𝗚𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 & 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝘁𝘀 ┃One Piece

40. Nosy

"I can not believe it..."

"Yeah, and you know what's the worst, they were roommates!"

"Roommates!?"

Gladius put his hand to his mouth, despite having a mask on, he appeared surprised to hear you. You smiled at his reaction, screwing back some parts of a small device.

You thought your whole stay here was going to be like hell, but in the week you've been here, most of your time was spent in the lab, and you found out that Gladius was a gossip. So you started to hit it off when you started telling him some gossip that you had heard during your travels, in prison or even from books that you once read.

It was a useful exchange of information since he also told you many things, mostly about the people who live here, you would use everything in your favor if you needed to, you never know when you need to blackmail others to save yourself, it can be more or less moral, but the least you needed right now was to get yourself into more trouble.

The days passed quickly despite being a bit monotonous since you didn't have much to do and they didn't let you go beyond the castle, someday Baby5 would ask you to go shopping with her and Sugar, a supposed 'little girl' who was also part of the family. The rest you could boil down to getting up, getting dressed and going to work until night, having short breaks to eat during the day.

You got to know the vast majority of the Donquixote family, at least, on the surface they didn't seem as ruthless as some rumors you've heard and read about since coming here, but of course, you were just staring at the surface of personality and nothing further.

The day ended but it started again faster than you expected, you never knew you had the ability to 'hibernate' when you have a good mattress to rest on, a pity you couldn't sleep more hours.

"Good morning, I have great news for you."

Your brow furrowed immediately upon hearing Doflamingo's voice, who entered your room without permission, smiling too much, luckily you had already finished dressing in one of the outfits they lent you.

"Define great news."

"You won't have to work today...!" his cheerful and singing tone of his hung in the air making you raise an eyebrow for him to continue, knowing that there was something else behind that good news "in the laboratory."

"And...?"

"We have a guest gala and I need staff, unfortunately some of my girls are away and I need maids, you have the morning off but I want you on time for four o'clock, oh, and don't forget your clothes."

You couldn't get a single complaint or sigh out of your mouth when your vision was obscured by a maid's dress he tossed towards you, serving as enough of a distraction that you couldn't complain anymore because he was gone.

You lifted the dress, it was simple, black and white, but thinking about wearing this... it was just a no for you, even though you didn't hate skirts and you thought they were one of the most beautiful accessories to wear, you got too used to it to the comfort of wearing pants for better mobility when working.

"Fuck this guy, I just have to wear these clothes, but he didn't specify if I could 'repair' it..."

You searched some of the rooms, finding a small sewing kit, you looked at the scissors and the thread, it didn't have to be much different from a saw and a few screws right? Luckily you didn't destroy the dress so much and turned it into normal black pants, a white short-sleeved shirt, that was it, a suit instead of a dress was much better.

"Oh my God!"

You were startled by the voice, causing the scissors to slip from your hands and land right next to your right foot, and you turned to find Delligner.

"What's wrong, do I have fire on my shoulder?"

“Y-your dress, what have you done with it!?"

"A few minor fixes."

"Minor... fixes..."

His body seemed to be losing strength the more he looked at your creative work, it wasn't that badly done but apparently for Delligner what you did was similar to a war crime towards fashion and couture.

It was too late to fix or get another dress, so you had to put on your suit, Delligner lent you a tie and a blazer to match, he did your makeup and hair lightly, kicking you out of the sewing room quickly, he wanted to check that you hadn't destroyed anything of valuable material.

"Wow, one explodes a room and everyone is already afraid that she will break their things, how distrustful."

You crossed your arms, heading towards Doflamingo's office because Delligner asked you to hand over his newly arranged suit and tell him about your 'little problem' with your dress.

You sighed raising your hand to knock on the door because at least you had the decency to do it unlike him, but you stopped when hearing his voice.

"What's your deal in that case?"

You leaned closer, feeling that internal tingle from eavesdropping on a conversation you shouldn't, bringing your ear close enough to the door for the muffled voice to be clearer.

"Well... mmh... I'll accept the condition, I hope we can meet soon, I miss you-"

You quickly separated from the door, stopping to listen when the footsteps approached your position, you backed up quickly, changing your expression to a disinterested one, pretending you were going to knock on the door, only it opened before you.

"Oh, I was waiting for you, did you just get here? Or were you listening to other people's conversations?"

You swallowed at his slight frown, a small vein on his forehead, but shying away at this point would give you away.

"Who do you think I am, you? The less I know about your business, the better for me."

"Of course, so can you explain to me what happened to the dress I lent you?"

The tension in your body vanished as did Doflamingo's doubt about whether or not you had heard that, now focused on a new discussion about dress codes, at least you were able to escape this time, but curiosity might give you more problems.