Corazon and Getting Along

Corazon sat, motionless, on Law's bed. He was distraught, angry, and overall sad. Law had been missing for two days now. That wasn't normal for the older man. Sure, Law would go off by himself for a day but not two. Especially not without contacting him first. He was always back by the next morning or he got a call the same day he disappeared. It was just how he was.

"Cora, are you okay?" Robin asked from the doorway.

"I... I don't... No. I'm not okay," he confessed. After Law's disappearance, Corazon had informed all of their friends that he had gone missing. They had been staying with him since the day before.

"I'm sure they'll find Torao-kun very soon. You just have to stay positive about it," the woman informed him. She was like a mother to him. Robin even treated Law like a son. He guessed that was why they got along so well.

"I know, I know. It's just that... I went and saw Doflamingo last night with Smoker." Robin looked surprised to hear that. They knew about Corazon's relationship with him. Law had tried to keep it secret from them, but they found out anyway. Their friends didn't care at all and just acted like nothing was different about him. He guessed that it wasn't because they never brought it up again with him nor Law.

"Did he know where he was?"

"He said he didn't." Corazon's face twisted into a deep scowl. "I know he's lying to me. He's got a thing for Law." Robin nodded. They knew about that too. "I don't think he will tell anyone where he is willingly. It's just not something's he's known for." Corazon sighed. "I'll just have to wait for Smoker to finish his investigation on him." He held back what he wanted to say.

"But you want to help them, right?" Robin asked.

"Yeah. I want to help them because I love Law. He's been there for me and I miss him." Corazon held back the tears that threatened to fall. "If he's got him, there's no telling what he'll do to him."

"But you have some thoughts, though."

"I do. I've read the letters he wrote. I've seen the pictures he drew. His fascination with Law is very unhealthy and very worrying. I'm terrified of what he might do to him if he's got him locked away somewhere."

Robin walked in before sitting beside him on the bed. She was a good bit shorter than him. Even shorter than Law. "Don't worry." Robin placed a hand on his shoulder. "I promise that he'll be okay. You need to have faith that he can take care of himself. Even if Doflamingo has him, he knows how his mind works, right? He'll be able to get around this."

Corazon smiled slightly. "You're right. He's strong enough to take care of himself. I know he's going to be okay. I just hope that he'll be able to come home soon. It's gloomy around here without him."

Robin chuckled. "I know what you mean. Luffy's been depressed because he isn't around. Not many of us want to do anything because we're worried about his safety."

"Yeah. It's good to know that you guys are with me on this." Robin smiled brightly as she placed a kiss on his cheek.

"Come on, now. Let's go back downstairs with the others. We've been watching movies to get our minds off of that for now." Reluctantly, Corazon got up and followed Robin out of the room. He was hoping and praying that, wherever Law was, he was being treated properly and that nobody had harmed him in any way.

...

"Back off from me!" Law shouted as he moved away from Doflamingo. He still didn't want the teen near him at the time. Law had screamed loudly when he woke up because the other had been sleeping right next to him. It woke the other up in the process. And that sparked another chain of events.

"Law, I'm sorry if I upset you yesterday," Doflamingo started. Law wanted to believe that he was genuinely sorry, but he didn't want anything to do with him at that moment.

"Sorry doesn't fix anything," he countered. "You can't take back the actions you make." Law grabbed his arms. "I... I don't... I don't know..." He started to get choked up on what to say. Law wanted to say something but couldn't quite get it to come out.

"What're you talking about? You don't know what?" Doflamingo seemed to be confused.

Getting even angrier than he already was, Law decided to tell him. "I don't know what to do!" he yelled at him. "I can't figure out what's going on with me!" He backed up to the same corner that he had been in the day before. "I... I just want... I just want to go back home." Law slid down to the floor as he wrapped his arms around his knees.

He kept his eyes on Doflamingo. The guy stood there for a good bit before walking over to him. It was like Law had anywhere to got so he just stayed where he was. "Law, I'm really sorry about what I did yesterday." Law just stared at him as he kneeled in front of him. "Please, forgive me."

Law was shocked. He had never heard Doflamingo beg for anything since he had known him. Especially from other people, let alone him. "Why... Why are you so desperate for me to forgive you?" Law asked. He was still disturbed that Doflamingo had kidnapped him and was holding him hostage at some place. That was still sinking in for him.

Not answering at first, Doflamingo brought him in for a hug. "Because I love you. I don't want you to be angry with me or hate me. I want you to love me the way I love you." Law froze in place. He had said the same thing to him the day before. As he was 'helping' him. That's what the other told him he had been doing. His silence seemed to bother Doflamingo. He pulled back before looking at his face. Law couldn't see his eyes but knew he had sparked something in him.

"What kind of love do you have for me?" Law asked in a wary tone of voice. He was worried that it was a lover type of love. Something he was very, very amateur with.

Doflamingo didn't say anything. Before Law could move or even stop him, the man leaned down and placed his lips on his. It was soft. Shocked at the action, he gasped. As soon as he had done that, a wet, warm appendage entered his mouth. Quickly, he realized that it was his tongue that had entered his mouth.

After a minute, it touched his tongue. Law tensed up at the feeling of it poking and prodding at his. It was as if Doflamingo was trying to get him to do something. Making a confused noise in the back of his throat, Law, finally, came back to himself.

Putting his hands up, he began to push Doflamingo away. The tongue wrapped around his and began to pull it into the other's mouth. That shocked him even more. He didn't know how to respond to something like that, but his body chose for him. Law moaned lowly in the back of his throat.

After a bit longer, his lack of oxygen made him push even harder on Doflamingo's chest. He was running out of air and his mind was getting fuzzy from lack of it. With a good, hard push, he was able to disengage Doflamingo from himself. He gasped for air as he leaned against the wall.

"Sorry. I got carried away." Law saw that he was grinning. That let him know that he had meant to do something like that.

"You..." Law gasped. He didn't know what to say at first. It took him about five minutes to regain his breath so he could talk properly without panting. "You kissed me," was the first thing he could think of to say. "With your... tongue."

Doflamingo grinned even wider. "Yes. That's what you do with someone you love, right?"

He was just trying to wrap his mind around what had just happened and what he meant by 'love'. "So... you love me as in a lover?" Law asked. He was worried that was the case. It would explain a lot, though.

"Yes. I love you like a lover." That made him even more worried and almost faint.

"So, yesterday..."

"I helped you because I thought it would be better for you. I had to control myself during it, though." Law paled. "I got hard during it. I almost jumped you halfway."

"WHAT?!" He couldn't believe what he was hearing from him. Doflamingo had almost raped him the day before while helping him jack off. That was not something he wanted to hear from him. "You... You almost..." Law didn't even want to say it. "You almost... raped... me?"

"I wouldn't say that," Doflamingo defended himself. "I wouldn't have gone that far. I would've just helped us both out. Without going all the way."

"Still!" he shouted at him. "That would've been very close to rape!" Doflamingo looked to the side. "Do you have something you want to tell me, Doflamingo?" Law knew he was hiding something from him. Something very important.

"I don't think it wise to tell you right now," he informed him.

"Why? What can possibly be worse than what you just told me?"

"I won't tell you right now." This frustrated Law. Doflamingo was supposed to open up to him. Now, he was closed off and not telling him something important. That was making him even more stressed than he already was.

Doflamingo stood up and walked to the door. "Where're you going?" Law asked. He had no idea where the younger man was going or even if he could get out that way. Doflamingo had left that way but Law never saw if it had been an actual way out.

"I've got something to do for a bit. I promise that I'll come back." Doflamingo smiled at him. Law felt uncomfortable because he had never seen him give a genuine smile. It was mostly smirks and grins.

Only able to nod, Law watched him leave the room. That left him alone. Again. He didn't even know what time it was. That was the worst part about being in the room. Law had now way to tell what time it was. Like, he couldn't tell if it was day, night, or even afternoon. That angered him and concerned him at the same time.

"Now my days will run together. I won't know what day it is," he muttered to himself. "This is horrible. Why would he do this to me?" Law remembered what he said to him. "He... He loves me? Then why kidnap me? Is he worse than I originally thought? Corazon really was right after all. He's not cured. He only got worse through the years I worked with him." Law ran a hand through his hair. "He only grew attached to me as I worked with him. This isn't good. I now know how bad it is." He sighed as he got up and went back over to the bed.

Law placed his fingers on his bottom lip. He remembered the feeling of Doflamingo's lips on his. They had been soft and warm. Then, he remembered the taste of him. It had been sweet, but he couldn't place the exact thing he tasted like.

He sighed once again. "I don't know how this will end. I really do hope that he doesn't do anything harmful to me. Corazon will kill him if he does harm me." Law laid down on his side. "God, give me the strength to get through this."

...

"Doffy, you seem happier today," Trebol commented after another interrogation. Doflamingo hadn't killed anyone this time. He guessed that it showed that he was in a lighter, more joyful mood.

"Yeah. Just working some things out." He was grinning most of the day after the moment he had with Law.

"That's good to hear. Are you free tomorrow? Or are you going to stay with your psychiatrist again?"

"I'll be staying with him tomorrow. If anyone comes by my house, tell them that I'm going to be at work." Trebol agreed before Doflamingo left the area. Vergo was waiting for him. It was nice to know that he could trust and rely on them not to say anything to anyone about what he did.

On their way back to his penthouse to get some fresh clothes, Vergo decided to inform him of what to expect at his home. "That Corazon kid has been hanging out around the building today. I saw him when I came to check if they had been searching your place."

"Do you think he wants to talk to me?"

"I wouldn't doubt it." Doflamingo nodded as they pulled up. Lo and behold, Corazon was packing back and forth right outside the entrance to the building. "Do you want me to get rid of him for you?"

"No. I'm going to talk to him. I'll invite him inside and see what he wants." Vergo nodded. "Wait for me here. I'll come back out when I can."

"Yes, sir. I'll wait for you."

Getting out, Doflamingo approached the younger man. "Corazon, right?" he asked as he walked up to him. That was when Doflamingo noticed that the other was only a couple of inches shorter than him.

"Yeah." Corazon seemed nervous about something. "Can I talk to you for a moment or two?"

"Sure. Why don't we go up? It will be private there." He watched the other hesitate before nodding. Why is he nervous? Do I scare him? Once they were in his penthouse, Doflamingo sat on the sofa. "You can sit down. Just not in that seat." He motioned to the one that Law normally sat in. Corazon gave him a confused look before he sat in the chair beside that one. "Now, what do you want to talk about?"

The younger man looked nervous before he took in a deep breath. "Do you really not know where Law is?" Doflamingo went to say something but Corazon cut him off. "I won't tell Smoker and I won't press charges against you. I just want to know if he's safe. I know he can hold his own against anyone, even you." He looked him straight in the eyes. "I will accept it if you did kidnap him, but I will not stand for nor tolerate you hurting him in any way."

Doflamingo was speechless. Corazon already knew the truth and just wanted to know if he was okay. Not for him to give him back, but for him not to hurt him. This wasn't what he had expected to hear from the younger man.

His silence seemed to give Corazon more motivation to speak. "I've seen the letters you wrote and the pictures you drew." Doflamingo got angry that someone else had seen his private things. "Law has seen them too." That made his eyes widen behind the glasses. "I know that you have an unhealthy obsession with him. One that might get him hurt in the long run."

"Hold up. I don't have an unhealthy obsession with him," he interrupted him. "My interest in Law is completely normal and something that most teenagers have towards people they like."

The other sighed heavily. "You do know that he's told me what dreams he's been having." That confused him. It was as if he was changing the subject. "I do believe that you've been drugging him, am I right?"

"No. I haven't done anything like that to him."

"Bullshit," Corazon said, raising his voice a little. "The time he didn't wake up for a few days, I got him tested. There was a drug in his system that he doesn't have at home. I know damn well that you did something."

"You have no proof, though."

"I might not have physical proof, but Law's mentality is all the proof that I need."

"What do you mean?"

"His dreams. I know you've been molesting him while he's been passed out." This was getting too on the nose for him. Doflamingo narrowed his eyes. I don't want to hurt him because Law won't forgive me if I do, but I just want to strangle the life out of him right now. "Law's never been sexually frustrated nor done anything in that frame for as long as I've known him."

"He's a grown man. It's normal at any stage of life."

"Law's never been interested in people. Be it man or woman. That's just not his personality. I've tried to set up dates with him when he was going through college." Doflamingo didn't like hearing that. "It never worked out. The other would state that he didn't seem interested at all. I've tried all kinds of people. That's why I think you did something to him."

"If all of this is true, and I'm saying if, are you angry about it?"

Corazon glared at him before letting it go. "I am. You just don't mess with him like that. It's traumatizing for him. That's something I can never forgive you for." Doflamingo nodded. "But he's confused about relationships that don't pertain to friends or family."

"That's normal, isn't it? For someone like him, I'm not surprised at all."

"Let me finish." Doflamingo nodded again. "I wanted him to drop you as a patient."

"What the hell?!" He went to get up. Doflamingo was going to attack him.

"But he wouldn't listen to me." Doflamingo stopped before plopping back down. "I understand that he didn't want to give up on you. That's just how he is." It was as if Corazon was confessing something to him. "I don't like you I really don't."

"Huh? Why is that?"

"Because you're a horrible person."

"Hey now. That's not a very nice thing to say about a person you don't really know." Corazon looked at him with something in his eyes. It told him that he was missing something. Probably something important.

"I know more about you than you think." Silence followed after that. Doflamingo didn't know how to respond to his comment. It was as if he knew way more than he was letting on. That was never a good sign.

"Why did you really come here to talk to me?"

Corazon sighed again before answering him. "I know you have Law hidden away somewhere. Where? I don't know. I will allow you to keep him for a little bit longer." Doflamingo was shocked at what he was hearing. "I won't even tell Smoker about you having him. I just want him returned home safely."

"Why are you still insisting that I have him? You can check my penthouse. He's not here."

"It's intuition. Something I've always had about Law." He went to stand up. "As I said, you can hold onto him for a little bit longer. When I come back, I want him returned. He's my brother and I don't want him hurt. I may be younger than him, but he needs me more than I need him." He walked to the elevator. "Have a goodnight. Please, tell Law I said hello and goodnight." With that, Corazon left the penthouse.

Doflamingo sat there, dumbfounded over what had transpired. Corazon had figured out that he had Law in only two days. That was a record time for anyone he knew. Now, he was allowing him to keep Law for a while longer. Doflamingo didn't understand what his problem was.

"That kid is really strange." Doflamingo stood up before going to pack some clothes away. He was going to take a shower with Law the next morning. Even if he didn't want to shower with him, he would make him. That was his thoughts for the next morning.

With all of his clothes in the bag, he walked back down to find that Vergo was still waiting for him. "Is everything okay?" he asked him as he slid into the limo. Doflamingo waited for Vergo to enter the car before telling him what happened with Corazon.

"He knows I have Law," he stated. Vergo buckled up before starting to drive.

"Do you want us to do something about him?"

"No. It'll be fine." He remembered what he had told him about Law. "We came to an agreement. I hope he lives up to it."

"I see." There was silence for the rest of the drive. Doflamingo thought of what Law would say to him when he came back. That is if he was still awake. It was night out now. There was a big possibility that Law was sleeping by now. "I fed Law earlier today."

"That's good. Thanks." Vergo grunted as he continued to drive. Doflamingo was glad that Law was being looked after even if he wasn't there to do so. At the penthouse, Doflamingo got the luggage out of the trunk. He started to grin as he walked inside. His hope was rising to think that Law might've still been awake.

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