Lucas ran a hand through his golden hair, sighing for the 100th time. When would father let him rest?
Lucas had been at the books since breakfast, and now it was almost lunch. No one had come to get him, and he knew not to leave. That meant disobeying an order.
He focused back on the material. Forest green orbs scanning the over the words and images.
Sure, he loved to read and learn. He especially liked this course he was working on. But going at it for hours without break was suffocating.
He didn't know why his father made him study so long and on the same thing. Why not maths, literature, sciences, or even on arts and politics. Why medical?
He always wanted to be a doctor, even in the other world. He would go to medical camps, even as a child. When he got into high school he took many science classes as possible and worked hard to excel.
It's a shame he didn't finish high school.
But now he was going over the same material he already knew, over and over again. His father always wondered why he did so well in all his classes, but Lucas would never tell. So the people dubbed him a 'child prodigy'.
If only they knew.
Lucas was snapped out of his musings when he heard shattering of glass and a shriek that followed.
He glanced at the door and back to his books, then to the door again.
"Orders be damned."
I sat upright, immediately regretted it the movement. My head pounded, my vision blotched, and my breathing was labored and heavy. It took several minutes to regain my bearings.
'That dream again.' I thought. 'How many times will I have to relive that event?' I wiped the sweat from my forehead with a grimace.
I glanced around the room then and was surprised to find that the three brothers were in the same room as me. Sleeping... in the same room.
They were all tangled together, Sabo in the middle with Luffy latched onto his arm. Ace's arm draped over Sabo's waist and his leg wrapped with Sabo's.
The display of such raw intimacy surprised me, but I couldn't keep a grin off my face and cooed at the scene.
They were just too cute.
Tearing my eyes from the sight, I examined my surroundings more closely. We were at Dadan's, that was for sure. I assumed that the boys had dragged me back here for some much needed medical attention.
I was wrapped in bandages, but I didn't feel anything wet so I wasn't bleeding again.
Speaking of which, I wondered how bad the world really be. Sure, I had plenty of medical knowledge but if I couldn't see the damage then I couldn't assess anything.
I knew one thing for sure, I was really sore.
None of this would have happened if I had my weapon.
'Oh, right. Lily...'
My chest tightened. "Just how long have I been asleep?" I muttered.
Slowly, I moved the blankets I had on me and stood on shaky legs. I managed to make my way to the door but it opened before I could touch the nob.
Dadan stood there a bowl in her hand, she noticed me she scowled. "You're not supposed to be out of bed."
Ignoring her statement I asked. "How long have I been out?"
She raised an eyebrow. "Three hours." she shoved a bowl into my hands, and I stared at the broth. "It's soup, now eat up. You were a hassle to fix up." she left the room.
"Thank you!" I shouted as she left.
"Damn brat." I could hear her mumble.
I took a spoonful of the soup. "It's bland," I muttered, taking another. "But it's good."
My cheeks became wet and I wiped at them. 'Because it was made for me' I thought to myself and I continued to eat, ignoring my tears.
"Are you– are you crying?" Ace's voice sounded behind me and I whipped my head to look at him. His eyes wide as he stared at me.
"Shut up," I mumbled as I turned my back away from him and continued eating between sobs.
"Are you crying because of of-of soup?" He asked like he couldn't comprehend that I was crying.
I said nothing as I finished up my bowl and set it down. I then curled up into a ball despite the pain protesting my every move. "Just ignore me... it's stupid."
"I hate crybabies." He told me.
"Is that your way of comforting me?" I was starting to get annoyed.
Ace was a silent then...
"Why are you–" he was cut off by a yawn, followed by a gasp.
"Ace, what did you do!?" Sabo exclaimed when he saw me curled up in a fetal position and sobbing.
"Nothing! He was crying when I woke up!" He defended, standing up.
"Uh-huh." Sabo hummed disbelievingly.
I finally controlled my sobs and wiped the remainder of my tears. "He's not lying."
Sabo turned to me with concerned eyes. "Why were you crying? Are you in pain?" His eyes fell to my shoulder.
I huffed. "No... I was just happy..." I explained, which seemed to confuse them further.
Honestly, I was glad Luffy was still snoring away. It would be really hard to explain anything with him around.
"You were crying because you were happy?" Sabo repeated and I nodded.
"Over soup?"
I glared at Ace. "Shut up, I told you it was stupid." I snapped.
Ace blinked in surprise. "It's not my fault your a crybaby." He huffed, crossing his arms and pointedly looked away.
"Ace," Sabo warned.
"What?" His face practically said 'he started it'.
I ignored them in favor of regaining my composure. "Sorry, Ace..." I apologized with a small bow, causing both brothers to turn to me in surprise. "I shouldn't have snapped. I should be thanking you, after all, you saved me back there." I lifted my head to meet his gaze, with thankful eyes.
The two older brothers stood, frozen on the spot. Sabo was the first to recover and started chuckling, which turned into full-blown laughing.
"He's thanking Ace!" He spoke between sneakers. "That's a first."
Ace blushed furiously and glared at Sabo angerly. "Shut up! I have been thanked before!"
"Name someone besides me, Luffy, or Makino."
Ace's face got redder and redder. "S-shut up!"
"I'm hungry, Ace!" Luffy, who I had not notice wake up, launched himself onto Ace and wrapped his arms several times around his brother. "Meat!"
Ace tried desperately to get out of Luffy's rubbery embrace and was luckily (for him) saved when the straw-hatted boy, unfortunately, spotted me.
"Lucas! You're awake!" He then untangled himself from Ace and launched himself to me, pushing me to the ground.
In the last-minute effort to save myself from more pain, I twisted myself to land on my left shoulder. It hurt like hell still, but at least I save myself from opening up the wound.
I groaned. "Luffy... get off, I'm injured."
Luffy's eyes flew wide in recognition and he untangled himself from me. "Oops! I'm sorry Lucas!"
'He actually called me by my name.' I pondered the reason why. 'was it because I saved him?' I wondered.
"It's fine." I slowly sat up.
Luffy frowned. "But you got hurt because of me." He mumbled, biting his lip.
"Hey, don't worry about it," I ruffled his hair, but didn't touch his straw hat that hung around his neck. I wanted to put it on his bead, I doubted he would like that too much... it was his treasure after all. "Besides, I'm older so it's my job to protect you."
Luffy looked at me in confusion. "I thought I was older."
"What?" I asked, surprised. "You thought you were older?"
Luffy nodded his head. "Yeah!"
"Your not," I told him and he seemed surprised.
"What! Really?"
I nodded.
"Speaking of which, how old are you?" Sabo inquired.
"I'm 9..."
"See! I told you that he was younger than us!" Ace smirked at Sabo, who glared.
"Did you think I was older?" I asked the blonde, who rubbed his head sheepishly.
"Yeah, you just seemed so mature and knew so much, so I thought you were older than us." He explained.
"I see..."
"Aww- so you really are older than me," Luffy whined, disappointed.
"How did you even think that?" Honestly, I definitely looked older than Luffy.
Sabo started laughing, so hard that he doubled over. Luffy pouted before he couldn't contain his own giggles. Ace tried to hide his smile but failed and succumbed to his own amusement.
I shook my head, grinning and chuckling lightly.
I was glad to have met these brothers.
Hello readers! Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Honestly, this is such a short one but I really liked where it ended. I hope I got everyone's character correct, I didn't really know how Ace should have acted but I feel like that scene was much needed. Maybe he will not be so mean to Lucas anymore? I hope so!
Did you like the dream scene? I plan on doing more, and it's in 3rd person, but still in Lucas's perspective. I actually planned on writing this story in 3rd person, but it just didn't work out how I wanted it too. So here we go! A compromise!
Edit- I forgot to write the reviews! Omg I'm so sorry.
Edit #2- Some comments from way back only showed up today. I'm sorry, I'll have to reply here! My dad fannally got the wifi up again!
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alphaprs987- I'm glad you love my story! I hope your notifications work in the future.
Fundanshi Daikeru- Omg, so sorry for not replying. I only now got your comment, but things shouldnt be a problem anymore. Thanks so much for the advise, I really need it and it helps a lot. I've tried to develop my character in these last 2 chapters, and we will see more in the very near future. The sword will hopefully be more discriptive in the future, along with plenty of other stuff. Thanks again :D