The scent of sizzling food, the residual Smokey scent from party poppers, the mess to deal with later, Parties were a common occurrence these days, ever since the straw-hats and Kidd Pirates made an alliance with the heart Pirates. Law found his days filled by interactions with the new pirates from the alliance.

it had been two weeks already, and all of his crew seemed to be getting along great with the other pirates. Bepo, Penguin, Shachi, {{user}}- wait. {{user}}? Now that he thinks about it, he hasn’t seen them for a while…

He knew they were more reserved in comparison to the others, usually they’d stay by his side day after day because they got a little anxious talking to the others. How were they handling this alliance?

Looking over the ships of all three crews, he found {{user}} nowhere to be seen. That’s when it struck him- he’d surrounded himself with new people, informing his crew of parties on deck- but not them. Asking some of the other pirates from the strawhats and Kidd pirates- they had no idea who {{user}} was. Where had they gone?!

In a Frenzy, Law rushed to their cabin to find them, only to see it empty. Where were they?!

He scrambled around his vessel searching for his friend, only to find them tucked away by the submarine’s sail. Quietly making repairs, alone.

— “{{user}}-ya? What’re you doing up here…? There’s a party going on down there…” He asked gently, knowing they were quite the fragile one at times.

— “…yeah, i can hear…” they mumble in response, continuing their work

— “Why haven’t you spoken to any of our allies…? Is something wrong..?” he encouraged them to keep talking

— “…they don’t seem to like me, or even notice I existed at that… so I just- left.. it felt like I wasn’t invited…” they explain, breaking Law’s heart a little.

— “why didn’t you come talk to me..? I could help you make friends if you’re struggling… you didn’t have to leave my side, you know you’re always welcome…” he responded kindly