Harmony

Finding a Song

My precious little boys, remember to never lose your song. If you ever feel sad or lonely, sing a song and someone who loves you will never be too far behind. Sing, Luffy...

A smile appeared on the teens lips once more as he opened his mouth and began to sing, all eyes in the crowded lunch hall turned towards away with disdain as the young raven haired boy began to sing to his heart's content.

Luffy's voice was loud and clear as he sang shrilly to a nursery rhyme melody. "Tasty Tasty stacks of meat! How I wish you were mine to eat! Tons and tons to fill me up, I'll eat them all until I pop! Tasty tasty stacks of meat! Where are you so I can eat!~"

Beside him a redhead groaned, "Luffy, really do you have to yell at the top of your lungs?"

The teen beamed, giving his friend his largest smile. "Shishishi. I'm not yelling Nami, I'm singing. There's a difference you know, if I was yelling then it would sound like this." The teen took a big breath, preparing himself to let out his demonstration when a hand whacked the back of his head.

"Oi! Isn't it bad enough you're screwing with the alphabet, and now you want to scream?" An irritated blonde chastised the hurt looking teen, who pouted and rubbed at the spot behind his head.

"Stupid Ero-cook, Luffy wasn't messing around with the alphabet, he was butchering Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Zoro stated rather dully, though his full glare was on the swirly browed teen.

"Shitty Marimo, that was the Alphabet nursery song, or have you lost your sense of hearing along with your sense of direction?" Sanji retorted.

His response elicited a growl from the tanned male. "That was the fucking star song Dartboard brow, it's not my fault you can't distinguish between the two."

"It was the Alphabet song!"

"Star."

The two glowered at each other and squared off. Both the blonde and the green haired teen shouldered into the others personal space and without their complete conscious knowledge, they began to argue face to face, twin emerald against a single sapphire, locked in a combat of wills. Their words didn't take long to start echoing into one another's, blending with each syllable, rising and falling in the same pitch and tone.

Luffy watched his friends silently in that moment, listening to the two engaged in verbal confrontation and he found himself grinning-those two were happy, they found another, they were almost singing.

"Oh be quiet both of you! They have the same melody!" Nami interjected after a few moments of listening to the two arguing, her open palms cutting in between the two bodies pressed together and physically separating them, effectively cutting off their words.

That's too bad, Luffy thought, though he smiled all the same and continued to gather his lunch, piling up his plate with a various assortment of meats.

Unbeknownst to Zoro,Sanji, and those around them, that debate had started the beginning of something for the pair. They had found each other, but until they sang together for real, then they would never know how deeply their connection ran. And neither would anyone else until that moment came.

"Moooooooooom tell me the story! Story time, story time!" A childish voice called out as he sped through the halls, running over the toys that littered the floors and nearly tripping on rumpled carpets, completely ignoring the angry cries of an older boy, this one just three years older than the small boy with wild raven locks.

"Oi Luffy! Clean up your mess!"

"Just let him go Ace, he'll clean up next time." A blonde boy and the oldest of the trio spoke up as he gathered the toys left behind by their youngest brother.