Strong(One Piece x Reader)[EDITING IN PROGRESS]

A Dream

They then shared jokes and stories with another, both of them smiling and laughing loudly.

"Ara," Shanks bright face looked at you with interest, "you know how to sing Bink's Sake?"

You nodded, your face feeling warm as you had to divert your eyes away from the man. For some reason becoming suddenly shy.

"I learned it from my mom...when she was alive, she always sang it or hummed it to me." You looked at him, giving him a small sad smile as your half lidded eyes were lost in the past. "It helped me overcome many things, that song. I mostly sung it when I was having a hard time..." Your eyes lowered, but then you blinked. Forcing a smile on your face as you looked back up at Shanks who was silent.

"Ah! I sing it when I'm bored too though! I tried to teach Smoker when we were little...he for some reason just liked me singing it. Smobaka." You chirped as you put a hand on your cap, hoping that Shanks didn't see how dark your eyes were when memories you would rather keep hidden came up in your mind. The red hair looked at you in silence, and nervous sweat was starting to form on your temple.

Did he look through you?

Impossible.

Shanks then smiled softly towards you, eyes soft.

"Ah, we should sing it together sometime! You and the crew while we drink! It'll be fun!" He closed his eyes as his brilliant grin formed around his face, and then he patted your shoulder. Then squeezed it.

You blinked.

Shanks was still laughing, but his hold was still on your shoulder. It was...comforting.

Was he reassuring you?

You looked at the man in mild confusion, a bewildered half smile on your slowly turning red face.

He saw through you after all.

What an odd man.

Dangerous, a voice within you spoke, one you were trying to hide, he's a dangerous man. Looking through your mask is dangerous.

You internally shook your head, while on the outside you were listening to one of Shanks stories about his adventures.

He's not. He...makes me feel warm. You answered back, and you can feel the sneer that the voice had as it answered you back.

You're not allowed to feel 'warm.' He's not like you. You're dark. You're cold. You can only be with people like you.

No!

Your eyes flashed, but thankfully Shanks didn't notice as he was too engrossed with his story.

No, you answered back, I can be like the way I was before, before CP9. I just need to try. I want to be as bright and warm to others as he is to me. I don't wanna be like how I was in CP9 anymore.

The voice hmphed, annoyed at your naiveness.

Fool, that darkness is already a part of you now.

You felt your stomach drop as the voice said that, and called to it in anger, despite the coldness you were feeling at the moment. It didn't answer back. And that made you feel even more uneasy.