A/N: Sorry for the delay, I had a little bit of writes block, plus I was busy with work. Now than...

Disclaimer: If I had a dime for every time I said "I don't own one piece."

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Flashback

After Sabo's incident Luffy had fell in a slump. The Incident went on the news, for all to see; "Bestselling Author gets in a car accident". When his friends had heard about it, they were at complete shock. When Koala heard about she fell in tears. Had her friend really been in that accident, and now he lays in the hospital unconscious. She was unable to finish the novel, but really how could she. Sabo's publisher had heard about it, and extended the date for the book to be due to October 25th.

It was hard for Luffy to get out of his slump. He wouldn't eat, it wasn't easy for easy to fall asleep. The same horrible, horrible memory just awful memory replaying in his mind. He would also skip school days, and his friends were really worried. They were supposed to take the finals in two weeks and they didn't want Luffy to fail. Ace was also worried about Luffy; the guy would barely crack a smile. Not seeing Luffy smile for a long time made Ace's heart saddened. He needed him to return to his normal happy self. But how could he? Luffy had barely known Sabo but he felt at fault, everything was his fault. Maybe accidentally bumping into him was a mistake.

Still, Luffy had managed to get out of his slump state, with the help of his friends and brother of course. They needed to assure Luffy that Sabo was definitely not going to die in his sleep. That he was certainly going to wake; every word had to sound promising. Every time they would talk, Luffy started having hope. Sabo was undoubtedly going to awake, Luffy found promising himself.

Finally get out of his slumped state, the first thing Luffy had on his mind been to study. Yeah, this is surprising but the finals were less than a week away. He surely didn't want to repeat some classes with teachers he didn't like. So day by day, he and his brother would head to library and start reviewing some questions that might be on the finals.

This was really surprising for Luffy; seriously he didn't know if this was a joke or not. He had managed to get above a 79 percent on his finals. Heck he even got a 91 percent on his statistics finals. Was someone playing a joke on him was this really his paper; maybe they made a mistake. Luffy was unable to control his happiness, he told his friends about it, he told Ace. They were all so happy for him, now they could all graduate together. Well except Usopp, no I'm just kidding.

After graduation he made it a common routine to visit Sabo in the hospital, to make sure he is alright. It took him by surprise when he saw Koala coming out of the room last time he visited. Koala noticed him staring at her, and she gave him a soft smile. Then they later introduced themselves. It was surprising for Luffy to know that Koala was Sabo's assistant writer.

July 5, 1524

Luffy sat on the chair, beside the still unconscious Sabo, with a small smile on his face. He made him happy that Sabo was still intact, and his heart was still functional. Luffy, without hesitation, had grabbed Sabo's right hand, and looked at his closed eyes.

"You'll wake up, right?"

The door suddenly opened, and Luffy quickly at let go of his hand. Standing at the door way was Penguin, and he was surprised to see Luffy sitting there.

"Oh, hey Penguin," Luffy gave him a little wave.

Penguin was a nurse who worked for Law. Usually when Law doing an operation, it was Shachi who came to fill in, but he was assisting Law with the operation.

"Hey, Luffy, nice seeing you here," Penguin said walking over to box of gloves on the table.

"Are you going to move him around," Luffy took a quick glance at Sabo.

When treating a patient in a coma, you always had to move them around so they won't get bedsores.

"Yeah," Penguin put on the blue latex gloves on both his hand, before walking over to Sabo.

Penguin laid both his hands on Sabo and a soft groan filled the room. Luffy quickly leaned his ears closer to Sabo, did that groan just come from him. Then he saw it, Sabo's hand slowly balling into a fist. Luffy clasped his hands together and stared pleadingly at Sabo, please wake up... just open your eyes.

The anticipation was getting to Penguin as well. Being able to see a patient wake up from a coma was like them getting a second chance to live, it was surely a miracle.

"C'mon, open your eyes," Penguin stared closely at Sabo's face.

"Huh," the small sound had come from Sabo.

Then it happened, Sabo's eyes slowly began to flutter open. Both Luffy and Penguin couldn't stop the smile that was appearing on their face.

Sabo's eyes were fully open, but something seemed off, for him that is. Half of the room was just really blurry; the other half was just plain to see. He quickly sat up from the bed, something was wrong with him.

"Hey don't sit up so quickly," Penguin put a hand on Sabo's left shoulder.

Sabo turned to look at Penguin, even part of him was just a fog. He slowly lifted up his right hand; even he was just a blur.

Luffy looked at Sabo with worried eyes, he was starting to think that something was going on. He quickly surveyed Sabo from head to toe; everything looked fine, except for the bandages that were on his body.

"Is something the matter," Luffy asked with concern.

Sabo was a little surprised to see Luffy at the other side of the bed, how come he never noticed him before.

"Every thing looks blurry... just half of the room," he slowly spoke "the other half I can see."

Penguin has been working as a nurse as long as he can remember, and this description sounded so familiar to him. He knew it had a name, and he dubbed Sabo of having it. Not wanting to jump into conclusions, he told Sabo that he needed to be examined and Sabo agreed to it. Penguin gave an apologetic look to Luffy, Luffy had to leave the room for now, he could only come back in when the examination was fully over. As Luffy exited the room, Law had walked in.

Luffy put his ears next to the closed doors, eager to know what was going on. He knew that this was a conversation about Sabo. Everything sounded so muffled; the only thing that was heard clearly was Sabo having hemianopsia.

Is that why he couldn't see half the room

A tear slowly fell to Luffy's eyes, was Sabo going to be alright. He quickly wiped his tears away, he had to be. He waking up was surely a good thing, so everything had to be fine.

It had then occurred to Luffy, that he was the only one that knew of Sabo awakening. He wanted to tell his friends first, but he knew Koala should be the first to know. The two are close friends so it only makes sense.

"Luffy?" Koala said with uncertainty in her voice.

"Yeah, it's me, this is about Sabo," Luffy said through the phone.

"Is everything ok," Koala sounded concerned

Luffy didn't say anything for a good five seconds before speaking, "More or less, he is however awake."

"He is?" Koala asked confusedly but happy.

Luffy could hear the happiness in her voice, "Yes he is," he smiled to himself.

"I'm coming to see myself," Koala said. Before Luffy could say anything else she had hanged up the phone.

It didn't take that long for Koala to arrive at the hospital, she looked as if she had fallen on some dirt. There were flower petals on her hair.

"Are you alright," Luffy asked as he took a rose petal off her shoulders.

"Yeah, I was helping a friend of mine with her store garden," Koala said patting the dirt off her, "Is Sabo okay?"

"Yeah, but there seems to be something wrong with him," Luffy gestures to the door. "We can't go inside until they are done examining him."

Koala gave Luffy a small smile, "its okay I could wait."

"Okay, but I have to go now," Luffy said nervously. He really didn't know why he said this, he had nowhere to be.

Koala had said goodbye before watching Luffy leave. She started at the room Sabo was in, than at Luffy. She couldn't help the smile that forming on her face, it was as if she knew something was going to happen.

Ace place had on the cue stick, the index finger on top of the stick; he moved it back and forth steadily. He was planning to hit the 8 ball in the hole, one last shot and he would. He moved it back one last time; he was going to hit it now. Going for the ball, his cell suddenly started to ring. Startled he had hit the ball, as if his hand was out of control.

"Hey, Luffy," Ace said a bit saddened, his eyes were focused on the 8-ball.

"What are you doing," Luffy asked with curiosity. He could hear a small rumbling in the back ground, and small chuckles.

"I'm just playing pool at Thatch's house," Ace's voice sounded a bit sullen now. He wasn't able to put the eight ball in, now it was Marco's turn.

"Is anything the matter?" He asked paying full attention to Luffy.

There was a 5 second silence, and Ace was truly worried. Luffy had started off saying "I" but then stopped. He decided to get to the point.

"He woke up," Luffy said sounding depressed.

Before Ace could say something, Luffy had already hung up. All he could hear was the long vibrating sound coming from the phone. His mind raced back to what Luffy had said...

He woke up

The same thing repeating, for at least 5 times, it had occurred to him that he was talking about Sabo.

"What's the matter?" Thatch asked putting a hand on Ace's shoulders

"I-I got to go," Ace said rushing out of Thatch's house.

In all honesty, Ace was glad that Sabo woke up but he was worried about Luffy. Before Luffy had hung up he had heard silent sobs coming from Luffy. There was something Luffy didn't tell him, and it annoyed him. Did Luffy think he wouldn't be able to understand him?

Ace now stood at the gates of the "Water 7 Park". This was the first place he thought of coming. As a child Luffy would always hide himself inside of the slide when he was troubled. He still did, he did it 2 years ago when Ace told him, he was going to a University in Another State.

Ace approached the huge yellow slide and glanced up, there he saw Luffy. His head put down, nothing was said from him, he just fiddled with his fingers. The youngsters would take a brief look at him before going down the slide.

Luffy was unaware that Ace stood behind him; he let out a heavy sigh. The next thing he knew a fist landed on Luffy's head, he flinched.

"What the Hell," Luffy said his voice chaning from sad to angry.

"Don't talk to me like that," Ace gave him a slap on his head, "What's the matter with you?" he asked with full concern.

Ace sat down next to Luffy, he was all ears. He wanted to help the best he could. Luffy stared at his shoes before telling him the whole story. A tear had dropped down from his eyes, he quickly wiped it away.

Nothing was said after what Luffy had said. They both just sat there; the sounds of the children's laughter, dog barks, and all other noises began fading away. No words were said, but an action was made. Luffy was surprised from the Hug Ace had gave him. He pulled back to see Luffy's face filled with tears, he wiped a small tear at the corner of his eyes with his fingers. Ace's face was nothing of saddness, a reassuring smile was placed on his face.

"It's not your fault," Ace said clearly looking into Luffy's eyes. He then pulled him back to a hug allowing Luffy to sob all over his shoulders. He plenty of shirts any way, and if he didn't he could always walk around shirtless.

"You okay?" Ace asked rubbing Luffy's back.

Luffy gave him his famous wide grin, "It feels good to let it all out."

It had been forever since Ace has seen Luffy's wide grin. Seeing it was enough to make him smile as well.

"Are you going to tell your friends?" Ace asked as he got up to stretch.

"Yes, I can't leave them in the dust," Luffy said quickly going down the slide, leaving Ace in his dust.

"HEY!" Ace yelled as he went down the slide as well.

Vivi had just finished her conversation with Nami. She had just come out of the 'The Lobby Mall' with bags filled with clothes and shoes that cost a fortune. At least she'd have something to wear for at least a week.

Vivi could see the Hospital, which Sabo stayed in, from the other side of town.

Maybe I could pay a visit, she thought as she put her bags in the trunk of her car. Unexpectedly, her phone had ringed when she got in the driver's seat.

"Hey Luffy," she said.

"Vivi, I have some news to tell you," Luffy said hesitantly.

By the sound of Luffy's voice she could tell that the news wasn't going to be all that good. She felt herself have a small headache, remembering most of the bad news her older sister would tell her. She never liked bad news, it always resulted her in crying.

"Yeah," she let out a sigh, "what is it?"

"The thing is Sabo woke," luffy let out a nervous chuckle before saying anything else, ", but"

There was always a 'but' and that never meant something good.

There was a bit of silence before Luffy said anything," he lost half of his vision."

"WHAT?!" Vivi didn't really expect herself to scream like that.

"Yes," Luffy said surprised from the scream as well, "you're the fifth one I told so far."

"Well, would the others like to meet at the hospital and say 'hi'?" Vivi asked even though she was already planning to.

"Let me ask them," Luffy said quickly hanging up the phone.

It didn't take long for Luffy to contact those he had called; he just rather texted them, it was much easier.

Vivi had received a message from Luffy saying that only Zoro and Camie could come. The rest of them had work that needed to be done. She picked up her phone and texted him back.

To: PirateKingLuffy

From: PrincessMissWednesday

- Ok, than, I'll be heading towards the hospital.

Vivi started the engines of her car and started driving towards the hospital; her phone made two beeps, she took a quick glance to it, then to the road in front of her. The notification read:

From: PirateKingLuffy

- See you there, than.

Koala has been waiting out the door for about 30 minutes. Who knew having an exam could take this long. She seriously thought about leaving, but she came here to see if her friend was doing alright.

The door quickly opened and Koala had got up from the floor.

"Ok, Luf-," Penguin paused before he could say anything more. He was honestly surprised to see Koala standing in front of him. "Sorry, I thought you were someone else."

"It's ok," Koala said giving him a soft smile.

Penguin let out a little chuckle, "Well, it's just that I'm used to seeing Luffy here all the time, it's surprising to see that he left."

Koala's eyes widened at this.

Luffy comes here most of the time?

A part of her was surprised, was Luffy this close to Sabo. Another part of her was happy, happy to tell Sabo that he didn't have to stay in the hospital alone for these three months.

"Would you like to come in?" Penguin asked gesturing to the inside of the room.

Koala nodded her head before answering. Law and Penguin had left the room to attend to a newly injured patient.

"Oh, hey, Koala," Sabo said with that much excitement.

Koala furrowed her brows, "What you're not happy to see your best friend?"

"It's not that," he shook his head slowly, "it's just, my career..."

Sabo didn't really have to say much, Koala already knew where this was heading to.

"It's ok, I got an extension from Inazuma," Koala said giving him a smile, "It's supposed to be due on October now."

"I guess," Sabo said faking a smile. With half sight could he possibly be able to finish his novel in 3 months time?

In all honesty, Koala really hated seeing Sabo all sullen. She found it rather cute how he portrayed his emotions, but a sad Sabo made her sad as well. She didn't like it when her friends were depressed; it made her worry more about them.

"C'mon don't be sad, you've been giving a second chance to life," Koala lightly punched his arm; she was trying to cheer him up.

Sabo gave a light chuckle, "Can't believe I slept here for months, all alone."

"Well, not completely," she smiled wider, Sabo gave her a confused look, "Penguin told me that Luffy would visit you most of the time every month."

Sabo's mind quickly flashed back to the moment he had collided with Luffy. He really couldn't understand why he was blushing. So, Luffy had decided to visit him, what was the big deal? Before Sabo could say anything the door had opened, completely.

Speak of the devil; standing at the door way was Luffy, along with Vivi, Zoro and Camie.

Koala felt as if this was her signal to leave. When Luffy had walked in she could sense the uneasiness that Sabo was feeling.

"Well, look at the time, I got to go."

"Koala, wa-" Sabo had tried to call out to her but she was already out of the hospital.

Sabo let out a heavy sigh, before turning to the four visitors at the door. Technically, it was one and a half. It was clear to see that half was Luffy. He was standing next to a girl with short green hair, a yellow shirt with a pink star on it, and wore a pink skirt. This was just too weird for Sabo, getting visitors from people he didn't know, especially Luffy. He just being here was enough to make him feel uncertainty, in the inside.

Before he knew it, Luffy and the girl started to approach him. He heard more footsteps than what was needed. He scanned around the room and spotted two more people approaching him. A female with long blue hair, and a male with short green hair, and a small cut that ran down his left eye. His eye, the one good one, slowly turned his attention to Luffy. This time he was able to see him in whole, he felt himself shiver.

Sabo's eyes directed itself to Luffy's big brown eyes. There was something about his eyes that made him want to get up and hug him. They were filled with so many emotions, but the ones that were clear to see were hope, forgiveness, and, there was one more thing but it was hard for Sabo to pick.

Sabo opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out at first. He tried again, but the only thing that came out was the three letter word,"Hey."

He said as if he was meeting up with someone again. It was as if they were having a reunion, and for some reason, Sabo liked it. His uncertainty was starting to go away.

Why was it even there before?

Luffy introduced Sabo to his friends. Although he wasn't able to see them he could tell who they were by their voice. Zoro was the first to ask about his sight. Most people would find it unconformable to talk about these things, and it was. Sabo really wasn't used to all this yet; he wasn't sure how he was going to continue on with his career. Maybe he would have to end it. Can it even be possible to write if you are half blind?

Vivi elbowed Zoro's side hard. She gave him a stern look that was to say 'don't ask him that'.

"It's alright," Sabo said giving a smile, "I'm half blind."

Luffy looked at Sabo with concern, he could behind the smile that was plastered on Sabo's face. He knew it wasn't his true smile; it was a fake.

Sabo knew that Luffy knew his smile was a fake. It made him shift a little. It was just so weird to meet somebody who could read you. It was as if words didn't matter anymore.

Zoro, Camie, and Vivi each asked as many meaningful questions as they can, and Sabo tried his best to answer them. It was kind of hard though, with this newly found headache he was gaining, he just wanted some rest.

Satisfied with their visit, the three of them left waving a goodbye to Sabo. All hoping that he would feel better soon. The only remaining was Luffy, and it looked as if he had a lot to say, so did Sabo.

It was a rather awkward silence between the two. They both would open their mouths as if to say something, than quickly close. It wasn't until Sabo was the first to say something.

"Thank you."

Luffy looked at him confused, what had he done to deserve his thanks? He should be the one thanking him, he saved his life.

Sabo started fiddling with the bed sheets that he was covering with. A small blush appeared on his cheeks.

"Koala said that you stayed with me the most for these three months."

Luffy could feel his face getting warm, "I-I had to." Sabo had wanted to say something but Luffy was quick to cut him off.

"Ever since you saved me from that incident, I felt really horrible. When I found out that you were in a it just made things worse for me. I didn't really know what to do at that point so I fell in a slump. I felt like everything was my fault, I still do. I decided to visit you here the best I could, so I could say thank you."

Sabo was honestly surprised to hear this. Was he the one causing so much guilt from Luffy? He looked up at luffy. He could see the apologetic look in his eyes; it was filled with so much guilt. He let out a heavy sigh and scooted to the other side of the bed. He patted the free open space gesturing Luffy to lie beside him. Luffy was nervous at first, but he did.

"Do you think I'll be able to continue on?" Sabo asked after the short silence.

"With what," Luffy said unsure of what he was talking about.

"As a writer," he said with a sigh. "I can see only the handle of that cup over there. My right side is just fully blurry, like a fog, I can't see anything over there. It's like I'm living two worlds."

"Yes you can," Luffy voice with determination.

"How can I?" Sabo asked

Sabo was surprised to feel Luffy's hand on his, "I'll help you this time," Luffy said looking at Sabo with his determined eyes.

Sabo could tell that Luffy was serious by the way he clutched his hand. It was as if Luffy was giving him hope, and it was strong. There was something inside Sabo's stomach that made him feel nervous yet completely happy at the same time. It was as if he was going to like this new found sentiment.

He held Luffy's hand tight. He looked at Luffy and grinned at him. This was a true grin, and seeing it was enough to make Luffy blush. Just like Sabo he was starting to feel the same feeling inside of him. He didn't really know what it was but he liked it.

A/N: First off thank you so much for the reviews, favorites, and follows. I am so glad that people agree with me about this. Now... to be honest, I'm not completely satisfied with this chapter. I've went through it like three times, and I just don't know what is wrong with it. I hope you guys like it though, maybe love it. The next chapter might take long to write, writing does take time though. Thank you for reading.

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P.S: Who can guess who Vivi older sister is?