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Law couldn't belive his own eyes, because what he was seeing right now didn't make any sense.
Not at all.
In front of him and other straw hats stood a forty years old version of the mugiwara.
Just what the hell..?
The brunet was looking in disbelief at the man from the future
There were some obvious hanges in the younger- he meant older brunet.
The lack of his straw hat, which was a little confusing and unnatural for the straw hat, a light and acttractive beard on hid face and the fact that somehow the was fucking two meters tall-
And why was he fricking taller that Law!?
How the fuck!?
When did it come from?!
But there were also other obvious things that showed that it was real Luffy.
The characteristic small scar under his eye, the beautifull bright, but goofy smile on his face or the big scar on his chest that he himself operated him there. The childlish behaviour..
This was the straw hat capitan and nobody could deny it.
Normally Trafalgar wouldn't have any problem with.. That..
There was a devil fruit situation in which cused the older version of his allience to apear here and was stuck here for a while. The older man explained unclearly for them or maybe something other..
Law could only guess..
But.. there was that one small thing that was bothering him a little about the future straw hat capitan..
Why he looked so fucking hot??
Law literally could feel how his cheeks turned red and he was out of breath at the sight of the fourty years old Luffy.
He was dying mentally- and phisically probably too-
As if he hadn't got any crush problem with the normal Luffy already.
This older vesion of his allience didn't help him at all!
IT WAS MAKING THINGS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN THEY ALEARY WERE!
The heart pirates capitan litteraly wasn't able to look at the older version of the straw hat capitan, because he was a afraid of getting blush in front of others to notice.
His heart was beating like crazy- His mind was a mess!
What the heck had happend to the mugirawa boy through the years that he looks now.. like this!?
This was even too much for Law to handle.
The doctor then accidently looked at the sight of the brunet.
"Oh, good Sunny..!" The older man sighed with a smile on his face, while placing his hands on his hips. "So much has changed.." He added and then suddenly his sight placed on him.
Fuck. Law had thought.
Oh No he was going in his direction-
Then unexpectedly before the brunet could react the Luffy from the future suddenly took him into a thight hug while lifting him up, as if he weighted nothing. Nothing at all.
Why universe?! Why!?
WHY ARE YOU TASING ME?!
"Wow! Even Torao is smaller that I remember!" The man said with excitement and laughed loudly.
He felt so tiny in his arms.
Like it was so warm and comfy, but at the same time the older man could littelary crush him without any trouble-
Meanwhile the heart pirates capitan was literally dying of emberassed, when the taller man unintentionally hugged him tight against his chest.
He couldn't breath and this time it was not a joke-
Before the situation could get even worse the shorter now brunet decided to shambles himself and finally get away from this man.
"You!" Law shouted at the older Luffy furiously. "Two meters away from me!" The brunet ordered while taking a deep breath.
Why was there so hot!?
"We're not friends-!" The younger pirate yelled annoyed highlighting the sentence and taking his sword.
"Ha hah ha yes sorry, sorry Torao!" The older Luffy laughed loudly, while scratching at his nape with a smile.
Seeing the older straw hat like that it was just-
Yeah, he couldn't take it.
Too much emberassed, confusion and feelings at once.
In the meantime the curent mugiwara jumped rapidly at his older version with excitement, while trying to obverse every charnge in himself.
"WOW! I'm SO tall! Cool!!" The younger brunet yelled with excitement.
The surgeon looked at the both brunets.
Law could barely handle one Luffy and two Luffys was WAY too much for, well everyone-
So the hear pirates capitan made the most reasonable thing that he could think of.
He went as far away from this mess as possible, leaving the two idiots to themself.
They could take care of each other and have fun together after all.
Yes, that was the most reasonable choice that Trafalgar could ever make.
For his good.
Mentally and phisicaly.
***
All of his crew was enjoying the company of the fourty years old version of himself.
It was funny for Luffy to see his older version. Lots of questions and thoughts ran through his mind, but he didn't dare to ask.
It would ruin the fun!
And as long as the older Luffy wouldn't do anything that he won't like (-Like eating His food- ) Then everything would be fine!
It was also SO exciting!
"Oi, but don't spoil anything!" The younger brunet said half jokking and half being serious as he took the ham into his mouth.
After all he didn't want to know what will happened in the future.
He didn't was to know what will, what won't and what could have happen-
That would spoil all the fun that they will have.
"Don't you worry-!" The older man said immediately with a smile as he took a big slip of his beer. "No need to worry- I know!" The older capitan explained as he came back to eating again.
That was good.
Both of the capitans had a incredible appetite and so Sanji started a little to worry about their food supplements, but neither of them cared.
It was Sanji's problem not his-hah.
They had a lot of fun together.
So much dancing and singing and drinking and jokking and drinking and-
And then the straw hat felt like something wasn't right.
Like something during their party something was missing or more like someone.
Then a thought came to his mind.
Torao.
As the younger brunet looked around the room, he saw that the heart pirates capittan was absent.
Where was Torao?
When the mugiwara was about to ask this question out loud, then he heard unexpectedly how his future self decided to speak.
"Oi, if you don't belive me that I'm your capitan then you can ask me some questions. Whatever you want." The older brunet said with a light smile. "Or touch-" The man added as he he stretched his cheek slightly like rubber. "See? Rubber." Then he laughed.
Just then Luffy had noticed that some people of his crew were giving his older version a weird look during this whole time.
Just as if they couldn't belive their own eyes.
It was probably hard for them to belive, but honestly Luffy didn't get them at all.
It was just older version of him and that's all!-
It wasn't that weird or something. It was just some devil fruit thing and nothing at all.
They were used to this things already!
"What's your favourite food?" Unexpecetedly the cook asked, while taking his cigarette out of his mouth.
"Meat." The man said without a second thought.
"That's him." Sanji admited and light another cigarette.
"Really, why so simple question?" Franky asked a little confused, by the choice of question that the blond made.
Sanji was quiet for a second, until he blew smoke out of his lungs.
"A harder question would have caused the a overheat to real Luffy." Then the blond said with a smirk on his face and everyone laughed.
"OI!" At once both of the brunets reacted offened.
He wasn't dumb after all!
Maybe he wasn't the smartest, but it still wasn't nice-
Meanwhile at their reaction the whole crew laughed again.
"Yeah, that's definitelly Luffy." The straw hat's navigator commented and everyone were already in better mood.
Then Luffy saw how Chopper grabbed a piece of the older man's skin and began to stretch it slightly like rubber.
"Ineeded rubber." The little reindeer said with a smile.
After him Robin also grabbed piece of his cheek and started stretching it.
"Rubber." The brunette agreed and them more of the straw hat's started doing the same thing.
By touching his skin or just looking at the man some of them commented their perceptions and changes in the older man's body.
"It's really weird without a hat-" Chopper commented.
"At least his not bald-" The sniper said jokkingly and chuckled.
"Didn't know he would grew a beard Yo HO HO HO-. The sceleton commented, while touching it.
In that way the other straw hats started comenting even more things, until one small shiny little object caught Nami's eyes.
It was a necklase or more like a a golden ring on a string around the man's neck.
Huh.. Luffy didn't know that future he liked to wear jewellery.
Then unexpectedly the red-haired woman gripped the dangling ring with her hand (probably to steal it as always when she saw something of value), but suprisingly was interrupted when a big strong hand grabbed her hand.
It was his older self.
The straw hats navigator looked at him confused just as well as the rest of the group.
Meanwhile the older straw hat man looked at the red-haired girl with a light smile, but Luffy could tell that something was wrong. Ater all it was he and he knew when he was serious.
"Everything except the marriage ring-" The older mugiwara said firmly and serious referring to his previous words.
BUT WAIT WHAT!?
WHAT..?
A Marriage ring-??
Then at once everyone in the room yelled at once in fear and disbelife.
"YOU'RE MARRIED?!!!"
At the loud yell from his crewmates the older man finally realised what he had said. Everyone could tell, because of his sudden change of expression.
"Oh." His future self unintionally said out loud. "I shouldn't have probably-" Before the older man could even finish his words there was a loud crack on the table.
Everyone immiediatelly looked in his direction, when he slammed his fists against the table with all his might.
He was pissed.
No.
HE WAS FURIOUS.
Luffy looked at the man with anger and contempt in his eyes.
He didn't want to know what would happen in the future. Everyone knew it and the other straw hat knew it way too well too.
But he still said it.
The shorter man then he immediately left, slamming the door violently.
***
Law was looking at the sky. The breeze ruffled his hair slightly.
Finally, the man could breathe a sigh of relief, when he was alone and neither of the two straw hats were near him.
Law hoped only that the older straw hat would will disappear quickly.
Yes, then maybe everything would be better..
But on the other hand, he still still be left with a different problem.
Luffy. And to be exact his crush on him.
Trafalgar couldn't even take a break, couldn't he?
The man thought, but everything was ruined as he saw how a know short brunet suddenly stood beside him, leaning against the balustrade.
"OH! There you are Torao!" The mugiwara boy said with with a smile on his face, but not usual excitement as he always hears in his voice.
The brunet looked at the straw hat boy curiously and saw how the younger cspitan unintentionally was gripped the wooden beam in anger.
Law looked again at the boy directly in his eyes.
"What's wrong?" He asked neutrally, trying not to show much of the fact that he cared.
"What..? Me?? Pff..nooo...." The straw hat capitan said while whistling and avoiding eye contact.
Such a terrible liar No- Just the worst liar in the word.
"Spill it out." The older brunet said shortly.
But instead of answer the younger man only looked at him a little confused turning his head and then spit saliva into the ocean.
Just what-
"That was that for?" Law looked at him confused not understandig his actions at all.
"You told me to spill it out!" Luffy only said cusually, while shrugging his shoulders.
"I meant the words mugiwara-ya. THE WORDS." The doctor said a litte irritated, but at the same time still confused.
The suddenly the younger man burst out laughing at his reaction.
Honestly Trafalgar sometimes was asking himself why did he even liked Luffy.
But on the other hand that laugh was adorable.
"Then you could just say 'say'!" The excitement came back to the straw hat boy at once and Law felt immediately better.
There were also some butterflies in his stomach.
Fuck.
"So what happen?" The man asked and saw how his younger allience instantly became iritated.
"The old me told me something that will happen in the future." The brunet said angry. "By accident-" He added imiediatelly meaning that the Luffy form the future hadn't any intention of doing that aware. "But still he said it!" The man said pissed.
Honestly Law was curious what could have happen in the future, that made Luffy so mad. But logic told him that it was better to live ignorance, than find out and regret and probably be afraid of the future or trying to change it.
That knowlage would probaby cause more damage than advantage.
It wasn't worth risking just to satisfy his curiosity.
"Was it good or bad thing?" Law asked camly instead of saying 'what happened'.
That option was way more resonable.
"No-Yes- I mean- I don't know!" The mugiwara boy rapidly said at once all of those things, witch confusion and flustration, until he shouted and grabbed his head.
Ok, so situation could have been way more complicated than the heart pirates capitan thought.
"But the point is I DIDN'T want to know it!" Luffy finally yelled in anger.
Meanwhile Law was only looking at him quietly, while thinking of a good answer.
The brunet next to him was so confused, pissed and lost..
And Law?
He really wanted to make that bright smile back on his face.
"Well, I wouldn't like to know my future either." The doctor stated quietly.
"Exactly!" The younger capitan yelled with flustration.
Oh the heart pirates capitan was very shitty at supporting, wasn't he??
"But how do you know it will actually happen?" The brunet asked the shorter man.
The mugiwara boy immediatelly made a confused look in his direction, but before he could even ask him a question Law kept going with his speach.
"I meant this Luffy entered our time, which means that he automatically changed our course of time and our decisions, even if they are small or big." The doctor explained, but as soon as he saw mugiwara's incomprehensible face he knew that he had to use simpler words. "He has already changed our future by just being here." Law said.
"So.. that will or won't happen?" The straw hat boy asked still a little confused by his answer.
"Honestly?" The doctor asked, while looking at him corner of his eye. "I don't know." He added with a light smile just to cheer up the youger capitan a little.
Luffy once told him that he liked him smilling.
Then he looked at the sea, because he couldn't bring himself to make an eye contact with him.
"It may or may not happen." The brunet continued his speach. "Many factors depent on it, so technically your future is still unknow-" Trafalgar then turned with intention of looking at the younger brunet's face, but then suprisingly he found him very close to him.
There was that big, bright smile that he adored.
But also HE WAS WAY TOO CLOSE-
The brunet felt his breathing become uneven and his heart was beating faster.
Law could littelary feel his breath on his skin as well as see those dark eyes that with glittered with sparkles of enjoyment.
Then unexpectedly shorter man quickly took him in his arms and lifted him in the air, hugging him tightly.
Again mugiwara boy lifted him like he weight nothing.
The taller brunet was definitely blushing and Law just felt like one of those teenagers with a crush.
So like a mess.
He should probably get use to it.
"Thank Torao!" The younger capitan shouted in happiness. "You know what to say!!-" He added and then laughed as he looked at him.
That smile was just making his heart melt-
"Ok- Let me go Luffy-ya." The brunet said lightly trying to move away, but the straw hat's opression forbade him from that.
Then with a light chuchkle the younger brunet placed him gently on the ground.
"LUFFY-!" But their moment was suddenly ruined, when the straw hat's suddenly showed up, while yelling.
The brunet looked immiediatelly in their direction, with a wide smile.
"We solved the problem!" Unexpectedly straw hat's sniper spoke, as he directed at the future version of Luffy, who had a tape on his mouth...?
"We didn't ask anything about that." The red-haired woman said probably referring to a situation in which he wasn't.
"And he won't say anything!" Suddenly Chopper added.
The shorter man next to him looked at his friends and started laughing, when he saw his older a little annoyed by the whole situation version.
Well.. at least he was happy again.
Law definitely didn't smile at that.
Definitely not.
***
Luffy made a little mess.
But it wasn't his fault- Well.. maybe it was, but- It was an accident.
Anyhow it was finally time for him to go.
He was there for a short while and it was FUN to see how it was back in good old days!
Huh, he felt even a little nostalgic..
But after all how he couldn't!? It was almost refreshing to see the times when he still was looking for the One Piece!
The brunet chuckled at that thought.
Right now every one of his crew and his younger self were saying goodbay and each person had to get a hug form him.
There was no 'No' in that.
Especially when he could hug the people that were taller than him back then.
It was so much fun to see the diffrent perspective!
He hugged everyone including younger Luffy and Torao, who kept breaking free from his embrace.
Everything was going great, until Robin did something unexpected.
"May I ask you one more question before you leave?" Suddenly the straw hat's archeologist asked in seclusion, so that noone beside them could hear them.
The brunet looked at her with a smile from ear to ear.
"Of course, but watch your words!" The older man said half joking and half being serious. "After all you don't want to break your capitans words, don't you?" He asked her.
Luffy knew that she wouldn't ask him anything about the future. Not because she didn't want to know, but because he Luffy said that they can't.
The brunette wouldn't break her capitans words and he knew it, but still he needed to reminf her about her choice of words. Because well.. Luffy could slip up again and say something he didn't want to..
"Of course." Robin only smiled at him lightly. "I just wanted to confirm what you said on the first day." She explained and the capitan linked his eyes twice in slight surprise.
"Oh? What did I say on the first day?" He asked curiously.
"It's more like the answer." The archeologist explained. "Or the fact, when Traffy said that you two are not friends you agreeded, is that true?" Robin asked with a smile.
The brunet went silent.
Of she would notice that slight detail and he wouldn't..
It was Robin after all! She was always so smart.
She would figure out sooner or later.
Luffy instantly burst out laughing at her words.
"Yes!" The older capitan said with a wide smile after he stopped laughing. "It is true." He added.
"Oh, I see." The brunette said, while smilling back at him lightly with a chuckle.
Fortunatelly he didn't need to worry. Robin was responsible person, who exacly knew what to do with this information.
After that unexpected question, brunet looked one last time at the young crew and went through the portal.
As he went through it, he finally was home and what was more important as the fact that he finally saw Him.
"TORAO!" The pirate king immiediatelly yelled at the sight of his partner.
The older brunet instantly turned towards him, but before he could in any way react to the situation, Luffy at once took him in his arms and lifted.
"OI LU-YA-!" But the heart pirares capitan stopped talking as soon as the younger man suddenly kissed him hard on his cheek. "I see you missed me, didn't you?" Law asked.
"Nah, I just like to kiss you-" The brunet said with a wide smile and kissed him then hard on his lips. "But yeah, that also.." The man added with a gentle smile as he looked directly at those golden eyes.
"Tell me did you had fun there?" Torao asked, as he touched gently his cheeks.
At his question the taller man had to laugh.
"Oh yeah! So much fun!" Luffy said with excitement."I almost forgot how it was back then." The brunet said nostalgically. "Everyone were so small... And You were SO flushed around me- You're whole face was so red." The man chuckled at the thought of the younger messy version of Law.
Luffy knew that he was playing with fire, but he couldn't resist.
"Did you maybe had a crush on me?" The man asked, while tasting his partners patience.
"Lu-ya we are littelary married." The man in his arms said a little annoyed.
The straw hat capitan looked at him in silent for a moment.
"Still." The cocky smile instantly appeared on his face, but rapidly went away, as he felt how his husbant was squeezing on of his cheeks.
"Better tell me, if you did anything stupid." The doctor said a little annoyed.
"Uh.. well.." Luffy started avoiding Trafalgar's eyes.
"Spill it out Luffy-ya." The man said firmly.
"Wel.. kind of...They find out that I'm married...?" The younger capitan said unsurely, hoping that his partner won't kill him.
"THEY WHAT!?" Law immediately 'roomed' himself out of his arms and looked at him furious.
"BUT IT'S NOT MY FAULT-" The brunet at once started explaining himself. "Well- I mean it is- BUT they know nothing beside it!!!- I SWEAR!"
The hear pirates capitan looked at the pirate king with crossed shoulders and pisssed face expression.
That didn't mean anything good.
But then his love of life sighed and Luffy felt relife.
He was safe..
"Let's hope that it won't ruin anything in their future.." The brunet said a little annoyed. "In the first place you shouldn't have irritate that devil fruit user!" Then Law yelled at him again.
"But he was cheating in that game!" The man explained fastly.
Then a short silence appeared that didn't make them feel unconfortable.
"I didn't know you had already such a crush on me back then." The mugiwara said with a big smirk on his face.
"Don't get too cocky Lu-ya." Trafalgar warned him. "Anyway you were too reckless to notice." The man added then while avoiding the eye contact.
"It was cute." He added.
"You really want to sleep alone, don't you?" His husband asked him warmingly.
"Oi but Tora-" Before Luffy could even finish his words, he felt a soft lips on his cheek.
"It was a joke." The hear pirates capitan said with a light smirk. "Good you're back." He added with a soft smile.
The straw hat man just couldn't help himself, but laugh at that.