Transparent (Eustass Kid X reader) (Modern AU)

Two

         "Take it easy, tiger." Zoro frowned as ___ downed her third shot of bourbon, fully aware of her last night out. Her dress was longer tonight, tight and matte black. Going on five hours of sleep and a quick shower, ____ was going more wild than he'd ever seen.

"I'm going to like it!" She pouted, sticking her finger to him with a frown. He rolled his eyes, moving away to help another patron while ____ picked up her phone. This time she remembered to bring it.

Truffle🐮: did you get settled in alright?

____ smiled and texted back, a light blush on her cheeks as she swing her heeled feet off the stool. Zoro's return knocked her from her trance, looking up with a more friendly smile.

"Luffy is throwing a party, I'm heading there right after work, you wanna come?"

"Sure."

Zoro and ____ got off at the same time that night, and bought a few bottles of liquor from the bar to take to the party. The green haired man drove, as always, with ___ spitting directions over his shoulder.

As always, a party with the Newgates was set up to be fun. The brothers had rented out a roller rink and were already blasting music by the time Zoro and ____ got there.

"You have a hot date or something, moss-head?" Chided a young blond man as soon as they two walked in, referring to their outlandishly fancy clothes. When his eyes landed on ____ he burst into a wiggly dance, practically swooning. "My apologies, beautiful. My name is Sanji, but you can call me your bo-"

"Shut the fuck up and get away from my sister." Zoro cut him off with a palm to the face, shoving him back.

"Oh, you're the womanizer." ____ clicked as if finally the pieces had been put into place, and Sanji fell to the floor with a pike through his heart. "Nice to meet you."

"Zoro! Over here!"

____ took the time to greet everyone, but quickly found herself just as drunk as the rest of them. It was a little hard to skate in such a tight dress, but ____ made do. After a little practice she was doing all sorts of tricks, dancing backwards with Ace and Luffy as she sang along to whatever happened to be playing. It was a weird song, at the moment, but she knew the lyrics.

"There's a ghost! In my home! But it's better than being alone~" she chanted, kicking off to do a mini spin. Ace chortled, having no idea what was playing but liking that she was always so into it. "I don't believe in animals! Milk comes from the trees."

"You have a weird taste in music, yoi." Marco hummed as she passed him, still skating backwards with a glass of whiskey in her hand. She flashed him a grin, shrugging.

"I like all music!"

Nami changed the song to something more common, but it was still pop. ____ didn't mind, singing along all the same. Somewhere along the lines everybody noticed she was singing every song, and it turned into a contest. Who could play a song ____ wouldn't know the words to.

Three hours and a lot of Vodka later, the pot was up to a hundred dollars. ___'s phone vibrated and she looked down at it, almost forgetting she'd taken to carrying it around.

Heat🦋: I'm at the bar, you should come meet my friends :)

____ felt her face contort into a soft expression, hand over her heart. Such a sweetheart. She really liked Heat, they got along well and he was a great drinking buddy.

"Zoro!" ____ skated over to the dozing man, who had stayed mostly sober for both their sakes. She shook his shoulder, waking him up.

"Huh?"