COAST - Luffy x Reader

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

Guys... omg.

100k reads is absolutely insane <333 tysm for ur support even tho I suck at updating :')

I'm sorry that it took me forever to get this done. First I had to decide whether I wanted to keep the Naval Fortress Arc or just skip to Foxy Pirates, and then I just got stuck between work, school and fighting off burnout. While figuring that out I did manage to update the Sukuna fic tho, so it wasn't all terrible.

Time to move on though! I'm both excited and nervous for this part of the story, since I have very little planned for it... so we'll keep it pretty short and sweet ;)

Huge thanks to @S0RRY_4R1 for helping me out with content ideas for this next arc (I try to save everyone's ideas and include them in the story. I'll do my best to mention it in the corresponding chapter if anybody's ideas are used :))!!

Enjoy!!

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"Loudmouth, huh?" Nami's clipped voice manages to infiltrate the mush that clogs my ears, followed by a swift thunk as she whacks somebody atop the head. "You're a whole lot louder than me, Luffy!"

"No way!" Luffy shouts in the same way that a stubborn child would, pissed off that Nami had struck him yet again, even if it wasn't anything new. "Just listen to yourself! Y'know what you are, Nami? Loud."

"What?!" Nami shrieks, and I wince. "You're calling me loud? You've got some nerve, you hypocrite! You're super loud!"

"O-Oh, yeah?" Luffy taunts, voice wavering as Nami shakes him back and forth aggressively. "Well, you're super-mega-ultra loud, that's why you're yelling!"

My head pounds with an uncomfortable throb, lasting longer and longer with each passing shout. If only I could go back to sleep without all the bickering, and it didn't help that I was laying right beside them. Like, you're both yelling... chill out already.

"The only reason I'm yelling is so you can hear me over your incredibly loud voice!" Nami retorts, and finally their combined uproar wakes someone else. I can hear them shuffle around in distress.

"Would you two shut up?! I'm trying to sleep over here!" Usopp spits between gritted teeth, growling like a dog with rabies. His nasally tone was so harsh on my ears that my face scrunched up on instinct, trying desperately to cover my head with my arms.

The two who started the argument don't even notice Usopp, continuing to fight over absolute nonsense. Soon enough, there's another harsh thud, and then Chopper is squealing at the top of his lungs. I whine under my breath, feeling my stomach swirl the more conscious I become.

"Usopp!" He cries, sounding anguished, "Why did you hit me?"

"Nuh-uh!" Luffy accuses Nami of something, which I must've missed in the chaos.

"I'm a lady!" Nami rages over Chopper's sniffles, "And ladies don't just shout with their mouths wide-open, now do they?!"

"What?" Usopp starts, replying to Chopper, "C'mon, there's no way I'd do something like that, you must've dreamt it!"

"No I didn't!"

"Hi, Nami! Looking good this morning!" Sanji appears out of absolutely-fucking-nowhere, and by now I think I'm ready to vomit. At least that's what the acid rising in my esophagus is telling me.

So, fully overwhelmed, I crawl my way towards the edge of the platform that we had been peacefully sleeping on until a few moments ago, reel forward, and pretty much puke my guts out. The harsh burn from the wine last night only has me heaving harder, the sour-sweet tang erupting from the back of my throat has me groaning in disgust once I finally stop, spitting out a thick wad of saliva in an attempt to get rid of it. The taste doesn't dissipate.