So... This is a One Piece fanfic where I forcibly isekai an oc. The prologue doesn't feature any characters from One Piece just yet.
To recap trigger warnings: canon-typical violence, language, mentions of cannibalism, racism, homo/transphobia.
These warnings apply for entire work and will not be mentioned again.

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,,Ey, Rika! What's up? You look sad? Pissed? That's not your usual resting bitch face at all!"

They felt talkative today. The words rolled down their tongue and out of their mouth as easily, as they tended to slip on any slick surfaces. Which meant very, very easily.
They didn't get enough rest last night, so they presumed it was just the fact that they're fatigued even more than normal and their brain cannot function normally.

It was that assumption that led to another of the mistakes they'll be making today.

,,Well of course I look like this, I studied for a test for hours and yet, when I saw the questions, I had to get ready to throw all of my hopes out of the damn window! I mean, who even needs that for life? Not me!"
Rika went and started ranting about how the school is the worst. Grey didn't mind the rant; they listened only partially, and nodded their head from time to time, making affirmative noises. Rika disliked the school and everybody knew it. Grey was sure that even principal knew.

But yeah, anyways, nobody cared about Rika's suffering all that much. It was the same every day anyways, so why bother, huh?

,,Oh, Grey? How about we go to the roof during the big lunch break? It's unlocked and it's gonna be empty! And nobody cares if anybody enters the "forbidden" roof anyways!"

They considered it. The roof was a nice place. Relatively clean, usually empty, with a nice view that wasn't hindered by anything to prevent anybody suicidal to jump off the roof, towards the sweet, sweet release of death that everybody in the cursed building was craving oh so much.

,,Yeah sure."

It's gonna be just a nice lunch, taken in peace, right?

The bell rang soon and the so-called torture began anew. Grey hated the languages. They didn't make sense most of the time, and when they did, there were exceptions. No logic, only lawless wasteland, a hellscape, really.
Then math. Math was fine, they liked math, but the teacher was an asshole.
Then biology, they liked biology, but plants were boring and they couldn't wait until they reached the part where the class learns about human body.

And finally, the lunch. The 45 minutes of blessed peace began and Grey hurried to the roof.

When they arrived, Rika was already there. How? Did she ditch her class or something? The entrance to the roof was much closer to the classroom where Grey was than it was to Rika's...
They squinted a bit.

,,Did you... Did you steal a mat from the gym?"

Rika was sitting on a blue mat with schools logo printed on it. School constantly had lack of money and yet, they were able to afford things like that.

,,Yup☆!"

They just dumbly stared not even questioning what sort of noise just came out of her mouth. Rika seemed to notice this, but she just scooted a bit and made room for Grey to sit. They happily obliged, sat down and pulled their lunchbox out of a bag.

They ate together, joked, laughed, fed some birds that landed on the roof with small pieces of grapes. It was fun, but now, they had to go to next lesson.

,,Oh, wait, Grey!" Rika yelled when Grey was about to leave the roof.

,,Huh?"

Silence. Rika's face reddened and now, she looked like a tomato. Grey was a bit worried, their friend was behaving strangely, now she's red... Was she sick or something? Should they take her to the school nurse? Would the school nurse even actually help her?

,,I... I... Would you... Can you please date me?"

Grey was just standing there now, looking at Rika, trying to process words that fell out of their friends mouth.

,,What."

,,Please, go on a date with me!"

Grey blinked. What. Was this a prank? Rika never showed any sort of feelings like this before, so it must've been a prank.

,,Rika... Is this a prank? Are you recording or something?"

,,No! It's- it's not a prank! I mean it!"

,,Rika, I like you, okay? But I only like you as a friend."

They felt absolutely horrible for saying the truth. Rika's expression fell, together with the redness. Were her eyes really glistening with tears or was it just the ray of sunshine that chose the worst time to break through the curtain of clouds?
Was she not just making fun of them?

,,So you already have somebody who you love more than me, don't you."

,,Rika... Rika what the hell-"

Her words were so, so cold. Hateful. How though? She was a blushing mess just a few seconds ago! How does somebody go from that to murderous in span of five seconds? That was beyond them.

She was now right in front of the exit, effectively blocking it.

,,Who is it?"

,,What the hell has gotten into you?!"

,,Who is it?! Just tell me!"

Grey was confused. What was wrong with Rika? Her attitude was bordering on hysterical, which only happened once, when a spider almost crawled into her mouth.

,,Nobody! I don't... I don't love anyone! Seriously, what's up with you today?"

Rika started advancing towards them and they took a two steps back every time she took one. When their friend was acting as weird as this, it only felt right to put some distance between of them. Was she drunk? High? Sick? What was causing this disturbance in her behavior?

,,Rika-"

They didn't even manage to get the sentence out. Rika took a few quick steps and push was all that was needed for them to take a few more steps back and lose balance, as their foot went straight over the ledge.
They'd bet that their eyes were comically wide right now. They did not expect this outcome.

Well, it's a shame that I'll never know how One Piece ends.

They thought sarcastically just before their blood splattered all over the concrete, as their body bounced a bit before laying still.

The people who were standing nearby probably got traumatized.

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Grey: We're gonna have a nice lunch on the roof and then we'll proceed with our day, right?

Rika:

Grey: ... Right?!