"So Y/N...I'm not so sure this was the best place for you to transfer yourself to."

You were rearranging your medical cabinets, and taking inventory of everything that you had used for the past week and sending the reports to the main medical HQ. Yoru was perched on your desk eyeing the door.

"What are you talking about? What's wrong with where we are?"

"Seriously? Fujitora is the weirdest old man I've ever met! And we were with Garp! That's saying something! He comes in go have tea everyday!"

While you lost some of the privacy that you'd had being the head doctor and medic aboard Garp's ship, you were still left alone for the most part. The only one who seemed to welcome you with open arms was the strange Admiral, his insistence of being around baffled you.

"Haa. Yoru, you're still made at me aren't you?"

"You ran away like a coward! Of course I'm mad at you! I didn't think you were capable of such cowardice."

You felt your blood boil and your face heat in shame. You had in fact acted like a coward, you'd run away. You only said goodbye to two people, Garp and Grount.

<2 weeks earlier>

"Are you really leaving me kiddo?" Garp was smiling but he looked a little sad.

"I'll come back eventually Vice Admiral sir. It's just...I can't."

He stood and patted your shoulder the motion making you want to cry. You did something you never thought you'd do. You hugged the old man, you jumped up and wrapped your arms around his neck.

"I'm sorry Garp-San! I really am! I'm sorry! I-I am going to miss you. And...thank you for everything. Truly thank you!"

And now you really were crying. Your sobs and shaking shoulders were all made silent and still when he wrapped his arms around you and rubbed your back.

"I will miss you too little one. Don't forget to call me every once in a while. Okay?"

His own voice cracking. You gave Garp his gift and asked him not open it until you were gone. When you got back to your soon to be old room to find Grount there sitting on your bed. His head lowered, his fingers laced together.

"I was going to come find you Grount. I'm leaving in a couple of hours. I have something for you."

"Don't go. Y/N...please stay here."

You stared at him, and saw he had tears in his eyes. He stood up and pulled you into his chest. Squeezing you closer to him, placing his face in the crook of your neck.

"G-Grount?!"

You couldn't hide the shock from your voice or your face, your face warming with embarrassment, you started to wriggle to get away. When he squeezed you tighter and stopped your escape attempt.

"Y/N please? Can't it be me? Can't I be enough for you to stay?"

What? What is that supposed to mean?

"Grount?"

He moved back and stared at you before smashing his lips onto yours.

"MMMMMMM!!!!!!!!??????"

You started to push against him, but he didn't budge his mouth moving against yours when he finally released you.

"What the hell Grount! Why did you do that?"

"Because I love you dammit! I love you and want you to be with me!" He yelled so loudly everything around you shook.

"Sorry Y/N. He told me a few months back. I thought you getting with him would help you."

"I'll deal with you later." You sighed and stared at Grount. His face had a blush on it, and his hands clenched in fists. "Grount. I'm sorry, but I can't right now. The pain is just too much right now."

"Right now?"

"I don't want to give you false hope Grount. I don't know if I ever want to be in love ever again."

"I get it. I just couldn't keep my feelings hidden anymore. I won't say sorry for kissing you though."

You blushed, his lips had been rough and dominating. Polar opposite of how Koby kissed you. You mentally shook yourself for thinking about him.

"Okay." You whispered, you took out his gift. "Here I made this for you. It's obsidian, it's said to have protective properties."

You gave him a bracelet you personally had made him black rope, with the black obsidian stones. He took it and you saw a sad smile appear on his face.

"Stay safe Grount." You hugged him. He hesitated for a moment before hugging you back around your shoulders.

"You too Y/N."

After Grount left you collapsed and let your tears fall to your face, you didn't even try to wipe them away.

"I hate this! I hate this! I fucking hate this! Make it stop Yoru! Make the pain go away! I love him I still love him! I don't want to go!!"

Yoru had changed his form to a massive wolf and letting you lay against him bringing you comfort.

"Maybe you should say goodbye to him too Y/N. He's been coming around to see you. He wants to have a relationship with you."

"He wants a friendship Yoru! And I can't! I can't do it again! Not again! I can't do this again! I was right! Friends are used to hurt you!"

<Present Time>

You and Yoru had argued for a little longer before  he just decided to be quiet.

The door suddenly swung open and you jumped and turned to see someone you never wanted to see ever again. Donquixote Doflamingo.

"Mufufufufu. Hello there little doctor. Hope you don't mind the intrusion."

"This never would've happened if we stayed with Garp!"

You closed the cabinet and started the water for tea.

"Hello Doflamingo. I take it you're hitching a ride back to Dressrosa?"

His smile went even wider, and he pulled a chair over and placed his butt in it.

"Indeed. What potion are you brewing?"

"Tea. Would you like some? Fujitora likes the Mint one. What do you like?"

"You can just make me the same as him. I'm curious as to what you and the Admiral talk about."

"This and that. Sometimes about world news, history, our pasts. Things like that."

"Hmmm. Seems boring."

You shrugged your shoulders taking out your two nicest cups, and one that you'd had since forever. You placed the mint leaves on the bottoms and then poured the hot water over it.

"Don't you have any honey?" He complained and it grated on your ears.

"No. These I grew myself and made them sweeter than most. Try it out, unless you're scared I'll poison you."

He seemed skeptical until you challenged him he took a small sip, before his shoulders eased and he continued to drink his tea. You drank from your cup, silent not bothering to ask or say anything else.

"Aren't you curious as to why I came to see you?"

"This guy is used to being the center of attention."

"No kidding."

You shrugged your shoulders as an answer not saying anything it only seemed to agitate him. Before his brewing anger reached its peak, you felt Fujitora coming with Vice Admiral Bastille and you inwardly relaxed.

"Good afternoon Dr."

"Hello Major General."

Fujitora always addressed you as Doctor, and Bastille always addressed you by your soldier title.

"Hello sirs. Admiral I already have your tea ready, strong just how you like it. Vice Admiral would you care for a cup?"

He nodded his head and then openly scowled at the Warlord, you admired his courage to look directly at him.

"Dr. I would like to speak to you about something work related later if that's okay. For now I want to continue the discussion we had about ancient creatures."

Doflamingo huffed and then walked out, to you assume the room assigned to him. You sighed and then settled into a comfortable conversation with the other two men.

<2 days later>

"Remind me again why we're doing this?"

"Because it was an order and we got to get out of Doflamingo's company, his aura makes me want to vomit."

"Yeah, I guess."

You were walking through Dressrosa in normal clothes white T-shirt, jeans shorts, and black sandals. You had a scalpel hidden in your hair just in case, plus Yoru stayed on your shoulder.

"Everything here feels rotten." You whispered. "Like an infected wound covered by poorly done makeup." You kept your voice low and Yoru cawed and flapped his wings.

"Yeah the air is foul. And there's something strange with...they toys. Why are there toys everywhere?"

You were about to answer when you were knocked over and nearly falling to the ground. And Yoru flying off your shoulder. You were caught at the last moment.

"Whoops! My bad! You okay?"

You helped pulled yourself with the help of the man who bumped into you. When you saw him you almost fell over from shock. There in front of you was Monkey D. Luffy.  He was wearing a really bad disguise it almost made you laugh.

"Hey you okay? Did I hurt you?"

Get yourself together Y/N.

"No sorry I wasn't paying attention."

Suddenly there was a loud growling noise.

"Aaaahhhh! So hungry!"

You looked and saw a sandwich stand.

"Hang on wait here."

You quickly ran over and ordered the sandwich that had almost every topping and meat on it. When you handed it to him he looked shocked and a friendly smile appeared on his face.

"Wow! You're a good person! What's your name?!"

He took the sandwich and immediately started to eat it.

"Y/N."

You really didn't have any reason to lie.

"Y/N I like it! Thanks for this I'm off to find more food!"

He ran off with more people following behind him which you assumed were his crew mates.

"Nice to meet you." You whispered and continued on your walk to observe the people and the silent misery you felt in the air.

You were oblivious to what was going on with the men on the ship until you saw in the distance a giant meteor crashing down on the next island over.

Yep. He's crazier than Garp and that is saying something.