𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 { 𝙨𝙖𝙗𝙤 | 3 }

Chapter 5:Breakfast

Arabella pov
Finally when I woke up at a more appropriate time this morning, everything was slightly lighter. I got out of bed, and had a shower. I changed back into the outfit that I had on yesterday. After changing, I went to inside Sabo's office, which was a couple doors down from my room.

His office was filled with his belongings. Set up on his desk was paperwork (which was all over the place), pencils & erasers and a dip pen with a ink pot. His bookshelf on the left wall was full of books with different titles. On his chair behind his desk was his long black jacket, while by his bookshelf was his pole staff thing that I saw before.

I walked up to his bedroom door, and knocked.

"Hey um..Sabo! Its me, your prisoner! I'm just waiting in here so...hurry up!"I said.
"Okay!"

I left the door, and wandered over to Sabo's bookshelf. I skimmed my fingers over the titles, and felt myself smile.

'He has a good taste in books & authors. All of these I've read, and I loved each story line.'

I spotted one book, and slid it out of the shelf. I turned the book to the cover, and read that it was called 'Pride and Prejudice'.

(A/N:'Twas the only book I could thing of)

Sabo emerged from his bedroom."You like reading?"
I nod, putting the book away."I like to think of reading as a way of learning & feeding the brain. You get to read about people's stories, and about how they got from either success to failure, or failure to success. Its interesting. Good choice on books by the way."
"Thank you. Anyway, lets go & grab the food already. I'm famished."

Sabo & I left his office, and we headed over to the dining hall. As we walled, I asked some questions.

"So...you're saying that wherever I go, you have to be there with me."I asked.
"Yes. Its the one way for me to make sure that you don't run away. I'm also thinking about locking your room at night when you sleep."He added.
"Wait, what?! But-"
"I'm not taking any chances, Arabella. We're-or well, I'm not letting you escape this place. This is your one way of repaying the lives that you killed a couple days ago:by working for us for the rest of your life, or until we believe you're ready to be released."Sabo said.
"I am a assassin, not a Revolutionary." I remarked.
Sabo laughed sharply."Well then, that is your own problem, not mine."

'What happened to that guy that I played the piano with last night? Jeez, this is guy is a prick-no, he's a fucking cactus. No...wait...he's a dick cactus!

I growled silently as we walked into the dining hall. Inside, there was rows & rows of tables filled with both people & breakfast. Different scents & aromas filled the room like water to a tall glass. As we walked on in, people were watching us. Or well, they were watching me. They were muttering things about me. I shut them all out, and just kept on walking with Sabo.

"They're talking about you."Sabo whispered to me.
"I've noticed."

The breakfast selection was vast. It ranged from cereals, baked goods, fruit, eggs & bacon, juices/smoothies, breads, spreads, waffles, pancakes, hash browns & more. I decided on waffles coated in maple syrup, one hash brown & apple juice. And then I looked over at Sabo-

"Shit..!"

He was carrying at least five plates full of food.

"Is he gonna have a fucking picnic?!"I swore under my breath.
"Well, I see that you got your fill. Come."

I followed him to a table, and we sat down. As soon as we were seated, a female voice called out to Sabo.

"Sabo! Move over!"

We both looked up, and I see a cute girl my age. She had chin length orangey-brown hair & dark blue eyes. She wore a frilly pink dress, black tights & a pair of maroon boots that I would kill to have. She looked over at me.

"Ah, is this our Arabella?"She asked.
"Yes, this is our Arabella."Sabo answered.
She grinned at me."Hi~! I'm Koala!"
"H-hello...! I-um..I'm Arabella, and I just wanna say, thanks for lending me your clothes."
She giggled."S'okay! Besides, I don't wanna have you wearing the same clothes every day. And just so you know, if you get annoyed with Sabo-kun, just talk to me!"
"I'm right here you know-"
"Oh, we know."I cut in.
"Bitch."Sabo hissed.
"Dick cactus."I snapped

Koala laughed."Alright alright, build the bridge & talk."

While Koala & I chatted, Sabo was busy stuffing that face of his with food. By the time we ha finished breakfast, Sabo had ten plate fulls of breakfast, which is highly inhuman if you ask me. During my chat with Koala, I could feel my social awkwardness lower, and I was generally talking to her with ease.

"Well, I gotta go. I need to go & take my class."Koala said.
"Your class?"I asked.
"I'm teaching the young children here how to fight with Fishman Karate."Koala explained.
"Really? Thats amazing. Well, I can't hold you up any longer, so I do hope that we talk again, Koala."I said.
She smiled."Same goes for you, Arabella-chan! Sabo-kun! Don't be too harsh on her! Bye!"

Koala skipped off, and I felt myself smile.

'She's such a nice woman...'

Sabo cleared his throat."So..we need to go & talk to Dragon-san, we should get going now."

Suddenly, I felt my fear spike up as soon as he said Dragon's name. I could still remember how that man stared at me when he knocked me out. I could feel his power, and it was tremendously strong. It freaked me out a little bit.

Sabo stopped walking."Hey....are you okay? You look even paler than usual."
I shoot him a look when he told me about how pale I was."I-its nothing. Its something that doesn't involve you."

Sabo clicked his tongue."You're so prickly."
"Says the guy who is the prick."I snapped back.