumbled. "Now get off of me and let me feed Luffy before he starts freaking out because he's a mini-black hole!"

The other man looked up at Crocodile with a warbling lip.

"Don't make me use my devil Fruit on you! I'll make sure you're shitting sand if I have to do this just so I can feed my brat." Crocodile said, eyes glinting threateningly. He growled when Doflamingo, the freak that he was, let out an excitable sound and immediately began kissing at his face and mumbling about his murdery Pretty being the cutest, not what Crocodile was going for.. especially as Luffy quickly noticed his daddy cuddly with his Mommy. The pup let out squeaks demanding he join the cling session as well.

It totally annoyed the brunet, though, the position made it easier for him to push the heavy bastard off, which is just what he did. The confused alpha sputtered and reached out to Crocodile in a dramatic fashion. The squawks from Doffy's pack members for their dear captain filled the room. Crocodile calmly ignored them, taking over the blond's seat. He crossed his legs before grabbing the tiny sugar spoon his crew had found for him to feed Luffy. He scooped a little beef, surely Luffy would go wild for it.

"Here you go brat!" Crocodile crooned, grinning at the wide-eyed look Luffy was sporting as he for once, actually was offering solid food to the infant. The brunet was quick to avoid Luffy's grabby little hands as the pup made to snatch at the offered food on the spoon and pressed it to Luffy's lips. The infant made an unsure sound not opening right away like the man had expected he would and instead kept trying to grab at the spoon not seeming to actually know what to do with real food now that he didn't have to practically dive for it.

"Really? Come on Lu! You were wailing for my food earlier! You wanted it." Crocodile grumbled.

"See?! He's too little! He isn't ready for it yet!" Doffy exclaimed, looking smug.

Crocodile gave the other man an unimpressed look before turning back to the pup. "Come on Lu!"

The infant leaned away, squeaking disagreeably.

Crocodile sighed, putting the spoon to his mouth. "Ugh, fine, look, see? Yum!" A painfully flat look painted the man's face.

"Hey, hey! Crocy, do better than that! You look like some nobody Marine just died!" Trebol heckled.

Luffy clearly didn't care as he went wide-eyed while he watched Crocodile eat the food that he had just been offered. His surprised look quickly twisted up into outrage as he shrieked indignantly and jerked forward, making demanding grabby hands. The pup looked totally betrayed and disgusted.

"Oh, you want some now Lu?" Crocodile asked, tone slightly teasing as he scooped up another bite for the tiny clearly very irritated pup. Luffy huffed and opened his mouth like a starved baby bird while making a hungry merp. He froze as the man shoved the spoon full of food in his mouth before he could decide he wasn't going to accept it again.

The infant's mouth closed around the spoon and then opened a bit in shock before settling into an awed expression. Luffy eagerly swallowed down what was given to him before squeaking demandingly at Crocodile for more. A gummy grin brightened his delighted face.

"See? I told you brat! Here!" Crocodile exclaimed, offering the pup another spoon full of freshly roasted meat that was immediately wolfed down.

Crocodile ignored the rest of the crews oohing and aahing over the pair. They happily took pictures of Luffy's beaming face, eating solids for the first time. The only one that wasn't gushing over the sight was Doflamingo who was looking on at the scene with an incredibly displeased grimace. His face tightening and lips frowning even deeper with every bite that his Treasure gobbled down.

Catching Doffy's glaring Crocodile cocked an eyebrow. "Don't you be looking at me like that!" The brunet barked, "You better be taking those pictures!" He warned.

"Yeah! Doffy what do you think you're doing?!" Trebol scolded the other man. He looked more than slightly irritated. They should be collecting as many angles as possible of their cute Lu-Lu for such an important occasion!

Doflamingo refused to look at the others, behaving like a small child. It wasn't fair! Luffy was his pup, he said no so why weren't the others listening to him like they usually would?

"Pictures, idiot! I only have one hand; I can't take pictures and feed Luffy at the same time! Primanaldo isn't a species of den-den that tolerates too much sand or dryness well so I can't use my devil fruit while getting pictures. Now do your job or give him to someone else!" Crocodile sniped even as he held another spoon out for Luffy. "Ugh, and stop looking at me that way!"

Doffy huffed, knowing that he would have no choice but to give in if he caught sight of his sweet boy. A particularly delighted squeal hit his ears and he was done for. The moment his eyes caught sight of his Treasure he gave in. He may not have been happy, but Luffy was just so so cute! Especially with his cheeks all plumed out like a chipmunks. He melted, Doffy was of course still angry but not at Luffy and his boy was just too cute! He couldn't just not take pictures of such a big milestone for his perfect pup. And Croco was being cute too….. smiling like that. Not that it would change how irritated he was with the man for at least a little while but that didn't mean that his smile wasn't just the prettiest thing Doflamingo had seen in ages.

Doffy was definitely going to get back at them for this though and he knew the perfect way to do it.

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Not long after Luffy finished up and passed out from being so full, Doflamingo left. Although he wasn't exactly feeling the best about leaving Luffy, everyone was still there and the pup would be safe. He had some bastards to play with and he wasn't going to let a single other person get a chance at playing with them before they were broken and boring.

At that point the blond was uncaring of the fact that he was wearing nothing but his mantel and a pair of boxers. Doflamingo headed to the rooms where he kept the Donquixote family's unwanted guests. If his family wanted to play games of dominance with him, oh, he could play games, he loved~ games. Doffy was the very best at playing these sorts of games!~

Doflamingo's pout twisted into a feral grin as caught sight of the canary yellow wearing guards stationed around the door of his new playthings last home. His gait was imposing and bowlegged as he approached, and his tongue was hanging out of his mouth as he thought about all of the terribly fun things he would do. The guards paled and stiffened as the man let out a delighted snicker that turned into a full bellied laugh at the sight of the trembling men.

"Thanks for keeping my shiny new toys in their box where they belong!~" Doflamingo sang, mood raising.

"I-uh, of course Donquixote sir!" One of the men managed to 'eek' out, practically scrambling to get out of Doflamingo's way.

Doflamingo threw the doors to the room open and strutted in, flexing his fingers eagerly. "Fufu, how are my playthings doing today, hmm? Who wants to play first? I promise I'll be real sweet for our first time.~" The man purred, licking his lips suggestively. "Come now, don't be shy!"

"You think I'm that stupid you twisted fucker?! You can play your games with that one over there! I'm not going to be your chew toy again, n-not again!" Buffalo's father blustered, glaring at the mantel wearing man. His face was already bruised to hell and he had blood dried all over it from the dozens of razor cuts running down it.

"You'll hurt a guy's feelings~" Doflamingo teased, "Talking like that, it's almost like you don't like our time together!~"

The man whimpered, futilely struggling against the chains he was strung up by.

Doflamingo's tongue hung out as he approached. "Let's have a good time, hm? Fufufu, and after we've shown our new toy what's expected around here.. Well, It'll be their turn." The man said, giving the other person a dark look full of a promise of agonizing pain.

"Now what lil' piggy's going to market this time? Fufufufufufufufu!"

End Chapter 12

WHY THINGS WEREN'T UPDATED- Sorry I have been gone so long. My summer was nuts, I found out that I had a bunch of liver issues and was in and out of tests the whole summer along with my full-time job so I was swamped. When I finally was about to get around to updating after coming back to college for my last year before graduation, I ended up getting in a Bus accident. I had a concussion so severe I thought that it was Wednesday for literally a month, and I only recently have recovered enough to be able to start writing again. I am still in physical therapy, and I am going into my last semester of college this spring. So yay, I guess. I am really sorry that I haven't been able to update, and I should have left a notice explaining everything that was going on. I got very overwhelmed with trying to get caught up on homework after being out of school for about a month. It was a mess. I will try my best to keep everyone updated on what was going on in the future.

I hope that everyone enjoyed this new chapter. Tell me if you think that I should have a time skip after the next chapter? Because I really want us to meet Rosi soon and I have a whole planned out idea of how it will happen at this point. :)

By the way, anyone that wants a commission for the holiday seasons I am open! All of my doctor's appointments from my bus accident have totally wiped out my savings so I am pretty negotiable on pricing. I just need enough to get through next semester.

By the way I have a website now for my illustration stuff and I will be showing my original Comic on there once I have the first chapter done on top of all of the stuff, I have on there. www. sunflowerstudio1 .com

Please review it really motivates me and a lot of the ideas people have shared with me have or will be used in this story. You bring me lots of great inspiration! :)

Next Chapter Hint: Punishment and New Impel Faces

By the way, I have a new Beta, Viv!

We have been working hard on rewriting chapters to flow better and not have so many incomplete sentences. I hope that things are sounding better now! Please tell us if we are doing a decent job or if you preferred how the writing was before! If anything sounds worse blame it on the Beta XD (The rewrites will be uploaded later on as we are still working on the some)

Beta here. It's all the author's fault.~