Kae Mambrana: I'm glad I did the job on making Luffy adorable lol.


Sorry, post is super late! Still on the right day, though. Enjoy~


The three who fought Stain didn't come back that night, were still at the hospital. Zoro and Sanji were irritated at dinner, and complained that Todoroki just ditched and nobody knew until they didn't know where the hell he went. Endeavor got pissy, apparently, and then dismissed them. "He just told us to go back to the agency like chumps while he looked for Todoroki's dumb ass!" Sanji was even angry too, violently throwing spices into the large pan. "We didn't get to do shit and had to retire early!"

Luffy didn't say anything about Todoroki going off and fighting on his own. Thatch said to not bring it up until they were brought back. They might not get any credit since they fought illegally. So he didn't say anything about Midoriya as well.

"So, how did your day go?" Zoro grumbled, more calmed down. Luffy explained about their daytime duties and helping out on odd jobs to be around people more, but encountered Stain not too long after starting patrol.

"WHAT?!" they demanded. The people in the room were shocked, too. Luffy nodded, and said the interaction was fairly brief and they got away before any of them might have gotten badly hurt. He mentioned immobilizing one of his arms like he had for Shigaraki. Then he thought of something.

Why hadn't he gotten in trouble for attacking Shigaraki? Luffy wasn't given permission to fight like the other kids had. That might have been the wrong thing to do. Well, the outcome was preferable, but he couldn't have really done anything. Wait to attack from behind until he got permission? He disagreed with Marco about being upset with the three. Unless they provoked him or didn't run when they had the chance, surely they shouldn't get in a lot of trouble, right?

They were back by evening on the next day. That day of interning was just like the previous without the interesting bits. Well, the scary/interesting bits. So when they got back to the school, they asked Midoriya what had happened. And they assured him neither of them had mentioned their fight, only thier own encounter.

But they weren't to talk. And Luffy couldn't fault them. There were things nobody told them, either. Luffy respected secrets because he kept them himself. He backed off, and said he was just glad they were all okay and didn't get into legal trouble for whatever happened. He was curious, but he didn't pry. Treat others the way you want to be treated.

Luffy was glad things between him and Law weren't awkward at all after Luffy felt it would be. They walked to the agency normal, worked together when they went on patrol by the same person, and then hung out at the dorms. Nothing was awkward, but comfortable.

On the last day, which Luffy finished off by spending time with his brothers, Ace asked him what his relationship with Law was like. Sabo sent him a glare, but Ace either didn't see or didn't care. "I don't know, he's my best friend in a different way than Zoro or Sanji." He ate a bit more of his stir fry and then added, "He was with me in that hell. He helped me then, and then we both worked together to fight and get away from the bad guy. I get along really well with him.

"He was first nice to me when I had to partially stand on the chair at my desk and he gave me his book bag to sit on as a not-booster seat," Luffy explained. Ace and Sabo smiled at it. Luffy smiled, too. "There are nice people at UA, but also a mean one. I told him he wasn't going to be a good hero because he's mean spirited and I've never seen him do a single nice thing. So I don't regret saying it at all."

Sabo said, "He sounds like a really good guy. What else is it like?"

Luffy unwisely said he let him sleep in his room if he has bad dreams. "What?!" Ace raged. Luffy was startled, asking wat was wrong. "Is it in bed?" he demanded. Luffy's face turned bright red and he told them it was in a sleeping bag on his floor.

He sighed, feeling like he ruined it. He ruined the night out he had with his brothers after months of being locked away from them and his mom. "I don't have you guys, and I don't have mom. I don't have anyone that I feel like I can just open up to than him. Even Zoro and Sanji, it's different. They didn't go through hell with me, weren't there when my arm was chopped off, or during isolation, or anything. I feel lonely. I have all these friends but I feel so alone and Law is understanding. We're both scared of stupid things afterwards. Both have nightmares."

Ace immediately deflated, apologizing. "I didn't mean to get upset, I'm sorry. I'm not mad, you're a good judge of character." Luffy said he also was like Luffy was. Just taller and less "cute". He didn't know if he should tell them about All For One's reason for taking them. Nobody knew, no one in the public. Not even Zoro and Sanji knew. Was he a bad friend or bad brother? Should he tell them?

But he didn't want them to think any of his strength was from some mystery drug. So he didn't tell them. "Do you like him, do you think?" Sabo asked hesitantly, being much more understanding than Ace was. Both of his brothers liked him after the week of seeing him, hearing from Thatch about how they acted and worked together. So why the change in Ace?

Luffy blushed, and shrugged. "I don't know. I don't feel with him how I feel with anybody else, but I don't know it it's like that." Sabo smiled and said he was worth anybody. Anyone would be happy to have him as a friend or family or anything else. "What if… what if he thinks I look too little? If I did like him? Would he feel like he's with a little kid? Wouldn't that make you feel uncomfortable, too? Like, k-kissing somebody who looks like a ten year old?"

He put his hands on his ears, face red in embarrassment. Sabo asked if he'd ever done anything to make him feel like he was small, or wimpy looking. "No. Not that I think. He's never really made a mention of my size other than giving me the bag to sit on." He felt weird, having this conversation with his brothers. He'd rather do this with mom in person. He could talk about anything with her.

Except the drugs. Not that. Not with anybody. Anybody but Law…

"I don't want to ruin it. He's so nice and all," Luffy said sadly. Sabo pointed out he wouldn't be alone if things didn't go how he wanted. He still had his two best friends. He still had his classmates, who were his friends. He'd lose nobody but Law. Luffy didn't want to lose him, though.

It was getting near curfew time, so they left the diner, Luffy bringing his left overs home, and Sabo drove him back to school. He felt bad for leaving Law to walk back to the school alone. But he probably wasn't mad about it.

When he got dropped off at the entrance, he gave his brothers hugs. "Don't be a stranger. Will you come work for us for longer? Once you get your provisional license?" Luffy beamed and said he definitely would. He asked them to give mom a hug from him. "It sure won't feel like a hug from you, though," Ace said with a grin. Luffy nodded and ran to the dorm, one hand with his left overs and the other with his case. His backpack was also on, too.

When he entered, Sero saw his box with the logo of a very popular restaurant. "What the hell?! Why'd you go get food?!" he demanded. Luffy didn't trust putting his food in the refrigerator. Law said he'd gone out with his hero brothers. "We don't get to see our family!"

"Is your family a hero? If they were, you'd do the same, wouldn't you? So don't bitch about it," Zoro said. Sanji offered to keep his food in his mini-fridge so nobody would steal it from him. Luffy nodded and thanked him. He went to his room to change, not looking at Law, biting his lip. He couldn't stay awkward with him like this for long, Luffy would be honest. It would be worse to feel uncomfortable and maybe make him feel bad. Like Luffy didn't like him anymore and was avoiding him.

He waited until after people went asleep. He couldn't sleep because he was worried. Law was mature, so maybe he'd be okay even if he didn't like him back. He grit his teeth and steeled himself before leaving the room and knocking on Law's door. He said he could come in, and was not asleep. He was at his desk on the computer.

The smaller was surprised. But he didn't ask what he was doing. "Can I talk to you?"

"Always. What's wrong?" Law asked, and Luffy bit his lip. Not wanting to ruin it. "What is it?"

"...Um… so, I was talking to Ace and Sabo and stuff… I don't want you to hate me or anything, or think I'm gross, and I don't wanna ruin our friendship and all cause you're really special to me." He wasn't able to look, probably completely looking like a flustered little boy. But then his hand was in Law's. He swallowed and looked up to see Law was smiling but with red cheeks.

"You don't think it's weird? I… look like a little kid," he said, not wanting to get his hopes up.

Law asked, "And are you a little kid?"

"No."

"Then it doesn't matter, right? Not to me," he said sincerely. Luffy smiled brightly and nodded. "Besides, I like your hand size. It's nice to hold. And I can hold hands with somebody without stabbing them, too. Or not freak anybody out about four arms."

Luffy laughed and said they could hold all of their hands. His formerly severed arm felt heavy and different, but he knew that was in his head, too. "Um, how long have you liked me like that?" he asked, doing a valiant effort to not sound flustered.

Law said, "Probably as long as you have. I've felt it for awhile, but never really noticed it until when you relaxed with me when you said you were scared of the dark. I think it started before the hell, though. You were amazing there, honestly." Luffy blushed and smiled. He walked over and asked what he was doing. He looked on the screen and saw it was a blank word document. "Were you writing something?"

He closed the computer and said, "No. I wanted to write a draft for a letter to send to my parents. I still haven't told them about the pregnancy drug. I want to, but I can't bring myself to say it over the phone or text." Luffy said he couldn't tell anybody either. What if they thought all he was was because of the drug? Law sat on his bed and sighed, saying that was how he felt, too.

"I haven't even told Zoro or Sanji about that. I don't want them to think differently of me," Luffy said. Law was already in sleep clothes, and asked if Luffy was going to sleep in there. Luffy smiled and said he didn't think he would have any nightmares that night. He could sleep in his room.

School was resuming the day after the next. Law smiled and wished him goodnight. Luffy nodded and walked out of the room and to his own. He had only seen that smile sometimes, very rarely. Maybe it was only around him. He curled up around with his giant pillow and fell asleep, with nice dreams, nothing remotely bad.

When he woke up, he wasn't sure what they would do about everyone else. Would they think they were gross? No, they could think that if they wanted. That was him, they could react how they wanted. And Law seemed to not care what people thought about him. He… kind of seemed to not be close to anybody but Luffy and his friends.

And he knew Zoro and Sanji will still love him as their best friend. He wasn't sure about Midoriya, he might be flustered about it. He was flustered about everything, though. He showered and got into a day's clothes, not a uniform. He left the room and knocked on Law's door. "Were you serious?" he asked quietly, knowing Law could hear him.

"Yeah," Luffy heard. He smiled and clasped all his hands together. Somebody liked him that way even though he was so little and hadn't aged in five years. He hoped some day they could figure out what was wrong with his body. He wished to find others who were under that drug and had problems.

He went to Zoro's door first and knocked on it. He opened it, shirtless and with a toothbrush hanging from his mouth. "I have some new developments."

"You and Law?" Luffy's face went white. "Fuckin' took long enough." He laughed. "Did you think it would bother me?" Luffy smiled in relief. "Sanji, too. You're still our best friend. Don't know about Midoriya. I'm sure you've noticed it, too."

Sanji opened the door of his room, "What are you doing up so early?" he asked. Zoro said Luffy and Law finally hooked up. "Great! I'm happy for you." He sounded much less dismissive. But Luffy was glad they didn't pressure him or bring anything up.

"Does everyone else know?" he asked his two best friends, so relieved they were fine with it. He knew they would be, but it was still nice to not have any drama at all. Sanji said he thought those who had been in the hell with them realized. Luffy could see them assuming, especially Tokoyami and Shoji, since they were there in isolation after Luffy's arm was reattached. Both had been clingy together then and just grew more.

Luffy walked to Midoriya's door and knocked on it. He was already smiling brightly, relieved those who mattered most to him were fine with it. Midoriya was a wonderful and close friend, but he wasn't Zoro or Sanji. They were family to him. When the freckled teen opened his door, Luffy asked if they could talk. "Sure," he said, now surprised.

When the smallest entered the room, he heard Law's door open, and he talk to the other two. He asked how long they'd speculated. "Well, we didn't suspect you. We know Luffy. You are important to him in a different way. Just assumed it was that way. Congrats," Sanji said.

"I don't think anyone needs to do the 'you better not hurt him' talk with you," Zoro said. Law said he wouldn't hurt Luffy. "We know." Luffy heard all of this through the door. But he sat on Midoriya's All Might bed as he sat as his desk. He asked if everything was okay.

Luffy asked, "How do you feel about being gay?" Midoriya looked confused. "I like Law and he likes me." Best to just get it out there quickly. He didn't want to drag things on on the off chance it didn't go well.

"I have no problem," Midoriya said honestly, firmly. It was a relief.

"Thank you! Now I have all my closest friends' support," he said happily, and then darted out of the room, grinning. He went to his crush, mutual crush. Law took Luffy's hand, but he felt weird holding hands like that. So, he latched onto Law's back. "This is comfortable. Now it won't look like you're my older brother holding my hand."

"You're just a living, fluffy backpack, I guess," Law said with a yawn. Luffy was able to cling comfortably, his chin resting on Law's shoulder. This wouldn't be how it always was, of course. But maybe walking around like this would be nice. When they got downstairs and to the kitchen, almost nobody was awake. Todoroki was eating bread at the table.

He looked a bit curious and asked what that was about. "Law and I are together, now," Luffy said confidently.

"Oh. Okay," the half and half said, looking uninterested as he went back to his bread. It wasn't even toast. Luffy dropped off and got cereal, sitting at the chair that was for him since it was higher than the others. He asked if he had any lingering injuries. "Recovery Girl took care of all of the ones that weren't little scratches. So, what happened with him with you?"

He was clearly referencing Stain. He explained about Almond Joy, the badly named hero that Luffy had rescued, and then their fleeing the scene since Thatch was injured. "He didn't really come after us much. Kept staring at me, though. Man he was creepy looking," Luffy said. He didn't really talk to Todoroki much because he didn't know him too well.

"Can I ask what happened at the sports festival? After we disappeared," Luffy said. "When I asked Zoro, I was fragile at the moment. He could have been sugarcoating things." Law sat across from Luffy, interested as well.

Todoroki replied, "The stadium was evacuated, the heroes outside rushed in. The remaining students were taken back to the school for safety. We were questioned; maybe something had happened earlier that day. There were no classes while we waited for everyone to be found. Kind of like time was frozen. Even Bakugo was worried, and none of them were his friend. Bellamy looked worried, but over himself.

"Rayleigh was a mess. Over all, it was a stressful few days." So, Zoro had been honest. That made him feel better. Luffy said they only felt they were in hell for a few hours. But maybe that was true just for the final twelve. Maybe everybody else was trapped in there for days. Who knows, it was hard to figure out the time line with that event. After the black swallowed them.

Luffy paused, before he asked Todoroki if he would tell them what happened to them with Stain. It wasn't like it was a secret to them, they knew they fought, just not the details. Todoroki looked at him closely, appraisingly, thinking. But he then nodded, apparently finding what he was looking for. "Sure," he said, and explained everything while everyone were still in their rooms.

The smallest student was disappointed in Iida. And why hadn't Midoriya or Todoroki brought their mentors with them? To do the dirty work so they didn't break the law and get in trouble. Luffy asked that they weren't allowed to say anything. "No. It was the only way for us to not get in legal trouble."

Law said that sucked. They fight off a villain only to not get any recognition. Marco was the one that detained him while the three had weakened him. Luffy had taken out one arm, but that wasn't an actual fight, it was just a lucky blow on his way away.

Luffy frowned and said he felt bad for not noticing Iida's pain. He didn't even know his brother was so injured. Todoroki pointed out that he couldn't know everybody perfectly, couldn't recognize everybody's cues. Luffy muttered that he still felt bad. Law asked if Iida felt any better after the fight, got the hate out of his system.

"I'd like to think so. He seemed calmer afterwards, no longer tense and angry. I think he's feeling better, but I can't speak for his feelings." Law and Luffy nodded, and finished their food before putting the dishes in the dishwasher made for over twenty people. So it was very big.

Rayleigh's room had its own kitchen so he didn't need to interfere with his students. He had a little unit that was what all the teachers had. Comfortable and functional to live in. The teachers never complained, so they didn't know if the spaces were actually nice to live in or not.

When others came down, Luffy and Law were at the living area, and Zoro was eating poptarts on the couch, watching the news. Luffy was sitting in between Law's legs his back to his chest as he was on his phone with one pair of hands and attempting a rubix cube in the other. Just to see how well he could multitask with all of his hands.

It wasn't working well, and he grew frustrated and just stopped. Luffy wasn't sure how everybody else would think of them. If they were upset about it, Luffy would be sad, but wouldn't just pretend he didn't like Law like he did. When Sero came over, he asked why Luffy and Law were like that.

"What's it look like?" Zoro asked, crumpling up the pop tart wrapping. Ashido hurried over, and peeked over the couch. She said she knew it. Had others realized before Luffy had?

"They really are furry fags-" Bellamy said, but got a punch to the face that was tinged with Zoro's magnetism, thrusting Bellamy into the wall. The room was silent as Bellamy's nose bled and he was unconscious. Luffy was peeking over the couch, eyes wide in shock. But Zoro didn't look like he regretted it.

He demanded if anyone else had a problem about it. Nobody made any show they did, but Luffy didn't know if they were just afraid of Zoro at the moment. He grabbed Bellamy and said, "He fell down the stairs."

Luffy told Zoro to calm down. The green haired teen closed his eyes and took a deep breath and nodded. Then he looked at Bellamy, who was unconscious. Luffy turned him over but saw no blood on his head. He wondered if Bellamy would tell anybody. His pride might be what kept Zoro from being in big trouble.

That was a punch but also infused with his quirk, and using quirks against each other was against the rules. But damn, what a new move. Luffy asked if he'd been practicing that. His best friend said it had just happened, he didn't mean it to. The class watched Luffy a bit strangely, and he asked what the problem was, but not in a demanding way.

They looked away and said it was nothing, and it made the faupta frown sadly. "If it makes anybody uncomfortable, I'm not gonna stop," he said, and then walked back to the couch to sit with Law. They held hands before going out of the dorms and to a more secluded area. He was sad, face down.

"They'll get used to it," Law said lightly. Luffy said he hoped they didn't think it was bad. But if they did, then that was their problem. As long as he still had Zoro and Sanji, he'd be okay. "What about Midoriya?"

Lufy honestly said Zoro and Sanji meant more. They were friends since kindergarten, close friends. Zoro was one of the first people he showed his beast form to. And Sanji was next. They'd been light friends with Midoriya, but lost contact over the previous two years. He and his two best friends were still very close.

They still hung out together, even if it wasn't as privately as it used to. They weren't really friends with their classes before high school. Plus, they were all trapped on campus together. So they kind of had to get close to the others to be comfortable. "I can't believe I was worried about what they'd think about it. They'd never leave me for something like this, that isn't even a problem to them," Luffy said.

The two sat against that tree they had hung out at before, and Law started rubbing Luffy's ear. He didn't ask why because it felt nice. He put his thumb on the underside and his pointed finger on the top and rubbed. It was kind of scratchy, but felt really nice and Luffy was zoning out, eyes half lidded.

Like how a cat would react to being pet in just the right spot. They were quiet as Law rubbed his soft ear. It was a quiet day. No homework at all since they just finished their work studies. A day of relaxing.

Eventually Zoro and Sanji came over, and Law stopped rubbing his ear. "What happened with Bellamy?" he asked immediately, not wanting his best friend in big trouble. Zoro grinned and said he fell down the stairs. His pride was too big to let himself be punched and knocked out. Luffy shook his head, though he was glad Zoro wasn't in trouble.

They ended up training out there, fighting even though they weren't in exercise clothes. It was a nice lazy day and Luffy didn't have to deal with anybody else but his friends and Law. Was Law his boyfriend? The word made him blush. Weird to say. He was sure mom would be happy for him.

He did call her that night and told her about it, how he felt and what his brothers had said. And how everybody reacted. "I'm so happy for you, sweetie. And he got the seal of approval from your brothers, that is quite the feat!" Luffy smiled and said it was because they met Law, saw and heard how he acted with him.

"I really miss you. I want to go home."

Makino smiled sadly, the smile in her voice, and said she missed him, too. And that he would come home, they just had to wait a little longer. "I don't know why. The bad guys are gone! Why do we have to stay trapped here?"

"I'm sorry, sweetie," Makino said kindly. Luffy signed and melted onto his bed, on his back with his feet no longer touching the floor. He didn't mean to get mad at his mom. But she said he was completely in the right to want to go home. "Listening to you vent is not you yelling at me, Luffy."

Luffy sighed and nodded. Then he smelled food from below, and told her that dinner was ready and he should go. "Love you."

"I love you, too. Goodnight." He returned it an hung up, and left the room, going down the elevator and to the kitchen where the meal was waiting on the counter to be self-served. Law was already out there eating. Luffy got his food and sat at his chair, starting to eat.

Uraraka said, "We weren't trying to make you feel uncomfortable this morning. At least, nobody but Bellamy. Even if it was somebody else, it would be weird regardless. Not cause it's you both or anything."

"Yeah, I don't think that's why it was awkward," Kirishima said. "Having two of our own just being romantic would throw off the balance regardless of who it is." They nodded. The only ones who didn't were Bakugo, and the Bellamy was eating in the other room, it seemed. But Bakugo didn't look angry or disgusted. He was just not talking.

Luffy sighed and said he was happy about that. "But, that gives you all the option to get lovey-lovey. It's already weird, right?"

"You gonna be a matchmaker or some shit?" Bakugo sneered. Luffy said he was only trying to lighten the mood. The blonde huffed. They ate food nicely, and Luffy was thankful for the clarification from both the girls and boys. And he slept in his own room, not having any nightmares.

They were fifteen. Nothing adult-y was gonna happen between them. And Luffy didn't even want to think about anything other than kissing and hugging and holding hands. He went to sleep and stayed asleep nicely. He had happy dreams, though they did wake him up a bit sad. Dreams of being with his mom again. Being at home.

He moved on and got ready for the school day.

-x-

Everyone was worried about the finals. They didn't know what they would be of, but Rayleigh said they were important, and would be the stepping stone into the school's next big activity. He didn't say what it was, but to be very serious about the finals. There was a written test, like normal, but also a practical exam. And they didn't know what that was about at all.

During break after the vague announcement, Luffy said, "Rayleigh is being a lot nicer about it to us than Aizawa to his students. Telling them if they don't pass, then they can't do the next activity." Tsu asked what the next activity was. "A training camp." The class cheered about something fun.

Luffy was worried about it, remembering the sports festival. It was fun at first, they were all excited for it, and then it was completely ruined. And they had no make up for it, everything needed to be shifted around to make up for that mess. Hopefully the training camp would be safer, less easy for villains to interfere.

He didn't know where it would be help, as nobody had said anything about it. When they went to lunch, Luffy got the fanciest food he could find, getting lobster at the cafeteria. "It sure is nice we don't gotta pay for the good food," Sanji said, then muttering about wanting to learn to cook from Lunch Rush, the person who made all of the meals that weren't cooked at the dorms.

Their class was one of the only ones that cooked every meal themselves. Didn't have the food delivered from the school to their dorms for meals. Sanji was an angel to them all, and he enjoyed getting all the reactions to all sorts of his foods. The only one who ever complained had stopped once he no longer ate with them. Bakugo didn't complement the food, but getting seconds and thirds was showing enough.

Luffy looked across the dining hall and at Bellamy, eating on his own. "He acts like a villain," Luffy said quietly. "Like, really angry. Creepy," Luffy added. Zoro turned his head and said he was acting annoying, but he'd get over it. "Hope so."

Law said, "I still hate him. He has no friends and no real drive to be a hero. He'll probably drop out or just not return as a second year." Luffy frowned, disliking Bellamy as well, but Luffy was actually feeling worried about his and his friends' safety. He got a bad feeling from him sometimes.

Not like evil-bad, just nothing good. So, after class was over, Luffy went to Rayleigh, who was in the teacher's lounge. "Rayleigh," he said, knocking on the door softly with his first left hand. He looked up from his desk and smiled, but then looked a little worried at Luffy's demeanor. He gestured Luffy to come in and rolled an empty seat over.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

Luffy said, "I don't want to sound mean or alarming, but I don't get a good feeling from Bellamy anymore. He said something really, really offensive to me, and Zoro punched him, and he always gives us this hateful glare. And it gives me a bad feeling. Not like it was for All F- the bad guy, but I'm worried. And a little concerned. For my own safety," he explained honestly.

Rayleigh took everything very seriously, listening to his words and clearly thinking of them. He wasn't going to just sugarcoat everything.

"Bellamy is an angry child. I understand where you're coming from, and I respect your instincts, but I think Bellamy isn't somebody you should be afraid of. He isn't stupid and would attack a student like that."

"But Zoro punched him. Isn't that attacking a student?" He didn't want to get Zoro in trouble, but he wanted to get everything out there, wanting to be reassured that Bellamy wouldn't just snap and harm somebody. He felt Bellamy attacking was different than Zoro punching.

Rayleigh nodded, saying that was indeed an attack, but since both parties seemed to have resolved it to an extent, it will pass for the present. "I think the word 'attack' in this sense would be for nefarious reasons. Not a reaction, but something where he is out of control. As in, sudden and viscous. I don't think Bellamy would do such a thing. But, if it makes you feel better, do your best to stay safe around him. You already have superb senses, so trust those." Then he asked the reason Zoro had punched him. But added that he would not punish either of them at the moment unless something more comes of it.

Luffy's face went red and he fidgeted. "Well, he called me and Law 'furry fags'." Rayleigh's expression went very hard. He said that if Bellamy said something like that again, then he wanted to know.

"Even so, do your best to have Zoro understand that things don't need to be resolved with force. Telling me about something like that would have been more productive, as Bellamy would have learned he will be in trouble for saying such things. Instead of knowing that he will just get punched if he said it around Zoro," the teacher said patiently.

Luffy nodded, and thanked him. "Um, about me an L-"

"It isn't my business, but I don't see anything wrong with it. You don't need to worry about anything like that, and I won't tell anybody else about it. Just don't do anything inappropriate." Luffy's face turned red and he put his hands up in embarrassment, saying they wouldn't, and then he darted out.

He ran to the dorms, face bright red. He put his things away and calmed himself. At least Rayleigh didn't think it was wrong. He was happy with the reactions so far. But they wouldn't just walk around in front of everybody being gooey gooey. Whatever that meant, he didn't know. He could smell Zoro downstairs, and made sure Bellamy wasn't in there before telling him about his talk with their homeroom teacher.

While he was speaking, Law came up from behind and put his arms around his shoulders. He started rubbing Luffy's ear again, and it was like a hypnotism. It made him feel safe and warm. He really liked it. Luffy was just glad he didn't suddenly star purring. That would be embarrassing.

He climbed onto Law's back, knowing he weighed next to nothing to him. Well, to anyone, really. Luffy looked behind when he saw Bellamy enter and go up the stairs. He really didn't trust him. He asked for Zoro to keep his door locked at night. "I already do, don't worry so much," he said casually.

Luffy nodded, and tried not to.