Love Is Blind | ZoLu

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Moments prior to being found by his crewmates, Luffy had fallen asleep in his closet to avoid using his bed so early. This way, he wouldn't run the risk of dreaming something completely beyond his own imagination.

But it would seem that the clueless man's plans didn't bear fruit in the end and only backfired on him, the second he was awoken by his friends.

Part of him hoped they would have been more gentle on his body when waking him up with such vigorous movements they made to his shoulders, rocking him back and forth until he was startled awake.

Yet part of him was also negative towards the fact that he had grown so weak.

He was talking into his recorder when the air outside of his open window grew colder for his skin to put up with.

Standing up from the polished wooden planks underneath his bottom, the boy guided his hands further into the unknown spaces of his bedroom until he could feel his fingers intertwining with the fabric of his curtains.

There, he was able to push down against the dark bistre colored lift and successfully close his window to block out the cold tides from lowering the temperature within his bedroom, no matter how much wind the force of their waves bring forth to the ship.

And when everyone else became silent, his thoughts developed a mind of their own and lead Luffy to his bathroom, where he last remembered visiting, seconds before falling asleep in his closet.

~One Hour Earlier~

"You're doing so well, Captain. You were hungry, weren't you?" Yes...

"Luffy, would you like more juice?" Yes...

"Luffy cleaned his plate. Did you notice how wide his smile was towards the end of his last bite?"

What soothing words for the Captain's ears to pick up from the people who were ever so proud of him for the feast he had.

Bite after bite, he could sense his blood sugar was going back to normal as he stopped trembling and no longer heard that annoying rumble in his stomach.

Success and satisfaction was written all over his face as he had licked his plate clean, not leaving a single crumb on the dinner table, and was even daring enough to ask for seconds as well as desert! What joy!

A delicious feast indeed for a hungry, future Pirate King to partake in and party over.

If only that were how it would have ended... But even parties have their flaws when the music dies down and the bottom of the snack bowls are made up of nothing but grubby little particles that attach themselves to people's fingers and disgust them.

That is the outcome Luffy's "party" had. The food that was settling in his stomach had been great, up until the moment he sat down with his friends, who were watching television.

Thoughts overwhelmed him with social anxiety and threatened his fragile state of mentality that if he didn't leave, he would have consequences to face afterwards.

Addressing the people that he could hear around his surroundings, the boy had a clear image in his head of who was in the living room with him.

So far, nobody else but Usopp and Nami were sat beside him, at the time. He took this opportunity to escape back to the depths of his bedroom before anybody else arrived at the living room.

"Luffy? Where're you headed? Aren't you gonna hear this with us?"

Usopp questioned as the younger gulped, slowly turning over towards his friends.