Once Bitten, Twice Shy [[Kid X Reader X Ace]]

Cookie's and a Roomie

Reader POV:

So you've now officially shit a mental brick. Ace....your new roomie? 'Why.....why why why why why?!' You mentally screamed. 'Keep it together. Play it cool, and everything will be fine. Woosa. Woosa.'

"Okay," you stated calmly, "But um....how can I go back to normal? I'm pretty sure I'm gonna catch someone's attention if I go out looking like this." You said pointing to yourself.

"Just concentrate hard and imagine in your head that you look what you normally look like." Ace chirped with a closed-eye smile.

"It can't be that simple." You jested.

"Just shut up and try." You heard Kid grunt from across the room.

"No one put a quarter in your slot, so shut the fuck up." You snapped back giving him the finger. Law chuckled as Sabo just pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes.

Ace grabbed your shoulders and turned you to face the mirror. You heard the others stir from their seats across the bar and come over to the bathroom doorway. "Just relax your shoulders and close your eyes. Focus on the normal you and just breathe." You could feel his breath fan over your neck causing you to shudder slightly, but you did as he said. You focused on what you looked like before and slowly you felt things shifting. It was uncomfortable and you gripped the sink in front of you. Your ears flattened to the top of your head but you could feel them shrinking, you could feel yourself sinking....or rather getting shorter. You heard things inside you shifting and all you could do was grit your teeth and grunt uncomfortably when something else shifted. Finally, after a few moments, everything subsided and you felt normal. You peeked an eye open to look at your reflection and were happy to see you were back to your normal self.

"YAY!! I'm normal again!" You shouted and spun around only to be greeted by four boys suffering massive nosebleeds and Sabo with his back to you holding a pair of pants out towards you. "What the fu...." you didn't get to finish your sentence before noticing, in fact, you had NO pants on. "ASSHOLES!!! Why didn't you say something!!?" You bellowed at them, throwing tampons from the basket on the sink at them and snatching the pants away from Sabo. You slammed the door closed and hustled into the pants provided and made a mental note that the next time you transformed, you better keep a bag with spare pants in it, otherwise, you'd have  another situation like this happen. 'Fucking pervs. They knew I wouldn't have any pants on....buncha' dicks.' You thought to yourself.

(Let's skip forward fifteen minutes)

You emerged from the bathroom and found the boys at the bar with tampons up their noses. They had all shifted back to their normal forms and were having their drinks of choice. "Idiots." You grumbled before walking to the doors to leave, when a strange smell caught your attention. It was sweet.....and faintly smelled of cookies. "Is Koala baking, Sabo?" You asked pausing at the door. Sabo looked up at you slightly confused and sniffed the air, "I don't smell anything."He said puzzled.

"I swear I smell cookies." You said and began sniffing the air trying to find the location of the scent. You continued sniffing the air when Law turned to face you and leaned back on the bar resting his elbows on it. He had an amused smile on his face and nudged Zoro and Kid to make them turn around. You were looking everywhere and couldn't find the smell. You got closer and closer to the bar and the smell got stronger and stronger. You were gonna find this smell's origin, dammit, it was driving you crazy. 'Fuck! Where is it?!' You thought to yourself as you started approaching Ace and Kid's side of the bar.

"Your sense of smell is now 100X better than what it once was. You'll be able to pick up on things that normal people would never be able to pick up on." Law stated confidently while pulling the tampons out of his nose.

"It's a blessing and a curse." Zoro said between swigs of Sake. "you can track down anything and anyone, but then you can smell everything and everyone." He finished while giving a side-eyed smirk to Kid.

"Oh, ha ha." Kid retorted giving the greenette a slap on the back of the head, causing him to growl at the red-head. "You don't smell like a bucket of roses yourself." He grumbled yanking the tampons out of his nostrils.

"Would ya'll shut up?!" You barked, still sniffing the air, "I'm gonna find out where this smell is coming from before I leave here tonight!" You continued getting closer to Kid and Ace and were dumbfounded when the scent got stronger and stronger the closer you got to those two.

Finally, you were standing in between them and sniffing around both of them. Ace stiffened when you went to his neck and nuzzled him taking in a deep breath. Kid raised a non-existent brow at this and started to shift slightly away from you. He didn't want to be next in this scenario, but it was too late. You had moved from Ace to Kid's neck, then buried your nose into Kid's neck. When you took in a good breath of him, you looked him dead in the eyes and paused. "Why do you smell like cookies?" You asked him with squinty eyes. He blushed slightly and pushed you back.

"I don't smell like cookies." He snapped blushing slightly, "Law, check her nose and make sure it works right. She's delusional." Kid finished as he stood up. But you followed him and blocked him from moving anywhere and put your hand in the middle of his chest.

"I'm not delusional. You smell like cookies." You stated firmly.

You heard a few chuckles come from behind and it made Kid turn back while you looked behind him to see Zoro, Law, and Ace looking at you two. "What's so funny?" You asked.

"Well," Law started, "seems like someone here has imprinted on you without your knowledge and now you've picked up on it." He smiled.

"What? Who?" You questioned. "Kid?"

"The one and only." Ace quipped.

"Shut UP! I have not!" Kid roared.

You turned Kid's face towards you and looked him in the eyes. "You imprinted on me?" You asked quietly still holding his chin in your hand, unsure of how to feel.

"NO!" Kid fired back, pushing passed you, and exiting the bar.

You stood there.
Staring at the door with a now empty feeling in your gut......and strangely in your heart.

'What just happened?' You thought and there was a brief moment when you felt the tears building up, when you felt someone hug you from behind and smelled another familiar, yet different, cookie smell.

"It's gonna be alright. He'll get over himself. Or at least his ego at some point. Just give it time." Ace said squeezing you tighter.

"You smell like cookies too." You whispered to him, only to feel him slightly stiffen then relax.

"Well, I hope my cookies smell better than his." He whispered back drawing a small smile to your lips.

"Let's go clean the house, roomie." You said taking his hand and leading him out into the night.