Red String of Fate - Trafalgar Law x Reader

Chapter Two

-Chapter Two-

You trailed lightly behind Luffy as he happily pointed and explain where each of the rooms were. The students in the hall watched the two of you, their eyes shining with amusement or tired irritation as they glared at the loud mouth raven haired boy. School didn't officially start for another ten minutes so you and everyone around you were left listening to the young male. "And just down the hall is the band/chorus room. Chorus is in the morning and band's in the afternoon" Luffy explained as you passed by a section of the hall that lead to only a door.

"Uh-huh" you mumbled as you nodded your head, casting a quick glance towards the double wooden doors. As you both continued on, you found yourself slowly tuning the raven haired male out as your eyes flickered down towards the white tiled floors that reflected the florescence lights. You watched as you passed by each tile, you feet making a light tapping sound with each step you took. You snapped your eyes forward as your body stumbled back a bit when you felt something hard make contact with your shoulder. You stopped and straightened yourself out, you opened your mouth, ready to turn around and apologize.

Instead a low yelp escaped past your lips as your arm jerked itself fully back while the string wrapped around your pinkie tightened itself painfully around the small finger. It felt as if it was cutting off all the nerves. You looked at your finger and saw how the string was in a straight line, shaking as it reverberated. Following it you watched as it lead directly to a very tall male that was walking away. His hair was a mess of tangled black locks and his skin was perfectly tanned, with his back facing towards you, you didn't see anything else.

You turned fully towards him and took a step forward before flinching as an arm slung around your shoulders and pulled you back. "Come on, [Your Name]. The tours not over yet, I still need to show you where the lunch room is, also you're eating with me and a few of my friends today at lunch" Luffy said as he smiled down at you when you looked up at him. You cast a quick glance back towards the man, watching as he disappeared round a corner.

"Okay" you mumbled, letting the male turn your body around and continued to drag you along with him.

-Time Skip-

You gathered your things as the shrill sound of the school bell ringing reached your ears, indicating that third period was over. Looking towards Luffy who sat next to you, you gave a breathless chuckle as you found his head resting on his desk. Drool leaked from his opened mouth as his back rose and lowered and the small sound of snoring could be heard. There was a content look on his face as he seemed to be smiling. You reached over and rested a hand on his shoulder and started to gently shake him.

"Luffy, wake up" you whispered. Despite the male being very hyper and a little obnoxious, you couldn't make yourself fully dislike him. He had been kind to you and showed you around and even at the end of the 'tour' he told you that the both of you were going to be great friends. So, hey, at least you weren't going to be lonely on your first day at this school. You looked away from the still sleeping raven haired teen when you heard light footsteps heading towards the two of you.

Considering that the classroom was already almost empty, saved for a student or two that were finishing packing up their things or waiting for their friends to finish. You figured it was probably one of them or the teacher. Turned out it was the latter one as you watched the redheaded man make his way over to you. He was the math teacher and a strange one at that. He seemed very laid back and almost goofy, but he seemed to also know what he was talking about when he was teaching.

His name was Shanks or at least that's what he wanted you all to call him. Refusing to state his last name so students were forced to call him by his first name, said he felt old when people refer to him as 'Mr.' or somewhat along those lines. He had shaggy red hair that was slicked back and sharp looking eyes that held a gentle look to them. Strangely enough his had three scars running across his left eye and he was missing his left arm. You'd have to ask Luffy about that later.

You watched as he walked up to you and the sleeping boy before standing there and peering down at Luffy. His eyebrow raised as a wide smiled crossed his lips as he brought his hand up and slammed it down onto the desk. "Wake up!" he exclaimed loudly as he bent down right near Luffy's ear. Said teen flinched as his body sat straight up and he looked around still half asleep and confused.

"Huh? What?" he asked as he dragged his arm across his lips to wipe away the drool.

"It's time for lunch, sleepy head" Shanks said, chuckling as he turned away from Luffy's whose eyes widened as he reached his hands up and gripped his hair.

"What! Why didn't you wake me sooner?! We're going to be late for lunch, we need to go now!" Luffy cried out causing you to raise an eyebrow at how concerned he was for missing lunch and not that he was caught sleeping. You yelped as Luffy quickly gathered his things into a messy bunch and quickly stuffed them into his bag before roughly grabbing your arm and dragging you out of the classroom.

"Luffy the bell only rung a few minutes ago, we're not going to be late" you said as your feet slid over the slick floor while Luffy continued to drag you. It was better to let him drag you then keep up with him as you feared you'd end up falling or even breaking something at the speed he was going.

"I know, but I don't want to wait it line! All the good food will be gone then!" the male whined as he cast a quick glance back at you before looking forward again as he continued onward. When you both finally reached the cafeteria, you watched in amusement at the deflated look on Luffy's face when he saw how long the line already was.

"I've never seen someone excited about eating school food before" you mumbled as you pried your arm out of Luffy's grip and crossed them over your chest while said male sunk to the floor and started to sulk.

"Yeah, that's Luffy for you" you heard someone say from behind. You cast a glance back finding two males standing behind you. One was tall and a little slim, but you could make out some muscle. His hair was curly, long and just looked perfect that you wondered how soft it'd feel. His eyes a very dark brown, but what really caught your attention was his long nose that stuck out more then anything else.

Beside him was a boy that was smaller and also very thin with very few hints of muscle. His hair was shaggy and brown while his eyes looked almost completely black and wide, kind of like a deer's. Freckles were splattered across his pale cheek over his nose and onto the other one and in the lighting of the cafeteria you swore his nose had a hint of blue to it. But, figured that was just your imagination. "Hi, I'm Usopp and this is Chopper" the long nosed guy said as he held out a hand for you to take.

The shorter male gave a short wave while also shyly hiding behind his friend. You squealed in your mind at how adorable the young boy was before calming down enough to force your arm to stick out and your hand to take Usopp's. "[Your Name]" you responded back quietly as you gave the teen's hand a firm shake.

"Usopp, this is terrible, we have to wait in line for food!" Luffy whined as he moved from his position on the floor to carelessly wrap his arm around Usopp's waist. He just limply laid halfway on the floor while his tongue stuck out of his mouth. He looked as if he was already wasting away. The long nosed man sighed as he stared down at the other teen with a shake of his head before diverting his attention back onto you.

"So, I'm guessing you're new here. I've never really seen you around before" Usopp said as you nodded your head. Your eyes looked away from the teen the minute you felt a slight tug on your pinkie as the red string straightened itself for a minute before going limp once again. Did that guy from earlier pass by here? You looked towards the opened cafeteria doors and let your eyes follow every student that passed by it. But alas you didn't see mystery dude at all.

"Yeah, my mother and I just moved here just about two days ago" you mumbled as you looked back towards Usopp. "So, shall we get in line before it gets any longer or are we going to wait for it to grow a little shorter?" you asked as you pointed towards the lunch line.

"We?" Usopp and Chopper questioned, the shorter of the two's voice quieter and more delicate.

"Oh yeah, [Your Name] is going to be eating lunch with us seeing how she's my new friend" Luffy said, now standing up as he gave a wide smile. Seemingly now forgetting about the long lunch line. "Now, let's go wait before that line gets any longer" he said, lightly bouncing on his feet as he once again took a hold of your arm and dragged you over to the line. "Maybe we might be able to skip a few people."

"Uh" you said, ready to respond to that last comment, but fell silent. Maybe it would be best not to question it.