"I'm not a stalker!" Law runs his hands through his dark-blue hair (of which he dyed when he got drunk one night, and when he gets a little tipsy, he finds himself walking out of the nearest Arrow - a store that also has the most stupid logo, a damn dog - with a pack of the hair dye and three packs of gum), wondering how he even got to this conversation.

"Oh, and the name's Law." Law walked away, completely forgetting to pay the bill. But he didn't care - why should he?! He's finally happy on his birthday!

After what seemed like an eternity later, full of pushing and shoving, his name got called. He could feel a smirk making its place on his face, as he walked to the front. He just got away with not paying for a damn over-expensive drink, on his damn birthday! How could this go wrong?!

'Oh…' Law thought, a blush completely showing on his face. 'So that's what the damn sugar-milk concoction I got is called… A Birthday Icing Frappe… How could I not realize that's why everyone was snickering last time…'

Knowing it would be ungrateful, Law walks up to the counter, trying to hide his steadily glowing face from anyone who were to look at him. The pink drink seemed to get farther and farther away from him - he was happy for that - until he finally reached the glowing face of a one Monkey D. Luffy.

He stepped out, the little half-door swinging merrily, his great chocolate-brown eyes looking up to his coal ones, holding out the cup like it was some sort of shitty crown. Law almost snickered at the thought, almost.

"Hey, Law!" Luffy's annoying voice was right next to him now, his annoying face still looking up at him, his annoyingly hot bo- wait, what? Law was not attracted to Luffy!

"Mugiwara-ya," Law tried out a new nickname that he had come up with over the past year.

Luffy cocked his head to the side, liking the new name. "Huh, how'd you get that?"

"It's your team name…" Law practically face-palmed himself at how idiotic this nineteen year old could be.

"Oh! You know about my team!" Luffy's eyes narrowed happily and he proceeded to drag Law to an empty table, proceeding yelling at Shanks that he was going to be taking the day off. "So, Robin was right! There was a chance you were stalking me!

"What?" Law was so surprised, he actually took a sip of the drink that has haunted his nightmares - right next to bread. Spitting it out, he narrowed his own eyes. "I didn't stalk you."

"Really, now!" Luffy took off his apron then sat down in the weird metal chairs, really, they weren't even that comfortable! How can someone sit on their asses all day in these! No wonder Law's team calls him picky, maybe he really was. "Then why'd you get here on time?"

"Coincidence." The reply seemed to be exactly what Luffy wanted.

"And - coincidentally - I have a new stalker!"

"New?"

"Oh, yeah, I've had tons! This one really cool guy, Bartolmeo, was my favorite! He's still a regular here! Another, this really nice lady, Boa Hamcock or something-"

"Hancock?"

"Yeah, her! She brings me meat and keeps asking me to marry her! It doesn't bother me, I just have to tell her a couple times a day that I don't like her that way, but she's still awesome! Anyways, I have a new stalker! And his name is Law!" Law tried not to show how shocked he was at the fact that Luffy can call stalkers cool.

"I'm not a stalker!" Law bangs his hand on the table, after giving his scalp a thorough combing, attracting quite a few stares. He doesn't really give a fuck, though, they can go take a piss on his head for all he cared. He could dissect them and take out their bladder, earning quite a bit of money on the black market.

"Right, right. Anyways, how was your birthday, stalker?"

"Ugh, there is nothing I can do about you is there?"

"Nope!" A cheeky smile spreads across Luffy's face and Law sighs, actually facepalming this time.

"My birthday was fine, thank you very much."

"Success! Trafalgar D. Water Law had a great birthday!" The Autumn leaves falls even faster, creating a sea of red, yellow, and orange, almost seeming like the trees were celebrating in the cool air as well as the idiot prancing around, in a red vest and jean shorts with a yellow sash tied around his waist.

Law quirks his eyebrow upwards, "and how would you know my full name? Are you," a cruel smile spreads across his lips, "a stalker?"

Luffy looks like he realizes he said too much and sits down immediately. "Uh well… Robin wanted to do a little bit of research on you… To make sure you weren't.. Going to hurt me…"

The last part of Luffy's sentence is lost in the wind, though Law gets the idea. "Well, you can let her know I do not expect to do such a thing." His eyes travel down to the scar across Luffy's chest.

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Luffy looks down also and almost whimpers. The scar he got about a year ago, just after meeting Law for the first time, is always stared at. Luffy isn't bothered too much by it, though. He kinda likes it, how it tells a story, shows that he's not as weak as he appears.

But something about the way Law looks at it… Like he knows how Luffy got it, and isn't wondering about how Luffy lives with it. Luffy supposes that Law gets a lot of looks for his own scars, the tan skin interrupted completely. And Luffy is almost.. Grateful.. That Law didn't get to him in time, that Luffy still has this disruption in his skin.

"About that…" Luffy whispers again, shocking himself. But he needs to say this, he needs to. He's already thanked everyone else, but not Law…

"Hmm?" Law tilts his head, though Luffy suspects that he knows what he wants to talk about. His piercing grey eyes seem to be able to see right through Luffy - maybe that's why Luffy likes him so much?

"Thanks…"

"For what?" Luffy looks up, shocked. This is not the reaction he expected. The fall leaves pause on their branches, and Luffy knows it's as if the trees are shocked also.

"For saving Ace…" Luffy looks up, feeling like he's about to cry, but no tears will fall.

"I didn't do anything?" Law's statement comes out as a question and Luffy is genuinely puzzled.

"But you and Chopper's dad and Dr. Kureha-"

"Those two, yes, but I just merely helped! I didn't save anyone's lives that day!"

"Shishishi!" Luffy laughs, happy that Law didn't suffer some sort of amnesia. That's a relief! "I saw you! Jinbei was there, too! Chopper's dad talks all about how you saved him too!"

"I didn't, it was all them!"

Law and Luffy go on and off, talking about different things, getting paused by the occasional child, whom Law refuses to sign an autograph for - though, Luffy convinces him somehow - watching the setting sun, and getting forced to relocate by Luffy's friend, a man who is famous in the fight club, Red Hair Shanks.

Luffy doesn't tell Law that he knows that if Law wasn't there, with his spectacular skill with the scalpel, he would be dead. Ace would be dead. But, Luffy thinks Law gets it, the way he avoids being caught staring at Luffy's largest scar (although, he does get caught. Luffy lets it go, though) and the way he was acting so… What did people call Sabo? Modest! Yeah, the way Law was acting so modest!

"What are you humming…?" Law rubs his face, clearly annoyed at the constant tune Luffy was singing over and over again.

"The one of my favorite songs!" Luffy knows Law's annoyed at his not-so-grand singing voice, but he continues on. Why shouldn't he?

"Why does it sound like a children's song?" Luffy knows his songs sounds like a children's tune, everyone tells him so, but he doesn't really care. It's a great song!

"I dunno, it just sorta does." Luffy shrugs and continues singing. He looks at the thousands of shop windows illuminated by the light of the orange sun of into the distance. They don't really know where they're going, just kind of walking around. Even this simple act made Luffy's heart flutter like mad.

"So, where do you want to go?" Luffy's surprised by the question, he didn't expect Law to actually care.

"I dunno…" Luffy pauses his slow pace to pretend to be thinking - just to annoy Law, of course. He actually comes up with the best idea ever, in his opinion. "Let's go see my friends!"

"Uh… The one's that spilled my seven dollar drink on me? No." Law looks down at Luffy's shining eyes, and Luffy hopes the puppy dog thing will work on him.

It doesn't seem to, so Luffy sighs in almost defeat. "Fine…" He starts, but looks up to Law again, "then I'll just drag you!"

"Wai- what?" And Luffy picks up Law bridal style - while he struggles to remove the vice-like grip - and whistles as he walks. He couldn't be more excited! Law would get to meet his friends. And so, off to the fight club he goes.

I hope this has lived up to all you expected! Just a lil' note, SandDollars (obviously) = Starbucks, Arrow = Target, cuz, why not, eh?

I really do hope you liked it, I had so much fun writing this chapter. I didn't really say it, but I imagined Luffy singing/humming One World whilst walking with Law.

So, hope you enjoy this one and have a great life, my beautiful readers!

~OPO~