Wild ~ Eustass Kid X Reader

Curiosity

      Kid's crew found a jungle island to stop on for a while, especially since Kid's recent injuries made him weaker than he would admit. Kid growled looking at the bandages that marked his left side. Out of all the shit... He was getting tired of seeing the doctor's face so he decides to sneak out and take a walk. He staggered slightly, still adjusting to the loss of his arm.

       You blink through the skull's eyes at the injured man curiously. You had avoided the others that left the ship, but he caught your eye. You slink through the the undergrowth, drawing closer silently, animal hides shifting over you. He stops suddenly, amber eyes scanning around sharply.

       "Killer?" He calls carefully. You stop tilting your head. You knew that word, but why would he call it out? With a shrug he moves on ahead. You carefully move behind him, standing up and lifting the skull that hid your face to sniff at his coat curiously. He pauses again and you flip over his head as he spins around. "What the hell..." He growls as you sniff at him again, pivoting back as he turns back around. He blinks at you and glares. "You the one messing with me?"

        "... Messing?" You echo with a head tilt. He pauses and scoffs. 

        "Not my problem.." He mutters going past. That only made you more curious. You move to his other side sniffing at the bandages on his left shoulder. He growls at you, "Get lost." He tries to shoo you with his one hand but you catch it looking it over.

        "Where is the other?" You ask poking at his hand. He frowns ripping his hand from your grasp.

        "It's gone, now go away." He grunts. You frown behind the skull mask watching him carry on. 

         "Why are you so... Um... Angry at me?" You ask catching up. He looks at you and sighs.

         "I'm not angry at you... Who the hell are you anyway?" He huffs. You tilt your head.

         "Hell?" You echo. He pauses and sighs rubbing his temple.

         "What's your name?" He inquires.

         "I... Um... Name?" You knew that one but you couldn't think of it.

        "My name is Kid." He touches his chest.

        "Oh, I'm ___." You smile to yourself pleased. "That's what those other people called me... That and demon... Maybe my name's demon.." You mutter looking down.

        "Eh... Which one do you like better?" Kid questions, he was curious now. He heard of hermits before but he always thought of them as old and odd people. You sounded young and honestly you had the sweetest voice he ever heard. 

        "I don't mind either, I like them both." You tell him, peering at his face. 

        "Heh, I'm sure that's because you still don't understand some words." He chuckles lightly. 

        "Yep... So what happened to your branch?" You ask. 

         "Branch?" He raises an eyebrow at you. You point at where his other arm should be. He blinks a few times before starting to laugh and covering his face with his hand. You hop away in alarm letting out a hiss. He pauses looking at you surprise. "What was that?" He asks. 

         "I thought you were going to attack me." You respond watching him warily. He blinks at you, lips pressing together before he laughs again. You growl warily in response.

         "Relax, I'm just laughing!" He chuckles. You tilt your head.

          "Laughing? What is that?" You ask him curiously as you relax.

          "It happens when you find something funny." He tries to tell you. You tilt your head to the other side. "-Anyway, this is an arm, that up there is a branch." He informs you.

         "Oh! Arm..." You grasp his arm thoughtfully.

        "Yeah... What do you call those?" He gestures to your legs. You look down.

       "Hind!" You chime, Kid tries his hardest not to laugh. You notice and tilt your head. "Arms?" You try to correct.

       "Legs... What did 'they' actually teach you to say?" He asks. You light up since you remembered the words they had told you to say.

       "Hello I'm ___! I live here because I'm an abomination that should not exist!" You recite smiling under the skull mask. Kid stopped, staring at you in a mixture of shock and something else.

       "You... You don't know what any of that means.... Do you?" He murmurs.

      "It means good right? Because now I'm out here instead of in.... In the...." You rub your cheek trying to string together the right words. "In the teeth cave!" You tell him still smiling a bit. 

      "Teeth cave... A cage?" He deciphers. You just tilt your head in response. "So you've been here all by yourself, picking up words from people that come by?" He inquires.

       "Yes... I don't know what they mean though... I thought I did..." You look down.

       "Well, you're doing good for not knowing... Can you fight?" He asks.

       "Fight?" You look at him again confused.

      "Eh what do you eat?" He attempts.

      "I eat the... Bananadiles that stay over there in clear rain." You point. He raises an eyebrow at you curiously.

       "Show me them." He requests. You smile and lead the way happily. Kid keeps up watching you carefully. Your movements were different from a normal person, but it was graceful in its own way. He was curious about what he would see under that animal skull you wore, especially after what you told him what those bastards taught you. His eyes narrow, he couldn't imagine how young you were when you taught that and abandoned here, on an island in the New World for who knows how long. 

       You eventually reach the crystal clear lake where the bananadiles nested. "They will leave soon once the... Suns open up and let out little bananadiles." You tell him pointing at the nests and eggs.

      "Those are eggs.. and that's a lake." He tells you.

      "Oh... Do you want some lake?" You ask, removing the skull and smiling at him.

     Kid froze, holy shit he was not expecting this. You look at him curiously with cat like eyes, fangs poking out from that smile, ears pointed, curious stripe like markings sat on your cheeks, and your hair flowed around you looking soft and smooth. You were beautiful, whatever you were. Your smile falls at Kid's silence, and you put the skull back into place. "Sorry..."

      "What? No, don't be sorry, you surprised me is all..." He chuckles lightly removing the skull despite your wary growling. "And yes I would like some water." You blink at him before smiling and taking out the top of a skull from your handmade satchel and going to the waters edge getting some water for him. A bananadile rises from the water and looks at you.

       Black spreads over your hands and your claws come out, swiping at the bananadile's nose and slicing it open. The bananadile swiftly splashes away at that and you relax, hands returning to normal as you bring Kid the water. He drinks watching you thoughtfully. "You want to leave this island?" He asks you.

      "I.... I don't know." You tilt your head, you never really thought about it before.

      "Well, I'll make it easy for ya, you're coming with me ___."