Luffy parks his small, red car just outside of the building and Law watches as Luffy makes his way to his office from inside the car. The company building is probably around three or four stories high, and it is not the dull kind of building. It is colorful and the surrounding looks wacky, fun.
Suitable for all the fun, creative minds. Luffy must really enjoys working there.
Both of them were on their way to get some basic things for Law when Luffy got a call from the office. One of the junior employees was having problems with their system so Luffy had to drop by and help her.
Way to ruin someone's day off.
There is nothing to do while waiting for Luffy so Law turns the music player on, just trying to kill the silence although he is not much of a music person. And, he remembers the first song playing from when both of them were still dating. It is one of the supposedly fun pop tracks Luffy loved to play in Law's car whenever they were both out somewhere. Law remembers how annoying it sounded to him back then but he put up with it because it was Luffy.
There was no way he could win against Luffy's stubbornness.
Yeah, he is older. Much older and yet...
They are seven years apart and despite their differences they managed to date for a year plus.
That was probably the longest relationship Law has ever had in his whole life.
The most memorable, the best...
There were insecurities, of course. But, Luffy probably handled them better than Law. Sometimes when Law saw Luffy goofing around with his friends Zoro and Usopp he got a little jealous and insecure. Maybe because he was afraid Luffy would leave him for someone more fun, younger. Someone he could relate more to.
And maybe, that was the reason Law decided he should be the one to leave first.
He was selfish. He hated himself from a year ago. He should have known better how to appreciate Luffy.
Just few days after Luffy took all his stuff, Robin texted him, telling that Luffy lost his phone and could not tell Law about it.
Law wanted to reply, wanted to ask how Luffy lost his phone, if Luffy was doing fine, but the text he was writing just got longer, and longer.
They were all the questions he could have just asked Luffy himself...
But he got scared.
He ended up not replying.
A day before Luffy left, Robin called him, asking if he knew.
Of course he did not.
He was silent the whole time when Robin was telling him to go get Luffy before it was too late.
And yeah, he really got late.
There was nothing he could do anymore. No one would tell him Luffy's new whereabout, or how to reach him.
Such a coward, such a fool.
"You... you and him... are serious?" Luffy asked, as both of them stood under a tree not far away from where Smoker was. His voice was breaking, trying hard not to cry.
Why would it not hurt when he had to do that with that guy around?
Luffy was there first. Why did it seem like he was the one getting in the way now?
And, Law did not answer him. He could not answer Luffy.
"S-so... I can't... fix a-anything anymore?" the younger asked another question.
And, Law looked at Luffy before he started speaking out.
All those words he wished he had never said, all those moves he wished he had never done.
Law can feel tears starting to well in his eyes.
If only he could turn back time...