Chapter 96

                                    

                                          
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"I swear to Nika..." Law rubbed his temples to soothe the headache that was going to from in the next few seconds courtesy of Luffy hiding behind the ER doors, making suspicious movements. "You better not be licking weird stuff again." 
"I'm not!" The young man turned around and faced his boyfriend, hands dirty. "Why's there so much dirt here? Aren't hospitals supposed to be clean?"
"Strike." The doctor sighed. "A few people cannot man the entire hospital."
Luffy pouted at nothing and went to sit on one of the empty ER beds, Law followed. "When do you think the strike will be over?"
"No idea... but it better end soon."
"Got the tea!" Den and Simone announced arriving in the ER, no one cared about being loud, there were no patients in the entire hospital.
"Bless." Law took the cup he was handed and started consuming the contents straight away. 
"Let it cool down a little." Simone said. "Who even drinks tea though? You're like the only person in this entire hospital who prefers tea over coffee."
"She's right." Den seconded, blowing on his coffee.
"Torao used to drink coffee a lot then he switched to tea, said it was healthier." Luffy blurted without realizing that the two doctors in front of him weren't his or Law's friends.
"Torao????" Den and Simone repeated looking at each other, then at Law, then at Luffy, then they burst out laughing.
"I will fucking murder you one of these days." Law glared at his boyfriend, who laughed, not showing any remorse at all.
"That butchering of your name aside," Simone started, looking from Law to Luffy, "why is he still hanging out here?"
"He's my emotional support monkey." The older said, hiding his smile behind his cup of tea.
"No, but really, why?" Den asked this time.
Luffy looked Law and grinned at the panic that went through the older's eyes. "I'm gonna tell them."
"I will cut your balls off." Law warned but that didn't deter Luffy at all.
"Torao thinks of me as a little brother." The young man said, repeating his boyfriend's words from way back.
"Oh." Simone and Den seemed satisfied until Law started laughing out loud.
"I don't know what's creepier, the empty hospital, or Law laughing in an empty hospital." Usopp said hiding behind Franky, the two approaching the party of four in the ER.
"Cameras are all installed brrrrooo!" Franky showed a thumbs-up to Law.
"This should put a somewhat end to the strike." Law mumbled and discarded his empty tea papercup. "Thanks guys."
"And now he's thanking us! Let's get out of here before he gets worse!" Usopp joked, laughing with Luffy in tow.
The three doctors' pagers beeped the next moment, indicative of the arrival of a patient – Law let the security know of the inside situation and handed them instructions of paging the doctors inside to let them know of incoming patients so at least someone would be present in the ER to deal with it.
Den brought out the sticks the doctors were using to draw lots to decide who would get the patient, the doctor who drew the stick with a green end would win.
"That's just wrong." Usopp caught on immediately and shook his head.
"Beats fighting like feral dogs." Simone shrugged and the three doctors made their picks.