Wind in our Sails KobyXReader

Chapter 25: Goodbye Aokiji

You had two days left on your leave, you had spent most of it with Koby. Sneaking out to go on dates. The more time spent together the more you learned about one another. Right now, you were having a starlight picnic on a cliff away from everyone else. You'd done a day of surfing and fishing. And right now Koby, was going off an a tangent about Straw Hat Luffy.

"Hehehe you should've seen it Y/N! He stood in front of Zoro-san and took the bullets head on! Because he's made of rubber he's bullet proof! He stretched out again and the bullets were shot back! And, and then when Zoro-San was freed he held back at least 8 men back with his three swords!"

"Sounds like it was an interesting fight. I wonder what he's doing right now." Koby then grew somber, he brought you into his side he caressed your arm and sighed.

"Whatever he's doing I know when he comes back he'll be even stronger."

"So are you." You kissed his cheek, and he blushed. While you two had been getting closer emotionally Koby had begun to retreat when it came to being physical. No more sneak kisses, barely any hand holding and he wouldn't sleep next to you anymore. He said that your scar didn't bother him, sometimes he would only kiss you on your right cheek where your scar was.

"Ahem. You excited to come back to active duty?"

"I am. It'll be nice to get back to work. My first job back is giving Admiral Akainu a physical before his acceptance ball. He invited me to a celebration afterward too...I'm not sure if I want to go."

"How come?" You breathed a heavy sigh.

"He keeps trying to get me to be his personal doctor. Saying that he knows he can trust me, that my professionalism is something he respects. But I would miss the ocean too much, and...I'd miss you." You flushed. You were trying to get better and expressing your feelings it was still a struggled but you didn't want to have anymore misunderstandings between you two.

"Garp-San wouldn't let you leave anyway!" He brought you into him even more. "Are you allowed to bring anyone with you?"

"You free?" You raised a brow at him and he chuckled.

"I wish I could go with you. But it's probably not the best idea. He doesn't exactly like me."

"True. I'll just go alone, my reputation as the Ghoul Doctor should be upheld. If I arrived with someone he'd probably question it."

"True." He went to playing with his ring, he hadn't put it on his hand figuring since he fought with his fists, it would break. He kept it on a chain around his neck. You'd put yours on the bracelet he'd already given you. One day, you'd be able to wear them openly one day.

"How is Grount doing?" You couldn't help but ask, the young Captain had been avoiding you. Even when you explained that you had just been tired and trying to recuperate and that the attack had happened hours before you'd arrived back to port, he still refused to speak to you.

"Moody. He won't talk to me, but I think he's just upset about the situation and the fact that Aokiji didn't become the Fleet Admiral."

"And he blames me partially since I had to declare the loser."

Koby kissed your right cheek.

"It isn't your fault. You were called to be a neutral judge and that is what you did. If anyone blames you for that, then they're idiots!"

His words brought great comfort, cause in fact most people were looking for someone to blame and most of them blamed you. You'd been hearing whispers about how you were trying to climb the ladder, or that you should've just let the  assassin kill Akainu so Aokiji could be Fleet Admiral.