There were very few times when Law was lost on what to do and this was one of them. Law was a tall man with a lanky figure, but by no means weak. Although he looked meek and unbothered half the time. He was very calculating and by no means stupid. He knew what this was about but that still did not meant that he understood it let alone had answer for it. So Law was at a lost at what to do about it.

Here he was getting a confession from a person several years younger than him and a guy to boot. The guy was not bad looking, with a lithe figure, raven locks, and a childish face, he was overall pleasing to look at. Although he had an interesting fashion sense, with him wearing shorts and sandals in October, the thing that stood out the most was his straw hat tied around his neck. Yet this boy was standing in front of Law unashamed of the looks they were receiving in the middle of the hospital.

On the other hand Law just wanted to go hide in a hole on the ground. Penguin besides him was trying really hard not to laugh so he turned away while Sachi elbowed Law on the ribs to get him to snap out of his mindless trance.

He looked at the young boy standing in front of him and tried his hardest to form a coherent sentence. At the same time he was trying his hardest to look unruffled and unaware of the people staring at them when he finally found his voice.

"I am sorry but I cannot respond to your feelings seeing that I don't even know your name," Law responded. He was proud that he sounded cool and aloft. Although he wondered why he added the las part. It's not that he was curious of the young boy, who looked old enough to still be in high school, but he wanted to make sure that the boy understood why he was being turned down. The boy tilted his head to the side as in deep thought. Then he seemed to come to a conclusion.

"Oh! Yeah, sorry about that my name is Luffy! Shishishi." Luffy exclaimed enthusiastically. "Sorry about that, I just got so excited that I forgot to introduce myself." Law was slightly taken back by the sudden turn of events that he actually though it was kind of funny and let out a chuckle before he could stop himself. Sachi looked at him like he grew another head and Pinguin just shook his head. It had been a while since he heard Law chuckle. He was about to say something until he realized that they had an audience.

"Luffy! What are you doing?! Ace is awake and wants to talk to you!" A young man in green hair said as he proceeded to grab the young man by the collar. Law was startled by this and before he could say anything else Luffy was dragged to the nearby elevator.

"Wait! Zoro I was… wait I wasn't done!" Luffy tried to explained but was in the elevator before he could make sense and realized that it was futile to struggle. "I'll come back Torao!" Luffy called out as the elevator door closed.

Penguin laughed at this and Sachi was shaking trying to hold back the chuckles that were trying to escape out of him. Law just stood there dumbfounded.

"…Torao?"

For the rest of day Law could not get that silly nickname out of his head. He began to ask himself if Luffy actually knew his name properly. He keep getting small jabs about the afternoon all day by his colleagues.

Law was a general and cardiac surgeon in the middle of his internship at the Red Line Hospital. He was 26 years old and he already felt like and old man. Thanks to his unstable schedule he had permanent bags under his eyes, which made him seem like a zombie sometimes before he got his coffee.

He was doing the last of his check ups until he came across a name that seemed oddly familiar for some reason. Ah yes, the young narcoleptic patient. He was probably brought here because he must have passed out in the street again. He shrugged to himself as he walked towards the last patient in his list. He walked into the room and started his routine check up.

"Good evening Mr. Portgas I am your doctor for today my name is Trafalgar Law. You may call me Law." He said in his doctor voice. "I see that you suffered a narcolepsy attack in the middle of the street, again, and cause an uproar because people thought you had a heart attack on the street," Law hears the young man chuckle at that," which is not funny because it tells me that you did not keep to your schedule of sleeping habits." Law said while making some notes on the clipboard that was hanging at the end of the bed.

"Oh come on Doc, it wasn't that much of a big deal. It happens all the time" Ace whined.

Law looked up and narrowed his eyes. Every time he came in was because he had been careless with his sleeping schedule. Ace was a well mannered young man and the first thing that caught peoples eyes were freckles that adorned his face ,which gave him a childish vibe about him, and curly raven locks. Law had seen him come in before and had dealt with him himself a few times in the past. He was a careless fool with his health.

Today however something kept bothering him in the back of his mind. Then it clicked. He looked like him. Luffy. He shook his head no way it was possible then he remember the green haired teen said something about a guy named Ace. He looked at name in the top of the page on the clipboard and, sure enough, it say Portgas D. Ace.

He sighed and ignored the feeling of a headache that was beginning to form in the back of his head. It was a coincidence, he tried to convince himself.

"Anyways Mr. Portgas-" he tried to say as he checked for any signs of concussions.

"Ace," Ace interrupted, "call me Ace. You know I hate being called Mr. Portgas because it sounds too stuffy." Law tried very hard not to roll his eyes because he was trying to be profesional.

"Right. Ace-ya you should not skip on your sleeping schedule so we can avoid this type of situations in the future." He reprimanded him.

"Yeah, yeah. So when can I get discharged doctor?" Ace asked with a smile.

"I don't see anything wrong but I would like for you to stay for the night just in case. You should be able to leave tomorrow morning if everything looks good."

"That's great! by the way doctor you said your name was Law right? Hehehe I can never retain names for too long." Ace mused with mild amusement.

"Yes I did." Law answered as he was finishing his report.

"Oh so you're the guy Luffy was talking about!" Ace said excitedly. All hope that Law had about this being a coincidence banished from his mind when Ace made that statement.

"I don't know what you mean," Law lied smoothly.

"Oh. maybe I had the wrong guy…" Ace murmurs to himself. "Oh well anyways thanks for everything Doc. I'll make sure to take good care of myself."

"Okay have a good night Mr. Portgas." Law said as a farewell and walked out of the room. He heard Ace say something unintelligible before he walked out of earshot.

He wanted so badly for it to be a coincidence but that was totally useless now that he knew that Ace was familiar with Luffy. He started thinking about who he could switch with tomorrow morning so he didn't have to discharge him and have a chance of running into that weird smiling kid again.

He went to the locker room and took off his white doctor's coat in favor of his long black coat with yellow dots and his spotted white and black hat. Then he grabbed the rest of his things and put them in his bag. He was so caught up in his thoughts as he was leaving that he didn't noticed the tall red head standing by his car.

"Oi Law are you still up for tonight?" Law jumped a little as he was startled by the voice.

"Eustass-ya what are you doing here?" Law asked a little puzzled by his presence. He was hard to miss, what with him being almost 7 feet tall, with fiery red hair, and an intimidation aura to boot, not someone easily over looked. So him not noticing him until he spoke up just went to show how much in thought Law really was.

"Well someone didn't pick up his cell to say if he was still up for tonight or not. I know today was your day off early." He comments with an eyebrow wiggle.

"Eustass-ya I don't know I'm kind of tired tonight."

"Aw come on Law don't be like that, besides I heard an interesting story from Killer earlier today involving you and some kid." Kid says with a smirk.

"Really? I wonder what could it be?" Law asked with an air of innocence which only made Kid start laughing.

"You know what I' m talking about. Don't play dumb, anyways you up for it or what man? I don't have all night to waste here with you. I'd rather be in a bar by now."

"Eustass-ya it's only 7 o'clock in the evening and you're already talking about inhaling insane amounts of alcohol. I'm surprised you haven't died of alcohol poisoning by now." Law said a little annoyed by his prying.

"Come on it's not that bad. You need to go out more anyways. Just come and hang out with us tonight for a bit. Not too late promise." Kid said with a wicked smile.

"I don't know Eustass-ya I got work tomorrow morning." Law said off handedly as he started putting his stuff into the trunk of his car. He had a 2014 yellow Cayman Porsche with a black leather interior.

"Come on Law I promise you'll be home by 10." Kid lifted his hand to his heart in a mocking gesture of a promise from the heart. After a moment of contemplating Law finally sighed with an air of resignation.

"Fine, Eustass-ya, but only for a bit." Law said defeated.

"Great! Meet you at Baroque Works?" Kid asked as he put his helmet on and made his way towards his motorcycle. He had a red Kawasaki Ninja that oddly enough matched his red hair. Law made a face but nodded.

Baroque Works was a club that was highly praised by everyone as a laid back club with a nice atmosphere and cheap drinks,which most of the time didn't suit Law's taste. However Law worked with what he had. He preferred Dressrosa's drinks anytime, but rarely went to the club because he didn't want to meet old faces from his past.

His teenage years hadn't exactly been the best of time for Law, so he usually tried to avoid thoughts from that time.

He pulled up outside of the club in the parking lot and was already dreading going inside. It looked like today was going to be full so he picked up his pace wanting to get this over with. He walked up to the bouncer named Jean Bart who looked scary as hell so not a lot of people tried to cross him.

"Yo Law!" He said as soon as he came into the distance.

"Evening Jean Bart." Law greeted with a tip of his hat. Jean nodded towards him and let him through.

He walked into the club which was playing heavy bass music which made him cringe a little on the inside. The place was just starting to get crowded by the looks of things so he had an hour or two before this place became unbearable by his standards. He spotted Kidd quickly, thanks to his bright red hair, by the bar with Killer.

Killer was a young man with a muscular figure, but not overly buff, and long blond hair. He weaved his way towards them, through the already tipsy party goers, until he sat on en empty stool besides Kid. By the time he ordered his drink he already wanted to leave.

"Hey you manage to actually come here and not ditch us tonight," Kid said as he downed a shot. Truth be told he had done that before. Ditched them after he had agreed to meet them. It's just that Law didn't liked overly crowded places with annoying people that didn't know how to hold their alcohol.

"Really Eustass-ya? It's not even dark yet and I can already tell you'll be smashed before 10."

"Good thing you're here then, huh?" Kid said off-handedly. Killer just shook his head beside him.

"Nice to see you," he said as he shook Law's hand.

"Nice to see you too. Isn't that why Killer is here though? Please don't make you're boyfriend carry you're drunken ass home."

"Worry not Law if he does get smashed I'm leaving him here." Killer says with a chuckle. Kid gives him a glare and Law just shakes his head smiling. He downs a couple of drinks and enjoys his conversation with Kid and Killer.

He didn't meet with them often but he could see how much Killer even Kid out. How much Killer made him happy. Law was glad to see him happy. A few years back when in Law's last year of university he and Kid had gone out. They had had a lot of personality problems and in the end decided that were just not meant to be. So Law was always worried that Kid might never find someone until earlier this year when he met Killer at a bar fight. Since then they had been almost joined at the hip.

"So Law I heard a very interesting thing from Pinguin earlier today," Killer says off-handedly as he downs a shot of tequila.

"I knew there was a reason why I didn't want you and Penguin to meet." Law grimaced. When Killer and Penguin had met Law didn't think they would get along. Was he wrong, they had become friends rather quickly and had remained texting buddies.

"Anyways tell us what happened," Kid chipped in, "must have been interesting from what I heard." Law gave a sigh of frustration. He knew they weren't going to forget about this but he was hopping they would.

"Nothing happen. He confessed. I rejected him. End of discussion." He said.

"I told you he wasn't going to tell us properly." Killer said as he leaned on Kid's shoulder.

"Figures." Kid said as he rolled his eyes. As much as Law liked hanging out with them he was getting tired of being out so he started to get ready to leave until he heard a very familiar laughter over the crowd.

"Shishishi Zoro is being dumb!"

"I don't want to hear that from you!"

Law hoped that he wasn't hearing what he though he was hearing because if he was he desperately wanted to leave. He refused to look to where the sounds was coming from.

"Well it was a pleasure, but I really must be leaving," he said as he stood up quickly.

"But why?" Kid said in a voice that sounded almost like a whine, "It's not even 10 yet."

"I know but I have work in the morning and I have already been up since yesterday, so I would appreciate the extra rest Eustass-ya."

"Fine, fine." Kid said as he waved him off. He nodded and quickly started to make his way to the door only stopping once to say bye to Jean Bart. He was almost to his car when he heard sandals smack against the asphalt. He speed up because he was sure if he didn't he was going to regret it. He managed to half open the car door when he felt something tug his arm. As he turn around he saw Luffy smiling brightly at him.

"Torao! Glad I caught up with you. Wasn't sure if it was you or not when I saw you leave." He said with a lot of energy. "So what's your answer?" Law looked at a loss for a moment before he realized that he was caught.

"Straw hat-ya…" he sighed. "As I mentioned it before I do not reciprocate you're feelings." Luffy looked confused.

"Reci-what?"

"Reciprocate," Law said slowly to get his point across. "It means I don't feel the same, moreover, I don't even know you, I am male, and I'm sure I am too old for you. We have never even spoken until you confessed today." Luffy huffed as if he'd been offended.

"You don't need to know somebody if it's love at first sight, right?" Luffy deadpanned. That actually shocked Law for a few seconds because of how much that made sense in a weird way. Law shook his head slightly. He couldn't afford to get caught up in his pace. Luffy had grown quite restless with a quiet Law that he hugged him. "Gender doesn't matter either." He said softly into his chest. Law automatically hugged him back. Once he realized what he had done he pushed Luffy away.

"Straw hat-ya-"

"I'm in college so age isn't an issue, but I guess I rushed it, huh? Shishishi," Luffy cut him off then took a sharpie from his pocket, grabbed Law's wrist, and started writing something in his hand.

"Oi, don't go doodling on other peoples bodies as you please!" he said as he started to yank his hand away, however Luffy was stronger than he seemed.

"Shishishi with this you can contact me now!" Luffy said with a grin. Law looked down at his hand and saw that Luffy had written down his phone number. "Well then later!" Luffy said as he waved and ran back to the bar.

Law was at a loss on what to do after being left standing there on the parking lot.

"Dammit this is permanent sharpie!" He said to no one in particular in the middle of the parking lot. He quickly got into his car and drove home flushing from embarrasment.

He lived in a nice apartment complex in the outskirts of the city. When he got into the parking lot he got his stuff out of the trunk of his car and made his way towards the entrance of the building. Once inside he waved at the guard and went over to check his mail and then made his way towards the elevator. When he got to his floor he quickly got his keys out and went inside his apartment.

His apartment was spacious with wooden floors and a few pieces of furniture here and there. Law was a simple man so he liked to keep everything organized and in monochrome colors with a dash of yellow here and there. So it gave an air of being uninhabited and more like it was on display and for sale. Law didn't mind since he was barely home and only went back to sleep and sometimes eat. He was, however, very adamant about keeping it clean though.

He flicked the lights on and made his way to the living room to put his things down. He stretched and then made his way towards his bathroom for a long awaited shower. His bathroom was much liked the rest of his house, clean, spacious, and black and white.

He turned on the shower and promptly started stripping. He glanced at himself in the mirror and noticed that he had lost some weight and sighed. Lately he had been getting irregular hours and had almost no time to eat. His tattoos were more pronounced when he noticed that he was also getting paler.

He had a tattoos covering his front and back. Which were easy to hide but the ones in his arms and hands were harder which required him to wear long sleeve shirts and the occasional latex gloves here and there. Before he started reminiscing about the past Law got into the shower after a few moments of pondering on his diet and quietly enjoy the sensation of the water washing away his day. As he would like to think that a shower did that.

He came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his his waist. He made his way towards the bedroom and put his pyjamas on. Then he remembered that it was a little too quiet and promised himself to stop by Sachi's and pick Bepo up the next day. His schedule had been pretty hectic this week and he wan"t sure if he would be able to fed and exercise Bepo properly so he had ask Sachi and Penguin to look after him for the week.

After having a small dinner consisting of a leftover salad and some rice he watched the evening news and then went for bed. He laid there thinking about the day's events. Lifting up his hand Law realized that the phone number was still there and that the shower hand't washed it away. He sighed and tried to forget the young eccentric youth.

Who would had thought that he was in college, he didn't looked like the studious type. He briefly remembered wondering what he could possibly be majoring in before falling asleep.