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Till it happens to you pt.2 - OP x reader

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The POV is changed from 2nd to 1st person because I want to practice it and it may better suit the introspective narration

 

 

2.

 

My fingers slid across the cold metal of the locker, clumsily inserting the combination written on the back of the timetable. Once opened, it was just grey and empty. Like me.

«Thanks.» I quietly said to the pinkette, hoping she would get the furlough behind my word and leave me alone.

She didn’t.

«You’re welcome.» she just replied, observing me placing my second-handed books inside the locker. Living with a family where dozens of siblings were or had attended the same school had its perks.

«How can I help you now?» I spat, more harshly than I wanted, slamming the small door.

«You have a lucky-locker.» she commented, not at all impressed by my snap.

My eyes sharpened.

«What?»

Reiju hinted at the locker beside mine with a small gesture of her head. Moving my gaze, I noticed a pink envelope with a red heart taped on it.

A few excited yelps made me turn to the opposite wall, where a group of sophomores were giggling and fidgeting, agog eyes flicking at the letter.

«Gross.» I commented with flat voice. The only thought of romantic feelings was triggering my vomit mode.

«Then you will like what’s to come.» Reiju smiled.

The girls’ chatting became higher pitched as a guy approached the locker. He was skinny and tanned, with black tight trousers and a dark hoodie. The colours were matching with his short hair. He had silver eyes and golden earrings.

He never looked at me. Once in front of his locker, he paused for a few seconds, then pull off the letter from it and let it fell on the floor. After that, he proceeded to open it and changing the books in his backpack.

 One of the girls widened her mouth in horror and fled with watery eyes, the other two running after her.

I frowned.

«How ruthless.» I commented.

The guy finally turned his head to me. His expression looked dead.

«Was it from you?»

Reiju chuckled as I crooked my lips.

«Yeah, you wish.»

«I don’t, actually.»

 The hell with this guy.

«Rude.» I just replied. My gaze fell on the tattoos on his hands.

«_____, meet Trafalgar Law, the heartbreaker of New World High.» Reiju announced «Trafalgar, this is Charlotte _____.»

The ravenette rolled his eyes.

«These Charlottes are like cockroaches.»

 A surge of rage blazed in my chest at his words. I didn’t give a shit about Linlin’s litter, but no fucking emo would speak crap about the family I belonged to.

Before I could realize it, my hand had already jerked towards his collar and I was tugging him down to my height.

«Mind your tongue, you freak.» I hissed in his face.

Reiju gasped, but, surprisingly, Law’s dead expression muted in a cocky smirk.

«Or what, Charlotte brat? You will call your big brother and tell him I was a bad boy?»

«No, I will break all your teeth.»

 A small crowd had gathered nearby. Reiju was quick in shielding us and placing her slender hand on mine.

«Now, please. Trafalgar, ____ just moved in town, Linlin is her aunt.»

Law snatched my hand away from him and stood back tall.

«I don’t care. And since when a Vinsmoke and a Charlotte are seen hanging out together?»

«Get away, before I fix your fanbase problem by changing your features.» I snarled.

He half-smiled at my retort. However, the bell rang again and he just walked away, like the rest of the students. A trails of glares crawled over you as they left.

Reiju sighed.

«The second period just started, and you already got in two fights. With two of the most known guys of the school.»

I groaned, burying my face in my cool fingers.

«I wasn’t planning any of this shit. You know, I never got in a fight before.»

«And you scored two on your first day. Congrats.»

 Something cold and heavy sank inside me. The words “I want to go home” swirled in my mind, but there was no home to go back to. Not anymore.

I was eradicated, trapped in a freezing nightmere.

«Hey, are you okay?»

«Okay is far gone.» I murmured, still covering my eyes. There were no tears to be shed though, just a cutting sense of anxiety growing in my guts.

«___... were you in good relationship with your cousins before coming here?» Reiju gently asked.

«I didn’t know any of them.» I scoffed, finally freeing my face.

«I see. It must be overwhelming.»

«What do you know.» I retaliated, adjusting the backpack on my shoulder.

«Well, no offense, but your new family is shit.»

I blinked at her.

«Another fan of the Charlottes, I presume.»

Reju shook her pink bob in a refined way.

«Our two families have been rivals since before I was born. It’s almost a natural reflex.»

 The hall was now desert.

«Is that why you offered to take care of me today? To cut through the Charlottes?»

She gave me her confident smile.

«Maybe. So what?»

I shrugged.

«You’re losing your time. I’m not one of them.»

«Good.»

I consulted my timetable with a sigh.

«Can you tell me where’s advanced algebra now?»

«No.»

The pinkette took the sheet from me, passing her blue eyes on it.

«The choir? Nice. Come with me, I’ll show you around for real now, so you won’t get lost.»

«Knowing me, I’ll get lost anyway…» I muttered, following her down the hall.

 

We spent the second period roaming around the school. Reiju showed me every class and environment, offering tips on the kind of people I could encounter here and there.

I started to grow accustomed to her presence. Her way of speaking and moving was elegant, but she looked bold and direct. I realized I admired her, much to my dismay.

«There are a few things you need to know if you want to leave a peaceful life in this school.»

I huffed.

«Look, I don’t care–»

«You may not care now that you’re so numb, but the things I have to say will probably be useful in the future, so just listen, okay?»

My lips sealed in front of straight logic.

«You may have noticed, but the Charlottes are everywhere. Your oldest cousin is a teacher here, and Big Mom is a huge patron of NW High. Rumours are she’ll be running to be mayor of the city this year.»

My shoulders rose and dropped again.

«The Charlottes siblings think they run this place, and most of the people try not do displease them. Someone doesn’t though, so whom you’ll be seen with will make the difference.»

«I told you, I don’t care. That herd is not my family.»

Reiju’s light smile twisted a little.

«Words like these will make the difference too.»

I groaned.

 We were walking through an ample hall connecting the cafeteria with the volleyball’s field.

«Well, I’ve got three plus one brothers. They are fighting with the Charlotte more often than not… sometimes it gets nasty.»

«Which part is the worst?»

«Both. But the Charlottes are more, so they can be more dangerous. We’re not the only one questioning their hegemony, though. Punks like the redhead you had the sick idea to challenge before get in a fight every other day. Oh, about that.» she flickered her long eyelashes at you «Expect a response for what you did.»

«Is he the kind of guy who beats up women?» I flatly asked.

«I wouldn’t be surprised. Lastly, there’s a little group of brave-hearted students who always provide protection to the others. You may want to go to them if you’re in trouble. Their leader is pretty odd, but…»

«Listen, I appreciate that,» I sighed, cutting her off «but right now I don’t really give a crap about high school dynamics. All I want is getting to the end of the day without throwing up. And…» my breath felt like lead in my lungs as I tried to swallow «…I can’t believe I’m going back to that house afterwards. This is so not my life.»

Reiju stopped and me with her.

«I’m sorry about that.»

«I just want to go to history class, okay? Thank you for helping me out, I’ll see you around.»

For a moment, I stood awkwardly in front of her, not sure if patting lightly her arm as a greeting. Then I decided I was not ready for any kind of human touch, and I just turned, walking away. If I was gonna be a bitch from now on, it was fine to start from the nice people.

 

Back to my locker, I was surprised to see another sophomore busy placing a heart-shaped stick on the one beside mine.

«What the hell are you doing, dude?» I snorted.

Her big embarrassed eyes jerked towards me like I caught her stealing jam.

«Just leave him alone, he has bigger problems than that.» I sighed, waving her off.

«Hey, what do you know–»

«Away

Judging by how she paled, my glare must have been murderous. How to blame the girl? I hadn’t slept in days, my eyes were probably two blurry balls injected with blood, and the darkness filtered through my pores.

 At least I obtained the results and she quickly disappeared.

«What do you even know about my problems?»

The low voice behind me made me start. By that moment, the bell rang again, and the place got quickly crowded.

 Regaining my demeanour, I shot a rapid glance over my shoulder to see the ravenette from before. Dark circles rounded his silver eyes.

«I looked at your face.» I simply said, closing my locker «It’s not a happy face.»

«Neither is yours.»

«Yeah, well, right now I don’t have much to be happy about.»

He was already focused in scratching away the heart from his locker, so I left him to his work.

 

The tide of students pouring out the classes concealed me, and I went with the flow till the right class. Then I lingered on the door.

Obviously, the students inside were already arranged in small crews, laughing and chatting together before the lesson started.

 I hated being the new awkward one. I was never socially skilled, and now the depression was threatening to devour me piece by piece. Dealing with people appeared the hardest thing in the world.

My chest swelled in a deep breath and I was about to step in when someone brusquely bumped on me. Someone hard and big.

I landed on the floor, hitting it pretty hard with my knee. The backpack fell beside me.

«Fuck!» I hissed in pain.

«Uh, sorry, I didn’t see you.»

It sounded more like a sneer than an apology. And there it was, the sneer, hovering above me in a mass of red hair and muscles.

«Then you’re blind, other than a boor.» I grumbled, getting back to my feet and rapidly dusting off my leggings.

His sneer muted in a snarl.

«Your tongue is really dirty, bitch. Maybe I should remove it.»

 I will end up beaten to death and probably abused by this bully. This is where I’m going.

I don’t fucking give a shit.

«Come at me, bro.» I replied with low voice.

He frowned.

«What?»

I recognized a student walking beside us and glancing over, before entering the class. He was one of the Charlotte siblings, purple hair with three weird tufts.

One of my beloved cousins, who didn’t even bother to stop and check how his new sister was doing against one of the worst bullies in the school.

 Meanwhile, the redhead tilted his chin aside.

«Do you have a death wish, girl?»

«As a matter of fact, I’m afraid I do.»

«Oh, c’mon Kid, stop playing the asshole with the new girl!»

A cheerful freckled guy patted him on the shoulder. He wore a Hawaiian shirt kind of unbuttoned on his solid chest and had messy black locks all over his face.

 Sure this is another super popular dude.

«Mind your own business, Portgas.» the redhead huffed, but he stepped in the class without addressing me further.

 In my same class. Great.

«Forgive him, he’s just a jerk.» the newcomer smiled, stretching his hand «I’m Portgas D. Ace, nice to meet you!»

My eyes flicked on his hand before I hesitantly shook it.

«____ Charlotte.»

«Charlotte?» his eyebrow lifted «Are you one of Big Mom’s daughters?»

 Okay, I’m pretty sure it’s not polite to openly call her like that.

This guy is not a saint either.

«A niece.» I replied.

«____, everything okay?»

I turned to the female voice only to meet a familiar big face. I squinted at her, trying to recall her features.

She smiled.

«I’m afraid we weren’t introduced properly yesterday night. I’m Chiffon, we live together.»

«Oh.»

 How sad is it that I didn’t know?

The image of the two twins sisters with thick traits and pink hair sat at the bottom of the table flashed through my mind.

«Sorry, I…»

«It’s okay.» she waved my excuses off «You can sit with me for the class, if you want.»

The freckled guy had already made his way inside.

«Sure, I don’t mind.»

Unlike the others, the vibes I got from that Charlotte weren’t too bad. Maybe not all the siblings were shit, after all.

 

We sat at the bottom of the class.

The teacher was an attractive young woman, Miss Nico Robin, and she managed to obtain silence, though half of the guys were sleeping on their desks.

 My eyes wandered off, thing that I regretted as soon as I met a cold amber gaze sending daggers at me.

 Slowly but surely I showed the redhead my middle finger under the desk. As a reply, he slid his thumb across is neck.

 So I’m going to die. Cool.

«____, what are you doing?!» Chiffon shirked with a choked whisper. I just shrugged.

 The freckled guy was laughing about something with his desk mate. A green-haired guy with a scar on his left eye was openly sleeping.

 The last person who got my attention sat beside the redhead and was also green-haired, though his hair were arranged in a tall tuft and he was dressed up like a punk, with a dark tattoo on his cheek.

 There was something extremely familiar in his harsh features.

The redhead elbowed him, pointing at me, since I was staring. His bored gaze turned to my direction.

 For a second, his red eyes met mine and sharpened.

I knew him, and his expression told me he knew me as well, although I couldn’t recall his face. And it was a rather peculiar face.

«Chiffon?» I whispered «What’s the name of that guy?»

She stuck out from her desk.

«Ugh, that would be Bartolomeo. You want to stay away from him, _____.»

But I was already frozen.

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