Nightfall came and the sky was instantly graced with twinkling stars. The chilly mountain air tickles your neck and making your shiver, pulling your jacket inward for warmth. The campfire was the only thing radiating heat in the area and the only source of light besides the main academy building a few kilometers away.

You were at the lakeside along with Sanji, Zoro, Chopper, Nami, Vivi, Koala, Kaya, Usopp, and the ASL. Tomorrow would be your last day of leisure before you would start classes the day after.

"Hey, someone pass me the marshmallows," Usopp says. He had two sticks in his hand, one for him and one for Kaya.

The pale blonde girl was covered in a jacket and bundles of woolly blankets to keep herself warm. Nami tosses a marshmallow pack to him. "Be careful (Name), you might fall in the water. It's pretty dangerous there." She calls out to you.

You were at the shore of the lake. The mountains standing in front of you were silhouetted by the darkness of the night. The crystal clear waters from earlier this morning were reflecting the glow of the moon.

It was like a fairy tale in reality.

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*Sabo's POV*

"Go on! Talk to her!" Koala hissed while pushing the tense blonde towards (Name).

"I don't know about this, Koala, you saw what happened earlier." He complains.

"Ace said it was nothing. So that means it's nothing." She pushes him more, heels digging into the earth. "Don't be such a-BABY!" With that, she gave one final push. A strong one too.

Sabo stumbled at the sudden shove and lightly hit (Name) on the back. She turned around and smiled as she saw him. Her (H/L) (H/C) hair framed her face perfectly while her pure (E/C) eyes gazed into his own. "Oh, hi Sabo."

The sweet sound of her voice made his heart go crazy fast. He could feel his face heat up in a blush. "Y-Yo." He raises a hand.

(Name) turned her attention back to the lake and sat down by the shore, patting the patch of earth next to her for him to sit down as well. He did so and sat in silence with her, enjoying the view of the sparkling water and each other's company.

"Hey, Sabo," (Name) whispers, leaning towards him. He stiffens a bit.

"Y-Yeah?"

"Do you believe in love?"

A tinge of pink forms on his cheeks as he nods. (Name) lowers her head, pausing a moment as if she was hesitating, she sighs inwardly. "Have you ever been in love?"

He gives a shrug. "Everyone does at some point."

She hums a response. Falling silent suddenly like that, Sabo wondered why she was asking such questions.

"Have you ever been in love, (Name)?"

She looks up at him with a sad smile. Sabo immediately frowns. Leaning over to his ear, he shudders at her breath tickling his ear as she says in a low and sorrowful whisper. "Almost."

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*Ace's POV*

Zoro was practically almost drunk from the booze while Sanji was yelling at him about something. Luffy had three sticks on each hand full of marshmallows. Nami and Vivi were whispering about something and giggling like the girls they are. While Chopper and Kaya were listening to Usopp's stories which, as Ace might have assume, were lies.

He takes out the golden brown marshmallow away from the campfire and blows on the orange flames that stuck.

Koala sits down beside him and sticks her marshmallow in the fire, glancing over her shoulder once in a while. This caught the attention of Ace and he turned to see his brother sitting with (Name).

"They'd make a cute couple, huh?" Koala chimes cheerfully, swinging her feet like a little kid.

Ace smirks. "Yeah, they do actually." He approves, then turned back and met Koala's excited blue eyes. "Sabo doesn't realize it but he's got a huge crush on her~" She muses.

"Yeah?"

"Mm-hmm~"

"Well that's nice to know. He's always been awkward around girls that fawn over him." Ace chuckles but is suddenly yanked by the arm by Koala. She looks around then a mischievous grin forms on her lips.

"Wanna help me out getting them together~?" Koala's gaze locks on with Nami and Vivi, who smile at her with a wink of approval.

"Sure, why not?" He smirks.

The four turn their attention to Sabo and (Name) who were walking back to the group. "Hey, Koa, can I have a marshmallow?" (Name) picks up a stick from the pile as Sabo does the same.

Something was different about him but Ace shrugged it off as a side-effect of whatever they were talking about by the lake. However as an hour had passed, Ace noticed that his brother had been silent throughout the entire time. Did something happen? He ponders to himself.

"What do you think, Ace?" Nami nudges his shoulder. "Would you do it?"

Ace blinks and looks at the redhead who was looking at him with a serious face. What? What would I do exactly? "Uhh, sure, I guess." He responds unknowingly which earned gasps from the entire group.

"Ace, you dog~" Zoro smirks. Nami's scowled at him.

Ace blinks. "What are you talkin' about?"

"So you'd sleep with (Name)-chan? I'm gonna kick your sorry ass." growled Sanji. He swung his leg around like he was ready to beat the living shit out of him.

Ace blinks again. "Well, yeah, I slept with her earlier this morning." He says nonchalantly. The group gasp again and turn their heads to (Name) who was blushing furiously. It took a moment for him to realize what he had just said out loud. "W-Wait! Not like that! I meant we were sleeping on the same bed but nothing happened! HAHAhaha..." His laughter trailed off as everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Sabo's expression didn't waver as he kept on a straight face. Koala glared at Ace with a 'Now look what you did' look. He responded with a 'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!' look.

~

*Your POV*

A sound of yelling woke you up with a start. You unzip the entrance of your tent and groan at the sunlight that illuminated your camp site. "SANJIIIIIIIII! I'M HUUUUNGRRYYYYYyyyy!!" Luffy shouted from the side of Sanji's tent.

"Shut up! Some people are trying to sleep!" Nami hollered from the tent beside yours.

"What's with all the yelling?" Usopp came out of his tent with Kaya peeking out to see the commotion.

"Luffy's hungry but we ran out of food." You tell him. "Although he's the reason why we ran out of food in the first place. Well, him and Ace, actually."

"Hey! Gimme a break!" Ace yelled, his head was poking out of his tent. "Koala had me going stress eating!" He pouts at the brunette across of him.

"Time to go fishing then." Zoro yawns. His sleeping bag was in front of the campfire beside Luffy's.

Your face brightens at the suggestion. Chopper, Luffy, and you smiled like idiots as you ran towards the lake racing each other.

Everyone was fully awake a few minutes later and you grew increasingly bored at the activity of fishing as nothing had bitten down on your hook yet. "I thought this would be more...exciting." You yawn at the last part. Luffy yawned after you. Chopper yawned after Luffy.

"Catch anything yet?" Sabo asks as he sits down between you and Luffy. You watch him for a moment before shaking your head in response.

You noticed he was acting a bit differently last night after your 'little talk' and it had been bugging you a bit. Maybe you shouldn't have asked all those questions and just say something cliche like, "Wow, the lake sure does look beautiful, doesn't it?"

You shake your head from the thoughts and concentrate on fishing.

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"I can't take this," You grumble, removing your slippers and jumping into the icy water.

Sabo's eyes widen when he heard a splash and you suddenly disappeared. "(Name)?!"

He found your slippers beside him like they were tossed and he sees a familiar figure breaching out of the water. Your hands were failing to hold on to a large fish that you had caught.

"(Name)!!!" Sabo cries.

"(Name)!!!" Luffy and Chopper cheer.

"Hold still you godforsaken piece of-" The fish slapped you five times with its tail before leaping into the water with a loud SPLASH, sending heavy water to drown you into your cold and icy death bed.

Your (H/L) (H/C) hair was covering your face like a curtain. Fists clenching, teeth gritting in rage, you slowly remove the wet hair from your face revealing your intensely hardcore badass death glare. "This. Means. WAR!!!"

Before anyone could react to your wild proclamation, you dived into the water again and wrestled with the fishes underwater.

Sabo and Luffy were cheering for you loudly. Zoro comes in and, when he sees you underwater wrestling some fish, bursts out into fits of laughter.

"What's going on?" Sanji asks when he walked over to see the uproar. Zoro held his stomach and leaned on Luffy for support to keep himself steady. "(N-Name)...(Name) is...PFFTHAHAHAHHAHA!!!" He fell over laughing.

"What about (Name)?" Sanji turns to the water and sees a giant fish leap out of the lake with you clutching on its back. "WHAT THE-" He runs and grabs on to your back, pressing you down to the fish. "DON'T LET GO OF THAT FISH!!!"

Soon enough as you and Sanji were now yelling and grabbing on to the school of fish that had swarmed around you, the boys jump in the water and decided to wrestle some fish too.

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You bit down on the smoked white meat of your successful catch and chewed happily. Man, this is so good~!

"Delicious!" Luffy echoed your thoughts into one word as he chewed. You nod and took another bite.

With the help of all the boys plus you, you had caught four large fish for breakfast. The chore was tiring but totally worth it! The smoked fish Sanji was cooking smelled amazing.

"We gotta get our class scheds today, right?" You ask with a mouthful of fish meat.

Sabo nods. "Vice principal Boa should be in her office." He munches on a forkful of fish thoughtfully. He looks at you. You were contentedly eating your meal, unknown of the fact that a bit of rice stuck to the corner of your lips. He smirked when an idea popped in his head.

Leaning over to you, he tilts your chin up to look at him, and ever so slowly, he licks the corner of your lips.

You blush fifty shades of red and back pedal away from him. Sabo only laughs at your flustered reaction. "Cute~"

You blush 50 shades darker and point an accusing fork at him. "W-What was that for, Sabo?!"

He laughs even harder. "There was rice on your face so I took it out." He calmly says with an innocent smile. H-He's so calm about this! You yell to yourself mentally.

Koala saw the entire thing and snickers at the two of you. "I knew it~" She winked at Sabo, who suddenly realized that she was watching him and blushed as dark as you did.

"You guys are too cuuuuute!"