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It was cold.
Very cold.
And it was snowing.
Just like that day.
Huh.
Law wanted to laugh at that, but he knew exacly that his stomach wouldn't be able to take it very well. He was bleeding pretty hard. The brunet could almost feel his organs being outside. Or maybe they were? It was hard to tell and he didn't want to think about it.
The doctor was holding his hands in one place so to slow down the bleeding. The seastone handcuffs didn't help him at all. With every passing second he felt even weaker.
Law knew he didn't have much time. He would bleed out or freez to death in an hour? Maybe if he was luckly then in one and half hour? Probably.
But would be that really luckly?
The faster he dies the sooner the pain will go away.
That's what he thought at least.
Suprisingly the brunet wasn't angry. Well he didn't like the fact of him dying, but also pretty much accepted his death a long time ago, so it wasn't hurting that much. Of course he meant mentally pain not physical. Physically it hurt as hell. But he knew that his crew was in safe place, so he felt relive. Also maybe the heavy loss of blood (somehow) affected his well-being, because he wanted to laught in some moments.
But most of all he felt tired and drowsy.
Could he finally fall asleep?
This idea sounded really nice, but a tiny voice in his mind was telling him that he couldn't. Probably that was his voice of the reason or maybe some of his doctoral advises? He couldn't tell.
But he was really tired.
Besides there was no way that he could get out of this alive.
The key to the handcuffs was gone.
The he was bleeding heavily.
He was in middle of the nowhere.
No help would come. He took care of that.
He just-
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP-
It can't be.
The man looked suspious at his jacket, where the noise of his small den den mushi was comming from.
That can't be happening, he thought, as he raised his hands slowly and took the small snail. He didn't know that it would be that hard. As Law took his hands away he could feel how the blood was running. His bloody hands felt instantly cold. Huh. So only the warm red liquid has made his fingers unfrozen so far.
The swordsman took the little snail with difficulty from his jacket and placed it gently on his chest.
It had to be a coincidence. He took the vivre card from his crew, so they wouldn't go after him, so there was no way-
The realisation took Law again.
There was one small chance, that He could notice, but still, the heart pirates capitan hoped that this time he was wrong.
The man looked at the snail again. He needed to know and if he was right. Then at least before his death he'll hear his voice one more time.
Law answered the call.
"TOARO WHERE ARE YOU!?" A loud scream apeared to his ears making him remember that he was still alive.
"Nice to hear you to Mugiwara-ya.." He said weakly with a light smirk on his face.
Even though his ears were almost bleeding, because of the younger capitan's yell, he couldn't lie that actually wanted to hear it.
"Where are you!?" The straw hat reapeted his question ignoring his answer completely.
He didn't answer him.
And this was the part why he hoped that it wasn't actually his sight of affection.
The doctor should disconnect already. This conversation didn't have any sense, but would it be really that bad, if he just listened to him a few minuter more?
"Toaro your vivre card is on fire! Where you are!? I can help you!" He shouted.
Law chuckled at this. So he still had it..?
"It's already too late. Don't bother yourself.." He said simply while still keeping smilling.
Why he couldn't stop smiling?
"What the- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?" The bruned shouted at him with rage. He wasn't suprised by that. "Just tell me where you are!"
"I doesn't matter.. In hour or two I'll just bleed out. You won't get to me in time."
"OI TOARO!" The younger boy was yelling at him.
The was so loud. Like always.
But it hurt his head.
After a minutes of loud shouting at him Law finally gave up and gave him the name of the island.
It didn't matter since no matter what Luffy did, he wouldn't arrive on time. Law knew it perfectly.
In his condition survive was impossible.
"Just- keep talking to me and don't fall asleep! Ok?!" The younger capitan said sharply and in his voice Law could feel desperation.
Chopper probably told him that.
The surgeon could tell that on straw hat's crew was chaos, because earlier he could tell that the mugiwara-boy was running around on his ship. The snail was making weird noises.
"I can try.." The brunet said quietly with heavy breath.
Law looked at his den den mushi and saw on it's face a smile with satisfaction.
Oh stupid straw hat.
"What happened?" Suddenly the boy asked.
Then they started talking. At first Luffy was asking him questions and was talking, since it was getting harder and harted for Law to speak.
The younger brunet was talking about anything and nothing just to make the doctor to focus on something.
From time to time he said his name to make sure he didn't fall asleep.
"Can you check on my crew later?" The surgeon asked.
Although they were safe, he was still worried.
He didn't want to know how they'll react later.
"You'll check yourself, when we get to you." The mugiwara boy said immiediately
"I'll be dead by then." Law said simply.
"You won't die. I forbid you." The doctor didn't know, if this was a statement or threat.
"Don't tell me what to do." The brunet only smiled cocky and laughed quietly.
It was a mistake, because the older capitan felt pain. He bit his lip to eliminate the groan that would escape his mouth. Something must have happened to the intestines.
IT HURT.
There was a silence from him for a moment. He had to calm down.
Breath in, Breath out, Breath in, Breath ou-
"Toaro?" Luffy asked worried.
"I want to thank you." Law suddnely blured out and his smile become a little wider, despite the pain.
"You'll thank us, when Chopper will put you together." The boy said with confidence.
It was just like him. Thinking about himself what he wants and not what others say.
"Luffy-ya.." The brunet said quietly and he saw how the den den mushi looked at him.
Probably saying his name instead of 'mugiwara' got his attention.
Good. He had something to tell him.
If he was going to die today, then at least he won't regret later or just regret, because he didn't tell him.
"Thank you." Law said again. "For being with me." He said quietly and had to take a deep breath in order to say more. It was hard to breath. "You were a big trouble and even when I thought I was going crazy, because of you I musst admit it... I had fun."
There were many moments when Law thought that he made mistake by making an allience with straw hat crew.
But in the end it was a good choice.
"You beat Doflamingo you made me free. When I didn't know what to do with myself you were there." He smiled at the memory.
His main purpose was a revenge. He was his own prisoner of the past.
He remembered the talk with him and how angry Luffy was, when he realised that Law was convinced that he will die, while trying to kill Doflamingo.
Funny memories.
They had their fights. They had their fun.
They went their separate ways, because their allience was over.
Yet they still kept bumping into each other somehow.
"For making me feel good. For making me feel alive." He chuckled as he took another breath.
Law really loved the time that he had with mugiwara.
"I love you." He said quietly and smiled. The doctor could feel the tears in his eyes.
He said it and the brunet felt even a little lighter.
"Toaro-" He could hear the shock in the brunet's voice. Law interupted him immediately. He still didn't ended.
"And I'm sorry." The doctor said with breaking voice while tears were running down his cheeks. "That I won't be able see-" Deep breath. "How you become the pirate king."
"STOP!" The other capitan shouted at him. "We can do it together! Just wait until-"
The older capitan wanted to laught and he felt as his stomach was just killing him. Every move, every breath or word. Every action.
It hurt. It really hurt.
Law's breathing was ragged and ragged. Clearly audible to the other captain.
"OI TOARO!" The younger man yelled again. "HANG ON THERE!"
"I said it." The doctor said with a pain in his voice, but a big smile on his face.
"What-?" Luffy asked confused.
He had said it.
Thank God.
The brunet could feel how the sweat running down his forehead, while he almost couldn't feel his fingers, because of the cold.
"I said everything I wanted to." The older man said with a big smile. "What a relief.." He said with a sigh and a laught.
He was so tired and sleepy.
The blood in his mouth tasted funny.
He deserved some rest, didn't he?
Yeah.
After all he told him the true, didn't he?
Law was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't even notice that the straw hat was talking something to him. He didn't even know what.
Everything was so blury.
"I need some rest.." He said finally after being quiet for a while.
"Wait Toaro! You can't sleep- Talk to me- I-" Law totally ignored the boy.
"I said everything I wanted..." The brunet didn't know why talking was so hard right now. "I- need sleep now." He said trying to raise his hands.
He was so weak.
"YOU CAN'T! JUST WAIT FOR US! FOR ME I-"
"I said-" Law took the den den mushi in his hands. "-already." He took another breath. "It's too late." He smiled weakly. "Goodbye Mugiwara-ya."
"WAIT TOA-"
He hung up.
Law's hands automatically dropped from lack of strength. He started breathing heavily again.
He did it. The smile couldn't leave his face. He felt so good with it. He had said it.
Suddenly he heard how his small snail started ringing again.
The straw hat wanted to contact him again.
How funny.
Maybe somehow he'll be able to fall sleep to this sound..