Everyone decided that they were going to stay one more day at Sundew Island before leaving, since Shaw was still recovering even though he was out for, what, almost a week? Never mind that, everyone had agreed that they were going to have a beach party, so this is where Shaw's in a bad position
"Should I go in this?" he sighed when Koala showed him the 6th, or 7th swimsuit, hell he lost count
"Go in something, your comfortable in." she hummed to herself & dove into her closet "But nothing to revealing! I'll kill any man who looks at you with the wrong idea in their fucking heads!"
"I know I know." she giggled, she finds it cute that he's quite protective over her, it took a while but once she put it on she walked out & showed it to him "So, what do you think?"
"Alright, let's see." he sat up & couldn't help but blush as his jaw dropped
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"Does it look good?" he swallowed thickly as he rubbed the back of his neck & pulled a thumbs up
"Y–You look gorgeous!" she smiled & set a floppy sunhat on her head
"This hat also matches, plus, its not that revealing!" she sung as she ran a hand across his jaw "See you outside~" his lip quivered a bit before he took off his clothes, threw on swim trunks & as he took off his shirt... he saw all the scars he gained
The burn mark Akainu left him 2 years ago, the blast Teach gave him & the recent one Akainu gave him again, even the stab mark on his shoulder
"Hey Shawn–kun, I think I le--" Koala cut herself off when she saw Shaw looking at his reflection with a blank stare, she gasped lightly when she saw the scars herself. She remembers the tattoo of the Whitebeard Pirates on his back, it was erased because of the massive scar "Oh hear, Shawn..."
She walked over to him, hugged him & kissed his back, he sniffed & grabbed her arms before turning around & pulling her into a hug. She felt all his other scars & cringed a bit, those must have been pretty damn painful
"I–I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get all emotional. Its just, I can't s–stop thinking back on that bloody day...!" he said as he tightened his grip on her, she set him down again & grabbed something, he looked at her confused until she threw him a basic open shirt, yet it was similar to Franky's cause it was a hawaiian shirt
"Put it on!" he did but left it open with his sleeves rolled up "Now we'll only be able to see that one scar!" he sniffed again & wiped away the tears that were swelling up
"Thanks Koala..."
"It was no problem!"
(Time Skip)
Shaw was currently lying down on a beach chair & sitting beside him was Luke, & them being twins though it'd be funny if they wore the same thing, so they did, but Luke wore a blue hawaiian shirt while Shaw wore a red one. They both wore shades so they fist bump each other before laughing, soon enough Will walks up to them
