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Luffy stirred awake and blinked the ache out of his eyes. Godfather trotted and snuggled with his human when he realized that the young man was awake and in need of no help from the dog. Wordlessly, Luffy patted his dog, then it clicked, that the two days that he had to endure without speaking and eating meat had come to pass, and that today, he could speak and eat meat.

Turning on his side, Luffy looked at Law, still sleeping, facing away from the younger, the doctor had the day off from work, finally, in Luffy's honest opinion. Luffy decided he would like to wake Law up with his voice, that it would be a pleasant surprise. So that's what Luffy did, he shook the older till Law was awake enough, then Luffy used his voice.

"Gorkako-" Luffy spoke but hadn't anticipated that not speaking for days would be problematic. In addition to his voice coming out distorted and strange, the young man coughed hard, the violent sounds sending Law awake with a start.

"Who the fuck?!" Law jumped out of bed, unhooking his gun from under the nightstand, turning the security off, pointing it in the direction of the strange voice that had sent him awake.

"BIKS KUFT BEH!" Luffy tried, hands beside his head, coughing soon after.

Law stared at the younger for a few seconds, then it finally clicked that he had heard Luffy's voice and since he hadn't spoken for more than a few days, it was supposed to be strange and weird, and when the alarm of the situation passed, it started being funny.

"Pfft- look! You are creeping even Dogfather out!" Law laughed pointing at the dog who had his ears pushed back and was avoiding eye contact with Luffy. "Don't talk, I'll get you something to soothe your throat."

Law put his gun back in its place and went to the kitchen to get some honey and warm water, mixed together it would provide great relief to Luffy's throat. The doctor walked back to the bedroom and handed the warm mug to his boyfriend.

"Small sips and let it stay in your throat for as long as you can." Law guided and checked the time and messages on his phone while Luffy was drinking the water. Sanji had texted Law that it was a big day for Luffy and that they were all going to be gathered on the Thousand Sunny for celebrations and for Luffy to eat meat. "You Strawhats will take any reason to party..."

"Baaaaaa~!" Luffy tried making sounds to check how much he could speak. "Bikuuuuyu-Ah!"

"Stop it, start slow." Law scolded lightly and tried not to laugh while his boyfriend cleared his throat and made basic speech sounds to get used to speaking.

"I- think I go-got it." The younger said, his voice breaking at slight changes in syllables.

"Good job." The older patted Luffy's head. "Kuroashi-ya said he's going to make you celebratory meat stuff at the Sunny today."

"YAY! ME-EAT!"

"But there's still more than five hours till then, so I'm going back to sleep."

"Ye-ah, your ah-eyes are red." Luffy noticed in the dim lights.

"I couldn't sleep all night, stent's been stinging," Law answered thumbing the stent site, the mention of it had restarted the pain.

Luffy flattened his lips in a thin line, feeling guilty for waking Law up for a selfish reason. The younger beat himself up about the fact that he should have realized that his boyfriend always had trouble sleeping so he should also, always, factor that in his decisions. "Soh-ry."

"Help me sleep back then." Law said quickly, knowing from experience that Luffy was feeling guilty and the only way to make the younger move on from that feeling and thought process was to present a solution that would lead to forgiveness.

"Oh-kay!"

~

Law inhaled sharply through his nose at the sudden pain in his stent but didn't stop filleting the fish in front of him, he was helping Sanji with minor prepping for the feast, along with Usopp at the Thousand Sunny. The doctor mentally recalled past events ranging up to a week, to find out what it was that he did that he was experiencing this persistent pain in his stent site.

"Done." Law pushed the finished tray towards Sanji and cleaned his scalpel knife, putting it back in the case he had brought with himself.

"Oh! You'd make a fine chef!" Sanji praised. "Only if you'd learn to actually mix spices better though."

"Baby steps I guess."

"Scientific research where you mix chemicals and cooking where you mix edible chemicals, it's pretty much the same." Usopp said handing a taste-spoon to the blond for checking. "You'd be good at it for sure, Law."

"I'm too lazy to want to learn anything beyond basic cooking." Law scratched his head.

"How have you survived this long? What did you used to eat when there was no one to cook for you?"

Law looked at Sanji and kept his eyes at the blond to check if Luffy was right all that time ago when he said that the cook would have a heart attack if he heard Law say, "packaged stuff."

"PACK- WHAT EVEN?! YOU USED TO EAT THAT?! NO WONDER YOU'RE SO THIN AND MALNUTRITIONED! OH MY HEART! THIS TRAGEDY!" Sanji started the dramatics. "And maybe that's why you're aching in there too, wherever the ache is." The cook pointed to the stent site.

"How the hell did you know about that?"

"You were massaging it earlier." Usopp answered for the blond.

"You aren't as difficult to read as you think." Sanji added. "That all aside, don't you want to learn to cook so you can eat better all the time, gain muscle weight and strength, so you can finally manhandle Luffy like he does with you?"

"Yeah, he's always carrying you around, it would be such a change to see him getting carried." The long-nosed man seconded his friend.

"I've been working out for that, so I can turn the tables on that monkey." Law mentioned taking the tray of vegetables from Sanji and beginning to chop them. "Oh wait, maybe that's why the stent's stinging."

"Where do you work out? Does Luffy know?" Usopp asked.

"At the hospital, and no, I want to surprise him with that. Imagine his frustration when he wants to pick me up one day and gets picked up instead."

"You're definitely the kind of energy that I didn't know Luffy needed." Sanji wondered, staring at the dark look on Law's face from the mischief he had planned.

"If I suppressed my evil urges, it'd get boring." Law smiled innocently but it came off as extremely disturbing. "I'm done."

"O-oh, good job." Sanji took the chopped vegetables and made haste in letting Law out of the kitchen, sighing in relief when the doctor was out of the door. "Scary bastard."

"Man you get scared easily, Sanji!" Usopp laughed.

The blond looked at his friend then at his shaking legs and shook his head. "Take a look at yourself first."

.

"Na-bi isn't here ye-t." Luffy informed Law when the older found him in the crow's nest, looking out the window, waiting for the orange haired woman's arrival.

"Your speech is getting better." Law patted the younger's head and sat down beside him. "She'll be here."

"O-h! She's he-re!" The younger pointed to the approaching vehicle.

Law looked to where his boyfriend was pointing and saw a sports motorbike speeding towards the Sunny. "Nami drives a bike?!"

"You did-en't know?" Luffy looked up at Law when the older stood up.

"Obviously! I thought she had a car or something." Law bit his lip then took Luffy's wrist in his hand and dragged the younger to greet Nami. "Come on."

"State your intentions." Nami took a defensive stance, wanting to inquire the reason for both Luffy and Law out on the port when she arrived. It would have been ok if it was only Law, but Luffy with a feast in preparation for him, out of the Sunny? Something was up.

"Why didn't I know that you had a bike?" Law asked pushing his sister aside and taking a close look at the vehicle, examining it from every angle humanly possible.

"Oh god..." Nami shook her head.

"Wha-at?" Luffy asked.

"Oh! You can talk now! That's so great! We missed your voice!" The young woman hugged her friend. "As for Law, he used to ride bikes all over Cocoyashi."

"So why didn't I know you had a bike?" Law pouted. "And an R1 at that!"

"Wanna take her for a ride?" Nami spun the keys on her finger.

"I can?" Law had stars in his eyes. Luffy couldn't look away from the older, he hadn't seen Law be so excited in a long time.

"Ten thousand beli for thirty minutes and you have to fill her up later."

"DEAL!" The doctor agreed in less than a second and expertly caught the keys of the motorbike. "You had it custom painted? I haven't seen a black one with orange spokes."

"They're neon too, glow orange at night, Franky did that." Nami said and dialed the said pervert's number. "Franky, come down on the harbor with an extra helmet and safety gear for motorbikes."

"Extr-a?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah, because you're coming with." Law answered picking the helmet Nami already had on the bike and fixed it on Luffy's head.

"I'll warn you Law, Luffy has never been on a bike." Nami said helping Law adjust the elbow and knee pads. "Exactly why you need all this gear." The woman answered the question before Luffy could word it out.

"You've never been on a bike?" Law confirmed.

"No." Luffy answered innocently.

"Awohhh! I'm here with the supppperrrrrrr gear!" Franky posed announcing his arrival.

"Give it to Law." Nami said.

"Law-bro, you're driving?"

"Yes." Law took the helmet, gloves and protective gear from the half-cyborg man and put it all on. "This is going to be so much fun."

"Luffy put these suppeeerrrrrr boots on." Franky handed the boots to his captain.

"You're not getting on that bike without close-toed shoes on." Law warned his boyfriend who looked like he was going to protest. The younger pouted and gave in, quickly put the boots on in favour of getting to ride a bike with his Torao.

"See you both in half an hour." Nami said when Law got on the bike and helped Luffy on the seat.

Law nodded at his sister before pushing the visor of his helmet down, kicking the ignition and taking off. At that time of the day, most of the roads leading to the harbor were fairly empty so Law had all the room he wanted to speed the bike. The older knew Luffy was enjoying himself too with the way his arms were getting tighter around Law's torso and the muffled screams of euphoria that could be heard barely through the helmet.

Law had missed this, missed riding a bike, missed speeding a bike, missed the thrill of adrenaline that the activity gave him. Sure, driving a car and racing with it was cool too, but nothing compared to what a motorbike made him feel, it was the vehicle for Law.

The doctor didn't want to get scolded for making the others wait to get the feast started so he didn't drive far and rounded back to the Sunny, taking altogether forty minutes. Nami was there waiting, wanting to see the look on Law's face, wanting to see some of the old Law she was familiar with, and her waiting paid off, Law looked energized and alive, and like the little kid he was in Cocoyashi when he used to ride bikes all the time.

"Good ride?" Nami asked catching the keys.

"The best! I'm definitely borrowing it later too." Law answered, a huge, childish grin on his face.

"Luffy?" The woman asked her friend.

"Torah-o drives fa-ast, bu-t it was-s so mu-ach fun!!" Luffy jumped and moved his hands around a lot in his explanation so the attention would be there and not on his shorts getting tighter. The younger quickly went inside the Thousand Sunny, leaving Nami and Law to talk, so he could change into something looser. For Luffy who had never been on bikes, being on a bike with Law driving it, as fast as he was, the younger was turned on, he was daydreaming about Law being in sexily tight biker outfits, half the way back to the ship. Luffy didn't want to take care of his throbbing core at the moment because he wanted to use it a conversation starter so he could get to love Law again.

~

"Torao! I got a job!" Luffy announced jumping on Law's bed, startling the older.

"What the fuck!" Law's pillow he was resting himself against to read, slipped and he fell on his side, glasses falling off his face. "What kind of a job? Pretty sure you wouldn't be able to hold it though."

"That's mean." Luffy handed Law his glasses back and peeked at what he was reading. "You're getting more work at work?"

"Will explain it after you tell me about your job."

"Oh it's nothing like saving lives, it's a weird kinda thing, they get all sorts of requests and orders, so they told me I could choose anything I wanted for the day."

"So who's paying you, the clients or the company?" Law narrowed his eyes.

"Company." Luffy answered immediately. "And I get some commissions for introducing clients and I get to keep the tips too."

"How are you so well-informed about this?"

"Sabo went with me, he asked all the boring questions."

"And you start on Monday?" The older asked, closing the folders he got from Qar and paying more attention to what his boyfriend was saying.

"Yapp, working hours depend on the jobs, they give us food too." Luffy mentioned, excited.

Law smiled and caressed the younger's happy cheek. "I'm happy for you."

"You think I can do it?"

"Are you doubting yourself?"

"Nope, just wanna know what you think."

"Did you get a look at the kind of jobs they get?"

"Oh it's about moving stuff, carrying stuff, pet-sitting, dog walking, babysitting, grocery shopping, sometimes spending time at the on-site daycare, stuff like that." Luffy counted on his fingers.

"Oh I think you can do it alright. You've been doing all this anyway, about time you get paid for it."

Luffy grinned and laid down beside Law and nudged the folders back towards the older. "So, more work? Would I get to see you fewer times a day?"

"Qar- the director at the hospital, he asked me to make a schedule for myself that should include hours at the emergency room, out-patient consultation, surgeries and operations, and research on top of that." Law answered, imitating Luffy counting on his fingers.

"That's a lot!"

"I know, but I think I can schedule it so I don't have to work more than eight hours a day." The doctor huffed. "Like maybe, two surgeries a week, three consultation days, a few hours in the emergency, I wanna keep most of my time free for the research."

"Your grandpa said you aren't allowed to work for more than five days a week, and seven hours a day." Luffy reminded. "You're already going over the limit now, you're gonna make it worse by having so many things on your plate."

"This is what being a doctor means."

"Sure, but it's not good." Luffy pouted.

"What do you mean?" Law inquired, immediately aware of the upset the proposed schedule was causing his boyfriend.

"You think it's not a big deal to be working a little overtime, but in a few weeks, you'd think working overtime the previous overtime isn't a big deal either, then you'd keep overworking and then you wouldn't be able to have fun with us all and won't have time for anything else." The younger explained.

"It's not going to get that bad." Law rolled his eyes.

"Sure, if you say so." Luffy shrugged, reluctant to believe. "I think since your parents were doctors, you know better about this time managing stuff."

Law stared at Luffy. While the younger hadn't intended and wasn't being sarcastic, it came off like that to Law, but the older knew that it wasn't Luffy's intention. It did send Law thinking though, that, subconsciously, he was taking the exact path his parents had taken, they too started with proper working hours, which extended into overtime little by little, until Law and Lami got to see them in the hospital only.

"Oh." Law uttered in realization. "That's what you mean."

"What? I didn't mean a jab, Torao." Luffy said when he saw the pained look in the older's eyes. "Sorry if it came off like that."

"No-no, no. Just, what you said, you know you're right." The older sighed and put the folders on the nightstand. "Sometimes, I think I was a prodigy at ten only because it meant I could get my parents' attention, because they were at the hospital all the time. So you're right, I need a strict and clear schedule, so I have time for stuff I wanna do that isn't doctor-related."

"Nishishi, am I that stuff, Torao?" Luffy grinned mischievously.

"Sure." Law laughed.

~

It was one week after Law submitted his schedules and the doctor had finally seen the last patient from his out-patient consultation. Law checked his watch for the time because there were two important events left in his work day, he had to perform a routine check up on the local marine post and that meant getting to write Smoker and Hina a note for not smoking, the other was going over the north wing that had now been converted to the research wing and see what Qar had named it – Law had told the old man he wasn't the least bit interested in naming things and that it was the research that mattered anyway.

Beeping, Law's pager went off, telling him of the arrival of the marines and the young doctor went to the medical rooms designated for marines, his checklists for checkup and names in his hand. The doctor nodded to the few other doctors that were helping him with the checkups and they all went in the room.

"THIS IS A FUCKING HOSPITAL!" Law screamed the moment his eyes landed on Smoker, smoking his usual two cigars. "Extinguish it at once!"

"Good day to you too." Smoker grinned around his cigars but did put them away. Law caught Hina stuffing her own cigarettes inside her pouch before she got caught too.

"It'd be a good day if I don't find anything wrong with your tests."

"You won't." Hina said and smacked a subordinate for going heart-eyes on a doctor.

"When was the last time you got a checkup?" Law asked in general, his pen and checklist at the ready.

"You don't have our previous data?" Smoker asked.

"Strangely, there wasn't any."

"Oh that's because we never actually answered the summons." Hina shrugged.

"YOU-ugh-" Law pinched between his eyes. "How are you all still alive?"

"Is that rhetoric?"

"Nevermind. I'm going to be in there, calling everyone according to this list, so answer your names, and do not try to be smart with me." Law told the entire company present, pointing towards the smaller cubicle station for checking vitals and getting tests prescribed according to that.

"Does this hotshot really think intimidation is going to work on us?" Law heard one marine whispering to another and without wasting a second, the surgeon threw a scalpel at the officer, purposely missing so it only took a few hair off the idiot's head.

"The next one is going to take an eye out." Law said walking to the wall to get his scalpel back. Bending to stare right into the terrified marine's eyes, Law added, "and don't forget I'm your doctor when that happens."

"That's one way to teach 'em." Smoker said sharing a look with Hina, silently enjoying the show of Law putting a man in his place.

~

"Here he comes! Here he comes!" Luffy said into the front camera of his phone, then switched the video to the back camera so it was focusing on Law. The younger had went ahead, snuck into the hospital to see the new research wing because Ace was at the hospital earlier and had chanced upon the name of the research wing and the pyromaniac brother had immediately called Luffy to get him to film Law's reaction.

So there Luffy was, hiding behind the bushes that went around the research wing, everyone on the video call, the Hearts, the Strawhats, Corao, Bellemere-san, even Kureha. The younger had been hiding in wait for Law to come over to check on the building as Qar, the director, had told Luffy the older was supposed to do later in the day, and since it was almost the end of the day for Law, Luffy hid himself better because Law would be there any minute.

Luffy pointed the camera in the direction Law was coming from and zoomed in on the older's face. Everyone was screaming about how thin Law looked and how tired too, so Luffy muted everyone but kept the camera and sounds on for his side and filmed. Luffy saw how Law walked to the front of the building, looking really tired, how Law tilted his head to look up at what Qar had decided to name the building, how Law's eyes were stuck on the words.

"TORAO!" Luffy abandoned his phone in the bushes and ran to his boyfriend when he saw moisture glisten around the older's eyes. "Why're you crying?! Are you ok?!"

"Wha- Luffy?!" Law gathered himself at the sudden appearance of a person, then calmed down and let his emotions take over when it registered that it was really Luffy and not a rando. "What're you even doing here?!"

"Ace said I should film your reaction- ah wait! I left my phone somewhere!" Luffy realized his phone was no longer in his hand and he quickly retraced his steps towards the bushes to go and find it, leaving Law confused. "FOUND IT!"

"You fucking filmed me?" Law snatched the phone from the younger's hands and looked at the still on screen, at what was happening and found Luffy had been live streaming Law's reactions to everyone they mutually knew. "Bye bye assholes." Law ended the video call and handed the younger his phone back.

"Everyone was so excited about it! You gotta at least let me send them a picture!" The younger pouted and insisted. "Corao wanted pictures!"

"ONE picture."

"Only one if you're smiling."

"Don't push it." Law rolled his eyes but did stand in front of the building, the big bold letters of its name right above Law.

"Ok, try and smile Torao." Luffy said and turned the camera on, tried his best so the picture won't be blurry, but Law wasn't smiling. "Torao, look at the name again, then look back here." The younger suggested.

Law sighed and turned around, stared at the big golden letters, felt immense pride and acknowledgement, and trust. The doctor took a deep breath and thought of everything the building's name was going to mean to the world and just like that, he was smiling.

But Luffy still waited on snapping the picture, gave it a few more seconds, and there it was, the smile was now bigger, brighter, it was closer to a laugh than a smile, and that was the moment Luffy decided needed to be captured forever, Law grinning, proud and excited, looking like a kid, a teenager and a young adult, all at the same time.

"Wait! Don't send that one! I was smiling too big!" Law's protests came a little late because Luffy had already sent the picture to everyone.

"Too late Torao! Nyahahahaha!" Luffy laughed, then switched to the selfie-camera, ran to stand beside his boyfriend. "Let's get one together too!"

The two posed in front of the building, fighting over the camera angle, who the best choice to hold the camera was, how they should pose, where the best lighting was, about how Luffy couldn't stop laughing and Law couldn't stop grinning and cutely giggling.

Qar looked at the boyfriends from afar and smiled to himself, feeling satisfied with the name choice, feeling happy at the fact that it was about time the world started giving Law good things back in return for all the suffering he was put through as a young child. The old man turned his back on the building and walked away, leaving the boys to their antics, under the proud and golden letters of the former north wing. Qar shook his head at how the words for the name had come to him, and remembering Law's eyes shining golden under those words, he knew he had done the right thing because the former north wing of the Goa General Hospital was now,

'Trafalgar Research Wing'

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