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Warning: Vulgar languages, OOC, bad grammar, maybe a little illogical, TRIGGER (depression, anxiety, panic attack, trauma, phobia, abuse etc)

It had been two hours since he started his journey and he was almost near his destination. He did not want to delay it any further so he purposely took half day off work to visit that one place he had not visited in six months. After he drove past a big signboard, he turned right into a smaller road from the highway and drove straight until he saw a familiar building. As he got nearer, he slowed down and stopped at the entrance, pulled down the mirror so the guard could see him.

LITTLE GARDEN ORPHANAGE

That was written on the stone wall next to the entrance.

He had been there for the past few years and the guard knew him well enough to let him in. As soon as he got his permission, he drove into one of the parking spots in the area, turned off the engine, and took off his sunglasses. He stayed in his seat for a while, taking a deep breath before he got out of the car and walked to the trunk. Then, he took out three big paper bags and walked to a small table under a tree as promised. While he walked, he observed the surrounding. It had not changed much. Only more trees and flowers. Then, he looked at one big tree near the field. The swing he liked was still there. Who was he kidding? It had only been six months since he last visited but it had been his habit to observe the place. All in all, the place had been taken care of very well.

As he walked to the table under the tree, the kids who were standing along the way ran away upon the sight of him. He was definitely not their favorite person and he did not intend to be.

As soon as he reached his destination, he put all the paper bags on the small table and just as he was about to take a seat, a familiar voice greeted him. "Law! It's been a while! I miss you!" A big man with orange hair and beard walked over to Law and gave him a hug.

"Y-yeah.. It's been a while, Saul. Now, can you let me go? I can't.. breathe." Law said, struggling. The big man was hugging him really tight and for a moment he thought he was going to die.

The big man slowly pushed him to sit on one of the seats next to the small table before he took a seat next to Law.

"I am sorry I didn't call." Law said, as soon as Saul was seated.

"It's okay. I know you're busy."

"Is everything good?"

"We're doing fine. It's all thanks to you too." Saul said, expressing his gratitude.

"Please, don't mention it."

"How about you? You look a lot better than the last time I saw you. You're starting to take care of yourself, weren't you?" Saul asked, as he observed the young man in front of him. Law looked like he had put on more weight and he looked a lot healthier.

"Yeah, I guess." Law answered shortly.

More like, someone had been taking care of him.

"How was work?" Saul asked.

"It's good as always. I love my job." Law replied, with a smile. Then, he took a deep breath before he continued. "Saul, lately I've been trying to remember my past." Law said, straight to the point and he was met by a surprised look from Saul.

"I thought you wanted to forget everything?"

"Someone from the past came and suddenly I just felt like I wanted to know. I want to know my family and remember my memories with them."

"I see."

"Saul, don't misunderstand. I love you and I know you love me but.."

"I understood. It's your family. It's normal for you to want to know."

Then, they were silent.

"Am I doing the right thing?" Law asked, a moment later.

"I don't think it's wrong. I am just worried that you won't be able to handle it. If it's starting to hurt you, promise me you'll stop."

"Okay, Saul." Then, he smiled

"That's my boy." Saul said, as he ruffled Law's hair

"I'm not a boy anymore." Law protested but he did not do anything to stop Saul.

"You'll always be the boy from nine years ago. Dere shishi, dere shishi!"

Law just chuckled upon hearing Saul's response. It had been a while since he heard Saul's weird laughing style. Somehow it was so relaxing to just sit and talk to Saul like that. Suddenly, he felt something touching his foot so he looked down to see.

It was a small rubber ball.

Then, he heard some voices. He turned his attention to where they were from to see a young girl few feet away, pushed towards him by her friends. "Aisa, go get the ball!"

Too bad for the girl, her friends pushed too hard and she fell flat right in front of Law. After a moment, she slowly got up and sat, examining her injuries when she felt something overshadowing her. She slowly looked up to see Law standing in front of her and the girl immediately shut her eyes tightly in fear until she felt that someone was tending her wounds gently. She opened her eyes slowly to find Law working on her wounds and she kept staring at the surgeon with her teary eyes.

After Law was done, he held out the ball the girl came for and the girl slowly took it from him. Then, she looked at Law again, still with a scared expression. Law lifted up his hand slowly and the girl shut her eyes tightly again upon seeing Law's hand. To her surprise, she felt a pat on her head. The girl opened her eyes and looked up to Law who was looking at her with a stoic expression. Tint of red slowly appeared on her cheeks. Then, she smiled at Law and said "Thanks!" before she went back to her friends.

"Law, you've changed." Saul said, as Law returned to his seat and the surgeon looked at him with a confused expression. "Law, stay for dinner. We have a lot to catch up on."

"Sure."

During dinner time, he sat next to Saul as usual. The seat next to him had always been empty every time he had dinner at the orphanage. The kids were so scared of him that they would sit closer to another end of the long table. But that night, the girl from the evening sat in the empty seat next to him and smiled at him. Then, she placed a small felt toy bear in front of him. "For you!"

Law was not sure what to do so he turned to Saul but the big man just gave him a smile. Law slowly turned back to the girl and smiled faintly, ruffling her hair. "Thank you." The girl blushed and chuckled in response. A moment later, the other kids started to shift positions. All of them went to sit closer to Law and Saul. Law's eyes widened in shock upon the sight. Saul was right. Few months before he would not even bother to smile and ruffle any of the kids' hair.

Shit.

He just realized that he was slowly changing and he was not sure if it was a good thing. He looked around again and realized the kids were now looking at him with smile on their faces.

Oh shit.

Suddenly, he heard the little girl sitting next to him said something familiar. "When I grow up, I want to marry you!"

Law slowly turned and looked at the young girl next to him, who was now looking at him with sparkling eyes, big smile, and her cheeks blushing. His eyes widened again in shock and he could hear Saul laughing really hard.

EHHH?

After dinner, Law had a little chat with Saul before he decided to go home and Saul walked him until they were near the parking spots. From afar, he could hear the children saying goodbye to him and told him to visit again.

"Law, whatever you do, don't let your past get in the way. It's not your fault." Saul said, just before they parted.

Law did not know why Saul suddenly said that but he just smiled in response. "Thanks. See you soon, Saul."

Saul watched as Law made his way to the car and he recalled the day Law first got to the orphanage. The boy looked like he hated everything and had really high tendency to hurt people. Law did not talk to anyone at the orphanage and he pushed everyone away. Saul spent quite a long time trying to make Law open up to him and he wondered what was it that was slowly changing the boy from nine years ago.

Little Garden Orphanage

Nine years ago

Law and Saul was sitting at a table under a tree, doing their own businesses when Saul suddenly burts out laughing reading the jokes in the newspaper. "Dere shishi, dere shishi!"

Law looked up from the book he was reading and looked at Saul. "Did you just laugh? That's a weird way to laugh."

"Really? Dere shishi, dere shishi!"

Somehow, the young boy found the weird laughing style funny and began chuckling. A moment later, he noticed that the big guy had stopped laughing and was looking at him with a surprised face.

"W-w-what?"

"You should laugh more. You look cuter when you laugh."

Law blushed and pulled his fur hat down a little, covering his eyes. "I don't have any reason to laugh."

"Someday, someone will come and make you happy. You will want to laugh and smile everyday."

Law stared at the big guy for a while and said, "I don't think so."

That night, after he was done with shower, he rummaged through the bottom compartment in his wardrobe where he kept old things and took out a small box. He opened it and inside were two photo frames. One had a photo of him, a little girl, a man, and a woman while another one had a photo of him and a tall, blonde man. He was told that those people are his family.

Everyone in the photo looked happy. Everyone was holding him like he was precious.

Then, he remembered the day when he was told about his family's death. He could not even cry because he remembered nothing about them. He had spent the last nine years trying to forget everything about his past, trying to just wipe everything away and become someone new but he could never throw the frames or the clothes with the weird smiley face away. That night, when he saw those frames again he felt like an idiot. Tears were threatening to fall but he blinked his eyes a few times in attempt to stop them. He did not even know why he suddenly felt like crying.

He cleaned the surface of the frames and stared at them for a little while more before he made his way to the bedroom and placed them on one of the bedside tables, along with the felt toy bear and another photo frame.

That night, he had a dream.

Law was standing in the kitchen. He saw blood everywhere. On the floor, on his pajama, and on his hands. He was holding a knife smeared in blood and his heart was pounding like crazy. He could hear someone asking him "Law, are you okay? Law!" but he could not respond.

Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice calling his name. He turned back and saw Luffy. The teen was looking at him with a shocked face.

Why is Luffy here? He should not be here.

"Law, what did you do?" The teen looked at the blood and then at the knife in Law's hand.

"Luffy, listen to me, please." Law said, as he moved closer to Luffy.

"No, no. Don't come close." Luffy took few steps backward and then ran into the darkness.

"Luffy, wait!" He tried to chase Luffy but the room was slowly flooded by blood and he was slowly drowning.

"HUARGHHH!"

Law got up, panting and trembling. Sweats all over. It was a fragment of a memory he really wanted to forget.

The dream felt so real. It was like he went through the same thing again. Even worse,why was Luffy in his dream?

He opened his top drawer, trying to get the pills but there were none. Then he remembered, he finished everything he had last month, trying to kill himself.

He buried his face in his hand.

Is this worth it? Is this really worth it?

How he wished Luffy was there with him but he could not possibly depend on the teen forever. Maybe he would leave just like he did in his dream. He did not think Luffy would stay with someone like him. Someone with hands that were tainted.

Be strong, Trafalgar Law. Be strong.

He drew in breaths, then he tried to go back to sleep again. He was not a firm believer of anything but if Gods existed, maybe they finally heard him because all he wanted at that moment was to sleep through the night.

It was almost three in the evening the next day and Luffy was done with his classes for the day. He purposely went to Law's apartment early for his job and as usual, he went into Law's room first to collect the laundry. As soon as he got into the room, he stood in the middle of the room, just breathing in the scent. The room smelled of Law's scent and at that moment he felt like he was standing next to the older man. People might thought of it as creepy but he did not care. He just wanted to be close to the older man, making full use of every chance he had. He looked around the room and then he noticed two additional photo frames on the bedside table, aside from the usual one which was a photo of Law and a big guy with orange hair and beard. He had never seen them before and out of curiosity, he walked over to the table and picked the frames up.

There were photos of Law from his childhood.

There was a man who looked like Law but he was wearing spectacles and he had stubbles. He had midnight blue hair just like Law and he was holding Law in his arms. Standing really close to both of them were a woman with blond hair holding a little girl with blond hair as well. The woman was resting her head on the man's shoulder while the little girl was hugging Law. They looked like a happy family.

In another frame, Law was held by a blond, tall man with a familiar kind of smile. He was hugging Law really tight. In those frames, Law looked younger than when Luffy first saw him and he did not look grumpy at all. His face lacked expression but he could see faint smile on Law's usually stoic face. At least that was how Law had always looked like before they were separated. The people with him looked like nice people and it seemed like they really loved and cherished Law.

Could they be Law's deceased family?

He really wanted to meet those people. Those people who loved Law like he did. Too bad, they were no longer around, according to Law. He did not know anything about the orange bearded guy though. He wanted to ask but he was afraid Law would not be too pleased with it.

He put the frames back on the table and then he took the felt toy bear next to the frames. It was cute. He wondered where did Law get it from and he wondered if Law was a fan of bear. The older man never realized it but beneath the grumpy expression he had a dorky side that Luffy wanted to see more.

Not just his dorky side.

He wanted to know more about everything. Everything about Law.

Then, he saw a book on the bedside table. It amazed him how Law could spend most of his time reading. It had only been a week since they came back from Drum Island and Law was already reading another book. He took it and looked at it but he did not understand the title at all.

Just as expected.

Law was like trillion times smarter than him so it was normal. He tried opening and reading the book and as usual, he could not understand any of it. He felt like fainting just looking at the pages full of words, which was the reason why he would usually pick something with more graphics for his studies. Suddenly, something fell out of the book. He bent down to pick it up and as soon as he saw the object, his eyes widened in shock.

That night, as he made his way to his apartment from work, Law looked at the box in his hand. Inside were the sleeping pills he bought earlier that day at a drugstore. He used it before but it did not help with the nightmares. He needed something that will knock him out but if he wanted a stronger one, he would have to visit a psychiatrist. He was so done with psychiatrists. He was so sick of them asking the same questions over and over again. He knew it would not help much but in the end he still bought the pills. It was probably better than nothing at all.

Suddenly, he felt like he was on the verge of destruction. Earlier that day, he almost killed a patient by prescribing him the wrong medication. Luckily he snapped out of it and checked again. Otherwise..

Shit.

He shook his head, trying to shake the thought out of his head. Then, he looked at the box in his hand again.

Should he take it?

He knew it was just a safe, over-the-counter medication but he could not help but feeling guilty. He felt like he was betraying Luffy. He kept thinking about it until he reached his door and when he got inside his apartment, he was shocked to see Luffy on his couch. Law immediately hid the box he was holding behind him. "Why are you still here?"

"Law.." Luffy said, slowly as he stared at the surgeon and the surgeon responded with a confused look on his face. Then, Luffy slowly lifted up his hand, showing the object he was holding. Law's eyes widened upon seeing the sight.

It was a withered sunflower, laminated.

"This is from Drum Island isn't it?" Luffy asked. He had a feeling that it was the sunflower he gave to Law and he was confident.

Law stared at the laminated sunflower in Luffy's hand. It was certainly the one from Luffy. He had kept it with him and laminated it. He did not even know why he decided to keep it. He thought it would look nice as a bookmark though. "Where did you get that?" He asked.

"I just wanted to try reading your book, then this fell.." Luffy explained.

Law facepalmed.

Is this really happening? Out of all nights why tonight?

He did not have time for that thing now. "You want me to throw it away?"

"NOOO!" Luffy replied, frantically.

"What's the big deal with it?"

"I.. I.. This means this is my first gift ever to you.. My very first gift to you was a sunflower I picked." Luffy said, his face looked depressed.

"Don't be depressed over something like that."

"Can't! I want to give you a proper gift! What do you like?" Luffy jumped out of the couch and stood closer to Law.

"Don't worry about it. It's not even my birthday or anything." Law said, as he made his way to his bedroom.

"What do you like?" Luffy followed him.

"I don't know. I am tired. I want to sleep."

Suddenly, Luffy jumped at him, and both of them fell on the floor.

"Urgh.. Get off me.." Law said, while trying to push Luffy away.

"What do you like?" Luffy asked again, with a persistent face.

Law let out a sigh, then he answered. "Onigiri.. roasted fish.. coffee.. surgery.. books.. polar bear.."

"Polar bear? You like polar bear?" Luffy asked. Polar bear was something new. "You do like fluffy stuff after all. Shi shi shi!"

"Polar bears are amazing. Now, please. Get off me." Law tried to push Luffy away again but the teen was holding him really tight.

Suddenly, Luffy noticed a small box, lying not too far away from them. He took it and observed it. "Huh, isn't this.. Sleeping pills?"

Oh shit.

It must have fallen when Luffy jumped at him. Law immediately snatched the box away from Luffy.

Luffy looked at Law and started firing him with questions. "Do you have nightmares again? Why didn't you tell me?!"

Law could not answer Luffy so he remained silent. He could not even look at Luffy.

"Why do you always keep things to yourself?!" Luffy asked again.

"Just leave me alone." Law answered, still not looking at Luffy.

"You know I won't!"

Suddenly, Law snapped.

"Leave me alone! I don't want to always depend on you! What if you leave me someday? You said you won't leave but you don't know anything about me!" Law shouted.

Luffy's eyes widened in shock. Law was right. He really did not know anything about Law. He slowly looked down and Law could see his eyes turned sad.

Then, both of them were silent.

After a while, Luffy gathered his courage, looked up, and tried to force a smile. "I guess you're right. I don't know anything about you but I really want to know. Trust me. Please, trust me. I won't leave you."

Law pushed Luffy away and quickly went into his room. Luffy followed him but Law slammed the door to his face.

"Law, open the door, please!" Luffy pleaded, he was scared that Law will repeat what he did the month before.

"Just go away! Leave me alone!" Law said, from behind the door as he leaned on it.

"I don't want to!"

"Just leave!"

But still, Luffy would not leave. He kept knocking and pleading for almost five minutes until Law shouted something that he knew he would regret.

"I HATE YOU! LEAVE!"

The knocking instantly stopped. A moment later, Law could hear Luffy's voice from the other side of the door. "Okay, I'll go. I love you. Please don't do anything crazy."

Luffy sounded really sad.

Then, Law could hear Luffy walked away from his bedroom door.

There. He did it.

He just made one of those people who really mattered to him go away. He slowly sat down with his knees up and buried his head in his arms. Then, he could feel something warm rolling down his cheeks.

Shit.

That night, Law stared at the box he was holding in his hand. It was just a harmless medication but still, he contemplated taking it. Everytime he tried to open it he was reminded of Luffy's sad eyes and sad voice. In the end, he put the box away, into the top drawer and tried to sleep. Unfortunately, that night he had bad dreams again but everytime he tried reaching for the top drawer he would be reminded of Luffy's sad eyes again.

Shit no. He could not do it. In the end, he stayed awake until the morning came.

The next morning, Law was groggier than usual. Luckily he did not have surgery scheduled so he could relax a little. As he sat in his office going through the patients' records, the event from the night before resurfaced before him.

The moment he said he hated Luffy.

He put the file he was reading aside and cupped his face in frustration.

Why did he say that? Why?

Why did he want to make Luffy go away that bad?

Luffy was different. Luffy always said he would never leave him no matter what. He even risked his life for Law. But still, Law was afraid. He got up from his seat and slowly made way to the bathroom, turned on the tap and wash his face, trying to clear his mind. Then, he looked at his reflection in the mirror.

He was no longer that weak kid.

He was a lot stronger now and he could live on his own. But, the thought of Luffy leaving scared him so much and he did not know why.

He figured he really should not get too attached to Luffy. He should not. Maybe he did the right thing last night.

Finally, he took in deep breaths, straightened himself up, and went back to his desk.

That night, Law came back to his apartment to find Luffy waiting for him again and the teen's eyes looked swollen. Suddenly, he felt really guilty but he immediately turned his gaze away from Luffy and headed straight to his bedroom. Luffy quickly stepped in front of him, obstructing the way to his bedroom and asked, "Law, did you sleep?" The teen thought Law looked terribly tired. As though he did not sleep the night before. Law did not answer him and pushed him lightly aside. To his surprise, Luffy hugged him tightly from the back, preventing him from moving further and he instantly froze. "Law, I'm sorry. I overreacted. Please don't tell me to leave you. I don't want to leave you. I swear I won't leave no matter what."

"I told you. I.. I hate you!" Now that Luffy was really close, saying the words did not become easier.

"I don't care. I won't leave." Luffy replied, stubbornly.

"Don't.. Don't.. say things you'll regret."

"NO! I TOLD YOU I WON'T LEAVE! DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU DID!"

"Even if I killed someone?!" Law was starting to lose his cool.

"YES!" Luffy replied, no hesitation.

Law was speechless.

This guy is crazy. People would normally be shocked when someone said that.

"I'm.. serious. I killed someone." It was not an easy thing to say but Law knew he had to tell Luffy.

"Doesn't matter! That's your past!"

"Do you even know what you're talking about?! What if I kill you right here, right now?!"

"Of course I do! You won't do that to me! You're a nice guy!"

"You don't know me!"

"I don't care! I trust you!"

"Don't say things like that conveniently. Don't say them just so I'll listen to you."

"I AM SERIOUS! I MEAN IT! I DON'T CARE ABOUT WHATEVER HAPPENED IN YOUR PAST!" Luffy shouted and tightened his arms around Law.

"Don't.. Don't be crazy.." At that moment, Law's heart felt like it was wrenched and tears were threatening to fall.

"Too late! I am already crazy for you!"

Again, Law was speechless.

He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, his body trembling. He knew it was selfish and he was not even sure how he felt about Luffy but he wanted Luffy by his side. Suddenly, what Saul said resounded in his head.

"Law, whatever you do, don't let your past get in the way. It's not your fault."

Is it okay? Is it really okay?

Tears started rolling down his cheeks, some of them dropped on Luffy's arms.

"Law, are you okay? I am sorry!" Luffy said, as he felt Law's tears on his arms. He quickly moved to the spot in front of Law to see the older man in tears.

Upon the sight of the teen, Law extended his arms, slowly wrapping them around the teen and rested his head on the teen's shoulder. "I'm sorry.. I don't hate you.."

It was half past six in the morning and Luffy was looking at the older man in front of him, eyes swollen and sound asleep on the long couch in the living room. Law fell asleep last night while crying.

Two nights before, he was deeply hurt when Law said he hated him. He really was. He spent the night crying, trying to figure out what had he possibly done wrong or if he had not done enough. He just wanted to be there for Law. He kind of regretted walking out just like that because when he was not around Law could have done something stupid and he would not be there to prevent it. Luckily Law did not.

He wondered what could possibly had happened and made Law like that. He really wanted to know but he did not want to be too pushy. He had been friends with the older man for almost three months and he still did not know a lot about his terrible past. He did not care about what Law did. Law said he killed someone but he believed Law had his reasons. He just wanted to know what he could do to help. He wondered how should he make Law open up to him about his past.

Luffy moved his index finger on the older male's face, slowly caressing it. Then, he recalled the time when he first saw him ten years ago. Law did not look grumpy at all. He had a stoic expression on and he seemed the quiet type. Surprisingly, at the age of eight, Luffy was already good at judging characteristics. He could feel that Law was a good person and something about Law just attracted him. He could not point out what it was but Shanks said love is blind so it was illogically logic. It was a shame the meeting had to end with Law almost losing his life for him but Luffy was extremely sure he was not there just to repay Law. He really was in love with him and he would do anything for him. He wanted to do what he could for him even if he had to disappear.

What happened last month broke his heart and he never wanted to go through the same thing again. He did not want Law to try ending his life anymore. He almost lost him twice and he did not want to go through it again.

His finger moved slower as it approached the older man's lips. He wanted to kiss Law again. He really did. Slowly, he leaned closer, trying to kiss the surgeon again but he stopped midway and planted a kiss on Law's forehead instead. Then, he looked at the serene face in front of him once again before he got up and walked out. "I gotta go. I love you."

An hour later, Law opened his eyes slowly to find that he was sleeping in the living room, on his couch. He was covered properly and there was a pillow under his head. He could feel his eyes hurting and then he remembered, he fell asleep while crying.

He facepalmed. That was embarrassing.

He must looked really horrible with swollen eyes now. He looked around but Luffy was nowhere to be seen. He reached for his phone on the coffee table and it showed half past seven. He was so going to be late for work. Suddenly, there was an incoming call from Luffy. What a good coincidence. He slid his finger on the screen, picking up the call. Then, he could hear a cheerful voice. "Good morning, Law! Are you okay?"

"Morning. Yeah, I am okay. Where are you?"

"I'm back in my apartment! I took the earliest bus home! Just calling to make sure you're okay!"

"Thanks.. for last night."

"Anything for you! Anyway, I got something for you. I put it in your room. I hope you like it! It's not much but I'll get you something much better soon! Sorry I gotta go! I love you! Talk later!"

As soon as the call ended, he continued lying on the couch and stared at the ceiling. He really regretted telling Luffy he hated him. He really did. He just wanted Luffy to leave before he got too attached to him. But still, he was extremely grateful that Luffy did not leave and he really thought of making it up to Luffy although he was not sure what to do.

Would taking him to a meat place be enough?

For some reason, the call from Luffy made him feel so good and he felt like his day was already made. He continued lying for a little while more before he remembered that he was already late so he slowly got up from the couch and made his way to his bedroom. He needed to get ready for work. As soon as Law got into his room, his eyes widened as he saw something placed on his bed.

Seriously, Luffy?

That night, after his usual routine, he sat on his bed, legs folded, head resting on one hand facing a brown stuffed bear left by Luffy. It was quite big. Probably around fifty centimeter long and twenty centimeter wide. He saw it that morning with a card on it.

"Pick me over sleeping pills!" That was what the card said.

Law facepalmed.

Really, Luffy? Really?

He just replied Luffy's text a while ago and now he felt like sending Luffy another text, just to question his choice of gift. It was not that he did not like it. He just felt that he was too old for a stuffed bear. It was not even a polar bear!

No way. No way he was going to sleep with it.

He wanted to put it away, maybe into the deepest corner in his wardrobe but then it was a gift.

A gift from Luffy.

Besides, the teen would probably be mad at him for doing that. So, he put the stuffed bear on the top right corner of his bed and slipped under the cover, trying to sleep. A moment later, he opened his eyes and slowly took the stuffed bear from the corner, placing it on one side of the bed while he lay on another side of the bed. Eventually, he moved back a little a few times until his back was finally touching the stuffed bear.

At that moment, he felt like someone was there with him, watching over him.

Shit. That was corny.

He did not know why but suddenly he just felt like laughing.

Leave it to Luffy to think of something like this.

Then, he slowly turned to face the stuffed bear next to him. He ran his hand on the stuffed bear, feeling the warmth from it. It was not as warm as Luffy but just the thought that it was from Luffy made him feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

He realized that Luffy had done a lot for him but he really did not know how to open up to the teen. He thought the teen had every right to know about his past because the teen was willing to stick with someone like him through it all. He had lived his whole life keeping stuff to himself and the only one who knew most of his stories was probably only Saul.

But how?

Can they just sit and casually talk about it?

A moment later, his eyes started to feel really heavy. In the end, he fell asleep with his hand on the stuffed bear.