Luffy woke up and found himself in the morning. He stretched his limbs and saw that Law was next to him, sleeping soundly. He got up and sat next to the bed, staring at Law. Luffy was about to playfully poke him when Law grabbed his hand and looked at him. Luffy was startled by how his childhood friend was looking at him. His gaze was different than usual. The mood was tense and even Luffy felt it. Law stared at him intensely as if he wanted something from him.
Law closed his eyes and told Luffy, "Breakfast is ready at the cafeteria. You might want to hurry."
Hearing the word, Breakfast, Luffy got up quickly and went straight to the bathroom to get ready.
"What about you?"
"I'm fine."
"Ok! Bye Torao! See you later!" Luffy said excitedly, forgetting what happened before due to his hunger.
Tch, I need to be more careful around him… My guard was down because I just woke up.
Law got up and got ready for his classes.
Luffy was a new star in the school. The Devil Fruit Users feared him for casually addressing Law and his weird power. For the angel students, everyone wondered how Luffy can be friends with Law. Even though Law was an Honors student who is now a senior, he was notorious for his coldness and cruelty. Not only that, Luffy was friendly to anyone and everyone grew to like him, making angel class more interested in Luffy.
In the cafeteria, everyone was gawking at Luffy. He had piled a huge tower of food as he munched on a breakfast sandwich. Zoro walked up to him in amazement.
"The food's not going anywhere you know."
"I know. That's why I'm only taking this much!"
"Huh?"
Luffy looked at Zoro as he ate his breakfast while in line for more. Luffy's cheeks were stuffed with food and his cute face made him look like an adorable hamster.
Zoro stroked his cheeks with the back of his hand and smiled. Even though it was short, his eyes contained so much content and kindness that Luffy could not help but feel blood rush to his face. Zoro looked startled at Luffy's slight blush.
Before they could say anything, Sanji interrupted, "What are you guys doing?"
Luffy gulped his food down and looked for more at the other side of the cafeteria. Zoro looked irritated at the sight of Sanji more than usual.
Sanji slyly smiled and said, "What? Are you interested in him?"
"So, what if I am?"
"You? You who never glanced at anyone, whether it be female or male?"
"Shut up."
Sanji looked at Luffy and decided to help Zoro a little bit at some point.
Zoro and Sanji walked up to the table where Nami and Usopp were sitting together for breakfast.
"Psst. Don't look but Luffy is coming this way," Usopp whispered.
"What's wrong with that?" Zoro added, glaring at Usopp.
He flinched at Zoro's glare but recovered, "He's dangerous!"
"That's what you said about us in the beginning," Zoro said.
"Yeah, well…. Most people know about superhumans and… and… help me out here!"
"…" Nami did not say anything.
She felt bad how she was treating him but the new information about devil fruit was just too much for Nami. Luffy did not seem to know where to sit since Usopp and Nami seemed annoyed at the sight of him. He sulked and decided to sit alone…. When Zoro saw that, he was outraged.
"I'm sitting with him," he was getting ready to move.
"Nami-san…." Sanji pleaded.
He knew what Nami and Usopp were doing were out of fear but it wasn't right.
"Sit!" Nami said with a stern voice to Zoro.
"Or what?" Zoro was practically growling at her.
"Watch your mouth towards the lady, you-"
"Bring him over here."
Usopp looked at her as if she was insane.
She snapped at Usopp and said, "What we are going is not right."
"He wanted to be our friends, remember?" she added.
Usopp looked down, ashamed of himself, and Zoro smiled wickedly. He was in middle of getting up when something pulled him back to his chair.
"Oi. What happened?" Sanji asked when he saw Zoro's shocked face as he fell down to his seat.
Law passed by, glancing at Zoro in particular. Nami and Usopp flinched, realizing Law just stared at their table. Law went straight to Luffy and sat down across from him.
"Hey."