A/N: Gakuen One Piece. A One Shot! So this story has been floating around in my head for a while not. Well, not this particular scene, but the idea as a whole. This scene was inspired by a picture I found:

http:/ www . zerochan . net / 397681. I don't normally ship characters, and this is my first time writing Hancock, so if she's a bit OOC, let me know (though OCCness is a bit inevitable in this situation… So far it's a One Shot, but I've found a few similar pictures of these floating around and I've got other scenes from this story that have been bugging me for months anyway. I don't think I'll publish them though unless this gets a positive reaction (but I'll still write them :3).

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Rain

She couldn't really explain why she found herself attracted to him. She'd been told so many times that she was better than that - that she should let him go - but she couldn't. She didn't care that he was a junior and she a senior. That he was average and she was the most beautiful girl in the school. She paid no mind to the dozens of boys lining up to try to claim her. There was just something about him that made her stone heart melt into molten rock.

She walked down the street in silence, her school bag held in one hand and a pink umbrella held in the other, leaning on her shoulder. The rain had been falling non-stop all day. The first rain of the season. Hancock hated the rain. The way it made her carefully blow dried long black hair frizzy and tangled. The way her shoes, stocking, and even her school uniform always ended up soaked because of immature kids who had the nerve to splash in puddles in front of her.

She was thankful that the bus stop was only a block away from school. All she had to do was endure it until she reached it and then she'd be under the cover of the overhang, sitting and waiting for the vehicle to take her home. Hancock turned the corner and there a few feet away stood her sanctuary from the rain. With a bit more enthusiasm in her step, she walked toward it; not running – Hancock never ran for anything except Homecoming Queen. The sound of rain hitting her umbrella faded away as she stepped under the safety of the overhang and she lowered it, letting it fold closed.

Hancock leaned against the wall holding up the overhang as she waited for the bus to arrive. Her eyes fell to the watch around her wrist, watching the snake-shaped second hand tick away the seconds. The wait wouldn't be too long. The steady cadence of the rain was interrupted by a more erratic splashing and Hancock turned her gaze away from the watch to look up for the source.

I swear, if it's another underclassman splashing puddles and I get wet again, I'm going to –

The thought was cut short as she spotted the source of the splashing - a boy with unruly black hair. His uniform shirt was un-tucked as usual, the top button open and collar devoid of the regulation blue and black tie that all students were required to wear. Her heart skipped a beat at the sight of him, his feet almost bare but for the thin sandals that he always wore despite the complaints of their instructors.

Luffy.

Hancock felt heat rise in her cheeks as he neared her, his arms over his head to hold up his school bag which seemed to be his only source of shelter from the heavy rainfall. Surely that wouldn't be enough! His white shirt was soaked through already and his hair was beginning to stick to his forehead. Hancock couldn't allow that.

"L-Luffy!" she said. Normally ,she couldn't bring up the nerve to do more than smile shyly and wave at the younger boy who had mysteriously taken her heart, but impulse overtook her common sense. Hancock opened her umbrella and jumped into the rain, not even bothering to cover herself this time. It was obvious Luffy needed it more. Her face was red, her eyes closed as she held the umbrella out in front of her to cover Luffy. The black haired boy looked her way upon hearing his name, surprised.

"Hancock?" he asked. Whether he hadn't seen her or he was startled by her sudden action was debatable, but either way, he slowed to a stop as the rainfall drumming on his head did the same. Hancock's blush deepened upon being addressed directly and she lowered her head to try to hide it, looking up at Luffy from beneath long eyelashes.

"It… it's raining and.. your umbrella. You don't have one." she managed nervously. Her hands were unconsciously twisting around the umbrella. Maybe she had made the wrong decision. Was he the sort of guy who disapproved of help like this? "You're soaking wet and… and I'm worried you'll get sick so…" she thrust the umbrella toward him, "Please, take it!"

Expressing her worry for the boy was too embarrassing – made it clear that she had feelings for him. While it wasn't a huge mystery to anyone but, apparently him, she couldn't bring herself to comfortably express this simple concern without getting flustered.

For a moment he was silent as he stared at her, his bag still held over his head as if by habit. He realized after a few seconds that she was getting soaked and his eyes drifted up to the pink umbrella. It was sheltering only him from the rain.

"But what about you? Won't you get sick if you don't have it?" he asked her uncertainly. He lowered his bag to one hand and scratched the back of his head uncertainly. "I wouldn't feel right if you got sick because of me… You walk the same was as me, right? Why don't we share it?"

If possible, Hancock's face turned an even deeper shade of scarlet and she raised her eyes to look at Luffy. He was concerned for her well-being! Beyond that, he wanted to walk home with her! Her heart was pounding so hard she felt that it would explode out of her chest into a million flowers. Could this… could this be love?

Normally, Hancock wouldn't walk so far on a good day, but they did walk the same way, she knew. She just lived a bit further – so she'd be able to ensure that he made it home at least partially dry. Luffy's yes narrowed slightly in concern.

"Your face is all read," he told her. He reached out and pressed a hand to her cheek, then moved it uip to her forehead. "And you feel really warm, like you have a fever or something. Are you ok?"

She would have collapsed right there if the ground weren't so wet. Hancock hastily nodded her head and Luffy pulled his hand away from her as if shocked. "I-I'm fine!" she said quickly. She looked at him hopefully, "I'd love to share the umbrella with you. I-if… if you're ok with it, that is,"

A laugh escaped his lips and the sound was music to Hancock's ears. He took the umbrella out of her hands gently and held it a bit higher to ensure it covered both of them. "Of course I don't mind," he told her with a smile, "I wouldn't offer if I did. Come on, let's go," With that, he started walking. Hancock was frozen on the spot for a moment, her heart pounding a mile a minute. Then, a broad smile spread across her lips and she nodded as she jogged a few steps to catch up with him under the umbrella.

She resisted the urge to take his arm, but honestly, she didn't have to. Walking home with him was more than enough.

A/N: So tell me what you think, whether you like it or hate it, or have advice or anything. Feedback is my best friend :D Thanks for reading!

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