In his eyes, In Aphrodite's image - Sanji x Male Reader

In his eyes

Y/N joined the Strawhats on a whim without much second thought if any at all, Maybe it was their swordsman's bravery, The kind archeologist, Their snipers humor, The fact they had an animal Doctor Or even the Captians joyouse personality. . . Or maybe it was the striking blond in a pink apron.


Sanji, The head and only chef of the Strawhat pirate's crew. He was a sight to behold if you've ever seen one, The man's short blond hair covered half of his face, The slight stubble of his chin, The way his voice sounded sweeter than the food he cooked, And his eyes. . . Oh, his eyes were only what one could describe as hand-painted by Aphrodite herself.

Making the choice to join a pirate ship was one thing, Adjusting to life on the aforementioned pirate ship was another thing. Especially when first thing in the morning was the god-forsaken presence of the Marines.


The ship rocking so violently that Y/N hit the ground from his cot was one way to be woken up, He much would have preferred to wake up to the sweet smell of Sanji's gourmet cooking— Unfortunately in place of the smell of Salmon with a side of vegetables was the ear-splitting sound of cannon fire.


Y/N hit the hard and unwelcoming wooden floor of the ship, Confusion at the violent nature of the ships shaking, Where they sinking? No, "Oh for the love of.." He'd groaned as he got off the ships floor, Rubbing his know aching head as he came to the dreadful realization it was probably the Marines Or another band of pirates— Boom the ship shook once more, Almost knocking Y/N off his feet before he grabbed the wooden support pole set up in the middle of the room.

"Nope.. definitely the Marines"

Rushing to the upper deck of the Going Merry he was just in time to catch Usopp hitting and directly sinking a large Marine ship, It still surprised Y/N at how exactly good of a shot Usopp was— He then quickly glanced around at the other members of the crew, Subconsciously he looked for someone in particular–

Sanji.


Maybe there was something wrong with the way he was worried about the Cook instead of his Captian, Then again Luffy could hold his own just fine– 

Then finally he spotted him, He looked focused on his bickering with Zoro– Even then he looked beautiful, The way he rolled his eyes after taking quick drags of his cigarette between insults or remarks, They made Y/N weak in the best way possible... if that was possible.


Sanji looked so focused, As he shouted at Zoro for whatever non-issue they'd been bickering about now, Y/N guessed it'd been going on the entire time they'd been up.

Boom The ship rocked violently once more as a cannonball plummeted into the water next to the ship. "Usopp!" Nami shouted from the crow's nest– "I know, I know I'm trying!" Usopp shouted back in a panic.

Y/N for the annoyingly third time stumbled, But instead of meeting the unforgivingly hard wooden floor– He was met with a softer and much more welcomed catch. "Get your shit together Y/N!" Zoro shouted which of course got a negative "Shut up Marimo" From Sanji as he stedied Y/N to his feet.

Y/N hadn't exactly gotten his sea legs yet per say, Everybody else seemed to handle standing even with the violent crashing of the waves and cannon balls only making the waters worse. "Luffy was looking for y-" Sanji had started before letting go of Y/N, "I Took my eyes off the ungrateful brat for just a second" Sanji started, Before running off to the front end of the ship to shout for Luffy, "he cant even swim– what the hell is he thinking!" He shouted, without a secend thought Y/N followed suit.Luffy had sling-shotted himself onto the closest Marine ship he could, He probably couldn't hear Sanjis shouting– Either that or he was ignoring the Cook's demands for his Captian to come back. Y/N couldn't help but give a soft grin, Covering his mouth so as not to laugh– A cook ordering his Captian around, "Ohh, How I love him" Y/N thought as he starred at Sanji who was still shouting for his Captian to return to the ship.Boom The Marine ship Luffy had 'infiltrated' begun to sink as a cannonball from the Going Mary tore through the center."Great job Usopp!" Zoro shouted with the clearest sarcasm possible, "Im doing my job!" Usopp shouted back. "Poorly!" Zoro was probobly just worried Luffy would fall into the water.After the water settled so to say, The only damage was the front of the ship being chipped, Well– and Y/N's head.

"How's everybody doing?" Robin ever so the mother of the group had asked, Getting variations of 'im okay' from the crew. Besides Y/N
"Y/N?" Robin asked to the lack of response, "Is your head alright?" Chopper spoke up in a worried tone. "Jesus christ my aching head-" Y/N said as he rubbed his temples again, The cannon fire and shouting did nothing but further strengthen his headache.

That was when Sanjis soft hand made its way to rest on Y/N's forehead, Ever so gently moving his hair to the side to inspect for injury, This was what Chopper was for– But Y/N wasn't complaining.

His heart skipped a beat as Sanji touched him, even if only to inspect for an injury– His hands where soft. . . He didn't use them to fight, Sanji always said he couldnt injury his hands as a cook so he fought with his legs, Oh how Y/N love the gentle touch.

He wished Sanji had kept his hand there even for a few secends more.

"He's fine" Sanji pulled his hand away and waved it off, As he put his hands back in his pockets. How every little one of Sanji's actions Y/N adored...


"Where do you think your going?" Usopp shouted from across the ship at Sanji who was making his way to the kitchen, "What do you think? Im cooking" Sanji answered with a wave of his hand.

"You couldn't help first?" Usopp shouted back, "Im a cook, Not a shipwright As he closed the door to the kitchen behind him, Subconciously moving his feet Y/N opened the door after Sanji.

Sanji was already preparing food to cook– Salmon with a side of vegetables, Y/N thought he could catch the smell of lemon as well.

"Hey wait!" Chopper shouted as he waved something in his hooves, "For your head!" He said as he held a small liquid filled container in his hoof. Y/N gave a smile, "Thanks" Thanking Chopper he took the container and drank it. – It tasted vile but all medicine did, He made a face as he handed it back to Chopper who looked proud of himself.

Y/N shut the door as he fully entered the kitchen, it was just him, him and Sanji.. "Need something?" Sanji asked without looking up from the fish he was cutting, "You." Y/N thought as he made his way across the room to look over the blonds shoulder at his work.

"I just wanted to see-" Y/N started as he relized he had absolutely no idea what he was trying to say, "I can't even talk to him." Y/N thought annoyed to himself, Meanwhile Sanji didn't seem to bothered to listen to Y/N.
Sanji was just trying to cook.