Two years had passed since the pirate had decided the small summer island would be his go to home. He would often leave for a month or two but he'd always wind up coming back to the island.

"Avara~" He sang walking up to the girl.

Avara frowned and looked up at the man. She had grown quite a bit in the past two years. She had even had suitors who would come after her and attempt to get her attention, suitors which Doflamingo made certain to chase away.

"Do-ffy" Avara replied looking up him.

She couldn't say she hated him as much as she did before but he still did irk her. He's stop asking her to join his crew and told her that he had already decided she so that was that. Not that she cared, she was aware that she wasn't a part of his crew, after all, she couldn't be in two crews at once.

His grin was spread ear from ear as he reached the girl. As always he was relieved to see the girl on the beach with the rest of his "family". He had noticed that in the past two years the girl had become more adventurous and outgoing, she didn't stand ankle deep in the water every day waiting, sometimes she wouldn't even come to the beach.

"Fufufu~ How rare to see you here" He teased looking down at the girl

At first he didn't mind, in fact he was glad she but then she started coming to the beach with cuts and bruises or she wouldn't come to the beach for a few days in a row, and when she knew it would bother him, she'd leave the den den mushi he'd given her in her home while she went off and explored the island.

"I was supposed to be gone all day" She said flatly

Doflamingo frowned. He didn't like it when he'd return and she wasn't here, he wanted her to stay on this island. It was his island after all. He wanted to keep her here, where he could keep a track of her.

"Another adventure to the west of the island?" Doflamingo asked, mocking the girl.

"No" She replied, "I snuck onto a fishing boat. I was supposed to go to the next island until I found another boat back" She added bitterly

"Supposed to go?" He asked

The girl shot Vergo a quick glare before turning back to him, "Asshole over there caught me and dragged me back here"

Doflamingo frowned, "I don't recall giving you permission to leave"

"I don't recall you having authority over me" She retorted

"Be respectful" Vergo said as he walked up to the two of them.

"She's never been respectful to me" Doflamingo said with a sigh, "Crew members should have respect for their captian"

"I'm not in your crew" Avara snapped

"Fufufu~ I suppose not" He said as he squatted down so his face was near hers, "But you've helped my crew out by sneaking on pirate ships and getting rid of their captians" He added

"That doesn't mean I'm a part of your crew" She mumbled.

Avara could feel his breath on her face and as much as she would have liked to move away she found herself frozen. He wasn't using his abilities on her, but she had grown fond of the man in the past two years and when he'd get too close to her she'd either freeze or try to hit him. Doflamingo chuckled before pulling his face away from the girls.

Doflamingo grinned, he was aware that the girl would get embarrassed whenever he was close to her and he liked it that way. It gave him more power over her.

"The government is going to give you an offer soon" Vergo said breaking Doflamingo out of his thoughts.

"Fufufu~ are they now?"

Avara watched as Vergo and Doflamingo walked off. They had been talking about the world government and an offer. She didn't really understand it.

"Avara" Trebol said as he invaded the girls personal space bubble

Instantly she narrowed her eyes as Trebol moved his face too close to hers.

She hated him. Out of all the Donquixote pirates she hated Trebol with a passion, almost as much as Vergo for beating her almost every day for the past two years, or as Vergo and Doflamingo would call it, "training".

"Trebol, I might kill you if you come any closer to me" Avara spat

She didn't understand how Doffy put up with him. Trebol didn't understand the idea of personal space, and he probably never would.

"I'd like to see the two of you fight" Sugar said looking up from her sand castle

"Avara would win though" She said after a few moments

"What's that supposed to mean?" Trebol questioned

"Doffy and Vergo-san trained her, plus she's smarter than you" Sugar stated bluntly

Avara sighed and looked over at Sugar. The girl sat in the shade eating her berries. Honestly Sugar was one of the few family members from Doflamingo's crew that had never gotten on her bad side. Yes, she'd tried to turn her into a doll once or twice, but there was something about her that Avara didn't seem to hate. Maybe it was the fact that Sugar would mind her own business, and wouldn't try to keep Avara from doing what she wanted.

"I'm going home" Avara said suddenly before turning on her heel and leaving.

Doflamingo frowned seeing the girl return home from the corner of his eyes. He knew she lived alone, he had forced her to show him where she lived after living on the island for a few months. He didn't like where she lived. He didn't like a lot of things about the girls life.