Hello everyone! Today's May 5th, Luffy's birthday! I really wanted to write a birthday fic, but I couldn't think of anything ;; I've updated this fanfic instead, as a way to do something for Luffy's birthday. I hope y'all enjoy~

Of course, I want to thank everyone who's reading, reviewing, favoriting and following this fic as well 3 It helps a lot! :3

Today was going to be Luffy's thirteenth driver's lesson, but besides the parking from last time, his skills haven't been improved ever since. Perhaps it was time to try a new assignment.

"Evenin' Traffy!" the boy greeted cheerful. His mood was filled with excitement even though Law knew that he didn't like driving in the slightest.

"Good evening Luffy-ya. I presume you have eaten well?" the man asked. The reason why Luffy was cheery was probably because this lesson started directly after dinner. He tended to be less whiny after meals, or so Law noticed.

The smaller raven-haired nodded heavily. "And a looooooot~ Our cook Sanji's really good."

"You have your own cook?" Law asked. He wasn't that surprised however, after Luffy had told about his rich grandpa. Then again, someone with that position in the marine could only be rich.

"Yeah... there was no one who had enough time to prepare enough food for every meal so we kind of hired one," Luffy explained.

His reason made Law wonder how much Luffy could eat in the first place, but perhaps it was better without knowing for now.

He'll surely find out in the future...

When Law was rich enough to hire a cook and they were ever going to live together...

Law already regretted his future wishes.

"Luffy-ya, I want to try the heel-toe maneuver. Are you up for that?"

"Yeah," the teen replied, probably without knowing what it meant. Law's lips curved. Luffy was finally listening to some suggestions like a good student. If only he listened to all his instructions, then Luffy could get his license in no time.

...Not that Law wanted him gone that fast.

"We'll have to leave this street and head towards the East Blue River. There are lots of hills over there. Can you find that?"

"Sure. I used to play there a lot," the teen grinned and prepared to take off.

The road was calm, the environment was green and you had to check twice in case a reindeer crosses. This path was full of bumps and hills, just like Law said. It was a beautiful place for some practice, especially if you loved nature and liked to be surrounded by a forest. Law thought it would suit Luffy.

There was one problem however; Luffy was the car driver and being careful was not included in his vocabulary.

"Luffy, drive slower!" the panicked instructor demanded while tightly holding onto his seat. He wanted to step on the brake on his side of the seat but the student was steering too wild that he didn't get any chance. It didn't help that the big trees made the small road even darker than usual. Before they knew it, two lights in front of them appeared closer and slightly brushed the car on Luffy's side.

Both parties stopped the car, with Law and a woman stepping out of the car to look for damage. Fortunately, it was only Law's car that got scratched, which could be fixed with some paint. Good thing he had Penguin, their engineer, to fix things.

"I apologize ma'am. The car was a bit out of control," the tall man excused and hoped that the woman wouldn't get mad or do something that could hurt his driver's school reputation.

But...

Another lucky thing on this bad day was that in fact, that this woman was a woman. Women liked Trafalgar Law.

"No, no! It's okay," she told, her lips red from the lipstick. She then took a card from her breast pocket and offered it to Law. "If you need help with the scratch on your car, call me."

As expected, nothing but her name and number was on the card when Law checked it. She didn't look like the type that was involved in the car business either.

At least Law could sigh in relief, because not everyone was this easy with accidents.

"Thank you. I'll take care of it," the man replied and bid her farewell before returning to his student.

"This may only happen once, did you hear that Luffy-ya?" the older male warned.

"It's a promise," the teen smiled and glanced at the card. "You're gonna use that?"

"No," Law simply replied.

At least that accident was enough to teach Luffy to driver slower and Law cannot thank it enough.

After minutes of driving on the road without any other issues, they've finally managed to reach the perfect hill for practice.

...Or so Law thought.

"We stop the car halfway the hill. To climb up after that is the assignment," the instructor started. "I'll give you some hints. Use the brake and clutch. Use your feeling to determine when you should let go of the brake," the man explained. "Did you get all of that?"

"Nope!" Luffy answered honestly. "But if it's with feeling, I can do it," he responded with confidence.

The man groaned a bit. "Let's try out for now. Just make sure you don't roll back, because that means you've failed."

The car stopped halfway the hill. It wasn't the steepest hill in this place, but for the first try, it was a perfect one.

"Find the balance between your clutch and motor. If you're able to hear the motor, you can slowly raise the brake," the tall instructor explained. Luffy however, was already trying before Law's explanation was finished. He concentrated, tongue sticking out of his mouth and was ready to start his assignment.

"If I say 'go', raise the brake pedal slowly, all right?" Law continued, only to be ignored by the teen. "Luffy-ya, are you listen-"

Law's sentence was interrupted by a sudden speed backwards. He quickly stepped on the brake and broke out a sweat. He expected to roll back with the car because this was Luffy's first try. It was normal to fail on your first time, but what bothered the man mostly was that if he didn't stop right on time, they might have crashed into a tree. Fortunately there was no one behind them either.

When Law looked at the gear, it all made sense. It was switched into the position to go backwards, one that you usually used when you have to park the car or something. Not on a hill when they had to move forward...

"Luffy-ya," the older raven-haired called. When Luffy looked, he pointed his finger down to the gear.

After a moment, Luffy realized it and returned a grin while he scratched the back of his hair. "Sorry, sorry," he apologized. "Didn't we had to roll back though?" he questioned.

Apparently he wasn't listening to Law (again) which is why Luffy did it wrong. His patience did hit the limit today however.

"I said up! We had to go up! Rolling back means failing!" the angered man yelled. He wasn't quick to raise his voice, which only represented how frustrated he was.

Law was still unable to handle Luffy, which was quite upsetting. Luffy on the other hand, knew how to calm down the enraged man. It only took him a laughter and a smile directed to him, before the older male was back to his senses again.

And Law hated it. He hated how easy Luffy could control him with only dropping a laughter. Sometimes he'd wished that he wasn't attracted to the teen, as it only manipulated him.

After two tiring hours, both males were back near Luffy's house. Law was exhausted. It was like they were back at lesson 1 again, even though his student was making (some) progress during the previous lessons.

Law grabbed his schedule to make the next appointment until he realized the number of this lesson.

Now Law wasn't a superstitious person, but it would explain a lot. Today was Luffy's thirteenth lesson and thirteen was an unlucky number And with all the problems they had encountered today, unlucky number thirteen only made more sense.

The man looked down. He was really exhausted today if he believed in such a thing.

His wearing face was clearly visible. He closed his eyes for a moment and let out a deep sigh before he needed to send off his student.

"Next week, same tim-"

"Traffy," Luffy interrupted. The man lifted slowly his eyelids and turned his head towards the teen, only to be greeted by a warm and soft touch against his lips.

Law was frozen on spot in bewilderment. His wide eyes stared at the kissing teen in front of him, unable to believe what was happening. Before he knew it, Luffy had already pulled back and laughed like usual.

"See ya next week!" the student waved and quickly left the car, leaving a stunned man behind in the lonesome car.

It took Law a moment before he was settled down again. He did not expect a move like that from the younger male, because he was absolutely sure that his feelings were one-sided. Apparently it wasn't one-hundred percent one-sided and it gave him hope, but one thing was sure:

Unlucky number thirteen didn't exist after all.

If I've made any mistakes in driving or grammar/spelling, feel free to point out! I'll really appreciate it as I'm still learning *^^* (although I do have a driver's license hahaha)