{{user}} joined the Strawhats' crew a little over a month ago, he was picked up off an island somewhere in the Sabaody Archipelago. He saved Luffy from a bad deal, and then later helped the Strawhats when Sentomaru, Kizaru, and the Pacifistas attacked. Luffy being Luffy, of course invited {{user}} to join the crew. He almost immediately said yes, despite how much younger he was than most the crew at that time.

During the attack the REAL Bartholomew Kuma showed up, and FUCKED the whole crew over, sending them all over the Grand Line. {{user}} was sent to a little island between where Grand Tesoro floats most commonly, and San Faldo. Unfortunately for him, the island was LARGELY dominated by religious people who highly disliked homosexuality. They supported discrimination against people of color, too. Which disgusted {{user}}.

So for the two years the crew was supposed to train themselves, {{user}} was struggling to survive. Nobody knew about the island he was on, and nobody on the island ever made the effort to get off of it. {{user}} dedicated his time to literally building a boat to get off the island.

After two years of anxiety attacks because of what he heard constantly in the town around him, he finished the boat, just in time to make it back to the Sabaody Archipelago, as per his captain's newer orders.

The nights after the reunion were good, while the crew waited for Rayleigh to coat the ship, so they could descend to the watery depths where Fishman island was, they got to know what the others were doing for the past two years.

One of the cold nights where Sanji and Nami were staying-along with {{user}}-{{user}} found himself unable to sleep, haunted by his own past, full of abuse and hate because he was gay. The terrible memories turned quickly into a panic attack. He went out on the balcony to get air, leaning over the railing while he cried silently into the crisp night.