The dark skinned, raven haired boy skidded around the curve with a mischievous smirk and jumped forward just in time to dodge the incoming rock thrown his way.

That old chef wasn't as nice as everyone cracked her up to be, maybe it was a good thing he bolted like a meater at the sight of her.

Although he did just steal more than a couple of her scrumptious creations she didn't need to up and go berserk on him, now he probably had dozens upon dozens of property damage to be later pinned on him from her outrageous blow up, but- oh well, he was the one who wanted to take the egg in the first place.

Flipping her the bird as her screechy voice tarnished him with all sorts of curses from the distance, Law took this chance to side step into an alleyway and get a good peek at what he was able to snag in only two minutes in the pitch black of darkness.

Reaching his hand down the raggity patched bag, Law moved around the items and almost beamed at what he counted, in his conniving mind he added up eight red, plump honeycrisp apples, four decently sized packages of pure white rice, five stalks of freshly picked broccoli, ten packages of raw beef, two rolls of raw sausages, a tiny basket of eleven eggs, and...

Law almost threw the last two items out onto the street to get clobbered by the passing horses, but barely restrained himself with the small reminder that it wasn't for him but for his two little idiots, what he was now glaring at with a blue tinged face full of hate, was two half stale croissants.

Just as he was about to haul his stolen batch over his shoulder and head home for the day, he was stopped by a curious ruckus that started just down the street, this change made him pause in place, usually no one but the other idiots would make noise such as this, but none of them were interested in swiping food like him except that spunky female and her mafficking gigglemug of an non-identical twin, but they were back at...

The commotion continued to grow louder and that finally coaxed Law to head in that direction, damn his stupid curiosity, but when he finally got to where the noise he was greatly appalled at what he saw.

There, right before his eyes was an unbelievably tiny wilderbeast climbing a two story high building, although part of himself wanted to tell the female she was no doubt going to get herself killed, the raven couldn't help but feel a bit entranced from her reckless daring as well.

His mind immediately began to scan the situation like a clockwork robot, once again he acknowledged how she was unusually tiny, everyone she's ever met on the entire planet must tower over her by far, and her frame was especially small as well, while their people usually had either a gigantic and muscled frame or a wide collarbone with a decent line of muscles, she had neither, there was nothing intimidating about her appearance at all, no muscles whatsoever, no large collarbone to make her look bigger, she looked..completely vulnerable.

Yet she was climbing the practically ancient building with such confidence and no hesitation, she must be a girl who goes after what she wants and is very difficultly swayed from her ambitions, she was...strangely beautiful in a way.

Her (H/L) (H/C) hair swung and swayed with her movements and almost even slowed down time when she paused for a moment to brush away a pesky bang, her dress made her look as if she was climbing on thin air whilst she breezed across the wall with such ease, when she finally made it to the top of the first floor, Law could practically feel the sense of victory radiating off of her and he couldn't help but feed off of her positive energy.

Without him even knowing he was already in the very front of the crowd, slowly being unconsciously attracted to her in his daze, but the deep spell he was subconsciously pulled under suddenly popped like a bubble when the bricks under her hands gave away like fresh clay.

Law stayed frozen as the crowd immediately scattered when she began to tip over, nobody wanted to witness the scene and deal with being interrogated afterwards, a feeling of mounting horror came upon him as she continued to fall down, it was like watching an angel plummet down from the heavens and down to earth, welcoming her own demise.

He couldn't let that happen.

With a powerful surge of adrenaline, Law practically bolted forwards like a racing predator, making it just in time to catch the delicate maiden into his strong arms, and almost right after catching a glimpse of her suprised face, he saw hearts.

Holy blazes, she was the jammiest bits of jam he's ever seen.

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(Y/N) gasped in suprise when she felt herself fall into a pair of protective arms, at first she thought it was her dad who came to save her, but when she opened her eyes she was met with a completely different man, and felt herself grow warmer at the unfamiliar sight.

He was perfectly tan with soft, silver eyes that reminded her of freshly cut diamonds, and his face was decorated with a handsome goatee that seemingly made him look more mature than she thought he really was, all in all, he was the most beautiful man she have ever laid eyes on, like a prince from one of her fairytales.

His eyes looked almost as shocked as her's, but he immediately collected himself and smirked down at her with an almost predatory gaze gleaming deep within his eyes, "well, well, well, looks like you had quite the fall there miss" (Y/N) softly squeaked in embarrassment as his arms snaked a bit more comfortably around her like a coiling serpent.

"T-Thank you so much for saving me..uh, mister?" With careful movements she easily slipped out of his light hold and tried to thank him, but then realized she didn't know his name.

With his smirk growing even more playful, the man set aside a large bag that was on his back and did a mock courtesy making her giggle at his childlike response, he removed the strange furry top hat upon his head and brushed his other hand through his unruly dark locks, "Trafalgar Law the thief, madame, pleased to make your acquaintance"

Ah, so that explained the ratty bag, so he was a thief huh? Feeling playful from his little joke (Y/N) couldn't help but comment on it, "oh? If you're a thief then are you planning to steal me away with the rest of your treasures in there?"

She was about to giggle but she froze at the serious look on his face when he faced her, "to tell you the truth..I'm actually considering that"

But instead of dwelling on it she laughed it off, "hah! You're a funny guy mister thief!" She was completely oblivious to how her words affected him.

"Well, since my dad would get really upset if I got stolen by a thief, can this be a good enough reward for your troubles?" With her face briskly burning red, (Y/N) stood up onto her tippy toes and gave him an innocent peck on the lips.

As soon as her lips left his skin she immediately darted away to the docks.

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Law stood there starstruck, her lips were so soft, like a magical nymph of myths and legends, she preyed upon him with two rose petals for lips, coming up and slathering pure honey onto his chapped, bark-like lips, making them light up in flames from the intensity, and as she ran off from his side he already felt himself aching for her to return.

As soon as he was out of his daze, Law practically ripped up the bag into his arms and ran back into the vacant alleyway, with a newfound goal, all the adrenaline pumping in his system allowed him to jump up the walls with only two hops.

As he ran across the ruined tile roofs of buildings towards his home, his eyes slightly became more slitted as he wickedly smirked in excitement, making his fangs glisten as the sun began to set and color the town with indigo shadows and deep reds, he just found a new treasure that he absolutely just must have for himself.

He had his eyes purely set on obtaining that girl's precious heart.