Chapter Two
I was immediately received with a hug, it was slightly uncomfortable with my broken wrist. Izo seemed confused as to why I wasn't hugging him back so he took a step back and finally noticed my arm in a sling.
"How did you get yourself hurt already?" He asked.
I avoided eye contact and pretended like I couldn't hear him over the sound of the rain. "Let's go inside where it's not raining." I suggested, better to forget falling down the stairs, even if it wasn't my fault.
"Sure." He agreed.
So, a little while later -after Izo had finally fixed his makeup- I was sitting on his bed, him still standing.
He began to babble on, asking how my arrival was.
"It was fine." I insisted soon, wanting to talk about something more interesting to me.
Izo nodded and changed the topic to the names of the division commanders, in case I ever needed anything. I caught Ace's name in the list, but wasn't very surprised.
"So what's it like? To be on a pirate crew, I mean." I asked, usually I was on my own, being here with so many other people felt a little strange.
Izo smiled a little, "It's way better than being by yourself, you have people you can depend on and protect." Like he read my mind.
I let out a small yawn soon, I honestly hadn't gotten much sleep last night because I arrived late and had to unpack all my junk. Also, Izo's constant chattering was slowly luring me into sleep.
My eyelids drooped when he began to talk even more and catch me up on everything he had been up to that he hadn't told me already.
*Sorry, Izo.* I thought as I lay back on the bed and yawned again, my eyes closing.
I ignored him as he tried to catch my attention again, and finally fell asleep.
I wasn't still awake then of course, but if you were nearby you could faintly hear the man mutter, "just as bad as Ace..."
I woke to the sound of knocking. I sat up and stretched, my clothes feeling stiff after probably drying our from the rain.
It took me a second to realize I was still in Izo's room and he wasn't hear, and someone was still urgently knocking on the door.
I unsuccessfully tried to come back my messy bed head while heading for the door and yanking it open.
"What." I yawned.
In front of me stood Ace, his hand still poised to knock. I stared at him for a second and he stared back before pain registered in my arm.
"Shit..." I cursed under my breath, I must've slept on it wrong.
Ace steppe back then, still confused. "I came to see Izo, but now seems to not be a good time...?" He asked.
I looked at him again, "No, sorry. I fell asleep earlier when he was talking to me and now my arm fricking hurts. I have no idea where he is now though." I responded quickly.
*I'm going to need to go back to the nurses for painkillers.* I thought to myself an saw Ace was looking at me expectantly. It took a minute for it to dawn on me he had asked something.
"What?" I asked.
"I said, we haven't properly met yet, in my mind you're still 'girl with broken arm'." Ace said.
*He's asking me to introduce myself?* I wondered.
"Actually it's my wrist that's broken, and my name is Dove. Izo was the one who invited me to the crew, with the permission of Whitebeard of course." Was my response.
Ace smiled and stuck out his hand, implying for me to shake it, so I did. "Nice to meet you, Dove."
A/N: Okay, first of all, I'm sorry it's so short, even after the long-ish wait. My only excuse is whenever I'm writing a story I get so excited and want to publish a chapter ASAP and it always comes out shorter than I mean it to. Secondly, I was drawing up a blank on ideas for the past few days and a bunch just suddenly came to me on the bus ride home from school, so I had to write them down before they dissapeared, or my Iphone died. (Yes I use my Iphones note app to write my stories, so if there are any weird words it was probably autocorrect) Lastly, tank you to the people who followed and the person who reviewed my story, I hope you enjoy the chapter!
