I do not own anything within this fanfiction and any names used are purely coincidental with those of the One Piece anime. All rights go to the creators and editors of the One Piece universe and to its writer Eiichiro Oda.
A few moments of silence passed between the three of them in the corridor before Law's cook called from the kitchen that dinner was ready. Bepo ran in and grabbed his food, then leaving for the cockpit since he had been assigned to lookout duty.
They all entered the food hall without saying a word, sitting together at a table as bowels of ramen were passed around to everyone. As the rest of the crew laughed, Law just sat there staring at Timi as she ate.
"Do you mind?" She asked.
"What was I doing?" He asked, feigning ignorence.
"Staring, you perv. What are you even looking at? There's nothing about me worth gawking at."She replied, taking in another mouthful of noodles.
"Your ears. They're nice." He replied, looking down at his bowl as he picked up a rather large piece of meat from the mess of noodles and seaweed.
"You tell that to every girl with fuzzy ears?" She asked, now staring right into his eyes.
"Heh. Not often we have girls here anyway. This is just a thank you, nothing else." He replied, pointing his chopsticks at her.
"As long as it isn't more than that." She finished, leaving the atmosphere tense between them as she continued to shlurp her noodles.
The silence was soon broken as sirens sounded loudly, making Timi drop her chopsticks and hold her ears down at the sudden loud noise. Bepo's voice shouted down the speaker.
"There's two Marine ships coming around the shore. We'll have to submerge or we'll be targeted."
"Crap." Timi said under her breath.
"Looks like you'll be here a little longer." Law said in a low voice, smirking almost in glee.
"Don't do that, it's creepy." She replied, giving him an evil glare before he walked off to the cockpit, leaving her alone. Her appetite seemed to leave along with him as she began to think forward in time in the one piece universe.
I know Ace died in the anime, but that doesn't stop me feeling conflicted. What am I supposed to do?
Leaving her ramen unfinished, she walked out into the corridor to the confusion if those who remained in the food hall. She suddenly got a headache, feeling the sub submerge at a relatively rapid pace. Holding her head, she felt her ears pop as she leant her body against the wall. She felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking up, she saw Penguin.
"Hey, you ok? You don't look so good." He said, looking at her in worry. Slapping his hand away, she threw up the noodles she had eaten earlier, falling to her knees weakly.
"Uh oh. Looks like you're aren't used to the pressurised environment yet. Let's get you to a bathroom." He said, grabbing under arm and being careful to not touch her boobs as he blushed a little. She saw the rose in his cheeks but ignored it as he helped her into a nearby ensuite bedroom where she then made her own way to the toilet and continued to throw up her guts.
After a good half hour, her stomach was empty and all she had left to throw up was stomach acid. Her throat burned as she coughed to moisten her mouth again. Running the tap, she rinsed her mouth and took a few sips of the cool water to get rid of the terrible smell and taste of vomit and bile. Coming out of the bathroom when she was certain she wouldn't throw up anymore, she looked around the bedroom. The duvet cover was dark blue, a white crest of the heart pirates decorating it's cover. A black mattress sheet could be seen peeking out from under it as black pillows sat at the top of the bed to match it. The walls were a comforting eggshell blue crossed with ivy green colour and a metallic, futuristic lightshade decorated the bulb that lit the room.
A small desk sat in the corner. A few storybooks sat in a couple of messy piles whilst a few notebooks were arranged neatly in a holder. Curious, she picked one up and began to read. Knowing the neat and curly style, she smiled as she noticed Rachael's handwriting. She had begun to write something but had stopped fairly early on. She could see why and put the notebook back where it was.
"Got to plan ahead more buddy." She said to herself, aimed at Rachael even though she wasn't there.
As she made her way to the door, Law suddenly appeared.
"You alright now?" He asked, leaning against the doorframe.
"Yes. Can I pass?" She asked, slightly annoyed as he blocked her way.
"Maybe." He smirked.
They stood there for a while staring into each other's eyes until Law broke the contact and got out of the way and walked ahead of her. She stopped a few times when she felt queasy again, leaning against the wall with a hand over her mouth. They stopped in front of a door labelled 'ER'. Law went in as Timi waited outside.
"Not coming?" He asked.
"No thanks. Hospitals gimme the creeps enough already so an ER terrifies me. No thank you." She replied, waving her hands in a big no-no sign.
"Don't like going to the doctors, huh? You must hate me then." He replied as he began searching through a large stash of medicine pots. Pulling out a small one, he threw it to Timi outside the door as he started to come back out.
"I don't hate you. Oddly enough, you're the only one I can really stand." She replied, looking down at the pot as she caught it. "If you're expecting me to take these, I ain't touching 'em."
"Then you won't eat. Without them you won't be able to keep down your food for a while. They'll help your body to adjust to the pressure." He replied, frowning at her.
"Don't care. It's not happenin' " She argued back, raising her voice a little as she threw the pot back at him.
"If you won't take them, your body will give out before it has a chance to absorb anything you eat!" He argued, raising his voice a little and throwing the pot back.
"Then you'll have to force feed them to me! I'm not taking them without a fight!" She hissed at him. Her tail went bushy and her ears went down as she growled, throwing the pot back hard this time.
"Easily arranged." Law replied "ROOM!"
A blue bubble appeared around the room.
"SHAMBLES!" Law disappeared from Timi's sight, reappearing behind her before she had time to react. He forced her into the ER and pinned her down on the operating table. Taking a pill of out of the pot with his mouth, he leaned in close to her face, now straddling her small waist so he had his hands free. Squeezing the sides of her jaw bone harshly, eventually she cried out in pain. He used the opportunity to slip the pill in but at the same time got his tongue in her mouth, making her let out a moan as he forced her to swallow the pill.
Bastard! He forced that demon-spawn down my throat AND made out with me at the same time. What a smart ass...
She blushed deeply as he pulled away, leaving her gasping for breath as he licked his lips, still straddling her midriff.
"Cat got your tongue?" He joked as he looked at her speechless beet red face.
"Umm...great kiss?" She said, realising afterwards what she had said as she covered her mouth and went and even darker shade of red. He smirked.
Her expression then changed as she attempted to steer where this was going somewhere else "I mean...can you get off me now?!"
"Hehe. You're cute when you're flustered." He smirked, getting off and disengaging his room technique. Offering her a hand, she slapped it away as she got down on her own and quickly stomped away and out of the ER.
She soon bumped into someone in her state of blind fury. Looking up, it was someone she didn't know.
"Oh, sorry." She said quickly, making to walk past him in a hurry to get away.
"That's no problem. I heard what happened just now between you and the captain. You ok?" He asked.
Timi swiftly turned, grabbing him by the scruff of his shirt and pulling him down to her level.
"Tell anyone and I will end you." She whispered in his ear, sending shivers up and down his spine as she pushed him away.
"Ok, ok. I won't. But I came to ask if you'd like us to show you to a room for the night. You look tired, miss?"
"Timi. And yes, I am tired as heck and that rush of adrenaline back there is making me crash hard right now. Who are you anyway?" She asked, recalling the Heart Pirates she had seen in the anime. His face was one she hadn't seen before. His hair was jet black, combed back as a pair of polarised sunglasses held it up. His eyes were a deep shade of green with hazel flecks near his pupil. His face was rounded and his body was slim like Law's. "You kidding? I would think you would have at least remembered the face of the person that fed you earlier." He replied, crossing his arms. "I'm the cook aboard. The name's Irwin."
"Sorry. Earlier I was preoccupied by your pervert of a captain being a dick during dinner. He wouldn't stop staring and it was creepy." She replied, her heartbeat now slowing after her encounter with Law, her angry breaths now normalising as she began to calm down.
"Hehe. You'll get used to him. He can just get a bit carried away sometimes. He's stubborn but it's all good...as long as you don't get on his bad side." He replied, turning to lead her back.
"You'll have to use Rachael's room I'm afraid. None of the other rooms would give you the privacy since it's near enough an all male crew. Hope that's ok with you." He said, turning a corner as Rachael's room came into view.
"That's fine. I'd rather not sleep with Penguin and Shachi in close proximity if I can help it. Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee can keep their perverted fantasies away from me." She said, mainly to herself as she looked up at Irwin who looked confused.
"Tweedle-wha?" He asked, completely lost.
"Clearly you guys have never heard of Alice in Wonderland. Never mind. Forget about it. I'm heading to bed. Gnight Irwin." She said, stepping inside Rachael's room and closing the door as he left without a word.
She leant her head on the door.
God damnit...I couldn't control myself. Fucking Law! I'm getting him back for that.
(the next day)
It was around 10:30am when Timi awoke to the splashing of the sub coming above water again. She hissed as sunlight streamed in through the small solitary window, covering her eyes as she unravelled her cocoon. She hadn't changed clothes before going to sleep and had unconsciously wrapped herself in the duvet whilst she slept. The pillows were strewn everywhere, most of which had ended up on the floor. Slowly rising, she made the bed and placed the pillows in their proper spot before inspecting her work. Picking up Akakage, she walked out and followed her nose to the dining hall.
Walking into the doorway, she saw Law, Bepo and Irwin all sat talking quietly amongst themselves around a table. She knocked on the doorframe to get their attention.
"About time." Law said, his usual smirk nowhere to be seen.
"Screw you. I like my sleep." She replied, taking a few cautious steps into the dining hall as Irwin walked up to the kitchen door. "Hey Irwin, don't suppose you have coffee do you?"
"Sure do. I keep a fairly large stock of it since most of the crew drink it. Especially Law. He can't get enough of the stuff."He replied, pushing the door open a crack as the smell of something baking wafted into the room.
"Can you make me one please?" She asked nicely, a friendly smile crossing her lips.
"Sure, how do you like it?" He replied, grabbing a mug from the cupboard behind the kitchen door.
"Lots of milk and no sugar. Some chocolate with it if you have some too, please. Thanks Irwin."
"No breakfast?" Law asked, leaning towards her as she took a seat as far opposite him as she could.
"I don't eat breakfast." She replied simply, leaning her head on her right hand as she closed her eyes, still waking up.
"That's not healthy. Especially after last night." He replied, a slight tone of annoyance obvious in his voice.
A light blush crossed her face as she remembered the night before, opening her eyes and giving him an evil glare.
"Coffee gets me through the day and lunch and dinner are just necessities that I'd rather avoid. I usually snack throughout the day instead. I'll be fine." She replied as Irwin came out of the kitchen with her coffee. As he set it down, she almost immediately picked it up, blowing on it a little before she sipped at the caffeinated brown liquid.
"So...what happens if you don't get your coffee?" Law asked, now showing his trademark curious smirk.
She looked at him over the rim of the mug. "You don't want to know."
