roger pirates x character!male!reader
besides the two notorious pirates of the present, shanks and buggy, there was one more pirate who was taken under the pirate king's wing.
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# BABYSITTING
As soon as they left the shore, everyone didn't warm up to Oden yet-- as M/n had expected.
It wasn't easy to accept someone so remotely new, someone who came from their rival's crew. And to have brought his whole family with him-- M/n simply didn't know what to say to ease the tension between everyone.
"M/n! M/n! Look at that!" Shanks, the loud one, urged for his friend to look at what he was looking. He was leaning so far against the railings, eyes shining as something had caught his attention.
The brunette joined him, jumping to lean against the railings.
"What is it you're pointing?" He questioned.
"A fish! Look! It's humongous!" Shanks exclaimed, full on energy and awe. M/n can't see what's so impressive with a big fish, they've seen sea kings and creatures before.
"It's big." M/n agreed. Now that he looked at it, it was a fish, nothing special, but it's height and weight was unordinary despite not being a special type. "Looks like an overfed goldfish."
Shanks only snickered.
"What are you two looking at?" Roger seems to be in a particularly good mood, and he happens to notice both of his apprentices marveling something far off the ocean.
"Big fish." Shanks replied.
"Oh? Where is it?" Roger seems to have the excitement of a child, fitting well in their dynamics. Shanks and M/n hopped off the railings to give their Captain the way and space.
"It's right there."
M/n chose to go on with his duties instead of watching the big fish swim. It seems like Buggy and Shanks were forgetting that they were apprentices, meant to scrub decks.
"What adventures are we going to next, Captain?" Shanks suddenly asked, making M/n look up slightly before returning on cleaning the floors with a scrubby sponge, ears open to hear the conversation.
"Now, that's a question!" Roger exclaimed. "Well, first-- we'll be exploring the whole of Grand Line!" Then he went on about the lands and how Oden will be of great use.
M/n has heard of this conversation before, only because Roger's voice was always boisterous and loud, making it difficult to ignore especially when the topic was interesting. The first time he heard of this was when Roger was drinking with Oden and Rayleigh, the usual.
Standing up as he wiped a sweat off his forehead with his forearm, he released his hold on the sponge, letting it fall into the bucket. They clean often but with dirty shoes from stepping on land-- it was hard not to dirt the floor.
"Need some help?" Buggy crouched down to M/n's level as the boy started wiping with a dry cloth.
