Katya giggled as Luffy refused to have underlings at the port. The group of Colosseum fighters and friends that Luffy had made in Dressrosa wanted him to be their boss by exchanging sake.
"Let's make him drink it!" One declared. Katya snickered and Law looked at her strangely.
"Listen! I just wanna become the King of the Pirates!" Luffy shouted at them. "I don't wanna become somebody important."
Belly-aching laughs came from Katya as everyone else looked at Luffy in utter shock.
"Hey, what is he talking about?" Law said bluntly.
Zoro stepped up to the large bowl that the group had put the sake in for Luffy and scooped up some in his hand to taste it. "Mm, this is some pretty good stuff."
"Ooh, I wanna try!" Katya craned her neck to look over at it.
"You're not even a member of his crew..." Cavendish said weakly.
"Eh, details."
"Hey, listen up!" Luffy jumped up onto the railing. "When we think we're in danger, we'll shout for you so come save us! I don't have to be the boss or a great pirate, do I? When you guys are in trouble, call us! We'll come help you no matter what! I'll never forget that we fought together against Mingo!"
"The logic is similar." Katya grinned. "I think he just doesn't like being called 'boss'."
BOOM! A cannonball caught everyone off guard as several were fired at then. Katya began to ready herself to fight but all of the debris that had been thrown up by Admiral Fujitora, including parts of Pica's body, crashed down upon the pirates firing at the group.
"Huh, not bad."
Zoro caught Katya's eye and she hissed "don't you dare drink that all yourself!" Sadly, it was too late and Zoro had already brought the large cup to his lips.
"It's wasted on such a clueless guy like him."
"We're sailing out!" Several voices shouted and the group boarded the lead boat.
The alcohol flowed well and the party began. Katya tried to have a drinking contest with Zoro before Law dragged her away, but then she was distracted by talking to some of the Tontatta that had been in the factory. Several bowed to her gratefully for defeating Kuween at which point she gathered them all up and hugged them, nearly squeezing the life out of the small creatures.
"Law, I got you some more onigiri!" Katya said cheerfully as she ran over to where he was sat. The man nodded gratefully and she kissed him with a grin. "Come on, you can let loose a bit."
"Agreed." Zoro stood over them and dragged Law to his feet, pulling him over and engaging in a drinking contest whilst Law angrily tried to escape.
"K-Katya-ya, save me."
"Hey Luffy!" Katya raced off to the young Captain and they danced together happily, Luffy still eating a large chunk of meat as they did. Katya's face was flushed from the alcohol and Law was reminded of when they had the banquet at Punk Hazard and what Smoker had said to him.
"And then I explained the concept of big dick energy to them all. Hancock got really mad when they talked about it later!" Katya laughed to Usopp, who looked horrified by the woman's story. Law took some time at the back of the ship to himself, but glanced over at her occasionally.
"We can't see Dressrosa anymore." Nico Robin commented beside the Heart Pirate Captain. "You achieved your goal by taking down Doflamingo, didn't you? What are you going to do now?"
"Leave me alone." Law grumbled.
"Wait." Robin stepped forward and held out her hand to him. Law turned and looked at the woman with a quizzical expression. Robin opened her hand and resting in her palm was Katya's stethoscope necklace, the one he had given to her all those years ago.
"It broke when we were fighting. Katya-chan was quite devastated. I had Franky fix it."
"Does she know you had it?"
"No. She was too concerned with getting to you after Doflamingo shot you. I picked up the pieces and put them away for safekeeping. Maybe you should give it back to her." Robin said with a knowing smile.
"...thank you." Law said and took it from the woman's hands. He looked back over to Katya, who was trying to eat, but to no avail, as Luffy kept stealing what was on her plate.
'Don't try to find a reason for somebody's love!'
Maybe now was the time to tell her.
