One Piece -- Day 1- Care
Title: Day 1 - Care
Author: Nekocin/tyreling
Fandom: One Piece
Prompt: Heart pirates / Donquixote family
Rating: G
For: Trafalgar Law Week of 20/4 - 26/4
Summary: The one time where the Heart Pirates took care of Law.
Day 1 - Care
Law doesn’t embarrassed easily. The first time he had ever felt embarrassed before was back in his younger days, when Cora-san did stupid things that made him want to slap his face and huddle somewhere else and ignore the idiot of a man. He had long forgotten how that embarrassment felt like, to be honest. Then one day, when he finally managed to gather a sizeable crew and pile up their funds to create the first ever submarine in the Grand Line history, the feeling rushed to the forefront of his head. Basically, Trafalgar Law fainted halfway during the test ride.
The uncomfortable feeling that bubbled in his chest threatened to make him puke all over the floor somehow made it to his head, pushing his brains into an odd jelly dance that synchronized with the motion of a calm sea. His stomach couldn’t take it so he ended up bent over in a corner and breathing very harshly through his mouth, until his head felt lightheaded and he simply slumped against the doorway.
“CAPTAIIIINNN!” He heard Bepo scream, or at least Law had thought it was Bepo’s scream, but it might have just been an illusion. The voice was dampened in volume, as if Law had stuck his head in a tank of water and thick earplugs had dug deep into his ears. He didn’t think too much about what’s going on, because as soon as his head hit the metal floor, his world simply went black.
When he woke up, his body felt heavy, his movements were lethargic and slow and his eyes couldn’t stop themselves from falling close again. His head pounded in many odd places, but at least his body was screaming at him to wake up and stop sleeping. As a doctor himself, he ran a slow, but quick scan over his own body and realized his body was still out of commission and his blood was probably pumped up with artificial oxygen that confused his body with the motion of the sea.
Law finally forced his eyes to peel open and take in the place where he had been confined. He was in a tiny cabin, wrapped thickly in jumpers and everyone of his crew had somehow found some space to doze off in.
“Captaiiiinnn!” Bepo sniffled. “You’re awake!” Tears ran down from Bepo’s cheek as he took in Law’s wakefulness and immediately he picked Law up from the bed and snuggled his thick, furry face against Law’s own. “We thought you were gonna die!”
“Captaaaaiiiiin!!” Shachi cried nearby and clutched at Law’s ankle.
“Bepo, stop hogging the captain. We want to hug him too!” Penguin screamed nearby as he slapped Bepo behind the ears. .
Some more dramatics followed and Law hadn’t had time to file in why his crew were treating him like a fragile doll because his lungs had contorted in the small space Bepo had forced them in with his hug. He hacked and coughed and wheezed, “All right, all right, enough! I can’t breathe! Stop it! Stop it!”
“Captaaaiiiinnnn!” Bepo, Shachi and Penguin chorused their cries and they didn’t even have the decency to stop their tears from flowing down their cheeks. Their crying set off another crying fest amongst the rest of Law’s crew and they all tried to huddle around him for a hug. Suddenly Law felt a twinge in his chest. A little touched. A little annoyed. But most of all, a little embarrassed that this crew he was trying to train into badassery are just a bunch of teddy bears after all. Maybe being called the Heart Pirates isn’t too far off.
End
Notes: I wrote this as fast as I could while feeling so woozy and lethargic myself. The thing about Law fainting in the submarine, yeah it’s not funny. It almost happened to me and I’m still feeling the effects of it. It’s perhaps the oxygen air tanks that’s been pumped in the ship that made me woozy and lightheaded. and of course, the air pressure from being under water and then in the air later.
Important note: NEVER EVER GO DIVING WHEN YOU’RE GOING ON AN AIRPLANE THE SAME DAY. JUST WAIT AT LEAST THREE DAYS BEFORE THE EFFECTS ARE OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM AND THEN YOU CAN GO FLY. OTHERWISE YOU’LL END UP FEELING LIKE A JELLY FOR A FEW DAYS,