Delicate Dreams (One Piece x gn!reader)

Talking with a friend and Start of a New Adventure!

Headcanons for this story (Thought it would be nice to a few to each chapter just to help explain a few things I missed or could be misunderstood)

-When [NAME] is in another person's dream, they have to physically touch that person to put them in a lucid state. When that happens, the two can converse with each other and that person will remember what happened in the dream.  

-[NAME] knows how to use a sword due to their parents signing them up for sword classes.

-The reason why they fight with two swords is because [NAME] is unbalanced when just swinging one sword. No matter how much they trained, they could not fix the issue. It was their sword instructor who suggested they fight with two swords. It was hard to learn, and there were many mistakes, but it definitely solved the balance issue.

-The Shade Lord does not have a fixed gender due to him being made out of void but usually sticks to he/him pronouns due to the fact he is seen as the father to all the Shade siblings. But he doesn't mind if someone were to use different pronouns.

-The names of [NAME]'s two mothers are Quinn and Amalia. Quinn is seen as the protector of the family and is not afraid to attack if needed, while Amalia on the other hand is more calm and collected. She is usually the one to keep Quinn in check, and the one who has to make sure their wife didn't go and do something stupid while she was gone. Amalia has lost count of how many times she has found her wife in a strange predicament and had to help her out of it. After all that thought, they both still love each other. [NAME] usually calls Amalia, Mom, and calls Quinn, Mama.

I stood, lost in thought, as essence floated aimlessly around me. I quickly snap out of it and start walking around, careful to not hit any essence and throw myself into a random person's dream. "It's been a while since I last saw my best friend. I should go see how he's doing." I hummed at that thought before going to look for the specific essence I needed. 

It wasn't hard to find that boy's essence considering there was a strawhat design right smack-dab in the middle of it. After years of being here, I learned that while most had a plain design, some would actually have an object or animal incorporated into the design that would represent said person. 

That reason got me curious enough to enter someone else's dreams for the first time, and also allowed me to make my first friend here in the dreamer's realm. After that, I just met more and more people through this place and created many different friendships with them. Some more than others.

I walked up to it once I found it and entered his dream. I wasn't surprised to find him happily munching on tons of food. "Typical Luffy." I smiled as I walked over and tapped him on the shoulder. He quickly turned around and smiled once he realized it was me. 

"[NAME]!!" He pulled me into a tight hug causing me to laugh while returning the hug. "Hey, Luffy! Glad to see you're doing well." He starts to pout and hugs me tighter. "How come you were gone for so looooong? I thought I would never see you again." 

I sweatdrop at the change of mood. " Luffy, you literally saw me yesterday..."

"Ya! But that was a long time ago!"

"It was only a few hours Luffy."

"WHAT!? NO WAY! IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A FEW YEARS!"

"sighs. Whatever you say Luffy." I manage to get out of Luffy's death grip of a hug. "So how's your training going? If I remember correctly you'll be turning 17 in half a year and leaving to become a pirate." I smirked as I made a few seats appear and sat down. With his famous smile, he started to ramble on about how his day went what he did for training, what he ate, and whatnot. He also got sidetracked a lot while talking about food causing me to have to remind him to focus on the task at hand.