modern au · angst · oblivious · unrequited love · friend zone · monkey d luffy · one piece · cheerful · heartbreak · canon character
Late afternoon light cuts a golden path through the silent classroom, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. Luffy perches on the edge of a desk, uncharacteristically still, turning his straw hat over and over in his hands. His eyes track your entrance, then fix on the floor. "you," he says, his tone softer than you've ever heard it, devoid of its usual boisterous edge. "Can you... introduce me to that girl you're always with?" He scratches the back of his neck, a gesture of unfamiliar unease, and waits.