January 11/Monday/8:00 am

'I hope it rains today.'

Ah~, I had more than three hours of sleep unlike usual, so I'm feeling very refreshed today. I stretch my arms above my head as I sit up and then absentmindedly pat Chou Chou's head as the little dog remains sleeping on top of my bed's covers.

Deciding that I should probably go unlock the door before Luffy breaks it down—wouldn't want to have Franky come back so soon after he just fixed it—I tumble down the stairs, yawning widely. I unlock the café's door and look through the window to see a beautiful sunny morning. And someone staring back at me. It's Law.

I smile and wave, opening the door to lean against the frame.

"Hey there! Lovely morning," I say.

"Are you not open today?" he asks, his eyes darting down to take note of my pajamas quickly before looking back up.

"Nope," I tell him cheerfully, "But, if you'd like some coffee, feel free to come in."

He nods and I step away from the doorway to let him in.

"Do you make a habit of coming to your workplace in sleeping attire on off-days, May-ya?" he asks as he follows me into the café.

"Haha, I live upstairs, this café is my home. And since it's my lazy day, this is normal," I explain, picking at the hem of my pajama shorts and oversized DOSKO1 PANDA shirt before giving him a thumbs up, "Besides, DOSKO1 is comfy."

He sends me a deadpan stare.

"That has nothing to do with anything you just said."

I just smile and get the coffee started for him, and then go to the kitchen to put on some tea. When my tea is ready, I come back out and pour Law a cup and come sit by him around Quintin.

"How are things at the Thousand Sunny?" I ask him, enjoying the warmth of the mug in my hands.

"Better, now that I know what to expect. I've become very good at dodging knives."

I nod.

"Sounds about right."

"I see the café has been fixed, by the way."

"Oh, I thought you didn't notice that it was banged up," I laugh, taking a sip of tea.

"I noticed, I simply thought it wasn't my business to ask about it."

We chat a bit more until the door crashes open and Luffy bolts into the room, wearing a bright yellow rain coat despite the pleasant weather outside.

"May! Food!"

I set down my tea in the nick of time as Luffy jumps straight into my lap and hugs me.

"Morning, Lu," I ruffle his hair, "Sorry about yesterday, I'll never do it again."

"That's okay," he beams, "I forgive you, May. I'm sorry, too."

I stand up with Luffy clinging to me like the monkey he is and begin to make breakfast. Immediately, I'm overwhelmed with a flood of words from Luffy as he discusses what he's been up to.

"And Usopp told me that there was some weird guy at the café yesterday, May, and that you were sleeping with him," Luffy chatters away, probably not realizing what he said; I nearly drop my spoon in the sauce I'm stirring.

"No, Luffy, there was a hypnotist that came in, and he made us fall asleep. I guess he accidentally hypnotized himself, too."

"So, you were sleeping with a weird person!"

"Sure," I sigh; there's nothing I can say to get Luffy to understand why he shouldn't phrase it like that.

I bring out the plates of food, setting one down for Law as well, and Luffy jumps into a seat and begins to eat. Halfway through his meal, he finally seems to notice Law.

"Ah! When did you get here?"

"I've been here since before you, Mugiwara-ya."

"Hi, I'm Luffy!"

Law looks a little taken aback by the teenager suddenly in his face, but gives his name in return.

"Trafalgar Law."

"Trafal-guy? That's a cool name."

"No, Trafalgar."

"Torao?"

"Tra. Fal. Gar."

"To. Ra. O"

"Trafalgar."

"Traffy!"

Law's smile is twitching as if he's annoyed. Which he probably is. And very much so.

"Luffy, I need to go shopping today, do you want to help me?" I say quickly, before Law can attack my baby with his fork, something he looks like he would love nothing more than to do right now.

"Yosh! Let's go!"

He grabs my wrist and heads out the door.

"Wait, Luffy, I need to get dressed first!"

10:00 am

'I hope it rains today.'

After I got dressed and threw a raincoat on to match Luffy's and sent off Law to do whatever he does (and refusing to let him pay for coffee and breakfast on the basis that the cafe isn't open, so I can't accept money when it's not business hours), we went to Buggy's. Maybe I should have thought twice about bringing Luffy with me, because he and the large-nosed man don't get along too well. By the time we left the store, one of the walls had a very large, gaping hole in it and several light fixtures were broken. Don't ask how.

Anyway, the sun has remained persistently in the sky and the weather stubbornly clear and pleasant. That won't do at all for today! It needs to rain!

Well, maybe it's a good thing it's not raining right now, because we're carrying a lot of groceries back to my place. It'd be a shame if they got wet.

We get back to the café safely and I surprise Chou Chou with a new collar and leash. Now, we can go for walks! Which is exactly what I think we'll do right now. I wave to Luffy as he runs off down the street, probably to cause trouble somewhere, and head in the opposite direction to a park. It's a beautiful day. I glare up at the cloudless sky and shake my fist.

'Rain already, damnit!'

I settle down below a tree and pull out my book, letting Chou Chou wander around and sniff the area on his own. I trust him not to run off.

And look at that, he's running off, barking and chasing after something streaking across the ground. I stand and follow him to the base of a tree that he's barking up at. I peer into the branches and see that it's a cat. A very odd cat, too. Its fur is light blue and it has strange dark stripes that look like thorns or barb wire.

"Hello, kitty," I call up to it, "Are you lost? How about you come down from there?"

With a lot of coaxing, I manage to get the cat down from the tree and into my arms. He's very dirty, I'm pretty sure he's a feral cat, and he doesn't seem to be well fed. A similar state that Luffy found Chou Chou in.

It's not like I can just leave the poor thing alone. I nod; it's decided. I'm taking him home.

11:00 am

I might have made a mistake.

The cat I've brought home is fairly well-behaved, although I think he's peeved with me for giving him a bath. The problem is, he and Chou Chou don't get along. They've knocked over a few chairs, ripped up the curtains, and somehow caused several small fires to start in my home. I now need a new duvet because of one.

I asked Iceburg if he'd like to take in a cat, but he said that his pet mouse Tyrannosaurus would be in danger if he did. I asked around to some of my other friends, but I got similar answers; someone is allergic to cats, another can't have pets in their home, Marco just really dislikes cats for whatever reason, and so on.

I sigh. It looks like I'm going to have to take him to an animal shelter or something. I pick up the cat that's hissing down at Chou Chou from his perch on top of the counter and head off down Red Line. As I turn a corner, I bump into someone.

"Watch where you're going, bitch—oh, it's you."

Red is glaring down at me, but he's distracted by the cat that jumps out of my arms and straight at him.

"Wa-What the fuck?" he catches the cat and holds it away from him. I can hear it purring loudly.

"Hey, sorry about that Red," I say, reaching out for the cat, "I'm on my way to drop this guy off at a shelter."

However, the blue cat doesn't seem to want to leave Kidd and wriggles around, trying to get away from my hands.

"Oi, would you stop that and behave, you little shit?" Red growls lowly at the cat, who immediately stops squirming. I stare at the two in interest.

"Do you want him?" I ask.

"Huh?" Red blinks at me, tearing his eyes away from glowering at the cat in his hands.

"I think he likes you," I explain, "And it would be such a shame to send him to a shelter. Do you want a cat?"

Kidd looks thoughtful, still holding the cat but absentmindedly giving his ear a scratch.

"Maybe," he finally says, "We have a rodent problem at the shop, so it might be a good idea. What's his name?"

"I don't know, I only found him today."

Kidd stares the cat in the eye, who looks back.

"His name is Heat," he decides.

"Heat?" I ask, raising an eyebrow, "What kind of name is that?"

"Shut up, it's the first thing that came to mind."

"Well, thanks for taking him," I smile and look up at the sky, "I hope it rains today."

3:00 pm

Today has amazingly enough, been a lazy day for me. I've gotten to stay home and read, even take a nap, and I haven't had to be pulled away for any of my friend's mischief! It still hasn't rained, but hopefully it will by the end of the day.

I now sit on top of Quintin with a cup of tea and stare out the window, watching the going-ons of Red Line. There's never a boring day on this street. For the past couple hours, I've seen this blue-haired girl run back and forth, first with the man who came in yesterday, the one with nines painted on his cheeks. They were chasing Luffy, but then ran back the other direction, screaming, as a flood of water crashed down Red Line, accompanied by a large whale. A while later, once the water had drained from the streets and some workers from Whitebeard's zoo came and carted the whale off, the blue-haired girl came back, this time riding on a large duck. She accidentally got tripped by Robin who was passing by, but she quickly shook herself and continued running from the people that were chasing her. I saw the man that has hair styled like a three among the group of people. Huh. Anyway, then Luffy reappeared and defeated all of them, saving the girl, and Robin and I now watch while we sip tea and chat pleasantly about the weather.

I guess Luffy is helping Blue at this point, because when a tall man with a furry green coat and a hook for a hand steps up and seems to have an argument with her, Luffy wastes no time knocking him out and sending him flying with a punch.

That's my baby for you.

He spots me and Robin through the café window and waves happily, pulling the blue-haired girl to the café.

"May! Robin! This is Vivi, she's my friend as of today," Luffy announces.

"Hello," Robin nods.

"H-Hi there," the girl responds shyly.

I smile at her.

"Hello, I'm May. Lily E. May."

I look out the window as Luffy begins to explain the events that just happened and freeze. The sky is dark and there are small droplets on the windows.

"It's raining!"

I dash upstairs and grab my ugly yellow rain boots and coat, then sprint back down and burst through the door, Luffy not far behind.

"Woohoo! It's raining!" he yells, taking a running leap and landing in a puddle.

"What's so special about the rain?"

Vivi and Robin have followed us outside and I grin widely at the girl.

"It's Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day!"

6:00 pm

It's been a wonderful day. My friends and I have been running through the streets ever since it started raining, laughing and splashing each other. It's the lovely kind of rain, too, warm and gentle. I giggle and land in a puddle right next to Zoro, getting the green-haired man's pant leg soaked.

"Oi, get back here, May!'"

"Yohoho, I feel so alive!"

I shriek with laughter as Brook kicks water up at me, making Zoro mad that he didn't get there first.

"Cannonball!" Franky yells, landing in the puddle and getting all three of us wet.

"Usopp Special Water Cannon!" my long-nosed friend pulls out a strange device that has a funnel on top and is collecting rain water; he shoots it at Luffy, who laughs as he gets soaked.

"Usopp, you hit me!" Nami screams at him, "Now my hair is ruined."

Robin splashes Nami too, making her even more irate as the dark-haired woman laughs.

"Ah~, Robin-chan's laughter, I'm truly blessed today! Heaven smiles upon me," Sanji sighs with hearts in his eyes; Zoro kicks him so that he falls over into a puddle, "How dare you, you damn seaweed head!"

"Better pay attention when there's a battle going on, dartboard brow."

"Right, you asked for it!"

"This is such an excitable group," Vivi says, watching the two men fight each other with a slight smile.

"They're a bunch of idiots, that's what they are," Nami sighs in irritation.

I grin and step in a small puddle next to them, getting their feet wet.

"Ah! May, I'll get you for that!"

Laughing, I run away and promptly get tackled by Luffy into a large puddle.

What a good day for rain.

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