One Piece x Male!Reader

Beneath the Mask - Luffy

It was a stormy night in the New World, everyone slept soundly, the guys snoring away. Well, all guys except you, since you were in charge for being night watch. Feeling tired since you hadn’t been able to sleep well the last few weeks, you walked all around Thousand Sunny, trying desperately to stay awake.

You knew all too well what rage you could expect from Nami if you fell asleep, since it has happened quite a lot of times since the war two years ago. The reason? Nightmares, nightmares about your captain dying, all the despair he went through and how useless you were in those moments.

One time, while he raged out on the woods, you left to find him. As you had approached him, he lashed out on you, sending you into a tree. When said man realized what he had done, he backed away from you. You remembered for the first time that you had felt fear against the captain that you trusted, as blood from your forehead fell into your right eye.

You shook your head clear from the memories. That was something you didn’t want to remember. A small sigh escaped your lips and you pulled your hand through your (short/halfshort) hair. Dark circles surrounded your eyes, you were actually surprised that someone hadn’t noticed them yet, not even Chopper!

You sat down for a while on deck, pulling up your pants to your knees, massaging your sore legs. The wind messed up your already messy hair and another tired sigh escaped your lips. A door creaked and footsteps soon followed. You looked up and found your captain shivering in front of you. Weird, even though it was stormy outside, it wasn’t cold.

“Captain? Is something the matter?”, You were about to get up when he plopped down beside you, still trembling like a leaf on a windy day. A frown fell onto your features as you pulled down your pants legs. What could be wrong?

“Nightmare”, a quiet voice spoke, you barely recognized Luffy’s voice. You swallowed a lump and looked over to your captain. It felt as if a stone fell down into the pit of your stomach. Luffy’s hair was messed up, dark circles surrounded his eyes and he looked absolutely exhausted.

“Captain, you should try and get some sleep”, you mumbled, feeling a little awkward about trying to comfort him or anything. You looked into his eyes, and saw that they held small, unshed tears. A small gasp could be heard from you, and you did what you used to do to your little brother when he cried. You hugged Luffy close to your chest, feeling sobs wrecking his body.

“A-Ace…”, Luffy sobbed, and you felt a pang of guilt hit your heart. You tried to calm him down by rubbing circles on his back and humming a small tune. You could feel his tears hit your clothed chest, making it dampen.

“Luffy… Calm down… Please…”, you whispered with a trembling voice, you hated seeing him crying. You weren’t denying it, the black haired boy had a special place in your heart. People probably found it weird that someone could love someone of the same sex, but you couldn’t help that you swung that way. Sure, Nami and Robin were pretty, but you didn’t love them like Sanji did.

“Ho-how can y-you be so ca-calm?!”, he basically screamed into your chest as his fists clenched your shirt. No, you couldn’t take this anymore, you had to do this.

“Because…”, your voice trailed off and you grabbed his chin. With a fast movement, your lips were on his in a sweet kiss, you ended it before he could have a chance to push away or respond to it.

“I love you…”, you finished. You sighed and let go of him, a small tint of red made itself home on your cheeks. You looked away from your captain, but you noticed that his eyes were about as wide as the plates you used. You sighed, damn, you failed as usual. But this time, you fucked up big time.

“(Name)… Look at me…”, Luffy said with a thick voice. You turned your head back to him, only to be met with soft lips. Your eyes widened slightly, before they closed and you kissed back. Your inner self made a small victory dance as you guys pulled away again.

“I love you too…”, he mumbled and snuggled up to you. About 30 seconds later, he was asleep on your chest. A smile graced your lips and you felt yourself fall asleep too. To hell with it, Nami could be as mad as she wanted to.

You had your loved one close, and he loved you too, so you couldn’t be happier. With that, you closed your eyes.