"You are possibly the creepiest guy I've ever met." Katya said bluntly as she sat on a chair on the deck of Bartolomeo's ship. "This is beyond obsession."
"Bartolomeo, just hurry up and go to Zou." Law grumbled.
"Huh? Who do you think you're talking to?" Bartolomeo snapped.
"Hurry up." Katya had a horrific hangover from the banquet and glared at Bartolomeo in such a manner that half the people on the ship felt a shiver go down their spines.
"I'm counting on you." Zoro said lazily as he flicked through the paper.
"Guys! Let's head for Zou at full speed!" Bartolomeo said cheerily.
"Ugh, this guy." Katya laid her head on Law's lap. "So loud..."
"Katya-ya, you know I don't have sympathy for self-induced illness." Law smiled wryly.
"But my head huuuuurts."
"I wonder if Sanji and the others got to the island okay." Usopp thought aloud.
"Nami was with them so I'm sure navigation was fine." Franky said. "But they were chased by Big Mom's ship."
"Bloody Yonkou." Katya muttered.
"I'm worried." Robin agreed.
"Oi, Luffy!" Zoro said. "Seems like our bounties have gone up."
"Really?!" Luffy said with excitement.
"Well, I have the wanted posters of you all in my room so come on!" Bartolomeo cried happily. "Also, Trafalgar, I threw yours away but your bounty had gone up to 500 million."
"Thanks. But I don't care about the price."
"I do~" Katya grinned up at Law. "500 million, Law!"
"You're excited by this?" Law arched an eyebrow.
"Of course. 500 million for one wanted man. It's very sexy."
"It's not." Law said with a fierce blush on his cheeks.
"Katya, you have one too." Zoro said and passed her the paper.
"I do?!"
Katya sat up and looked at the poster of her. It had been taken when she had been running from the Marines with Luffy and Law, it seemed. Her hair was down and her freckles were showing. She had a determined grin on her face and her knife was held up ready to throw.
"Dead or Alive, 'Silent Siren', Takimi Katya." She read aloud, her voice shaking. "Fif-fif..." The woman sank to the ground.
"Fifty-five million Beri!" Luffy said cheerily. "That's great, Katya!"
"I'll never book another show." The woman cried mournfully from the floor. "My singing career..."
"How did you not think of that before you joined a pirate crew?!" Zoro shouted at her.
"This is the worst day of my life..." Katya moaned.
A laugh that few had ever heard began to echo across the deck. The Straw Hats and the entire Barto Club looked across as Trafalgar Law began to straight up chuckle with Katya's poster in his hand.
"WAAA! TRA-GUY IS LAUGHING!" Luffy shouted.
"It's creepy." Usopp said.
"Law! Don't laugh at me!" Katya stood up and shook his shoulders, wailing.
"Katya-ya," the man smirked. "Your hand in the picture."
He turned it round and Katya looked at the picture in confusion.
Oh no. Katya recognised the moment. She had tripped on the cobblestones when they were running away. She had put her hand on Law, who was being carried by Luffy, to steady herself and throw her knife.
Except her hand was quite obviously resting on Law's ass.
"AHHHH!"
"Katya-ya, you can't do anything about it."
"I could call the Marines and send them a picture of me not touching your ass!"
"No way! It's funny!" Luffy grinned.
"I like it." Law smirked, and Katya glowered at him.
"Of course YOU like it."
"...Katya-ya, can we talk?" Law stood up, holding out his hand to her. She took it and stood up too, before he led her to a cabin with none of the Barto Club or Straw Hats in.
"What's up?" She said as Law shut the door behind them. "Because right now, I'm really not in the mood for-"
"I love you." Law interrupted.
"...come again?" Katya blinked.
Law flushed. "I know I've never said it back to you, even though you've already said it to me. But I do."
"Law..."
"I know I'm not good at affection when we're not alone. But Dressrosa gave me a lot to think about. We both nearly died. When I thought that I had lost you...I nearly went insane. I told myself that after Cora-san, I wouldn't love anyone and go through the pain of losing them again. I thought there needed to be a reason to love someone. But I think I've found an exception."
Law held his hand out to her, and in it was Katya's stethoscope necklace. She gasped and took it from him, looking at it intently.
"How did you...?"
"I think Nico Robin finds our relationship interesting. She gave it to me after she found it broken."
"Thank you, Law." Katya smiled warmly. "I love you too."
Silence passed between them for a moment as they smiled at each other.
"Do you think these walls could be soundproofed?"
"You know, I was just thinking that myself."
The two grinned and brought their lips together. Katya clicked her fingers and the sounds of the ocean, the partying Straw Hats and the hustle and bustle around them faded to silence, and the two Heart Pirates basked in the bliss of finally being alone.