Young In Love - LawLu AU

Chapter 32

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Kureha walked to the living room with an IV bag in her hand. It was afternoon, it was time to check on Law's injuries and administer his medicines. From afar it looked like both the boys were still sleeping but when she got closer she saw that Luffy was awake.

"Shift him to his back, I need his arm for the IV." She told Luffy and sat down to help the boy.

"He's still got the fever." Luffy said noticing his wet shoulder where Torao's head was resting.

"It's the infection. He'll be better soon with the correct medicines."

"Thanks for helping him."

"I'm a doctor you brat." Kureha laughed her witchy chuckles and left after adjusting the IV bag. She busied herself with newspapers and going out for a while to meet Chopper while Luffy stayed behind to wait for Law to wake up. He informed his brothers of his whereabouts and answered Nami and Chopper's questions separately when he was texted.

Law woke up a few minutes after Doctorine got back and was putting away her phone. All Law could see were blobs of colour, he couldn't make out one thing from another and that included people. He tried sitting up and only realized Luffy was there when he felt the younger support him.

"Careful with his IV." Law heard Kureha. "Are the painkillers working?"

"How much did you give me?" Law asked. "I can't even see properly..."

"Enough to numb a moose." Law heard the woman say from a distance, maybe she was moving about, he couldn't see with all the confusion blurring his eyes. "Your eyes will clear up in a few minutes."

"Do you want to sit on the sofa?" Luffy asked and he sounded very close. Law moved back a little out of habit and reflex, he wasn't used to anyone but his friends being this close.

"Ok." Luffy helped Law stand, careful and patient, and sat him on the couch, spreading the sheet around the older's shoulders.

"Do you want a stool to rest your feet?"

"No, I'm fine." Law shook his head and sure enough like Doctorine had said, his vision was starting to clear up.

"I'm just going to run to your room real quick and order some of Sanji's food too, can you manage for a few minutes?" Luffy asked putting his phone in the pocket.

Law was going to be snarky about the implications that he could not take care of himself but bit it back because Luffy had literally given him a shoulder to lean on and Law couldn't really have managed if Luffy hadn't helped him. So he said a simple, "ok."

Law had only closed his eyes for a few moments, or so it seemed like to him but when he opened them back, Luffy was already going out again. "Oh Torao that was outside your door, kinda heavy." Luffy said when he noticed Law was awake again. He was pointing to a big box on the coffee table. "Patty's here, I'm going down to get the food." With that, Luffy was out.

Law sat up enough to be able to access the table. He took the knife Kureha handed him, it was wrapped in a lot of plastic. Once the lid was off, the stench hit both the doctors, a stench they were both very familiar with. Law moved the remaining wrapping around and saw a severed head. Upon closer to inspection, he recalled the face as that of his client in Drum, the one who had given him information about Dressrosa. The man's lips were pulled back to make a big grin and his eyes were forced open, a deep line across his face. The entire picture the face painted, Law was very familiar with it. It was the same as the mark on the bullets he was shot with, the same that Luffy was branded with all those years ago, it belonged to the same person Law had fallen victim to, as had his adoptive father. It was Doflamingo's mark.