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Today is your first day back at school after your last summer break. It's now senior year and you plan to get the best grades you can. you sit and listen to music on your bus commute, watching the window deep in thought. Last year you ended up with a C in english, but it wasn't your fault! You sat next to one of the cutest boys in class, Ace, you couldn't help but get distracted from time to time. Of course Ace wasn't into you at all, you learned that the hard way.
You made the bad decision to confess to him the day before break started, knowing you would have a chance of never seeing him again. It was embarrassing to get rejected but it was good for you! He was popular with girls, you knew it wasn't gonna work, so moving on is the best thing to do.
After trying to convince yourself that you didn't embarrass yourself too bad you open your eyes and see that the bus is almost at your drop off spot. You quickly put your bag on and hop off the bus. As you walk into the building you see your friends Nami and Luffy. You've been friends with them since forever so you already know what Nami is scolding Luffy for. As you walk up to them Nami perks up and turns her head to look at you with a pleased expression.
"Uhg finally you're here!" She says as she let's go of Luffy's sore ear, he complains but she pays no mind. "Im so bored when you're gone" Nami whines dramatically and you can't help but roll your eyes with a chuckle. "You're so dramatic, you had Luffy" you say with a shrug. Nami sighs and looks at Luffy who is now down the hallway talking to a late Ussop. "He's been a huge pest, he keeps almost getting me in trouble" Nami scoffs
"I can only imagine" you grin, holding back a giggle. "Whats your first period" You ask curiously, praying quietly that you will have it together. "Hm? Oh I have finance management, how about you?" She asks forgetting about her troubles with Luffy. "Awe man.. I have bio med" you groan as you pull out your phone to look at your schedule. "You really took that? I heard the teacher sucks" Nami grins with a questioning brow. "Yea.. I did- I wanted to take it for the credit but im kinda regretting it" you say as you look at all the other difficult classes you took. Nami leans over and looks at your schedule. "We have math together at least" Nami smiles excitedly. "Oh thank goodness, I couldn't stand another semester alone in math, I barely passed!" You groaned
After saying your goodbyes to Nami you begrudgingly dragged yourself to your class. After a moment or two you find the room and peek your head inside to see if anyone else is there yet. To your surprise there's 3 boys. One sits in his desk quietly while the other two stand in front of him talking. You quietly look around to see no name tags on the desks and find a seat a row away from the guy. You look at the whiteboard and see simple instructions for when class starts in a few minutes.
As the bell rings you look over to the boys when you hear one groan loudly. You hear the one with a hat that says "PENGUIN" complain about class starting too early to which the black haired kid mumbles something in disagreement. You look away, not wanting to stare and be a creep. The two boys who were standing leave the room as more people shuffle in, including the teacher.
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After a long hour the class is packing up for the bell. You put your Chromebook into your bag when you can't help but glance up to look at the same guy from before. You've known yourself to get crushes fast but this might be a bit much. You carefully take in his appearance while pretending to be busy packing. He has dark black, messy hair, a prominent Greek nose, a surprisingly not ugly goatee, and noticeable eye bags. As you take all this in you suddenly realize he's noticed your glances and is giving you an awkward expression. You quickly look away and shuffle out of the classroom.
As you check your schedule again you see that you have math next, you let out a relived sigh knowing you'll have Nami there to vent your embarrassment to. When you walk in the class is already mostly full with clearly assigned seats. You walk over to Nami as she looks up with a curious smile. "You look like you've seen a ghost, bio med couldn't have been that bad" She teased as she crossed her arms. "Uhg I totally embarrassed myself. This guy in my class caught me staring-! He looked so uncomfortable" you whine as you push your palms into your eyes, wanting to disappear. "Oh- that is bad, but maybe he's just awkward" she says trying to see a bright side. "I'm totally a creep!" You say half joking. Nami goes to say a teasing remark when the teacher walks in, ready to start class. You quickly make your way to your seat by the front of the class and focus on distracting yourself with the syllabus that has been handed out.
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After class ends you make your way back to Nami after packing. She stands up from her desk while pulling out her phone. "Do you think everyone will meet up at the same spot?" She asks with a grumble at Zoro not responding to her text about where he is. "Probably, I don't see why not- Ussop told me yesterday that Zoro has science for second period, we can let Sanji lead him today" You say with a shrug as you turn to head out.
You two make your way to your group's usual lunch table. You sit down as you wait for other people to show up. As you look up from your phone you see Ussop and Luffy heading your way. "What did you guys bring for lunch!" Luffy says loudly as he shoves himself down into the seat, excited. Ussop grumbles at Luffy's lack of manners. "I just brought some fried fish and rice- Sanji should have brought us all something extra" He says as he looks over to you. "How was classes, what did you have?" Ussop asks with a grin. "I had bio med and math- me and Nami share math but I totally embarrassed myself in bio med!" You groan, the topic on your mind again. "What happened??" Ussop and Luffy ask at the same time as Nami looks over at you with an awkward smile.
"I was staring at this guy and he caught me, he looked at me like I was crazy" you sigh. "What did he look like" Ussop asks curiously. "He had black hair, a goatee- looked like he hasn't slept in weeks" you say pulling at your under eye to emphasize his eye bags. "I know him! Thats Traffy" Luffy laughs. "I had chemistry with him sophomore year, he was my lab partner the whole school year!" Luffy hums fondly. "Poor guy" Nami and Ussop say at the same time as they shake their heads in pity.
At that same moment Sanji and Zoro come to sit down with Sanji scolding Zoro as per usual. "Sanji what did you bring me" Luffy groans as he squirms in his seat. Sanji and Zoro sit down and Sanji opens his bag to bring out a large lunch box. "I brought some steak for you, sushi for Ussop, strawberries and orange slices for the gorgeous Nami, rice for Zoro, and last but not least (Favorite food) for the wonderful (y/n)!" Sanji hums as he opens the container full of decorative food. You don't have much of a chance to say your thanks and look at the dish before Luffy has his hands on his portion, which makes you chuckle a little.
"So, Luffy... Whats 'Traffy's' real name?" You ask after a long while of everyone eating and talking. Luffy looks up thinks for a moment. "I don't remember" he shrugs. Zoro grins in amusement and looks up from his slumber on the table. "It's Trafalgar. Trafalgar Law, he would repeat it to you constantly" Zoro says to Luffy as Luffy laughs. "Hm" you hum fondly, the name bouncing around in your mind. You couldn't deny it, he was super attractive and has been on your mind all morning even after embarrassing yourself.
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After lunch you head to english class, hoping with every bone in your body that Ace wasn't there. As you unwillingly move your legs to step inside the busy classroom you look around too see the last thing you've ever wanted to see, Law and Ace being in the same class as you. After checking the seating chart you slowly make your way to your seat, 2 seats behind law and a right next to ace... You sit in your seat wanting to melt into the ground, looking like you've seen 20 ghosts this time. As class starts you slowly lift your head to scan the room for anyone you actually want to see before seeing the familiar face of Vivi. With a sigh of relief you bring out your class supplies.
A few minutes before the bell rang you walk over to a reading Vivi. "Vivi" you hum getting her attention. She perks up and looks up quickly. "I didn't even see you! Thank goodness you're in this class" she smiles excitedly. "I should be thanking you, this class would have been a nightmare without you here" you sigh. "English isn't that bad-" she says curiously. "No it's the classmates... Some of the people here are the last people ive ever wanted to see" you grumble. "Oh.. I see, well it'll be fine- this teacher will have us busy- too busy to think about that" she smiles reassuringly as she begins to pack up.
Moving onto your final class after saying your goodbyes to Vivi, you walk into your economics class- dreading this already. You luckily don't see anyone you recognize. You take a sigh of relief and sit in your seat, pulling out your phone to check a recent alert. You open up a message from Nami, and to your embarrassment, it's a photo of her trying to sneak a fake selfie with Law in the background reading a book. You just couldn't escape mentions of him, not like you were exactly avoiding the topic by any means. The message below the photo reads "Is this him??". You quickly respond " Yea- what class are you in??" You ask curiously. "Are you stalking him or something, why do you ask?? Lol" Nami responds teasingly. "No. I was wondering what YOUR last class was, not his" You respond with a grumble. "Well it's study hall" she replies shortly after. You like her message and put your phone down, focusing on the rest of class.
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Two days later, after settling into all your new classes for both your A and B days you have almost completely forgotten what had happened with law. Until now of course. You walk into your bio med nervously as all the embarrassing memories flood back like a tidal wave. You look up from your feet to see Law sitting in his seat reading a book as the two boys from before speak to him, clearly to his annoyance.
You make your way to your seat and try to discreetly listen in, you cant help but be curious. "Law you're such a wet spot, you never go out with us" the kid with the penguin hat whines. "Yea! You totally missed out on going to the movies with the whole group the other day" the boy with red hair scoffs as he pushes up his sunglasses. "Don't be ridiculous. I had to study" Law says coldly as he closes his book to reluctantly listen to his friends babbling. "You didn't need to study. You're just a weirdo who likes to" groans the red head. "Shachi is right, what kinda freak likes to study!?" The penguin hat boy laughs in pure confusion. "You two just don't prioritize what you need to" Law says with a look of grumpy annoyance on his face. You couldn't help but focus your eyes on their movements and especially Law's face. "Oh shut up!! You have no right to act high and mighty when you gag at bread" Shachi groans as he leans into Law. You couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle, which you immediately come to regret as shachi looks over to you. You quickly snap your head to the front of the classroom and tense every muscle in panic. "Even she thinks you're dumb" He grins as Law looks away from you and shachi. You couldn't see his face but with how he looked at you the other day, you felt horrified. "Penguin you can't laugh either" Law grumbles quietly as Penguin chuckles. "Huh-!? Why's that?" He grunts surprised. "You still sleep with a stuffed animal-!" Shachi laughs as he adds on. "Come on! Thats not fair to bring up!" Penguin grunts as he blushes in embarrassment. Suddenly the bell rings and you can hear the two boys continue to bicker as they leave the room. You glace over at Law who has begun to bring out his stuff.
You didn't exactly know how he felt about you but you kinda knew it wasn't anything you'd like. All he has done was give you awkward looks which hasn't made you feel any better. You forget all this for a moment though when the teacher walks in, you begin to take out your school supplies.
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Later that day you're in your dreaded english class. You sit in your seat tapping your pencil against your desk quietly as the teacher does her lecture. You can't help yourself but lean to the side to try and look around the people in front of you to get a glimpse of law. You can only see the back of him but you can't help but keep looking. At this point you've lost track of time as you get stuck in your thoughts about Law, you're suddenly jumpscared by the feeling of Ace tapping your shoulder. You spin your head to look at him in embarrassment. "Yes?" You say swallowing your nervousness. "Do you have a pencil" He asks with a shrug. "Oh.. Uh- yea I do" you say as you dig into your bag to pull out an old pencil. You hand it to him and he gives you a thankful nod and smile. You usually would tease him on the fact that you'll never get the pencil back but you couldn't focus, you just hoped he hadn't seen how you were already staring at another guy.
As class ends you stare at your feet, lost in your thoughts of how many times you've embarrassed yourself in the past 3 days, it had to be a world record. You suddenly feel your shoulder pushed, you look up and see law looking back at you. He opens his mouth to say something before walking away. This jerk! He totally bumped into you and didn't apologize! You couldn't help but huff irritated and clench your fists in irritation. Maybe you were over reacting but- okay so you were over reacting, yet you needed a reason to see a flaw in him after embarrassing yourself in front of him so much. Without thinking you catch up to him in the hall and tap his shoulder. He looks over and you suddenly freeze, realizing how dumb and petty this is. "I- you didn't say excuse me." You murmur. As you look at him he gives an unreadable glare. "Sorry." He grunts and quickly turns away, walking off quickly. Great, now you seem annoying and creepy. You're totally ruining your reputation just over this guy! You can't help it though, he makes you dumb with how cute he is. With this, you turn away with an embarrassed huff, and walk to your next class.
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Two weeks later you're sitting in bio med, you've avoided embarrassing yourself for the past weeks and you would like to keep it that way. You've avoided looking or thinking about law with every bone in your body, you've been stupid with how much you've let him and his looks get to you. You snap out of your thoughts and focus in on what the teacher is talking about. As you listen in you hear one thing you really didn't want to.. A group project would begin. Uhg the horror! Working with other classmates that you don't know. A total nightmare. As people begin to get their partners you begin to get uncomfortable realizing that almost everyone has someone to partner up with. You nervously look over to law who is also still in his seat. You let out a long breath, your pride going with it. You slowly stand and make your way to his desk.
"Uhm.. Do you need a partner" you murmur, feeling your skin crawl as he looks you in the eyes. "Yea. We can work together" he says in his usual cold tone which never stops to irk you. "Cool.. Uhm- do you have any ideas on the presentation" you ask. "Well its on human physiology, informational slides will do fine" he says. You obviously knew what it was about, does he think you don't pay attention?? Jerk. "Okay.. What I was talking about was ideas, who is gonna do what" you grunt as you bite your tongue in irritation. "I can do the nerves and organs, you can do muscles and the skeleton system" he says firmly, leaving no room for debate. "Fine. I can work with that" you nod. "We only a few days to do this so- when do you want to work on this" you ask. He looks away from your eyes and crosses his arms with a long breath. "You can come to my house tomorrow. We'll be able to finish it" he says firmly. Tomorrow was Saturday and you planned to use your free time to do nothing related to school as per usual. "Tomorrow's Saturday, I don't wanna do school work on a Saturday" you huff, maybe you were being childish but you don't get a lot of time away from school work! "Don't be a child." He grunts irritated as he looks back at you. You sigh reluctantly as you cross your arms. You look at him and against your inner will, you grumble and nod. "Fine.. What time should I come over" you say.
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On Saturday you stare at your phone. You're fully ready 40 minutes before you had planned to meet. You stare at the texts you two had exchanged just a few hours ago for clarification and what not. You were being silly but knowing you had his number made your heart bounce around in your chest. You secretly liked that you were going to his place even if it was for school work. You wanted so bad for him to text you again. Earlier when he just texted you his address you couldn't help but squeal and blush like a little kid. You were being confusing with yourself and your feelings for him, of course he got on your nerves more and more and you didn't know him very well at all but he was just so alluring- you can't help your giddy-ness. You made sure to look extra cute, not like you didn't look cute every day lets be honest, but you made sure to put extra time into your appearance today.
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You sit on the bus watching as it goes through the streets of your hometown on your way to Laws place. After a little bit you notice how nice the houses are getting, you couldn't help but judge every one you saw despite not even being in a close enough tax bracket to imagine these homes as an option. Before you know it the bus is at your stop. You quickly hop off the bus and begin your walk, you watch your phone for directions before quickly realizing you only have a few minutes left to make it. You begin into a sprint and finally come up onto his home. The house is a more modern home with a stone driveway that leads to a 3 door garage and a large dark wood door. The house is extremely big compared to what you're used to that's for sure. You make your way to the door and use the knocker. You don't have to wait long before Law opens the door with an irritated glare. "You're 6 minutes late" he says firmly as he moves to let you inside. You walk in and slip off your shoes. "I know I know, I'm sorry- the bus ran late" you grumble as you turn to him. You take in your surroundings of his lavish home, he grumbles and snaps to get your attention. "We'll be working in my room, ask me if you need to use the restroom- all other rooms are off limits except the kitchen" he says firmly, he says these rules with so much conviction it makes you want to roll your eyes yet you hold back. He makes his way for the stairs and you follow, still looking all around you.
As you walk into his room you immediately take notice of his habits shown in it. Everything is extremely neat, the desk is covered in school work, and what's extremely interesting is the bookshelf full of comic books. You couldn't help but smile at the small detail but quickly get your attention back to Law who is pulling his Chromebook from his backpack. "Have you done any research for your slides?" He asks coldly, an annoyance you're now used to. "Uh.. No I thought that's what this study hangout was for" you say with an awkward grin, hoping you're not in for a scolding. He sighs and sits in his desk chair, it rolling back a bit as he looks down into his computer, his expression neutral and unreadable. "It's fine.. Lets just get this done" he says as he looks up at you with just his eyes, you blush and turn away and set your bag down besides his bed. "Can- can I sit on your bed" you ask awkwardly as you pull out your own Chromebook. ".. Yea that's fine" he says reluctantly, avoiding eye contact. He looks at you like you're a threat to his neat-ness. You murmur a petty insult softly under your breath and sit down on the end of his bed facing him. "Have you made the slideshow yet" you ask expecting him to have done the whole thing already with how prepared he has been acting. "Ive shared it to you" He sighs as he leans back, not looking up from his screen.
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After an hour or two of typing, reading, and glancing at Laws attractiveness- you look up from your computer at Law. "Uh- Law" you mutter. Law hasn't moved much in the past hours, yet now his posture has worsened. He looks up and sits up straight with an eyebrow raised. "Yes?" He asks, uninterested. "I need to pee" you say awkwardly as you avoid eye contact. "It's down the hallway to the left" he says before looking back at his computer. You nod and slowly make your way out of his room, closing the door behind you. As you slowly walk down the hallway you take this chance to look at the photos hung up. You can see many photos of Law when he was young with his seemingly younger sister. You find the bathroom and enter. The bathroom is much more open then yours is at home, you look down at the countertop and see all of Law's Cologne and hair products. After going to the bathroom and washing your hands, you open the door and head back down to his room.
When you enter his room again you find Law standing by the door waiting for your return. "What? I wasn't gone that long.." You say nervously at his stern look. "7 minutes is a bit much-" he begins to complain like an annoying boss. "Jeez you can survive without me for 10 minutes I promise you" you tease playfully. You can't help but smile softly as he blushes and looks away with a grunt. "We need to finish this project" he says firmly. "We could have done this separately, it's just a slideshow" you shrug. ".. I wanted to make sure you'd do the work." He says firmly as he turns away and back to his computer. "I'm not a bum" you grumble and open your Chromebook again as you sit down.
As you both get back into your working positions, ready to work for another long hour, you realize you couldn't do any more of this without a break. "Law-" you mumble to Law's dismay. "Yes.?" He sighs as he looks up again. "I need a break" you groan. Law sighs and rubs his temples. "Right now? Already?" He huffs irritated. "We've been working for a long time! I can feel my neck aching, and I know your back hurts-" you tease, irritated in your own sense. Law blushes in embarrassment at his bad posture habits and looks away. "Fine, but I don't have anything for you to do" Law says unwilling to join you on this time out as he focuses back on his computer. ".. Aren't you hungry? You should take a break too" you shrug as you close your computer and stretch out on his bed, his expression blank as he scans you with his eyes. "I'm perfectly fine. If you're hungry the kitchen is downstairs, we have fruits on the counter" he shrugs and looks back at his computer. "Uhg fine, you're such a spoil sport" you complain.
You leave his room to go grab a quick snack. You quickly grab a banana and come back, huffing in boredom. You sit down dramatically and begin to eat. You sigh loudly to try and exaggerate your ennui and get Law's attention. He looks up irritated with a scowl. "What now?" Law says as he raises an irritated eyebrow. "I want to do something!" You shrug. "You could always do your work" he says with a roll of his eyes. You couldn't help yourself but let your mind wander to dirtier things but you try to not let how much of a pervert you are show on your face.
"Don't you have any like.. Board games? Video games?" You ask, curious now what he does in his free time. "Not really" Law shrugs. "Then what do you do for fun??" You ask surprised. "I read. It's something they did before video games" Law teases with a cocky grin. "Oh shut up. That is not all you do every single day" you grumble refusing to believe he can be such a nerd. "Anything other then reading??" You ask curiously. Law thinks for a moment before grumbling. "I guess I play a little of the Sora games" Law mutters embarrassed as he crosses his arms in shame. "Really now?" You say in amusement. "Why don't we play a little bit" you ask as you stand up before law. "I have work to get done- and so do you-!" Law grunts. "A 30 minute break won't kill you! We have all Sunday as well" You say as you grab his computer and close it, setting it to the side. "Hey-" Law growls in surprise. "Let loose!!!" You groan dramatically in a plea as you pull on his arm to drag him out of his chair. He reluctantly stands with a frown. He pulls his arm away and sighs, leading you out of his room and downstairs to the living room.
You and Law sit down on his couch. He hands you a controller and turns on the TV, setting everything up. You sit a few inches away from him and you can't help but blush, with him so close you can smell his Cologne and shampoo. He smells so strong of deep vanilla with a hint of oak. You're broken out of your thoughts with Law looking over at you. "Ready?" He asks as he looks at you with his usual blank expression, seemingly not at all phased by you being so close.
The two of you play the game for longer than law expected, with you distracting him from the time at every turn. He watches you as you gloat and whine depending on how each round ended up. As you joke and laugh about how good you are at the game you can see the faintest smile on law's lips before it's gone again, and to your disappointment, hes seen the time.
"We've had a long enough break, we have work to do." Law says sternly as he stands up and turns off the TV. "Come on law... We only have 3 more slides to do!" You whine and lay down on the couch, trying to avoid work as much as possible. "Get up" he says as he looks down at you, not amused by your childish way of avoiding work. "Mmph.." You grunt as you sit up, reluctantly. Law looks down at you before grabbing your arm and pulling you to your feet. You cant help but blush and quickly look away. "Once we finish you can go home" Law says as he heads for the stairs. You drag your feet and follow.
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After another 2 hours of working you close the computer with a sigh of relief. "Finally done!!" You sigh with a contempt smile as you lay on your back on his bed. Law looks up and closes his own computer. "Uhm.. Thank you.. For working on this with me" Law nods awkwardly, rubbing his neck uncomfortably. "Yea totally" you smile. "I had fun playing games with you" you say as you sit up. "We should do the next project together too!" You say excitedly. "Eh.... Maybe.." Law says as he avoids eye contact. Great you totally embarrassed yourself. Again. "Right... Well- I uh- should get going" you shrug as you begin to grab all your stuff. "Ill see you at school" you say as you head for the door. "Bye" Law says coldly, god this guy is so annoying! He could at least pretend he would miss your presence.