7 Minutes in Heaven (Lawlu) [EN]

II. Caring

For a while now, Law has been in a foul mood. It wasn't like it changed anything from his usual behavior, but this was twice as bad.

Ikkaku thought she knew why, and the mere thought made her smile. It's now been ten minutes since Luffy disappeared without a trace. The same moment Law started to change his attitude. The latter continually scanned the living room without being able to get his hands on what he wanted. No matter how hard he looked in every corner of the room, he couldn't find the thing he was looking for. And that something – or rather that someone – was a young man with a scar under his left eye.

But if you asked him the question, he would surely answer you that he didn't care about Luffy, just that he found it weird not to hear him shouting anymore. It must be said that the straw hat always found a way to get noticed so when he was missing, his absence was noticed too. As a fine observer, Law realized his disappearance and found it curious, nothing more.

"You seem agitated, Law. Something's wrong ? Are you looking for someone in particular?" the young woman innocently inquired.

The tattooed man automatically stopped looking right and left and scowled. As he now looked at her with a hostile expression, Ikkaku swore under her breath when she realized she put him even more on his guard. Now, he was withdrawing into himself. This was clearly not how he was going to end up confessing.

"If it's to talk about Mugiwara-ya, I swear–"

"No! I can assure you I didn't mean to talk about him, not at all–"

"Mh."

"Actually, uh, I was talking about Shachi and Penguin. I guess you're looking for Shachi and Penguin right?"

He sighed loudly and pinched the bridge of his nose as he closed his eyes.

"No, them, I already know where they are and what they're doing. Can't you see them fooling around next to us ?"

Ikkaku turned her head towards the place Law was showing her, then came across their two friends stuffing socks under their t-shirts to make fake breasts.

"Wait, one of your breast is lower than the other." noticed Shachi as he fumbled around Penguin's torso to put the clothes back on.

"Ah yeah, a little bit of a bicurious vibe there." Ikkaku said, letting out a whistle. "These two, I swear."

"Whatever. They're tiring me."

She saw her friend get up from the couch and arched an eyebrow.

"Law ? Where are you going ?"

"To the bathroom. I need to isolate myself or I'll lose my shit."

This party had no more interest in his eyes. It never had one to begin with, but until now, what had pushed him to stay without getting bored was something in particular. But that thing left, so he didn't see why he would bother staying here. Even his butt couldn't stand sitting still for hours.