Chapter Eight
To be honest, Law had been surprised of the miniature version of his ally slash rival. A year ago, he found out the boy still had manners of how to eat normally, had no devil fruit abilities and unexpectedly, no kid friends like he had when he was in his age. For someone as friendly, carefree and jolly as Straw Hat, you wouldn't have thought he had zero friends since birth and that he always spend his time with adults. For someone in Straw Hat's caliber, everyone would have thought he had already an army of friends to play with but no... He had none of those when even Law in his age had a whole classroom mates (classmates) as friends and remember, this is Law who we are talking about... Law who dissected a frog had friends while this small ball of sun shine had none. none . none ! (He's just repeating his point.)
Okay, back to the story...
''Luffy-ya?'' Law raised a brow as he watched the boy walked closer to him.
''Play with me!'' Luffy said, puppy eyes on. ''I'm bored so pretty please?''
Law's breathing hitched.
Who. the. fucking. hell. taught. this. kid. THAT?!
He looked around. The other novas were out there within the village, looking for something to do since boredom sucks. Though, Drake and Hawkins were just watching from things from above, not letting a single information get away from their eyes...
He looked back to the small kid in front of him. He was now seeing a pout with the puppy dog eyes. He sighed. Now he probably needed to get on with this and look for other places where no one would see him 'playing'.
Law swore that his 'big bro' feature was rising out of the dept of his mind, where it remained dead for 16 years.
''Let's go somewhere okay?'' Law ushered the boy to some place away from the prying eyes of the Novas.
''Okay,'' he crouched. ''What do you want to play?'' he asked.
They were at the jungle.
The little boy grinned. ''Let's play hide and seek!''
Now Law wondered why the fuck did he agree 'play'ing again... He was the Surgeon of Death dammit!
''... O-okay,'' Law said reluctantly. So much for his scary reputation, for the moment the others will know about this... They'll have a great deal of black mail material against him.
''You're the it, Law!'' then the boy went into hiding, leaving the older male blink in surprise.
That was the first he had heard Monkey D. Luffy call him by his name.
Law let out a teeny tiny small bit of a smile.
He turned and started to count.
''One, two, three...''
''Uh?'' Kid started as he walked towards the direction of the Party's Bar. ''Where's the kid?''
It was Bonney who replied. ''You can find him if you look into the mirror.''
Kid's face became a poker face. ''Funny, Bonney.''
Bonney shrugged. ''Trafalgar is also missing if you haven't noticed.''
Kid scowled. ''He better be not brain washing the kid.''
Apoo whistled. ''When did the great mighty Kid care for a mealsy brat named Straw Hat?''
''Shut it, Scratchmen!'' Kid said.
''Is that true? My, my,'' Law came into sight. On his back was a sleeping scar less kid named Luffy. ''To think you have fallen to Luffy-ya's charm...''
''Where,'' Drake raised a brow, ''have you two been?''
Law shrugged. ''Not obliged to answer. I doubt it's important anyways.''
''Law~'' the boy on the said man's back moaned. ''Hungry!''
''I can feel that the distance between you and the boy became 90% closer,'' Hawkins said. Law stared at him who returned his gaze.
''... It's just your imagination,'' Law said as he moved inside Party's Bar without Makino noticing.
Luffy yawned as he finished his dinner. Makino widened her eyes.
''My, my,'' she giggled, ''seems like someone's tired today!''
Luffy gave her a tired smile. ''Law and I played for hours and I had fun!''
''Law?'' Makino tilted her head. ''Is he your new friend?''
Luffy pouted and thought about it for a moment. Law was there a seat beside him. Yet Makino couldn't see him at all. No one could and a year had already passed. He grinned.
''Secret~!''
He felt the need to keep them by himself.
He watched as Law raised a questioning brow. Luffy chuckled.
My brain... No, my brain! What the hell's it thinking!