AN~ I don't read Manga, so not spoil for me just bc I'm talking about Sanji's family. And I worked really hard on this so please comment.
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"Sanji?" She asked, but I didn't want to reply. I just pulled the cover tighter over my head. There was no point in letting her see the bruises. Especially, the ones on the inside. Those hurt the most. "Sanji I'm coming in."
I wanted to cry out no, but my tears had already dried up, only my nose continued to run."
"Oh Sanji, baby, what happened?" My mother coughed and I instantly regretted crying so loud since she got out of bed for me. Truthfully, I regretted being born since I was the one who got her so sick.
"Nothing, mommy, I-I'll walk you back to bed." I croaked dryly. I wasn't even that diffrent yet everyone treated me like I was.
"No, tell me what happened." She begged as her gentle fingers caressed my red cheeks. Subconsciously, I scored onto her lap. Just like I always did when I was upset, and she rocked me to her own humming. Just like she always did when I was upset.
"N-niji said my eyebrows looked like a broken rollercoaster ride! And then he threw the dinner I made for you on the floor...and-and the other just laughed and stepped on my hands when I tried to clean it up!"
"Oh honey..."
"What did I do wrong?! I don't understand!"
"Nothing. You did nothing wrong."
"Really?" I sniffled as her thin, pale finger began to wipe away the tears that I didn't know fell.
"They are just jealous. Jealous because your a very talented chief and have eyebrows that are different."
"Different means ugly! I hate them!" I've tried everything. I even cut them off, but that resulted in more teasing.
"They no point in hating something that will always be."
"There might be no point, but," I sniffles as I clutched tighter to her chunky sweater, "I don't care..."
"Well," she hummed quietly as she pushed back my thick bangs. "I love them."
"How?" I pulled away as I flipped back into my tear soaked pillow. "They are so ugly."
"I think their beautiful. Just like how I know your beautiful. Despite how you feel now; someday someone will make you feel just as lovely and unique as you are."
"Really?"
"Really really!" She cooed as she began to tickle me relentlessly, ignoring her own pain and fatigue. As her lustrously dim, blue eyes met my young and hurt one I noticed something.
She loved to much, and you could see it in her eyes: where see kept all the hearts she put ahead of her own.
"When that day comes, I promise;
I'll be with you,
my
little
eggplant."
And then she smiled, a real nice smile.
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