“Kid…” You begged him, he stops and looks back at you, a slight frown on his lips. You didn’t want to have to force him, but you would if he didn’t stop. He sighs and walks back down to you and sits next to you on the steps. You look at him mildly surprised.
“Sorry.” He mutters so quietly you almost didn’t hear him. You open your mouth to say something but nothing comes out, did he just apologize.
“Being back here brought back feelings from when I was younger, old habits came back I guess…” He shrugs and you frown at him.
“You…” You growled at him and he gives you a playful smirk.
“So…” He starts, ignoring the anger boiling from you.
“Did you miss me?” He laughs when you try to smack him, he catches your arm and pulls you onto his lap.
“Ah…you calmed down…good to see she still has that effect on you.” You hear Killer comment and you sigh, you were the only one that seemed to calm him down if you asked him too. Kid huffs and wraps an arm around your waste while using the other one to prop him up as he leans on the steps, he glances over his shoulder at the three boys at the top of the steps and smirks.
“Hey kiddos.” He says while giving them a slight wave with his hand that’s propping him up. You try to wiggle away from Kid but his grip on you tightens. He gives you a look that makes you stop and look down at your hands. You hear someone come down the steps and you look up at Luffy who is walking towards Kid. Kid looks at Luffy with a neutral expression. Luffy reaches the two of you and looks at you nervously, you reach out to him and he jumps into your arms. Kid lets out a low chuckle at this.
“Looks like the kids like you. How long have you had them?” He asks, you think for a moment and sigh.
“It feels like a long time because of everything that has happened, but it’s only been a week…” You said, amazed at how much can happen in the span of eight days. Kid hums and pokes Luffy’s cheek with his hand that isn’t holding you.
“So what’s been happening, aside the whole…Law business…” He says, hissing out Law’s name. You sigh at this, they never got along and was always fighting, you swore that one day you’d find out one would have killed the other. It hasn’t happened yet but you feel like it will one day.
“Well…Ace ended up in the hospital because of some boys with brooms with nails in the handles…it’s why he has a lisp right now…” You said, Kid looked up the steps and eyed the other two.
“Which one is Ace?” He asks, Ace walks down the steps and glares at Kid.
“Me.” He states calmly before crossing his arms. Kid huffs and smirks at the boy.
“Spunky.” He muses before turning back to you.
“Sabo’s parents tried to have all three of them taken away. Turns out they are real bastards…” You huff, hugging Luffy. Kid looks up the steps and at Sabo.
“I assume your Sabo then.” He says, Sabo walks down the steps and stands next to Ace with a frown on his face. He says nothing. Kid shrugs and looks back at you and you sigh. You cringe slightly while brushing back Luffy’s hair, Kid notices this and grabs your hands.
“Ah shit…”He mutters when he sees the burns. Sabo gasps and reaches into his pocket and hands you the cream. Kid takes it and takes the top off and puts the cream on your hands, rubbing it in with his fingers.
“How’d this happen?” He asks, and you give him a slight smile.
“Kid’s tried to make me dinner and burnt it…” You laughed slightly and Kid just bursts out laughing.
“And let me guess you just grabbed the pan without thinking?” He says and you scowl at him, only making him chuckle at you some more. All three kids look confused at Kid’s sudden change in personality, you see this and sigh.
“Don’t worry guys it still confuses me too…just call him bipolar and shrug it off.” You wave your hand around with a small shrug and Kid stops laughing and glares at you. You laugh nervously and hug Luffy again.
“Anyways today, Doflamingo kidnapped Luffy…” You said. You felt Kid tense at that man’s name.
“Ah fuck…(Name)…” He says looking at the kid in your arms.
“How did you get him back…?” He asks and you sigh.
“Remember that money account you gave me and told me to do whatever with but I stubbornly said I would never use…?” You say and he smirks at you.
“So you used it. To pay Doffy off…” He says relaxing again. You nod, you hated to admit it but if he hadn’t left you that money you would have never gotten the boy’s back.
“I might need more soon though…” You said softly, Kid looks at you with a slight scowl.
“Why?” He grunts. You look at him and frown. You lean over and whisper the name of Sabo’s parents in his ear and you feel him tense again.
“You pick fights with all the wrong people, woman.” He growls, you move to get up but kid pulls you closer to him. Your frown deepens at then while Luffy just clings to you more.
“Let her go, Kid.” Someone says from the front door, you pale slightly and look up at Sabo.
“You called him..!?”
