[#] 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏.

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"Just great," [your name] sighed, moving her braids to the side

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"Just great," [your name] sighed, moving her braids to the side. Just what she needed, a hot and humid day to walk to her classes on campus.

"This is terrible..." Nami whined, looking at her best friend.

"I know..." she slightly pouted, fanning herself with her folder.

Despite having many friends, there was something about Nami that clicked with [your name]. Their mindset was somewhat similar, all about the money. She had two best friends, Luffy and Nami. Luffy being her childhood best friend, and Nami being her sister from another mister.

Nami was the only one she could take classes with, Luffy somehow just happened to be in some classes that she had. math and literature, the two classes she hated being in. Especially with Luffy in the mix of it. If there was anything Luffy didn't understand was math and literature. Now [your name] was already terrible at math, but now she had to help Luffy pass the class. Thankfully for the trio, their math class got cancelled. So they had an hour and 45 minutes of leisure time.

"Hey Ace should be getting out of class in ten minutes," Luffy looked at you with a slight smirk.

"Can't do basic math, but you know when your brother gets out of class. Love that for you," she sarcastically replied, sitting down at the table in the cafeteria.

In ten minutes, she got to see Ace in his firefighter academy uniform. It was something about him in the uniform that drove her crazy, but she always kept it to herself. The last thing she wanted was for Luffy to announce to everyone again like before.

The voice level in the cafeteria became loud, indicating that the future firefighters were now in there, "you guys waited for me?" Ace's voice snapped her out of her thoughts while he sat in front of her.

Was his uniform shirt shrinking? Or was he putting on extra muscle? Whatever it was, she wasn't complaining at all. He still looked good to her and that's all that mattered.

"Our math class got cancelled actually, so we have an hour and 40 minutes now of just relaxing before our literature class," Nami smiled, letting the cool air hit her.

"Wait do you guys have professor Crystal?" and they nodded their heads.

"Who has the best grade in that class?" Nami and Luffy quickly pointed to [your name], causing her to choke on her water.

"Good, You know how her big paper is due soon? Well not soon, but next week?" his eyes were a bit wide while she nodded her head.

"I suck at essays and I have a high D in this class. If I can get an A, then maybe it'll raise it to a C. If you're not busy later today, can you help me out?" she quickly nodded her head, not realizing what she just got herself into.

"Thanks, I appreciate it [your name]!" he smiled, grabbing a piece of Luffy's fries.

"No problem," she smiled back, pinching Nami's thigh. It won't hit her now because she's excited, but once Ace leaves to attend his next class, she'll be freaking out.

"Well, my next class starts in five minutes. See ya'!" he took off with Luffy's fries, who's reaction was delayed.

"Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God," and there she goes. Reality began to sink in.

"I'm helpin' Ace with his essay? Oh my. I need to cancel right now," she rambled, causing Luffy to flick her in the forehead.

"You're annoying when it comes to Ace," he stared at her, left eye starting to twitch.

"And you're overreacting, just help him out. I don't know what the big deal is," he took a bite out of his burger.

"Yeah..." as much as she didn't want to admit it, he was right.

Maybe she was being extra for no reason, and she needed to calm down.

Maybe she was being extra for no reason, and she needed to calm down

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Once classes were over, [your name] and Nami said their goodbyes. It wasn't really goodbye, the two were just dramatic when they were separated. As always, [your name] gave Luffy a ride because they lived in the same apartment complex.

She followed Luffy inside of the place. Of course, Ace was in the kitchen shirtless and eating. Every time she was over, the male never wore a shirt.

"Oh you actually came!" he looked up from his phone with a small smile.

"Yeah, whenever you're ready just let me know," she returned the small smile, sitting down next to Luffy.

"Uno?" Luffy held the pack in his hand while she chuckled.

"Oh you're so on..." she trailed off, grabbing the deck of cards and began to shuffle them. 

But before they could start, they were interrupted by Ace who was done with his meal. She followed him to his room, where she saw Luffy looking at her with a small smirk on his face.

His room was a bit messy, but it wasn't too major. Following him to the desk, she sat down next to him. He handed her the extra keyboard while she started his computer.

"So do you know what you want to write your essay on?" she cleared her throat. To her, the atmosphere felt awkward and she knew that it was her. Maybe it had to do with the fact that she was close to him while he was SHIRTLESS.

"I wanna write about the rapid fires that have been happening recently. I can show you my planning sheet," he pulled it up on his document folders.

[your name] looked through the planning sheet and he had strong points. Some of them needed to be expanded more, but it was overall a good paper. Which was a bit surprising to her. For someone who seemed so carefree, she wouldn't expect him to worry about his grades. Then again, he was in the firefighter academy. So he probably needed to maintain his gpa to continue on in the program.

"This is actually great, some of your points do need to be expanded, but I think we can work on that together," she continued to look through it.

"Wait really? That's great," he sighed in relief.

"My biggest fear was that I'd have to start this whole process over again," he leaned back in his chair.

"I think if we can expand some of your points, you'll probably have a flawless paper. The structure is actually amazin',"

"Thanks, that means a lot coming from you. I heard that you're good at essays, so I guess i'm kind of excited?" he questioned with a slight chuckle.

Maybe helping Ace with his essay didn't seem too bad with her.




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stfu tori is speakin' ;; 
dk if i wanna continue this book or my renji book. which ever my heart desires ig idk.

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