First Time
Chapter 4. A Sweet Rescue
by ShipDaWhoop
He didn't attend the classes after recess. She was glad about this, now being able to bask in the information she learned from her teachers.
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It was study period for their class as all her classmates headed out of the room, some running to the library but majority goofing off at the training grounds.
She rolled her eyes at their naivety as she walked out of the classroom. The cigarette stick was becoming so short. She wanted another one but where to get one?
She sighed heavily at what she was going to do. Stomping the puffed out cigarette on the ground, she headed to the one place where she could get one.
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"Back to finally kill me?" Smoker asked, sitting by the tall tree. His eyes were closed but he knew it was the pink-haired lady since he smelled the scent of smoke from her.
"Tomorrow. Hina's kind." She replied before clearing her throat.
"Do you have any more cigarettes?" She asked, sighing heavily. She felt ashamed to ask a thing that led to a vice that would destroy her lungs and to ask it from a man that annoyed her to no end.
He kindly handed out a box of cigarettes to her, a cigarette already standing out among the tucked in sticks. She hesitantly took the box and left him alone.
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As she walked along the corridors of the Academy, she stared at the box in her hand, specifically the cigarette stick that was taunting her to take it into her mouth.
She simply shook her head, keeping the box of cigarettes in her pocket. There was nothing wrong with smoking when she becomes a Marine officer as long as she controls herself.
"Ahh, Hina, will you come to the principal's office? It's important as it is about maybe skipping this grade." Her class adviser had met her along the hall.
She nodded politely at the teacher, now adjusting her path to the principal's office.
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Once there, she saw the man who influenced her to smoke again filling up the left seat that was in front of the principal's desk.
"First day of class and you've skipped most of your classes! How will you be able to- come in, dear, I'm just scolding him." The principal said and she obliged to take the other seat.
The young man subtly nodded at her as a greeting and she rolled her eyes as her response. His name was Smoker, right? She was unsure but Hina thought of going for that name, anyway because of his acquaintance with the nature of smoke.
"You better take your studies seriously. If not, you'll find yourself being expelled-"
"I don't think that'll happen. I got Devil Fruit powers." Smoker pointed out, making the principal sweat profusely.
"Well, just remember my heed or else there will be dire consequences-" "Dire consequences, my ass."
"Do not take that tone with me! We can fail you and you can keep studying the same term over and over! How then will you be able to be of service to the World Government? If you don't pass any of your subjects this semester, you will be ineligible to going up a rank higher than an Ensign!"
"I get to still travel with that rank, right?"
She shook her head at their antic as the principal still continued to scold the male student. Seconds later the argument had paused as the principal faced her.
"We've heard that you already have the basic knowledge of what this term holds. Would you like to take special classes that are for next semester?" The principal asked with a foolish grin as this made Hina raise an eyebrow at the school official.
"I'd rather remain with my current semester." Hina answered, making the principal have the widest eyes. "Why not!"
"I'll rid of your worries. I can tutor Smoker-kun." The mentioned person winced at the nickname as he grumbled incoherent curses.
"Very well, we'll stick to that. Both of you are dismissed." The principal said as he was tired from the session he had with the young man.
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The two students left the office. Once the door closed behind them, Smoker stared at the woman walking away from him.
"Why are you helping me out?" He asked angrily as Hina continued to walk away from him.
"Smoker-kun needs help. Hina's help." She said vaguely before walking downstairs, off his sight.
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It left him to continue grumbling at how mysterious she was.
To Be Continued . . .
Oda says she's a stellar student while he is a troublemaker so tada! That's all, remember to review! Thanks in advance!
So I was told about how Hina refers to herself but the Hina's help part, gyaa, couldn't resist! I'll try again soon ^^;