"nightmares" - Lulaw

CHAPTER 5 | couches & lookout

Luffy's POV

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I wake up and yawn, and I take in the warmth of where I am.

"Good morning, sleeping beauty." I heard Traffy mumble. I had completely forgotten I was in the crows nest with him, and though I was innocently sitting in his lap as I had done with the likes of Nami and Zoro before, this time felt different somehow. I'm happy to wake up with Trafalgar, so I give him one of my grins and tell him good morning.

"Hey! You two still awake up there?" I heard the sniper of my crew, Ussop yell from below. I crawl off of Traffy's lap, and poke my head out of the crows nest.

"I'm hungry, did you come to bring us food?" I asked expecting at least a cup of tea delivered from Sanji.

"Sanji just woke up, he's cooking now," Ussop rolled his eyes. "Nami told me to come tell you guys to be on the lookout for an island, oh, and since you guys are both captains I know you're not used to staying up like this to watch, so after breakfast Zoro's agreed to swap with you guys."

Law's POV

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"Zoro's agreed to swap with you guys." The long-nosed boy said from below. I was glad to be able to sleep, I hadn't expected the job to be so tiring, and Luffy was full of energy since he actually got to sleep.

"Okay!" Luffy yelled enthusiastically. 

"How do you have this much energy..." I thought I'd said this below my breath, but Luffy laughed and Usopp replied with "Get used to this, he's always like this." I shake my head in disbelief, and begin climbing out of the crows nest to sleep on my couch.

"Traffy, where are you going?" Luffy pouted as I left. I shot him a look that very clearly said "are you serious?"

"I'm going to sleep. Unlike somebody here, I didn't get to sleep last night." I probably sounded cranky, but if I were with my own crew they surely would've stayed away from me until I awoke again.

"Awww, but I wanna hang out with everybody on the ship today..." Luffy whined. I knew I was blushing now. So I moved my hat to cover my face and said quietly "we can still... hang out or whatever. I'm just-" I had to pause. It would be horribly embarrassing if I stuttered. "I'm just going to sleep for a little bit. Have someone come wake me up when it's time for breakfast."

Luffy nodded, but he was still pouting. I never could understand how Luffy's brain worked. How he went from crying to smiling about food. How he could wake up and just start running around. Or how he could pout and not realize how adorable it was. I wanted to say something else to him, but my heart was beating too fast and every thought I was having was about how adorable Luffy looked at the moment.

"Traffy?" Luffy had lowered his voice slightly, as if embarrassed. I hummed in response to my name being called. "Can I join you?"

I really had wanted to ask him this question, and I was glad he asked it instead. But in my flustered state I barely choked out "I don't care what you do. It's your ship. Join me if you want." And I continued to walk away.

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My hand hurt now from how long I was holding onto the ladder, and I knew the time spent looking at Luffy was time shaved off of my nap. But I didn't really care anymore, I wish I'd given Luffy a more straightforward answer. It was colder on the Sunny now, the orange-haired navigator had said something about a winter island coming up ahead. I had my fair share of cold islands, punk hazard wasn't very pleasent. But I suppose it is what it is. I began drifting off to sleep, when I saw Luffy wearing a hoodie.

A hoodie that looked very familiar...

Luffy's POV (again)

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Law gave me a very roundabout answer, but he did say I could sleep with him if I wanted. Usually, I would spend time with my crew to distract myself from thoughts of Ace, and sometimes Sabo. But currently most of my crew was either changing or busy doing something else. Besides Zoro, but he was training and would likely hate to be interrupted by me. It was cold, and most of my winter clothes had been torn up at punk hazard, and then the various other islands we had landed on in between now and then. Nami and I were the same size, but back on drum island I had ruined her favorite jacket so I wasn't allowed to wear her clothes anymore. Plus, most of her jackets exposed a certain amount of her boobs, and I didn't want to wear one of those. So, I decided to steal a hoodie from Traffy. It was a design similar to the one he had worn back on the archipelago two years ago, and it smelled like him.

After I had changed, (I was wearing my signature red shirt underneath Trafalgar's hoodie, and my yellow shorts. Along with my typical sandals and my straw hat.) I walked into the room where all the guys sleep. It seemed Chopper was still sleeping in his hammock, so I pet him lightly on the head to get him up. I walked over to the couch, and made myself at home in Trafalgar's arms.

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"Oi, Law." I heard a voice call. It sounded like Sanji, so I excitedly opened my eyes at the idea of food. I felt a pair of arms tighten around my body and remembered I was once again comfortably in the arms of Law. He had his hat off, and he looked amazing like that. His hair was messed up, his jeans had fallen slightly so his hips were revealed, and he was wearing a thin long sleeve shirt that was clearly a bit small on him. He hummed in response to his name being called, as he usually did, and he buried his face further into my neck. I could feel how hot his face was, and I wondered if he was sick.

Sanji sighed, but I could hear the smile in his voice when he said "Breakfast is ready, and there's an island up ahead. We need to eat quickly and decide who's going to do what."

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