"So, you met with them?" Ace inquired while putting away dinner's plates, Luffy hummed smiling while he lay on the couch playing with his phone.

It was almost bedtime when the doorbell rang, Ace went to see who it is and as soon as he opened the door Marco hugged him at the doorstep.

"Not here idiot" Ace pushed Marco's face away to let go, "Luffy … is here" he tells him pointing his other hand to the sofa, but the man smirked at him ignoring what he was told, he cupped his lover's cheeks and kissed him passionately, taking his time knowing that Luffy isn't looking at them, Ace placed his hands on the man's shoulders and pushed him away, his face turned red, Luffy appeared before the couple as he was heading to his room upstairs which made Ace panic, hoping that he doesn't get in an awkward position like the other day.

"Yo, Luffy… How was your day at school?"

"Ah, it was great" the boy answered with a smile turning to his brother, "Ace, I feel sleepy so I'm going up." He walked up dragging his feet to his room.

"You have such a cute and innocent brother … he might get stolen from you sooner or later yoi" the guy commented as he closed the door then walked uninvited to Ace's bedroom.

"Huh?" Ace looked at the man from his eye corner "Leaving that matter aside … what brings you here anyway?" he complained turning the lights off and following the guy to his bedroom.

"Not happy about me being here yoi?"

"I didn't mean it that way" the black haired explained closing the door of the bedroom.

"Well … tomorrow I'll be leaving for a business trip, so I thought that I'd spend the time with you" he said while walking toward Ace and hugs him gently placing kisses all over his neck " … Don't put them in obvious places" *smacks the blonde's head*

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With a sleepy face Luffy starts another day dragging his feet down-stairs entering the kitchen, he greets his brother who is preparing breakfast.

"Good morning Ace-nii and ….. Pineapple head ossan?"

"Good morning Luffy"

"Now now, can you be nice and call me nii-san too?" the blonde complained about the way Luffy calls him, Luffy sat down eating his breakfast ignoring the blonde.

"Hmph, both you brothers are rude" he mumbled displeased.

Luffy's eyes shifted to his brother to ask for his strawberry milk, that's when he noticed the red marks scattered round on his brother's neck "Ace-nii, you've got a lot of red marks on your neck" he innocently told his brother.

At that Ace froze in his place with his face flushed bright red glaring wrathfully at Marco even though he warned him last night the man didn't listen to him. 'I clearly told him not to put them in obvious places'.

The blonde turned back facing Luffy about to explain the situation but before he gets to start he received a hit by a frying pan on his head "DON'T tell him unnecessary things, dammit".

Luffy's eyes spotted the wall clock and he suddenly got up from his seat in a hurry "Oh, I'll be late ... Ace I've got to go now, see ya later ossan" he grabbed his bag running outside slamming the door.

Walking the streets looking around enjoying what he see, it wasn't cloudy; the weather is nice, the sun sends its warm rays all over the place as well as the smell of the flowers floating around in the neighborhood and as well as the coffee, cinnamon and yeast from the nearby bakeries and coffee shops alongside the road; all that brought him back memories about his few childhood days that he spent on this place even though he doesn't remember a lot of it.

Meeting Zoro, Nami, Sanji, Usopp and Robin was his biggest joy back then, they used to play a lot around in the park, his brother was always around keeping an eye on him so that he doesn't get hurt or get in troubles, Ace was so overprotective. Luffy smiled at the memory that crossed his mind, but his smile soon disappeared as he bumped into someone.

"Ouch, sorry I wasn't looking" he apologized lifting his head up "Ooh, it's the flashy guy" he stared at the guy.

"Oh, it's just the shrimp from yesterday … AND stop calling people such stupid names will ya, its Kidd … Eustass Kidd is my name" Luffy only stared at him blankly then continued walking forward.

"Tsk … Damn ignorant brat" he muttered and walked with Luffy since they're heading to the same destination. When they reached the school, in front of the gates Law appeared from the other side.

"Ohayo ~, Law" Kidd greeted him with a smile.

"Yeah" he replied, looking to the person who was beside Kidd, surprised that is was actually Luffy, the boy stared at him and greeted him with a smile "Good morning, Traffy"

"Good … morning" he responded and looked at Luffy from his eyes corner 'Traffy?! Wasn't it Torao yesterday?'

"So, how come you are together with this idiot here?" Trafalgar questioned still looking at Luffy while pointing to Kidd.

"Stop calling me an Idiot all the time you medical books freak" Kidd yelled at Law with an annoyed look.

"I kind of bumped into him when I was walking" Luffy explained.

"By the way Chibi-chan … is it true that the vice principal of the school is your grandfather?" the redhead guy inquired.

"Yeah"

"What, so it is true"

"How did you know that?"

"Well, everyone in the school is talking about it, and you got stared at when we entered the school" he said, only to find those black orbs staring at him "Is that so?" the teen calmly replied.

"Luffy" a sudden voice called approaching from the back, he turned to find Zoro. Luffy greeted him, Zoro came closer as he responded and stopped, he greeted the other two who were standing before Luffy.

"Luffy, Where is your phone? Yesterday I called you so many times but you didn't answer" Luffy took out his cellphone checking "Sorry Zoro, it's on silent, I didn't notice it" he smiled. "Anyways, Nami called me and said she'll help us with today's English quiz" Zoro informed.

"Huh, we're having a quiz today?" Luffy questioned tilting his head to the side.

"Yeah in the first period, I told you yesterday about it before we left the school, didn't you revise?" Zoro questioned.

"Umm, I absolutely had no idea about it" Luffy answered, scratching the back of his head flashing that idiotic big smile at him.

"You're really hopeless, anyways let's hurry up Nami is waiting" Luffy hummed and left after waving at the two.

"He's absolutely in love that green-head, I wonder how things gonna turn, especially when it's someone like the chibi who seems to be clueless and kind of an airhead" Kidd commented as the two walked away.

"That's … none of our business now is it? … Let's go we're going to be late too"

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Days passed after days, Luffy has been accustomed to live in his new environment with his older brother Ace, the boy gets to meet his brother's friends every once in a while when they gather at the house.

Nothing much changed in his life he mostly has the same routine every day, however, in the last few days the only thing that he was thinking about was Law, his attraction for Law has grown by time, he feels anxious and restless if a day passes without seeing him, he would end up searching the whole school for him just to have a quick glimpse at him.

On the other side there was Zoro who is struggling whether to confess his feelings to his best friend or not, he totally fell for Luffy, or rather to say he had feelings for him since they were kids but never had the courage to tell him, every time he thinks to confess he hesitates or something prevents him from doing so.

Zoro's subject of thought is of course Luffy, since Luffy's table is right in front of him in the classroom, he would stare at Luffy even though all he could see is his back that would be enough, when they sit in the school's cafeteria he can't stop his eyes from stealing quick glimpses of him, he just keeps thinking about him and nothing else, it drives him crazy.

It's Tuesday morning, Luffy wakes up and gets ready to go to school, after he finished his breakfast with Ace and Marco he left the house after carrying his bag and strawberry milk. And as he walks, meeting with Kidd in his way to school has become an occurrence from day to day.

"Again you're drinking strawberry milk?" Kidd asked with a bored look in his eyes as he walked beside Luffy, the boy hummed in response "it's my favorite."

They finally reached the school, walking inside they noticed Law walking ahead of them, Kidd called him and he stopped, he turned back looking at them and greeted.

"Hey Law, can I borrow your notes of History class from yesterday" Kidd asked

"Yeah, sure"

Zoro showed up interrupting their little conversation and greeted, then a sudden voice came from a distance "OI Marimo, it's a miracle to see you here without getting lost" Sanji shouted at his green haired friend, Zoro only gave him a fiery glare he wasn't in the mood to start a fight first thing in the morning.

Robin showed up carrying her school bag in a hand and holding some books in the other, she greeted them and inquired about Nami.

"Oh, she didn't arrive yet Robin-chwan~" the blond responded.

"I see …" she paused for a moment and looked at the books she's carrying then passed them to Law "Here ... I'm returning these to you, Thank you for letting me borrow them"

"No need to thank me, you can borrow whatever book you need anytime" he responds receiving the books.

"Thank you".

"Ummm, Can I borrow a book too?" Nami questioned excitedly appearing from nowhere followed by Usopp requesting the same, which surprised Law but he agreed.

Seeing that most of them were interested, Kidd stepped in suggesting that they should all give a visit to Law's house, and borrow what they want since he has a library there.

Law was taken aback at the suggestion that was offered by his cousin; he never brought friends to his house except for Ace, he is the antisocial type of person … Law is the kind of person who prefers to spend most of his time alone, reading books in his own little world.

"Sounds like a great idea" the black haired girl agreed with the suggestion, making the others nod in agreement too.

"Then, how about we meet up here after school today?" the red haired guy asked.

"Hold on a sec" Law tried to protest only to be ignored as they were still deciding.

"I'll pass; I have a part time job" Sanji declined the offer followed by Zoro, "Hmmm …. And here I thought it would be fun if everyone gets to come" Kidd mumbled folding his hands; he then leaned on to Luffy and asked "Chibi-chan, you're coming too, ne?" he smiled at the boy waiting for his answer.

"Ummmm … y- yeah I guess" the jet-black haired responded after thinking for a short moment, "I want to go to Traffy's house, it'll be fun" he smiled.

"Don't decide things on your own Eustass-ya" Law grumbled pushing the guy's face away with his hand.

Kidd pulled Law away from the group "You have to change your routine you know … you can't simply keep isolating yourself" the red haired said holding Law's shoulder.

"Also, this here …" he pointed to the guy's chest where his heart is "should not be closed forever, you have to open up for people a little bit" surprised at what he has been told Law had to silence his red haired cousin "A-alright, fine I get it, I don't need to be lectured by an idiot like you" he said looking away, Kidd said too much.

"Oh and one more thing" Kid muttered stopping Law in his place "everything is temporary in this life, so are your feelings for Ace they will vanish soon … I know all about it, so don't think that things like these will go unnoticed by me" Law was shocked, for Kidd to actually know about this.. 'how did he know about Ace i haven't said a word about him, how long have he known about it?'

Kidd smiled walking to the group announcing that it's been decided. And so after they finished their classes for the day, they all gathered at the place where they agreed to meet except for one. "He's not coming?" Trafalgar asked.

"Looks like the little cat changed his mind" Kidd said leaning his back to the wall, facing the school.

Law frowned looking at Kidd for coming up with such names 'little cat?! You keep telling people not to call others with strange names yet you do it yourself'.

"I don't think he changed his mind, see he's coming" Nami pointed at where Luffy was coming from.

"YO, Chibi-chan" Kidd waved at the teen "What held you back?" he questioned placing his arm on the boy's shoulder.

"Sorry to make you guys wait, I was talking with Zoro but then I was called by Smoker-sensei" the black haired answered.

"Leaving Smoker-sensei aside, did Zoro tell you?" Nami questioned smiling at the boy.

"Huh, about what?" he asked tilting his head to the side.

"Ahh … never mind what I said" Nami slightly slapped her head 'So that Green head didn't confess yet'. "Anyway, let's get going." she said as she picked up her bag.

They started walking with Law and Kidd leading the way but as their usual nature they both were arguing about simple stupid things at a time and then go back all smiles and being calm. While Usopp, Robin and Nami were discussing about what kind of books they should look at, Luffy has nothing to say in particular, following the group, he just kept his eyes glued to Law the whole time, observing him closely as he talks, infatuated by his warm smile that he rarely sees, the memory of it is still roaming in his head when he first met him.

They finally arrived at the house's gate and stopped in front of it, Luffy has stopped his thinking long ago and now he's playing a game on his phone so he didn't realize that until he bumped Kidd's back "Ouch" he looked up to see Kidd facing him "Sorry about that, Flashy-nii" Luffy apologized to the guy slightly bowing his head.

"It's ok we arrived … AND I told you to stop calling me names" the guy complained frowning at the boy.

"Do not start fighting now, Eustass-ya" Law warned as he took out the keys from his bag and was about to open the gates but to his surprise it was already open, 'Did I forget to lock today', he pushed the door and they all walked in the front yard fascinated by the view in front of them, the front yard was spacious with large tiles along the way to the front door, a huge fountain that stood in the middle of the way and a lot of trees that were planted in various places around the house.

Also there was a small garden which Law made beside the yard's wall that has different types of flowers such as Roses, Lilies, Tulips and many others. To have a nice view of everything, there was a gazebo in the left side of the front yard which is spacious; Law spent most of his times there reading his books.

"Wow, it's so wonderful" Nami clapped her hands together in compliment, as his usual habit Luffy started walking a few steps forward exploring the house yard when suddenly something came running and jumped pushing him to the fountain licking his cheek panting, as he opened his eyes there was a white with black spots Dalmatian dog, the tanned guy rushed to the teen followed by the others "Are you alright Luffy?" asked Usopp.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine"

"Sorry about that … Bepo doesn't act like this unless it's a person he likes" he extended his hand to help the boy get out of the fountain which Luffy grabs.

"Looks like he just found someone now" Robin commented with a smile hidden behind her hand.

"Law, we better get inside or he's going to catch a cold" the red head pointed to Luffy who was soaking wet.

Upon entering the house Law got hold of a towel which was hanged beside the door and wraped it around Luffy, they were welcomed by an unexpected guest… a blond haired guy was sitting on the couch reading a book in the living-room, "Finally, you guys are here" he said closing the book after putting a bookmark and placed it on a nearby table, he stood up from his place spreading his arms wide open and walked to them wearing his usual smile.

"Doffy, when did you arrive?" Kidd walked towards the man happy to see him, while Law stood there looking annoyed at the intruding guy.

"Who is that?" Nami questioned pointing at the man standing in the middle of the living-room.

"Donquixote Doflamingo, my cousin and Kidd's older brother, a happy-go-lucky idiot who loves to travel all the time, that's all what you need to know about him" He answered still looking annoyed.

"They're using different family names" Usopp questioned looking at both brothers. "and they definitely don't look alike" added Nami.

"Eustass-ya is adopted in the family." Law explained and walked closing the distance between him and his cousins "Doflamingo-ya, why are you here again? And what's with all these suitcases?" Law asked annoyed looking at the bags in the living-room.

"You're cold as ever, Law. Heh heh, Well whatever, since your house was the nearest, I decided to come here straight from the airport … I'll just stay for a few weeks … er … until my next flight" he said with a grin, knowing that Law wouldn't have any objection since Kidd is staying with him from time to time, and hardly goes to their residence, which annoyed Law even more 'my house isn't some kind of a hotel so you can come and leave whenever you guys want.'

"I see you brought your friends with you, that's unusual" Doflamingo walked towards the others about to introduce himself properly, that's when he noticed Luffy who was standing at the back with his clothes wet barely covered with the towel, he tried to approach him but stopped as he was interrupted by Law "Before you start babbling" he said looking at Doflamingo, and then turned to Luffy "Luffy-ya follow me upstairs I'll get you a change of clothes while you take a quick shower, you guys make yourselves at home" he said leaving the living-room.

He walked upstairs followed by Luffy who was taking his steps carefully so that he doesn't fall, again staring at the back of the man walking in front of him, 'It started when I met him, that first day we talked, just the two of us, It's still fresh in my memory, the conversation, though it was short, the feeling he gave, I think I …' he thought his hands clenching to his wet clothes'… this is bad my heart can't take all these overflowing feelings' Luffy was deep in his thoughts now looking down until he suddenly hit Law's back when the older guy made a sudden stop, Luffy rose his head up looking at Law, at the realization he took a step back in panic with a slight blush across his face "s-sorry" he mumbled about to fall back but Law managed to hold his hand pulling the boy towards him the other hand wrapped around Luffy's back " Stupid, you were about to fall" he said releasing Luffy immediately, his heart was beating hastily not knowing what to do anymore, he just continued to follow Law to his bedroom.

Luffy entered Law's bedroom that was colored with navy blue and furnished in white, and a nice color combination that suited the owner's personality.

"You can leave your clothes in there" he pointed to the clothes hamper.

"Umm, sorry about all the trouble"

"Don't worry about it; it's not your fault … anyways get inside I'll get you some clothes"

Feeling cold, Luffy didn't waste any minute he stripped from his clothes entering the bathroom, it was spacious with large format tiles colored blue and grey that gave a feeling of refreshment, there was a large bathtub, he stepped in turning the hot water on letting it pour on his small figured body, it's so calming he closed his eyes.

"I wonder if this will be good, he has such a small figure and kind of short" law mumbled searching around for clothes with a smaller size that might be fit for the boy, finally looking at a white T-shirt with long sleeves, putting it aside along with a black jeans and left the room.

Few minutes have passed and Luffy was out of the bath, a towel wrapped around his slender waist and another around his neck, water still dripping from his wet hair, he noticed the clothes on the table beside the bathroom's door and wore them but after a little thought he took off the jeans, it was too long and a bit large it made him feel uncomfortable so he just kept his boxers and the T-shirt since it reached his knees, he got out of the bedroom noticing that Law wasn't there.

Taking the stairs down Bepo came towards him Luffy patted him on the head and he kept looking around searching for Nami and the others until he stopped in front of the library room and opened the door, he was surprised to the amount of books stacked in rows all arranged in order and categorized on the book's shelves which are somewhat tall and close together, he walked beside the shelf running his slender fingers on the spines of the books there, looking at the different titles and categories.

"Found something interesting?" a voice whispered near his ear.

Luffy was startled as he turned around looking at the man "You are … umm Traffy's-"

"You can call me Doffy" he said wrapping his hand around the boy's waist and leaning forward gently placing a kiss on his left cheek, then pulling away taking his time to examine the expression on Luffy's flushed face, it's cute, looking confused quickly placing a hand on his cheek.

"What are you doing Doffy?" Kidd questioned, walking inside the room closing the distance between them.

"Relax Kidd, I didn't do anything to bother him" he assured raising both hands up "He just looked adorable I couldn't resist him" he mumbled with a grin.

"Listen to me chibi, you absolutely mustn't go near that pervert" he warned Luffy holding his arm "By the way kid, why you aren't wearing something underneath?" Kidd questioned noticing that Luffy is only wearing a T-shirt.

"Umm … Traffy's pants are a bit large it felt uncomfortable" he answered

"You sure will get attacked if you wander around wearing such clothes, especially when Doffy is around in this house".

"You're making me look like a bad person, Kidd" Doffy pouted, objecting to what his brother says about him, "Well, I meant no harm" the man said in a reassuring tone then looked at Luffy "let's meet again and have a little conversation" Kidd swore he saw a playful smile drawn on his older brother's lips as he walked out of the library room.

"Don't ever go near that pervert, you hear me!" Kidd repeated himself again gaining a slight nod from Luffy.

They turned right walking around, they found Robin who was already reading a book sitting on the sofa, Nami was looking for books related to geography; her favorite subject in school and Usopp was sitting comfortably enjoying his time reading some of the books here and there, Luffy went and sat beside Robin peeking in the book she's reading followed by Kidd who sat beside Luffy.

"Luffy, do you want to read the book" Robin asked, noticing his curious eyes staring at the book, Luffy looked at her "That's really an old book, is it interesting? What is it about?" Luffy questioned showing interest, he took the book in his hands flipping page after page that's when something fell from between the papers on Luffy's lap, he held it up and stared at it.

"Oh, it's Ace-nii and Traffy's photo" Luffy smiled holding the photo in his hand.

"Huh, let me see" Robin and Kidd tilted their heads to Luffy's shoulders taking a peek at the photo, Kidd's eyes grew wide as he recognized who it actually was.

"Oi Lu, are you sure this is your brother? You didn't mistake him for someone else?" Kidd inquired as he took the picture from Luffy's hand to have a closer look.

"How can I not recognize my brother?" Luffy gave a smile "Ace-nii and Traffy are friends, Ace-nii told me when he introduced me to Traffy in my first day at school" Luffy explained excitedly.

'Even though I saw him only once there is no mistaking it, it's the same person from three years, that idiot Law's first crush'

"I want to see it too, show me" Nami jumped to them the next moment Usopp was following.

"What's going on here?" Law entered the library room followed by his older cousin, Law walked towards the three who were sitting on the sofa, he took the photo from Kidd's hand and stared at it, "I really never thought that someone will ever read that old book" he spoke with a toneless voice still holding the photograph.

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Alright this is the second chap. Sorry for the very long wait, I hope you like it …

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