Chapter 3

M for any surprises I might add along the way ;DD

A/N: Another quick update! I've noticed that my pacing is quite fast, and the story might be moving along too quickly. I assure you it will EVENTUALLY slow down to a steady pace we all can keep up with. Thanks for making it to chapter 3! I appreciate the reviews I've gotten so far considering how new and what little content there is. Means a lot guys. Without further ado, Chapter 3…

"Law~"

"What?" The raven-haired male scribbled furiously on a piece of paper, he was too occupied by his notes to bother making eye contact.

"Come on… it's going to be fun!" Penguin tried not to scatter the papers covering the desk, which proved more difficult than one would think. Why the hell would a neat freak have his desk in this messy condition anyways?

"I'd rather not… and would you get off of my desk? You're messing up my work." The tanned male turned the page of his new textbook; he was reading and jotting down notes every now and then. "Interesting.." he murmured to himself. Doflamingo had went out of his way to get him more books although Law didn't need any more cluster in his study room.

Bellamy leaned against the doorframe, casually watching the one sided conversation Penguin was having with Law. He was 95% sure the young doctor wasn't going to leave his study room, mainly because of the shiny new books. He shook his head in wonder. Penguin was so sure he'd be able to convince Law to come onto the main deck for the party, Unless, Penguin can find more interesting and shiny covered books, tough luck.

"Well… Crocodile's going to be there."

"Hmm..?" Law paused for a moment to adjust his reading glasses. "He's going to be there?"

"Duh. He's the captain after all, temporarily but still the captain." Penguin hopped off the desk and headed for the doorway, he glanced back at his friend, "It's a shame you're not going Law."

"A shame indeed." He muttered. The door closed with a soft thud after Bellamy closed it behind himself. Law sighed. Of course he wanted to go now, damn Peng. The past few days had been extremely uneventful. Monet was busy preparing for this party, he wouldn't allow Penguin or Bellamy to be around him in the open, and Vergo and Doflamingo wouldn't be back for about another week and a half, and the most interesting of all, Crocodile was too busy and hardly seen. Law only saw him at breakfast and dinner for only a brief 20 minutes at that, if you calculated all the time they've spent together it would probably be around two hours excluding their first meeting. It was extremely irritating. He was getting antsy; Law had no idea why he found the man so interesting. Sure he was attractive, powerful, intelligent, a long list of qualities to his liking. But he'd never had an interest in someone like this since who knows when. The tanned male sighed before closing the book. Tonight he was going to satisfy his curiosities.

Bellamy leaned against the kitchen counter watching the green-haired woman scrub the dishes. "Monet?"

She jumped at the sound of his voice. They hadn't spoken for several minutes; she'd forgotten he was here. "You startled me!"

The blonde snickered. "You are too engrossed in those dishes."

She shook her head. "What do you want?"

"You told me to make sure Trafalgar doesn't attend this celebration. Why?"

"Young master said he must not." She was adamant in this situation, she had no choice. He couldn't go and that's all. Law has not the slightest interest in social gatherings anyways.

"For your sake I'm wondering why." Bellamy's piercing gaze rested upon the woman.

"W-what do you mean?" The intensity of his stare was wracking her nerves. He kept staring without uttering a word. Her eyes widened as she realized what he was silently conveying. "He's going?"

A single nod was the only response to her question.

"Bloody hell Bellamy!" She dropped the sponge into the sink before spinning around to face him. "I told you to make sure he wouldn't go." Her fingers had involuntarily gripped onto his short sleeved shirt.

He watched her carefully. Her trembling hands clung onto his shirt for dear life, her eyes were wild, fearful and unfocused. Bellamy knew right away their Captain threatened her somehow. Whatever he told her was frightening her terribly. He cautiously embraced her with one arm and ran his other hand over her voluminous hair in a soothing manner. "Calm down Monet.."

She slackened her hold after a few moments, hands limp against the strong chest. "Law is surely going to be the death of either of us."

"Why do you say that?" Bellamy place his wandering hand over the one resting by the middle of her back.

"Don't act clueless, I've noticed how you look at him." There was a slight tremor in her voice. She wasn't even sure if Bellamy had feelings for Law; according to Doflamingo, he did.

"As have I noticed the way you do." He unconsciously tightened his hold on her.

A half smile touched her lips. "We're on the same boat then."

"That was an awful pun Monet." Bellamy's expression mirrored her own.

"Was not!" her expression sombered immediately, "Bellamy I'm serious. Young Master will serve my head on a silver platter if Law has anything to do with Crocodile-san."

"Why do you call him Young Master? He's way older than us… if anything he should be Old Master." Bellamy rolled his eyes. Of course Law wanted to screw Crocodile, he didn't see that coming, no he did. Law forever wanted to pay Doflamingo back for being such an unfair partner. He had a perfect opportunity now. Crocodile wouldn't face any sort of punishment for the affair. If it was one of them as Monet said earier, a head served on a platter.

"Bellamy." She fought the urge to slap him.

"Sorry. I get it, this is a serious issue for you, but why you? Law is responsible for his own actions, you aren't and can't be held for what he might or might not do. If you had explained this to me properly I would have stopped Penguin from luring him. It was Penguin that mentioned Crocodile."

"Young master-" Bellamy shot her a look. "Doflamingo okay?" She glared up at him, "He gave me this responsibility when he should have given it to Law, but to his defense Doflamingo isn't the type of man to express his worries or… share his concerns? Especially when it comes to Law. He doesn't want him to know he cares, I suppose."

"Are you defending him? He threatened you, mind explaining how that went?"

Monet shuddered noticeably. "Our captain's not a bad man, he needs to be firm to get things done."

One of his hands automatically went for her upper back, his fingers moved in a slow circular motion, as an attempt to sooth the (frightened) woman. "Am I doing this right..?" He muttered to himself. Bellamy's only comforted men before and that was beyond easy, silence, a few words and a pat on the back was all you needed to be a comfort to a man. He heard from his older crew members women needed extra attentions, more touching and a hell of a lot more words. He'd also heard there was a chance the woman would be grateful enough to owe you a favor. There were very few women on this ship so he had no chance of verifying if that was true nor would he ever take advantage of Monet to find out. "Tell me what he said."

She sighed quietly. "Give me a second." She wound her arms around his back and rested her head against is broad chest. She might as well indulge in feeling safe for the time being. "Why are you so warm?" and safe she thought to herself.

"I don't know?" he stared at the wall perplexed.

"It's a long story, pay attention because I am not repeating this dreadful conversation AGAIN."

"Of course I will."

"Well… here's what happened."

Four days ago.

I just finished hearing the announcement the Young Master gave the crew. He was leaving on business again which was not unusual. However, Vergo who is always second in command is leaving too. A slight frown graced my already worried expression. I hoped everything was fine, he always went alone; this was the first time he was being accompanied by the second. His choice for a now-in-command was a friend of his named Crocodile. Already doing my research, I concluded he was also a Shichibukai. He didn't say much when he was introduced but, the little he said was resonated with a voice filled with power and authority much to the crew's dismay. They weren't going to have a brief vacation even with Vergo gone.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

"Come in." I said while glancing at the door. It was barely morning and breakfast was not ready.

The tall blonde walked through the doors. "Monet." He greeted me with his famous smirk.

"Young Master." I bowed my head slightly. It was odd for him to enter the kitchen.

"Silly girl, I don't need a formal greeting from you." He closed the door quietly but made no other movements.

"Sorry Doflamingo-san." I tried to continue cooking but his presence was so unnerving I found myself making more blunders than I usually would.

"Monet." A voice whispered above me.

"Yes?!" My voice came out as a squeak. Oh god that was embarrassing. I slowly turned away from the stove because I know he'd find it disrespectful if I didn't. He was really tall, huge. I had to crane my neck to look at him although he was already leaning towards me.

"Good girl, now tell me are you always so skittish or am I affecting you?" He adjusted his glasses which were slipping because of his position.

"You have a lot of presence." I openly admitted it; he already knew that, I'm sure he just wanted to hear it out loud. Surely he had somewhere else to be, so why was he still here?

As if he sensed what I was thinking, "Alright my dear, this is what I want from you. I don't want Trafalgar Law to attend that party you plan every year, do you understand?"

I stared at my captain openly. This was the first time I'd seen him with a serious expression… he was unsmiling. "Of course, but May I ask why?"

He walked away from me and began pacing the kitchen length. "There are certain things I don't want happening."

"He loves you. He would not." I muttered bitterly. Did he honestly have time to worry about Law, when he himself cares next to nothing for him?

Insincere laughter filled the room "A tad resentful are you?" as it died down, "So am I."

"Why would you be?" I wasn't sure what more to say. This was the closest I've ever got to see his true feelings, although I have not the slightest understanding of what he means.

"Trafalgar will never sincerely love me, not that it matters. Any feelings between us are bound to be twisted." He pulled a chair from the table and sat on it. It was clearly a bit uncomfortable for him due to his size, but the chairs in my kitchen are slightly larger than regular ones. "You and Bellamy should know you place. Regardless of our relation, Law is mine and only mine."

"Bellamy?" I shot him a confused look. What does Bellamy have to do with his subtle threats?

"Are you confused little girl? I suppose someone like you would be. That blonde is good at hiding his feelings but the way you feel about Law, it's the same for him. Fufufu~" he laughed at the dumbfounded expression on my face, "Maybe even more than you do."

"W-what? Impossible." I shook my head and had my vision obstructed by the long tresses of my green hair.

The flamboyant man shrugged. "Believe what you will. You've heard my order, keep Law away from that party, Crocodile, and the path of an unfaithful lover."

"Unfaithful? What about you Doflamingo-san?" I barely managed to keep the acid out of my voice. How dare he speak of Law being unfaithful when he sleeps with anyone he finds attractive.

He chuckled quietly, not even fazed by my barely concealed accusation. "Now now, no need to be so feisty Monet. I fuck whomever I wish."

"That's why he'll never have honest feelings for you." This time I couldn't help myself, the blood in my veins dared me to stalk over to where Doflamingo was and jab my finger at him, so I did.

"I don't care if he does or not. Impure love is such a wonderful thing Monet." His hand reached for my accusing finger. His fingers encircled my wrist, so tightly. "You know better than to point wild accusations at me."

I flinched as his hold tightened. He was going to crush my wrist now, I looked at him with my wide terrified eyes. I had said to much and now I was going to pay for voicing my opinion.

"Relax. I'm not going to damage you." He drew me closer to himself.

As clumsy as I am, I collided with his solid chest unintentionally. He steadied me with his arms, but kept me trapped right where I was. The heat from his body sank through my shirt, oh god.. he was too close! My instincts screamed, they said I should run but how could I run from my captain? I took evenly breaths as I tried to settle my thunderous heartbeats. I looked down idly, as if that helped, all I could see was his loose shirt and muscled abdomen. A hand slinked underneath the hem of my blouse. "Doflamingo-san!" I looked up sharply.

"I've heard from Law you're very virtuous. He didn't think any of it when he said this, but I would very well touch his friends. He forgets what kind of man I am every now and then. Fufufu~"

I was stunned, he had the audacity to threaten me so carelessly although I hadn't expected anything less but his hands were touching my skin. I dug my fingers into the hand underneath my shirt, hoping he'd understand.

"Something wrong?" His hand roamed everywhere, my back, sides, and stomach, they felt and caressed the smooth skin.

"Of course." I growled, "You're forcing yourself onto me." I tried to remove his hand from under my shirt however it was impossible for my strength to match his.

"I suppose we can call this forcing, for now." The flamboyant man ignored the resistance I was putting up and slid his hand underneath the lacy purple bra, boldly grasping my right breast lightly. "You fit nicely in my palm" He chuckled, "and trust me, I don't get to say that often."

"Doflamingo-san.." I shook my head. I didn't want to feel anything for him.

"Like this?" His fingers expertly teased the mound of flesh within his palm, he groped and squeezed lightly. "No matter what you say, you're clearly enjoying this."

My lips parted on their on accord, I wanted to urge him on but it was wrong. I was furious with him and receiving any sort of pleasure from him would be vile.

He smirked knowingly, as if he knew what I wanted. His legs held me captive, his thumb and forefinger teased my nipple pinching and rolling, as his mouth latched onto my neck.

"Stop.." I half gasped, continuing to refuse him, but it was body unwillingly pressed against his, and frankily I was starting not to mind what he did. If anything I wanted him to do more.

"Mm.. I'm forced to agree with that. I'm in a bit of a hurry." Doflamingo swiftly removed his hands from my blouse. He adjusted both my bra and shirt as if they had never been troubled. He patted my head affectionally before walking to the door, as he opened it he turned his head in my direction. "If any of those conditions are met, your punishment won't be light at all. I could think of all sorts of trials, I could even use you for myself but that would be tasteless. So I figure I would hand you over to Vergo. By the look on your face you don't understand. Ask Law, he'll explain it so vivdly and clear. That man is an animal, his discipline is unforgetable. Remember that Monet."

Bellamy nodded. "So he threatened you."

"More or less." She groaned. She purposely left out the part where he touched her and she actually wanted it. "He's an asshole but he saved me once, I owe him my life."

Bellamy understood the respect and awe that glimmered in Monet's eyes. It was the same for him, Doflamingo made him into the man he was today and he was grateful. He would still be if Doflamingo took his arms, he was sure she would be too if he did the same to her. "I'll keep Law from being an idiot."

"Do you love him?" she asked hesitantly.

"Yes, but I also love you and Penguin." He ran his fingers through his short cropped hair.

"It's completely different." She wiggled out of their embrace.

He dropped his arms to his side, dodging her statement skillfully. "I'll see to Law. Don't worry yourself."

"I made him some tea. Make sure he drinks it. This will cancel out two out of three conditions.."

Bellamy's eyes wandered onto the counter. He picked up the steaming cup of tea. "Sure." He muttered.

The door slammed louder than usual. She wondered if Bellamy was angry about Doflamingo's threats or the need to drug Law.

A/N : BAM! Another chapter 8D I actually had trouble writing that flashback in first person, so mind the mistakes I may or may not have made. Thanks for reading guys and I really appreciate the reviews. C:

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