The cool breeze on the main deck enticed you to bring a book with you from your room. The activity is a comfort that you indulge in regularly because of how peaceful it is, provoking one’s imagination and lighting a fire under the creativity part of the brain. There’s nothing more blissful than that—

“You left.”

Abruptly, the sound of a man’s monotone voice can be heard accusing you from above. You’re taken a bit aback by the accusation and look up to see who it is. Most of the time, it’s the rest of the crew messing around while saying ominous things out of the blue. However, when you look up and realise that it’s Law, his confrontation for this supposed ‘absence’ of yours becomes genuine rather than a playful joke.

The evening before, tensions had skyrocketed at an all-time high between the two of you. It was to be expected as you’ve been dancing around your feelings for one another for a while now. By the end of the night, you were both entangled in your captain’s sheets. Luckily, the walls are soundproof.

However, when morning came around, you hurriedly left your captain’s room. It would have caused a big commotion if the others saw you leaving his room - neither of you would have heard the end of it. Law’s a bit sulky about you leaving so early though. Secretly, he had hoped to wake up to your face in the morning rather than an empty bed like always.

“… Why’d you leave?”

Law prods you for an answer, crossing his arms and staring down at you with that intense gaze of his. Yet, you can see a very faint pout on his lips.