One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Three Hundred and Forty Four

-Chapter Three Hundred and Forty-Four

"Look! I see the entrance to the island!" Luffy exclaimed after a short while of sailing, his attention now drawn forward and away from the surrounding flames. "They got a gate and everything—wonder if there's a town?" he pondered as a rather large chain link fence soon came into view, one that most likely would be unclimbable thanks to this burning heat.

"Not likely, whoever lived here before probably got burned to a crisp—if there was a town, it would be on fire" Usopp frowned. "Wherever that call came from, it must have been far away, safe from all of this mess!" he huffed before casting a glance back at the rest of us. "Robin, back me up."

"I was skeptical at first, but the flavor is great" Robin praised, distracted by her own lunchbox.

"Sanji's a good cook, so that's no surprise" I said, taking another bite of food for myself before chuckling at the annoyed grumble Zoro gave as his hold on me tightened just a bit.

"I rather not hear about that pervert while I eat, especially not from you..." he muttered as he opened his mouth and accepted another bite from the food I held out to him.

"Why is everyone eating their lunch right now?! And Skylar, why are you feeding Zoro?!" Usopp asked.

"Why not?" I shot back with a shrug. "Also, I'm not just feeding him—we're sharing, there's a difference" I corrected, making it a point to take a bite of food for myself before chuckling at the exasperated look the sharpshooter gave.

"That's not the point!" he exclaimed as he threw his hands up into the air.

"If you're not going to eat then I'll eat yours for you" Zoro offered.

"I'm saving it for later!" Usopp snapped.

"Tch! Your stomach is almost as insatiable as Luffy's" I playfully tsked as I realized that not only were we currently sharing my lunchbox, but he still had his own lunchbox left to eat, and now he was aiming to take Usopp's as well.

"Do you want this piece, Luffy?" Robin suddenly asked.

"Yeah!" Luffy excitedly exclaimed.

"Here" she offered as she held out the piece she didn't seem to want toward the captain who, without a second thought, clamped his mouth down on the chopsticks and happily began to munch away on the piece of food.

"Sanji outdid himself" he brightly smiled as he spoke around the mouthful of food.

"You're lucky, there's a lot of shellfish left" Robin told him, hand raised as she covered her mouth due to her still chewing what she currently had in it.

"Gah! My disease is coming back—I can feel it inside of me!" Usopp suddenly and very dramatically wailed. "So here's the thing, I got "Can't-Go-On-This-Island" Disease and it's terminal" he was rather quick to tell us.

"I know" Zoro and I said as I just barely spared a glance back at the sharpshooter, distracted as I wiped away the bits of crumbs that were on the corner of Zoro's mouth. Gently, I swiped my thumb over them, a small smile tugging at my lips as I watched how he instantly leaned into my touch the minute he felt it.

"I know" Robin smiled at the sharpshooter.

"I know" was Luffy's muffled response as he too smiled at our distressed friend.

"My brain is melting!" Usopp quickly cried out once he realized that his disease wasn't getting much of a reaction. "My heart is seizing up—I think I'm going to die! Turn this ship around!" the only thing his overdramatic acting earned him was laughter as both Luffy and I began to giggle. It wasn't too long after that that we reached the end of our cloud road. Thankfully, there was a patch of land that wasn't on fire waiting for us at the end.