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Summary: It wasn't so strange for Luffy to want to meet Law's family. But it was only after quite some time did the other gives in and lets his lover meet his family.

Warning: Fem!Luffy, LawLu, set in AU, errors

MEETING THE FAMILY

It was a typical morning for the two – well, as typical a morning can be for a boyfriend who just met his girlfriend's overprotective brothers for the first time and the said brothers harassed him all night, ending up in an unprecedented (or to be very expected when it comes to any of the three siblings) brawl. To say his body was aching was an understatement, he felt like he'd been to hell and back. Even so, he woke up early and is currently flipping pancakes. His girlfriend beaming at him, as she leaned at the counter.

Things I do for love

And besides, if Law left Luffy alone in the kitchen – they won't have a kitchen to speak of when the bubbly girl is done. So when Law's 'Luffy's doing something' senses activated early in the morning, he immediately rose and found the girl taking the bacon out of the fridge. He was glad he was able to convince her that he would like to help her make his congratulatory breakfast.

Yes, despite everyone's doubt, Law managed to gain her brothers' approval – since they deemed him worthy of their dragon claw flame fist combo after all. Fortunately, he wasn't hit with the full strength of the attack because their beloved sister decided to join in. But still hundred percent or not, everything else hurt.

"Ne, Torao…"

"Hmm?"

"I want to meet your family!"

Law almost dropped the spatula to the floor. But he didn't, though the pancake was unceremoniously flipped and it broke a little on the middle.

"Torao?" Luffy tilted her head sideways.

Her boyfriend's silence didn't go pass her but she chose to not delve into it for now, especially when the other opened the oven and the smell of freshly cooked bacon waft through the kitchen.

"The bacon's done now and here's your pancake. Hurry up and eat, sensei." Law practically drawled the last of his words. The said teacher drooled instead – of course, at the meat.

"I can never make bacon this perfect. You're so awesome Torao!"

"Of course, I am." The surgeon smirked." I'm awesome in more ways than one." And added a suggestive wink for good measure. Luffy faintly blushed and tried to brush it off by eating some more. After the two ate breakfast and even had a little fun time on the side, Law went back to bed and Luffy went to school.

It wasn't the first time she told him about wanting to meet his family.

The couple talked about a lot of things – a lot of random things. Almost always, it would be Luffy who would talk on and on with Law occasionally dropping a comment or two. But there are also times, when Law felt talkative – that being sharing a thing or two about his day, his coworkers and even how some of his operation went.

But even after being together for a couple of months and even living together, the two rarely talked about the past. Maybe it was because the two of them either lived for the present or the future and perhaps both. It wasn't like it's a secret, it was simply the past.

However, when Luffy's relatives by blood or not (for Luffy, there's no difference) started to come by, Luffy started to become curious about Law's family as he never talked much about them. He wasn't really sure why he was avoiding the topic in the first place.

It was one afternoon in December when they were decorating the apartment for Christmas when the girl asked him about it once again.

Law initially didn't want to put up any decorations – saying it was too much of a hassle and there wasn't any practical reason to do so. But Luffy persistently tried to convince him about it and even compromising with just putting stuff only at the living room area. He eventually gave in. It was her first Christmas spent away from Ace and Sabo. It was their first Christmas together.

She was up and about the tree hanging shiny balls at random when she noticed him placing a plate with a slice of bread on the small table beside the tree. Even Luffy thought it odd for Law who vehemently proclaimed his dislike for bread to do so. When she asked him about it, she noticed how the other's eye softened.

"When I was real young, I used to eat the cookies for Santa." Law spoke, the corners of his mouth upturned to a small smile.

"That's mean!" Luffy shot him a look of disapproval which was just her pouting. He poked her cheek and sat on the floor by the couch. She crawled at the seat and settled at the spot behind the other.

"Hah! That's what my sister said too." Luffy ran her hands through his hair. "Yeah, Lami got mad. Told me I shouldn't take it else we'll only receive coal. Too bad, I already knew Father was the one putting the gifts under the tree and the candies on the socks – it was Mother."

Law lightly chuckled as he continued, "That Lami, she started to take the cookies early on and put bread instead. And even Mother continued to do so the following year. It wasn't fair."

Then his voice slightly shook, "We used to do it every Christmas. Lami would always try to get to the presents first but I can always outran her. Father would laugh at the corner and tease us about the presents, making Mother scold him. We used to." His eyes turned downcast. "It's a very long time ago, Lu… I can barely remember their faces now."

Luffy settled her chin on top of his head and wrapped her hands around him in something like an embrace, enveloping the tanned male with her warmth. They stayed like this for a while in front of the partially decorated tree until she broke the silence.

"Torao..."

"Hmm?"

"I want to meet them."

The sky was already dim when they arrived. It was cold and snow covered the ground. All white undisturbed save for their own footprints. They stood before three headstones, all which had Trafalgar engraved on the surface.

"Mother, Father, Sister… meet Luffy." His grip on her hand gently tightened, "Luffy, my family."

He was ten when a tragic calamity struck the city where he grew up, claiming many lives – many loved ones, amongst those were his parents and his sister. Spending the weekend over at his uncles' place at another city, he didn't expect to come back only to find out that their home is no more.

"Nice to meet you all!" Luffy greeted before the graves and bowed, her straw hat hanging loosely at her back.

Law wordlessly placed the flowers they brought by the headstones and lingered for a while, telling Luffy more about his parents and his younger sibling as well as his life in Flevance. And Luffy sat beside him before his family's graves.

Then Law remembered that he forgot to bring the candles that they were supposed to light. He tells Luffy to come with him to buy some from the shop by the entrance of the cemetery as well as to get some hot drinks perhaps. But Luffy decided to stay until he returns.

When he came back, he saw Luffy still sitting in front of the graves. However, he hears her animatedly speaking.

"… Can you believe it? He doesn't want to ride the roller coaster at all! That's okay, I think he likes those carnival shooting games, if you ask me. Torao's a great doctor – ah surgeon now and he works hard every day to save lots and lots of lives. He's such a nice and awesome man even I wonder why he's with me. I know I can be unreasonable and selfish most of the time so I really wonder why! But I'm not complaining, shishishishi. I'm glad I found him!"

Law had long stopped in his tracks and looked at his lover as she continued to talk.

"And even if he's a little grumpy at times and is a big party pooper, oh and teases me a lot! Man, sometimes he's mean like that… but I love him a lot – I love him more than this, "She spread her arms wide. " And I'll continue to love him for the many years to come. I'll beat the ass of those who will hurt him. I'll always protect him no matter what. So don't worry, you three!"

Luffy placed her hand on one of the headstone, her voice softer. "… Thank you so much for raising such a wonderful person. Thank you for bringing Law to this world. Thank you."

The girl slightly shivered as a frigid breeze passed by. However, the cold was soon forgotten as she felt a pair of arms wrap her into an embrace. He didn't speak as he held unto her. In his heart, there wasn't a day, he didn't thank whoever it was out there that brought this sunshine into his life. The warmth shared enveloped the couple in the snow covered ground.

Somewhere beyond, where the living have yet to see and have yet to be, a sibling, a mother and a father softly smiled as they saw the happiness the loved one they left have found.

-End-