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EDITED Hopeless Romantics: Chapter 1
Law was twenty-six years old, on his final year of formal classes before he would be able to enter the operation room as a surgeon. He was having a terrible morning since his alarm didn't wake him up when it was supposed to. He couldn't fall asleep the night before as he was stressing about the first day beginning the next day, but finally managed to pass out after five in the morning. His first class was at nine, he somehow didn't get woken up from his alarm clock and was running late. The line at the campus coffee shop was too long and he didn't have time to wait before his class would be starting, so he reluctantly began to make his way to his first class.
Luffy was getting her coffee from her friend Nami, who worked at the campus coffee shop as a barista. She turned in the direction of her next class, spotting a tall man wearing a yellow hoodie, white hat, and a frown on his tired-looking face. Without a second thought she bounded over to him, "Excuse me?" She waited for him to look at her before she grinned at him, "Would you like my coffee? You look like you might need it more than I do, shishishishi," Luffy giggled and held her cup up, offering it to the stranger who looked at her like she had two heads. "Seriously, take it! I only got one to talk with Nami before class," she said as she gestured to her orange-haired friend behind the counter.
He took the cup since the girl was practically begging for Law to take her coffee. "Thanks," he muttered before taking a drink of hot black coffee. "You drink your coffee black?"
"Shishishishi, yeah, Nami doesn't know how I can stand the taste. I grew up drinking it though, so I'm used to it," she smiled at him as he took another sip before glancing at her wristwatch, "Sorry, I gotta get to class! Enjoy the coffee!"
Who was that? Were the only thoughts Law had as he watched the small girl bound off in the direction he just came. She was about five feet tall, wore a red tank and jean shorts, Law also noticeded she wore a straw hat on a string around her neck. Her jet-black hair was short and tied off to both sides in small braids. What Law couldn't quite get over was her smile, so big and bright, it reminded him of the sun. But before he was even able to comprehend what happened, she was gone and it took a few moments for Law to remember he also had to get to class.
Thankfully, it was the first day of classes so the professor only went over the syllabus. Law couldn't pay any attention to what was being said, and he knew it wouldn't matter anyway since everything was being read off the sheet handed out to the class. His mind was still on the girl who had given him her coffee. He had never seen her before, he was sure of it, she looked rather young and innocent so he figured she was a freshman.
After going to his second class, where they yet again went over the syllabus, it was lunchtime and Law was starving. He had to admit the girl that drank her coffee black, who shined so bright when she had smiled at him, managed to significantly brighten his day. It was weird, Law even found himself smirking as he recalled the brief encounter.
"Well, well, well, boys we have to write this down on the calendar! Law doesn't look like he is about to murder somebody for once!" The table he was sitting at erupted into laughter after his friend Shachi shouted loud enough for the people around them to turn their heads.
Law was in too good a mood to make a comment, but then Penguin added, "He must have gotten laid, but man it must've been outta' this world to get his face to look like that," he gestured to Law's face while the two continued to laugh.
When Law finally turned to his friends to give them his signature death glare, he saw her. The girl who gave him her coffee before his first class was at a large table with some people Law didn't recognize, as well as a few he did. The two men in master's programs, Franky and Brook, as well as some juniors, Zoro and Sanji. There were two other younger boys and two other girls with her. One boy had a long nose and dark hair while the other had light brown hair and blue eyes as well as a very childish look to him. There was a girl with long orange-colored hair while the other had long raven locks.
Luffy was stuffing her face with food faster than most people would consider possible. She was starving, only having time to eat once earlier for breakfast but that was over three hours ago! Her friends were staring at her, still shocked at how despite her small size, she was somehow able to eat so much food.
As Luffy continued to eat her lunch, Nami began to elbow Robin in the ribs, getting her attention, she whispered, "Do you see that guy over there," pointing in the direction of Law and his friends, "white hat, yellow hoodie, tan?"
Robin's eyebrows lifted when she saw the man her friend was referring to, "You mean tall, dark, and handsome? What about him?"
Nami gave her friend a wicked grin, "He was just looking over here, which means he might be interested in one of us!"
Robin giggled, Nami was always flirting with handsome men. Robin knew she just liked to flirt with them to get them to do her bidding. Robin had to admit that the man Nami pointed out was indeed handsome and she was very interested to find out who he had been eyeing up at their table.
Law had just finished telling Shachi and Penguin they were idiots and had no idea what they were talking about. He looked back at the girl's table and saw the other two girls at the table were clearly checking him out. When he looked to the small girl he noticed how she was stuffing her face full of food, grabbing anything in front of her and shoving it into her mouth. The sight of it made Law's jaw drop open, but he quickly regained his composure.
Before he realized what he was doing, Law was standing next to the girl's table. When he cleared his throat, all eyes were on him.
"Hey, you're coffee guy! Did you come to eat lunch with us?" The girl asked, her voice sounding angelic and cheerful.
Law held back a blush at her suggestion, shaking his head before announcing, "I'm Trafalgar Law, I just wanted to introduce myself since I didn't get the chance to earlier."
"Wooow! What a weird name! Tra…Traf…Traffl…I'll call you Traffy, okay?!" She smiled wide, her eyes shining and she took another bite of meat and gestured to the others at the table, "So Traffy, meet my crew!"
Law stood with his eyes wide in amusement. What's with this girl? She's trying to introduce me to her friends, but she still hasn't told me what her name is.
"Oi, Luffy! You didn't even introduce yourself!" The boy with the long nose shouted, "I'm Usopp, by the way." He gave a small wave.
"Oops! Shishishishi, I forgot to say my own name! I'm Monkey D. Luffy," she stuck out her now empty hand to Law for him to shake. When he reached out and touched her hand he felt electricity run between them and he swore he saw in her eyes that she had felt it too. She looked away from his eyes and down to his hand, her eyes growing wide, "Woah, I like your tattoos! 'DEATH'? But why would you want your hands to say 'DEATH'? I think they should say 'LAUGH' or 'SMILE'! Shishishishi!"
This girl is certainly unique. Law thought her suggestions were more fitting for her personality than his own. "I've got more than just the ones on my hands," Law watched as Luffy's eyes lit up, "Perhaps I could show you them sometime?"
Suddenly, one of the men at the table had cleared their throat, when Law turned to the sound, nearly everyone was staring daggers at him and Luffy's interaction. The only one who didn't look pissed off or confused was the young brown-haired boy who was smiling, obliviously. Sanji was the one to speak up, "Law, don't talk to Luffy-chan like that! She doesn't know what you mean! She is a pure, innocent, girl and her brothers will kill us if we let anything happen to her!" Sanji was standing up now and everyone was just looking seriously at Law, who was slightly puzzled by their behavior.
"Relax, Sanji! Ace and Sabo have nothing to worry about, Traffy and I are going to become good friends!" Now everyone's attention had turned to the small girl as she grinned, happy with herself.
Law wasn't sure what to do, but decided to go with it, "Yeah, Luffy-ya, whatever you want," Law wasn't one to make friends with girls, but Luffy was just too irresistible, he found himself being drawn to her as she smiled at him. Now that he had met her, the girl who consumed his thoughts all morning—and apparently befriended her as well—Law boldly suggested, "Hey Luffy-ya, let's exchange numbers so we can meet up sometime." He smirked at her as he watched her quickly think it over. Law couldn't help but think she looked adorable when she made that face, her lips pursed with a finger resting on them as she furrowed her eyebrows and squinted her eyes at him.
"Okay! Give me your phone, Traffy!" She held out her hand expectantly as Law dug into his pocket, pulling out his phone and unlocking it for her before opening his app to add a new contact. He watched as she added her information to his phone and was expecting her to hand it back, but instead she began to take a selfie. When she handed it back to him, he saw she had added a photo for her contact where she was sticking her tongue out and flashing a peace-sign. He sent her a quick text of his name, "I'm just putting you in as 'Traffy', okay?"
He blushed as she continued to call him that silly nickname, "You can just call me 'Law', Luffy-ya."
"Shishishishi, I like Traffy better, so that's what I'm going to call you." She smiled at him, not giving him a chance to protest and quickly took a picture of him as he stood there, blushing at her. "Now I have a picture for your contact!"
Law rolled his eyes and turned to wave at her friends at the table before walking back to his own.
As he sat down he couldn't help but notice the shocked looks on Shachi and Penguin's faces. "What the hell was that?!" Shachi was the first to burst, "Did you just get that girl's number? Law, you never ask for girls' numbers. They just hand them to you. Do you know her? What about her cute friends? I haven't seen them around before, are they single? Do you think—ungh!" Law had punched him in his side, getting tired of his nosey questions.
Instead of answering his friend's questions, Law just stated, "Her name is Luffy-ya, and we are friends so she put her number in my phone."
Now Penguin was the one to speak, "Wait, did you just say you two are friends?" He was looking at him quizzically as if he hadn't heard him correctly.
Before Law could even say anything, Shachi chimed in, "That's what he said! Besides, that chick wouldn't be interested in him, she looks too innocent."
Law just ignored their conversation and began to think about the situation he found himself in. This morning the cutest girl he had ever seen offered him her coffee, since then he couldn't get her out of his mind—everything about her was mesmerizing to him and he wanted to get to know her better. Her smile was what really made his heart race though, and he couldn't help but wonder if he just imagined the electricity he felt when they touched, or if she felt it too. However, no matter how much he didn't want Shachi to be right, he had to admit that Luffy looked too innocent to know anything about relationships. Law also recalled how she said they were friends which made him think anything more was indeed something she was uninterested in.
As if nothing strange had just happened, Luffy continued to eat the last of her food as her friends were simmering with several emotions after Trafalgar Law walked away from their table.
Nami shouted while waving her arms, "OH. MY. GOD. Luffy-you-are-so-lucky-he-is-so-hot! Icannotbelievehecameoverherejusttogetyournumber!" She made a high-pitched squeal causing most of the men at the table to flinch at the sound. Even though she was hoping he was coming to talk to her, she couldn't help but notice the charged looks the two had given each other.
Robin began to giggle next to her orange-haired friend as she listened while Nami not-so-silently freaked out about how hot the guy was. Although, she definitely agreed with her that the man was absolutely gorgeous. His voice was smooth and low, Robin could tell the man was intelligent and she secretly wished she was the one he had been interested in. After seeing the way Law had looked at Luffy, she could clearly see he wasn't there for anyone but her, though.
Zoro flinched as Nami squealed in delight, he rolled his eyes and thought back to the way Robin had looked when that damned Trafalgar Law had walked up to the table. He wasn't that big of an idiot, he knew the woman had a look of lust in her eyes. Back in high school he had always had a crush on Robin, but never had the nerve to do anything about it. After seeing her again after two years apart he couldn't seem to take his eyes off her while in her presence. She was nineteen, two years younger than him and in the years apart, her body had become even more delectable. The pale blue button-up shirt she wore was bursting open, Zoro noticed he could even see the white lace bra she had on underneath. Seeing her look at Law like that only made him dislike the guy even more than he already had. Although, he seemed to be interested in Luffy, he knew this could still end up being a problem. He groaned as he thought of the headache he'd have of explaining this to the girl's brothers.
Usopp wasn't quite sure what to do about what had just happened. He could tell the guy Law was checking out Luffy, and that immediately made him worry about Ace and Sabo. They were surely going to find out and be pissed, he didn't care if Luffy said it would be fine. Luffy was oblivious to that type of stuff and her brothers had tasked the other guys to watch out for any guys hitting on their little sister. He gulped and shuttered at the thought of what they might do to them when they found out they let Luffy give a guy her number.
Franky and Brook were well aware of the guy's reputation. Trafalgar Law was known for being quite the ladies' man—although, he was never known to approach them. They looked at each other with puzzled, knowing faces—as if they knew what the other was thinking without needing to speak a word.
Chopper was so excited! He had heard about Trafalgar Law, they both were studying medicine. Even though he was a freshman, Chopper had heard about how talented and intelligent the guy was. The next time he saw him he would have to ask him about his studies. Even though he was only seventeen, Chopper had been accepted into college and was already ahead of some of his classmates in medical experience. He wanted to ask Law about what made him choose to study medicine.
Sanji wanted a cigarette and cursed the fact there was no smoking indoors, or on campus for that matter. He did admit it would make it easier to quit, but instead he usually would light up as soon as he was far enough away from the campus on his walk home. As he fidgeted at the table, hand mimicking holding a cigarette, he looked up and his eyes went directly to Nami. He took in a sharp breath, he hadn't seen her in two years—not since he was the age she was now. His memory did not do her justice, her older, nineteen-year-old body was more developed and she was truly a goddess. When he noticed Trafalgar Law standing at their table he was surprised to say the least, but when Sanji had seen the way Nami was looking at the guy, he wanted to kick the asshole. Sanji had a weakness for beautiful women and he often flirted and acted like a fool back in high school, but after he left for college and finally got laid he didn't act like such a damn idiot. He scoffed at the memory of how he would do act, especially with Nami. Sanji wasn't sure how long it would take, but he was going to make Nami look at him like that. He thanked his lucky stars Law had only talked with Luffy, however that was a completely different problem altogether.
As if on cue, Ace and Sabo came to the table, looking pissed as hell. They definitely had seen what just happened, but before either of them could get a single word in Luffy stood and placed her hands on her hips with a scowl on her face. "Before you two say anything," she held her hand up as if expecting them to speak up, when they didn't she continued, "Traffy and I are friends and you can't tell me who I can and can't be friends with!" She stuck out her tongue, placed the straw hat that was hanging from the string around her onto her head, then grinned at her two older brothers, adding, "Besides I am nineteen now, you can't keep me away from guys forever."
Everyone's eyes shot straight to the girl in the straw hat as she grinned ear to ear, her dark eyes shining with a devilish glint in them. They all had the same thing on their minds: Did Luffy actually think Law was cute?!
AN: Hello, to anyone who reaches the end! Thanks for reading, there are more chapters coming soon, just need to proofread. This is my first fanfic I've decided to publish, please let me know what you think!