To be honest, Luffy never seemed like a smart person to him, and the reason Law liked him had nothing to do with his intellectual capability, obviously. If there had to be a reason, it was probably because of how bright he looked, how comfortable it felt to be around him.
But at one point, the effects just wore off.
They met at one of Robin's parties and it was instant attraction. In few weeks time, they were already in a relationship. Luffy brought colors and warmth into Law's dark, cold world, and everything was all candy and unicorn.
They were together for almost two years before everything went downhill.
Things were stagnant into their second year, and Luffy's once adorable childlike innocence, refreshing cheekiness was turning into an annoying kind of immaturity.
He just got tired of everything about Luffy.
And, that was when he met Smoker.
Smoker was succesful and very matured, unlike Luffy. Luffy was just a part-time clerk working with Robin and Law knew Luffy was working hard to achieve his dreams. They made promises to support each other.
But, he could not help it. He was almost thirty, and the pressure to settle down just suddenly got to him. It was strange. He was not the kind of person who gives a damn about it.
Maybe, at one point in life people do change.
He started distancing himself from Luffy, no longer spending times together as much, always avoiding his touches. He was never brave enough to call it off and, he thought Luffy would eventually get it.
Such a shame.
But, he should have known better how persistent Luffy could be, reaching out for him everyday, trying hard to maintain everything they had left.
And, it was on Law's birthday Luffy finally let go, as if that was the best present he could ever give Law.
Luffy caught him with Smoker when he was supposed to be working at the hospital. In his hand was homemade meal box, full of Law's favorite rice balls. Truth was, Law had a feeling Luffy knew, had always known that Law was doing this behind his back but Luffy chose not to believe it. Maybe not until he saw it with his own eyes.
Law still remembers how calm Luffy was when they finally talked about it. And, he did not even say anything. He only listened to everything Law had to say.
Luffy left with a painful smile on his face.
Law thought he would be happy. He was finally off the hook. Strangely, he was not.
He stopped seeing Smoker immediately, and the days following were spent trying not to make any contact with Luffy.
On the fourteenth day, he came home from work to see Luffy's stuff in his apartment all gone, and the spare key he gave Luffy was on his coffee table, next to a big box of rice balls.
Never in his life had he ever broken into tears as soon as that moment.
It took him another fourteen days to realize how important Luffy was to him, and he would do anything to get Luffy back into his life again.
But, it was already too late.