One-Shots

Tokyo Ghoul/One Piece: Limes and Mints - Omake of YAWYE

What if Luffy had given in to his cravings on the ship when Zoro entered his room?

As Zoro put Luffy's head to his shoulder in attempt to soothe the captain, it only made Luffy panic.

Sadly, he wasn't strong enough to fight it, and he hated himself for what he was about to do with no consent.

"Zoro," Luffy whimpered in distress.

"It's okay, Luffy," Zoro said softly, not completely understanding why his captain was so traumatized but willing to help him through it anyway.

"I'm sorry," Luffy cried again.

"For what?" Zoro asked as gently as he could because Luffy was fragile right now, and the swordsman was terrified of breaking him.

"You smell like limes and mints," Luffy said with such guilt and anguish that it made Zoro's head spin.

"What-?" He didn't get to finish as a searing pain flashed down his shoulder, the nerves beginning to be pierced.

Zoro gasped and looked down and to the side slightly, only to see Luffy with his head on Zoro's shoulder, hat knocked off and bangs obscuring his eyes.

One thing was perfectly clear though.

Luffy had just sunk his teeth into the first mate's shoulder, and why did the teeth feel sharper than they should be?

"Luffy..." Zoro choked because somehow, this hurt worse than getting slashed across the chest by Mihawk or stabbed in the gut by Buggy. It hurt worse than when he'd taken Luffy's pain after Moriah.

Maybe it was because something was wrong with the way Luffy was biting him, or maybe it was because one of his allies, his friends, his captain, was the one inflicting the pain.

Zoro didn't know.

He could see blood seeping into his shirt, staining it darkly. Even as Luffy chewed desperately on his shoulder, the cries and tears and whimpers never quieted or disappeared. Small mumbled mantras of "I'm sorry, I'm a monster, so good," escaped the captain's mouth despite it being busy with Zoro's shoulder.

He felt flesh being peeled away from his body, and it was a sensation that was painful and so, so very weird that it made Zoro choke again.

"Luffy, what're you-"

"So hungry, Zoro," Luffy murmured against his bloodied and torn shoulder. "Smells like limes and mints, delicious..."

Luffy pulled away slightly, and the green-haired male felt slightly sick when he came face to face with his captain chewing on something red and peach, of what was definitely the remains of his shoulder.

He watched his captain swallow it, licking his lips and smearing blood onto them before suddenly jerking, scrambling backwards with such speed it gave Zoro whiplash.

"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god," Luffy chanted in horror, staring in fear at Zoro's torn skin.

Zoro stared at Luffy, black and red orbs meeting brown. There was no doubt about it. His captain was a ghoul.

A flesh-eating beast in the horror stories adults tell their children.

But Luffy was no beast.

He was a pirate, he was a friend, he was an ally, he was strong, he was kind, he was brave, he was reckless, he was sometimes naive, he was oblivious, he was happy, he was his captain, he was...

Luffy. Just Luffy.

And to Zoro, that's all he ever would be. And in his eyes, the rubber boy didn't need to be anything else.

"It'll heal," Zoro found himself saying.

"I'm sorry. I didn't want-" Luffy paused, fear and guilt still waging war in the boy's eyes.

"I didn't listen. It doesn't matter anyway. I would have come in here regardless." And he would have. That was a promise.

Luffy let out a choked sob. "I hurt Zoro."

Zoro smiled. "You helped me understand."

And finally, Zoro could understand his captain once more. Zoro felt complete again, in his rightful place.

"You smell like limes and mints," Luffy muttered quietly, as if this fact had some utter importance to it that was impervious to Zoro.

"Limes and mints," Zoro repeated.

"A lot of people aren't fond of them," Luffy started quietly. "But certain people can develop a taste for them. Or maybe they always liked them."

Zoro understood. His scent, just like his personality, reflected him in every way that was Zoro.

"I like limes and mints," Luffy said with a resigned tone.

"I'm glad," Zoro told his captain, and when Luffy looked up, Zoro smiled again.

Luffy smiled back.

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In this timeline, Sabo and Ace never met up with the Strawhats.

Ace and Sabo never came to Luffy's aid.

Ace and Sabo never saw Luffy's ship before they left the island.

The crew never found out about Ace and Sabo's connection to their captain.

Luffy never ended up having Ace and Sabo there to help him.

But this time, Luffy had Zoro. And Luffy knows this is enough.

Because Zoro is limes and mints, and Luffy loves limes and mints.

This was such a joy to write! I get into depth with Zoro and Luffy's relationship.

And no, this is not slash. It was merely platonic friendly bonding.

I did not do a crew reveal simply because the results of the reveal in YAWYE would be the same as this one. Their reactions wouldn't change just because Ace and Sabo weren't present.

Hope you like this! Bye my doggies!