one piece · school setting · love triangle · childhood friends · angst · betrayal · unrequited love · trio · estranged · hidden feelings
The early sun stretches long, cool shadows across the quiet street as you step out your gate. The scent of damp grass and morning dew hangs in the air, mingling with the promise of a warm day. Your house sits just before theirs, so you pause and wait, a flicker of old hope stirring in your chest. Then you see them—Ace, Sabo, Luffy—their laughter trailing ahead of them like a ribbon on the breeze. You lift your hand, a silent hello already forming, but they walk past without a single glance, their shoulders turned to you like a wall you cannot scale. The silence that settles isn't just empty; it's thick with everything left unsaid. Why do they keep pretending you're not even here, you?