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If you, if you could return
Don't let it burn
Don't let it fade
I'm sure I might be rude
But it's just your attitude
It's tearing me apart
It's ruining everything
Law and I have been dating for several years. We’re both very damaged and hurt people, having gone through terrible things in our childhood and we bonded over that pain. Lately we’ve been arguing a whole lot. Rude comments, snarky remarks and faces thrown at each other like knives.
I love him with everything in me. I just want things to change, I want to be happy again, just the two of us, but he’s one of the most prolific new pirates of the era with a big future ahead of him and I’m afraid we’re going to drift apart and he’s going to leave me behind.
And I swore, I swore I would be true
And honey, so did you
So why were you holding her hand?
Is that the way we stand?
Were you lying all the time?
Was it just a game to you?
My heart was breaking. Law wasn’t talking to Nico Robin and her hand brushed over his and he didn’t stop her. Does he like her? Does he love her? Does he love her more than me?
So many thoughts are swirling around my head and I feel like I’m going to be sick. My heart is beating out of my chest and I feel like my world is crashing down on me. Was I just a place filler to him? Was this all some sort of sick game where I give him my heart and he crushes it in front of me?
But I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You've got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger?
Later that night while we were in our shared bedroom my thoughts were overwhelming me once again and I had to say something.
“Trafalgar, I need you to be honest to me, are you still in love with me?”
I questioned my palms, sweating and my body shaking as I waited for his response.”
“Of course I do y/n-ya why would you ask something like that?” He said with a look of shock written on his face.
“All we do is fight lately and hurt each other's feelings… and I saw you With Nico Robin earlier, how you were practically holding hands… Please be honest with me, do you like her?” I tell him, the question finally spilling out of my lips as tears begin to roll down my cheeks.
“Oh love, I don’t like her, she’s just a nakama, you are the love of my life, the one I want to spend my end of days with, create a family with. I know I’ve been cruel lately because of stress but I didn't realize it was this bad if you're doubting my love for you” as Law spoke his fingers brushed away the tears from my eyes.
Oh, I thought the world of you
I thought nothing could go wrong
But I was wrong, I was wrong
If you, if you could get by
Trying not to lie
Things wouldn't be so confused
And I wouldn't feel so used
But you always really knew
I just want to be with you
“All I want to do is be with you” I state putting my heart out on the line.
Law brings his lips to mine in a bruise kiss as he tries to show me just how sorry he is that he’s made me feel this way, knowing that no matter what he says he won’t be able to properly convey his feelings.
“You know I’m such a fool for you. I thought no matter what I said or did, you’d still be in my corner, I’m a grumpy asshole with a lot of baggage and I know I need to work on myself better. I know I need to not work so much and dedicate time to just me and you. I’m sorry my love.
I will change, for both of us. You’ll never have to worry about whether or not I love you because I’ll shout it from the rooftops every day if I need to” Law stared me deep in my eyes as he said this, gripping my face gently but firmly in his hands.
Things wouldn’t be easy, hell I know we’ve been through it before but for the first time in a long time I held a hope I thought long forgotten.