One Piece, Many Hearts *Luffy x Harem*

Halloween Hijinks: A Grand Ol Time

When hinges creak in doorless chambers,

And strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls.

Whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still —

That is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight!

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A party where no one knows your face and everyone was wearing costume to hide their feeble lives...

Yep, Lilith hated being here.

In the corner stood a young lady with a good head on her shoulders and no nonsense on her face. She was at this youth Hallows Eve party at the local rec center and everything annoyed her. The sights of her fellow peers grinding on each other, the sickening scent of sugary candy, and the acrid taste of cider going past her tongue. Flashing strobe lights irritated her eyes, cute little decorations littered the walls, and the music was absolutely deafening. 

It made her so annoyed to be here and yet she wanted to stay.

Perhaps she was still annoyed by what Mela had said earlier that day, how she was always by herself and never wanted to interact with people her age. How she would rather spend her time reading books in the library, helping her siblings with experiments, and train the next generation of clones that lived in her father's lab. Not wanting to participate in this hookup culture and dating and love and junk.

"Makes me sick..." She muttered, sipping more of her cider and sliding down the wall. "Look at all these stupid ignoramuses with their smiling faces and stupid costumes. Are they trying to win a contest for the most idiotic looking attire?" 

She shouldn't be talking since she was wearing a costume of her own creation. A pink full-body jumpsuit that bears her designation of Punk-02 on the left breast; she also wears a purple coat, black boots, dark purple gloves, and red aviator helmet. Her father only refers to her by the number of when she was born. In fact, her "costume" was basically her lab gear and she didn't want to buy or create a new one. Then again, she didn't want to come to a big party undressed or wearing her school uniform. 

"This is so embarrassing. Maybe I should go."

Wait...those weren't her thoughts. Someone had spoke out loud what she was thinking! She turned to the side to see a pink haired girl who was sitting next to her. Her costume was that of a cupid; a white dress, matching wings, gold sandals, red heart jewelry, and a halo headband. Said girl was snacking on a plate full of what looked like most of the buffet. Every bite and smack of her lips made Lilith cringe at all the splatter. 

"I...do agree. This kind of festivities really isn't my thing. I'd rather not flirt with boys, I can barely hear over this music, and..." Lilith closed her eyes. "I had a small tiff with my friend."

"That bad huh?" More food splatter hit her face, making her cringe. "Usually this kind of stuff isn't my thing too, however, free food and seeing some girls from school makes it more enjoyable." 

Lilith saw the DJ throwing candy down at the cheering audience. "How do you...tolerate this? Like all this partying and crazy hormones? I am asking my own self what am I doing here?"

Before the strange pink haired girl could comment, a clearly drunk guy came sauntering over to them. His eyes roamed not only her jumpsuit, but her chatting companions dress. Her face scrunched up with disgust along with the pink haired girl too. Both were visibly uncomfortable as his breath stunk up their faces. He was dressed like a walking skeleton. 

"Hey girls, I was looking for someone out of this world and you look like you fit the bill." He then turned to the pink girl. "And I guess Cupid herself shot her arrow of love at me. Are you two ready to rattle my bones?"