You had purposefully ignored your Uncle the rest of the day and would have much of the next day if it wasn't for all your stuff arriving. A family friend had offered to drive it up in his truck so at least you could have all your books and music, most importantly it meant you could bring your guitar. Your Aunt Shakky's car is only a small convertible and had barely any space so you had to leave it behind when you left. As the afternoon came, the truck pulled up outside and you headed out, "I see (Y/N) is still giving you the cold shoulder Rayleigh," the man you had known since you were little chuckles,
"For now, I'm sure she'll warm back up to me in time Hatchan," Rayleigh pats the man's arm,
"He can keep hoping that," you snip giving Hatchan a quick hug before going to the back of the van, "Camie didn't come with you? She said she might,"
"She was still fast asleep when I checked in on her, sorry (Y/N)," he gives you a sad smile,
"It's okay, she had been up all night texting me, she probably needs the sleep before school tomorrow," you shrug to hide your disappointment while opening the back of the van and looking over the boxes. The back of your neck suddenly prickles and you brace yourself. Arms wrap around you, a few times, before the impact of a body hits your back, "Hey Luffy," you chuckle,
"Shishishi, hey (Y/N), I saw you outside, where'd you go yesterday?"
"Needed to be alone is all and sleep, you going to let go?" you glance to the side at him where he's resting his chin on your shoulder, "I have to carry in my stuff," he lets go, his arms returning to normal and he grins wider,
"I'll help!" he jumps into the back of the van excitedly and picks up a box, you cringe hoping he won't drop anything as he jumps back out, everything in the box rattling, you quickly grab a box yourself and hurry after him as he marches to the front door,
"Wait Luffy you don't know where to put them!" you ignore the chuckles from your Uncle and Hatchan behind you.
With Luffy's help you get all your things into your room pretty quickly and now your sat on your bed eating a sandwich and listening to Luffy tell you stories about his brothers, "I knew you had brothers before, but I didn't realise you had four in total," you shake your head, being an only child you can only imagine what it would be like to have siblings, Luffy nods, mouth full with a big bite of his sandwich, one of many,
"Yeah back then it was just me, Ace and Sabo," he grins, "Pop's adopted us not long after the last time I saw you,"
"I'm surprised you even recognised me then," you chuckle, "That was like six years ago,"
"You've not changed that much," his innocent response comes, you raise an eyebrow, "plus Rayleigh told me you were coming to live with him, shishishi, now I can introduce you to my brothers, you'll like them,"
"Maybe," you glance down at your half-eaten sandwich and sigh. You never have been very good with meeting new people, making friends was hard for you. Back home you have one friend, Camie, and you've been friends since as far back as you can remember, then there is Luffy here, two years younger but with his bright smile and stubbornness to not leave you alone you two had become friends at pirate camp. "So, Ace and Sabo are the two who were with you yesterday right?"
"Yup, there's just Marco and Thatch for you to meet now, hey! I know! Why don't you come over now?" he stands up, picking up the rest of his sandwiches,
"I dunno Luffy, I still need to get everything put away, and there's school tomorrow," you try to excuse, he frowns briefly at you before plonking back down,
"Alright, but you gotta meet them soon. Okay?"
"Okay, I will," you sigh. He nods as if this is now a confirmed promise. You shake your head and chuckle, "You haven't changed at all have you?"
Luffy ended up staying pretty late and he was less then helpful as you tried to organise and unpack all your belongings, you lost count of how many times you had to stop him messing with your guitar. But eventually he left when one of his brothers came for him, a blonde, it wasn't the one you met yesterday, this one was older, he made you think of a pineapple, you had stayed in your room and simply waved a goodbye to Luffy. You weren't ready for new people yet; tomorrow was going to be hard enough. Flopping down on the bed you stare up at the ceiling, missing your room back home, with the ceiling you had painted as a galaxy with your mother. Tears sting your eyes and you roll onto your side pulling a large plush whale to your chest, "I don't want to be here..." you mumble depressed and soon drift off to sleep as the tears begin to flow.
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The morning greeted you with pain, having fallen asleep with your curtains open, the early morning sun hit your tired eyes like needles. Groaning you roll out of bed checking you phone and smiling slightly at a message of good luck wishes from Camie, chucking the phone down after a quick reply of thanks, you grab random clothes for the day and head to the bathroom to get ready.
Rayleigh drives you to school, your slumped in the front seat pouting, "I know this isn't what you wanted, but it will be good for you. You needed to change schools, and your mother didn't want you being alone at the house," you understood he was right, you just didn't like it, "Maybe we can have Camie over for thanksgiving weekend?" that perks you up,
"Really?"
"Yes, as long as you keep to school and please stop sulking?" he asks,
"I'll see what I can do I suppose," you sigh and look up at the building you had pulled up to, 'Grand Line Highschool' the sign read,
"You're going to be fine, Shakky will pick you up after school alright?" he ruffles your hair getting an annoyed grunt from you as you have to fix it before pulling on a (f/c) beanie, "Have fun,"
"Uncle Rayleigh... this is school. When on earth has school ever been deemed as fun?" you groan as he just chuckles, you slide out of the car and watch as he drives off, "maybe if I make a run for it now," you mutter glancing around at the few students that were here this early, though only the crazy come to school at seven fifteen. You, sadly, have to sign in at the main office and get your schedule. "Well, might as well just get this over and done with," you grumble heading up the steps into the building.
You found the main office easily enough and the receptionist was kind. Now you stood in the hallway looking over the map she had given you along with your schedule, this was a pretty big school, much bigger than your old one, "I'm so gonna get lost," you mumble, your first order of business was finding your locker so after a moment of gaining your bearings you set off. Luckily you didn't have to search for long, finding it easily. Next problem, the lock was jammed, "Just my luck," you mutter and continue to try jimmy it free, even double checking you have the right lock combination, you were at the point of deciding to give up when an arm reaches over you, a tattooed fist bangs against the locker door and it clicks open. You blink and turn to the owner of said hand meeting a cold grey stare set in a tanned face and framed with dark hair, you gulp unconsciously tensing up, "u,um thank you..." you squeak out, he simply nods and walks off towards two other guys who were waiting for him, they tease him for helping out a girl but he ignores them. "Well that was... weird," you shake your head and quickly store away everything you don't need then check the map again and head off in the direction of homeroom. The school is getting busier now, but you still get to class while it's empty and breathe a sigh of relief as you quickly take a seat near the windows. Some minutes later someone else enters the classroom, a pretty girl with long pale blue hair, she looks around nervously and checks a sheet of paper in her hands, this piques your interest and you speak before you can even think to keep your mouth shut, "You look as lost as I feel," her dark eyes shoot up to yours and you bite your tongue cursing yourself mentally, she gives you a shy smile,
" , I just transferred..." she moves more into the room after checking her sheets again, you sit up straighter,
"You too," you mumble just loud enough that she catches it, her eyes widen a little before she smiles wider and walks closer, "I've just transferred too," you tell her, she shifts nervously on her feet,
" I sit with you?" she nods to the seat beside you, you nod and she quickly sits down, "I transferred from Red Line Academy," you raise a brow, Red Line Academy was a fancy private school generally for rich kids and the kids of celebrities, it wasn't all that far from here and you had heard they were somewhat rivals of this school in pretty much everything, "you're probably wondering why right?" you shrug,
"I'd be lying if I said no, but you probably had your reasons," you shift in your seat feeling awkward as you both go quiet before she speaks up after a few minutes as more students begin to enter the class as the bell rings,
"I didn't really fit in there," she bites her lip a little, "things weren't great," you raise a brow wondering if it was anything similar to your own situation in your old school, taking the risk you face her a little,
"I transferred from Sabaody High, the popular kids didn't really like me," you shrug, you're playing it down majorly, "incidents happened and my mother wanted to pull me out of school, but since she's in hospital I've been sent to live with my uncle," her eyes widen and she covers her mouth,
"Is your mother alright?" she sounds concerned, you blink, not used to this from anyone other than Camie really. You find yourself smiling, and you nod,
"Yeah she's okay, she's recovering from heart surgery," you tell her, "there were complications but she's stable and they are keeping her under observation,"
"It must be hard for you though," she smiles empathically, "I'm Vivi,"
"(Y/N)," you smile, wondering if you had just managed to make a friend. Moments later the homeroom teacher comes in. You both share a smile and turn to the front. Maybe it won't be all that bad, you hope so at least.
