You walked back into Sabo's room and looked at him for a moment.
What do you do? You hadn't been sick in awhile, and you didn't have anything for children to take. But you didn't want to leave him home alone and run to the store. You also had work today, and you weren't sure if Robin or Zoro could take your shift. Well you can at least ask, all they can say is no right? You dial Robins number.
“(Name)” She greets instantly.
“Hey...do you know what to give kids when they are sick?” You ask her, she is quiet for a moment before you hear her chuckle.
“Don't you have a doctor in training you can ask?” She hums and you laugh nervously.
“Sabo's sick...” You said.
“So you need to watch him right?” She asks, already knowing what your getting at.
“Please...” You said and you can hear her chuckle again.
“I hope he gets better soon.” She says and you sigh.
“I'll give you 25% more for your pay this week...” You thanked her and she just chuckles and says good bye before hanging up.
You pause for a moment while staring at your phone. It had been awhile sense you called Law. After that kiss and the whole Doflamingo issue you had secretly, or not so secretly, been avoiding most of his text messages. He gave up around a week ago, you look at his last message and it makes you look at the screen sadly.
“I'm sorry...”
Was the last message he sent, and since then there hasn't been a word. You wanted to punch yourself for being so mean, but every time you tried to send a message you felt awkward. You let out a silent sigh and dial his number, holding your breath as it rings.
“Hello, you've reached Trafalgar Law's personal cell. Leave a message if it's important, otherwise don't bother me. And Bepo stop leaving a message saying I'm sorry, for apologizing for almost leaving a pointless message. That's pointless too. And don't apologize for this!”
The phone beeps and you start to giggle.
“That was an interesting voice mail message you have there Law.” You start, you fall silent for a moment before sighing.
“Look I want to talk...I hate how I only seem to call when I need you, like right now. And it makes me feel bad...” You sigh again, falling silent.
“Sabo's sick and I don't know what to do...” You sigh once more before leaning against the door frame of the blonds room, looking at the sleeping boy.
“And I want to apologize I wanted to talk to you but I didn't know what to say...I still don't...” You admitted, scratching the back of your head nervously.
“So...call me back? I mean..if it's not to much trouble...I can just ask someone else..” You whisper the last part, not even sure the phone picked it up.
“I guess I'd rather it be you anyways...” You whisper that part, half hoping that doesn't pick up. Your heart rate quickens and you wish you could take that back.
“So um...later!” You said quickly and hung up, you wanted to punch yourself you felt so stupid.
“God I feel like a highschooler again...” You whine to yourself before walking over to Sabo.
You brush some of his hair out his face and look back down at the phones screen, you hope Law will help you, you don't like the painful look Sabo has on his face.
---Luffy---
Luffy and Usopp got off the bus and made their way into the blue bell building. Luffy was deep in thought, which wasn't normal for the normally talkative hyper boy. When he got to his class and sat at his desk quietly his teacher became slightly worried, this was very unusual.
“Luffy?” She calls him and he looks up at her as she crouches down to his height.
“Is something wrong?” She asks him, and Luffy frowns up at her.
“Is it okay to call (Name) my mom?” He asks. The teacher tilts her head to the side a bit surprised.
“Ms.Lacent?” She asks and Luffy nods.
“Well she does raise you, and loves you, and plays with you right?” She asks and Luffy smiles and nods.
“So the question is Luffy...what is a mother to you?” His teacher finishes and Luffy stares down at his table.
For most of the morning Luffy was completely silent, most of his classmates glanced at him and wondered if he was sick. But Luffy didn't pay attention to them, he was more focused on that question.
What was a mommy to him?
---Ace---
Like Luffy, Ace spent most of the morning completely silent. His teachers avoided him like the plague, which was fine with him. It was better than what they were doing to him before.
He smiles slightly, remembering what you did for him. It was even the first time you outright said he was your son. And part of him felt happy. But...Even though you said he was your son, he hadn't said you were his mother. They never really stayed with an parent for more than three months...
Ace looks up at the board as his teacher on and on about math. He scowls at the teacher and then takes a deep breath. He's made his decision.
He would give you three months...if you last longer than that then...
He felt hopeful for a moment but instantly he began to build up his emotional defenses. He glares at the teacher as he writes down the answer to the problem he wrote up a few minutes ago.
He shouldn't feel hopeful, after everything that's already happened, surly you were getting tired of them by now.
