The rest can wait

At first Law wasn't sure whether this alliance / coalition was a good thing or not. Of course he had had two years to think about it, and even 10 before to put his plan on ending Doflamingo's hegemony in place. So, yeah, he couldn't say that meeting the Mugiwara on Punk Hazard was really fortuitous. Let's say that he hadn't hoped to meet them on that precise island at that precise time, but it was a great thing. Actually, it even favoured his plan better.

The only thing that could paint a gloomier picture of the situation was the fact that he had to live with the Mugiwaras until reaching Dressrosa. Even the G5's presence on the prohibited island hadn't disturbed his plan. And honestly, the crew's company wasn't that annoying. He even had to admit that it was rather pleasant. He could get used to it. However, what he would probably never get used to was Luffy and Zoro's looks toward each other.

He would had never suspected any love affair in their crew, and this one was no exception. To say that he had been quite shocked at the revelation was the least. But now that he thought about it, it seemed obvious. Zoro was Luffy's first mate, after all. The first stranger to believe in him, in his dream, and to follow him in that hell of a life. Law could only respect that, for his crew's creation was slightly different.

Now that he was living –temporarily- with them, he witnessed the depths of their affection and how strong their bond was. He could see Zoro sending glances across the room to make sure Luffy was peacefully doing his things. Always making sure that everything was alright. He -in fact- did it for the whole crew, carefully checking on each of them with his lone eye. But unlike with the others, his eye was filled with a different kind of warmth when it lingered on his Captain.

Love, this was love, but Law refused to acknowledge it. He refused to believe that they could be stupid enough to fall in love. In the New World, it was dangerous to love, you had to be ready to deal with the consequences, which usually led to loss, grief and mourning. When you loved, it never ended well.

Law was pulled out from his gloomy thoughts by a laughing Luffy laying his hand on his shoulder. The latter turned his face, looking at him gently as he pointed the front of the ship, more precisely the lion-looking prow. « Hey, I've never showed you the view from the Sunny's head!! » shouted the younger man as he was already dragging the poor pirate by the arm, not leaving him the choice to answer the question. Fortunately, no, Law had never seen the view from that place on the boat, so he followed the other Captain with good grace.

They sat next to each other, Luffy being way too close to Law's taste. But he couldn't just back off from the young man. He had no reason to. Except for the fact that he had developed a slight attraction toward the young man and that he didn't wanted to end up split in two by the swordsman because of a misunderstanding. If he had to die because of Zoro's jealousy, let him at least make a move. But he wouldn't do any, because he wouldn't make advances to an ally, the situation was tense enough to had sentiment in the lot.

Anyway. Even if Luffy was literally glued to him, Zoro didn't make a comment. But Law knew he wasn't far, he had seen him sleeping somewhere in the grass, Usopp and Chopper painting next to him. He noticed that Luffy was silent at his side, something unusual enough to make Law turn to look at him. The sunbeam reflected on his face as the sunset was lazily disappearing, making it looks like he was slowly sinking into the depths of the ocean. Luffy turned his face as well, his eyes glistening as they were now facing each other. « So? That's a pretty view, right?» « Sure » he answered, not really talking about the sun.

Luffy laughed again, lightly, and Law wondered how this could sound like this. Wondered how it could sound so lovely to his ears. Deep down he knew he had to savour every second that passed. At least he was in good company 'till he reached Dressrosa. Yeah, he knew that his way would end on the island full of sunflowers. And he hoped he would drag Doflamingo down with him. This was his only goal and to reach it he would do anything, including putting his life at stake. He had sent the Heart crew on Zo, but he knew he wouldn't see them ever again. He just hoped that the Straw Hat would get out of the fight alive and reach Zo in order to inform his crew about their Captain's death. It was the only thing he could hope right now. But this wasn't a time to whinge, what is done is done, and there was no way back.