That café in Grand Line Street.

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Sabaody Café was one of a kind, nobody in the city can argue about that, the food was amazing, yet cheap and the smell that surrounded the café was strong but soothing, and not to mention that the service is amazing, especially for the regular costumers, and given that everybody in the café was a regular costumer that meant every costumer.

Yes, Law couldn't disagree with these factors, but the best part was that the pay was better than other places he had worked in. But, honestly the employees deserved that pay to compensate for the negative factors of the place, which was the occasional fights or unnecessary drama that happened in the building, seeing as it was where most people from Grand Line University gather in one place other than the university itself and because of that there is bound to be a fight or two each week.

Not only did the pay compensate for the fighting, but the injuries that he acquires when he tries to stop said fights. Just last Monday there was a conflict between this Bartolomeo guy and Hancock girl, and it was one of the most vocal and physical fight he had the misfortune to witness and its aftermath was a broken finger.

And he had the optimism to hope on that Monday morning that people will be too lazy to even think about fighting, but that didn't stop the Luffy Lovers Club to fight over who loved Luffy more and what useless and random information they knew about Luffy that the other didn't have the knowledge of.

Trafalgar Law sighed as he entered the full café. At least today's a Wednesday, so most people's energy's should be extinguished by the latter half of the week, so they couldn't even think of starting a brawl.

He looked up at his first costumer questionably, quite surprised with the sight in front of him. Eustass Kid. The mechanical engineer major never came here, he and his group were always at the other side of the town where most troublemakers gathered, mostly in SMILE café which was one of the many buildings that Doflamingo owned in the city. He couldn't help but scowl at the thought of that man.

Eustass Kid glared at him. "Why are you looking at me like that?! Is it a crime to order a hot chocolate?"

Law blinked a few times after the costumer's sudden outburst. Shit. Everybody knew that the red-haired has anger issues, and once a person riles him up, it is known throughout Grand Line University that their head will be smashed onto the nearest wall after three seconds. The easiest way to stay on his good side (Law concluded after taking a Math class a year ago with Eustass) was by not making any eye contact nor by vocally communicating, because the man was easily aggravated. "Sorry, Mr. Eustass. I wasn't looking at you." Law simply explained, breaking the two rules he had came up with two courses ago.

Surprisingly three seconds had passed and his head didn't make any sort of contact with the wall. Before Law could even think that the man in front of him might have gone to anger management classes, he noticed Eustass' shaking hands. He was trying his hardest not to punch the life out of him.

Law smirked. Seeing the man struggling was entertaining. "That'll be three dollars."

Kid sat with one of his more civil friends at the corner of the café once he paid. Law guessed that same friend was the reason behind why Law's head wasn't currently a bloody decor on the wall. Simply because of the fact that the browless man was trying his hardest to be civil for his friend as throughout Law's exchange with Kid, the red haired looked back at the man frequently, wanting to see if he would give him any sign of affirmation to beat the shit out of Law, which thankfully wasn't given.

Law noted he should give him a free drink if he ever came by again to show his gratitude.

Once his, Nami's and Ace's shift came to an end, they seated themselves next to one of the empty tables. Wednesdays were the worst. His shift was the longest, and it was only half way through the week.

"Isn't it weird?" asked Nami, mostly to Ace.

"What do you mean?" said Ace sleepily. His head already resting on the table.

Nami sighed. "It's the first time Luffy and the others aren't here. I wonder what happened?"

This caught Ace's attention, as he straightened up. "Yeah, Luffy's always here by seven to bother me while I'm working. It's now eight… We should probably call one of them." Nami and Ace began dialing the first number that came to mind.

Law just looked, not really caring. It isn't a surprise. Yes, it's the first time they're not here, but they're probably causing some kind of trouble as always. "There's nothing to be worried about… Luffy's strong." He tried to comfort, not really good at these things. What was really intriguing him was the fact that Eustass isn't at the other side of town.

After finding out that Luffy and the others got on the wrong train to town, explaining why they'll be arriving late, Nami stood up from her chair and began shouting, "How many years have you been living here you losers? How can you go on the wrong train!? Zoro's sense of direction is rubbing off onto you!" Law chuckled, and Ace began laughing. "And how many are you six? Didn't one of you think of checking the destination! I don't care what— "

"I thought Robin and Sanji were careful people?" said Law, confused.

"Robin and Sanji are busy today, so they're not with them," explained Ace. "Hey, Law. Don't you think it's weird that these guys are here? I go to the other side of town pretty often and I always see Kid and Killer there. I wonder why they suddenly decided to come here…" questioned Ace, sounding as intrigued of the two figures as he is.

Law leaned on the table, examining Kid and his friend gingerly. They looked like normal people conversing normally from the angle he's looking from, or maybe he's just looking from the wrong position as Ace stated from the other side of the table, "they're trouble."

"Or they just came here to taste our food," added Nami after she finished her conversation—more like scolding—with her friends. Ace just looked at her and shook his head. "What do you mean? Not everybody that goes to the other side of town is 'planning something' like Buggy and Crocodile, for example. You go. Sometimes Zoro and Brook go— "

"Yeah, but that's different. I go, Zoro goes, and Brook go. But we come here as often as well. Have you ever seen Buggy and Crocodile come here as often as they go there? No."

Nami scowled at that point. "But, still! Crocodile and Buggy are in their thirties. These guys are the same age as us. No way are they as evil as them."

"Remember Rob Lucci?"

"Rob Lucci's about to enter his thirties, he's different."

Ace just rolled his eyes.

"And, anyways! Shanks goes there more than he does here. Is he evil? No!"

"Well, but you forgot— "

Law started chocking on his own spit. "What the fuck, Penguin?" Ace and Nami stopped bickering and looked at the source of Law's wide eyes. Who happens to be none other than Penguin who just seconds ago sat at Kid and Killer's table, sharing what to be interpreted as friendly gestures and tone, and they seem to share it back—well, mostly just Killer, while Kid's friendliest gesture was just not glaring.

Nami looked at Ace and smiled triumphantly. "I was right. They're not here to fight but to spread love."

Law massaged his forehead slowly, blocking out Nami and Ace's bickering. Wait, what the hell was happening? Penguin? Who is one of the sweetest people out there is nonchalantly chitchatting with the not so sweetest bunch in university?

"Wait, I don't get it…" said Law in defeat.

Nami smiled and patted Law's back. "Ah, I know it must be hard on you knowing Penguin didn't tell you about his new boyfriend."

"Future boyfriend, you mean." Ace clarified, wanting to trump in something. "Look at them, their seats are far away from each other, exchanging shy eye contact, talking in a quiet 'cute' voice. But their eyes say it all."

Nami began to snicker. "Look at Eustass. He looks so disgusted."

Ace snickered along. "Yeah, it's as if he was dragged here."

At that comment, everything clicked in Law's mind. Why Eustass tried hard not to hit him and how he frequently looked back at his friend for approval. He guessed he came here to support his friend. Not to mention that he knew from a while back that Killer was in Penguin's class this semester given that whenever he picked Penguin up for their break he would see Kid's friend nearby. So they became close over this semester?

Of course somehow Killer found out that Penguin worked here so he planned to hang out here to get closer, and so he brought Kid so it doesn't look like he was waiting for him. That didn't really bother him. Penguin and Killer can do what they want. He didn't care. "But why didn't he tell me?" Law couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Because he doesn't know he likes him himself—uh sorry, Usopp calling." Nami answered her phone on the third ring. "Yeah? What! So you went on that train on purpose? Yeah. Fine. Brown hair, blue eyes—what!? Now? Okay, okay!" Nami shut her phone abruptly and ran to the café's exit. Ace and Law looked at each other apprehensively and followed their friend outside.

"What did they do this time?" Law asked as they caught up to Nami.

"They told me to wait outside the café's door, and that you'd see a man with brown hair and blue eyes wearing a red shirt, and that once you see him punch him in the face and don't let him leave your sight." Law and Ace nodded in unison. They weren't surprised. Their group always did weird unquestionable things. "Usopp says that chopper says that this guy is planning something because when he was hospitalized, Chopper was taking care of him, and there was these group of guys who visited his patient and Chopper heard them planning on doing something dangerous next to our café today."

"And how is going to the wrong train part of their plan?" said Ace.

"The guy they're following was next to them. They didn't want to look like they were following him so they said they were on the wrong train, and that's why they'll be arriving late or something. Uh, I don't get them. I don't know why I joined their group in the first place."

Ace laughed as he knew the answer. "Don't lie! You love the adrenaline rush my brother's adventures give you."

"But why aren't they stopping the guy themselves? If they were following him?" Law asked, the whole thing sounding suspicious to him, and stupid like all the other random adventures the straw-hats get themselves into.

"Because they didn't notice him exiting the train, and because of that now they're stuck in the train waiting for their next stop. So they'll arrive in an hour back here."

Law face palmed at that revelation. Nothing to be less expected from the straw-hat group, but what was highly unexpected was the guy with the red shirt to appear so soon, running towards them as if his life depended on it, following an unpredicted trio of Penguin, Kid and Killer exiting the café.

Penguin, being the first to exit the building was in the middle of the road, turning to Law to greet him, but the blue eyed guy didn't anticipate his sudden presence and hastily pushed Penguin harshly onto the floor.

"Out of my way!"

At that action, Killer was visibly agitated and with no second to lose ran after Nami's target, demanding an apology. Running up to strawhat's guy, he grabbed his shoulder and spun him their way so they could get a clear view of his exhausted face. "Apologize, now!"

The guy spat at Killer. "I don't have time for you and your damn requests!"

"He annoys me." After Law ran to Penguin to check on him, he heard Kid comment sternly. He saw the red haired walk angrily toward Killer and the stranger who were now getting quite physical. He could literally feel Kid's intense steps from where he and Penguin were lying on the road.

Just as Ace and Nami wanted to interrupt the two fighting men, strawhat's target brutally punched Killer in the face, forcing Killer to move five steps to the back from the force of the attack.

"You piece of shit." Kid immediately came and grabbed the man effortlessly from his red collar and raised him a few inches above the ground. The man looked terrified by Kid's strength but also agitated with the whole situation.

"It's okay. I can deal with him." Killer tried to reason before Kid could beat the shit out of the random man, but the man decided to do the stupidest possible action, and spit again, but this time at Kid's face.

Rest in peace. Nami immediately thought at the sudden progression.

Kid began laughing uncontrollably at that man's unexpected bold action before slamming him into the nearest wall and started using him as a punching bag, but before he could inflict pain onto the man with his fourth punch, Ace gripped his hand.

"Don't overdo it. He's nearly unconscious and hurt, that's what you want, right?" Kid looked up at Ace, his expression showing that he was clearly annoyed at the interruption and pulled his hand away. "Leave before the police comes. Or you'll be in trouble."

"We'll tell the police what he and his friend were planning if they come." Nami said.

"Yeah, we'll tell them we were trying to stop their dangerous plan, but still we shouldn't kill him." Ace explained. Nami nodded in understanding.

Law looked at Kid cautiously. He seemed to have listened to Ace's reasoning, in view of the fact that he just kicked the man once before leaving him. "Law." Law turned his attention to his friend. "Sorry to ask this of you but can you help Killer with his injury? It's kind of my fault and my right arm hurts a little whenever I move it so I can't really help."

Law smiled. If this will let Penguin open up to him more, then he'll do it. "Of course." Law helped Penguin up on his feet before walking to a bloody faced Killer trying to calm down an irritated red head. They both stopped midway through their sentences as they noticed Law's figure coming towards them. Killer glanced at Law and tried to smile amiably, which Law figured he's doing to all Penguins' friends to win their approval.

Well, at least he's trying. Law remarked as he noticed Kid suspiciously eyeing him. "I'm a medical school student. Let me look at your injuries."

"No, it's okay. Thank you." Killer said.

"But Penguin insisted." That did the trick.

After a few seconds of silence Killer gave in and followed Law into the café where he kept his first aid kit. Following them were a very aggravated Kid, a timid Penguin, an annoyed Nami at her relatively late friends and a tired Ace, seeing as he was the unfortunate person who had to carry the man's body into the café. A few costumers turned their heads warily towards the wounded body, but nobody inquired about anything as this was a very ordinary occurrence in this part of the city, especially this café.

After tending to Killer's injury, Law saw that Ace had fallen asleep on the floor without a warning even though Nami had just began noisily interrogating the man about their plan once he woke up, evidently to his displeasure.

"We're here!" Luffy announced after he walked in with the rest of the group, excluding Sanji and Robin. "Whoa, what happened here. So many injured people. Ah, you had so much fun without us~"

"This doesn't look like fun! Everybody's hurt!" Chopper commented restlessly at the sight of the injuries.

"You should have waited." Zoro commented disappointedly as he smelled the scent of blood.

Nami looked at them with a quite annoyed expression. "Does this look fun to you! And plus we didn't have any fun, this guy—" Nami pointed at their target, then to Killer. "—punched this guy! Then this guy…" she pointed at Kid but didn't make any eye contact out of fear. "Nearly killed our guy."

"Hey, strawhat. They say you're strong." Kid stated randomly as he stood in front of Luffy.

"Yeah, I am." Luffy said, unfazed by Kid's chilling gaze.

"Good, let's fight sometime. Killer, let's go." Kid expressed before moving to the door behind Usopp who immediately made way for them.

"Wait, Mr. Eustass. I didn't clean your hand." Law said before Penguin's 'new friends' left. He didn't know why he suggested to treat Kid over such a little wound, maybe it was his doctor instinct talking. He didn't like his doctor side, he decided.

Kid was caught by surprise by that offer. He looked at his hands, then back up to the medical school student, who didn't really look that sincere when offering help. "Uh… I can just wash it when I get back home."

"Why wait until you get back home? You're here now let's just get it over with." Law didn't wait for Kid to agree before cleaning the small wound. The mechanical engineer just stood there waiting for Law to finish, his face full of frustration but red as well from embarrassment at his injury. He's Eustass Kid. He shouldn't have injured himself over a stupid fight.

"I heard that you are a strong opponent, too." Kid commented as the strawhat group began to interrogate the man again fruitlessly. "You never lost to anyone."

Law tried to hide his emerging smile. This tough man's idea of small talk was always about fighting. "Yeah, I usually win given that all my enemies were former patients whom I've poisoned so that they cannot defeat me later on during battle."

Kid started a coughing fit. "He's joking! His sense of humor is kind of strange. Ahahaha…" Penguin began defending his friend when Killer started looking questionably at him after that peculiar comment.

"There you go. I'm done." Law revealed after wrapping the bandage around Kid's knuckles. "And this is a cream for both of you. For the bruises." Law handed Killer the cream before standing up and stretching.

"Thank you. We'll be off, then. It was nice seeing you Penguin, even if what followed wasn't as nice." Killer said before waving and following Kid out of the door.

"So, I meant to tell you that…" Penguin turned to Law and started stuttering the information he was trying to hide for the past course before the door swung open again the moment it closed.

"Um…" Kid's face, which was as equally red as his hair appeared by the door's spot. "Thanks for this." He raised his injured knuckles and as soon as he came, he left.

"What kind of thank you was that?"

"You forced me to do it! So be thankful I listened to you and showed any form of gratitude."

Law and Penguin clearly heard the two friends bickering on their way out of the café, and Law couldn't help but chuckle, then turned to Penguin. "Your friends aren't bad. I kind of like them, and even if I didn't… You can love whoever you like, don't make me stand in your way."

Penguin looked at Law uncertainly. "B… But I don't love anyone! What do you mean?"

Law sighed. "Whatever you say."

Mr. Eustass and his friend should be coming here more often because of Penguin. Law thought. And just a few hours ago if I'd noticed the presence Mr. Eustass I would have hidden my presence so there wouldn't be any trouble, but now I'm kind of excited to meet him again. He seems fun to tease…

"Doflamingo's your boss?!" Usopp shouted as the guy finally revealed something about their plan. He started to sweat at that revelation and started pacing the room. "Shit… shit… we had to butt our noses into everything! We're doomed! I'm going to die… and all that college money I worked for will go in vain!"

"W… what are you planning?" Nami asked, blocking Usopp's words out. Even if they were partially true.

"I don't know… I was just told to go there to transport something that they'll be giving me!" The guy finally revealed, annoyed at the plethora of questions.

Penguin started shaking involuntarily, and whispered to Law. "D… Doflamingo will know that Kid and Killer were the reason the guy didn't f… finish his mission? And w… we walked with this guy in front of the whole café! Of… of course one of those people who saw us carrying that guy work for him… Law…" Penguin looked apprehensively at his friend, not wanting a confirmation at what he's thinking. "He… he won't hurt them, right? He won't know, right?"

"Penguin… I…" before Law could answer his friend, everybody turned to Luffy who was vigorously picking his nose, trying to get that one annoying booger at the back of his nose.

"So, like… who's this Doffy dude?" Nami and Usopp took this opportunity to jump at Luffy and strangle him, because not only was he the one who had this crazy idea to follow this dude and stop him without familiarizing themselves with the whole situation, he didn't even understand the drastic situation they're now in against the biggest businessman and the most dangerous man in the city… and as the room became more chaotic by the second, Ace went into a deeper and most comfortable sleep.

I don't own One Piece. All characters belong to Eiichiro Oda.

A/N: Do you want a continuation? :D