One Piece Oneshots (Whumptober 2022)

Day 31 - A Light at the End of the Tunnel (Law x Reader)

"Your majesty, are you sure about this?" Law asked you again, pulling his horse next to yours.

"Yes, I'm sure Law," you nodded, petting your stead. "It's for the best."

You knew Law's concern, a royal has never travelled outside the palace, and you were abandoning everything you've ever known. Nervousness did follow the further you ventured away from your home, yet you didn't mind since you no longer had pressure and stress hovering over you.

"Also, you may stop calling me that from now on, I no longer bare that title," you reminded Law, looking over at him.

"My apologies your-... then how will you like me to address you?" Law inquired.

"Hmmm..." You haven't thought about it beforehand, though it would be good for you to come up with a name so you wouldn't be recognized in foreign lands. Minutes passed as you tried to think yet your mind remained blank. Glancing at Law, you smile. "How 'bout you give me a name."

Law nodded, now going into thought himself. Silence walked with you as your minds were away. Your train of thought went through your hall of memory, seeing all the pain you went through as the seventh child of a royal family. Years of strict rules and lessons with no recognition, you were only mocked by your elder siblings. Your only safe haven had been the doctor your parents assigned to you, and him being the same age as you let you grow closer as you made witty flirtations with each other, he was the only one who let you be at ease. That's why you proposed to run away with him after releasing your life in the palace was meaningless.

"I think I can see the end!" Law announced, pulling you out of your thoughts.

"I'll race you." You laughed as your horse took off.

"Wait-" Law shook his head and gave into your silliness, this is what he signed up for.

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"Law, I feel trapped here..." you confess, placing your hand on the glass pane window. "No matter what I do, I will never mean anything to them. I don't..." Tears fell from your eyes and your knees felt weak, you crumbled but Law caught you in his arms.

"Your majesty, don't worry about what they think," he told you, bringing you closer to his chest as he sat the both of you on the medical bed. "I know you are a brilliant and beautiful lady, it's their loss they can't recognize that."

"You're the only one who's there for me, Law." Your tears stopped as you held on to his fabrics. "I just wish I could only be with you, I want to go far from here with you by my side."

"Then why don't we?" Law suggested, smiling as he saw how your eyes lit up brighter than the Northern Lights. "We'll go somewhere far away, where no one knows your name, and there you can finally rest."

"Yes...  yes!" You hug Law, feeling a warmth you've never experienced before.

Is this what happiness is?