One Piece One Shots (Requests: Closed)

One Minute (Usopp, AU)

I know this one is short, but I think it's something I'm proud of. Short, but sweet.

Artist: JORDY
Song: Just Give Me A Minute
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His heart beats fast as he waits for (Y/n); the longer he stands there, the harder his heart hammers against his ribcage. Today is the day he finally confesses. Or so he's said to himself everyday for the last month.
  It's hard for him to work up his courage, and he feels like a total let down when he tells her to meet up with him and then he tells her that what he wanted to tell her was nothing. And it's not like he didn't try to tell her via text messages, it just came out as a word tornado. It was so confusing reading it, but it made so much sense when he wrote it.
  So he stands there waiting, letting his heart bruise his ribcage as it tries to escape his body. A hand on his shoulder causes him to jump, and then, a laugh. His face goes bright red as he turns around and sees the (h/c)-haired girl in front of him.
  "What's up, Usopp?" she tilts her head and stares at him, interrupting before he can speak, "And don't tell me it's nothing. I'm kind of getting tired of you saying that after I take time out of my precious day for you."
  He holds up his finger, "Give me one minute. Just one minute. I need time to figure out what I'm going to say. Well, I already know what I'm trying to say, but give me a minute to think about how I want to word it."
  He turns around and furiously shakes his head, knowing full well that she can still see him, but refusing to accept that. He knew that'd she wouldn't be happy with him doing this again, but every time she gets in front of him, he looses the ability to have cognitive thoughts and he forgets how to speak. Classic case of lovesickness.
  He knows he's over thinking, and plenty of people have told him that she feels the same way (she's just better at dealing with it than he is), but it doesn't stop him from overthinking. And that's got him nowhere. He's still afraid to tell her, and risk it all. Even though he really knows the answer and just wants her validation on it.
  He clutches his palms, full of sweat and shaking from the anxiety. How many times has he chickened out on doing this? Even before the last month.
  "Usopp? Your minute is up? What is it that you needed to say?" He takes a deep breath, turning back around to face her. Then, before he even has time to say anything, she places a kiss on his lips.
  "I like you too," she holds back a laugh as his temperature rises due to embarrassment.

~One Minute End~