One Piece Oneshots (Whumptober 2021)

Day 28 - It's Not Just in Your Head (Kaku x Reader) [Part 2]

Your eyes slowly opened, looking toward the ceiling. A yawn escaped from your mouth, you were still tired, and you had a throbbing pain in the back of your neck. With how dark your surroundings were, you figured it was midnight which means you should try to get more sleep. You turned to your side, sinking your head into the pillow and pulling the blankets up. The surface you rested on felt soft almost as if it was a cloud, you never felt such comfort in your life.

Wait... your couch wasn't this comfy.

Your eyes shot open and you sat up, glancing down to see not a couch but a bed you never recognized before. You threw the sheets off of you and you scrambled out of the bed and onto the floor, standing up and glancing around. The room you were in may have been dark but you knew this wasn't in your home. Was this another fever dream you were having?

A door opened, light peering in and a figure standing there, identity hidden by the shadows.

"Oh, good. You're finally awake."

The lights in the room were switched on, you had to shield your eyes from the sudden brightness so you could adjust more slowly. You heard the door close and footsteps walking toward you. Not caring if your eyes had fully adjusted or not, you brought down your arms to see who the approacher is, your breath hitched. It was Kaku.

"That sleep medicine must've helped your body get back the amount of sleep you lost, you were out for 52 hours," he told you as if this was a normal conversation. Come to think of it, you did feel refreshed. "Your tummy must be rumbling, how 'bout we scurry over to the kitchen and I'll wipe up something for you to eat."

You were feeling hungry, probably since you were asleep for so long. Kaku held out his hand for you, his signature bright smile on his face, it eased you and warmed your heart. You took his hand in yours, your fingers lacing together, and he held you out of what you now believed to be the bedroom.

This seemed like a magical dream that you never wanted to wake up from but it was real, so you didn't have to worry about that.

But Galley-La did.

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"[Y/n]?" Paulie called from your front door. He had been there for ten minutes and you still haven't answered the door, and he knew it couldn't be because you were still sleeping. You normally were awake by 2-2:30pm if you managed to fall asleep, it was 3pm now. You also told him you'd fall asleep on the couch the previous day, so it wouldn't take much to wake up you from outside, and he has been knocking on your door. "Maybe she's finally getting out of the house."

Paulie turned to walk away but notice the window to your living room was open, you never had it open since Kaku left. Cautiously, he wandered over to the frame and peeked inside. To his horror, your place was splashed with blood and objects were knocked over. It seemed like some amateur murder broke in your house.

Paulie alerted the authorities, they investigated your house but your body wasn't found. They interrogated many people but no one committed the crime or knew who did. Galley-La didn't know where you were, they didn't know you were alive, and they didn't know you were with Kaku. They thought you were missing or dead, and that brought them great pain.