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Warning: TRIGGERS

As soon as he got into his room, he immediately threw himself on the bed, trying to get some rest before he properly prepare himself for sleep. He just got back from the summer festival and his head was hurting like crazy from all the confusion and commotion he went through.

"I don't like him. I don't have feelings for him..." He mumbled with his face buried in the soft mattress. Then, something he said to Luffy at the festival resounded in his head.

"I only care about what you think of me."

Shit. What was that?

What happened at the festival really shocked him. He swore the kiss happened automatically.

Why, out of all the things he could do to calm Luffy down he chose to kiss him?

Shit.

He was still trying to get the kiss out of his mind when he suddenly heard a voice. "You like him."

He immediately look up to see and of course, no one was there. Maybe it was just his imagination. Then, he buried his face in the mattress again. He needed to clear his mind.

It was not long until he heard the voice again.

"You like him."

"Cut it out.." Law answered, face still buried in the soft mattress.

"You like him."

"Urgh, shut up! Who is talking?!" Law lifted up his head, finally losing his cool and tried to find where the voice came from.

"Here, here." The voice answered, and it sounded like it came from the stuffed bear Luffy gave him. Law blinked his eyes a few times and pinched his cheek, trying to check if he was dreaming.

He was not.

"You're just a stuffed bear. You don't talk."

"You're right. I'm your inner voice."

Law was not sure whether to laugh or to rip the stuffed bear to pieces.

"Bullshit! Go away!" Law yelled, and the voice was no longer heard. Then, Law buried his head in the mattress again and began mumbling. "We should stop hanging out.. But.. I like your company.."

Then, it was silent.

"Am I going stupid...?" He questioned himself as he turned his body to face the ceiling and sighed. Things will be different if he really fall for Luffy.

No. He cannot. He should not fall for Luffy.

Maybe he should not have hung out with Luffy at the first place..

But it was really hard to resist Luffy and he was not sure if he actually wanted to..

He put one hand up on his forehead, closed his eyes, and sighed. "Urgh, this is so troublesome.."

It was a rainy night and he was at the back seat with presents and a card on his lap. They were just back from celebrating his birthday and also him graduating high school. He had a really good time with his family and he still could not stop smiling.

"Did you have fun, Law?" Her mother asked, from the front seat.

"I did, mother. Thank you father, mother, Lamie." He said, and he could see his father's reflection, smiling in the front mirror and his mother smiling from the front seat. Lamie was already asleep in the back seat but he was too excited to fall asleep.

"You and Lamie must be tired. Now go to sleep. We'll wake both of you up as soon as we get home."

"Okay, mother." Law obeyed and he was trying to get into a comfortable position next to Lamie when suddenly, a very bright light blinded his sight.

He immediately woke up from his sleep, sitting upright, sweating and panting heavily. He lifted a hand, slowly rubbing his temples and wiping the sweats off. A moment later, his breathing slowed down and he finally calmed down.

This. Could this be one of his lost memories? Or could it just be a nightmare?

He thought his progress in reclaiming his memories was really slow especially his memory about his family. Sometimes, he and Luffy would sit and talk about how they met in the past but even that did not help much. He still did not remember about his past with Luffy. So, he tried to look up about his family online but what he found were mostly articles about the accident his family and him were involved in, as told by the doctor in the hospital he woke up in. He tried to find about his deceased uncle too but there were not much to be found as well.

Internet was still not widely used nine years ago so there was not much that he could get about his family. What he found was only information he had already known. Too bad, looking at the news about the accident also reminded him to that one guy he despised the most. That traitor who made his life hell.

Suddenly, he got goosebumps all over his body thinking about what he had been through nine years ago. He might seemed like he was living his life normally, like he never went through anything like those in the past but the truth was, he never really got over them. He felt like some of the feelings were already permanently embedded into him. All the pain he went through, the fear, and the loss. He knew that time heals but with the direction he was heading to, he did not know if he could ever get rid of them.

Was it a wrong move trying to retrieve the memories he had lost? Should he just give up now?

But then, the prospect of having his memories with his family back was suddenly very tempting. He had denied himself the possibility for nine years and now he really wished he had something about his family he could smile to.

Then, he fell back to the mattress and slowly curled into a ball.

Those smiles. Those smiles he saw of his parents in his dream, those loving gazes, his mother's soft voice. He wanted to remember more of them. Next thing he knew, tears started coming out, rolling down the bridge of his nose, and seeped into the mattress. It was not long until he fell asleep again in the middle of crying.

He woke up an hour later not feeling very well and thirsty. So, he went to the kitchen to get himself a glass of water. Then, he went back into his room thinking he was going to sleep properly after that. But then, he recalled that he still had not showered and had not changed his outfit.

Exhausted, he took off his clothes one by one on his way to the bathroom, leaving trails of clothes on the floor. It was hot and his head was throbbing hard. He was not exactly in the mood to organize himself right now. All he wanted to do was to get a quick shower and a comfortable sleep.

As soon as he got into the bathroom, he immediately went into the shower booth and turned the water on. The moment the rushing water hit him, he immediately took few steps back hastily, accidentally rammed into the glass wall of the shower booth as a result.

Then, he leaned on the wall, both hands supporting him from sliding down as he stared at the tap in shock.

He had accidentally turned the tap to the fully cold water setting, on full volume.

How reckless of him.

Even after all these years, he still could not handle cold rushing water. Of course, not everyone could handle it but he especially feared it because of an event.

No, no. Do not think about it.

He tried to block the memories from resurfacing but the next thing he knew he could hear voices in his head.

"Wow, look at you. You're so filthy, filthy!"

"Plea..se, pff.. pff.. pleaff stop."

"Urghh.." Suddenly, he felt like throwing up. He actually thought he had forgotten and he had gotten better. Turned out, it just went into hibernation. He was still not over it. He still remembered clearly what happened that day. The day he was betrayed. The pain, the frustration, the fear, and the humiliation.

No. No. Don't.

It had been freaking nine years already. Just leave him alone.

He did not want to remember it now. Please.

Too bad, the scenes from that day kept replaying in his head. Then, he immediately made his way to the sink and threw up, unable to contain it anymore. When he thought he had let everything out, he looked up to the mirror to see the image of him from nine years ago, covered in bruises.

His eyes instantly widened in shock. He shook his head a few times and then he looked back at the mirror. It was still the same image of him covered in bruises.

No.. no..

He covered both ears and shut his eyes tightly, trying to make the sound and the images go away but it was futile. He should have known. It never worked and it would never work. Tears began streaming down from his eyes.

No. No. He did not want that. Please, go away.

He would give up a lot of things just to make the memories go away.

Then, he remembered. Back when he frequently had bad dreams, Saul would always hold him, hug him, and tell him on repeat that he was not stupid, he was not filthy, he was not disgusting, and none of those were his faults. Saul would do it until Law finally calmed down.

He never tried saying those to himself before. When he got to the university, he started to get fewer nightmares and he had started going to see a psychiatrist so he had been too dependent on the sleeping pills. He knew he was not having a nightmare but there was no harm trying it, right?

He could not stand having the images replaying in his head so he had to try.

"I.. I am.. I am.. I am not filthy. I am.. Not.." Law began consoling himself but before he could finish another line, he threw up once again. "I am not.. I am not.. Filthy." Then, he began thinking about those people who mattered to him. Those who loved him and would not hurt him.

His hands were beginning to grip on his ears harder but he continued chanting Saul's magic words louder, and louder. Tears were still falling and it went on for a while before his breathing finally slowed down and the scenes from his memory began to blur, slowly fading away.

Then, he looked at the mirror again, panting. There was no longer the image of him from nine years ago. There was only an image of an adult who looked really ill and tired.

Then, he let out a relieved sigh.

He won the battle.

He rubbed his face and swallowed hard. He wished he never have to go through that again. He wished he would not dream of it again.

Wishful thinking, he knew.

He needed to be strong. He had to.

The next two weeks had been hectic. He literally worked the whole weeks since they were short on staffs and there were so many surgeries to be performed. With the work burden and the occurring nightmares, there was no doubt that he was exhausted. So exhausted that he almost got into accidents a few times while he was driving home. Good thing he had not made any mistake at the hospital yet. He did not mind losing his life but he would not kill his patients by being reckless.

Guess he was still suicidal.

During the two weeks time, he used up all his strength to get himself together, to deal with his work burden and personal issues. It was tiring and the stress was great. Hence, he was grumpier than usual.

Due to the hectic schedule, he also had to decline whenever Luffy asked him to hang out together. Luffy could be annoying at times but Law had to admit hanging out with the teen was kind of therapeutic. He realized he smiled the most when he was with Luffy and that was why as soon as he got an extra day off he immediately called Luffy up so they can hang out.

At first, Luffy was reluctant, knowing that the surgeon would be tired from all his workload but Law kept telling him it was okay. Never in the surgeon's life had he ever have that much urge to hang out with someone. He would not tell the teen but the past two weeks had been terrible and he really could use some time with Luffy. He needed to heal. So, they decided that Law should spend the whole day resting and they would go to Luffy's favorite meat place at night.

The said night, Law went to fetch Luffy as usual but the teen saw his neighbour - two tiny girls moving some heavy furniture by themselves when he was on his way out. Being the kindhearted teenager he was, he decided to help so he asked the surgeon to wait for him. It did not take long for them to finish moving the furniture and as soon as he was done helping he immediately headed down to where Law was waiting.

Shortly after he reached the parking lots, he immediately spotted Law's car and walked over to the passenger side as usual, lifting the handle only to find that it was still locked. He looked into the car and found Law leaning to the door, eyes closed. He was not sure if Law was sleeping or unconscious but he panicked and immediately ran to the driver's door upon the sight. He knocked a few times, trying to wake Law up but the older man did not even flinch. He tried again but still, Law did not respond. He tried calling Law's phone and he could hear the caller tone on but Law did not show any sign of waking up. A moment later, it went into the voicemail. He tried calling a few more times but Law was still unconscious.

He was in panic but he knew he had to calm down. He had to think of something. He had to get Law out of the car first. Then, a thought came up to him and he immediately looked for what he needed.

Shortly after Luffy left, Law opened his eyes slowly, finally awake. He actually fell asleep while waiting for Luffy.

Damn. He slept the whole day. Was that not enough?

He was not sure if it was a dream but he felt like there was someone knocking on his car window so he looked around sleepily. Strangely, no one was there. Seeing that Luffy was still not there, he took his phone from the compartment and was surprised to see missed calls from Luffy, still recent. He was about to call Luffy when he saw Luffy standing in front of the passenger door, holding a rock like he was ready to break the window. His eyes widened in shock and he immediately got out of the car. "Oi, Luffy!"

Luffy immediately froze upon hearing Law's voice and he slowly looked up from the window he was aiming to see Law looking at him. "L-Law!" Luffy yelled excitedly, seeing that Law was finally conscious. Then, he realized that Law was looking at his hand, reminding him that he was holding a rock. He immediately threw the rock away and put both hands at his back, grinning awkwardly to Law.

"Oi, put me down! Put me down!" yelled Law, who was struggling to get out of the younger boy's arms. Right after the whole incident with the rock, Luffy immediately forced and dragged Law to go up and rest in his apartment. Of course, the surgeon resisted at first, saying he was fine. But then, something like that was not enough to convince Luffy. Not after seeing how tired the surgeon was. It was a crazy struggle but Luffy came up with a crazy idea - he lifted Law up and carried him all the way to the elevator so there he was, hanging over Luffy's shoulder, both thighs held tightly by Luffy so he had to put both his hands around Luffy's neck for stability.

It was crazy. It really was.

Shit. For someone so thin, Luffy surely was strong. He did everything he could to get away - struggling hard, pinching Luffy's cheeks but it just would not work. The boy would not let him go no matter what.

They stumbled upon some people on the way to the elevator who were looking at them with weird look and it was so embarrassing. So embarrassing that Law wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it but that was impossible so he covered his face and whispered to Luffy. "Put me down, don't be crazy!"

"That has to wait until we get to my apartment. Shishishi!"

Law let out a long sigh hearing Luffy's reply and buried his face on Luffy's shoulder in disappointment. Luckily, no one was in the elevator when they got in so Law was saved from further humiliation until they reached Luffy's apartment.

As soon as they got into Luffy's apartment, Luffy started nagging about how Law was not taking care about himself. "Your face is so pale! Why did you even think of going out? If you're really tired you should just sleep! Did you even eat? It's only been two weeks and you look like you lost weight! You got me really worried back there, okay? I really thought you passed out!"

Then, Luffy went into his kitchen and came back with a glass of water for Law. He was so worried about Law and he could see that the man looked really tired.

"If you broke my window just now I'll make sure you work for me until you die." Law answered, decided to skip the part about him not taking care of himself. Then, he took a sip of his water. He was parched. Meeting up with Luffy should be therapeutic but whatever happened just now was crazy and already he was tired. It was no doubt that he would have a good sleep tonight.

"I have a better idea. Marry me. I can do all the house chores and even cook for you!" Luffy suggested, and Law spat out his water upon hearing Luffy's proposal.

"Are you okay?" Luffy asked, worried seeing the surgeon coughing and Law nodded his head in response, hand wiping his mouth.

"You should really cut it out, all this proposal thing."

"No. I told you I'll make you want to marry me."

"Why can't we just stay friends?"

"I love you. I want to spend my whole life with you. I want to take care of you. I want to protect you." Luffy said, as he moved closer to face Law and placed his hands on the unoccupied spaces next to the older man's thighs, cornering him. Then, Luffy brought his face closer to Law's as though he was trying to kiss him. "Why, you don't feel the same way?"

"No." Law replied, as he backed away from Luffy, recreating distance between them. Somehow, the word felt heavy coming out from his mouth but he believed that was the truth. Law did not think he felt the same way for Luffy.

"You mean not yet?"

"... No." Law answered again, calmly although he felt like his heart was going to explode.

"But you ki-" Luffy tried to bring up the recent event but he was cut off by Law's hand.

"Don't.. Don't bring those up again."

Suddenly, both of them heard grumbling sound. Surprisingly, Luffy said it was not him. Then, Law recalled, he had not eaten at all the whole day.

So, it was actually him?

Damn. Why did it have to make sound now?

Then, the surgeon noticed the teen in front of him was looking at him with his eyes narrowed as though he was saying, "It's you."

"You really don't take care of yourself when I'm not around, right?" Luffy stood up and went to the kitchen, trying to look for things that he could feed Law. Too bad his fridge was almost empty so he decided to go to the shops nearby to buy food. Law tried to stop him but he was met by a stern look from the teen, making him go back to his seat. "Stay there. I'm not going to let you starve with me around."

It had been a while since Law saw that stern and persistent look, really. And now, he could do nothing to counter it so he sat back on the couch obediently and waited for Luffy.

As suspected, thirty minutes later the teen came back with a lot of things. He carefully placed everything on the coffee table in front of Law, as the older man stared. "Are we having a feast?"

"No. It's dinner! Now, eat up! I bought your favorite food! There's meat too!" Luffy said, as he took out a box of rice balls from the paper bag. "Finish them, okay?"

Damn. There was no way Law could finish everything.

"I can't-" Law tried to explain but the teen gave him another stern look. "I mean, I'll try."

They had just finished dinner and Law's stomach felt like it was going to explode when Luffy told him to stay over. It caught him by surprise and he stared at the teen in response. "Sorry?"

"It's your day off tomorrow, right? I'm not going to let you drive home in that condition. Ace left some of his clothes here, you can wear them."

"Why.. why do I have to wear his clothes?"

"You should sleep in something comfortable."

"I don't want to." Law objected, not comfortable with the idea of wearing someone else's shirt but the teen was already in one of the rooms rummaging through the dressers. Then, he came back to Law with a sweatshirt and a pair of shorts.

"Put these on." He said, as he dragged Law to his room.

"I said I don't want to." Law said, tried to go back to the couch but the teen held him back.

"Just put them on!" Luffy said, pushing Law into his room and shut the door.

Law tried to go out but Luffy was standing outside of the room and he would not let Law out. Then, the surgeon gave up and went to sit on Luffy's bed. He looked at the clothes Luffy gave him and contemplated. In the end, he decided to just put them on. Luffy would nag at him until he put them on anyway. He inspected the clothes Luffy brought him and realized Luffy had given him a pair of shorts. He could not wear shorts. He did not want to risk Luffy seeing his scars. Then, he opened the door slowly and asked, "Do you have any long pants?"

"Wouldn't it be hot?"

"I'm okay. Just, lend me one, please?"

So, Luffy brought him a pair of long pants and continued waiting in front of the door. Five minutes later, the door opened and there Law was, standing at his door in Ace's clothes.

"Look, you're so thin! Even Ace's shirt looks big on you!" Luffy remarked, grinning in amuse seeing how cute the older man looked in bigger clothes.

"Don't look at me like that." Law warned, uncomfortable but the teen did not listen. Then, Luffy handed him a tooth brush and dragged him to the bathroom.

"Okay, let's go brush our teeth and then it's bed time!"

Law instantly felt like a kid.

Few minutes later, they were done brushing their teeth and Law asked Luffy where should he sleep. "In my room, of course!" Luffy replied, and Law blinked his eyes upon hearing Luffy's answer.

"You have two rooms and couches and you want me to sleep in your room?" Law asked, trying to confirm if he actually heard Luffy right and the teen nodded.

Seriously? No, he would not sleep in the teen's room.

"It's okay. I'll just sleep on the couch."

"Why, are you shy? I've hugged you to sleep. We even ki-" And again, Luffy was cut off by Law's hand.

"I told you that was an emergency. If you ever bring that up again I'm going to ignore you forever." Law warned, and the teen's eyes widened in shock.

"Okay, okay! Fine. I won't bring them up again. Now come with me!" Then, Luffy dragged the surgeon by his hand into his bedroom.

"Oi, stop! Stop!" Law tried to fight but he was still too exhausted from the commotion earlier so in the end there he was, sleeping next to Luffy on his bed. He was trying to sleep but the light was still on and he could feel the teen was staring at him. Then, he opened his eyes a little and saw the teen looking at him with an excited face.

"Stop looking at me." Law said, and the teen only grinned at him in response. "Shouldn't you switch the light off already? I can't sleep with the light on." Then, the teen got up and switched off the light. There was no bedside lamp so it was really dark and the teen had to be very careful while he walked back to his bed.

Luffy tried to sleep but somehow, having Law next to him was making him too excited. In the end, he started asking questions when he really should be letting Law sleep.

"Law, are you asleep?" Luffy asked, but there was no reply. "I know you're not."

Then, he heard a grunt. Law was still not asleep.

Yes!

What should he ask?

Okay, got one!

"What do you usually do on your birthday?" Luffy asked, trying to fish out some information. Yeah, he knew Law's birthday was like two months away but he wanted to do something special for the older man's birthday so he should know if his plan would interfere with Law's routine.

At first, it was silent so he thought Law was asleep. Then, he heard Law answered, "Nothing different. It's just another day of life to me."

"That's boring." Luffy remarked, but in his head he was already jumping excitedly because that meant he could have Law to him the whole day, celebrating him. He would have a lot of surprises prepared for Law.

Yes, yes!

Too bad, the thought was instantly crushed by a single line from Law.

"My family died on the night of my birthday."

And that, made Luffy speechless.

"So.. Sorry. I'm really sorry." Luffy apologized, a moment later and was met by silence. An awkward silence for Luffy. Luckily the light was off. He did not expect something tragic like that to happen to Law. Law is a good guy. Why did something horrible like that happened to him? Luffy really hoped he did not trigger anything. He really hoped Law was fine and he thought really hard about what he could do to ease Law's feelings.

Little did Luffy know, at that moment, Law was starting to question himself.

Why did he tell Luffy that? Did that mean he was ready for the so-called opening up session?

Shit. It had been a while since he told anyone that, really. The last time he told Saul about his stories he ended up crying and throwing up. And now, he could feel himself on the verge of crying.

He thought he could do it. Maybe no. Maybe he was not ready yet. Him crying and throwing up was not exactly the sight he wanted Luffy to see.

Shit. Hold yourself together, Trafalgar Law. You are not a kid anymore.

Law tried to calm down but now that he had a glimpse of his lost memories with his family his heart would not stop aching and his hands would not stop trembling.

Suddenly, Law could hear Luffy asking, "Law, can I hold your hand?" as though the teen knew how he was feeling.

"No." Law replied, but a moment later, he could feel a warm hand holding his. "I said no, Luffy." Law tried to snatch his hand away from Luffy's but Luffy held harder. In the end, Law gave up.

Shit. If Luffy was going to hold his hand anyway he should not even bothered asking. But then, it was actually not that bad.

It was kind of funny because for the first time he actually could feel how Luffy's hand was sweaty. Yeah, a little sweaty at first, maybe it was what Luffy told him - how he got that kind of weird feeling, sweaty palms, and difficulty to breath whenever he was together with Law.

Strange. They held hands so many times before but he never actually noticed them. Well, not really holding hands. More like Luffy grabbing his hands, dragging him places.

Then, he realized something. His hand that was not held by Luffy felt cold, and sweaty.

Shit. What the hell?

Why was his hand sweating too?

Both of them did not say anything after that and Luffy's sweaty palm went away eventually, creating a warm sensation that felt so relaxing, so calming that Law eventually felt sleepy. Then, he heard Luffy said, "Good night, Law. I love you."

"Night, Luffy."

When Law woke up the next day, Luffy was no longer in bed. He lazily rolled over to the bedside table next to the side Luffy slept on and reached for his phone to check the time. It was almost ten in the morning. Luffy must already had gone to the university. Luckily it was his day off so he was not in a rush.

He slowly got up, sitting upright and stretched. Strangely he felt a lot better and fresh, like some of Luffy's overflowing energy was actually transferred into his body. He was about to get off the bed and go to the bathroom when something on the bedside table caught his eyes.

There was a stack of what looked like memo notes to him lying on the table and he felt like he saw his name written on them. So, he reached for the notes and started reading the messages.

"Good morning, Law! I hope you slept well! I made breakfast! Eat up!"

Then, he flipped the note to see the next message.

"Don't go anywhere. Rest and wait until I get back!"

Rest and wait? No way. He was already thinking of going back to his apartment. Then, he flipped the note to see the last one underneath.

"I took your keys :P "

...

?!

Then, he checked the bedside table. His keys really were gone. He did not notice at all!

What the hell?! Now he could not even go back to his apartment! What was he supposed to do now? Sleep the whole day?

NOOOO!

Why, why?!

He immediately fell back to the bed in frustration. Sometimes Luffy really made him felt like pulling all his hair out. He was so going to get back at Luffy for that. It took him quite a while before he finally calmed down. Then, he got up and sighed. He needed to go to the bathroom and wash up.

He walked to the bathroom slowly, head down. Almost like a zombie. It felt like all the energy he had earlier had been drained from him when he found out his keys were gone and he will be stuck in the apartment for the whole day. As soon as he got into the bathroom, he noticed another note stuck on the mirror at the sink so he walked over to read the content.

"Hey, Law! Nothing much. I just want to leave a note here."

Idiot, Law thought. Still angry. Then, he proceeded to do his business. After he was done washing up, he exited the bathroom to find another note stuck at the back of the bathroom door.

"Don't forget to eat your breakfast!"

Law only rolled his eyes reading the reminder. Then, he made his way to the kitchen and found his breakfast. It was covered properly and when he opened it he saw a set of western breakfast arranged to form a smiley face. Next to it were a polystyrene box and another note.

"Heat them first. Check inside the polystyrene box. :D "

So, he checked the box next to the breakfast and found a cup of coffee from the nearby cafe. Stuck to the polystyrene box was a note.

"Sorry. Can't make coffee so I bought it! :( I hope it's okay! If you don't like it I got orange juice and milk in the fridge!"

Okay, Luffy. Okay. Noted. He was fine with the coffee, really. But, he could not help but wonder if Luffy left another note in the fridge. Okay, not that he was curious or anything but Luffy might have left an important message. Who knows?

Right, right?

Okay, that was lame. Just open the fridge already.

So, he slowly opened the fridge and looked, and there was a note stuck on a box of orange juice, placed next to a box of milk.

"You really don't like the coffee, huh? I'm sorry :("

He really left a note. What an idiot, Law thought. But, a faint smile was curved on his face this time.

After he was finished with his breakfast, he made his way to the sink and he saw another note on the wall next to it.

"Watch the TV if you're bored!"

Sure, Luffy. Sure. There was nothing else he could do anyway. Luffy took his keys and he swore he would get back at Luffy for that.

Done with the dishes, he went to the living room and next to the remote control was a note.

"My comics and DVDs are in the shelf! If you want to play games you can use my laptop! This is the last note. I love you! :D"

Unable to contain it anymore, Law burst out laughing. Seriously, Luffy?

He looked around, trying to see if there was any note he missed out but seemed like that was all of it. He wondered how long did the teen spend sticking all those notes around. Then, he went back to the living room and spent the next few hours watching TV. It was almost three when he actually felt sleepy again so he decided to take a short nap on the couch and it did not take long before he fell asleep.

Fifteen minutes later, Luffy came back to his apartment to find Law sleeping on the couch. His class finished earlier that day and he figured that he should come back and check on Law before he goes to work. He felt guilty for taking the surgeon's keys but he just wanted to make sure the surgeon rests properly.

He put the lunch he bought for the surgeon on the coffee table and covered him with a piece of thin cloth. Then, he sat in front of the surgeon, just observing him sleeping. Luffy liked Law's sleeping face. He always looked really serene in his sleep and Luffy could not help but to look at it.

Luffy spent few minutes just looking at Law's face and he was about to leave when he suddenly felt a hand grabbing his. He slowly looked back and saw the surgeon giving him an icy glare. Cold sweats started rolling down his forehead and he could hear the surgeon said with a low voice, "Keys."

Thirty minutes later, Law was already back in his own clothes and Luffy was sitting on one of the couches, still rubbing his cheeks. Law pinched his cheeks really hard thirty minutes ago and it still hurt. Law had asked him to sit still on the couch and he looked at Law with his sad eyes as soon as he saw the surgeon exited his room, all changed.

"You going back already?" Luffy asked, with a sad voice.

"Yeah. Anyway, you don't have to come to work today. I'm giving you the day off."

"Why?!" Luffy asked, shocked. He thought he could actually spend some time with the surgeon that evening.

"You're noisy. I can't sleep with you around." Law said, as he pressed the tip of his index finger on Luffy's forehead and the teenager pouted in response.

"I'm sorry about the keys. I just wanted you to rest. Are you mad?"

Then, the surgeon turned to Luffy and answered, "No."

"Really?"

"Yeah, if you ask that again I'm going to pinch your cheeks again." Law warned, and Luffy covered both his cheeks, scared. Then, both of them walked together to the elevator. While they walked, Luffy told him they should hang out again soon whenever Law is free and the surgeon nodded . "Sure. Later." He said, as they reached the elevator.

Law was about to enter the elevator when he felt his hand pulled back and then he could feel a pair of lips lightly kissing his cheek. He immediately froze in his place and blinked in shock. Then, the teen gave him one of his bright smiles again. "Later, I love you!"

It did not take long before the surgeon got back to his senses again and walked into the elevator with Luffy watching and waving at him. As soon as the door closed, he let out the breath he had been holding. Then, he put his hands together, trying to make it stop trembling. His hands started feeling damp when he saw Luffy earlier and it would not stop trembling after Luffy kissed him.

He really wished the teen did not feel his hand trembling.

The teen had kissed him so many times before but his hands never trembled like that. To top it off, his heart was pounding like crazy and he did not like the feeling of it at all.

What the hell was happening, really?