This was going a lot more calmly than you were expecting, aside from the extreme glares you were receiving from the younger brother of the man in front of you. Looking over to that mans left you give a nervous smile, but the glare does not lessen. Oooh you could almost hear him tell you that you fucked up. But you shift your gaze to the man in front of you wearing a pink feathery cowl. Your lips turn into a frown.
“So…Good afternoon.” You greet finally, after choosing to be silent since you entered the building. Breaking the silence causes him to look up from the folder he was looking at. Between the two of you was a large dark desk, covered in an assortment of papers, and you didn’t want to know what they said. It was probably something you didn’t want to know.
“So she breaks the silence..” He said smoothly, smirking when you cringe at his voice. You straighten your posture and mentally scold yourself for cringing.
“Yes well, this was going no where fast.” You replied, looking at everything in the room but the desk and the person in front of you. Your eyes meets Corazon’s and you flinch, his expression told you to shut up. You wish Law was here…
“Well, what did you need today..?” Doflamingo asks, looking down at the papers on his desk again, missing the exchange you had with his brother.
“I’m…looking for someone.” You said, making it sound more like you were going to talk business. You knew the kind of work this man was in, and you might be able to use it to your advantage.
Doflamingo ran a business where he bought and sold anything, he would also do just about anything for money. That includes assassinations, kidnapping, ruining peoples lives indefinitely. As long as you paid him more than your competition, then you were in the clear.
He glances up at you, obviously a bit surprised by this. He knew who you’re here for, but here you were trying to turn this into a business deal. He closes the folder and smirks at you.
“I know you don’t have the money to outbid them…” He says smoothly, you frown at that.
“That’s not completely true, I’ll use those funds. And I’m sure you’re aware of what funds I’m talking about.” You said, keeping your tone even and business like. He hums, more than a bit surprised by this.
“I thought you were never going to touch that money…” He hums, putting his hands together. You cross your leg over top of the other and keep your expression as neutral as possible.
“Well I’ve seemed to hit a wall…” You said calmly. He looks back down at his desk and reaches for a paper and pulls it out from under a small stack, he tosses it to you. You grab it and look down at it, you felt cold after looking at the order on it, as well as the numbers they were willing to pay.
“I’m sure you’re aware of how I run things…as long as you pay more, I won’t kill the boy.” He says, putting his hands together again, a smirk on his lips. You had to fight back the scream you wanted to release. He chuckles at your paled expression.
“This far just to make him miserable…”You say a bit breathlessly. The order was to kill Luffy and Ace. You were tempted to crumble the paper, but you knew this was probably a copy. You look up at him with a scowl on your face, he just chuckles.
“One hundred thousand beli per kid, they assumed you wouldn’t have the money to pay this.” He says laughing harshly. You quickly fixed your expression and put it back into a neutral expression.
“Two hundred thousand per kid.” You said calmly, he laughs.
“Good, good. That brings it up to four hundred thousand just to keep them alive!” He muses, obviously enjoying this development. He pulls out a checkbook and hands it to you. You grab it slowly, and put down the information for the bank account you never use. You put down how much money will be withdrawn, adding fifty thousand to the total, Doflamingo looks at this.
“I know you have him…” You said smoothly, handing him the check. He chuckles and looks at his brother and gives him a slight nod. Corazon stands up and leaves the room, you watch him from the corner of your eye, not risking glancing over at him.
“And so I do, you paid the release fee..You know more about my deals than I thought…” He muses, watching your expression. You tried to keep a straight face but as soon as you heard your name you immediately relax and turn around.
“(Name)..!” Luffy sobs while running up to you and jumping into your arms, you had to use every bit of your willpower not to start crying. You can’t cry, not here. You hold him closely while Doflamingo laughs at you.
“Well isn’t that sweet…” He says, disgust was very obvious in his words. You just turn to him, a slight glare on your face. Someone else walks in and Doflamingo’s smirk widens.
“Looks like someone is here to pick you up…” He says, you turn around and see Law, whose face was so tense and neutral that you could tell he was pissed.
“Well we’re done so.” You said, standing up abruptly. He tsks at you.
“Now wait, you should finalize your deal.” He says, making sure Law could hear him, you could feel his gaze shift to you and you tense. There was so much disapproval coming from him that you wanted to smack the pink fluffed bastards face so hard that smirk would be wiped clean off.
“Fine.” You said smoothly, your tone got colder, and it only made his smirk widen.
“I need your number, in case someone…outbids you…” He says casually, you take a pen and grab a piece of loose paper and write down your cell while holding Luffy with your right arm.
“Is that all…?” You ask and he nods, you turn away from the desk and walk briskly over to Law. Who then wraps an arm around your waist and pulls you out of the room and out into the hall. He doesn’t slow his pace until we reach his car outside, Corazon follows.
“You idiot!” Was the first thing Law screams at you once you reach the car, Luffy yelps and clings onto you, hiding his face on your neck. You glare at him.
“What did you make a deal about!?” He continues, Corazon puts a hand on his shoulder and he immediately relaxes.
“(Name) what have you done..?” He whispers, giving you a painful look. You sigh and tell him about the deal Sabo’s parents made with Doflamingo and Law just glares at the building while you talk.
“So you see…If I left things alone..” You said slowly and he nods.
“Then he would have just came back later and killed them…” He finishes, looking over at you. You hug Luffy who was now shaking. He looks at Luffy and reaches over and pats the boy’s head.
“I’ll take you home…come on…” He says softly, you look at Corazon who was just frowning at this whole situation. He looks at Luffy and sighs before turning around and going back inside. You sit in the back seat with Luffy who doesn’t let you go, Law looks back at the both of you and sighs. You brush your fingers through Luffy’s hair and hold onto him.
“I’m sorry…” He sobs while looking up at you. You look down at him confused.
“If I didn’t run off this wouldn’t have happened…”He cries and buries his head against your arm, you pull him into a hug.
“It’s not your fault…don’t ever think it’s your fault…” You whisper, glaring at the building as Law pulls away.
“If it’s anyone’s its mine…” You whisper quietly.
