A/n: Please correct me if you find my grammar wrong, and if you find some errors, wrong spellings and mistakes feel free to correct me and I'll edit them right away. Thank you!

By the way, Characters may be OOC and if you interpret Luffy and Law's relationship here as friends or in a romantic way, I really don't care.

Disclaimer: One Piece belongs to the Pirate King and Eichiiro Oda.

Genre: Tragedy/Hurt/Comfort

Summary: Modern!AU - A lone surgeon, Trafalgar Law received a letter from an old poorly made mailbox at his new house he recently moved in. The problem is, the letter is not for him and it was sent not just to a wrong person but in a messed up time.

Prologue

"Luffy, I'm going now. I left the foods in the fridge, so if you get hungry, just reheat it at the microwave." Ace reminded his little brother and Luffy smiled widely before he nodded.

Ace grabbed his backpack on the couch before he headed to the door. He is about to close the door but Luffy stopped him.

"Ace," Luffy called his older brother, peeking from inside the house.

Ace looked back to his little brother. He is somewhat disturbed the way Luffy had called his name. He knows that Luffy is cheerful as always, but it never cross his mind that Luffy will use that kind of tone again.

"I will try to go home early today and I will bring home your favorite foods too. It's just College works is not the same like High school works anymore." Ace said and then ruffled his little brother's hair.

Luffy slowly nodded as he smiled brightly to his brother and Ace smiled too.

"Okay. Lock the door before you leave if you and Usopp are hanging out." Ace said and he closed the door.

As the door closed, Luffy's smile disappeared on his face. He stared at the door for too long, as the darkness of the room crept inside him… that made a way inside his lonely heart.

He bit his lips as tears started to form in his eyes and before it could slowly stream down his cheeks, he stopped it immediately. Because if Ace knew that he is about cry right now, He will get mad at him for being a crybaby.

But what will Luffy do?

…He feels so lonely.

Twenty-six years old and a successful surgeon, Trafalgar Law is drinking his hot black coffee while looking outside his office window that raining afternoon. He didn't expect that it will rain today but he thought that the rain will stop eventually.

…it always does.

As he is about to finish his coffee, his alarm rings and he knows what it means. He's needed at the Emergency Room. Law puts down the unfinished coffee in his mug on his desk and leave his office room. Law's medical assistant, Bepo immediately come to him, to tell him about the patient assigned to them inside the Emergency Room.

"Patient 324, we just need to patch him up because of the degree burns on several parts of his body." Bepo told Law as they walk their way to the Emergency Room.

"I thought that Doctor Chopper-ya's medical team was assigned to the Patients 320 up to 330?" Law raised his eyebrow suspiciously.

"Y-Yes, they are… Sorry!" Bepo apologized and Law rolled his eyes. "But their hands are full at the moment. Patient 325 is in a critical situation, Doctor Chopper and some Doctors and Nurses from his team are personally operating the patient inside the Operation Room."

Bepo is really worried, Law can tell.

"Besides, Shachi and Penguin are already there because they need our medical team's help."

Help…

Law didn't speak anymore as they walk, nearing the Emergency Room.

"Sorry!" Bepo apologized again.

When they arrived at the Emergency Room, they were greeted by Shachi and Penguin who are tending to the other injured patients.

When Law saw his assigned patient's condition, he shook his head and quickly ordered Bepo what to do. He's a-hundred percent sure that those burns will definitely leave a permanent scarring on his patient's skin, probably for the rest of his life.

"These burns will definitely leave a permanent scar." Law muttered under his breath as he assessed the burns while he finished patching up the patient's burns. "Be sure to tell the nurses what we had assessed to this patient. Also, tell them that I recommend an ointment for the burns to heal them well and prevent it from rashes."

Bepo nodded while helping him to bandage up the patient's left sides, especially the face. When they stabilize the patient that they were assigned to, they quickly leave the Emergency Room.

Law and Bepo needs to rest for a while. Because Law knows that he will have his exhausting daily rounds in a half hour. Both had part their ways in the Nurse station. Bepo needs to give the assessment of Patient 324 to the nurses and Law will just go back to his office.

While walking his way back, Law noticed a hospital bed coming from the Operation room. He saw the patient's face and body was covering by a white cloth except the raven hair. Law already know what had happened inside the Operation room, and it was confirmed not a second later when a depressed Doctor Chopper came out of the room next.

"It's okay Chopper, it's not your fault that he gives up and died." Nurse Nami, Doctor Chopper's medical assistant comforted the Doctor.

Nurse Nami is obviously sad and about to cry but she tries her best not to. It was the only way to cheer up the Doctor because Doctor Chopper is nowhere consolable at the moment, probably for a week. Knowing Doctor Chopper, he always tries his best to save his patients' life even if there's no more chance of saving them.

It was normal… People die…

Law lowered his head, his eyes were shadowed by his dark blue hair while he's passing by from a depressed Doctor Chopper, Nurse Nami – who continually comforts the doctor – and some nurses that pulling the hospital bed to the morgue.

"I'm sorry for your lost Doctor Chopper-ya."

Doctor Chopper didn't say any word from his co-Doctor's words. He just looked at Law with a sadden eyes and nodded, showing his thanks.

"I wonder how Patient 324 will react if he finds out that his brother died when he wakes up." One of the nurses that're pulling the hospital bed whispered to another.

"He'll be very devastated."

Law stopped walking and just stared at the hospital bed where a raven haired boy lay dead.

Law just finished his daily rounds and his working hours will end in a minute. Before Law decided to go home to pack his remaining stuffs for moving, he told Doctor Kureha that he needs a day off for tomorrow.

"So, you're telling me that you want to take a day off tomorrow because you're moving?" Doctor Kureha repeated and assessed some schedule for tomorrow at her mind.

"Yeah, Sorry for messing up the schedules and the appointments for tomorrow," Law apologized but his sincerity is nowhere to be found.

Doctor Kureha sneered, "I think you need the day off too, brat. You never ask for one, so go on and take your time moving and resting."

After that, Doctor Kureha shooed Law away from her office. Law is greeted by one of his annoying assistant, Penguin.

"So you're moving?" Penguin asked him who's friendly as ever.

"Moving to where?" Shachi asked him too, who came out of nowhere like a mushroom.

"Oh! Doctor Trafalgar is moving to his new house today," Penguin answered his friend, Shachi.

Law narrowed his eyes suspiciously. Yes, he's moving to his new home or rather a new house. Because a home is a place full of warmth but a house is well… just a house. Even if he's already successful in his chosen profession, Law knows very well that he's lonely but he will never damn admit it to everybody.

Although, his self-proclaimed "friends" already know that he's a lonely guy. Set that aside, how did the idiot artic bird knows about his supposed moving out? Law think about it and he never told anyone except for–

"…I heard it from Bepo." Penguin continued and Shachi only "oohed" and chuckled stupidly.

Law ignored the two idiots. He didn't want any more of their kind in his life because idiots die quickly,

Leaving him alone…

He didn't want to go through that all over again.

And before Law start to reminisce the idiots in his life and those idiots that... that… He stops quickly, closing his eyes and breathing deeply, letting out a sigh.

He just reminds himself that he needs to lecture his right hand man, Bepo later. He will not let it go because Bepo just can't give any random information to Penguin, especially if the said information is about him.

Law didn't expect his father to fetch him at work that late night. His father had also offered him a hand from packing his stuffs.

"I'm not surprised when I learned that you want to move again," Smoker started while taping the box filled with Law's medical equipment. "…they found out, right?"

Law stopped what he's doing and nodded quietly, before going back to arranging his few clothes to put inside the box before taping it.

"You know Law, you don't need-" Smoker said, looking at Law with a concern eyes and inhaling the two cigars between his lips.

Law glared at his father, hating that concern eyes as ever.

"-to run…" he continued, ignoring his son's glare. "…anymore."

Law looked away, his back facing his father, completely ignoring him and just continued to pack.

"It's not even your–"

"…fault." Law continued sighing, had already predicted the word coming next from his father's mouth.

"Law"

Law closed his eyes and bit his lips in tense. He tried his best to relax even for a bit.

"It's my fault…" but it's obvious that his voice are quivering, "They are hunting me for two years because they know that it's my fault."

"Law"

"Because if it's not my fault then, please tell me! Why the heck did they want to find me?!" Law shouted looking again to his father. His eyes are pure sadness, pain and self-hatred.

"Why the heck did they continue all of these?!" Law added, throwing a piece of crumpled paper to his father.

Smoker didn't say anything, his eyes only widened at Law's sudden outburst and the piece of crumpled paper on the floor that Law had threw.

Law turned away, again, realizing what he had done. He knows that he lost his nerves in front of his father and he felt deeply embarrassed. Because God knows how he always try his best to hide and compose all of his cumulated emotions in front of his father, self-proclaimed "friends", co-workers and the last idiot in his life that somehow survived with him.

"I'll go and ask Kidd to help you tomorrow, I'm on duty, can't help you." Smoker only said before he stands up, picking two boxes to bring to the car.

Law ignored his father who left him, alone…

"Just unpack the things that you will need for the night," Smoker reminds his son while helping him to carry the boxes inside the house. "…you need to sleep, Law."

"I know." Law murmured while putting down the box that he's carrying inside the living room.

But Smoker can tell that Law will definitely have a very hard time sleeping his first night here, set aside Law's insomnia.

"I'll tell Kidd to come here and help you tomorrow to unpack your stuffs. After all, you can't do all of these tonight." Smoker only said before leaning to his car while waiting for Law to come out and get the last box inside the car, and then send him off.

"Don't bother calling Eustass-ya here just to help me," Law started while walking towards his father's car. "I'm fine all by myself."

Law picks up the last box from the compartment, "Besides, he's busy on his own now."

"You don't give the orders Law, I am." Smoker told his stubborn son, closing the compartment of his car.

"And how many times do I have to tell you that don't order me around." Law growled, putting down beside his foot the box while glaring at his father.

"Whatever you say, I will still call Kidd. Deal with it whether you like it or not." Smoker said before getting in inside his car.

Law watched for a while as his father's car disappear on his sight. He sighed, picking up the box he puts down earlier beside his foot and walked his way inside the house.

As Law walks near the doorstep, he suddenly tripped at the wooden pole. He glared at it and then he noticed that the wooden pole is actually the body of an old poorly made mailbox that was laying around near the doorstep.

"Who made this?" Law frowned while looking at the mailbox.

It's obvious that whoever made the mailbox didn't have an artistic side.

Without a hesitation, Law puts down the box he's carrying near the door. He then picked up the wooden pole and stands it up to its place near the bushes. He opened the old poorly made mailbox, much to Law's surprise that there's a letter inside.

He didn't expect a letter inside the mailbox after all.

"I'm sure that someone insane dropped a letter here. If I remember correctly, the land lady had told me that since the previous owner left, this house is never occupied at least for a year now." Law thought before grabbing the letter inside and closing the mailbox.

He looked at the white envelope suspiciously and he frowned when he saw that there's no stamp nor there's a name to address for whom is the letter.

Law raised his eyebrows as he opened the envelope and reading the letter inside it.

Dear Sabo,

How are you? It's been ten years since you left us. Man! It's so long now. When will you come back? You know Sabo that I never believed that you die in that accident. Ace thinks the same too but sometimes I know that he lose his hopes that you're alive and think that you're already dead. That's too sad isn't it? But you will forgive Ace, right? He didn't mean what he thought sometimes because he's a stupid older brother and you are the smart one.

I know that writing this letter to you is useless since you'll never receive it, but I still want to write a letter for you. You'll never get this letter anyway and even if you're alive? Heh! I will never let you read this. I don't want you to mock me and tease me to death because this is not a proper letter at all. So I'm sorry because I never write a letter before.

I remember! Hey, Sabo! Did you know that Dadan decided to give a new house for me and Ace? She said that it's time for us to stand on our own feet and Grandpa approved! It's sad sometimes because Ace is not always around, he keep saying that College is not the same as High school. He's always busy with his so-called tes… thes… whatever! I also can't visit Makino and Shanks anymore because the village is very far away from our new house.

I still have friends though and they will visit me sometimes, but still… after they leave? I felt so lonely… you know why? It's summer.

Sabo if you're here with me, what will you do? Are you going to stay with me while Ace is away like you always had when we're kids? Or you will be very busy too like Ace?

Ah! My stomach grumbled! I'm suddenly getting hungry for worrying that much!

Ending the letter of a hungry,

Luffy

PS. I built a mailbox today because I'm bored. I'll put this letter there later after I ate some snacks.

Law gapped his mouth in shock. What the fuck? He didn't believe this! How did the old mailbox just built today? And who's this Luffy?

It must be a prank since this Luffy is lonely. Yeah right, it must be a prank… or not.

Law picks up the box and enter the house, leaving the letter on the table.

While unpacking and arranging his stuffs, Law keeps staring at the letter on the table every fucking minute. He thinks that the letter is just a prank to him as the new owner of the house. Who the hell are they kidding? It's impossible that the mailbox, old enough to be built today!

The wood is old and dark brown, the pole is rusty too!

"Yeah, it's just a prank." Law convince his self, looking away from the letter while arranging his stuffs from the boxes.

"Damn!" Law muttered to himself and stands up to read the letter again for any signs of silliness.

When Law can't find any signs of prank at the letter, he sighed and slammed down the letter on the table. He grabbed his hair and pulled it in frustration.

"I'm going crazy!" Law said before he sits down and go back unpacking his stuffs.

The next day, Law had decided to check the old mailbox and there, he found a letter inside the mailbox again with a crispy white paper and a messy writing.