Hello everyone, here is the next chapter

As the chapter name says, this is Luffy's story in the Suicidal story. I decided to put this inthe one shots instead of making it a fic, as it's so short. If everyone wants, i can make it into a full mental health story. I have plans on what my next mental health story will be, so it might take some time

Hope you enjoy

Read and relax

Luffy took a breath, sure someone was behind the bathroom door. Probably having gotten through the main door and hid in the bathroom since Luffy was home. No burglar wanted to meet people. Luffy took another deep breath, crowbar ready in his hand, before he opened the door, crowbar at the ready. A relieved breath did leave him when there was no one inside the room. It was a small bathroom, but he still took a peek inside it, in case someone stood on top of the toilet, where no one was, as he would have guessed. Luffy then moved out and closed the door, glad there was no one. But as the door was closed, Luffy felt himself swallow. Someone was behind the bathroom door. No one was, Luffy had just checked. But still, the feeling someone was behind it was deafening in his mind. There was someone behind it. Luffy did the same again, taking a couple deep breaths, before opening the door, finding no one there. As the door was open, Luffy took the key out of the door, before closing it, and locking it from the outside, making sure the key was twisted inside, so no one could use a key from the inside. As the door was closed and locked, the same thought came back. Someone was in the bathroom. But if there were, he was locked inside. Law could take a look when he returned.

As the door was locked, Luffy moved and made sure the main door was closed, and the alarm on, before moving to his living room, where he too a peek outside the curtains, wanting to see who was watching him. He couldn't see anyone, but he was sure the neighbors was watching his every move, the reason the curtains were drawn at every window, even the frosted one at the main door. It had helped at the start, but now, he was sure the neighbors still managed to see through the curtains, feeling himself watched. Maybe the neighbors had placed cameras or microphones inside? How could Luffy know if they had or not? Luffy wanted to check behind the wall, sure something, or maybe someone, was behind the wall, spying on him. Luffy moved to check the clock , seeing it was barely past noon. It was still 4 hour suntil Law returned from work. It would be a long day. He had already locked the doors in the second floor, even locking the baby gate atop the stairs. They didn't have any children or animals for that matter. But Luffy had managed to persuade Law to buying it, so in case someone broke into the second floor, Luffy could hear them open the baby grind before they walked down. Luffy had many times been sure someone had put a ladder to the house, and broke through a window in the second floor. And even though it didn't make sense, Luffy would hear none of that, and only hear them walking down the stairs. It was exhausting to check everything so many times, exhausting to feel watched and followed. He had already checked the door at least 50 times, same with the alarm.

Thankfully, he had spoken to his psychiatrist about this, and he was being admitted tomorrow, which was fast as he had been with Kristen, his psychiatrist, yesterday. So it was only a 2 day wait. He was going to be admitted acute, but there wasn't any space available until tomorrow, and Luffy could survive another day home, even though he felt like using a sledgehammer on the wall to find the camera or microphone. But he couldn't go lose on his house like that, Law would kill him.

Luffy had met Law 3 years ago, when Luffy was healthy- or not paranoid- and it was a year and half ago it had started. It was just some small anxiety at the start, but now, just the thought of heading outside was awful, sure everyone was spying on him. Luffy felt extremely shy in a way, just untrusting of everyone. He missed the time when he was outgoing and had no problem being around others, even not minding being in the middle of a group. But now, just seeing the neighbor had him close the curtain and check the doors and windows, making sure they were closed. Law had stayed with him through it all, saying he still saw the person he fell in love with, even with all the paranoia and anxiety. Law was an amazing boyfriend and did his best to help. But as he had work, Luffy was alone home a lot, not able to work because of the anxiety and paranoia, mostly the paranoia, which set in motion a lot of anxiety. Luffy didn't know what he would have done without Law.

For now, Luffy needed to check the door upstairs, make sure they were still locked. When he had checked it and closed the baby gate, making sure it was closed too, Luffy tried to sit down and watch Tv, finding it hard to follow the plot of the series that were on, often looking away to hear and see if he could find anything out of the normal. If he could hear footsteps, see if things had moved, peeking outside the curtain to check on the neighbors. This was horrible, and he couldn't wait to get a break from it when he was admitted to Westside Bulwark Unit, and would be there for some time, maybe 6-8 weeks. It was a long time, but it would hopefully go fine. He was a bit nervous, and knew he would be really nervous tomorrow, always being nervous for appointments, as he got paranoid if he had the right time, right address, and he didn't want to use up time to others, paranoid they would think bad things about him. Luffy was sure everyone was talking behind his back, spreading rumors about him and thinking him to be a bad person. Luffy had already packed, not really sure what to pack, but took his clothes, his phone charger and a small pc, just so he could watch some series in his room. He knew, from Kristen, that there were a couple Tv's there, but they were for everyone to use, and Luffy had a feeling he wouldn't be out much. He would try, but didn't know.

When Law came home, they had some dinner, before heading to bed, Luffy having issues sleeping as he was nervous for the day that would come. Law would drive him, which was good. When day came, they headed on to the psychiatric unit, arriving around 15 minutes too early, which Luffy liked. He could sit in the car and talk with Law, just the small moment before he left to be away for a long while. When Luffy did go, he gave a goodbye to Law with a kiss, before he took his bag out and headed into the unit. He would be here for a long time, but Law would visit every now and then, and Luffy could go home every other weekend. When he got inside the unit, he was quickly met by a nurse who followed him to his room, where he could place his bag, and then they headed to a doctor to talk, the doctor's name being Tiffany, a nice lady. It was a standard conversation he felt like. On why you were here, what you needed to work on, and how you would reach that. Most was by exposure therapy, and with medication. Luffy wasn't on a lot of medication, and he would need more, he was sure of it. Luffy just wanted to become healthier, to a point he felt safe home and was able to head out without feeling like everyone was spying and talking about him.

The first week was a slow one, Luffy mostly staying in his room, just heading out to meals. He didn't really speak with anyone, just answering the small question here and then that was directed at him. He had his door locked, just in case, so when the nurses came by, they needed to wait for him to open, but everyone seemed to understand it, being nice about it as they knocked on his door, some even speaking with him through the door when he didn't feel like facing anyone. There was one nurse who managed to get him out of his room at day 8, getting him out to play a set of a card game, which was fun. That, and he noticed most wasn't out, just being 2 other patients and 3 nurses. It was good to know there weren't many out, making it easier to focus on the cards than the people out. It was still nerve wracking to be so close to other people, but it did go fine. When Law visited, they mostly stayed in his room, being told they couldn't be outside with visitors because of the other patients, which made sense. The room was a medium sized one, having one bed, two chairs, and a desk. There were also windows, which Luffy had the curtains drawn, so no one could look inside. He had been told he should have the curtains open, to practice it here, so it would be easier when he came home. Luffy hadn't managed to have them open, but was told he needed to try. It didn't need to be open all day, but start with an hour, and take it from there, which sounded manageable. And when he started to have the curtains open, he felt the fear slowly getting better as no one did appear to be watching him, but it was still hard. When he told that to the doctor, he got some new medication, which Luffy hoped would work.

When 3 more days had passed, Luffy felt better, blaming it on the medication he had gotten. It got easier to keep the curtains open, and be out with the others. He had also managed to strike up some conversations with some other patients, and Luffy found he really enjoyed it, although Luffy felt like an outsider since he still felt they would talk about him when he left. But, when he joined a group the next day- him having avoided the groups until now- he felt himself shocked when he wasn't the only one having thoughts like that. It might sound bad, but it felt good to hear he wasn't the only one feeling bad, feeling he was being watched and judged. After that, it was easier to be out with the others, knowing he wasn't alone with his demons. The others looked so… normal. Luffy felt he looked sick, but people said he didn't. But he didn't know what to believe.

When he had been in for another week, he was friends with everyone, finding his light again and able to speak with others, feeling good about it too, something he hadn't for a long while. It felt great. He sometimes got told to not make too much of a ruckus, as he often did jokes and other playful things, but it didn't really bother him too much; he made the others laugh and that made Luffy happy. Law was also glad he felt better, and when Luffy was home for the weekend, he was able to have the curtains on one window open, which had him feeling good about himself. He still felt like someone could be in his house, so when he got back to the unit, he was glad about it, able to relax more there than at home right now. He had said it to Law, a bit afraid what the other would say, especially when he called the unit 'home'. But Law didn't seem to mind it, just glad he was getting help. Law was an amazing boyfriend that was super supportive, which made this whole ordeal easier to deal with. The next few weeks went fine, and when he had two more weeks left, another kid came to the unit. Luffy wanted to speak with him, but was never able to as he was only out for meals, before he disappeared, never sitting at the same table.

So when 3 days had passed, Luff smiled when the new kid sat out in the living room, Luffy moving over. "Hi, I haven't gotten to say hello to you yet. I'm Luffy." The kid moved to shake his hand. "I'm S-Sabo." The kid, Sabo, seemed to be annoyed with himself that he stuttered, but Luffy didn't mind. It was probably his first time here, and that was hard. Luffy had been here for so long it felt normal to be here. He mentioned he hadn't seen Sabo much, which he responded with that there were so many people, which it wasn't usually. It was only during meals. And Luffy wanted to become friends with Sabo, he was the only one who was close to him in age, most here being over 30, some even over 50. He didn't mind them and got a long with them too, they were really nice to be around, but it was always nice to have someone who was close in age. The new kid, Sabo, seemed unsure at times, and Luffy was often around him, even managing to bring him to groups, and he had a feeling it helped asit had helped him. Hearing others had issues was always something that helped Luffy still, and it probably did for Sabo too. Sabo was a nice kid.

When Luffy got out two weeks later, he waited home one week, before he visited Sabo at his home, being excited to meet everyone, especially this Ace he had heard about. They all got along, and Luffy thought Ace was awesome too, and what was better, was how Law and Marco bonded even. They bonded over the fact both he and Ace was sick, and it had Sabo glad everyone was getting along. Luffy still felt fine, able to get a part time job at a store. He worked behind, in the storage, which meant he didn't need to deal with customers, which was great.

And that's the chapter, hope you enjoyed

I know it was short, but I didn't know what to make of it as I wanted to just get Luffy's story out, and to wrap the three boys in a story together, now being a full circle. I also felt this story fell in naturally as I've just been admitted to a psych ward myself for a small bit

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