The Devil's Child (a One Piece fanfiction)

The mask gets me in trouble

Tenshi

Thousand Sunny

Sigh.

This is going to be a long journey for me. As soon as they have decided a name for me (which Luffy somehow assumed that I was a girl for a while. He was right about that, but Usopp and the others managed to convince him again that I was a 'he' not a 'she'), Sanji came in saying that food was ready. And now here is how things are going to be very, very, very difficult: I can't eat with a mask covering my mouth. Well, duh, who could? I'm starting to regret those lies. Why oh why didn't I just tell them I am a girl then made up some other name and some other more believable background story? Stupid brain. Damn, they didn't teach 'How to Lie to Mask Your Identity 101' back at Impel Down or at Dr. Vegapunk-san's underground laboratory at Level 7 (Yup, the government had a secret lab back at Impel Down). Nor was 'How to Eat With Your Mask On'. Sigh. Now how am I going to deal with this?

I have two solutions so far: either I refuse the offer of the oh-so-delicious heavenly-smelling, mouth-watering food that a professional chef had cooked, or I ask for their permission to eat somewhere else private. The first option is hard to take. I'm completely famished and the last time I ate was about ages ago. The next one seems rude and would arouse suspicion. Sigh. What to do?

"Oi, Tenshi!" Sanji called. I cringed at the name they decided to name me. They all don't know I was already named Tenshi before that idiot-looking suspiciously too innocent captain decided to name me that. "If you don't go and eat right now, Luffy's gonna eat all of the food"

I started scribbling a message that says I'm not really hungry when my oh-so-understanding stomach started to growl loud enough for everyone to hear. Great timing. Now I can't lie to them.

Swallowing my pride and taking the risk of raising an alam of suspicion, I started to scribble ' Can I please go eat somewhere privately?' and showed it to them. They were silent for a second.

"Come to think of it, it is hard to eat with a mask on, you know. I had a hard time myself" Usopp said.

"What are you talking about, Usopp? You never wore a mask." Luffy pouted.

All of them, save for Luffy and Chopper, sweat-drops. Hmm...I wonder what's the deal with Usopp wearing a mask. Well, none of my business anyway.

"Why don't you just take of your mask, then?" Nami asked. She was smiling, but her eyes showed a hint of suspicion. I knew it. This would raise their alarms.

I scribbled 'I easily catch a cold'. Seriously, I suck at this lying thing. I am beginning to regret accepting the offer of a free ride. Their ship is really comfy, so I guess I have that to hold on to. It's a lot easier to take on an entire fleet of marines with both of my hands tied to a post (well, the post would probably break anyway).

This time, it seemed to raise Robin's suspicion. I inwardly sigh.  Why didn't anyone teach me how to deal with this dilemma? I could jeopardize everything right now.

"What about the hood? We're indoors. Take it off" Zoro said. Shit. The Pirate Hunter is suspicious of me. He's sharp.

I scribbled 'Personal space'. Lame lie.

"Whov uv ruvly valuv perfthonal spathse (Translation: Wow, you really value personal space)" Luffy said through a mouth full of meat and what I guess is the food on his nakama's plates. Protein guy much? He sent a few food particles in Zoro's direction when he spoke, which angered the green-haired swordsman. He punched Luffy in the forehead.

"DON'T TALK WHEN EATING YOU IDIOT!!!" Zoro yelled. Geesh, he sure does look scary when angry.

Luffy just laugh. It was as if the punch didn't hurt him in the least bit, despite the bump that was rapidly growing in his forehead.