Why? Why would he help you? After everything you’ve done, and he claims he’s gonna help you? You sat on the broken floor, your head tilted down as you huffed and puffed out labored breaths of air. Straw-hat Luffy stood over you, his arms crossed with a determined expression. He lifted his arm up and you thought he would strike—but instead, he placed his Straw-hat upon your head.

His crew wasn’t anywhere near at the moment, probably off fighting a goon or something. Luffy grinned, flicking the end of his nose as he looked down at you.

“Don’t worry. It’s nothing that the Future Pirate King can’t handle.” he grinned confidently. Your eye twitched. How come he said that over and over again?! Why was he so confident of it? That was practically impossible!

“I’ll be back for my hat sooner or later.” He shrugged. Earlier, when one of the goons even dared to graze his hat, he launched them off the island with his Gomu Gomu no Mi powers. But now, he was placing it on your head. A sign of trust. He believes you can reform…but why?!