Sab is contemplating how to proceed from this situation. While Luffia, Usopp, and a few others are in the pool, splashing around, here she is, her back against the man she never wanted to meet.

This is Koala's fault.

Suddenly remembering her traitorous bestfriend, a murderous aura starts bursting out of her body. Moving away from her position, she swam towards the pool stairs while glaring at Koala.

It looks like Kidd is also in the same boat because he got off the pool while glaring at Killer.

"Huh? Where are you going?" When Luffia noticed that Sab and Kidd are not in the pool, she followed them to ask the question. It wouldn't be good if they won't talk to each other. How was her plan supposed to work if they will ignore each other?

"To kill someone!" The two of them are in sync that it surprised Luffia as well as the other people around. After answering the question, the two of them started to walk towards Killer and Koala who, upon seeing them, immediately ran away to avoid them.

Killer and Koala ran around the pool while being chased by an angry Sab and Kidd.

"Hahahaha!" Luffia finds the scene so funny. Even though she does not know why they are running around like that. "I told you they will look good together!" She exclaimed at Ann who is not too far away from where she is.

"Looks like it." Ann nodded, amused at the situation. When was the last time she saw Sab being out of composure? She can't even remember.

"Luffia, help!" Koala shouted before running towards Luffia, hiding behind her. Killer did the same. They are using Luffia as a human shield.

"Huh?" This made Luffia confused.

"Don't use my sister as a shield, Koala. Come here and face your death!" Sab exclaimed.

"Killer, man up, you traitor!" Kidd caught up and also shouted.

The two of them are in front of Luffia but can't get past her. Every time they move to the left, Killer and Sab drag Luffia to prevent them from getting to them.

The scene is so damn funny for everyone around. Some of them decided to get their drinks and food as if they are watching a romcom.

"Why would you kill your friends?" Luffia asks. "Killing friends is no good!"

"Yeah, go tell them, Lu!" Koala cheered Luffia. The cheering earned another deadly glare from Sab.

"Luffia, get out of the way so I can serve punishment to that traitor." Sab's knuckles are prepared to deliver a final blow to Koala. This made the petite woman shiver. No one gets away with a pissed off Sab.

"Sab, don't be mean to Koala! What did she do anyway?"

That made Sab silent, contemplating how she should explain the situation. Should she tell Luffia that she and Kidd knew each other and they fought the other day? No, there's no way she will tell her that, especially with a lot of people in here.

"They're mad because they don't want to talk to each other." Damn Killer for being a snitch.

"What?! Why don't you talk to each other? I want the two of you to get along!" Luffia pouted with disapproval.

"Oi, brat - "

"Luffia - "

"So you won't become f-friends?" Kidd and Sab were about to argue but they made one big mistake. That is looking at Luffia's eyes. Her eyes are quivering as if she will cry at any moment if they said no.

Sab should have known better to look away, but it was too late. Most of the time, she can say no to Luffia even when she is using her deadliest weapon, but that is as long as she won't look at her eyes. Too late, she was not able to look away.

Kidd is in the same boat. Zoro warned him before never to look at Luffia's eyes when she is requesting something. It's deadly. He never knew what he means by that as Luffia never requested anything from him that requires her to use her weapon, but it looks like he should have adhered to Zoro's warning. As soon as he looked into her eyes, it's as if he feels guilty that he will refuse her.

"I f-feel sad that y-you won't get along..." Luffia's voice quivered along with her eyes while looking at Sab and Kidd. At this point, they can't refuse her any longer. If they do, they feel extremely guilty - that's what she is making them feel right now.

Law and Zoro high-fived each other while looking at the scene. Damn, leave it to Luffia to silence Kidd and Sab like that.

As if that wasn't enough, Luffia delivered the final blow.

"P-Please..." All of Sab and Kidd's will to refuse is gone as soon as they saw the most deadly look in the world.

"Fine! Fine! We will get along..." The last sentence was mumbled by Sab.

"You won't kill Killer and Koala?" Luffia tilted her head to the side, acting innocently.

"We won't." Kidd grumbled. "Damn it." He whispered.

"Promise?"

"Yeah, yeah, promise." Sab said.

"Great!" Luffia is now back to smiling after getting what she wanted. "Now, as proof that you will get along, hug!"

"What?!" Both Sab and Kidd exclaimed.

"It's only natural." Luffia reasoned out.

"It's true. Kidd, man up and don't break the promise." Killer is enjoying this more than anyone else right here. For Kidd to be defeated like this is truly a sight to see. Never had he seen Kidd with such a helpless look. This is all thanks to Luffia.

"Why you - "

"Kidd, you're breaking your promise." Luffia deadpanned.

"Ugh, for fuck's sake! Fine!" He said before grabbing Sab and hugging her. She was wide-eyed in shock after feeling their skin touch like that.

As soon as they were stuck hugging - as if on queue, Ann and Law took their phones and snapped a few photos of Sab and Kidd hugging.

"Yes!" Luffia joined in the hug before dragging Sab and Kidd so all of them can eat together. She even made the two of them sit next to each other. If that's not even bad enough, Killer and Koala sat right in front of them, as if flaunting that they can't be killed today because of Luffia.

At this point, Sab just wanted to slam her head on the table. How did their situation turn like this?

The rest of the gang all took the available seats, then they started eating. Sab can't eat properly because of the situation. It's the most awkward situation she's been into.

After eating a bit, she excused herself telling everyone she will just go to the bathroom, but honestly, she just wants to get away from him. Yes, the fight they had a few nights ago was mostly her fault but it doesn't mean that she's ready to face him. How could she? She overreacted that night. She won't admit this, but she is a bit offended that he dismissed her like that, saying she is no longer needed. Maybe that was the trigger as Sab tends to be mean when triggered.

10 minutes passed, she is still emersed in deep thoughts while inside the bathroom. Will it be too much if she will just stay here? Yeah, Luffia might notice and will just drag her right back where everyone is.

Sighing, she decided to leave the bathroom and face the inevitable. As soon as she opened the door, she yelped upon seeing Kidd waiting for her outside.

Talk about another awkward situation. She wanted to run away again but was stopped when he spoke.

"Hey..." He calls out when he noticed she was about to ignore him again and escape. "I know we're not in good terms and this is making you uncomfortable. You're not the only one here who feels uncomfortable at the situation." His sentence made Sab look back at him. He's not mad at her which is a good thing, but it's still embarrassing for her to face him.

"Look, you don't have to avoid me like a plague. I'll leave right now - "

"No!" Her shout startled Kidd. She's even more startled at her refusal of him leaving. "I mean, this is your party. You don't have to leave. And..." Sab is lost at how to explain everything.

"Yeah, this is the party that your sister threw for me, but it doesn't matter if it's making you awkward. The party can go on without me." Kidd likes parties, but this one if too uncomfortable for him to enjoy. It will just piss him off if he stays knowing that Sab is here and won't even talk to him. She clearly looks like she wants to get the hell out of the party if she can help it and that bothers Kidd. He'd rather leave.

"You don't have to do that." Sab is feeling guilty now. Not just because Kidd is offering to leave for her sake but because of what happened a few nights ago.

"I know you wanted to pretend that we don't know each other, I get that. It will make things easier if I just leave." This mad Sab sigh in defeat. Koala was right when she said that Sab was getting out of hand when handling things with Kidd.

"I was really rude to you that night. I'm sorry."

Her apology is unexpected, but Kidd is a little relieved. A few nights of not seeing each other have made them think things through. Wait, doesn't that sound like a lover's quarrel scenario?

"I shouldn't have poked my nose where it doesn't belong, so you're quite right to be pissed off." Kidd said. Since that night, he was thinking that maybe he went too far with his questions as well. Perhaps, Sab is also like him, someone who doesn't want anyone to poke their noses at his business.

"I still overreacted, though."

"That, I can't deny."

The atmosphere around them is lighter compared to when they saw each other earlier. It's a good thing that Kidd followed her when she excused herself. He figures that he should at least talk to her to ease out the situation. The awkwardness surrounding them is pissing him off, and if he won't deal with it, he will not be able to sleep soundly tonight.

He is kind of prepared, in case she will shrug him off, but she didn't, and this made him relieved.

"Still, I didn't think you and my sister are friends."

"Not my choice, if that's what you're asking. I am only friends with Zoro. She just wormed her way into our circle."

Sab can't help but chuckle. It sounds like Luffia at all.

"Speaking of friends..." Her eyes landed on his and there was a telepathic conversation between them.

"Yeah... Let's kill them once this party is over." Kidd said.

"When Luffia is not around."

"Agreed!" Then there was another minute of silence before Kidd broke it. "So... Are we good now?" He offered his hand to her which she took without hesitation.

"Yeah, we're good."

Both of them smiled at each other, awkwardness gone. Kidd never thought that his heart will flutter just from seeing her smile. Has he gone soft these days?

No, it couldn't be that.

You like her... That was what Killer said. Just thinking of the idea that he likes her makes his heart beating like a crazy drum. This is when he figures how screwed he is.

Even though they are good now, it doesn't mean that they are still not awkward to each other. More so in Kidd's part as he is aware that Luffia's been trying to set them up. Not that he minds, but it's still a bit awkward.

They still sit next to each other while conversations are going around. The drinks are overflowing because Sanji is making sure to refill their glasses. Who knows how many glasses they have now? Kidd is not sure, although he doesn't get drunk that easily. It will take more than a few bottles to get him drunk after all.

While conversing with Zoro, Law, and Marco on the other side of the table, his hand automatically reaches for his glass of alcohol without breaking eye contact with the person he's talking to. That's when he realized that it was gone. When he looked at the person beside him, his eyes landed on the glass of vodka on her hand.

"I think that's my glass." He said.

"This is yours? Didn't know." She shrugged before drinking half of the shot, not minding that it wasn't hers, to begin with. Maybe the alcohol in her system made her unbothered by such a trivial thing. After all, this is not the first time that they shared glasses.

As soon as she's done drinking half of the shot, Kidd reached for the glass and finished it. He took the opened glass of vodka and refilled the glass before offering it to Sab which she took without hesitation.

Ann can't help but watch how the two of them interact with one another. This is not an interaction of someone who just met today. They looked like they've known each other for quite some time and to be at this level of comfort with one another, that's something.

"Alright! Let's play a game!" Luffia shouted, a glass of vodka on her hand.

"Damn it." Zoro muttered from the side before standing up to get Luffia to settle down. He does not know how many glasses she had, but a drunk Luffia is the most troublesome Luffia.

"Who wants to play a game?"

All raised their hands save for the sober people. While Luffia and Koala are busy explaining the mechanics of the game, Kidd's attention is somewhere else.

"How many glasses did you have?" Kidd asked before taking the glass which she refuses to give.

"A few." She shrugged and took another sip of the alcohol. "Refill my glass please."

"I think you've had enough." He said, refusing to give her more alcohol.

"Come on. It's not like I get drunk every day. Let me be, why don't you?" She tried to reach for the bottle, but Kidd is fast to take it further away from her reach. "If you don't give me alcohol, I am going to ask Sanji instead." She threatened. Knowing Sanji, he can't refuse a woman's request. This made Kidd groan and refill the glass they are sharing.

"Don't drink it all. At least half of it to me." He said.

Sab only nodded before passing the glass to him which he gulped in one go.

"Are you sure you can hold your alcohol well?"

"I am better than Luffia and Ann." She said while smirking.

"Yeah, that explains it." Kidd never saw Luffia get drunk but that's because Zoro is forbidding her from drinking but he saw how Ann got drunk once. She got tipsy after 7 shots of vodka. Kidd is guessing that Sab is only a little bit better than that, but not much.

While the two of them are busy drinking from one glass, they failed to notice the bottle being spun in front of everyone, it's head pointing towards Sab's direction.

"It's Sab's turn!" Luffia shouted.

Sab looked up at her sister with a big question mark on her face. What was this game about?

"Truth or Dare?" Ah, so it was truth or dare game. Simple enough.

"Dare!" All her inhibitions are gone because of alcohol. A sober Sab wouldn't choose a dare at all given that Koala is here.

"Alright!" Luffia's smile is getting wider, then her eyes landed on Kidd's. the red-haired man is having a bad feeling about this. That smile she is giving him is dangerous. He glared at her. You won't dare...

"Alright! Sit on the lap of the person on your right side."

Kidd figures it will be something like this. It was not much better than what he was expecting. He's expecting that Luffia will dare Sab to kiss him. Or what they call, 7 minutes in heaven kind of.

"Easy~" Sab said while standing up, drinking the glass full of vodka, then sat on Kidd's lap.

Kidd did not expect that. He expected that she would have said no, but she didn't. Clearly, this is because she had too much to drink.

As soon as she is on Kidd's lap, everyone cheered and went on with the game. It was quite a sight to see someone being dared to eat the food they don't want or being asked about embarrassing stories. Kidd wants to enjoy the sight, but the person on his lap is distracting him.

"Oi, control yourself. You've been drinking too much." Sab is still on his lap while drinking glass after glass.

"Oh, sorry, you want a drink as well. Hold on." She said. Without getting up from her position, she refilled the glass with tequila this time and made Kidd drink it. She was holding the glass while Kidd is drinking. What the hell is this situation?

There was loud cheering from the people around them and a few snaps from their phones.

Sab is not in her right mind right now. She wouldn't do this if she is.

"I think that's enough drinking. Drink this water instead." Kidd grabbed a random glass of water from the table while still holding Sab on his lap. Wait, why is he still holding her on his lap when the dare is finished?

Not bothering to answer the question, he just gave her the water. She sipped on the water before shaking her head.

"Kidd, that's mine." Law said while pointing to the glass of water.

"Huh?"

"I added a sleeping powder in that water." Law explained and this made Kidd mutter 'oh shit' before looking at the woman on his lap. She's drunk as it is and with a little bit of sleeping powder dosage, this knocked her out.

Her head is now resting on Kidd's neck, soundly sleeping.

"What the fuck, Law. Get that away from the table before someone accidentally drinks it again!" Kidd is a little mad. Thank goodness that she did not drink half of the glasses, otherwise, she might suffer an overdose.

"Oh, Sab is knocked out! Shishishi!" Luffia laughed before taking a picture of Sab and Kidd again.

"Oi!"

"Let her sleep for now." Luffia said. "Zoro, I am hungry~~" And she's gone, further away from Kidd.

"Ann - " Kidd was about to call the eldest so she can help him put Sab on the bed but she's far too busy kissing her boyfriend right now to care that her twin sister is out cold.

"Let her sleep. She's comfortable on your lap anyway." Law wiggled his eyebrows, teasing him.

"Fuck off." Kidd can only mutter. Sab's slipping off his lap, so he placed his hand on her hips to keep her in place.

The party still went on, everyone is clearly drunk. Since Kidd can't get up to get a drink, the people around are refilling his glass for him.

It's kind of odd to have her in his arms like this. It's comforting, to say the least, and he likes the warmth that she gives off.

Late into the night, a few of the guests started to leave. Kidd did not even notice that until Sanji bid his goodbye. This is when Kidd noticed that Killer is gone.

The only ones remaining are him, Zoro, Marco, and the three drunk sisters.

"This is why I don't want her to get drunk." Zoro muttered while sighing. Luffia's on his lap, but she is not sitting as Sab did. She looks like a baby, her legs wrapped around Zoro's, her arms around him as well while she rests her head on his shoulder. This looks like a very clingy baby.

Ann's position is a little better because, at least, she's sitting in her own chair, her head is resting on Marco's shoulder.

"There's still a few drinks left. Why don't we finish them and call it a night?" Zoro asked.

"Yeah, I am good with it, yoi." Marco answered.

Kidd also nodded. There are still about 3 open bottles. For sure, they can finish it in two hours.

"By the way Kidd, Killer ran away with your car."

"Shit. I'll really kill that bastard."

"You might as well stay here for the night. So are you, Marco. I won't be nursing the twins' hangover in the morning. Luffia's troublesome enough." Zoro experienced what it's like to take care of the three sisters when they had hangovers. It's not fun and the three of them are troublesome shitheads.

"Yes. Ann looks like she is not a drinker, herself."

"Most of the time, Sab doesn't get drunk because if her sisters got drunk, no one will take care of them. Good thing you are here." Sab trusts that Marco will take care of Ann so she does not need to worry at all.

"By the way, do they have a guest room that I can use?" Kidd asks. The house is big enough. There should be at least 4 or 5 bedrooms here.

"Do you know who their parents are?" Zoro asks first, which is a very odd question.

"No, why should I?" Luffia never told him about her parents, plus, he and Sab never asked each other about their personal lives, so of course, he won't know about their parents.

"Alright, then you can't use the guest room. The guest room is for their parents."

"When am I supposed to sleep?"

"In Sab's bedroom." Zoro shrugged. "Please, Killer told us that you let her sleep in your bedroom. What difference does it make if you sleep on hers?" Zoro is fulfilling Luffia's duties this time because the said cupid is dead asleep - or more like drunk asleep.

Kidd's mouth gaped in surprise at Zoro's statement. Just how much did Killer gossip about him and Sab? He's really going to murder that bastard once he sees him.

"You look good together, yoi." Marco said out of nowhere. The statement was for Kidd but he didn't answer. What was he supposed to answer anyway? Thank goodness that Marco is sensible enough to change the topic. "So, you met their parents, Zoro?"

"I did. Several times, in fact." Whenever there's a big party or celebration in Raftel Palace, Zoro is always invited. During those parties, he would usually drink together with Rayleigh and Roger. "Ann hasn't told you about their parents?"

"She told me she will find time to tell her dad one of these days."

"Good luck. Don't get killed." Zoro said. "Maybe, prepare your bones to get broken when that time comes."

This also made Kidd curious. For all the years that he knew Zoro, Luffia, and Law, he only heard bits of information about Luffia's parents. From what they said, her dad is scary and will kill anyone who dares to lay a finger on his daughters. Other than that, there's nothing.

"So I was told, yoi." Marco took another glass of tequila. "But it can't be that bad, could it?"

"Who knows. Let's just say you are lucky you are dating Ann. If their father wants to beat you up, she will shield you, no doubt. There's hope for you where there's none for me." Zoro feels a little depressed now.

"Won't Luffia protect you?"

"She'd likely to get popcorn and watch me beaten by her father than help me at all." This caused Marco and Kidd to laugh. Knowing Luffia, that's actually a possibility. She will just be laughing while her boyfriend is being beaten to death.

In a span of almost two hours, the three of them continue to drink while changing one topic to another, depending on what interests them. When the last bottle is finished, they all decided to go to bed. Zoro told them where the rooms of the sisters are.

Since it was an unexpected sleepover, Zoro lent them his clothes that he stored in Luffia's closet. Since he always sleeps over for the past five years, Luffia lent him a spot where he can store sleeping clothes.

It was already past 2 am in the morning. After changing clothes, Kidd got into her bed. Even though he drank a lot tonight, it seems to be not enough to make him fall asleep peacefully. How could he? His biggest distraction is sleeping right next to him.

He sighed in defeat. If there's one thing that the whole party gave him, it's that he and Sab reconciled. He's never felt relieved to be talking to her again.

He'd go as far as saying that he felt happy. Content.

Maybe Killer is right. Maybe it is time for him to let go of his trust issues.

If it's Sab, maybe it won't be a bad decision to trust and date her at the same time. The question is, how is he supposed to ask her out?