My Brother's Keepsake (Sabo x Reader)

Chapter Twenty-One: Dressrosa

The ship moved steadily along the sea on the way to Dressrossa. It was just after dinner and you sat with your arms crossed on the bed talking to Sabo.

"Do you have to do everything? There are other navigators on the ship." You whined. "They have the log pose, they know where to go. You don't have to babysit them."

"What's this? You seem to be craving a lot of attention today. I wonder why." He frowned.

"Does that matter? I mean, do I need a reason to want to spend time with my boyfriend? Come on, Rouge is with Maya tonight, we have the room to ourselves for the first time in a while." You said.

"Still, it's only a few hours until we reach Dressrossa, I want to stay on alert." He said. "It's not like I don't want to spend some time with you. I do."

"After this we're going to Momoiro Island, and you're going back to Baltigo. I won't see you for a while, come on, spend the night with me." You said.  "Pleeeaase Sa-chan?"

He sighed. "Well, I can't refuse an order from her royal Highness. Hold on, I'll put Kai in charge."

You grinned happily as he went outside to give orders and make sure everything in the voyage was going smoothly.

When he came back, he got into the bed with you, and you snuggled up to him contentedly. He had been so busy lately and had not had much attention to spare for you, so you were going to take all that you could get for as long as you could.

"Wait a second, you made me abandon my duties... just to cuddle?" He sounded exasperated.

"Yup, what were you expecting?" You teased.

"You're a sly woman." He sighed, and placed his arms around you, pulling you closer to him so that your head rested on his chest.

"Are you going to eat Ace's devil fruit tomorrow if you find it?" You asked quietly.

"Yeah. I won't let anybody else have it." He said. Then he looked down at your face, "Unless perhaps.... do you want to eat it yourself? Because if you do, there's no one better I can think of to inherit his power."

You gave him an unwavering smile, "No, I enjoy being in the seawater... a mermaid who can't swim? I can't imagine that." You said. "Besides, I'm not a fighter, and I wouldn't be able to put the power to good use. That'd be a waste. I already told you, I want you to have it."

"Okay," He placed a kiss on your forehead. "I was just making sure."

You snuggled even closer to him, wondering when you were going to tell him the truth that you were having a baby. He would definitely be happy, right? Sure now was not really a good time to talk about it, what with the mission he was on; investigating the weapons trafficking. You would tell him, you decided, when he was done with this mission.

You fell asleep with him there, wondering to yourself if there was ever going to be a good time to discuss being parents in this world.

***

You made landfall in Dressrosa docked the ship behind one of the rocks surrounding the island late the following morning. Koala and Hack's team had just arrived a little earlier than you, so they were still waiting for you to arrive.

"Koala-chan!" You ran over to give her a hug happily. "I missed you!"

"How come you're never that happy to see me?" Sabo grumbled coming out after you.

"Oh, you shut up, Sabo-kun," Koala scowled at him. "I'm happy to see you too, Y/N-chan." 

Hack handed Sabo a newspaper. "We might have a problem, look at the headline." He said.