Chapter 2: Getting Over and Questions
Luffy walked back to the apartment complex where he and his now decided ex lived.
Luffy's POV
I was shocked to know that Green Eyes's apartment was actually a place for him to die in if he didn't get a heart transplant soon. Plus he's also a resident there because of the special conditions that demanded for him to stay there and not live out like a normal person or be bed ridden in a hospital room.
But with all that aside I still wanted to get out of the apartment that was stained with memories that I thought were good. They still are, but I don't really know if those two were doing it that one night, or were doing it for some time. And if memory serves me right, it seems it's been going on for a bit if my best friend knew exactly how to do that kind of thing… traitor…
I knew what I have to do. It won't be easy, but the emotions will have to come later after I vent this out.
I went up to the door and knocked on the door… and I'm ready.
Luffy's POV: End
The door opened to reveal a young man of twenty-seven with a long, thin body, well managed blonde shiny hair with a lock of it covering the left eye, and his visible eye showing an ocean blue iris color and an unique curl of his eye brow.
"Luffy! List-"
Luffy didn't give the other time to finish as he punched the other in the face. "Save it! You asshole!" He said as he stomped in to get another punch into the other's gut. While the other was down, he went to the bedroom that the man occupied, opened the closet and took out the neat, tux-like clothes, and stomped back out to see the man regaining himself.
"Luffy! If you just give me a minute!"
"Oh! A minute!? Sure! I'll give you a minute! WHEN YOUR LYING, FRIEND FUCKING DICK IS OUT OF HERE!" He called out as he shoved the clothes out the still open door.
"Luffy! Just hear me out!"
"Oh I heard you! I heard you loud enough that night!" Luffy bitterly snapped as he roughly shoved the man to grab more of the man's supposed belongings and throwing them out the door.
"Would you stop!" Sanji said as he grabbed the other's arm.
Luffy just glared at the man. "Get your fucking hand off of me." He said quietly in a low tone.
"Luffy… what happened the other night…"
"I ran to a bar and was close to being lead to a rape victim… Where were you?"
"I tried calling you."
"I. Was. Drunk. Asshole." He pulled his arm from the other's grasp. "I want you out of this apartment and out of my life. It's over!"
Sanji just stood there, shocked to see the other like this. "Just give me another chance…"
"You wanna know something? I was ready to go to the next step that night!" He said as he found another item that belonged to the other. "But I find you already doing that with someone close to me!" He threw the item at the man, earning a small cut a little above the brow. "Now get out!"
"Luffy…"
"You don't love me anymore! I get it!"
"It's not like that…"
"Then tell me what it is! I don't know if I can take what you say seriously anymore!" He could feel himself breaking, but he can't yet! "You don't love me anymore! I don't even think you're able to commit after flirting with practically every woman in this city! But Usopp!?"
"I know what it looks like…"
"No… Sanji… You don't…" He took a deep breath as he looked straight into the visible blue eye of his ex. "I've put my heart out for you for five years… It's clear you never took yours out genuinely like I did. I'm giving you five minutes to take your shit and get out of my sight!" He turned as he walked into his own room and locked the door.
(*)
He waited five minutes before walking out, seeing the front door closed and the spare room in slight disarray from his actions earlier and felt a weight lifted off of his shoulders as he started to cry freely.
(*)
After two hours of waterworks, he got the paper that was on the table earlier and looked up possible apartment openings when the phone rang. He ignored it as he continued to look after it rang five times.
"Oi! It's Green Eyes! I know you're there by now!"
He looked up from the paper before dashing to the phone. "H-Hello?"
"Oi! You did what I told you to?"
"Y-Yeah, I did. How did you get this number?"
"You left your cell here baka."
"Oh…"
"What are you doing now?"
"Looking up apartments…"
"Good. Come by later if you can, I really don't want to keep your stupid cell."
"Okay… thanks again by the way."
"Save it… It was nothing to be grateful for."
"I'm thanking you anyways."
There wasn't a response from the other line for a few minutes before the silence was broken.
"Just get your crap cell and get yourself back together." With that, silence followed.
"Jerk…" He said as he placed the phone down as well, but didn't lift his hand up from it.
He thought about what the other has done for him, the isolation the other must've gone through, even remembered the heavy atmosphere in that dull, life-less room.
"But a nice guy…" He said as he looked at the paper and went back to look through it.
_/\/\/\/\/\_
A week went by and Luffy didn't bother going back to the other apartment to get his cell back. In fact, he wanted the other to call back about it, just wanting to hear the other's voice on the line. While he did wait, he had been busy selling stuff that he won't need or getting rid of memories while keeping the things that he would need in the next apartment, which he hasn't found yet.
He had been getting calls from his lesbian friend, Nami, who had heard from Usopp about what happened. Like him, she hasn't spoken to either of the two men who had broken his heart and trust.
At first she tried his cell, which then led to the apartment phone because she kept getting a different man's voice on the cell. When he explained what happened, she asked why not get his cell, which he simply responded that he didn't feel like he should get it right away.
She offered to go get his cell if he was busy, but he quickly told her that he will get it soon.
Another week went by before the apartment phone went off.
"Hello? Luffy speaking."
"What the hell."
"Hey Green Eyes!"
"It's been two weeks! When are you getting your damn cell!?"
"I'm surprised the battery even lasted this long."
"Not funny baka. I didn't want the battery waste if you're going to make a call once you get it."
"Nice and thoughtful."
"Shut up."
"Well, I'm currently selling stuff that I don't want."
"Like I care."
"And I got a few apartments in mind to move into."
"Yeah…"
"I have to wait to know what I really want."
"What's your point?"
"You're the one who called me."
"That's because you don't even have my number."
"And you're using my cell so I wouldn't get the caller I.D."
"Technology is a scary but wonderful thing."
"Yeah, especially since you got my cell."
"I'm not the idiot who left it."
"I thought it was in my pocket."
"Yeah, like cells could be washed and still work."
"Now you're just making fun of me."
"No, I'm calling you a moron."
"And you're such a jerk!"
"Rather be that than a moron."
Luffy sighed harshly so it could be heard. "Well! Just so you know, you maybe a jerk, but I know your other side."
"You were a pathetic mess! Of course I have to do something."
"In a bar? You could've just left me there."
"I would if I didn't know what those sick bastards had in mind."
"And for that I owe you."
"You don't owe me anything."
"I do, like it or not."
He heard the other sigh. "You don't take 'no' for an answer easily, do you?"
"Saying 'no' most of the time and you miss out. Saying 'no' some of the time, you better have a good reason."
"That a saying?"
"I just made it up on the spot."
"I'll give you points for originality."
Luffy giggled.
"So… When are you getting your damn cell?"
"When I move into my new place."
"You can't be serious…"
"I am."
"You don't sound serious."
"Hey!"
"I have an appointment to get to."
"Okay, talk to you later!"
"I was hoping I wouldn't."
"Jerk!"
"Whatever…"
With that they hung up.
He sighed as he placed the phone back to its cradle. "Thanks for calling Green Eyes." He smiled. "It made my day."
_/\/\/\/\/\_
It had been a whole month since then and he sighed when he placed the last box down.
"Yosh! Finished!" He said as he saw boxes in his new apartment. It was a bit rough trying to find one, but he managed to get a good one just blocks away from the hospital, which was close to the one apartment where he would go drop by for a visit really soon.
After quickly cleaning himself off, he walked out and headed to the said apartment complex.
(*)
When he arrived, he asked for the land lord doctor, who then told him which room the man was staying in. He went up and knocked on the door, which only took a minute before the door opened to see the man, shirtless, showing a really old scar, and the absence of the bandana showed off the short, light green hair.
"Hi Green Eyes!"
"Hey…Here for your cell finally?"
"That, and I want to say 'hi'."
The man sighed and stepped aside. "Come on in."
Luffy did and saw that the room was just the exact same dull, life-less room as he last saw it.
"I take it you moved into your new apartment." He said as he grabbed the cell from a clear bowl with some coins and a few keys. "Here." He said as he threw the cell to the other, who caught it almost dropping it.
"My place is just a few blocks from the hospital…"
"Okay…"
"So… I may drop by more."
The man sighed. "Great…" The man sighed as he rubbed his temple. "I do one good thing and this is what I get…"
"I'll try not to bother you."
"You're doing a poor job already."
"At least I'm not rooming with you."
"It would be impossible anyway."
"I didn't call you an hour every day."
"Possibly the only good thing you did."
"Come on Green Eyes! What's wrong with being friends? I'll even settle for being just acquaintances!"
"No, you wouldn't. You like companionship, I don't."
"Because you're in a place like this?"
"That's not it."
"Because there's a chance for you to die tomorrow?"
The man didn't respond.
"I may not know a lot of things… but I'm certainly not an idiot."
"Yes you are… You're just a different kind of idiot."
"Then you're an idiot too."
The two stared off at each other before Luffy sighed.
"Fine…" He said as he turned to walk out of the door. "But don't think this is the last time you see me. Nice scar by the way." He finalized as he closed the door and walked out to the hall.
Green Eyes just stared at the door and sighed in annoyance. "Damn it…"
_/\/\/\/\/\_
A week went by and the man was in the hospital for a checkup from his land lord, or land lady but he never refer her to that.
"How's that friend of yours?"
"He's an idiot, not a friend."
"Fine, how's your idiot then?"
"Three times a week, a few Sunday visits, and calls me after the hours of my appointments."
"So, if you were to walk out of this room now, I would expect a cell going off?"
"The idiot found my number."
"Want to move to another room then? I am your land lady after all."
"Tempting…"
She smiled. "I see…"
"It's not like that!"
"Oh? How disappointing."
"Are you sure you're a doctor?"
She was holding one of the large popsicle. "What was that?"
"I'm going…" He said as he walks out of the clinic room, only to see the familiar free style ebony hair.
"Green Eyes!" Luffy said happily.
"Why?"
"Well! I got off of work early and decided to see how you were and thought we should walk in the park."
The man sighed as he put his jacket on. "Fine, I needed to get out for a bit anyway."
"Great!" He said happily as they walked side by side.
(*)
"Remind me again, what is it exactly do you do?"
"I help out at a daycare for troubled kids."
"That's right... Got a degree dealing with troubled kids?"
"Something like that."
"Sounds tiring."
"I got a lot of energy."
"I've noticed."
"What about you? Surely you have to have something to do besides being in your apartment room all day."
"I do have a job mind you."
"What is it then? You never told me."
"You're stalking me enough as it is."
"I'm not stalking. If I was you wouldn't know I'm here!"
"I didn't expect you to see you after my appointment."
"Your neighbors were nice enough to tell me that you did."
He sighed as he shook his head. "What is it this time?"
"Huh?"
"There has to be a reason why the hell you're waiting for me."
"Trying to be friends with you."
"You're wasting your time."
"You say that, but I see it differently."
"If I didn't have this condition you would be a dead man by now."
"That's what you said three days ago. So, what do you do?"
"You never let go do you?"
"Only if it's not worth it."
Zoro leaned his head back and sighed. "You're so annoying!"
"And you trained yourself to have a monotone, which is kinda weird but I'm willing to deal with anything you throw at me."
He sighed as he realized that the other wouldn't leave him be until he answers his questions. "If I answer all your stupid questions, would you get off my back?"
"Depends on the response."
"For a simple idiot you like to make things complicated for others."
"It's a gift." He said with a grin.
"Cheeky bastard."
He stuck out his tongue.
"Oh that's mature."
"What do you do?"
He sighed as he started responding. "I donate blood for Dr. K in exchange for money for basic necesities. I don't get out of my way for new clothes, and the only things I really need is food and personal hygene stuff."
"What blood type are you?"
"AB positive."
"So am I!"
"Good to know."
"How long have you had this illness?"
He sighed. "It happens to the males in my family, which all are dead if you're wondering, and I got into an accident which just brought the cause up sooner then expected. This illness isn't fully apparent until I'm in my mid to late thirties. But like I said, it came to me sooner than expected."
"The accident... Is that where you got your scar?"
He nodded. "Yeah, I was riding my motorcycle, being an idiot and went too fast into a closed up construction site." He paused as he took out a white pill and swallowed it dry. "I wasn't suppose to live from that, but I did and now I can't do anything worthwhile."
"That must be horrible..."
He shrugged. "After the first two years it become routine."
Luffy stopped walking, making the other stop. "How long has this been going on?"
The man looked at the other as he sighed and looked away and stared at something that wasn't there. "Ten years at the most."
Luffy was amazed. "You lived like that for ten whole years?"
"Yeah..." He said as he took a lungful of air before sighing it out. "Any more questions?"
"Not at the moment..."
"Okay..." He said as they started their way out of the park. "This was okay."
"Huh?"
"This walk... It was okay."
Luffy smiled and nodded. "Yep! I learned a bit more about you."
"You really didn't give me much of a choice." He said as he grinned. "Now it will be my turn to ask you questions the next time we meet."
"Sounds fair. I guess I'll see you later then."
"Not too soon."
"Hey!"
"Night Luffy."
"Night Green Eyes!" He called as he was about to quickly leave when he heard the other call him again.
"Oi!"
He looked, only to have his cheek being pinched and pulled before being released. "Ow! What was that for!?"
"The next time I answer a personal question, don't give me that face."
Luffy blinked before realizing what he meant and nodded. "Done. Ow..."
"You know where to find me."
"Yep." He said as he walked away. "Jerk..."