If you asked Kidd he would've said that the date was so far being an incredible success, Law was absolutely over the moon for that music box, and a happy Law meant a very happy Kidd, literally, the feline was all over him, cuddling and mewling into his coat, acting so innocent which was so fucking adorable Kidd almost felt like bringing him home right then and there for some fun, more than once even.

'Note to self: go on these dates way more often' the alpha cockily thought, now that he knew Law was weak against such small acts of affection and gifts, then no problem, Kidd was going to make it rain.

As the two wandered the town Law's purring and mewls caught everyone's attention as they strolled by.

Kidd's eye caught sight of a small corner café which looked perfect to end this date at, polished windows, neat signs and decorations, it looked perfect! Like one of the ones you see in those flirty romance movies, only there weren't any of those fancied waitresses dolled up like maids.

"Hey babe, you wanna eat over there?" The feline blinked and focused his sight away from Kidd and onto the small business, not even bothering to scan the building, he sniffed the air and scowled, the smells coming from that place made him question if the food was even more than rancid.

"No thanks" he hissed out, Kidd frowned at the snow leopard's change of tune and searched even harder for a good looking place, he definitely didn't want to turn this date around like this.

Kidd's POV

Dammit, when is there a good café when you need one?

I kept searching the small buildings but the surgeon kept denying every one with a scowl deeper and more irritated than the last, almost moody now, the feline was ending the cuddling and beginning to make some distance.

God dammit! Why does all these-wait a god damn minute.

I thought for a second and paused in the middle of the path holding on to Law's hand.

"Hmm, if Law was right...maybe that includes other places as well?" I was broke out of my thoughts by a loud, unusual purr.

I curiously looked down at my mate, wanting to know if perhaps he was reading my mind, but he wasn't looking at me, then I turned my head and growled as a tick mark decorated my forehead, he was staring dreamily at some weird chick!

What the fuck!?

With an angry snarl I was just about to blow up at him when I noticed something wrong, "what the?" I voiced my thoughts out loud as I caught sight of his face.

His pupils were blown up even bigger than before, you couldn't even see the silver in his eyes anymore! And his face was stuck in a lazy smile, like he just drank three bottles of vodka and couldn't even stand right anymore from the buzz.

Something was definitely wrong with Trafalgar.

I glared closely at the girl, looking for something off.

She was short and not very attractive in my opinion, or anyone's opinion maybe, her eyes were dull green, like that of a sick tree nearing it's final days, with a shade of brown hair that looked way too light, dyed probably, and her body seemed particularly chunky with the one piece suit she was wearing, an orangutan, perhaps maybe some sort of rodent.

You could definitely tell she was up to something as her form was hunched over, and that paired with the suspicious glare she gave to anyone who went near her, definitely up to no good.

I still couldn't see anything actually wrong though until my earlier discovery rang in my head, 'this town relies on more than just sight' taking a different approach I sniffed the air trying her scent, gahhh-crap!

She had fucking cat nip! She was trying to frigging drug him and dope him up with the scent! That little bitch! I was torn between beating her within an inch of her life right in the middle of this street or getting Law the hell out of there.

But the second option soon won, when he started to heavily lean on me for balance, probably his legs were going out on him, as his ears and tail were starting to take form and swish around violently, moving erratically.

I scooped him up behind me, hiding his forming appendages with my coat, and proceeded with gathering him onto my back and got the hell out of there, not before hearing a very disappointed whine leave the female.

It took every fibre in my body not to go back and turn her into a messy accident on the streets.

Just. keep. walking.

When we got to at least two blocks away, the feline on my back finally started to speak in a slurred, sloppy tone, one that almost reminded me of what he sounded like after sex, "w-wha-at h-happened?" I blinked and stared him into the eye from over my shoulder.

His pupils were still a bit above usual size and clearly dizzy, but his face was now in a normal expression at least, he looked worried though.

"Don't worry about it" his frame stiffened and I cringed as he weakly kneed me in the side, nevertheless, this was still Law I was talking about here and it still felt as though I was whacked by a brat with a bat.

"Kidd tell me what's wrong! I don't like it when people tell me that!" I sighed, not liking the edge in his tone, as if this happened before to him, a thought I really didn't need, watching as he scurried off my back and into my front with an unhappy expression, "some bitch tried to frigging drug you with cat nip" the words simply felt out of my mouth, it was almost scary how he could get any sort of information from me nearly automatically with that moody pout.

He blinked and swiftly slouched over guiltily, as if the situation was his fault, "d-did I do anything I might regret later on?" I bitterly smiled and pat his head, images of his mewling nonsense quickly disappeared from my conscience, "nope, I got you out of there just a little after you caught the scent" I sighed, what I hoped was the truth since I had no idea when the bitch brought out the shit.

He let a deep breath out of relief and smiled when his features were back to normal, "thanks Kidd" I rumbled at the sound of my name and licked his cheek, making him flush a satisfying red.

"Now come on love, I think I finally know a place where we can eat" he smiled up at me and took my arm as I led the way.

Because of that little incident, my guard was back up as I watched the crowd of onlookers, looking out for any suspicious activity or anything else, hopefully for the poor fucker nobody tried anything, Law was always the number one thing on my list after Killer and the pack.

Luckily, without a hitch we finally made it our destination.

"Sorry we couldn't stick with the café idea, but this place will be great, I swear" but I doubt he heard me over that loud purring of his again.

We stood in front of an old rotting building, the wood was falling apart as was the door, the only thing not rotting was the crooked sign 'Shakky's rip off bar and grill' if I've been learning anything from today, it's don't trust your eyes, the traitors.

We both sniffed the air and caught the scent of exotic spices and unique flavors.

It was mouth watering.

My jaw was letting out a bit of drool as we got closer, damn why didn't I realize this whole 'don't trust your sight' shit sooner!? I could've probably ransacked so many things from here, who the hell developed this anti-sight rule? I'd really want to have a talk with them.

I let out a bored huff as an average sized girl walked up to us in a baggy waitress uniform, her cheeks were well rounded, letting the entirety of her face take the shape of a near perfect circle, my mind instantly screamed jackal, but right now I didn't give a fuck, "Hella m'named Katrina but plez call meh Kat"

She had a heavy accent that I couldn't place, irritating me with her indecipherable words, and she just continued to tick me off when her eyes kept trailing back to Law's sleek body, repeatedly gazing down at his hips, why did he have to wear something so tight today of all days? Maybe I should tell him not to dress up for me when we go out next time.

"We'd like a table for two mam, and I'd really perfer if it was somewhere close to the wall" smart move Law, I knew what he meant, it'd be harder to see him if he was by a wall, and that's good for us considering all the stares we've been getting around town, slinging an arm around his shoulder, I dragged him closer to my chest, lips curling at his warmth.

Then I smiled as the waitress' smile faltered a bit as she looked to me for a moment, her eyes soon widened in realization and distaste, "Oh, m'kay folla meh d'en" she stiffly struted to a table in the corner with two wooden chairs, "is d'at all zirs?" With a small smile I pulled out a seat for my mate as he took it with an appreciative smile, "nope, just the menus would be nice" I couldn't help but let out a cocky smile as she sped off in irritation, hah! Serves that envious bitch right!

As we both sat there in comfortable silence, my thoughts went back to the cat nip incident, unoticeably causing me to raise my hackles in agitation, almost as if he was reading my mind, I nearly didn't hear him speak, "the only reason that happened is because it's already the end of august" I blinked up at him and leaned in, "what do ya mean?" Whispering them carefully, I couldn't help but glance around, feeling paranoia dig under my skin and seep into my veins

He gave me a small lazy smirk as he leaned in as well, but not nearly acting as worried as I was though, "remember this, singles tend to get a bit more desperate the closer the end of mating season gets, so this is the point when some psychos might come out and start to show their true colors, many even attempt to kidnap mates that are already taken, already pregnant even" I frowned at that, if anyone tries to touch him they're dead.

The jealous waitress from before finally returned and slammed the two menus onto our table, breaking apart the little world the two of us subconsciously made, "ring if ya need meh" like that she just stomped off as the two of us chuckled at her expense, yeah I'm an asshole, but so was she.

"Hmm, why don't we have a grilled lobster? I know you like your seafood" I grinned as he blushed and curled up a bit while trying to hide his face behind the menu.

"Perhaps you know me a little too well" I howled out in light laughter as he softly smiled, glimmering the lights already bright in his eyes.

"Kay you two finito?" The waitress returned with a dull glare towards me, nearly making me sweat knowing she was probably mauling me in her little twisted head, "yes me and my partner here would like you're best grilled lobster, to share please" her cheeks glowered a little red as she pouted, discreetly raising her hackles while roughly scribbling the order down in a flash.

Without saying anything she ran off and disappeared behind the counter, what a little bitch, "I have to say Mister Eustass, this has actually been one of my most fun outings since I left the Strawhats" I proudly smiled as he started to mildly purr, breaking me from my thoughts on the rude waitress.

"At this rate I might just start purring constantly, and that can't be good for neither of us" I gave him a wolfish smile as we both leaned into one another, feeling his breath brush across my neck I nearly shoved my head forward to connect our lips, I was just about to give him a sweet kiss when...

'Slam!'

We both jumped back from one another looking down from the now messy, badly oriented crustacean, smoking a fine warm mist from the back of it's bright red shell, looking so delicious, it was nearly making me forget about the one who just shoved it there and broke our sweet time.

"Here'z you're order zirs" she quickly stormed off in a huff as I glared a dagger after dagger into her retreating form, by the lord of all that is holy that woman was going to die next time she up and decided to come in between us.

I fucking hate mating season.

But I was broke out of my dark thoughts of colorful curses and pirate-like cuss words by a sexy chuckle, my cheeks dusted red in a huff as I turned to face him, "you're so cute when you're angry like that" was all he said, although at his sexy voice my cheeks still went brighter, so instead of opening my mouth to further embarrass myself, I grabbed a fork for the food to forget my anger.

Without a word shared between us, me and Law took our first bites into the seafood, it wasn't bad in fact it was great...but.

I slowly took another bite and furrowed my invisible brows, something tasted a bit, I smaked my lips and nearly scowled...off, at the thought my stomach took a big drop in dread and worry, even though it was already getting queasy from the first bite, my sense of taste has never lied to me before.

I cautiously took another piece of the soft, chewy meat and held it to my nose, I took an experimental sniff and quickly dropped my fork in shock, my face full of horror.

It. was. fucking. cat nip.

Mother fucking shit, noooooo!

I frantically stood up abruptly, making my chair fall back and looked to my partner in a panic, swiftly noticing how his pupils were already growing considerably as he tightly held his stomach in discomfort, almost as if he was just punched in the gut, but no, he just had food poisoning.

He let out a few strangled mewls and whines of pain catching the attention of everyone in the room, but I was too worried to care about that, "Trafalgar it's okay, just take some deep breaths" I tried to keep him calm as two other maids arrived in the panic.

"W-what's wrong?" I sent her an icy glare making her freeze up in fear, "what happened is that your fucking staff just poisoned my mate!" Now I was beyond pissed, someone was gonna pay today, I was just about to go on an angry rampage and tear down the place when an especially loud whine caught my attention, I immediately looked back to him and lost by breath, choking on it in my throat.

He was shifting into his leopard form.

The whole room filled with panicked voices and arguments quickly fell silent as he finished his transformation, he immediately curled up into a tight ball still trying to fight the effects.

Reacting quickly, I spent no time scooping him off the ground and engulfing his slightly smaller form into my chest and coat, there was no time to waste, I had to get him out of here.

..But one little problem first, we were now surrounded by a horde of hungry psychos, who wanted Law for dessert.

Well, one thing to say to that.

Fuck!