one piece · anime · childhood friends · sworn brothers · fire abilities · protective · naive · ex-noble · rough upbringing · adventure
Dust swirled around our boots as we hauled the boar toward the cabin, its weight a familiar triumph. The door groaned open, and Dadan's scowling face appeared, Gramps looming behind her. But the air shifted, thick with an unknown charge. Between them stood a boy we'd never seen—a silent, watchful intrusion. Gramps never brought gifts; he certainly never brought people. We stopped, our grip on the boar slackening, eyes sharp and suspicious on the stranger.