#unaddressed

(Late last night)

The day does not end here. It thins.

Light retreats without ceremony, leaving the tree to hold what remains on its own terms.

(Photo: d.)

“Well,” Law sighs, “Bepo adores him, Penguin has nailed down his favorite snacks, and Shachi has stopped giving shovel talks. Like he could do anything. But, I’d say most of them are on board.”

Luffy tilts his head, eyebrows lifting in question and Law waves his hand around over his shoulder. He continues to try to mime it out, whatever it is, but to no avail does Luffy understand.

“Ikkaku isn’t thrilled, neither is Uni. Clione just started staying in the room if Mugiwara-ya is there.” Law crosses arms, eyes flitting over his shoulder to the Tang. “They just want to make sure I’m fine, I’m sure. Ikkaku, especially.”

“She’s like Nami, huh?” Luffy asks peering over his shoulder, and Law nods. “Though my nakama only gave you trouble a little... I think.”

Law’s mind flashes back to the day that felt like weeks on Punk Hazard. It almost feels unreal now, but it definitely happened. Along with the warnings he got from no less than three of Luffy’s crew warning him just what he was getting himself into.

They weren’t wrong.

“A little trouble is an understatement. And yes—she’s always been like Shachi in that she assumed my older sibling role. It’s a bit annoying now, especially since they’re both only a year older than I am,” Law sighs, but a smile tweaks on the corner of his lips, “They’ll fall for you soon enough, just like everyone else you seem to drag along.”

“Favorite thing to do together?” Law asks, and hums for a moment in thought, “I like when Mugiwara-ya talks of others and his adventures as I study. He talks with his hands and hits the books sometimes, but otherwise it’s calm. I don’t know if his favorite is the same.”

Luffy wraps his arms around Law’s neck, nuzzling his face back and forth. It draws a ticklish gasp from Law, before a soft snort follows. It’s unwilling, but Law’s lips tweak up trying to hold back a full laugh.

“That’s an odd question,” Law says, brows furrowing, “Just because Kaido is defeated doesn’t exactly buy me a ticket out of this... alliance. Mugiwara-ya and I are a little more intertwined than we were when we agreed initially.”

Law holds his hand out softly and Luffy takes it with a nod.

“When I was fighting Big Mom away from you, it was ok,” Luffy explains with a smile, “If we had to be apart again that would be ok too.”

Law squeezes his hand once, rubber bending beneath his hold and nods back. It will be odd to be apart from each other, but not the end of the world. They have to see that together.

No my friend, this is more than just a disagreement. A disarray of sounds. This isn't just leading to fights. You are watching the universe explode. You are becoming part of that eternal darkness, just for a while

Words words words.

Not again not again not again.

But does it matter

Do you even remember

You perfect constellation, gone

I am the first to exist and the person to close the door. I see a vision of equilibrium while I die in hell. But every attempt at leaving only Leads to more damage to my forsaken form

But then I sit and broadcast the heretics

The whispers, the screams

Because nobody knows.

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Date: February 29, 2020

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