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EDITED Hopeless Romantics: Chapter 29

Law and Luffy talked to one another as they walked to their class, Law had gotten used to holding her hand whenever they went anywhere. It had started with Luffy always grabbing his hand, but Law quickly ended up doing it before she had a chance to. Normally, Law would've never done something like hold a girl's hand in public, or private for that matter, but Luffy was different. He didn't notice the way people stared at them as they walked by, staring at the normally menacing Trafalgar Law smiling and holding hands with a small girl in a straw hat.

"Traffy, why do people keep staring at us?" Luffy asked innocently.

"Are people staring?" Law looked around and caught the eyes of several people as he scanned the hallway. Most of them either looked confused or upset, Law just shrugged, "I hadn't noticed."

Luffy pouted at him, "Traffy, why are they staring?"

Her face began to turn red as Luffy became a little self-conscious of everyone's eyes being on them. Law chucked at her strange expression, "They are just surprised to see us together, I think."

She tilted her head to the side, "Huh? Why does it matter if we are together?"

He shrugged, "I dunno, Luffy-ya, people like to gossip—I'm sure it's surprising for people to see me with a girlfriend. I've never really been in a real relationship…"

Luffy felt her stomach performing summersaults, her heart beat quickened, "I've never been in a real relationship either."

Law furrowed his eyebrows, if she has never been in a relationship, why isn't she a virgin? Maybe she has also had one-night stands? But damn, her pussy is tight…maybe she just had a fuck buddy or something. She isn't very experienced, but she still knows what she is doing… He didn't know what to think, this girl was a mystery that he couldn't wait to solve.

When they entered the classroom, they took their seats, but shortly after that, the lecture started. The two of them kept stealing glances at one another, Luffy would blush when she caught Law staring, whereas he would softly smile at her when he caught her doing the same.

Meanwhile, Zoro, Sanji, Robin, and Nami had arrived at their self-defense class. The professor arrived a few minutes later and told them to begin practicing the moves they had been shown earlier in the week.

Zoro and Sanji were standing at the front of the room as the students began to get into pairs and practice. The blonde had noticed his friend seemed to be deep in thought and tried to get him to talk, "What's on your mind?"

He let out a deep sigh before he said, "I'm just thinking about what you were saying about Ace being jealous of Law. At first, I couldn't understand how he could feel that way about his sister but…," Zoro's voice trailed off and his eyes shot over to where Robin was practicing with Nami.

"Listen, I know it's a little weird since you and Robin are in a similar situation, but try not to worry about it." Sanji gave him a reassuring smile, "Ace is an idiot and probably doesn't even realize that what he is doing is only hurting Luffy. If he really cared about her he would be able to see that Law is making her happy and she doesn't think of him as more than her older brother."

"Yeah, but I can't help but wonder if that's all Robin thinks of me as," Zoro's voice was barely loud enough for Sanji to hear.

Sanji groaned and shook his head, "You and Robin have a very different relationship than Ace and Luffy do, and you know it."

"I know that, but still—what if she can't think of me as anything more than the boy her dad adopted and she grew up with?" Zoro was really feeling low, he had never felt so defeated, and it was all because of stupid Ace.

After elbowing the green-haired man in the ribs, Sanji spat, "Shut the hell up, you stupid Marimo! Robin has never thought of you as just a boy she grew up with, you are her best friend—you two talked all the time these past couple of years! Me on the other hand, I haven't even spoken to Nami since we came to college! For the past two years I have only known what she has been up to because of what Robin has told you!" The blonde crossed his arms across his chest, "I'm tired of you feeling sorry for yourself, Zoro, it's not like you."

Zoro stared at the blonde for a moment before sighing, "You're right, I just can understand how Ace must feel seeing Law with Luffy…he doesn't exactly have the greatest track record when it comes to how he treats women."

Sanji cocked an eyebrow, "You are just as stupid as Ace is."

"Oi, what's that supposed to mean?" Zoro was a little offended to be compared to the hot-headed man.

"Neither of you realize that Law is falling in love with Luffy." He lightly shook his head, "It's obvious. I have never seen that guy smile once since I met him, and now he genuinely looks happy whenever I see him."

He tilted his head to the side and thought for a moment, "Huh, I never really thought about it, but you're right—Law has always looked so pissed off and angry, he was a real asshole most of the time…I guess the only real difference is Luffy."

"That's exactly what I'm trying to say—Law isn't going to hurt Luffy. That guy knows how to hurt people, but the way he looks at Luffy says he would do anything to make sure she is happy." Sanji recognized that look and feeling quite well, "I feel the same way about Nami and you feel the same way about Robin.

Zoro rolled his eyes and sighed, "You're right." He ran his hand through his green hair, "This is why I'm glad to have you around."

Sanji smiled at the compliment, "Someone has to explain this stuff to you—otherwise you would still have no idea what you're doing."

"Shut up," Zoro playfully hit Sanji's arm, "I did happen to notice Nami has been acting weird around you, has something happened?"

Now that the conversation had shifted to his own problems, Sanji groaned, "Brook and Franky think she is starting to develop feelings…this morning at breakfast she caught me checking her out but she didn't yell at me or hit me."

"Wait, seriously?" Zoro's eyes were wide with shock.

"Yeah, it was really weird…but she kinda looked like she was horny—it was hot. They had told me to make her something during my cooking class to bring to lunch, that actually turned out to be pretty good advice." Sanji glanced over to the orange-haired girl and ended up catching her eye, Nami's face became flushed and she quickly turned away.

Zoro let out a soft whistle, "Damn, Sanji, just what exactly did you do to her?"

Sanji thought back to breakfast when he was caught by Nami, he chuckled, "Well, I may have taken advantage of the fact she didn't tell me to stop when I checked her out."

His eyes went wide, "Oh, no—you didn't!"

The blonde nodded, "I gave her 'the look,'" he then broke into a wide smile, "But it actually worked."

"I'm surprised she didn't kill you—you must have luck on your side today," Zoro shook his head in disbelief.

Across the room, Robin and Nami were talking to each other about the two men. "Robin, you should've seen the way he looked at me at breakfast—I've never seen Sanji look quite like that before…," Nami thought back to when she caught the blonde checking her out. "I thought he actually looked…sexy."

Robin giggled, "My, my, my, Nami did you really just say you thought Sanji looked sexy?"

Her cheeks turned red, "Shhhhh! Not so loud!" Nami turned to look around and made sure no one was listening in on their conversation, "I'm just as surprised as you are, believe me!"

"I'm not surprised at all. Sanji has really grown into a handsome man, I would be more surprised if you hadn't noticed." Robin smirked at her friend and lunged forward to attack her, "You know, I think Sanji has a thing for you."

Nami was able to defend Robin's attack and pinned her to the ground, "Sanji has a thing for anything with boobs, Robin." She stood up and glanced over at their two childhood friends who were talking to one another at the front of the room before turning back to her raven-haired friend, "I'm no one special to Sanji, just another girl for him to gush over."

Robin frowned, "Sanji doesn't act like he did in high school anymore, I haven't seen him turn into a weird noodle-person once this entire week."

Rolling her eyes, Nami replied, "That doesn't matter, he is still the same old Sanji. You said so yourself that he has been dating women since coming to college, he probably has asked out every girl on campus."

"I seriously doubt that…," Robin was remembering her conversation with Zoro. He had told her that Sanji was interested in Nami and that he was always talking about her. She didn't know if she should mention it to her friend or not, and ended up deciding to keep that information to herself.

When the class was over, Robin and Nami made their way to the front of the room where Sanji and Zoro were waiting for them. "Are you two ready to go?" Zoro asked them as they neared.

Robin smiled gently, "Yes, we are. Do you two have practice again today?"

Zoro took Robin's bag from her and threw it over his shoulder, "Yeah, but we can walk you to your building on the way."

As Nami began to lift her bag to her shoulders, Sanji hopped to her side, "Let me carry that for you, Nami." He took the bag from her, put his arm through the strap, and smiled.

She huffed but didn't argue with him, instead she just began to walk out of the room, causing the other three to quickly follow her.

When they arrived at their building, Law and Luffy were also walking towards them on the sidewalk, hand-in-hand. Nami squealed when she saw them coming down the street, "OH MY GOSH! They look so cute together! I wish she would have told us how he asked her out."

Sanji raised his curled eyebrow at her, "Since when did you become so interested in other people's love lives, Nami?"

She scrunched up her face, "Why wouldn't I be interested? Luffy is my friend, of course I want to know about her love life. I would ask about yours, but I'm sure the list is quite extensive and you have someplace to be." Her voice came out harsher than she expected it would, she saw the hurt look in Sanji's eye and felt a pang in her chest.

Luffy and Law were drawing nearer and the small girl shouted to her friends, "Hey guys! What's up?" She waved excitedly with her hand that wasn't holding onto Law's and smiled widely, completely oblivious to the tension in the air from Nami's outburst.

Robin tried to ease the tension, "Hey there Luffy, Law. Zoro and Sanji were just walking here with us on their way to practice."

Luffy turned to the tall man beside her, "Traffy, aren't you going to practice now, too?"

He smiled down at her, "Yes, Luffy-ya, Zoro and Sanji are headed the same way I am."

She smiled back at him before turning to the other two men, "Hey, walk with Traffy so he doesn't get lonely, okay?" Without waiting for a response, she turned back to Law and wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled herself up to his lips for a kiss.

Law pulled her body into his and deepened the kiss, not caring that they were right in front of her friends or anyone else. He licked her lips open and slipped his tongue into her mouth, finally able to get a good taste of her. Before pulling away, he massaged her tongue with his own and heard a low moan come from Luffy's throat.

The other four were standing there staring at the spectacle before them, they had never seen Luffy do such a thing before and it was quite a sight to behold. The previous comment Nami had made was nearly forgotten. The girl in the straw hat smiled at her friends after she left Law's arms, "Nami, Robin, let's get ready for tonight, I'll let you do my make-up!"

Nami blinked a few times as she registered her words, her face broke into a huge grin, "We better get started!" She grabbed Luffy's arm and began to pull her into the building, not waiting for Robin to follow.

The raven-haired girl laughed, "Well, I should go, too. When will you be coming to pick us up?"

Sanji answered, "We'll come around 7:45."

"I'll let you know when we get here," Zoro added.

Robin smiled, "Okay, see you then," and went into the building behind her.

The three men were left alone on the sidewalk, they exchanged awkward glances before they started to walk towards the building they had practice in. They walked in silence until Law broke it, "Is Nami-ya always like that?"

Zoro broke into laughter, "No, not at all!"

"You better not be insulting Nami right in front of me, Marimo. You know better," Sanji warned.

Law wasn't sure what he just walked into, but took a guess based on the blonde's defensive behavior, "Do you have a thing for her?"

The green-haired man began to laugh harder, Law glanced back to him with a confused expression. Zoro tried to stifle his laughter and offered, "Curly-brow here has been in love with her for years."

Now Law was even more confused, he turned back to Sanji, "Why aren't you two together?"

"I'm working on that, okay?" He answered, a little irritated, but only at himself.

"Luffy-ya told me about how you saved her from that pervert the other night. I'm sure she feels grateful to you for being there." Law was being honest and trying to give the blonde reassurance, he wanted to get along with Luffy's friends and found Sanji and Zoro the easiest to talk to so far.

That seemed to make Sanji feel a little better, he smirked, "Franky and Brook think she may have feelings for me, but she thinks I'm some kind of womanizer or something…not that I can blame her."

Law could relate to the reputation and found himself patting Sanji on the back, "If she means that much to you, don't let what she might think keep you from telling her how you feel."

Sanji was a little surprised by the taller man's touch, but even more surprised by the advice he gave. "You know, Law, I never imagined you giving me relationship advice."

The tall man smirked, "I never imagined I would be in a relationship."

When they entered the practice room, most of the other guys were already there. Sabo noticed Law walking in with the other two and walked over to them, "Hey guys, did you come together?"

"Luffy-ya told them to walk with me so I wouldn't get lonely," Law told the blonde brother.

Sabo smiled at Law, "Sounds like Luffy!"

Law wasn't sure what to say to his girlfriend's brother, Sabo was being much friendlier to him than when he caught Law making out with Luffy in the elevator. The bruise left on his cheek by Sabo was now a deep purple color. "Yeah, she's sweet," Law gave a weak smile to the blonde.

Now he was laughing, "Relax, Law," Sabo held his hands up in defeat, "I promise I'm not gonna hit you again—at least not unless you give me a good reason."

He sighed in relief before adding, "I promise not to give you a reason."

Grinning, Sabo offered his hand to Law, "It's a deal." Law took his hand and shook it, with a smile on his face.

The rest of the guys showed up and they began practice, sparring with one another and rotating partners every ten minutes with a few minutes for a break between. After two hours they decided to call it quits for the week. The men went into the locker room and to the showers, Law ended up standing at a column with Sabo, Killer, and Kidd. The blonde ended up striking up a conversation with Law, "You're coming to Iceburg's tonight, right?"

"Yeah, Luffy-ya invited me, I'll be bringing two of my friends with—I told them we would hang out tonight." Law never thought he would be the one to suggest going to a club, usually Shachi wanted to go out, Penguin would agree, and then the two would beg Law to go with them as their sober-cab.

Sabo smiled, "Great, the more the merrier! We are planning on meeting there at eight."

They both finished their showers, turned off the faucets, and left the shower. Most of the other guys were also finished showering, but Kidd and Killer were still standing under the stream of water. The red-head turned to the long-haired blonde, "I know what we're gonna be doing tonight."

AN: Hey everyone, sorry this chapter took longer for me to write than I expected, it is also a little longer. Anyway, I hope you are all as excited for the straw hats to go to the club as I am! (I've actually been saving these next chapters, I had originally planned on them going to Iceburg's on Monday, so that was like twenty chapters ago or something). I hope it will be worth the wait, I think it will be! Please keep leaving reviews! Or send me PMs! WulfyFang3 and FallForYourType You two are great! I love reading your reviews 3

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