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“Torao ?”
“Toraooo ?”
“ToraoOoOoOoOoOo ?”
Law sighed for the umpteenth time this morning, tilting his head backwards, the back of the seat holding his neck. He closed his eyes as he meditated on his poor current situation.
“TOOOORAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”
Decidedly, he would never be able to finish his synoptic sheet on thoracic aortic surgery, he thought while dropping his pen on the desk. He had already been working on it for three days, when normally it would have taken him only a few hours to gather the general information and organize it properly. Law was already worried in advance about how many hours it would take him to finish his report on the cardiac myxoma . While many people were bored in this period of containment, this was certainly not the case for Law, who felt as if he had suddenly become the parent of a beautiful four-year-old toddler.
“Oi Toraooooo, can you hear me?”
Yes, a cute four-year-old who could talk, a little too much unfortunately. Law pushed backwards on his office chair on wheels, to come to a stop at the door, which gave a view of the corridor and then the living room behind. He tilted his head to the side, and saw a head completely sunk into the back of the sofa, his crushed cheeks rising up to below his eyes. Law could not help but let out a small mocking laugh at the sight of this scene. He finally decided to get up and moved closer to the sofa, knowing full well that this sulky face would not change its expression so easily. When the other one saw him arrive, he made a place for him by shifting to the side, having previously stretched out his entire length on the cushions.
"The little Luffy is bored ?" the brun teased him, while sitting next to his boyfriend, who still hadn't given up his sulky face. Once seated, Luffy came and placed his head on his lap, as he always did. Then, in the same way, as usual, Law delicately placed his hands in the brown hair, wrapping his fingers around the thin black strands. He knew that this soothed Luffy, who was already closing his eyes under these delicate caresses. "I'm bored Torao" Luffy repeated to him for the twentieth time of the hour, at the rate of once every three minutes. "Why aren't you bored, you?" Luffy asked him childishly, opening his eyes, jealous that he didn't have anything to do during these long hours of containment. "Because I'm working, me" Law replied, emphasizing the last word mockingly. Luffy stuck out his tongue. Law gave him a little flick on the nose in return. "Heey!" Luffy tried to take revenge by tickling Law. "You know very well I'm not afraid of tickling, but, if I remember well, you, yes." A predatory glow reflected in Law's eyes as his mischievous smile grew larger. Luffy got up at full speed, trying to escape as quickly as possible from the reach of Law, who was already beginning to chase him through the house. "Try to catch me if you can, shihihi" Luffy replied cheerfully, rushing to the room where he could take refuge. Although their house was large enough, it was still a confined place enclosed by four walls, where there was little room to run, so that locking oneself in a room remained the best technique for escaping from one's terrible and sadistic boyfriend.
When he reached the bedroom door, Luffy hurried inside and immediately closed the door behind him. He sighed of relief and laughed as he heard Law growling behind the door. "I won't let you in, Torao, shihihi". But Luffy was naive to think he could get away with it so easily! Law took advantage of the moment when Luffy thought he was untouchable, and quickly went out the back door to their garden, and went around the house to get to the level of the window leading to their room on the ground floor. As he had hoped, the window had been open since early morning. Still silently, Law moved gently towards the window, and watched with a furtive eye as Luffy laughed loudly outside the bedroom door, convinced that he had won that little battle. In a split second Law opened the window wide and threw himself into the room, landing on the bed, which had the effect of terrorizing Luffy, who uttered a deafening scream, not having seen the blow coming at all, and, caught at his own game, he found himself trapped in the room, not having been able to unlock the bedroom door in time to escape. Law laughed so much, that he didn't even have the strength to catch Luffy, who was now hiding under their bed. He wondered what his neighbors could imagine after this scream that still twisted Law into laughter.
Realizing that he had nothing more to fear, Luffy came out of hiding and sat on the bed, looking tenderly and amused at his boyfriend, leaning against the wall under the window, who was trying to catch his breath because he was laughing too much. It was rare to see Law in such a light mood, and he didn't often laugh out loud as he does now, which then filled Luffy's heart with happiness. "You are beautiful when you laugh, Torao" said Luffy, looking at him with his big round eyes sparkling with love. Law concentrated so as not to blush, and raised his eyes to Luffy, his lips sketching a small smile full of affection. "Come here you little devil" he said, waving to him to sit down beside him. Luffy then got out of bed, and came and sat down beside Law, leaning against the wall, his head resting on the shoulder of the tallest one. "And you, you're as handsome as Apollo, but you're also as noisy as a monkey" replied Law amused. "Shihihi, sorry Torao, I'm bored" Luffy added with a laugh. "Thank you, I think I understood" replied the tallest one, ruffling his hair. "Shihihi, but do you still love me Torao, even though I'm noisy?" the younger one asked innocently, raising his face to Law. "Containment makes you really dumb to ask that question! Of course I love you! I love you so much, you little devil" Law replied instinctively, even though admitting his feelings was not one of his strong points. It looked like that containment also altered his behavior, he thought amused. Law put his hand on Luffy's hip, bringing it closer to him, and Luffy straightened up and put his arms around Law's neck to reach his lips. "Then it's good news, shishi" he whispered in his ears. "Little devil" Law replied before kissing him to prevent him from saying anything else. After all, Law liked to have the last word, which was often complicated with Luffy, as stubborn as he was, especially since containment didn't help his character. Having to put up with this little devil for several weeks was going to be a real challenge for Law!