❧ Her small shrill of a demand came with no response as he continued to read over the newspaper that had just been delivered that morning. New reports regarding an accident involving a Marine vessel and a tanker. Something about Water7 being the focal point of this distribution. He hadn’t heard any news regarding this incident from Sengoku, curiously he turned the page to see if any other reports of Marine accidents were made.
The smoke from his cigarette hung lazily in the air as he took a calm breath. Inhaling the relaxing drug as tired eyes continued to read on. It wasn’t till that small voice full of anger come to him again that he finally turned just his eyes towards the spiteful child.
No, he was not worried about her hurting him. If anything, a stab like that meant nothing to him save for the sharp sting he could feel behind the blade. The pain and force pressing into it. That… that was a different feeling. One none of the children before had displayed. Genuine pain that seared like a never healing brand poked by hot iron.
The reason he didn’t rat her out was for her safety. He knew his brother. Better than anyone else and the possession he held over him. The way he would observe and stalk him like some kind of prey. Feel the hairs on the back of his neck stand when he got too close. Uncomfortably so. By keeping his mouth shut about what she had done saved her from possibly the most horrendous and agonizing death his brother could have mustered from the depths of his evil core.
Child or not mattered little to how Doflamingo saw others. Everything worked like a cog around him. If one showed even the slightest sign of wear, they would be replaced with as little emotion as treating metal. They were all tools to him, including himself. Including this child. One that reminded him too much of the deranged hatred Doflamingo would spit out as a child.
Teal hues narrowed at the little girl. Challenging her to continue even speaking about this subject before he’d throw her with as little mercy as the first time he did. All the things he could and would do to her were nothing compared to what his brother was planning. Pointer finger and thumb rubbed against one another before reaching to pull away his cigarette. A cloud of smoke exiting his body with a heavy sigh.
Flicking the burnt drug at the girl, he pulled out his notepad and marker and jotted down his answer.
LAWKO gritted her teeth. Loudly, angrily. She had dealt with anger long enough to learn to not let it control her actions, but there was no helping as she laid at the man she would be forced to obey the next years of her life. As she clenched her fists, the child continued to stare at the executive with resentful eyes.
Quietly, she observed the man scribble on his notepad and, as she brushed away the joint on her shirt, Lawko could feel her blood boil once again. She held back her desire to rip the notebook off his hands and throw it at his face, but in her the flames of hatred had been fueled over her mind’s usual limits. It had barely been a few hours, how did she come to hate that man with such rage and fury?
The day she had decided to find the Donquixote Pirates had marked the beginning of her last three years and a half of life. Two months it had taken her to find them and one more to prepare her grand introduction. And yet, the effort was completely overshadowed by that klutz who was sitting in front of her. The same one who had flung her off to scraps and trash like a broken toy.
If Doflamingo had been right about that Devil Fruit that could save her life, would that mean she’d have to continue dealing with a person such as Corazón for the rest of her life? She had signed up to destroying the world that had taken everything away from her, to ruin those who did the same to all those she loved in Flevance. Lawko had been ready to deal with anything to reach that goal, but she had never expected for that “anything” to be a man like him.
❝ Y-You beat it! ❞ Lawko finally exploded in anger. She wrinkled her nose and her knuckles, nearly white from the force, rose to the sky. ❝ I should’ve gunned you down, or exploded your guts... You’re nothing more than an eyesore in my plans! Stupid blood law... !! ❞
Her heavy panting echoed in the open space. Lawko lowered her gaze at the ground for an instant, and quickly glared at the man once again. Raising her index finger at the man, Lawko smirked. Her eyes glimmered with rage and her steps forward showed her determination.
❝ You’re going to regret everything you’ve done, Corazón. Doflamingo has told me of the Fruit that can save me. Whether it’s true or not, I’ll make sure you regret everything you’ve done to me. If I survive, I’ll make your life a living hell, and if I don’t I’ll drag you down with me. ❞
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