Give and Take (Trafalgar Law X OC)

Keep company to the lonely!

She took a seat on the couch and brought a small table closer to her so as to place the disk upon it.

Bepo was still standing, staring at the girl like he was waiting of something and Elga looked at him back.

"You can make yourself at home!" she said in a teasing tone.

"Ahh, thank you very much!" the innocent bear replied not understanding her humor.

*He is so cute*, she thought and took a sip of her soup.

"That's pretty good!"

"Ahh yes! Mister Volff is a brilliant cook! I like all of his recipes!"

"You better like my food you punks!" the old man's voice was heard again from the other room.

"Does he has a bionic ear or something?"

"No it's a gadget he invented that allows you to hear even the slightest sound."

"Ohh, I see..." she responded and tucked into the soup.

~...~

At the same time, inside the two cousins' room, Penguin and Shachi had a very serious discussion.

"Peg we need to do something about it."

"I agree! Law was unfair towards us! We have the right to talk to her too!"

"What do you suggest?"

"I think we should devise a plan!"

"Hmm, that sounds good for a beginning."

"What if we enter the living room and say as an excuse that we were searching for something?" Penguin answered sitting on Shachi's bed.

"Like what?"

"I don't know... Maybe a screwdriver?"

"Get serious! Why look for a screwdriver in the living room?"

"Well, why did I found it inside the fridge the day before yesterday?"

"..."

"..."

"Ok I wanted to take the butter and I forgot it!"

"You are hopeless..." Penguin replied rolling his eyes.

"We can't enter the room for a reason like that."

"Uhm, then what about fooling Bepo so as to leave from her side and take his place!"

"That's a good one but what are we going to tell Law if he finds out?"

"Well, we couldn't leave her alone right?" the previous boy said giving a knowingly glance over the other one.

"Well we are gentlemen after all... right?" Shachi responded, looking back at his cousin in the same way.

"Venture 'Keep company to the lonely' starts now!"

~...~

"Soo, what do you like to do in your free time?" the girl asked Bepo who was sitting on a chair beside her.

"I study navigation! I want to be a good navigator sometime in order to find my brother!" he replied.

"Aww, that's very nice of you! You left from your home on your own to find your brother?"

"Yes! He is my only relative so I went after him. I had to hear news from him for a while and I got really anxious about whether he was alive or not and that's why I decided to leave from my country." he explained.

"Is he a polar bear too?"

"Yes!"

*A family of polar bears... That's too much adorable! I can't handle it!*, the girl thought, trying very hard not to intrude inside his personal space and start kissing him and hugging him.

Suddenly, a cricking sound was heard and interrupted their conversation.

"Hey Bepo!" the two boys greeted the bear.

"Hey guys! Do you need something?"

"I think Volff said he needs a helping hand on the kitchen. Do you mind to go there?" Shachi said.

"Uhm, Law already ordered me to keep company to..." Bepo paused for a while as he remembered he missed an important detail. He turned his head to face the girl.

"What's your name again?"

"It's Elga!"

"Ohh! Nice one!"

"Thank you!" she replied, petting him on his head.

"It's alright Bepo we are going to look after her don't worry!" Penguin said, placing a hand on the bear's shoulder.

"Someone has to help Volff or else you don't want to see him get angry!"

Bepo imagined the old man getting edgy about not helping him enough and stood up from his seat insensibly.

"Alright! Don't do something weird." he warned the two teenagers.

"Why are you saying that?" Shachi asked.

"Well you can be real creeps sometimes!"

"Alright Bepo, I think it's time for you to go now!" Penguin responded pushing the bear lightly in order to direct him outside of the room.

Then, he closed the door and both Shachi and Penguin turned to face Elga with angelic expressions full of innocence.

The girl couldn't help but sweat drop as the atmosphere was getting really awkward.

*What are they going to do to me?*