Disclaimers : One Piece is not my idea.

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Chapter. 4

What the hell? Ririth went up to the deck to clear her mind, close encounters with that guy made her head spin.

"Ugh, I hate him." And where is the deck anyway? It doesn't seem so far when Law lead her to the infirmary before.

"Hate who?" A voice behind her asked. The owner has to duck ungracefully to avoid a well placed hit to the nose. "Whoa! Slow down. It's me!"

She looked at the person and recognized him as Penguin, a crewmate. "Don't sneak up on me like that!" He has quite the reflexes to be able to avoid her.

"Yeah, sure." He grumbled to himself rubbing his barely-escaped-death nose. "Anyway, who did you hate?" He was quick to rebound.

"No one." She replied flatly and turned on her heels. "Aw, come on you can tell me." He kept on following and trying to persuade her into telling him. She did not of course. How is she gonna say it anyway? 'Hey, I hate you captain because he has a bigger ass than his face.' No way.

"What are you doing?" An amused, way too familiar voice met her ears making her groan. "Penguin, go do your job." He ushered the childish boy away.

"Nothing." She turned away and stomped to the opposite direction of which Law stood. And there it is, her shining prince in white horse, Bepo.

"Hello!" She greeted him and hugged the cute bear. Warm, fluffy, cute, cute, cute, very cute. She leaned on the wall scratching Bepo's ears, his head on her chest. Any man who dared to do that to her, will probably end up dead, except for Bepo.

Law was walking down the corridor when he saw an adorably revolting sight. Bepo leaning on his newest crewmate, her scratching his ears and his face showed pleasure with his feet slightly kicking.

"Why did you always keep my men from doing their works?" He knew his mocking tone will send her off edge. He did it anyway.

"Ugh! It's you again." She squinted her clear green eyes at him and released Bepo, continuing her walk. She is avoiding him for an undecided time. Which she hoped could be forever, but she knew it's impossible. He is the captain and they're stuck in a submarine. Best she can do is stay away as far as possible from him.

Bepo sit up straight staring at the direction where their only female crewmember has stormed off. His heart seemed to lift when he remembered her words. No one had said that about him.

"I really like her, Captain." Law laughed, "So do I." He then proceeded to go to the way she had gone to just now. He is really glad he picked someone like her on that bar. At least, life won't be boring anymore in this submarine.

She is determined to avoid Law until she heard his voice from behind her, "Do you even know where you're going, Miss Ririth?" He chuckled. Ignore him, Riri. Ignore him. Deep breath. She inhaled deeply and continued walking. He followed her without even faltering a step. She took another turn, trying to shake him off. Failed. She is in complete disadvantage. He knew his way around, she doesn't. And also her amazing sense of direction didn't help either! That reminds her … where is she now? She halted her steps and looked around, nothing she can recognize. His footsteps halted behind her, "Need some help?" He laughed.

She pondered a bit, weighing her options. Well, she can just continue walking like nothing had happened and risk herself getting lost in God knows where and miss dinner, or she can turn around and admit to Law, giving him a chance to mock her very being again. Tough choices. But the grumble of her stomach reminded her that the only thing she had since yesterday is glasses of rum, which is definitely bad for health.

Screw pride. She wanted dinner. She spun around facing Law who was crossing his arms, smirking. She rolled her eyes and confessed softly.

"Yeah." Law laughed at her dejected face making her shot him a nasty glare. "Come, follow me." He closed the gap by seizing her arm, not in a vice grip like in the infirmary but rather a gentle hold, pulling her behind him as he made his way to the deck.

She blushed as the images flash in her mind but she quickly shut her eyes to prevent her imagination from going wild. His hand is still cold.

"Let go! I can walk on my own, you know." She spoke quite softly, not wanting him to mistake it as a command because she feared how he will react. She caught herself off guard at her own thought, fearing his reaction? Why? She used to be uncaring, ignorant, mocking too. Why does she fear Law's reaction now? Why does Law always made her feel unusual?

"Because as we both know, Miss Ririth," Law's voice broke her out her reverie, "That if I let go of you, you'll end up even more lost." He finished, half turning to give her a smirk. She growled but said nothing, and Law's smirk widened at her lack of response.

As they passed every hall of the sub, every person that saw them stops and stares for a while. Who wouldn't? Their captain is pulling their new and only female member. Now, that's an absolute Kodak moment. Where's a camera when you need one? Also the said female is blushing madly, to tell the truth, she looked kinda cute really.

"H-Hey. You can let go of my hand now, Law. I think I got it from here." She stuttered and tugged her hand lightly to get Law's attention. She had not been lying; she is familiar with this hallway so there's still a possibility of her getting to the deck safely. Law released her grip almost immediately, startling her. Riri didn't like the vibe he gave when he let go of her hand, like he was so eager to get rid of her; she didn't like it, not one bit. But she swallowed the rising uncomfortable feeling and grinned weakly at Law, then continued to walk on her own.

"Miss Ririth?" His voice made her turn her head around immediately. "Left." Was the only thing he spoke out, she responded with a confused look on her face. Law was grinning amusedly at her facial expression; he can practically see the gears turning in her head. Her face flashed a sign of recognition and quickly scrunched up in annoyance. She flashed him a dirty look and ran her way up to the deck.

Ah, life was indeed better with her around.