THE LIFE OF A SEA WITCH // one piece x reader

014. VALUABLE

[ Lucci, Paulie, and others... ]

she gets her first bounty!

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WATER 7. DOCK 1.
After Lucci leaves the room.

He walks out of the room with the same facade that the shipwrights were used to, acting as if nothing happened. Acting as if he didn't violate a woman for his true job, just moments ago. But that was what could be seen on the outside of him, because in the inside, he was thinking of [f/n]. The woman who proves legend as reality.

He goes towards his usual spot for lunch break, where he rests upon a stack of lumber and eats with the dock's respected foremen. And that's because he was one of them. On the way there, he finds a significant amount of the shipwrights still working. But it wasn't surprising to Lucci, since it was the kind of behavior they all had. These craftsmen took pride in their work, they were willing to go above and beyond. They would willingly use their lunchtime to add extra details.

Upon arrival, Kaku greets him with a wave. He is seen with the top part of his jacket unzipped, and one hand holding a single onigiri. From the way his nose was slightly moving, shows that he was eating. Every time they met eyes, they would share that look. The look of awareness, where they acknowledge each other as CP9 members. They communicate matters through the same way, where Lucci would indicate that he had to tell him something. But this time, it wasn't Lucci giving a look.

Kaku still had that friendly air around him, the one as a shipwright. But when he locked contact with the raven-haired male, his eyes had a hint of anger. It was also demanding, wanting to know something.

"What did you do to [f/n], Lucci?" He whispers, knowing no one would hear their conversation because it was just them.

Kaku was occupied with his duties as a foreman, that was true, but he still kept an eye out for who went in [f/n]'s room, and even those who went near it. It bewildered him when he found Lucci entering, but that time he expected him to exit shortly, thinking he only needed to check or grab a belonging. He knew it was Lucci's room that she was using. But when he doesn't come back out, and only leaves when Paulie arrives to bring lunch, he was sure something happened. That was a considerable amount of time he had used, and that didn't sit right with Kaku.

He waited for a response to come from his mouth, it was something he won't allow Hattori to answer.

Lucci grabs an onigiri and held it near to his mouth. For the second it was open to take a bite, he spoke.

"Research," he blandly says.

His response causes the blonde to stop eating. There was a shadow casted over his eyes, and a frustrated frown etched. Kaku knew what Lucci was like, he has worked with him for years. He and the other CP9 members knew his habits and his true personality. One of his habits is when he gives a vague answer of a matter, to indicate that he doesn't want to explain the details. Reasons being that it's confidential or unnecessary, though the former was rare. The CP9 members knew that whatever Lucci says is indisputable, and whoever tries to defy him must have a death wish. The difference in powers are too great.

Even so, Kaku didn't like his answer.

"You should just leave the other matters to me, and focus on The Ship! Coo coo!"