Chapter 2
Law was sitting down listening to this person talking about their problems and honestly, he could care less, he was only here because Luffy said he had to, in order to ‘get better’ in fact Luffy said that he needed a lot of things to get better. Like taking his medication, letting go of the past, socializing more, and going to these dumb AA meetings.
After the person was done talking came Law’s turn to speak. The Lady smiled at him gesturing him to stand up. He cleared his throat, “um. My name is Law, and I'm a recovering alcoholic, I actually just came from rehab.”
His hands stiff at his hips, voice coming out almost robotic “ I was 13 when I first started drinking in order to..in order to cope with my adopted father's grief.”
His eyes were burning yet he continued, “ I ended up getting sent to rehab a year ago because i, um got alcohol poisoning? Or something, My friend who was a doctor said I was experiencing Status epilepticus and nearly died, I woke up in a hospital, well I wasn’t really awake, I couldn’t move yet I could hear everything…”
The AA room slowly faded away and came a hospital. He could hear people talking. It was Luffy and Bepo, he could hear the beeping of a machine and feel a tube of a ventilator in his mouth, but what he couldn’t do was open his eyes, it was like they were glued shut, and his body felt numb. Panic overtook his body, He couldn’t move, he couldn’t see. He was stuck. Before his thoughts could spiral he was back. Back in the little room with a bunch of people sitting in a circle. He pressed the back of his hands into his eyes before he sat down tapping his leg. God, he really needed some sleep.
“Good job Law, talking about your problems is the first step in recovery” Everyone clapped words of encouragement rang out, and now someone else stood up and started talking.
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Law checked his phone when he got out of the building. He had a message from Penguin, 1 minute ago he opened up i-messages.
“Penguin
Yoo Law, wanna come over to my house and smoke weed with us???
8:59 Pm
Law
Yea sure, I’ll be there soon.
9:00 PM “
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Law laughed, “Holy shit peng where did you get this???” Law took another hit and passed it over to Sanji, The black-haired man shrugged and smiled, “Get this, the name of this one is called fucking AK-47, LIKE the literal gun bruh” Law looked over at Shachi, the teen was baked, and that's when his mom called him. The poor boy was panicking about pressing answer when he accidentally pressed decline, First mistake, the second mistake Shachi made was telling everyone to behave and act serious when he called his mother back.
“Heyyyy, Mom.”
“Uhhhh, ya the homework helping thingy was great.” Nami and Vivi were dancing in the middle of the room they were wasted, while Usopp was Laughing hard making him wheeze between breaths because Luffy was doing some stupid shit in the background
“Guys can you shut up!!—
Wait what, come home now???? Mom i cant uhm we still after to go over some math work ya know.”
From what Law could hear from everyone laughing and talking apparently Shachi's mom is coming over to give him a sleeping bag and toothbrush which made Shachi panic the fuck out.
“Hey Penguin do you have any spray and eye drops??? My mom is coming any minute now, if she finds out I've been smoking my ass is gonna get beat.”
Penguin slapped him on the back, “They're in the medical cabinet in the bathroom but bro you need to chill the hell out, what's the worst she could do.”
Shachi got up and spun around, “Listen yall never had a black mother before, I’ll be back” He rolled his eyes and left.
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After the whole shachi mother ordeal we started watching a show called Shameless.
Kid, Sanji, Zoro, and Usopp were asleep. Nami and Vivi were cuddling in a corner watching the show, While Luffy and Shachi were eating and penguin was nowhere to be found. Then a thought came into Law’s head ‘Does penguin have some drug stash in his bathroom.’ Law got up and walked into the bathroom he locked the door and turned around and there was his 13-year-old self staring right back at him, The same 13yr old who wanted to become a surgeon, the same 13yr old who ruined his life. He ignored the 13yr old and opened the cabinet. To see a bottle filled with Oxy staring right back at him.
Bingo.