My Brother's Keepsake (Sabo x Reader)

Chapter Four: Baltigo

As soon as you left the Headquarters, Sabo called Tetsu on the transponder snail to bring your luggage and Nana up to his house. It wasn't too far off from the Headquarters, but he still opted to use a strange vehicle to transport you and Rouge.

It was a metal vehicle with four seats, two in front and two at the back. There were two wheels, one at the rear and the other at the front. There was a giant rotor right above the rear wheel, turning slightly in the wind.

Sabo pulled up the glass roof above it, and opened the door for you.

"What is this?" You asked him. "Does it run on wind?"

"Yup. This is how we travel around Baltigo as there are no real roads. They are called winrots." He told you. "Wind powered vehicles that use rotors whose orientation can be adjusted to face the wind. The rotor is connected to the wheels via a drive train causing the rotor to rotate faster with increasing vehicle speed." He said getting into the driver's seat.

You pretended to understand it. You found the winrots cool, perfect for a windy island. The winrot picked up speed, leaving white dust in it's wake as the rotor rotated furiously moving you forward in the wind.

It was not long before you reached your destination.

"We could have walked." You mumbled as Sabo held out his hand to help you out of the winrot after parking it.

"Yeah, but it's really dusty and this weather takes a lot of getting used to." He said.

He was right. It was quite windy and you had to pull up Rouge's blanket to cover her face as well. You looked around the place.

There was a long row of buildings stretching across the windswept land. You trekked along the white soil, behind Sabo. The houses were also mostly white, probably because they were built from the natural materials of the island. Some were painted or decorated with flowers outside, however the house you stopped in front of, was just plain white and devoid of any decorations. He took out the keys and opened the door. You sneezed as dust reached your nose, glad that Rouge's face was covered.

"Sorry, I haven't lived here in a while. I'm always out on missions and whenever I come back to the island, I usually stay at the Headquarters because that's where the food is. I haven't actually lived here since a long time ago. I do sleep here occasionally or if we have an influx of refugees, I let them stay here as well." He explained. "It hasn't been cleaned in a while, I can get someone to clean up before you settle in."

You could tell it had been a while since someone actually stayed here, as you opened the windows to let air in. The living room and kitchen were dusty, but other than that, it seemed well kept.

"No need. I'll fix it up myself, I can't let you do everything." You said.

"Well, there's only two bedrooms, we can repurpose the room Kuma-san used as an office for a bedroom for Nana, but I'm afraid Rouge won't be able to get a nursery-" he started.

"You saw the shack that Nana and I lived in. There was only a kitchen and a small bedroom that we shared which was directly connected to the bathroom. And when I lived at Issaquah Island, I lived in a tiny bachelor room above Issaquah Lounge. This place is a luxury." You assured him. He seemed relieved.

Nana arrived a short while later. You cleaned the kitchen first while Sabo and Tetsu moved some boxes from the office room. The two bedrooms and one bathroom were upstairs along with a small storeroom, but the office, which would be Nana's room was downstairs. After you were done cleaning the kitchen, you put Rouge to sleep there.

After Sabo and Tetsu had moved the desk and chair from the office to Sabo's bedroom, they brought in an extra bed from the storeroom into the room. It finally started to look like a bedroom. Nana made lunch for everyone and Tetsu had to leave soon after that.