𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬

𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 || Luffy

In the pursuit to take down Enel, you'd pretended to accept his offer to become his wife. An offer which awakens a dormant and newfound feeling in your captain.

cw: this takes place during skypeia arc. minor spoilers

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A piercing scream departs from your lips as wind rushes violently against you with no remorse. All while you free fall from hundreds of feet above ground to your impending doom.

"Luffy! Do something!" You urge the boy who keeps a firm grip on his hat, and like yourself, is currently plummeting to his demise arms-length away from you.

Luffy regards you, your cry met with silence as he attempts to figure a way out of your shared predicament.

A predicament transpired when you were unintentionally hurled out of Enel's flying 'ark' by the self-proclaimed god himself, together with Luffy.

And all you can do as you near the dense foliage of the forest below at a horrifying and alarming speed, is squeeze your eyes shut and mutter out a rushed prayer.

A prayer answered instantly when you feel yourself land on something soft and...bouncy?

Your body propels into midair. Once, twice, thrice it bounces up, then falls back down onto the mysterious springy surface—until the motion slows to a stop.

You slowly unclench your eyes when you hear soft groans emerge from beneath you, soon realising you were settled atop a blimp-size Luffy.

"Luffy! Are you alright?" You clamber off his pudgy, pot-belly with haste.

Luffy reverts back to his regular size, pulling himself upright. "I'm..okay." He groans, massaging a hand to his hatless head, his black locks sprinkled with leaves and pieces of twigs.

"Good." You squint up at the sky, hand above your eyes as you trail the ship gliding further away in the opposite direction. "Let's get back to the others." You say, about to take a step in the predetermined direction, only to be hindered by the familiar feeling of rubber arms wrapping around your waist.

"What are you doing?" You direct, tone flat, at Luffy who reels you in towards him.

"Mmm...taking you hostage." He grins as your back comes to press, flush against his firm chest.

"Hostage?!" Your mouth hangs wide, flabbergasted that your captain is considering playing a joke at a dire time like this. "Whatever this is Luffy; we've got no time for it." You scold. "We need to get back to the ship."

"No."

Your brows furrow at his stubbornness. " No ? What do you mean no ?"

"No means no. " He says, innocently.

"Luffy?"

"Hm?"

"Don't play with me."

"Play what?" Luffy tilts his head to the side. "I'm not playing anything."

"Then let go."

"Nope."

"Luffy—let. me. go."

"Nuh-uh."

You growl, your tolerance of his sudden (prevalent) childish behaviour growing low. You attempt to squirm your way out of his hold. "Monkey D. Luffy, you better get your slimy, rubber hands off me or—"

"Not until you promise." Luffy's arms hug you closer to his warm body.

"Promise? Promise what?"

"That you won't be his ."

"His–who?" Your brows knit together, confused.

"Earlobes."

In other words— Enel.

Back at Enel's flying ship, when Luffy'd watched the lightning man wrap his pale arms snugly—possessively— around your waist, tugging you closer to his side, there emerged a foreign feeling in his chest accompanied by the sudden urge to rip his filthy hands off you.

And when you'd accepted his offer to become his companion? His wife? A lump settled at the bottom of Luffy's stomach and the feeling of a thousand needles pricked at his heart.

You stop struggling against his hold when he nuzzles his face into the crook of your neck, the soft strands of his hair tickling your skin.

"I don't want you to be his." He pouts. "So I'm not lettin' you go until you promise you won't become his wife."

Earlobes? Wife? For a minute you fall silent as you attempt to put two and two together, your face scrunching and skin crawling in disgust when realisation hits you. "You airheaded idiot! Of course I'm not gonna be that narcissistic, lightning freakshow's frickin' wife!"

Luffy perks up at your words. "You mean it?!"

You heave an exasperated sigh. "Yeah. It was all a ploy." You go on to explain your plan, concocted together with Nami to take down Enel when he'd lead you both to his ship.

A wave of relief washes over Luffy as he tunes out most of your explanation, and he smiles a wide smile, brimming with content that you'd never truly intended to become Enel's bride.

"Now. Will you let me—"

Your sentence goes unfinished when Luffy suddenly plops a wet kiss on your right cheek, before unravelling you from his rubber confines; a cry of joy bursting from lips.

And you stand there stock-still as heat courses its way onto your face, only returning to your senses when you hear the familiar shout of "Gomu, gomu no..." and whirl around to see Luffy's body shooting towards the direction of Enel's ship.

"Luffy, wait! You forgot to take me with you!"