Pocket Thief [Katakuri x Reader]

19. Intrusive Thoughts

"Glad to see you're awake, you've slept through the entire day," Perospero says calmly, folding the newspaper he had in hand in half.

After realizing how long he slept, Katakuri immediately sat up from being laid on his side, groaning at the pain in his midsection.

"It's fine," the eldest reassured him with a chuckle. "Your fight lasted roughly 10 hours, I'm impressed but you need to rest." he gently placed the newspaper on the nightstand.

"Then why did you interrupt me?" the sweet commander snapped back.

Perospero raised a thin purple eyebrow.

"What are you talking about? I'm more than aware of the fit you pull when you're interrupted."

It was Katakuri's turn to arch an eyebrow, his magenta eyes narrowing in confusion.

He sits at the edge of the bed with a sigh.

"I offered the thief to join us,"

Perospero had a mild expression on his face, one that spoke of interest.

"Is that so?"

Katakuri nods. "We were bombarded with cannonballs soon after. I assumed it was from our vessel."

"Well, we didn't detect any ships around the area, though we did see an unusual flying object." Prospero hums to himself in thought before laying the newspaper on the nightstand. "But that doesn't matter now, we're heading back to Whole Cake and tell mama of the situation."

Once Perospero left the room, Katakuri was left alone with himself and his agitated memories. The number of bandages wrapped around his abdomen was the first thing that caught his attention. His curious hand unconsciously trailing down his abdomen, the same path you touched him back at the masked ball.

I bet those sneaky hands of hers were smooth as butter-

Katakuri immediately shook his head with a groan, trying to pursue away those kinds of thoughts.

It's gonna be a long week.

It's understandable why the younger siblings dreaded the thought of giving big mom the news about the failed mission, but fortunately for them, she didn't consider it necessary.

"According to my contacts, the copy wasn't a road poneglyph, to begin with, so It was worthless from the start." Lin Lin said nonchalantly with a wave of her hand.

The younger siblings sigh in relief. Each of them being sent back to their respective islands.

It's been a week since the masquerade ball, and Katakuri finally had some free time to relax in his home at Wheat Island. And yet, he couldn't find any peace to enjoy it. His mind would always fall back to you. His emotions were a mess, stuck between how he's supposed to feel and how he truly feels.

Katakuri took a seat as he finished his work out routine, downing a pitch of water without any care in the world. However, there was a tap coming from the window that pulled him from the pitch of water, revealing a news coo pelican standing in the railing.

How odd, didn't the staff already bring him the morning newspaper.

"Is this a news flash?" he asked himself, paying the bird before reading the headline.

Donquixote Doflamingo recently joined the shichibukai.

Katakuri's bored magenta eyes skimmed over the newspaper, not really paying attention to the articles until his eyes landed on a specific bounty list.

The Moonlight Thief.

Wanted Alive.

500,000,000 beri