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The lake was painted in a radiant pink and orange reflected off by the sky up above. The sun was just now setting, creating a mirror like effect with the image of trees and mountains surrounding the water. And if you stared hard enough, it would almost seem as if you were walking upside down, ready to dive into the sky any second. It was truly a captivating view, a view unseen by those unfamiliar.

The cold water splashed lightly over Law and Luffy's feet as they walked barefoot down the shore. They walk hand in hand with their pair of shoes on the other. Luffy is chatting away, occasionally pointing out various locations that held unforgotten memories. In this case it seemed like every step they took lead them to a new crazy story.

It was a peaceful summer set; Law could now see why Luffy never stopped talking about the place. It was definitely a calming environment to relax your mind in.

So far the first night had been going fairly okay from what Law believed. The food was delicious just like Luffy had promised and despite the tension between him and Ace, he could still say that his experience was rather decent as he sat and chatted with the family. However their where still some conversations left back at the table that would not leave his mind, he knew he had to confront about them with Luffy.

As they continued to walk farther and farther, Law suddenly came to a complete stop, pulling Luffy's arm with him and gaining the ravens attention. The younger male turned back to see why they had stopped, only to catch Law standing in place. He didn't move for a few seconds, just frozen in place as his attention remained fixed out on the lake in front of them. Before asking what was wrong however, Law had already began moving again, walking further into the lake and kneeling down to collect what appeared to be a set of rocks.

One by one he began tossing them, creating a rippled effect with every skip the rock made over the water. Soon after, Luffy came and stood by his lovers' side to join. The silence of the couple went on as they each tossed their own set of stones into the lake. Somewhere along the way, small throws become longer with aggressive forces packed into each toss. It was silently become an intense battle that neither wanted to surrender from.

Once the last rock was thrown, buried deep someplace under the water, Law figured this was a better time than any other to say what was on his mind.

"Why did you lie?" He started.

"Huh? Lied about what?" Luffy answered, sounding innocent, like he didn't know what he was talking about. He picked up some more rocks below his feet, tossing them back to the water as a form of distraction.

"Don't play innocent with me." He says, crossing his arm while turning to face Luffy directly. "You know exactly what."

"—"

"Wasn't the reasons we came here so that you could tell your family the truth about us and everything else?"

"Mmmm—Oh look Law! I skipped over five this time!" pointing towards the lake with excitement as he tried to escape the question.

"Luffy! Stop trying to change the subject." His voice beginning to sound irritated.

"We also came to celebrate my mom and dad's wedding, don't forget about that." Luffy responds, trying to defend a different reason other than the truth.

"Are you fucken kidding me right now?" He steps in front of Luffy this time, placing both arms over his shoulder as he looks dead serious into his eyes. "Luffy, you know you could always tell me anything. I promise whatever the reason is; I won't be upset about it. Of course if you continue to not to tell me, then I'm really going to start getting pissed. Your choice."

Luffy's eyes wandered elsewhere, avoiding all possible eye contact with Law. The raven knew Law would ask about the dinner discussion from earlier, just not so soon. He was hoping for it to be discussed by the time they were getting ready for bed, that way if Law disagreed, he could always use sex as a backup. Of course that wasn't the case any longer; the truth had to be said.

"Okay, okay—I –um—I don't feel ready—to tell them, just yet." He stammered. "I thought it would be easy—but I was wrong."

Silence brushed over them. Law could see the serious look in his lover's eyes, he was definitely telling the truth.

Without delay, Law gently pinched Luffy's chin, centering it so that they could each face one another directly. He leaned forward and pressed a chaste kiss onto Luffy's lips, catching Luffy by surprise.

"You're not upset?" Luffy asked with slight confusion in his tone. Law couldn't help but chuckle; he walked behind the said male as he wrapped his arms around his neck and sat his chin over his head. Both eyes now fixed towards the alluring sun setting lake.

"If that's the way you feel, then who am I to argue about it." He says, "I get it, we all change our minds at times, but it sure would have been helpful if you gave me a heads up before dinner instead of leaving me in the loop with everyone else."

Luffy couldn't help but chuckle, "Yeah, sorry about that. I didn't know either until they actually asked."

"Well no matter, we still have tilled the end of the week. No use worrying about it now."

"Right!" Luffy agreed.

Silence brushed over them again, with their bodies lightly swaying side to side, the couple found themselves at ease by the simple calmness all around them. Luffy's eyes wander in different direction, until they soon stopped at an old familiar dock. A white motor boat was tied up to the dock and a wide grin suddenly grew on the younger males face. He turns around quickly and began to drag Law out of the water and back towards the cabin.

"C'mon, we gotta hurry." Luffy eagerly says.

"Luffy, what's going on?" Law tries to ask, "Oi, slow down at least. I'm running barefoot over here—ow"

The couple returns back to the cabin, Law huffs tiredly as he tries to check his feet in case any small pebbles remained. Luffy lets go of Law and goes running towards his dad who was currently outside with Sabo and Nami, conversating about god knows what. He stands in between the three, rudely interrupting the conversation they were sharing as he tries to ask his dad a question. Typical Luffy.

"Oi dad, by chance is Merry working again?"

"Luffy how many times have I told you to wait your turn when people are talking?" Nami interjects, slapping Luffy behind the head like always.

"Ouch—I'm sorry, guess I forgot again." He apologizes while rubbing behind his head.

"That's enough you two." Dragon announces, "Luffy why do you ask about Merry?"

"Huh, oh I was just asking because if she is then maybe I could take her for a spin and show Law around."

"Hah! Good one Luffy, like Dragon's ever going to let you drive that boat." Nami responds.

"Well, she is running like new again thanks to Franky" He ponders, "Alright, why not—But if and only if Sabo or Ace go along and steer. You got that."

Luffy jumps up with excitement. The smile on his face is stretched from ear to ear. He attacks his father with a tight hug—that barely felt like anything to Dragon, then he let's go and moves his attention to Sabo with a pleading look.

"Sure, why not. Have nothing else to do anyways." Sabo agrees to tag along. "Yo, dad. Where did you put the keys to the boat again?"

"Hold up, if you're taking the boat, then I want to go with you guys too." Nami says as she follows Luffy and Law towards the dock, "Vivi, Koala, come on. Sabo is going to take Merry for a spin."

Vivi and Koala walk out of the house, Vivi quickly makes her way to Nami as Koala stays behind and stands next to the open door, handing Sabo the keys. She smiles at her lover, giving him a wink just before leaving. He smile fondly in response, and begins to walk over with the rest of the group that was now eagerly waiting inside the boat.

From a distance, he noticed Ace walking towards the shed, spinning his lanyard around his arm as he avoids everyone else. Sabo runs up to him, swinging his arm around his shoulder as he tries to steer him the opposite way. Ace only groans in annoyance but still complies as he lets Sabo lead him wherever he may be taking him. Of course it wasn't until they got to the dock that he realized where Sabo had brought him.

"C'mon Ace, Sabo is going to drive Merry around the lake." Vivi hollered excitedly, "It should look beautiful with the sun setting."

"Yeah, c'mon Ace, there's room right here next to Law." Nami said with an honest tone in her voice, however Ace could see right through her wickedness.

"No thanks, I'll pass. Have more important things to do before everyone else starts arriving." He says without batting an eye. He swiftly turns to make his leave, not leaving anyone else any time to object.

Without delay, Sabo switches on the ignition, hearing the motor roar effortlessly as he waits for it to set. It's been a while since he last took old Merry out for a spin and he hopes he could still manage on his own. Either way, it wasn't like he was going to put much speed onto the gas, just a simple cruise was all they were going to do for today.

"Shouldn't we wait for Koala?" Nami asks.

"Nah, she's not feeling so good, its best she stays behind with my mom and relaxes."

"Awe, well that's a bummer." Nami sulks, "Well, we'll just make sure to have a good time for her then. Are we all good to go?"

Sabo checked the meter, "Yup, everything looks good." He gently pulls the engine handle down as he begins to steer away from the dock. "Okay everyone; please keep your arms and legs inside the boat at all times—Luffy I am talking about you."

"Hey!"

The ride was going steady; with a light splash of spray that would occasionally hit Laws face as he sat in the back with Nami and Vivi. It was definitely a peaceful ride just like Sabo had promised.

They were completely surrounded by a forest of trees all around them; damn this lake really was huge. Farther in the distance you could almost see the other cabins hiding, each with their own personal boat parked by the dock. It was amazing how other families lived around here, yet with the size of such a lake, you almost feel like you are the only one around. Truly a wondrous place to be.

As the boat ride continued, Law remained relaxed in his seat, simply enjoying the scenery. His raven hair danced with the wind as his eyes remained fixed to the younger boy sitting next to Sabo. Luffy was on the passenger seat, constantly nagging at his older brother to let him steer the boat just one time, but even Law knew that was a bad idea. Hence why he was always the one driving in their relationship.

His thoughts were soon broken from Luffy, when he suddenly felt a presence sitting next to him.

"So Law, what do you think?" Nami asked as she pinned her long orange hair up in a ponytail to restrain it from the wind. "Sure is something isn't it."

Law wasn't sure if she was talking about the lake or the family, either way, he smart enough to choose his words wisely.

"Yeah. Definitely not what I had imagined." He says, keeping his attention towards the water.

"Mmm-Hmm, this place is like home away from home for all of us, especially for Luffy. He just can't get enough of being here."

Their conversation grows silent for just a few seconds. Without even noticing, Law and Nami's attention soon fixes onto Luffy simultaneously, both watching the younger male as he moves towards the front of the boat to claim his rightful spot. Law smirks at his daring boyfriend; the smile on his lovers face was always contagious to him. He had completely isolated that fact that there were still others around possibly watching him.

"It's good that you finally decided to come this time. I'm sure it means a lot to Luffy having you be here."

Laws interest was cut off from Luffy as he soon moved his attention to Nami.

"Huh? What do you mean 'finally'?" He questioned

Nami leaned back against her seat as she allowed her arms to rest comfortably. "Yeah, Luffy would always tell us that you were constantly busy with work and what not. He said that your work would never allow you any time off."

Stunned was the only reaction he could feel.

"—my work?"

"Hey we totally get it, it's completely understandable." She says as she scoots closer to Law. "Point is we finally get to meet Luffy's mysterious lover who he hardly talked to us about."

Hardy? Sure it was understandable that Luffy neglected to tell his family about his so called girlfriend being in fact a guy, but to hardly mention a word about their relationship came as a shock to the surgeon. Not that he cared or anything, it was just the first time Law was aware of Luffy shutting up about them. Luffy had always been so open about their relationship with just about anyone, so why keep it from his family?

And what was this he was hearing about his work not allowing any time off? Last he checked, he was free to take vacation anytime he wanted to.

This was definitely strange for Law; Luffy must have had a reason for all this.

Not matter anyways, whatever the reason was it was definitely not of importance anymore, seeing that they were both here and with his family.

As they head farther into the lake, Law locks onto a floating dock disconnected from the surface. It remained floating in place as a long rope restrained it from floating away. He wondered what the piece of wood was even there for.

"It's a firework stand." Vivi answers for him. She had noticed the curious looks Law was making earlier when they had passed it. "Rouge didn't want Ace lighting them up on the grass, so Ace and a couple of his friends built that stand a few years back so that he could light them up from the lake instead."

"Isn't that kind of dangerous?" Law questioned, not meaning for it to be said out loud.

"Very." she answers, "But then again, when has that ever stopped these crazy brothers."

Law quietly snickers to himself. Not exactly knowing about Sabo or Ace personally, however it was definitely true that Luffy had not limit to danger. Death was more frightened of him than he was of it. It was clear to see just where he got it from.

"Anyways, let's just hope Ace doesn't burn himself—or anyone else for that matter" Eyeing a certain blond male steering the boat. Law could definitely name a similar guy capable of such destruction.

He had been meaning to ask Luffy about Sabo's burnt scar located on the left side of his face; of course now it was clear as day as to how it all occurred. Well that's definitely gotta suck. And yet even now, Ace was still dumb enough to continue on with his same mistake. Figures, the guy only seemed to care about himself, Law said to himself.

"Just last semester, Ace managed to set the chemistry lab on fire because he ended up falling asleep during his experiment." Nami adds into the conversation.

"Don't forget about the curtain inside his dorm room." Sabo includes as he sets the boat to auto steering and turns around to face everyone.

"That was hilarious. Didn't they have to evacuate the building for like five hours so something?" Luffy also included, he jumped to the back with everyone else as he made himself comfortable on Law's lap.

Vivi and Nami began laughing at the memory. "Yeah, everyone was so pissed off not being able to go into their rooms. Ace ended up staying in our dorm for two day to avoid the police and angry roommates." Nami chuckled as she shared her story.

"You all go to the same school?" Law asked.

"Well Ace, Vivi and I did. Ace and I are graduating next fall and Vivi is just transferring this semester. Sabo, you graduated from Hamline University right?"

"Sure did. And I'm still trying to pay off my damn loan."

"Hey, you're the one that wanted to go to a private school, remember. The price is always going to be higher." Luffy informed.

"Yeah, don't remind me." Sabo jokingly sulks while rolling his eyes.

"What did you graduate in?" Law found the need to ask. He mid as well have one of the brothers siding with him, even so, since the beginning Sabo did appear more sophisticated than the three.

"Forensics science." He replies, "Our dad had always encouraged us on setting out good careers for ourselves with promising schools that would help us meet that goal. Guess it's a good thing that you and Luffy both ended up with promising degrees."

Law could feel the slight grip made by Luffy in their locked hands; he knew this was probably becoming touchy subject for him. It was best to find another subject to change into.

"Oh look you guys, isn't that the tire swing we all used to jump out from when we were kids?" Vivi points out, somehow reading both Law and Luffy's mind as she changes the subject entirely.

They suddenly move their attention to the right side of the boat, staring at what remained to be a childhood memory.

"Wow, I can't believe that old thing is still there. I thought Dadan had chopped it off years ago after you three idiots decided to jump through it naked." Nami questioned.

Both Sabo and Luffy chuckled at the fond memory. "Guess she never got around to doing it." Sabo replied, "Man, can you imagine all the crazy stuff we must have done here back when we were kids? Jumping through tire swings naked—"

"Getting lost in the woods—"

"Accidentally setting the ground on fire—"

"Getting chased by bears—"

"Okay so you guys were a couple of little shits that obviously deserved a beating by Dadan, we get it." Nami interjected because she knew damn well those two would only continue to go on and on about their reckless shenanigans.

"Man I sure do miss that grumpy old lady." Sabo hummed with nostalgia, "Whatever happened to her anyway?

"Didn't you hear? She had to file for bankruptcy about a year ago. Apparently the company she was working for ended up getting sued and bought out to the same company that charged them." Vive informed them. As a pre- law student, it was her duty to be aware of these things. "She was even being prosecuted for being affiliated with the corporation along with many other people. It was complete injustice. Thankfully your father stepped in and was able to collect substantial evidence to their case."

"Wow, how did I not hear about this?" Sabo sounded stunned "who's the company that flushed them down?"

"Donquixote Family"

Fuck. Suddenly it was almost like all the air was punched out of Law. His heart began to beat rapidly inside him, becoming the only sound he could hear. Drops of sweat started forming on the sides of his forehead; he was almost certain Luffy would notice his behavior and ask about it.

"Of course they did." Nami spat with irritation, "Can anyone please explain to me why they haven't been found guilty? I mean, even your father knows not to trust that family."

"Yeah well not everyone knows the truth about them like we do, Nami." Sabo stated calmly. "It's best we don't get ourselves involved with that family, for the sake of our own."

"Are they seriously back at it again? I thought that company shut down a few years back when the brothers split up?" Luffy questions with interest.

Great so Luffy knew about them too.

"I don't know Luffy, something must have happened during that time. Point is we can't affiliate ourselves with any of them, they are nothing but trouble, period."

"Well—hopefully justice will have their way on them someday." Luffy added with a smile onto Sabo's final statement.

All this was seriously getting too fucken awkward for Law. What where even the odds of Luffy and his family being familiar with his—or rather his ex family. Well damn, it was sure a good fucken thing that he never mentioned anything about them to Luffy, this relationship would definitely never have happened if so.

Either way, his intentions of ever bringing them up to Luffy where never bound to happen. He walked out of that family years ago, banishing all possibly memories made by that name. And moreover, there was no logical proof to show that he was in anyway affiliated with them, all his document of ever being adopted to the Donquixote family were completely erased. He had nothing to worry about.

"Oi, Sabo! Let me steer Merry back to the dock. Please!"

"Yeah right. Dad would flip his shit if he found out that I let you drive."

"I promise I won't crash it." He begs some more, "you could even stand next to me to make sure."

"Oh c'mon Sabo, have a heart will you. Let Luffy drive just this once." Vivi supported.

"Yeah, don't be such a meanie." Nami teases.

"Luffy! Luffy! Luffy! Luffy!" Both girls begin to cheer.

"Alright, alright he could drive" he finally decides to give in "Luffy; show us what you could do." Without a single moment of delay, Luffy hops right off of Law and onto the driver seat. He wasted no time switching the engine to manual and increasing speed as they made their way back to land. "How come I never got any of those cheers when I was the one steering?"

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Luffy had managed to park the boat perfectly against the dock—just barely. Sabo had decided to stay behind to turn off the boat and check the engine real quick just like Dragon had said for him to do. The remaining four all together made their way back to the house, Luffy and Law staying a few feet behind them as they walked hand in hand.

The lights were already on from outside, with a small pit of fire already getting started. Ace could be spotted standing by the fire, he was chatting with two other guys that must have arrived while they went out cruising around the lake.

As they neared the new set of faces, Luffy's grip shifted from a full on tight to sudden release. He quickly ran over to the male with green hair standing next to Ace, attacking him with a full on bear hug from behind. Law could almost feel a pinch of jealousy building up inside him as he watched his lover hang behind the other man.

"Zoro!" Luffy happily shouted.

"Heh, Alright Luffy, it's good to see you too. Now get off of me will ya."

He chuckled as he let go of his long time friend. "Sorry Zoro, couldn't help myself. It's Just been a long time since I've seen you is all."

"Hey don't forget about me over here. It's been a long time since you've seen me too remember." Said the male with the long nose standing next to them.

"Usopp!" he soon jumps on top of him. "I'm so sorry, I completely didn't see you there! Did you and Zoro carpool here?"

"Hah! Do you seriously think I'd let Zoro drive here on his own?"

"True."

"Oi, I heard that." They both laugh.

Law remained quiet standing beside the fire. He figured he'd just wait till Luffy was done talking so that he could walk over and introduce himself, or whatever it was that Luffy planned to do. However, just as he stood there waiting, a pair of hands broke him from his concentration and led him right next to Luffy.

"Luffy, how dare you forget to introduce your special guest to our friends." Nami said, standing next to Law with her hands on his shoulder.

He grew annoyed towards Nami for putting him on the spot just like that.

"I didn't forget, I was just about to do that right now." Pulling Law's hand and cupping it to his own. "Guys, I'd like you all to meet my—"

"Trafalgar Law."Ace introduced for him, taking an innocent drink of his beer after.

"Ohhh" both Zoro and Usopp simultaneously respond in a knowing tone.

Law wanted to punch Ace in the throat and have him choke on his own beer. The damn bastard. Cutting Luffy off like that and introducing him instead.

"Right. Thanks Ace." Luffy smiles at his brother like the naïve guy he was. "Anyways, so this is Usopp—we went to school together since we were kids." They both smile as they shake each others hands.

"And this guy over here is Zoro. He's known me since before I was even born."

Law steps forward to shake the green haired man's hand. He takes a good look at the man and his unique choice of hair color, this guy definitely had a more hostile aura than the other.

"You mean I've known your mom and Ace since before you were born." He tries to correct. Both hands soon create a firm shake. "Ace told us all about you. Nice to finally meet."

He turns to look over at Ace who was only looking back at him with a mischievous smile. This fucker, what evil thing did he say about him?

The sky falls dark and the air soon grows cooler. The only light remaining was now coming from the small bonfire everyone gathered around. Drinks were passed around with stories shared for everyone to hear. Law had a blanket wrapped around him and Luffy as he stood behind his said boyfriend and watched him melt a marshmallow next to Chopper.

So often, Law and Ace would share a few daggering stares from across the fire, not leaving eye contact until the other did so first. Law would take a drink from his beer and Ace would take one too, making sure to finish right after the doctor. Every small thing they did became a competition to the other and Law was growing fed up with it all. A mischievous idea popped into his head, and boy did he know that this would definitely rile things up.

Without even a single warning, Law jerked Luffy's head over to his and smashed their lips together unmercifully. Luffy was caught off guard by such sudden act but quickly found his pace and wrapped his arms around the raven to create better leverage. Tongues were noticeably being exchanged and Law was definitely enjoying this way better than he thought he would. He peeked an eye open in the direction of where Ace stood only to grow more satisfied when he was no longer there. Definitely the most brilliant idea indeed.

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The cabin had grown quiet that night as everyone set off for bed. The lights where completely shut off as everyone slept soundly in their rooms. Not a single person remained awake in that house–except for Law and Luffy of course, who were more than just awake at 1 am.

The bright full moon shinned inside Luffy's bedroom and onto the disorderly full size bed that carried two naked bodies. Luffy remained perched over Law, riding him full on as his eyes were kept closed in bliss and mouth half-open with pleasure. Law bit his bottom lip as he looked up at Luffy with half-lidded eyes, groaning at the sight of his lover above him then speeding up the rhythm. The clear sound of Luffy's cock slapping on Law's stomach followed by heavy moans now filled the room.

They were almost at their limit, just a few more thrusts until they could cum with satisfaction.

Completely lost in ecstasy, they paid little to no attention around their surroundings. And so when the door to Luffy's bedroom swung open with Ace stepping inside happily ready to tell Luffy some exciting news, it was the absolute ending to their bliss.

"Luffy, Sanji and Zeff just got here. Come down and see—Jesus fucking Christ Luffy!"

All three remained frozen for those short seconds. As soon as Ace collected himself, he quickly slammed the door shut, leaving Luffy and Law completely socked with humiliation.

"Fuck. I thought you said you locked the door?" Law asked, still positioned below Luffy.

"I thought I did?" He chuckles after, "Well that was definitely embarrassing. Ace is totally not going to get that off his head for a long time."

"Still, its best we get dressed now before someone else comes in."

"Huh? But we weren't even finished!"

"Luffy, we just got caught having sex in front of your brother. We are more than finished."

"I don't care, besides I doubt he's coming back in after that."

"No. Now please get off of me already so that I could put on some clothes."

Luffy crossed his arms in disappointment a rolled off of Law and onto the empty side of the bed. He threw the covers over himself with his back turned to Law, making a final grunt before ignoring him and going straight to bed. Law put on his pants and went back to lay next to Luffy, aware of the silent treatment played out by his partner. He laid awake unable to sleep the rest of that night, the humiliation of Ace walking in on them kept playing in his head—that and many other things.

Unable to remain in place, he gets out of bed and slides on some shoes and puts on a sweater. Maybe a walk will help get his mind off of things.

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AN:: Well look who decided to come back from the dead.

Anyways, as you could already tell this story is not over yet, we still have a lot more to go. I've finally outlined this entire story so hopefully things will run smoothly and not take so long to update. I apologize for my absence—we're still good right (:

Also, thank you so much for reading; I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much as I did. Don't forget to drop a review and let me know what you thought.

Have a wonderful day! (: