A.N. *scratches her cheek* I'm starting two chapters at once as I have more stuff planned for this chapter then for the one before this one… Of course you will see this as sixth chapter, but I'm writing this before the fifth…

So I suffocate as I think about life without you,

But everything stays the same - I can't fight for you,

'Cause I don't have what it takes to win for you,

But maybe I'm just afraid of having you?

Maybe it's just an excuse to stay away from you…

Luffy's POV

I looked at the closed door Law just left through, my heart felt like it was stabbed then thrown from twentieth floor then stabbed several more times and left to die… Tears rolled my cheeks nonstop as I recalled every word Traffy said 'We should end this game, I'm tired of it'; he doesn't mean it, does he…? I don't doubt his love for me, I know it's real, but why did he have to say those words? '…maybe something could change…' Is it true? Did our relationship didn't move at all?

No, it did, Law became different during our time together, he started smiling more, he started showing gentleness to other people, not just me. He even started sharing his problems with me… Why did all of that suddenly changed? Why did he suddenly start acting like in old times? Like before he met me…?

All of my thoughts suddenly disappeared as the pain in my heart became bigger, I tried to stand up, but collapsed as my knees became weak. 'Let's break up' why did he have to say something like that…? I tried standing up again and this time succeeded with the help of a nearby wall. I wobbled to the living room and before collapsing on the carpet took my phone, through my teary eyes I dialed Ace number. After several rings he answered his phone. "I swear if it's something funny again…"

I heard a faint voice of Ace's lover; I'm probably interrupting something. "Ace…?"

"Lu? Lu?! Why is your voice like that?!"

I sniffed and tried to wipe the tears from my eyes and cleared my throat. "Law… Law…"

"What did Law do?!"

The voice of my brother was really furious. "Law broke up… broke up with me…"

I heard Ace clench his teeth. "I'm coming over, where are you?"

A small sob escaped my lips as I thought where I am. "At our apartment…"

"I will be there in fifteen minutes."

The phone went silent and I let it slip from my hands, I closed my eyes hoping that the tears will stop falling, but they didn't, they just kept falling nonstop. Why did Traffy choose that? We could have worked it out, we always did… Why did he take it all on himself? A small sob escaped my lips; why we just couldn't talk about whatever was bothering him…? A louder sob came out of me; I want him by my side, I want his hands wrap around me and I want to hear him telling me that everything is going to be fine.

I want this day to be erased, to once again start a day in his embrace, put a small kiss on his lips and wake him up… Suddenly it felt like a hand took my heart and squeezed every drop of life it still had in it; I don't want this to be real… I put my hands on my eyes and tried wiping the tears off, this time I also was unsuccessful and only more sobs came out of me. My throat started to feel dry and cranky, but I just couldn't stop, I knew I need to find a tissue to wipe my face, but I just couldn't find the strength to do that.

So I continued lying there with tears flooding me and sobbing so much that my voice couldn't take it anymore and my sob became inaudible. When gentle arms picked me up and put me on the sofa I didn't even open my eyes, I knew it was Ace, it couldn't be anyone else. When I was offered a tissue I took with gratitude – I bet I look awful… When I was sure my face at least wasn't soaked in my tears and snot I looked at my brother.

Ace's teeth were clenched and his stance screamed that he was furious. "I just hope that fucker is worse than you."

A lone last tear rolled down my cheek, but I didn't wipe it off. "I…" I took a breath; my voice was itchy and it kind of hurt to talk. "I know he really doesn't want this…"

Ace gritted his teeth. "Well everything seems like a great prof to that. Do you know how bad you look? I could hear your sobs from behind the door!" Ace's voice became angrier and angrier.

"He thinks…" I blew my nose. "He thinks that this will be better for me, he always kept repeating how he doesn't deserve me, how I could have someone better than him…"

Ace sat at the armchair next to the sofa. "That's the reason he broke up with you?! Instead of trying to be a man he would consider being worthy of you he runs away?! Does he understand how much it hurts you?!"

"Ace don't talk like that…"

"But it's the truth! He's a selfish bastard and that the end of it! Maybe you really should forget hi…"

"Ace." The tone I used was something I did rarely, it was harsh and angry. "You will stop spouting that nonsense right now, I don't think you would like anyone telling you that Smoker doesn't suit you because he's fourteen years older than you."

"But that's not the sa…"

Ace met my cold angry eyes and stopped talking. "It is the same. I can't forget him, I love him to deeply, so you won't be talking about me forgetting him."

Ace stared at me, but after several moments gave in. "Fine, you won't leave everything alone, will you?"

I shook my head and lied down on the sofa, my heart started throbbing once again; we had spent so much time together on this sofa… "No…" I felt tears coming back to me, but I tried gulping them down. "We still work together, I'm sure that once he sees me, he will understand that braking up isn't an opinion…"

"What if he doesn't?"

The terrible feeling of being alone while floating in nothingness threated to overtake me. "He will, he has too…"

I hear Ace standing. "Do you know where he might be?"

I turned around to face the backrest of the sofa. "He didn't look good when he left, he's probably at the hotel at the other side of the street."

I felt a blanket land on my shoulders. "Then I will talk with him and come back here, I will order some food and we will eat, is that alright?" Instead of answering I just closed my eyes; I want to forget this awful event, I want for it to disappear… A small sigh came from my brother lips. "You take a nap then."

Ace's footsteps became fainter. "Ace?"

"Yea?"

"Don't hurt him."

Ace didn't answer as he left; I hope he does what I asked for…

A.N. Ta-da, second chapter in a day! ^-^ I know I'm kind of a shithead for doing all of this (the pain, pain and some more pain thing), but I still hope some of you find this fic interesting… (I have no idea why I felt like saying that… *sigh*)