The Heart's Pain
Title: The Heart's Pain
Rating: T
Fandom: One Piece
Summary: Law had succumbed to the disease. Corazon had failed and became cold and dark. The Donquixote Pirates gain another member: Doflamingo's biological son whom he decides to name after Law. But this boy seems a bit odd for a boy his age. [Serious Version of Donquixote Law]
Warning(s): Evil Voices; Suicidal Thoughts; F-Word; Attempted Suicide
When Corazon awoke, he was in the med bay with an IV attached to him. There was a small weight on his chest and he managed to glance down to see Law curled up. The boy shifted at the small movement, his expression happy. "Oh ah!"
"He didn't want to sleep," Doflamingo said, leaning against the wall. "He really likes you, Corazon,"
Corazon gently brought a hand up to Law's cheek. The infant grabbed Corazon's large hand and hugged it, giggling. "You should've let me bleed to death," Corazon told Doflamingo.
"You're my brother, Rocinante," Doflamingo said.
"Tch," Corazon didn't believe what the elder Donquixote had said. "You were prepared to kill me back on Minion. You would have too if I wasn't in such a pitiful state,"
Doflamingo bit his tongue and didn't respond. Law crawled closer to Corazon's face, patting his uncle's cheek. "Oh ah!"
"Sounds like he's saying 'Cora' since he's always referring to you when he says that," Doflamingo said.
"He doesn't understand anything," Corazon commented. "He's just a baby,"
"If you're not going to pull another stunt like that, let's go to the dining room for breakfast," Doflamingo said.
"Break…fast?" Corazon blinked, confused. 'Wasn't it just after dinner that I—'
"You were unconscious for hours," Doflamingo informed, picking Law up. "Let's go; he won't eat unless you feed him,"
XXX
Law refused to drink his milk, even when Corazon was feeding him. "You need to drink your milk or you'll go hungry," Corazon said.
Law shook his head. "Oh ah ee!"
"Drink your milk, brat," Corazon still refused to call him Law. 'By calling him that name, I am replacing the real Law,' He tried to get Law to drink again but he refused.
Law grabbed pieces of scrambled eggs from Corazon's plate and tried to feed Corazon, pushing the food to the clown's mouth. "Oh ah ee!"
"I think he's saying 'Cora eat'," Baby 5 said.
"Uh!" Law nodded to her.
"So you won't drink your milk unless Corazon eats his breakfast?" Doflamingo asked.
"Uh!" Law nodded again, this time to his father.
"Corazon, eat your eggs and bacon," Doflamingo ordered.
"Why should he be concerned about whether I eat or not?" Corazon asked. "He's just a kid. He shouldn't even understand what's going on!" 'He shouldn't be able to understand that I am starving myself,'
"Oh ah ee," Law repeated again. "Oh ah ee oo ee!" Despite being a few months old, there was a look of determination in his eyes. He grabbed more eggs and tried to get Corazon to eat more. "Oh ah ee!"
Corazon stared at the child. 'He's worried about me. He wants me to eat. But why?' He stopped the boy's hands. "I'll eat if you drink your milk after,"
"Uh!" Law nodded once more.
Corazon ate the remainder of his eggs and bacon, his stomach finally getting something to digest. He then held the bottle to Law and the boy drank hungrily. Law burped and was handed back to his father, who was grinning smugly. "Now you can't starve yourself, little brother. Law will make sure you stay alive,"
"Behehehe, the kid is smart, Doffy!" Trebol laughed.
"Of course he is," Doflamingo boasted. "It's Donquixote Blood,"
Corazon had forgotten all about the executives. 'Had they really been this silent all this time!?' It was quite ironic since he was the one with the Calm-Calm Fruit.
XXX
After breakfast was playtime. Doflamingo had bought many toys for his adorable son. They were playing in the living room, the toys scattered across the floor. Law seemed to love the giant polar bear stuffed animal the most. The toy was almost as tall as Doflamingo and Corazon, and the fur was really soft and fluffy. He hugged it tightly, making sounds of delight.
"Try your other toys too, Law," Doflamingo held up a bendy ball. "You can play with this too. You can squeeze it, roll it, grasp it, or bend it,"
Doflamingo gently rolled the ball to his son. Law released the bear and curiously picked the other toy up. He turned the ball in his hands before throwing it at Doflamingo's face, giggling in joy. Doflamingo chuckled. "Law, don't throw your toys at people like that,"
Law went to his pile of colorful soft fabric blocks. Doflamingo had bought multiple block of each color so that Law could create pictures. Of course they didn't expect a five month old baby to know how to make figures yet. However, Law carefully placed blocks on the floor of the living room. He had a plan on what he wanted to build, unlike most babies that would just place them randomly.
"What's he making?" Four year old Dellinger asked.
"It looks like a person," Baby 5 commented.
Don't ask how many blocks Law had or how large the living room was. It was big enough for the baby to create a picture of a boy. After it was assembled, Law looked to his family with a grin. "Ah-ah!" They all gasped, realizing who the boy in the picture was.
"How does Law know how other Law looks like-dasuyan?" Buffalo questioned.
"Someone should call Corazon," Doflamingo said. "He might want to see this,"
XXX
"Law isn't gone,"
Those words echoed in Corazon's mind. "What did Mother and Father mean by that? Law died!" He paced around his room, frustrated about not understanding the meaning of those words. "I couldn't save him! He succumbed to his disease!"
'DAMN IT!' Corazon punched the wall and tugged at his hood's heart-shaped tassels. 'What were they saying by those three words!?'
"Cora-san!" Baby 5 knocked on the clown's door. "Cora-san, come to the living room!"
'What's gotten Baby 5 worked up?' Corazon decided that whatever it was, it might help to get his mind off of Trafalgar Law.
XXX
Corazon stared at the picture. "Do you think this is some kind of ****ing joke?"
"Law actually made this picture," Doflamingo said, holding his son to Corazon.
"Oh ah un aw!" Law said in his baby talk.
"Do you think I'm stupid?" Corazon rose his voice, glaring at his brother angrily. "Your son is a baby! There's no ****ing way he'd know how Law looks like! Hell, he's still too young to be able to fully comprehend situations!"
"But we watched him move the blocks around," Gladius said. "Young Master's son made that picture,"
"He's a baby!" Corazon snapped before turning and heading to the deck for some fresh air.
'You were imagining things. Law really is dead!'
'There's no way Law could be alive,' Corazon stared at the gentle waves of the sea.
'Jump!'
Corazon climbed over the railing.
"Oh ah?" Law and the others had followed Corazon to the deck.
"Corazon don't do anything stupid!" Doflamingo shouted.
'JUMP!'
That's exactly what he did. "OH AH!" Before Corazon made contact with the sea, there was a large transparent blue sphere that formed. He suddenly found himself falling towards the deck, in front of the others. Everyone was staring at Law, the blue sphere having been formed from the baby's hands.
"What just happened?"
Yes…more angst…
WHY AM I ABLE TO WRITE ANGSTY STORIES THIS WELL!? IT'S A CURSE!