You were still smiling as you got to your locker, even if two rather tall imposing figures were by it. One with vivid red hair the other with long blonde locks, his bangs covering his eyes, "They still won't respond to my messages," the red-head scowls slamming his locker shut and turning to the blonde, you slip up beside them trying to remain unseen as you put in your lock combination,

"What do you expect considering how you both went at each other's throats like that," the blonde shakes his head, they both glance at you as you try to open your locker, a small groan escaping you as you've forgotten once again. You blame it on the fact that usually someone's with you and they keep assisting, the red-head snorts beside you and you feel a twitch of annoyance and glare up at him, your (e/c) eyes meeting his reddish orange ones, you briefly take note of the dark eyeliner around them, a smirk spreads across his dark lips and he leans down a little, "having trouble there little mouse?"

"Kid..." the other sighs, you were sure you had heard that name before,

"If I'm a little mouse," you scowl at him, "does that make you the elephant, because the mouse won that battle," of course this confuses him, you probably shouldn't expect him to know the fable, "mice are cunning, don't underestimate them," you add and turn back to your locker, he hums a little before chuckling and causing his friend to look at him surprised,

"You're amusing little mouse," he chuckles more making your scowl deepen, he then thumps your locker door opening it and smirking down at you,

"You know," you growl a little, "if someone would show me how to actually do that correctly rather than just doing it for me," you had tried once, hurt your hand and made Ace laugh, much to your embarrassment. Kid grabs your hand and makes you form a fist,

"You want to make sure you hit the door with this part," he points to the side of your now clenched fist, "then give a hard jab to the door, beside the lock mechanism," he directs your hand slowly to where to hit, "might take a couple of tries before you get the hang of it," you raise a brow at him as he lets go,

"Thank you?" you are as confused by his sudden change of attitude as is his friend it seems,

"You feeling okay Kid?"

"I'm fine Killer," you blink as you shoulder your bag, his name was Killer? "Sometimes you gotta help the little people out," he smirks ruffling your hair,

"Hey," you slap his hand away and fix your hair, "anyone's small compared to a giant like you," you scoff and slam your locker shut, this just makes Kid laugh,

"I like this one, feisty," he grins before walking away, "see you around little mouse," his friend offers you a small smile before moving to quickly join his friend.

"My name's (Y/N) not little mouse!" you shout after him but he just laughs, "This school is full of weirdos," you mutter under your breath before hurrying along to the gym.

You stare around the gym and wonder what god you've pissed off, sharing a look with Vivi you figure she's thinking of something on a similar level. All of junior year is sat on the bleachers as the coach tips a bucket of rubber balls on the centre of the court, you knew exactly what those were for and you knew this was about to be hell, "All right juniors, seeing as Coach Matthews isn't able to be with us today, we're going to be having ourselves a little dodgeball match," the confirmation makes your stomach twist, and the fact that a cheer goes up throughout the crowd makes you want to be sick. It's not that your bad at this kind of game, you were actually pretty good. You just hated it, hated the memories it brought up. The coach called up Ace and Kid as team leaders and had them pick out who they wanted on their teams, Kid's eyes roamed the bleachers before landing on you, he grins and you glare at him shaking your head slightly before he calls out you name. You facepalm as everyone turns to look at you,

"I'm going to murder someone," you mutter under your breath, Vivi pats your arm sympathetically as you get up and make your way down to Kid's side, Ace throws you a concerned frown, "why?" you grumble at the red giant,

"Because I find it amusing little mouse," he whispers back as Ace calls for Sabo. They continue to take turns until no-one is left. You are a little sad that most of your friends are on Ace's team apposing you, and now you're stuck between Kid and Killer. Well if anything you can at least use them as shields. The whistle blows signalling the start and everyone dashes forwards to grab a ball. You quickly start to believe this is more of an all-out war than a game, dodging easily as you've always been pretty quick on your feet you soon begin to notice someone is gunning for you particularly, a tall girl with long pink hair is glaring at you and launching balls at you like cannon fire. You somehow manage to escape them even bouncing some back, though your shocked at the weight behind it. It gets to the point where there is just you, Kid and Killer left on your side, and bout seven on the other, including Ace and the pink haired girl. Ace has spotted how she's actively going for you by now too, but he's stuck focusing on keeping balls from hitting him as Kid seems determined to get him out. You get distracted for barely a second, but a second is all it takes, a ball slams hard into your right shoulder sending you reeling backwards. With the impact comes a sharp pulsing spike of pain followed by a flash of memories. You cringe inwards and grip at your shoulder letting out a pained gasp. A whistle blows as you hit the floor, followed by the loud slap of feet on the polished wooden floor as people move towards you,

"(Y/N) are you okay?" Ace's voice alerts you that he has crouched beside you,

"Bonney what the hell!" Kid yells,

"What? All I did was throw the ball at her, she's being over dramatic," a girls voice huffs, the coach tells everyone to sit down before moving over to the small cluster around you on the floor, "she's just after attention,"

"Miss Jewelry, go sit down, we will talk about this after," the coach snaps, someone gently removes your hand from your shoulder and you wince as fingers probe lightly, "Miss (L/N)…" the coach hums, "Someone should take her to the nurses office,"

"I'll..." you hear Ace begin as someone slips an arm around your shoulders and the other under your legs before marching out. The whispers fade as the gym doors close. You slowly open your watering eyes which you had squeezed shut the moment of impact, shock thunders through you as you look up into a cold stern face. Law was carrying you.

"L,law..." your voice comes out like a whimper, he glances down at you but says nothing as he swiftly walks, soon reaching the nurses office and pushing inside,

"Law?" a male voice perks up on their entrance,

"I've got this," Law tells the man and ignores the beginning of a protest as he places you sitting up on the bed. You don't even see the nurse as Law pulls the curtains around the bed and gives you a frown. "I need to see your scar," he states. You blank, eyes widening and your hand twitching up to your shoulder, it's still throbbing with pain but not as much now,

" do you mean?" you gulp, not aware your beginning to tremble,

"You're not going to become a good doctor with that bedside manner," the nurse's voice calls out,

"I don't need a good bedside manner for what I plan my future to be Cora-san," Law grumbles, but he does however give you a softer look, "(Y/N)-ya, I felt your shoulder before, there is scar tissue, the impact from the ball caused pain yes?" you blink relaxing a bit at the oddness of the 'ya' he had added to your name, you remember he also added it to Shachi's name, you take a steadying breath getting a nod of approval from him before responding,

"Yes, and yes it caused some pain. It's fine now though," you look down at your feet dangling over the side of the bed, but Law won't have that, he tilts your head back up with the tips of his fingers on your chin and looks into your eyes, you both stare at each other before you become incredibly uncomfortable with his unblinking eyes, "fine... it still hurts, but not as sharp as before." He smirks and stands straight before turning to face away from you,

"I would like to check your scar still, you will need to remove your t-shirt, let me know when your covered up." You fidget for a moment, you get the feeling he's not going to let you out of here before he checks it, at least he's polite enough to look away. You wince a little as you pull your shirt over your head before holding it over your chest,

"Okay..." you mumble and he turns back to face you, you avoid his gaze as he moves closer and inspects the scar just below your clavicle, he hums and gently prods around the scar causing you to wince,

"Do you experience pain in your scar a lot?" He asks, you peek up at him, surprised that's his first question,

"No, only when pressure is applied really,"

"Cora-san do you have any painkillers?" he calls over his shoulder,

"Well this is a nurse's office," the man replies with a chuckle which makes Law scowl, the sounds of the man moving before a loud crash can be heard, Law's shoulders slump and he shakes his head,

"You can put your shirt back on," he tells you before slipping beyond the curtains to berate the man. You bite your lip as not to laugh and pull the shirt back on. A few minutes later the curtain is pulled to the side by an extremely tall blonde man who smiles kindly at you and offers you a couple of pills and a plastic cup of water,

"Thank you," you mumble taking them, Law is reorganising a trolley that seems to have been knocked over,

"You should be okay (Y/N)-ya, pain in scars isn't all that common but it's not always something to worry about, if it does become too much you should go to the hospital," Law says looking at you pointedly, "It's healing pretty well so that's a good sign, it's most likely the nerve endings healing, but it could form a neuroma so just take it easy."

"Okay," you nod, making a mental note to google neuroma when you get home. Everything is quiet as Law continues to organise and the nurse sits on a stool twirling from side to side, "you're not going to ask?" you finally question, Law looks at you and raises a brow, "how I got it?" he hums for a moment,

"Not particularly, I'd be lying to say I wasn't curious, but your past is your own," he moves one final thing before standing straight and looking at you straight on, "I am however wondering if you will still be okay to have Bepo this weekend," the nurse sits up straight at this,

"Bepo?" you ask,

"You're not leaving Bepo with me?" the nurse asks,

"Bepo is my dog's name," he tells you before turning to the nurse, "If I left him with you Cora-san, I'd return to find the house a pile of dust and rubble, or worse, on fire,"

"I hardly think that's possible, or necessary to assume," he pouts, their exchange makes you giggle. This pauses their interaction, the man smiling widely and reaching out a hand to you, "I'm Rosinante, but you can just call me Cora-san like our Law does, it's always nice to see he's making new friends. I only ever see him with Shachi and Penguin,"

"We'll be leaving now," Law says helping you to your feet, clearly he's embarrassed by the man,

"It was nice to meet you Cora-san," you give the man a smile and he smiles wider; Law tugs you out of the room.

"(Y/N)!" multiple voices yell from down the hall, glancing down with wide eyes you note the group rushing towards you, and grab Law's arm,

"Law, I need a favour, don't tell them about my scar," you look up at him, he frowns, "please..."

"Fine, I'll consider it as payment for this weekend then," he smirks a little, you smile relieved and then a sobbing Vivi is hugging you,

"Are you okay!" she pulls back and looks you over, Shachi is right behind her, hovering around you,

"Does it still hurt, you did help her right Law, and not just scowl at her?"

"She's fine Shachi-ya," Law sighs,

"You need to control your psycho girlfriend," Ace scowls at Kid as they bring up the rear of the group with Killer,

"You know perfectly well, no-one controls Bonney," Kid scowls back loudly,

"Guys... keep it down before you get us all in trouble for being loud in the hallways between class!" Sabo snaps,

"Are you sure you're alright (Y/N), do you want to go home?" Koala asks holding up your bag which you gladly take from her,

"No, I'm fine honest. Just a little bruised," you shrug, Law glances at you before taking his bag from who you can now guess is called Penguin.

"I'll see you tomorrow (Y/N)-ya," Law smirks a little before walking away, Penguin gives you a wave and Shachi hesitates before hurrying off, calling over his shoulder at you,

"I'll call you later (Y/N)!" you giggle at little but that stops when you find six sets of eyes on you,

"So, Shachi has your number?" Koala asks with a teasing smile,

"Yes, because we're friends," you put emphasis on the word friends,

"Are we not friends?" she pouts,

"Of course we are," you sigh,

"Then why don't I have your number?" you roll your eyes,

"How about I give it you, while (Y/N) goes and changes out of her sports kit," Vivi suggest while giving you a gentle push towards the girls toilets nearby, "We'll meet you at the library okay (Y/N)?" you send her a thankful smile before escaping Koala's judging eyes.