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Chapter I- Graduation or something

Shanks had been surprised to say the least, when Luffy had out of the blue announced he'd been accepted to college. But alas, sitting in front of him was Luffy with said acceptance letter. He had never even thought such a thing would happen. He's proud and pleasantly surprised at this revelation. Luffy is grinning widely his arms raised in victory and Shanks finds himself smiling from the infectious happy aura around his adopted child. It isn't the first time Luffy has surprised him, though this is the first time it hasn't resulted in some sort of clean up afterward. This is a big step though and the monument of it is not lost on him. This was a signal of a large battle won in the war with Luffy's ADD.

Shanks had always known Luffy had the disorder. The boy could never stay completely focused. He'd never felt that Luffy had a hard time adjusting though. Sure he got in trouble and refused to take his medicine, but he'd made great impressions on the people around him. For all the detentions, fights, and bad report cards, Luffy had quite the positive reputation. His older brother, Ace had done a lot in helping develop Luffy's odd sense of self and the two were so close. Shanks had figured when the older had gone off to school that Luffy might not take it so well. He'd been surprised when Luffy instead had gotten a part time job at the boys and girls club. His innocent and carefree nature had rubbed off on the children there and he was one of the most well-liked 'big brothers' there.

"Well, so what are you going to focus in?"

"I don't know. I figured I'd just see what worked best for me." Shanks had kind of expected that answer. "I'm sure it will be okay."

Shanks chuckled at that knowing Luffy to be just like that. Jump in head first and just make it up as he went along. He was actually a little surprised that Luffy hadn't spilled the beans about applying and testing for university. In fact, when he'd asked who Luffy told, he found out that only Zoro and Nami had known. Zoro because he had applied for the same school and Nami because she had helped him study for the entrance exams. Not even Ace had known. Luffy had wanted to tell him in person. He couldn't wait for Ace to visit so that he could take the boys out to celebrate.

Ace had come home the following weekend. As soon as the door had opened he found himself flat on his back with a University Acceptance letter thrust in his face. Only after reading it twice did he realize that it was addressed to Luffy proclaiming that Luffy had been officially accepted to Sabaody University(1). Ace had not expected such a thing and had been so excited that he'd briefly forgot about his roommate that had tagged along with him.

"Hey, who's that?" Luffy had exclaimed while being spun around in circles by his elder brother.

Ace stopped abruptly causing Luffy to fall over unbalanced. Marco had waited patiently getting amusement out of the two brothers. He found that laughter of the two contagious and he couldn't help but chuckle as he offered a hand to help Luffy up.

"I'm Marco. Ace is my roommate."

"Ah~ I'm Luffy. Does Ace still fall asleep standing up?"

Marco laughed much to Ace's embarassment and shook his head. "No. He at least makes it to his desk."

This was the heartwarming scene that Shanks saw when he came home. Ace, Luffy, and an unknown blonde man sitting in the front yard laughing. He smiled knowing that he should cherish the moment. Ace and Luffy had never seen it coming when Shanks had tackled the two of them putting them both in headlocks. The reactions had been polar opposites and caused Marco to laugh even more. Where Luffy was nearly guffawing grin cracked over his face, Ace was sulking his lips drawn into a pout as he pushed fruitlessly at Shanks.

"So boys, when were you going to introduce me to your company?" He dropped the two and planted himself on the steps to the front door. "Your old man doesn't want to be left out."

"But Shanks! you aren't old!" Luffy had exclaimed. "There isn't a single grey hair. Now gramps, he has a head full of them."

Shanks grinned at Luffy's innocent and matter of fact comment before directing his attention to the blonde. "Well, you're too old to be Luffy's friend, so now I'm surprised Ace could stay awake long enough to make friends."

Ace scowled. "Shanks, this is Marco. He's my roommate. Now I'm regretting bringing him since you guys just want to tease me about my sleeping habits."

Shanks ignored the comment and threw an arm over Marco's shoulders. "Well, now that you're part of the family, how's about we go out to celebrate Luffy's accomplishment."

When Shanks got up Luffy too jumped up to follow him inside blathering on about telling gramps. Ace smiled and shook his head. For a few moments he sat in companionable silence with Marco just taking in the sounds of the home he'd grown familiar with. It was odd just thinking how much he and Luffy had grown up. It had been a shock and pleasant surprise that Luffy had decided to go off to school. He knew it was going to be difficult with Luffy's inability to concentrate, but if anyone could beat odds, he figured it was Luffy.

Finally early summer had come around signalling the end of secondary school for Luffy. Shanks had promised that Luffy could have a graduation party. His local acquaintance Makino had allowed him to use her restaurant for the event. He'd been lucky at that. He could not imagine the amount of people Luffy wanted in his house. When he'd suggested the idea, he'd thought it would be Ace and maybe his roommate, and then some of Luffy's friends from school, not damn near the entire town. He supposed he hadn't realized the full effect of Luffy's happy demeanor. Makino had happily volunteered the space though seemingly loving Luffy just as much as Shanks himself. When Shanks had told them though all he got was teasing remarks from both Ace and Luffy about 'sitting in a tree and k-i-s-s-i-n-g.' The things he did for those brats.

Shanks' last stress was that Garp had insisted on coming down for his grandson's graduation. Now Shanks was a calm and pretty amicable person by nature, but him and Garp had never agreed on anything. He'd been surprised when the man had let him adopt Ace and Luffy after the incident with Luffy's dad. He'd thought the admiral would want to keep them closer even more so. The fact had been that Garp was still a practicing admiral in the Navy and had begrudgingly agreed that it would be unhealthy to move the boys around so much. Thus Shanks had been made their legal guardian. Needless to say, even though he wasn't fond of the idea, Garp still deserved to see such a big event for Luffy.

Shanks had felt nostalgic as he'd watched Luffy adjusting his cap and gown. It looked so out of place on the hyperactive boy, but looked good none the less. Ace stood in front of his younger brother adjusting the standard uniform tie making sure that Luffy was in pristine condition for the ceremony. His thoughts were interrupted by the doorbell ringing. Waiting for Luffy on the other side of the door were Zoro and Nami looking just as well in their own robes. Shanks smiled warmly and let the two in having been used to seeing the pair pretty much everywhere Luffy went. They had been Luffy's two best friends for the longest time and Shanks pretty much considered them family as well. Before collecting Luffy to leave Nami had asked Shanks to get a picture of the three of them.

The ceremony had been a big deal. This had been the school's largest graduating class to date and the first time it had to be held off campus. Shanks had met up with Mihawk, Zoro's stepdad, and Nami's mother and sister, and Makino to get good seats. He grinned when he saw Luffy in the line for his seat. Unfortunately for them, since their surnames were all so far apart, the three had been separated. Not that it had made a big deal to Luffy. He had friends pretty much wherever he was. Shanks had known that Luffy would not be able to sit still through the entire ceremony and from his seat could see that Luffy had snuck his phone in and was vigorously tinkering away with it. Like any commencement ceremony, it wasn't limited to applause. Raucous shouting broke out for pretty much every student. Shanks was pleased to note that Luffy got the loudest round of racket and not just because of Ace and himself.

After the ceremony Luffy had pretty much gotten ambushed by his classmates and was stuck taking pictures with them. Shanks waited while the boy milled about, happy to see how easily he'd made friends. While watching Luffy though he noticed Nami and Zoro hanging back waiting on their friend. He had been about to approach them when something had caught his eye. The two were standing just a little too close. Shanks noticed the very simple act of intimacy from the way their hands just barely brushed together while standing side by side. Both were watching Luffy, but their expressions were softer. Shanks sighed and wondered how Luffy would feel about it all. He had always thought Luffy had a soft spot for Nami. Afterall, they'd gone to several school functions together, but perhaps he'd read too much into it. As Luffy bounded back to his friends Shanks watched closely to see if Luffy would notice. He was pleasantly surprised when Luffy had hugged the two and then joined their hands beaming. Shanks sigh happily and finally went to congratulate the group.

Luffy's party had trumped anything that Shanks could have imagined. Makino had gone all out and made a feast. At some point Luffy's grandfather, Garp had shown up and even offered to pay for the trouble of such a grand event, to which Makino had kindly refused. Then later, Shanks had offered Luffy and Zoro drinks to which Garp and Mihawk had both vehemently opposed. Garp stating that it was illegal and Mihawk claiming Zoro was a terrible drunk. The look on Garp's face had been priceless when he'd heard Mihawk's reasoning. Other than that, no major incident had been started. Shanks had pretty much drunk himself into a stupor which led Ace and Luffy to leave their father figure to Makino while each made their way home. Without all the hulabaloo, Ace told Luffy how proud of him he was and that he looked forward to helping Luffy move into his dorm.

The summer had ended quickly and Luffy had been very excited to move into the dorms. Unfortunately because they had registered at different times Luffy and Zoro had been unable to be roommates. Oddly enough they had found out they were living in the same hall though. Ace had agreed to help Luffy move in since his University didn't start up for another two weeks. He'd even recruited Marco into helping. Shanks had unfortunately had to work, but promised he'd drive up to the campus afterwards to take the boys out for dinner. Luffy had been informed that his roommate had already moved in as he had started up with summer classes. He had been really curious to meet his new roommate and idly thumbed the paper with his name on it. Trafalgar Law.

Sabaody University was like its own little town. It had seemed if the campus had been built and the rest sprung up around it. Luffy found himself instantly liking the place. When Zoro had parked next to the dorms Luffy had found himself awed at the look of the building. It was very modern looking and seemed to stand out a bit from the more older architecture. It was all grey stone and glass and something he'd never really seen before. Zoro had to yank him inside so they could each check in and do a room inventory sheet. Luffy's was already partially down due to the fact the his roommate had been living there since the summer II session. Somehow Luffy had gotten lucky and ended up in a modular room at the end of the hall. It was on the third floor of the building, but that didn't matter. Most freshman didn't get mods unless it was personally requested. Luffy had the luck of the devil Zoro assumed. They parted ways and Luffy went to meet up with Ace and Marco to unload his belongings.

Luffy was a little bit disheartened when he busted into the room and realized he'd have to wait to meet his roommate. He stood just staring at the vacant space taking mental note of his roommate's things. First thing he noticed was the black comforter with a blazing fuschia logo (2) on it. Next he noticed that aside from how the desk was set up, there was an odd chair and table sitting next to the bed. Above that was a poster of a human torso with the top layer cut away showing muscles and the like. The desk had a sleek little laptop with the same logo as the bed, a jar of candies, some sort of diagram taped to the surface, a test tube rack, a skull replica that was written on, and a small flourescent light.

"Man this is a bit disquieting. I would almost think they have you rooming with a cadaver." Ace's voice shook him out of his reverie. "Or maybe some sort of creepy surgeon."

"I can assure you that I am neither dead or going to cut you up and sell your organs." Another voice stated calmly from the doorway.

Both Ace and Luffy jumped at the new presence in the room while Marco stood chuckling at the scene. "Marco! You just let me make an ass of myself. What the heck man?"

Marco simply gave Ace a lazy smile and moved to the side to let the man pass. The three quietly assessed the man as he made his way over to his desk. Luffy watched as he slid on a pair of glasses and picked up the skull on the desk and started marking away at it. His hand was steady Luffy had instantly noticed. Law looked up noticing that the other was watching him. Luffy grinned when he caught the dark coal eyes.

"I'm Luffy. I hope we will get on well this year!"

Law raised an eyebrow at the cheerful boy. "I'm certain that as long as you don't interfere in my studies then we will get on just fine." Law paused noticing the hat hanging from the back of Luffy's neck. "Mister straw hat."

Ace frowned at that statement but chose not to say anything as Luffy grinned again seeming to agree. Law said nothing else after that leaving the trio to continue unloading Luffy's things. Law had actually been surprised that they hadn't been making very much noise as they had been occupied with putting things together. He very discretely watched the three. He assumed that Luffy and the other dark-haired male were related. He didn't quite know what to make of the blonde though until he watched the taller brunette interact with him. It was secretive, but years of watching people's nuances led Law to believe there was something more than friendly there.

After about two and a half hours, Law was left alone once more as the three had gone about to get Luffy's books and help him find out where his classes would be. Law studied the now full side of the room. The boys had lofted the other bed and had slid a floor rug, a mini fridge, and small couch under it. Next to the bed, hanging on the wall was a giant jolly roger(3). Law got up and crossed the room making note of anything that might reveal information about his new roommate. He regarding the desk, seemingly deciphering what each frame said. First was a frame of Luffy with the other brunette both at a young age. The next was something that looked like it was taken with a camera phone of Luffy grinning widely in the middle of a green haired man and a orange haired woman. The next picture was a teen with glasses, and lavendar hair in uniform and saluting(4). The last picture was of a scruffy man with bright red hair sitting on a boat with the straw hat Luffy had been wearing laying on his chest. Law wasn't quite sure what to think of Luffy. From the brief words that were exchanged he'd gathered that Luffy was energetic and very amiable and quite probably very naive. He supposed though, some fake nice conversation would tell him all he needed to know.

A few hours later the boistrous trio had returned to complete the task of getting Luffy settled in. Law watched from behind his books as the taller brunette and the blonde set up Luffy's computer while the other went to unpacking the boxes he had left. Every now and then Luffy would make some sort of outburst about something he found. It was through those that Law learned that the other brunette's name was Ace and that he was the older brother. The blonde he'd remembered had been called Marco by the other two. The tiny nuances told Law that the brothers were really close. It also told him that the younger probably didn't know about the relationship between the older and the blonde. Law chuckled to himself at that.

A knock at the door roused him from his thoughts. "Zoro!" Luffy had jumped up and greeted the man who Law now recognized as the one in the picture with Luffy. "You all settled in already?"

"Yea, my roommate is some kinda wimpy guy with a fascination with bugs."

"Ah~ this is Law! Law this is my best friend Zoro!"

Law tipped his head up in greeting. "Pleased to meet you mister Zoro." he drawled causing the green-haired man to narrow his eyes.

"same." He snipped.

"Don't mind Zoro. He's antisocial!" Luffy beamed at Law completely disregarding the sarcastic manner in which he'd greeted the other. "Zoro is always short with people."

"Anyway, you said Shanks was coming up after work right? Is he bringing the fish tank with him?"

Luffy nodded happily. "Shanks said he'd bring the small one up so I could have Pappag, Hachi, and Keime(5) in the dorm with me. He also promised me dinner." Luffy grinned and then focused his attention on Law. " You wanna come too? Shanks probably wouldn't mind!"

Law scanned the disbelieving faces before a smirk cracked his face. "No thank you. I'm sure there will be other times to have dinner with you mister straw hat."

Luffy's face fell just slightly. "Oh. I was hoping I could get to know you a little better."

Law quirked an eyebrow at the innocent statement knowing just how wrong it could be perceived and looked back down at his work. "We have all year for that. But you may speak with me tonight if you wish."

As that was said Luffy's phone started ringing. Law noted that it was a drinking song and briefly wondered if Luffy drank. "Shanks!" The outburst caused Law to look up. "Are you here?" Luffy was smiling brightly as he talked on the phone. "Great! We'll be down to grab the tank in a minute." Luffy started toward the door grabbing Marco on the way out. "Hey Ace! Get the table set up for me."

Law went back to his work. "Mr. Ace, what is the nature of your relationship with Mr. Marco? It doesn't seem like your brother knows."

Ace almost tripped at the sudden question. "I don't really think it's your business. Besides, Luffy has enough to worry about. He doesn't need the added stress of knowing his brother is gay. So drop it."

"Fair enough mister Ace." Law murmured without looking up.

Ace was just about to retort when Luffy followed by Zoro, Marco, and Shanks came into the room. Luffy was ecstaticly grinning at the small cooler he was carrying. Law could tell without looking. He'd already assessed that much. That whenever Luffy was happy, the air about him seemed to buzz with positive energy. He was curious to see if the opposite was true. To say the least, the group went about their happy little task as if he wasn't there giving him ample time to pick out details about all of them. He wasn't sure about the Shanks character. Was he their father? He didn't think so. There was no resemblance and he looked just slightly too young. He supposed he could weasel that information out later too.

"Are you absolutely sure you don't want to go?" Law flicked his eyes up slightly surprised at how close Luffy had gotten without him noticing. "I mean, Shanks doesn't mind paying really!"

Luffy's eyes were warm and welcoming and made Law just the tiniest bit uncomfortable to be looking into such open ones. "I assure you that I will be fine."

"Ok..."

"Come on Luffy. Guy doesn't want to eat then leave him be. You know how those serious types can be." Zoro mumbled.

"You're not any better." He countered while shoving everyone out. "Bye Law. I'll see you later."

Every day Law learned something new about Luffy. The boy was full of surprises. The first thing he learned was that Luffy had no shame. That fact was quickly followed by him not having a brain to mouth filter. Law was sure if he could get away with it, Luffy would walk around near naked and bare foot. This also coincided with the observation that Luffy had to be in the best shape anyone with that slim of a build could be. He was pretty much all lanky with compact muscles especially noticeable in his abs and legs. That was what brought him to the third thing, Luffy had an extremely high metabolism combined with the most voracious appetite he'd seen. He ran everywhere, was constantly moving and yet never seemed to tire. Law himself had a fairly decent amount of stamina and thought himself to be in great shape and good looking to boot. Even so, he didn't think his stamina was close to Luffy's. And his appetite was nowhere near as large as Luffy's.

Along with the physical things, there were plenty of personality quirks he caught as well. To Law, the signs of ADD were obvious. He could tell just in how Luffy's everyday actions were. Despite all that, the boy pushed himself very hard to stay focused for homework and even so seemed quite aware of his own limitation. He had noticed that if Luffy would start to get distracted he would get up and go jogging and then come back to complete his task. The boy was also very confident. He carried himself in a way that most people didn't. It was different than his own confidence Law had decided. Where he was the cool and aloof kind, Luffy was all fire and and grins. Along with the positive that seemed to exude from Luffy, there was also a childish nature. The boy was naive, not as much as Law had originally thought, but still he was. He also had a youthful fascination with everything. Even perhaps things he shouldn't.

Now Law had never felt any particular attraction toward anybody. He could recognize that someone was pleasing to look at, and he'd had his fair share of conquests, but there was nothing more to it. Sex to him had been very clinical. A means to an end, and so attraction really didn't exist for him. He'd never found himself favoring men over women or vice-versa. Both had the means to extract a climax. He had found himself confused though we he'd looked at Luffy. There was an undeniable pull. Yes he could admit that the boy was good looking, but never had he before fantasized what could be done with him and how many new positions he could bend that flexible body into while ramming away at it without a care. The flexibility had been a perk he noticed when he walked into the room from a late lab and found Luffy contorted over the arm of his little couch toes resting right next to his chin... studying. That's when the physical fantasies had started. Fair enough. Law had denied himself release for a while, so he didn't pay it any mind.

Other attractions started not long after and most prevalent when he noticed that Luffy had been particularly quiet this evening. Law had gotten mostly used to the amount of noise Luffy made when in the room. He'd learned to tune the majority of it out only focusing on the important bits. As he chanced a look up, Luffy was laying on his little couch, a sketchbook in front of him just staring at the glo-fish tank sitting on the end table. Law had never really had the urge to build relationships with people and found no reason to start now except that Luffy had tried rigorously every day to include Law in his life and showed no signs of giving up. He'd been polite in his refusals and never had ignored any of his querries, and yet he almost felt a little bit guilty. Maybe just this once he could indulge Luffy and even get some sort of interesting reaction to be filed away for later.

"Mister straw hat, you do know that no matter how much you stare and sigh at them, your fish are not going to do anything but stare back."

"I'm bored though." Luffy whined.

"Don't you normally go out with mister Zoro?" Law watched as Luffy twisted himself around and was now laying upside down on the couch his shirt riding up.

"Yea." He stated while looking at Law. "But Nami came into town this weekend so they're having naughty time tonight."

Law's eyes roved over the taut stomach on display before getting up and walking to the small couch. He gauged Luffy's reaction as he plopped down next to him fully intent on invading the other's space. When he received no negative reaction he slid himself more comfortably on the couch his hands spread out across the back and his leg just barely brushing Luffy's side. He smirked inwardly as he felt the small shiver against his thigh.

"I'll entertain you tonight. I have completed my work for the weekend."

Luffy's eyes widened in surprise. "You mean it?" He exclaimed while pulling himself up and using Law's leg as leverage.

"What do you want to do? Aside from eat because I know you want that." Luffy was now sitting really close to him he noted and seemed to have no qualms with it.

"Well I don't really know what's around. Normally Zoro and I go eat and then spar. Sometimes we just hang out and drink ourselves stupid." Law could almost feel the small giggles Luffy was making.

"Hmmm, well I guess I'll just show you around then."

Luffy followed Law into the small lounge and right into the back where a few sets of pool tables were. He'd seen Shanks play before, so he had a very basic understanding, but he had never played himself. Law had ordered a couple of drinks for them and motioned Luffy closer.

"Play?"

"I actually haven't."

"hmm...well, I'll show you a bit and then you can decide if you want to."

Law explained the rules and pretty much basics to Luffy. He'd been very thorough and Luffy had actually retained a little of it. He was pretty surprised when Law demonstrated the first move by cracking the racked balls and instantly sinking three of them. The precision amazing. Luffy had noticed the clear thwack that had sounded when the cue hit, followed by the muffled clacking of the other balls hitting together. It was very close to the same sound when Shanks opened. Luffy downed part of his Lager as he watched Law sink a few more balls. He jumped a little when Law turned to him.

"You want to try?" Law smirked watching Luffy nurse his drink. This would be the perfect way to get under the other's skin and also test his boundaries.

"what do I do?" He set his drink down and made his way to the corner of the table Law was standing at.

"Here." Law handed him the cue. "Ok, let's try for an easy shot." Law motioned to the maroon seven ball sitting in front of a side pocket. He pulled Luffy to him and adjusted Luffy's feet by sliding a leg between his own. "Feet at about 45 degrees from your shot." He murmured. "Bend at the hips and pull your leading arm out to help give you balance."

"Like this?" Luffy tried hard to remember exactly how Shanks looked when he played.

"Close." Law leaned over Luffy to try to see how he was aiming. He smirked when he noticed the small blush at their proximity. He couldn't help but want to push a little farther. "Line your body and head up for your shot." he all but whispered while sliding his hand over Luffy's stroking arm. "This arm will make the stroke. Wrist straight down with a comfortable grip." Three fingers closed over Luffy's own. "Not too tight." Law's other hand slid over the one resting on the table. "Here." He adjusted Luffy's fingers and created an open bridge. "That feel ok?" he could feel Luffy nod his head. "Alright, your stroking arm will move back straight." He pulled lightly back and pushed forward. "Just like that, nice and firm."

Law moved away from Luffy to give him some mobility and to observe how his 'teaching' had affected the other. Law could tell the boy was flustered by the small blush on his cheeks. Law was aware of the double entendre his words had created and briefly wondered if Luffy had caught it. He figured not though. The close proximity of their bodies had probably thrown him off enough as it was. He grabbed for his own pint and sipped at it observing the miniscule actions of the other. A moment later the sound of the cue hitting its target caused him to adjust his focus. The maroon ball sunk into the pocket and Luffy's face lit up.

"Ha!" He straightend up and grinned at Law. "I'm terrible at this focusing crap."

"Well, it comes as you play more." Law moved the the table and leaned his hip against it. "Sink another one."

"I will." He reached for his drink. "Let me finish this first. I like the frothy stuff."

"Fair enough mister straw hat." The two drank in a comfortable silence and Law actually despite his intentions found himself enjoying the time. Luffy's constant good mood had affected even him.

A few rounds of lager and some actual games of pool (all of which Law had won) later had Law escorting an incredibly tipsy Luffy back to their dorm. The boy was a lightweight for sure, but he'd drank more than Law had suspected. The boy was happily babbling on about how many times he'd been drunk and the random adventures he'd gone on. Law wrestled with the keys and half dragged the boy into the room and deposited him on the small couch. Luffy was grinning at him and motioning for him to sit down. Law shrugged and pulled his beanie off and then plopped down next to him stretching out his arms across the back of the couch. He figured since Luffy was in a sharing mood, now was as good a time as any to be nosy.

"You keep going on about Shanks. Who is he? He's too young to be your father." Law mused

"He's not. Shanks is the best everrr." Luffy drawled. "My dad is some highly wanted criminal." He grinned even bigger and slid further down on the couch. "Shanks took me n' Ace in when we were little. Gramps didn't want him to at first. I mean that's cuz gramps is really strict and Shanks is real laid back." Law nodded taking mental notes of all the babble. "Gramps is a military admiral though and always on the move. So agreed that it was healthier for me 'n Ace to stay put."

"I assume this is why you have so many drunk tales."

"Wha?" Luffy looked confused for a moment and then it dawned on him what he'd been prattling on about before. "Nah! That's cuz of Zoro's stepdad. Mihawk's always letting us drink."

"And your Shanks didn't care?"

"Nope! Well that's mostly him getting Mihawk drunk then Mihawk says yes." Luffy twisted his body so his head was on Law's leg and his feet were flung over the arm of the couch. "I don't think Mihawk would've cared anyway as long as we stayed home. Zoro can get kinda hilariously mean when he has too much."

Law noticed how comfortable Luffy was getting on his leg decided that it would be a good idea to stop and glean more information the next time. Luffy was entertaining and he was not keen on letting the kid make a stupid decision that would cost him hours of awkward silences and not to mention the chance at a proper non-drunk lay. He was about to say something when he noticed Luffy's breathing had gotten steady. He sighed and extricated his leg while sliding a couch pillow under the boy's head. Once he had freed himself from the space he ruffled around in his desk and took out a bottle of pain pills and set them on the table next to the fish tank. He was interested to see where this was going to take him.

A/N: Ok so I started on this finally. been rolling about for a while now. I hope I did an ok job portraying the characters and tying actual one piece things in. The dorm room is actually a combination of the set up of two of my friends' different rooms. I wanted it to seem more private than a regular room. I drew the room layout up in paint just to make sure that it would work and that I was descibing things consistently.

1- Sabaody University- pretty self explanatory. Took it from Saboady archipelago since that was where all the Supernovas first met up.

2- This is actually what the flag looks like for the heart pirates. Just wanted to attach it to Law somehow, thus, his bed spread.

3- Straw Hat pirates flag is represented in the form of a poster that Luffy has.

4- This is Coby in case that wasn't obvious.

5- Decided that Luffy named his little glo-fishies with their names just to kinda tie them in.

Thank you so much for reading I hope you take the time to review and let me know what you think.