(One Piece) Book of Oneshots and Such

Moving Out

(One Piece X Reader) A Gangster! AU story. Honestly I was originally planning on making this a series but I have way too many WIPs stacked up as it is so here's this instead.

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"Are you sure you got everything?"

Sighing for the upteenth time, you gave the phone wedged between your ear and your shoulder a dry and tired but loving smirk, "yeah dad, I'm packing the last of it now"

Just as you said so, you pushed the final box into the trunk of your car and slammed it shut

"Ohhhh, I can't believe my babe's leaving the house! How dare you grow up!"

Sweat-dropping at your father's clingy behavior, you moved around the car to rest on top of the hood, knowing that you'd have to fight for at least a few more minutes to get him to hang up.

"If you're that broken up about it why aren't you here to stop me?" At that, your father's whining came to an immediate stop.

At the drop of a hat, his voice became more guilt trodden, "I've already been so selfish, I couldn't possibly.. besides, duty calls, and heaven knows I can't be slack in this business" as he spoke, you became aware of the strange shuffling noise in the call's background.

"Wait.. are you calling me in the middle of a job?" With the lengthy silence that followed, you could clearly picture the wide-eyed, sweaty image of his face after being caught red handed.

"Dad!"

"I'm sorry! It's just that today's such a big day for my baby girl and I love you so much and-" with that, he went on a long spiel about practically every emotion he's felt since you announced your moving out of the house.

"Dad- dad! Listen I love you too, but you got a job to do, I'll call you after I've settled in alright?" Moving off of the SUV's hood, you got yourself comfortable behind the wheel and started the engine.

There was a dreary sigh, like he was dreading the end of this call- which he probably was, and you subconsciously noticed how the shuffling became more frantic.

"Okay.. and don't forget to call Shanks too when you settle in, the man's been breathing down my neck ever since he found out you're moving to his side of town" his voice sounded a brush miffed, and you giggled at his expense.

"Honestly.. I was planning to live somewhere around Pop's place, but the offer I found here is too good to pass up, practically dirt cheap"

"If you asked Whitebeard for a place you'd get it for free.." the shuffling has now evolved to panicked skittering, but neither of you seemed to have minded enough to address it.

"Where's the fun in that? Besides, then I wouldn't have an excuse to turn down his batshit parties" at that, your father burst into hysterical laughter.

"Alright.. I've kept you longer than I intended.." your body twitched at the double meaning, and your face softened at the gentle, honest tone he took, "you're always my baby girl, and you can always come to me when you're in trouble, okay? Now, dad has to finish work"

Smiling at his words, you grinned at the phone, "okay daddy, I love you" right before you ended the call, there was a loud scream, or maybe gunfire, as you finally got on the road.

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"Oh holy shit.." pulling up to the address, you let your eyes glaze all over the building, soaking in it like it was a castle- which to many, it could've been.