Editor's note: Buckle your seatbelts ladies and gents it's gonna be a super bumpy ride
Chapter 11: By the Way
It was Saturday. Law had the day off from work, Luffy didn't have classes, there were absolutely no plans to follow. Or so Luffy thought.
Luffy woke to the sound of the shower turning on. "Why does he have to wake up so early on a Saturday?" He thought out loud to himself as he pulled the blankets off. There was no use in trying to go back to sleep now. He shuffled to the kitchen and tiredly poured himself a bowl of cereal, as per his usual Saturday morning routine. He blindly reached in the fridge for the milk, only to find none.
"Really?" he sighed.
He poured the dry cereal back into the box, and opted for toaster waffles with way too much syrup instead. Exhausted, he sat in front of the TV and mindlessly shoveled the waffles into his mouth while watching cartoons. This continued for a few minutes until Law came into the room, showered and already neatly dressed.
"What are doing?" Law jeered.
"What do you mean what am I doing? Where are you going?" Luffy questioned, visibly confused, as Law hadn't mentioned that he had anywhere to go today.
"C'mon, just get dressed"
"Whyyy?"
"Well, do you want your surprise present or not?" Law smirked.
That was all it took for the exhaustion to drain from Luffy's face and be replaced with sheer joy. Already standing, he crammed the rest of the waffle into his mouth in one bite and sprinted towards the bedroom.
After dressing at a hurried rate and having to be sent back to the room for a change in clothing choice, he was ready. Luffy bounced up and down in the passenger seat, trying to work out where exactly it was they were going."Are we going to the water park?"
"First of all, we aren't wearing bathing suits and second of all, it's January."
"Theme park?"
"It's still January"
"The aquarium!?"
"Nope!"
"Hawaii!
Law shot his boyfriend an amused look. "Lu… we don't even have suitcases packed and I have work tomorrow"
He crossed his arms and pouted. Law knew the poor kid was stumped and he secretly enjoyed every second of it. After a few more minutes of driving, he pulled into a parking lot which contained several stores. Luffy's eyes darted from storefront to storefront, examining each quickly.
It clicked.
Luffy's eyes widened as the car came to a stop in a parking space. "No way! Are you serious!?"
"Anything you want." Law knew he had made a good choice and was pretty damn proud of himself to be honest.
"Thank you thank you thank you!" Luffy gave him a quick hug, before running full speed into the pet store.
Once inside, Law simply couldn't keep up.
"I want twelve of those, and, and, and two of those, and, and…."
"I'm not sure if that's the best idea" he cut him off with a chuckle. Luffy continued to sprint around the store, pointing and naming exactly how many of each animal he wanted.
Slightly overwhelmed, Law walked over to the reptile section. Inside a large hexagon shaped terrarium, there was a single chameleon going about his business as a chameleon.
Law looked at the chameleon quizzically.
The chameleon looked at Law.
Law stared at the chameleon, not blinking.
The chameleon stared back.
"Tooorrrraaooo!" he heard from across the store, effectively breaking his attention from his staring contest and causing him to blink. He shot the reptile a competitive look, who blinked back, almost as if challenging him.
"Look Torao! Look look look!"
In Luffy's arms, Law saw a snow white husky puppy whose energy appeared to match that of his childlike boyfriend. The puppy squirmed around and licked his face, which sent him into a fit of giggles. Law smiled.
"The little tag thingy said his name is Max, but I'm going to call him Bepo!" Law could see that there was no changing Luffy's mind. Not that there was reason to, he had already anticipated that a puppy would be the youngers choice of pet. And he was perfectly okay with that. He didn't even question the slightly odd change of name. In fact, he liked the name change.
"Alright" he smiled again. "Let's go get everything so we can take care of Bepo properly."
Back in the car, Law could hardly see Luffy over the bags of dog food, toys, and, well, the dog himself bouncing everywhere. He put the key in the ignition and started the car, but didn't put it in reverse. He sat like that, looking frustrated.
"What's wrong?" Luffy nervously grasped Bepo, worried the older was having second thoughts about their new pet.
"I'll be right back"
He hopped out of the car, leaving it running, and jogged back into the store.
About ten minutes later, he walked out the doors holding even more bags that Luffy couldn't quite make out the contents of. He set the bags in the back seat and got back in the car.
"What did you…?" Luffy began to question, then saw a chameleon peeking out from behind Law's shoulder.
It blinked at him.