Dracule Mihawk x Reader [Our Highschool Memories]

Chapter 20: Who We Came To Be

"Are you alright, mi bella?"

"Yeah, I'm alright. It's not the first time Shanks shouted at me, you know?" You tried to laugh it out with Mihawk holding your left hand as you both ride back home after eating with the students.

You were going to take the boys home but they all insisted that they needed to go hang out with their friend.

Someone named Vivi... Which seemed and felt familiar.

Shanks words resonated in you like the bells of Notre Dame. You felt guilty harboring doubt within your brothers. You know in yourself that you didn't wanna think about it at all.

But the voice of sanity in you was telling you otherwise.

Was it even sanity? Or was it overthinking?

Shanks certainly made you uncertain.

"Mi bella..." Mihawk trailed off as he took a moment, trying to find the right words to say. "Do you... Do you remember back in one of my matches, I was against a person named Donald Krieg?"

You raised your eyebrow and slowly nodded. You were certainly unsure where he was going with this.

But if your memory served you correct, Donald Krieg was one of the easiest yet tricky matches Mihawk had to go through to his path in being the Kendo Champion.

"No sweat, Hawk-eyes. The guy definitely seemed like he is faster, bigger and overall maybe a tad bit smarter than you but... I believe in you," Shanks tried to hyped Mihawk as they watch Donald Krieg won his match therefore determining that he was the next opponent for Mihawk.

"Fufufufu~, I would bet on that guy to win just so I can see Hawk-eyes kneel down in defeat," Doflamingo even instigated.

This made you irritated and smack them both in the heads. "Can you both stop it? Ya'll are saying something so useless again. Of course, Mihawk is gonna win." You crossed your arms as you stood up.

Mihawk raised an eyebrow and followed suit which made the others do the same.

"Well, of course you think that... I mean, it's Mihawk and we all know that you like him," Crocodile grumbled as you all walked out of the arena.

This made you blush and shushed Crocodile who just shrugged.

"Yeah, N/N. I mean, aside from that, you have a firm belief that Mihawk's the greatest," Shanks continued as he caught up to you.

You could only shake your head. "Mihawk's gonna win because he IS the greatest and... Because that guy is cheating."

They all stopped as you just continued walking.

"Which honestly does nothing for Mihawk. I mean, seriously, that guy's normal strength, agility and tactics would never be on par with him. If you ask me, it's not even going to be worth Mihawk's time," You pointed out before finally realizing that they were no longer walking with you.

"Huh? Why'd you guys stop?" You turned to them.

Was what you were saying not obvious?

"Have you finally lost it, N/N? Are you finally delirious with how much you admire Mihawk?" Shanks asked as if you grew two heads.

That earned him a smack from Boa followed by hands on his collar saying stuff like, "Are you calling Y/N crazy?" And "How dare you, worthless penis harboring monkey-," which you chose not to pay attention to anymore.

"What?" You asked, borderline offended. "No."

"Are you implying that we should make it seem that, that guy was cheating?" Crocodile's turned to ask.