Although Whitebeard shouted blustering things like, "I don't need treatment!" his sons coaxed and cajoled him, and with Xie Wen promising him a few extra barrels of Ibuki Sake, he let himself be ushered into Ai Haibara Meow's Medical Room with only halfhearted resistance.
"Zehahahahaha! Hello, Little Klee! It's such a shame I didn't get to meet you last time!"
While Whitebeard was undergoing Ai Haibara Meow's examination and treatment, Teach immediately seized the opportunity to sidle over and cozy up to Klee Meow on Xie Wen's shoulder.
Klee Meow's reaction was rather strange, however...
Little Plushie first flattened her ears slightly, but then confusion appeared in her big, ruby-like eyes. After tilting her head and studying Teach for a good while, she decisively turned away, refusing to acknowledge him at all.
"Hahahahaha! Teach, with a face like yours, you're not going to win these little cuties over!"
"Diamond" Jozu laughed beside him and clapped him on the back, then thrust his own angular face, which was hardly any better than Teach's, in front of Klee Meow and asked as gently as he could, "Isn't that right, Little Klee~?"
Little Plushie blinked, then turned away again without sparing his feelings in the slightest. She jumped straight into Xie Wen's arms, burrowed her little head against his chest a few times, and settled into a comfortable position before going still, looking just like a shy, reserved little lady...
Except Xie Wen knew this little troublemaker's true nature. She wasn't being shy or reserved at all. She was simply feeling lazy after eating her fill and couldn't be bothered with these two strange uncles she barely knew.
"Zehahahahaha! Captain Jozu, Little Klee doesn't like you any better than me!"
"Maybe in little Klee's eyes, Captain Jozu doesn't look any different from Teach?"