~

“Ace! Sabo! Sanji sent meat!” Luffy called his brothers from the front door, returning home after putting three gangs in prison and having a feast with his friends after.

“Ace get here before it’s all gone!” Sabo ran to the door to snatch the bag of food from his baby brother’s hands before Luffy changed his mind and ate everything standing with his shoes on.

“I’m here! Gimme meat!” The eldest brother arrived, already salivating like a dog.

“Who is it…?” Sabo mumbled and first sniffed Ace who was closer to check if he was the source of the foul smell, then Luffy. “Luf when was the last time you took a bath?”

“What does it matter right now, let’s eat!” Luffy changed his shoes and pushed past the two to go to the kitchen where he knew Sabo was going to plate the food.

“You’re taking a bath after this!” The blond brother called and followed the younger to dish out the meat from Sanji and the pasta that was actually for dinner.

“There’s something about hands of North Blue men, I swear.” Ace sighed stealing a bite from the package the food arrived in.

“That sounds very creepy Ace.”

“And Marco’s from Grandline though, what about his hands?” Luffy sniggered at the flushed face of his brother.

“I wasn’t being creepy! Sanji makes good food and Law’s a good doctor- that’s what I meant!” Ace clarified then jumped on Luffy to hold him in a headlock. “You dirty-minded brat!”

“Nyahahahahaha!” The youngest laughed. “But it’s true that Sanji and Torao are the best!”

“When is Law coming over by the way?” Sabo asked finally putting all the food on the table. “You haven’t seen him since you guys went to Flevance.”

“Yeah Lu, don’t you miss your boyfriend?” Ace asked making smooching faces and noises.

“Bobao hab burk.” Luffy answered with his mouth full. 

Both the older brothers shared a look but it was Sabo who decided to ask the next question. “So much work that he can’t make time for two months?”

“You make him sound bad, he has this research so that takes up all his time and things are busy here so I can’t go either- I can’t complain when I can’t make time myself.” The younger answered after swallowing his food.

“When the fuck did you get this mature?” Ace asked, surprised, forgetting for a moment that there was food in front of him that needed to be consumed. “There isn’t anything else that has matured, right?”

Sabo dropped the spoon he was holding at the comment from Ace. “You can’t be serious.”

“Shut up virgin.” The oldest said and turned his attention back to Luffy. “Well?”

“Torao said I shouldn’t answer these kind of questions.” Luffy said going for another piece of meat.

“So Law has the reins?”

“Again, you guys are making him sound bad and I’m not answering any of those questions, Torao doesn’t like it.”

“Leave it Ace.” Sabo intervened before the eldest said something idiotic and upset Luffy.

“Why’re you guys asking so much about Torao though?” The youngest asked and raised his eyebrows when both the brothers first went silent, then looked at each other and got even worse.

“You too?!” Ace and Sabo said at the same time. “Reschedule!”

“Nyahhahahaha! You guys are funny!” Luffy laughed clapping his hands.

“Ok I’ll go first.” Sabo cleared his throat. “I have to go to our Baltigo base for some time Luffy.”

“Why’re you making it sound like a problem?” Luffy shrugged.

“I have to go to Sphinx with Shirohige… at the same time.” Ace added.

“So you’d both be gone.” The words that came out weren’t as sad and scared as Luffy felt on the inside, he hasn’t been left alone in the house since Law brought him back to his family. “I’m an adult, it’s not a problem.” The most he could do was ease his brothers’ worries so they could depart without problems.

“We’ve never left you all alone…” Sabo started.

“So that’s why, can Law come over and stay with you?” As Ace said it, he realized that was why Sabo had asked the question earlier.

Luffy appreciated the concern but he didn’t like being treated like a child. “It’s fine. I have tons of stuff to do, I won’t even know you guys aren’t here.”

“Still…” Sabo insisted.

“Fine.” Luffy rolled his eyes. “I’ll call Torao and ask him.” Both the brothers sighed in relief and got back to their meals. Then something clicked and Luffy narrowed his eyes at the older two. “But why Torao? All my friends are here, why ask Torao to come to Goa?”

“Aren’t there some things that Law knows and your friends don’t?” Sabo pointed.

“And Law’s a doctor so we would feel better leaving you in his capable hands. He’s got a quick brain for accidents and emergencies.” Ace said stuffing pasta in his mouth. 

“So Torao has your blessing if he wants to marry me? You sound like you’re ok with it.” Luffy joked with a grin.

“Ok who is responsible for putting these thoughts in your head!” Sabo grabbed a knife as if he would slash the culprit the moment they would appear.

“No one! I keep telling you guys I’m a grown-up now! I think like a grown-up too!”

Ace laughed and slapped the blond brother’s back. “Luffy’s a grown-up, Sabo.”

“Self-proclaimed.” Sabo chuckled. “You still prefer juice over alcohol, what kind of a grown-up are you?”

“What’s that have to do with anything!” The youngest frowned and started stealing food from his brothers’ plates, they called him a child, they should have seen it coming. Stealing food and shielding it, laughing with and at each other, the somber mood from before was gone for the moments the three brothers were together.

~

Nami hummed the tune of Binks’ Brew as she walked to Law’s house, the doctor was visiting Goa and had arrived a day before. The orange haired woman adjusted the bag of oranges on her arm and walked faster, the sun was setting and she wanted to get indoors before the night took over. Nami turned the key and went inside the house, she had her own key made some time ago. 

“Where are they?” Nami looked around the living room and put the oranges on the kitchen counter. Sighing, the woman started walking towards the backyard, if the boys weren’t indoors, she knew they were definitely sparring out back. Nami shivered as she slid the door open and sat down on the chair at the porch, the weather was moderately cold, winter giving way for spring, very slowly.

Luffy and Law were indeed sparring, and much to Nami’s annoyance, in nothing but shorts. The woman wondered why the two were sparring in the first place when Law had been in Goa for just a single day, surely he couldn’t be that winded after only twenty-four hours.

“You guys, call it a day already!” Nami called and got Law’s attention.

“When did you get here-“ Law turned his head for a moment and his words got stuck when he felt a hit on his face that sent him to the ground, seeing stars behind closed eyes. “Owhfuck! You moron!” The doctor cursed holding his face.

“Torao! I’m sorry!” Luffy panicked and threw his gloves aside to sit on the ground and see how much damage his fist had dealt on his boyfriend’s face.

“This was supposed to be about control!” The older scolded feeling his nose bleed. “Get me some tissues!” Law told Nami who ran inside.

“Nothing’s broken right?” The younger hovered, still panicking and now guilty that he hurt Law.

“No- nothing’s broken.” The doctor confirmed after feeling around his face. “Fuck- I hate nosebleeds.”

“T-torao.” Luffy whispered seeing the blood trickle down the older’s lips, mixing in the goatee, the blood wasn’t much but it wasn’t stopping either. Luffy didn’t know what came over him when he pushed Law’s hands away from his bleeding nose and licked the trail of blood from the chin to his nose, lingering longer than necessary on the lips. Luffy didn’t know what was possessing him still when while keeping his tongue on Law’s nose to keep the blood in check, the younger made eye contact with the older.

Luffy’s half-lidded eyes were what did Law in, not the weirdly sensual licking, not the bleeding itself, but the hooded, sort of lustful eyes. The doctor felt blood rush to his face and since the pathway was already open, he felt the blood find its exit from his nose.

“Wha- why is it suddenly getting worse?!” Luffy began panicking again. Law thanked his stars when Nami arrived with the tissues. “How are you even bleeding this much if nothing’s broken?”

“Your punches have hard effects on normal humans.” Nami pointed and settled Luffy’s hands down so Law could deal with his nosebleed. “Do you need ice?” Nami asked Law who had started standing up.

“It’s fine.” Law waved the worried two aside, decided to think about whatever the fuck Luffy was on a few moments ago later and went inside the house first, his eyes immediately going to the goods on the kitchen counter. “These oranges couldn’t have come at a better time.”

“You say that but let’s see you actually eat them.” Nami rolled her eyes, Law had never been the one to eat fruits and vegetables on his own, without being scolded or forced.

“You’re right, juice would work faster.”

“Cocoyashi oranges!” Luffy snatched a few in his arms before his friend made him put them back.

“Please put some clothes on first.” Nami sighed. “And no juice Law! Eat the fruit!”

“Yes ma’am.” Law called back going to his room to change into his indoor clothes. Luffy did the same, except he didn’t put on two layers according to the weather, he was still feeling hot from earlier.

“Law, is it ok if everyone comes over for dinner?” Law heard Nami ask when he got back to the living room, the owner of the voice sat down beside him soon after, handing him a plate of peeled oranges. “Sanji-kun’s cooking of course.”

“Ok.” Law agreed quickly hearing the end and accepting the oranges, putting salt and pepper on them before consuming them.

“Oranges! Oranges!” Luffy bounced in the living room, sat down on Law’s other side and accepted the plate of oranges from Nami, she had only peeled the fruit and had yet to separate the slices but the youngest just took the fruit and took a bite out of the whole thing.

“What… the fuck…” Law’s mouth hung open at the feral display. 

“Ace and Sabo are coming too!” Luffy said not realizing the horror on his boyfriend’s face.

Law shook his head clear. “Might as well, I had to go meet them anyway. Now, I won’t have to.”

“Did they say anything?” Luffy narrowed his eyes and frowned not liking the thought that his brothers could have talked to Torao about their worries of leaving their youngest alone in the house for too long.

“No… why’re you looking at me like that?”

“No reason!”

“That was weird.” Nami whispered putting another peeled orange on Law’s plate. “How’s your nose?”

“Blood’s stopped, it’s going to be uncomfortable for a while though.”

“Why were you even sparring to begin with? It’s just been a day since you got here.”

“It was his idea, said he wanted to learn to control his movements better.” Law started then turned to Luffy, adding, “so he could learn to stop in time. That clearly needs work.”

“I’m sorry Torao!” Luffy whined and brought his arms around the older.

“I’m going to make you work for forgiveness.”

“Not in front of my oranges!” Nami groaned.

After Nami made sure Law had eaten enough oranges for the day, the three were up to clean the house in case anything was out of place. The Strawhats and Luffy’s brothers made all the noise they could at dinner and Law had to tape Ace’s hands together and mouth shut, and sneak sleeping medicine in Franky’s cola to get those two loudmouths to stay quiet. Law also had to continuously sniff his tea to make sure Zoro hadn’t slipped alcohol in there, the doctor didn’t know what was wrong with the swordsman and his continuous bullying that Law drink.

One by one the company started falling asleep in the living room where they were sitting to watch a movie with the lights off, not knowing when he would feel that particular kind of familial love again going forward with his goals, Law let everyone stay the night. Ace and Sabo helped adjusting everyone onto comfortable and warm bedding before the two left.

“You wanna go to bed or stay here and sleep?” Luffy asked when the boyfriends sat on the couch, careful of not bumping into anyone and waking them up.

“Kinda want to stay here.” Law answered and got up to get bedding for himself and Luffy as well. The older spread the sheets evenly and fluffed the pillows before occupying the space and adjusting his blanket. Law wanted to sleep, he felt tired from all the blood that left his body and from the one hour of continuous sparring with Luffy before Nami made them stop. Luffy though, had questions.

“Did Ace or Sabo say something?” Luffy whispered, scooting closer to Law, bringing his blanket over both their heads so the noise wouldn’t go out. Law turned on the torch of his phone so he could see better.

“Again? Why are you asking about this again?” The older whispered back.

“Did they say anything or not?”

“I’m not answering unless you tell me what’s going on.”

Luffy rolled his eyes, pouted, kicked the blanket, readjusted the blanket, then sighed, defeated. “They both have to leave the house for two weeks or something and they don’t want me to be alone, at all.”

“And why do you think they’d have talked to me about it?” Law raised an eyebrow and shifted to prop his head up on his elbow.

“Because a week ago they told me to tell you to come to Goa to stay with me when they won’t be here.”

“Why… don’t they want you to be alone? What am I missing?”

“They haven’t left me alone since you brought me back Torao. Ace or Sabo, one of them is always at the house with me, so they’re worried because this would be the first time I would be completely alone in that house. They’re being stupid, I can handle myself.” Luffy huffed.

Law sat up and helped the younger sit up as well, he draped the blankets over them both in a sort of tent and put his phone aside with the flash on. “It’s not stupid, they’re your brothers, let them worry.”

“But…”

“And no, they didn’t say anything to me in those lines, just told me I am a good person, whatever the hell that meant.”

“So you’re really not here because they talked you into it?” Luffy smiled in the whispered question.

“No you dumbass.” Law rolled his eyes. “I told you, I have to work and my idiots were being very overbearing and I hadn’t seen you in a while too, figured I would bring my work here.” And meet everyone for the final time.

“Nishishi, ok.” Luffy was satisfied that his brothers weren’t bothering Torao like they had with his friends in the beginning, and with that thought in his head, the younger moved to lay back down but Law’s hand kept him up.

“What the fuck were you thinking earlier?” The older asked, his voice low. “Licking my blood.” Law was glad for the bad lighting, his face was an embarrassed mess.

“Licking wounds help them heal faster?” Luffy hunched his shoulders in an equally embarrassed manner.

“Try again.”

“You looked so sexy with blood coming out of your nose.” The younger shrugged this time, telling what had been going through his mind.

“How in the fuck was that sexy? You were turned on that time in Flevance too. Is this a fetish or a kink I should know about? Because it was weird.”

“Yeah? Then why did your nosebleed get worse?” Luffy raised an eyebrow.

“T-that was a sudden rush of blood from shock!”

“And why were you getting hard?”

“I wasn’t!” Law accidentally said out loud.

“Those short don’t hide anything Torao.” Luffy laughed.

“Shut up!”

“Stop talking!” Nami threw her pillow at the boys and they finally settled, one laughing, and one at the risk of another nosebleed.

~

He can’t be fucking serious… Law thought and craned his neck up to spot the top of the tree, it was at least seven meters above ground level. The boyfriends were out on a walk a little before sunset and spotted an old lady in distress with her cat stuck in the aforementioned tree and Luffy being Luffy, had volunteered to rescue the feline.

"And how are you the ideal candidate for this job?!" Law called from the ground when Luffy had easily surpassed the three meters.

"I like climbing trees!"

"I'll leave your ass here to rot if you break a leg!!!"

"Shush! You're scaring the cat!" Luffy yelled looking down with a pout.

“Be careful child!” The woman called as well and Luffy showed her a thumbs-up before climbing further up. Once the cat was within his arm’s reach, Luffy grabbed it by the back of its neck and secured it in the crook of his neck, putting a hand to safeguard the cat’s head and with the other, stabilized the rest of its body. Once the younger thought the cat was secured and not going to run off and that he had a pretty good idea of where he would land and how, Luffy jumped off the branch he was sitting on.

Law felt his soul leave his body. “Holy fuck-!” The doctor knew he didn’t need to worry about Luffy but he found himself moving to cushion the younger’s fall all the same, his arms forward as if he would really catch his troublemaker. And Law did catch Luffy, except, the sudden weight in his arms was too much, making his face meet the ground.

Luffy bounced off the ground and put the cat in the anxiously awaiting arms of the old woman. “Here's your cat ma'am. He's just a little spooked, nothing a few cuddles can't fix." 

"Thank you son." The woman patted Luffy's head then turned her attention to Law who was rubbing his nose, still sitting on the ground. "Is your friend ok?"

"Yeah my boyfriend's fine!" Luffy grinned without taking a look back.

"Oh my." The old lady gasped then smiled and winked. "Such nice boys." She praised and went her way.

"Torao you ok?" Luffy crouched to Law’s level.

"You just told her I was fine!" Law yelled but accepted the arm around his torso to help him stand, his leg ached a little.

"I didn't wanna worry her."

"Why not?"

"She was already so worried about her cat and she looked like she had plenty of other things to worry about too."

"Right, I forgot you're good at people." The doctor dusted his clothes off and checked for movement obstruction in his leg before he had to walk on it.

"Come on, let's go eat something." Luffy suggested rubbing his stomach. “I haven’t eaten anything in an hour.

"I can't walk." Law made excuses, feeling like he needed to be petty and childish.

"I'll pick you up then." 

"I can walk!" 

"Your leg's hurt bad?" Luffy frowned at the momentary limp when the older started walking.

"Nothing a few cuddles can't fix." Law reminded Luffy bumping him with his shoulder.

"Nishishi ok!”

Once Luffy’s bottomless pit was somewhat satisfied and Law had rested his leg with a makeshift warm compress from the napkins at the restaurant, heating them over the barbeque grill, the older was more than ready to go home and sleep the ache off but Luffy wanted to walk under the night sky since it was really clear out, even with the thin winter clouds.

“Say, Torao.” Luffy started, swinging their joined hands again, eyes on the sky.

“Hmm?”

“What are you gonna do after you’re done with your research?”

“I don’t know.” Law answered with a heavy sigh. 

“If your research is medical, why not become a proper doctor and use it for good?” Luffy suggested in all his characteristic innocence and honesty.

“I am a proper doctor.”

“I meant what your parents used to do.”

“I can’t just pop into a hospital after all this time, people are going to have questions and suspicions.” Law said, surprised that he was even considering such an option enough to answer Luffy instead of shutting him down.

“Your grandpa can help, can’t he?” The younger brainstormed out loud. “I mean, if you really want to work in a hospital like a normal doctor.”

“It’s sweet of you to think for me, but honestly, I don’t know what I want…” Law sighed. “I’ve been following this research for so long, I’ve done so many bad things to get the results I wanted… I don’t know what I want outside of it. I just hope you won’t hate me for whatever happens.” And Law wasn’t really talking only about his research but also about how he was going to break Luffy’s heart in less than two months.

“I can’t hate you, I mean yeah, I can disapprove of your choices and actions, I can try to understand them too, find it bad and ugly, but I’ve seen a kind Torao, I’ve been saved by a kind Torao, there is no way I can hate you.” Luffy grinned and continued. “And about not knowing what you want, it’s because you’re always looking down Torao.”

“Because you’re short, dumbass.” Law tried dismissing the heaviness with a joke.

“Torao,” Luffy called and pointed at the night sky, the stars visible better than earlier, and in a voice softer than the original song was in, the younger started singing with a smile, 

“sora wo miagereba

hoshitachi ga hora matataiteru

kono hoshi no hitotachi mitai ni

samazama na hikari wo hanatte

sono naka de boku mo

hitoki wa kagayaiteitainda

me wo tojite kokoro ni chikau

nagareboshi ni yume wo takushite”

"Not louder than this.” Law warned. "You’ll wake the people around.”

"Come on! Sing along! koko wa itsumo no kouen

yakei ga mieru suberidai no ue

mukashi kara boku no tokutouseki

nayami ga areba koko ni kurun desu

ano koro no mama yume no tochuu de

imada kanaerarezu ni irun desu

moshikashite koko ga mou shuuten

nante yowane wo haite shimaisou na

hi mo aru

demo sono tanbi ni omoi dasu

nagareboshi wo sagashite ano hoshizora

chiisana koro no negaigoto wa ima

mukashi mo kawaranai mama!” Luffy ended on a high note and looked excitedly at his boyfriend.

“Fine.” Law did sing along but not in the same loud voice.

“sora wo mi agereba

hoshitachi ga hora matataiteru

kono hoshi no hitotachi mitai ni

samazama na hikari wo hanatte

sono naka de boku mo

hitoki wa kagayaiteitainda

me wo tojite kokoro ni chikau

nagareboshi ni yume wo takushite

(come on, alright)

yoru no kousha nakama to

shinobi komi

koe wo hisome kanaami

yojinobori

hiruma to chigau kao no

GURAUNDO wo sei ni

mezashita basho wa "PUURU" to iu

na no umi

mizugi nante mon wa nai kara

minna suppadaka

dareka ga kisei wo

hasshite tobikonda

yoru no tobari ni hibiku mizushibuki

ato ni tsuzuke to bakari ni

mina issei ni haite sora miage

pukapuka ukanda

meno mae ni aru hoshi wo nagame

ooku no yume katari atte

sagashita ne ano nagareboshi

sora wo mi agereba

hoshitachi ga hora matataiteru

kono hoshi no hitotachi mitai ni

samazama na hikari wo hanatte

sono naka de boku mo

hitoki wa kagayaiteitainda

me wo tojite kokoro ni chikau

nagareboshi ni yume wo takushite

sora wo mi agereba

hoshitachi ga hora

matataiteru

kono hoshi no hitotachi mitai ni

samazama na hikari wo hanatte

sono naka de boku mo

hitoki wa kagayaiteitainda

me wo tojite kokoro ni chikau

nagareboshi ni yume wo takushite

miageta sora ni musou no hoshi

ima mo mukashi mo kawaranaishi

yume wa hateshinaku kuruoshikute

ano hoshi no you ni sugoku mabushii

miageta sora ni musou no hoshi

ima mo mukashi mo kawaranaishi

yume wa hateshinaku kuruoshikute

ano hoshi no you ni sugoku mabushii

HEY! sonna ni utsumuite bakari icha

mieru mono mo mienaku naru kara

sora miagete KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!!

HEY! "miageta sora ni ima,

nani wo omou?"

Itsuka kirameku ano hoshi no youni

I WANNA SHINE

sora wo mi agereba

hoshitachi ga hora matataiteru

kono hoshi no hitotachi mitai ni

samazama na hikari wo hanatte

sono naka de boku mo

hitoki wa kagayaiteitainda

me wo tojite kokoro ni chikau

nagareboshi ni yume wo takushite

sora wo mi agereba

hoshitachi ga hora

matataiteru

kono hoshi no hitotachi mitai ni

samazama na hikari wo hanatte

sono naka de boku mo

hitoki wa kagayaiteitainda

me wo tojite kokoro ni chikau

nagareboshi ni yume wo takushite!”

“Now! Didn’t that feel good?” Luffy said, cheeks pink from singing, breathing a little raggedy.

“It did.” Law sighed stopping in the middle of the road, and caressed Luffy’s cheek. “But everything feels good with you.” He didn’t know when he was going to feel this good ever again. Law realized he needed to feel this full in his heart to be able to carry on towards the awaiting embrace of the never ending darkness.

~

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Who's following the OP manga?
And how heartbroken are you?
ToT

The song used is Shooting Star from Home Made Kazoku
Yes, it's a Naruto ED song
I listen to this while driving and it always makes me happy and it seemed so much like a thing Luffy would sing for a depressed, down in the shallows Law so here it is <3

Also I'm inclining towards cosplaying Piccolo instead of Ace for the comiccon in January XD
So in Pakistan, instead of having multiple days of comiccon like it is internationally, we only have it for one day and there are different organizations that make it happen. Comiccons only happen during winters because the weather's good for the cosplayers. In my city, winter means moderate cold, we don't get the scale below 9C or 48F so it's a pretty good weather to cosplay.

AND this story is taking a VERY important turn so I have to be careful of how I go about it, so the working's a bit slow sometimes.
Again, thank you for your patience fellas! <3