An Eel and a Mockingbird | Charlotte Katakuri x Reader

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The night was catching up and considering that the both of you had only gotten back to the territory that day, you were both pretty tired in all honesty. You had already pulled on your large t-shirt given to you by Katakuri and slipped into bed, curling the duvet around you as Katakuri sat on the end of the bed.

"For once I'm too tired for sex, who have I become?"

Dramatically holding a hand to your head, you sighed.  The laugh that came from you was loud, causing Katakuri to smile as he leaned on his knees with his elbows. His back was to you but you could see his muscles deliciously contract as he wasn't wearing his jacket like usual. The room was silent and honestly if you weren't too caught up in staring at the man, you would've fell right asleep. Well you almost did, but decided to tap him on the shoulder.

Katakuri turned around and you pulled him backwards so his head was in your lap as you stretched your legs out under the duvet, his eyes catching yours. How you grew to love those dragonfruit eyes, their sharp look and their strong gaze. A hand reached to his magenta hair, stroking it slightly to his surprise. He knew how open you were with him, but being so gentle wasn't usually in your action list... unless it was you crying into his chest.
The moment was comfortable, Katakuri closed his eyes as you ran your fingers over his hair gently. You smirk down to him; you would've smiled but at this point the uneasy expression was a tattoo for life.

"(Y/n)."

You hummed, stopping your action and watching as he opened his eyes.

"You said you slept with other people once, who?"

You raised an eyebrow up, giving him a confused look as he stared right back at you.

"Jealousy?"

"Curiosity."

It wouldn't hurt to talk about it, you guessed. Many people had slept with others in their life, you guessed Katakuri has at some point too. But it was a bit out there to just explain to the son of a Yonko you had slept with other pirates. Maybe he really was overprotective and would kill the men, you honestly couldn't care though.

"A few people. Some being just regular guys looking to knock up a known criminal."

Yeah, he guessed as much. As a pirate, your popularity either increase or decrease, no in between.

"The biggest piss take I slept with was that stupid flamingo, Donquixote Doflamingo."

"You slept with a warlord?"

You literally could see the man physically tense. It was expected for him to be a little taken aback knowing now that someone you had even just spoken to before was a known pirate. Trying to make it better, you just rubbed his shoulder with a laugh before looking up to the ceiling.

"Yeah, once upon a time. A few years back when I was running a mission for the revolutionaries, I was caught red handed by the flamingo - definitely not someone I wanted to be caught by."

You snickered and ran a hand over Katakuri's built chest.

"He told me to do him a 'favour' in exchange for hush to the government about me being there, what a dick."

Katakuri smiled lightly. He hadn't expected for you to have quite the story. Sure, you had an uncertain past and was brought up by the most wanted criminal in the world, but you weren't necessarily the most frontal criminal. Let alone the fact you weren't a pirate when this happened.

"After I had left the revolutionary army, I actually decided to spend some time in his country of Dressrosa before going to Wano and meeting Kaido. It was awful, but I had a lot of fun annoying his dumb executives! The flamingo would ask me everyday to join his crew, of course I declined everyday and would warp across the castle to somewhere he couldn't find me."

"Sounds like you've had quite the adventure."

His voice was deep and you could see the corners of his mouth upturn slightly into a smile. Katakuri looked so genuinely peaceful as his head was in your lap and your hands were in his hair. Leaning down you brushed a kiss onto his forehead. It was so gentle even he himself was surprised you did it. After leaning back up, Katakuri shuffled around and moved himself from your lap so he lay next to you.

"You can tell me more next time."

You laughed as you slid down further under the covers and was pulled back into his chest.

"You betcha."

It was a huge castle, even your could admit that. There was a massive pool out the front and it sat on a large plateau, overlooking the whole of the country. You had been travelling for a good few days in the New World, going from island to island to seek out what entertainment you could when you landed yourself in Dressrosa. Of course, as soon as Doflamingo had found out you were in his very own country, he instantly made you a guest to his palace.

Everyday was the same, really. It started by you walking out of your guest room and traversing the corridors in hopes of anything interesting. Baby 5 would always come to look for you, she had found what she thought was a friend in you: to be fair it was just her thinking you needed her when she was just purely your day's entertainment. You couldn't complain, living the life of luxury was a plus. You would sit out in the garden, one leg over the other as some servant or another would bring you some kind of beverage.

The one person who you found most intriguing was that Violet girl. She had caught you in the library one day and decided she trusted you enough to explain what was happening with her. Turned out she was actually named Viola, and that she wasn't really wanting to be with Doflamingo at all. Funny thing is that you reckoned she didn't belong with the Donquixote family, she always seemed awkward and a little sad.

"Join my crew, (y/n)."

And in the evenings, you would wonder into Doflamingo's office to see him perched upon the windowsill like a bird. His bright white grin and sunglasses would glint in the low light. You would stand over by his desk, leaning on it with a smirk - arms behind you on the surface. He jumped from the sill and wandered over, placing his fingers under your chin and cocking your head upwards as he stood between your legs.

"What? And have sex with a flamingo everyday? Hard pass 'join my crew, (y/n)' my ass."

You snickered after copying him childishly and he replied with a deep-toned chuckled, moving his hand up to brush your hair flat.

"I could give you it all, and let you run from the government."

An eyebrow of yours raised, looking on at him. There were nights where he would approach you, but he never would almost beg you to stay.

"I could give you a family,"

Your smirk twitched down and you hid your eyes slightly with a frown,

"I could give you everything you lost to that island disaster and make use of your power for the both of us."

Suddenly, you pushed him away, turning to his desk and standing over it. You rammed one arm over the top and sent papers flying into the air, like snowflakes they fell.

"Don't give me that bullshit! Family? I only have one family!"

You slammed your hand on the table, cracking the top slightly. The rage you felt was new, how dare he be so presumptuous in thinking you wanted more than you had already? But he pulled you back against his chest.

"It's okay,"

"Doflamingo, I won't join anyone. I won't become anyone else."

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03.02.2021

Author's Notes

Purupurupurupuru...

And with that, we come to the penultimate chapter.

We are almost at the end of our journey, but don't fret, we have more adventures to come!

... gatcha.

- TransponderSnail