It was another day of getting your ass kicked. The only thing different was you were studying more anatomy than you ever had before, and you were starting to notice Grount's habits he carried. As he lunged at you with his dagger, you grabbed his arm flung yourself over his shoulders, and punched in between his shoulder blades.
"Ouch! Fuck!" He used his other arm to grab your collar on your shirt and threw you away. You rolled and quickly got back to your feet. He came at you again, you dropped down and swiped his feet from under him, but as he was falling, he somehow pulled you back you rammed onto him as he fell. Knocking the wind out of you and ending the fight.
"Grount wins!" When he was declared the winner he stood and helped you to your feet, you noticed him wince.
"C'mon, you need ice and heat for that for it to settle the nerves back down. You'll be sore for a few days but at least this way you'll be able to move."
"How're you okay? I hit you pretty good those last few times!"
"I figured getting stomped on a while back would be some of the worst pain I felt, plus you're subconsciously holding back."
"I don't want to hurt you like that, plus we need you to be healthy."
"I know, I'll be more aware the next time I'm called into action. Plus sparring with you has given me some good ideas on what kind of fighting I should focus on."
"Oh yeah? What's that L/N?"
"Not telling."
"Tease."
The rest of the walk was quiet, well sort of.
"I think they'd be a cute couple too!"
"Eh, no way! Grount is her complete polar opposite!"
"They do say opposites attract."
"HEY! IF YOU HAVE THE ENERGY TO SPOUT NONSENSE, THEN I GUESS YOU CAN RUN TILL YOU DROP!" Grount's shout happened right next to you, you covered your ears not that it did much.
"YESSIR!!"
With that, you both left. On your way to the infirmary, you saw Koby coming out of Garp's office looking a little pale.
"Captain?" You called to him, he turned to you and Grount barely smiling.
"Hey, Grount. Y/N-san. How did sparring go today?"
"Never mind that dude, you look like shit what happened?"
"Oh, nothing much. Hehehe." He was smiling but it was forced.
"Come to the infirmary." You walked past him, he was about to say something but you gave him a look that told him not to argue and he followed.
In the infirmary, you took care of Grount first, with the cold pack, and left him with a copy of the newspaper before pulling the young Captain into your room.
"Sit." He obeyed, you went into your little cabinet and started to make the rice malt you'd made him before, not saying anything and not asking anything. You were simply letting him relax. Once it was done, you handed him the mug and went to place the heat pad on Grount before mixing his muscle relaxers for a week.
"Mix a tablespoon in your coffee or tea for a week once a day, and when you shower make sure to soak in hot water."
"Got it. See ya in a week L/N." He walked out and you went to check on Koby, you didn't have any patients today, so you were just waiting for a sick or injured person to come in.
"Captain. What's wrong?" You sat next to him and he finished the malt. He took a deep breath and then turned to you taking your hands in his. He leaned forward and then looked at you; you weren't sure how you knew, but you also leaned forward bumping his forehead with your own.
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Wind in our Sails KobyXReader
FanfictionY/N is described as hardworking, dedicated and very good at reading people. She is also described as quiet, strange, and gloomy. When Y/N is transferred to Koby's Unit he is determined to have her open up to him and to befriend her. But as he gets...
