An Eternal Bond

Christmas Special

"Hey, you-gara were both part of Whitebeard's crew for a long time, right?" I looked up at Nekomamushi with a nod. "I wasn't there for as long as the others, but yeah. Why?"

"Well, it's almost Christmas. Did you guys do anything special at this time?"

Izo and I looked at each other with a smile. "Well, I'll tell you."

"Y/N!"

I poked my head out of the room with a questioning look on my face. "I'm reading. What happened?"

Thatch rolled his eyes. "Yes, because it's such a crime to interrupt your reading." I nodded and walked out of my room, my hands on my hips. "Whatever it is better be important."

"Well," Marco flew down from the mass. "Did you ever celebrate anything while you were in your village? Any holidays?"

I thought for a moment. "Not really... maybe my birthday with my mom, but other than that, there wasn't really anything special. Why? Am I forgetting something?"

"Man, two years and you never celebrated Christmas with her?" Ace chuckled and kissed my cheek as he wrapped his arms around my waist from behind.

"It's not our fault that she always chooses tis day to be shut in her room. We thought it'd be easier to get her out now that you're on the ship." Izo smirked and crossed his arms. "Seems like we were right."

"I thought I forgot Ace's birthday or something, damn! You really got me worried..." I furrowed my brow. "Wait, Christmas?" I looked around at my fellow crewmates with a wondering expression and they grinned.

Ace let go of my waist and took my hands. "Well, this'll be your first Christmas, then!"

A certain sense of excitement rose in my chest. "Okay...! What... do you do during Christmas?"

"Well, it's kind of like a birthday, I guess, but it's not an excuse to stay shut in your room." Haruta flicked my forehead with a grin. "It's normally a time to spend with family, but in our case, you'll be spending it with your crew."

"If it's like a birthday... then was I supposed to get you guys gifts too?!"

"Don't worry about it! It's not like we're expecting gifts anyways."

I smiled a bit, fidgeting with my fingers. "It sounds... fun."

Thatch put his arm around my shoulders. "One of my favourite parts of Christmas is the food. Do you want to try and make eggnog with me?" I raised a brow. "Doesn't that have alcohol?"

"We won't be using alcohol."

"Okay then."

I brushed off Thatch for a moment. "Let me get into more suitable clothes, though!" I made my way to my room and looked through my chest of clothes.

They were all neatly folded into different piles, one for shirts, one for pants, one for skirts, and so on. I lifted up one of my smaller shirts and through it across the room. Then another. And another.

"God, I could've sworn I had better clothes than this." I lifted up a sleeveless shirt and sighed. "Whatever."

I walked out and saw Ace carrying a few heavy boxes of food from one of the islands we visited not long before. "Hold on, I've got it. Where do you want it?"

"Just next to the door."

I stood next to the door. "Room!" I fixated my gaze on the boxes in his arms. "Shambles." And I landed in his arms while the boxes ended up next to the door. "Hello."

"Y-Y/N..." I pecked him on the nose and got down. "Thatch, Ace brought the food to the door! Do you want me to bring it in?!"

"Yeah, go ahead!"