Pirates | Luffy x reader x Zoro

Ch.15 Goodbye Merry

~Y/n pov~

I woke up in between two warm bodies.

This was happening a lot lately.

I tiredly cracked open my eyes.

The first thing I saw was a mess of black hair.

His arms were looped around my waist and he was snuggled into me.

I tilted my head to look behind me.

As expected, there laid Zoro, his arm had slid underneath my body while we slept and he had pressed my back against his chest.

I smiled tiredly at the fluttery feeling in my chest.

Curling back up, I fell straight back asleep in the warm embraces.

~*~

It was finally time to say goodbye.

I stood beside Luffy on the small boat.

The rest of the crew stood behind us.

In front of us was the Merry.

Luffy grabbed the stick and lit it on fire.

"Merry... The seabed is dark and lonesome, so we'll watch you to the end. Maybe it was good Usopp wasn't here." Luffy lit the Merry on fire, "There's no way... that he could bear this."

I discreetly snuck a glance at Usopp.

His body was shaking. He was probably crying.

"What do you think?" I heard Zoro ask Usopp.

Of course Luffy didn't hear them.

"I disagree. Everyone must someday day farewell. This is a man's parting." Usopp stated.

So he's finally accepted it...

Once the fire had started to spread quite quickly, Luffy threw the stick into the water.

I watched sadly as the ship burned.

There were lots of good memories.

We should make more with our new ship. But I'll never forget Merry.

It's like a part of the crew died.

"Thank you for carrying us for such a long time, Merry." Luffy stated.

Snow started to fall.

I looked up as the small white blobs fell from the sky.

My smile turned bitter before disappearing completely as I remembered the past.

I didn't cry.

The whole ship was on fire now.

I'm sorry...I wanted to carry you even further. I'm sorry.

My eyes widened. So earlier... it wasn't our imagination.

I grabbed onto Luffy's hand when I saw the tears building in his eyes.

I want to continue going on adventures with you forever.

"It's us who have to apologise, Merry!" Luffy yelled, "I'm not good at steering... so I ran you into icebergs at times. There was a time I tore the sails, too."