If Luffy's new internship taught him one thing it's that he just wasn't made for boring paperwork.
Even after only a month of interning at Corazon & Associates that much is clear to him and everyone else involved.
Luffy's actually not that interested in working for a law firm or practicing the law in the future, to begin with, but the company was looking for interns and well, Luffy would have taken any job if it meant he would able to get to New York.
Even if the internship barely paid his rent.
But still, it really wasn't so bad. At least he got his grandfather and his stupid ideas of police-training or military school off his back.
Sure, he misses his brothers terribly, his apartment is shitty and he's barely getting by, but at least he somehow managed to get out of his old home and into the big city where he can finally be free and do whatever the fuck he wants without his grandfather watching and trying to redirect his every step.
And that feels pretty good.
Even if he's hungry, like, all the damn time.
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„The other interns don't like you, you know?" Law, Luffy's favorite lawyer at Corazon & Associates says when Luffy steps into his office, „They think you're lazy."
Law leans back into his office chair, giving him a teasing grin.
„Most of the other lawyers don't like you, you know?" Luffy fires Law's words right back at him, „They think you're a criminal with an outrageously high paycheck."
Law's grin only sharpens, „It comes with the territory."
„And the other interns are just jealous." Luffy shrugs, and slides the cup of coffee over Law's big wooden desk and puts the paper bag of baked sweets in front of Law.
As far as Luffy knows, Law seems to run solely on coffee, the occasional whiskey, and baked goods. Surprisingly, Law got a sweet tooth which, in Luffy's opinion, just adds a layer of „cute" underneath that outer layer of „tall, dark and handsome" that Law had going for him.
Law takes the coffee gratefully and quirks an amused eyebrow at him, „How come?"
„I'm your intern, they're not," Luffy shrugs.
Law lets out a tiny scoff but Luffy knows it's true.
Luffy hadn't known when he started working at the company that Trafalgar Law must be some kind of superstar in the world of criminal defense attorneys. And when the guy suddenly decided that of all people Luffy would be his personal intern instead of Harvard guy #1 or Yale girl #12 everyone flipped their shit.
Including Luffy, because, well. A Lawyer named Law. That was freaking hilarious. It must have been Law's destiny, or his calling or some shit. That would explain why the guy's so fucking good at what he does and why all the other interns fangirl over him so much. He swears he's seen Princeton girl #3 swoon when Law walks past her.
It's all very embarrassing for them.
It's not like he can't see what draws them all to Law, Luffy's got eyes, thank you very much.
Everyone and their blind grandma could see that Law is attractive. The guy is sin in a suit, exudes confidence and his Rolex is more worth than Luffy's liver. Luffy totally gets the hype, okay?
But still. Is that really a reason to get all stuttery and red-faced just because Law asks them a simple question? Luffy doesn't think so.
Maybe that's why Law picked him out of all the other interns because he knew that Luffy had no clue who Law was or what was actually going on and would be able to bring him coffee without tripping over himself.
