#i miss katakuri i hope hes doing okay

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me and the bestie

[anykindofbean]

Arranged part. 2 Regrets

Charlotte Cracker x Reader

Genre: Angst, Some fluff

Warnings: Cracker and Katakuri may be a bit OOC

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Arranged: Part 1

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It’s been about a week since the last time Cracker spoke to you. He’s noticed you haven’t cooked for him, Or tried to clean his home. At first he didn’t care, He told you to stop doing that in the first place.

But he didn’t realize how much he actually missed your presence.

You weren’t there waiting for him to get home anymore, You weren’t there sitting with him while he ate his own food. You didn’t leave his clothes for the next folded neatly on his dresser anymore.

All these little things you did for him, he took it for granted, And now he’s realizing that.

Maybe..He did care?

Maybe he wants to try….

But Cracker’s not stupid, He knows how complicated a women’s emotional state can be. Especially after he basically told her it’d never work between them..

So, He goes to the one person that actually might help him..

“….You did what now?” Katakuri raised an eyebrow at his little brother. Cracker sighed, Rolling his eyes a bit. “ I know, It was stupid of me..And I know she’s right..we were both forced into this, Might as well make it work, Right?”

“ Wow. Little brother Cracker admitting he’s wrong. Never thought I’d see the day.”

Cracker clicked his tongue, Glaring up at Katakuri. “ You’re not helping!” He took a deep breath. “ How do I fix this?”

Katakuri looked at Cracker, Thinking for a moment. “ Have you talked to her? Apologized?”

“ W..Well, Not yet.”

“ Then that’s a start. Honestly, Cracker. You should’ve thought to apologize in the first place.”

Cracker let out a frustrated groan. “ I know! I’m just..bad at this.”

“ I know. And you come to me of all people?”

Cracker let out another sigh. “ You’re the only person who would give me solid advice.”

Katakuri hummed at that. “ Well, First things first, Apologize. Second; Maybe do something nice for her? Take her on a picnic, Or something like that. You’re creative.”

Cracker shifted. “ Yeah, Okay.”

Katakuri raised an eyebrow. “ And watch what you say to and around her. It seems you scared her enough already.”

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Cracker let out a deep breath, As he finished up packing up a picnic basket. He started overthinking..

What if you don’t like this?

What if you reject it?

What if this marriage was destined to fail from the start?

He shook his thoughts away, Closing the basket, And headed to your room. He gently knocked on your door, waiting patiently.

You soon opened up, Looking up at Cracker with surprise. He did his best to smile without looking terrifying.

“ Do you..wanna go on a date with me?”

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I hope you enjoyed! Part 3 will be out soon!

[ladybellissima]

Finding Love Katakuri x Reader Part 21

"Brulee?", Katakuri asked strained after finding his sister beside him and treating his wounds.

"God you look terrible.. These straw hats will pay. I swear…", she grumbled frustrated, but Katakuri felt better than ever, because something inside of him changed. The fight with Luffy really opened his eyes. He was too focused on his reputation, too focused on being perfect that he missed the important things in life. He locked himself away only to keep their siblings happy. For what price?He was a puppet. A soulless puppet. But there was so much more to stand up to. And he realized that if he wanted to be the proud, perfect brother everyone was looking up to, he had to accept himself first.

"Do you know something about (Y/N)?", he asked hopefully and got a chuckle back from his sister.

"Why I am not surprised that the first question which left your mouth is about her…", she spoke amused while cleaning his arm.

"Sadly I don't…", she added, while Katakuri sighed frustrated and hoped that she was okay. Suddenly Brulee pushed a clothe into his face to cover him. Before he was able to ask, the sound of footsteps echoed through the hall and let him froze in the spot.

" I think there is someone who wants to see you and is better suited to take care of you…", Brulee spoke and got up. Katakuri's eyes widened of realizing who was coming. His self confidence, which he had built up in his mind was from one moment to another gone. He sure wanted to stay up for himself and it felt so good to just leave the annoying fabric behind. But thinking about her, he felt scared of losing her. Her opinion was more worth than everyone's out there. Scaring her away would be worse than getting stabbed by his weapon over and over again. In a way he felt naked and vulnerable with just this clothe on his face. The thin fabric was the only thing which hid his darkest secret from her.

Brulee walked towards (Y/N) and opened her arms to hug her tightly. (Y/N) 's look fell onto Katakuri and let her heart stop. Tears rolled down her face, while Brulee brushed her hair gently.

" Go on. I will leave you two alone…", she whispered and pushed (Y/N) forward who quickly ran to his side and fell onto her knees beside him.

Feeling her presence beside him he opened his eyes and finally was able to see his wife. He could see that she had a rough time. Her dress was torn under her dirty cooking apron and her expression seemed exhausted. But  still she was beautiful. Her hair which framed her face perfectly, her soft lips which sobbed bitterly of him and him alone. His heart fluttered rapidly, while he felt frustrated to be the cause of her tears.

"(Y/N)….", he spoke softly and lifted his hand weakly. Quickly she took his hand and hugged it tightly while he grabbed her fingers and intertwined it with his.

"are you okay?..this day was quite exhausting. ", his soft voice let her cry even more.

"Don't worry about me. Look at you.. You are badly wounded.", she cried and wiped some blood away from his face.

"I was looking forward to see you again… But not crying..my stubborn little wife.. ", he whispered with a smile.

"I had to come to see you..i was so scared to loose you.", she spoke sadly and scanned his body frustrated. There wasn't a place unharmed. Slowly laying his hand down again she started to prepare a clothe to clean his wounds properly.

Shaken she started to clean the smaller ones and tried to be as soft as possible to avoid any pain. Katakuri watched her frustrated doing lovingly. Never did he believe that she would care so much for him. Never did he believe that they were getting so close, but in the same time it was a torture for him, because the urge to become so much more was getting worse. Coming to his face she locked eyes with him and in an instant she smiled. It was one of these smiles which let him forget everything and just drown in the moment forever. Noticing the clothe on his face she stopped in her tracks. She was overwhelmed by her emotions that she didn't pay attention on his missing scarf.

"Where is your scarf Katakuri?", she asked uneasy, while avoiding his strong gaze.

"I took it off and fought the straw hat without it.", he spoke seriously while observing her closely. She was surprised. He didn't expect something else. After all he was wearing it 24 hours a day.

Would she ask now?

And would he be able to agree?

It was just a small move and everything would be different. If not, she sure would be disappointed. Feeling not worthy enough to see it. Her look was guided into the distance like she was deep in thought. He wished he could read her mind now to know what was going on in that beautiful head of hers. Suddenly she got up and left his side. Surprised Katakuri felt uneasy and helpless. The thought that she just leave him behind, because he showed his face to others and not her was scaring him. Out of nowhere he felt a familiar soft warmth around his neck and took him of guard.

"I found it…", she spoke lovingly and covered his face with the scarf and removed the uncomfortable clothe. Stunned he was speechless, while (Y/N) came closer again to clean a wound on his cheek. With the scarf there was more fabric to hide his mouth, while cleaning his wound.

" (Y/N)…Aren't you angry? Don't you want to see? ", he asked and locked eyes with her sparkling ones. Raising her eyebrows she looked confused, but in the end smiled.

"Katakuri… You have your reasons. I respect that. I would never took advantage of you being hurt and move a small clothe to see. It was your decision to show it Luffy. I won't push you in showing me. I like you in every way.", she spoke and stopped in her tracks of saying such embarrassing things.

"Oh god … That was embarrassing..", she whispered while his eyes lit up surprised.

Flustered she concentrated on his shoulder to put a bandage on it, but Katakuri grabbed her hand to stop her. Stunned she looked up to him. For a moment nobody said a word. Feeling his soft hand on hers while it was pressed down onto his chest, she could feel his beating heart.

"Take it off…", he whispered and couldn't deny that he was scared. But he had to. He couldn't go on like that. He had to know. See the truth and deal with the side effects.

"Katakuri.. You don't have to.."

"Take it off (Y/N)", he spoke again and  watched (Y/N)'s worried expression. She didn't want to make him uncomfortable. She was kind of afraid to hurt him in any way possible. Nevertheless she felt grateful that he opened up to her. She always felt that his scarf was like a barrier for her. A wall where she would never be able to break through. Slowly she leand towards him, his eyes serious looking into hers.

There it was…

The moment which decides of their future.

Taking the fabric with shaken fingers she gave him one last glance as if she was asking again to go on, but his expression stayed the same. Lifting up the scarf and throwing it to the side the final wall broke and there was nothing left for him to hide.

He felt cold, terrible cold while sweat rolled down his forehead.

He felt naked, vulnerable, weak, while (Y/N) slowly turned back and her eyes landed on his uneasy expression.

Eyes widened her look wandered from one sharp teeth to another, along his lips and ended by his scarred corner of the mouth. For a moment he closed his eyes to calm down, while enduring her strong gaze. (Y/N) could see how scared he was. She could only imagine how much he suffered of his image, that he decided to hide it behind a scarf. She remembered Pudding and how heartbreaking it was to see Mama mocking her about her third eye. It pained her to think that he got treated bad because of this, because there was nothing to be ashamed of. Tears rolled down her face and she started to tremble. Katakuri watched her crying sadly.

He knew it. It was too much and now nothing could be like before. (Y/N) placed her hands on each side of his cheek, while leaning down. Her tears fell down onto her hands and his cheeks, while he could feel his own tears in the corner of his eyes.

"Katakuri…"

He didn't want to hear it. He didn't want to hear her rejection. Her plead to hide his face again. But even if she broke his heart he would do it, hide this monstrous appearance to stay by her side. Because he couldn't go on without her. He couldn't imagine to let her go.

"Thank you…"

Her final words left her mouth.

Surprised he only saw a glimpse of her smile after her lips pressed softly against his. Eyes widened his body froze in the spot, while her soft hands held his face in place. And after a long time he finally let go and let his tears roll down his face. Lifting his hands he captured her face and let himself drown into her soft touch. Her lips tasted sweet, sweeter than every doughnut he had ever eaten. It was like a drug. If someone broke the kiss the other captured it once again. All the passion, the desire he had to hold back desperately, were shown in this heated moment.

(Y/N) felt her butterflies in her stomach jump around in circles, while smiling into the soft touch of his. He was so gentle, but at the same time hungrily rough. Enjoying their moment she hold his face with one hand, while brushing with the other hand through his crimson hair. God how often did she dream about it to touch it, to feel it. Her body shivered of excitement to finally be this close to him and finally showing him her feelings.

He was perfect in every way. And she would show him how perfect he was for her.

Biting her lip seductively, but with much care to not hurt her, Katakuri looked into her half lided eyes. The lustful glint behind it let his heart race even more. He made her feel this way. He was the man who was allowed to touch her and it made him unbelievable proud. Captured by this special moment he rested his forehead against hers and inhaled her irresistible scent. But not for long. Because (Y/N)'s longing for him wasn't satisfied yet. Kissing him roughly he was overwhelmed by her lustful side. He couldn't tell her what this moment meant for him. Couldn't find the words to describe how grateful he was that she accepted him.

(Y/N) wanted to go on like that forever, but the lack of oxygen stopped her. Slowly leaning back, but still close that their noses touch, the only thing she could do was smile. She was so happy, so unbelievable happy and relieved. And finally she was able to see not only his eyes, but his smile in an whole expression.

Slowly he touched her cheek lovingly and brushed his thump against her skin.

"(Y/N)… Thank you.."

[count-alucard-tepes]

. They have to go out on a mission and are gone for a long time with no contact to their s/o. They return home and find their s/o red eyed from crying about their safety

Kizaru✨

He would look at his S/O amused and smile, “Worried about me? You can be so cute at times! I tried to call but the Den Den Mushi wasn’t working…no worries, I’m home now”, he would say before hugging his S/O tightly.

Akainu🌋

He would be surprised, thinking something happened while he was away and when he realized that they just missed him. He’d sigh softly before hugging them close and giving kisses to their forehead, “Now now, where’s my strong sweetheart? I’m home now…all is well”.

Ryokugyu 🌱

He would chuckle upon seeing his S/O before scooping them up and smothering them with kisses, “enough crying and kiss me…daddy’s home”, he’d say in a teasing tone.

Fujitora 🐅

He would be able to sense that something was wrong with his S/O and after a conversation with them, he’d understand what had happened, “Apologies, my love….I’ll make sure to phone next time so that I don’t worry you”, he’d say with a frown, he didn’t mean to upset his S/O.

Sir Crocodile 🐊

He raise a slender eyebrow before caressing his S/O’s face with his good hand, “…crying for me? And I didn’t even do anything wrong…”, he’d say with a small smile before pulling them close and kissing them lovingly, “I guess I’ll need to make it up to you and kiss it all better…”.

Doflamingo Donquixote 🦩

He would think this was all pretty funny and he would playful tease his S/O about this on several occasions. He doesn’t make it a point to call when he’s going to be away for a while or having one of his subordinates let his S/O what’s going on so that they’re in the loop.

Benn Beckman 🔫

He would apologize profusely to his S/O for not communicating with them and would promise not to do that again. He’d hold them close as he hated seeing them in this state and only wanted to keep them happy.

Katakuri Charlotte 🍡

His foresight would have let him know as soon as he touched the door and a frown would appear on his face. He’d immediately go to his S/O and love on them, assuring them that all is well and he was home now.

Killer🔪

He would talk to his S/O and try to calm them down by giving his perspective on what had happened and why he couldn’t contact them. He’d apologize and hoped he wouldn’t have to stress his S/O out again.

Kaido🐉

He was very amused by this because his S/O would know his antics by now and how his hobbies entailed him trying to find a way to die but still reacted this way, “…come now…you know better than to worry about me… you know what my lifestyle is like”, he’d say while he gave some soothing kisses.

King👑

It pained him greatly to see his S/O like this, he didn’t want to upset them in anyway but this also told him how much they care about him which warmed his heart so much. He’d apologize and cuddle them till they felt a little better.

Queen👑

He would hold his S/O and nuzzle them lovingly as he tries to soothe them, “It’s alright, love! Your man is back! So let’s celebrate that and be happy, okay?”. He’d try to brighten up the mood as much as he could.

[butterfluffy]

Hi!! Can you do a beautiful Y/n reader where she meets the One piece characters and then they have their first thoughts of her? Like what are they're first thoughts? I hope you do it!♡ But it's okay if not! :)

“pretty girl”

⠀⠀ੈ♡˳· what would be their reaction to meeting such a pretty girl like you?

⠀⠀➧ unlabeled | various!op × f!reader | headcanons

⠀⠀➧ warnings — none, purely fluff...! mistakes may be present though.. so do ignore them, thanks!

⠀⠀➧ requests are closed until further notice!

⠀⠀꒰ 🍨 ꒱ notes: sorry for the delay! here's your request! i hope you like it, ehe.

STRAWHATS

meeting you, a pretty girl

monkey d. luffy:

“hey, hello!!”

thinks you're aright, and he wants to be friends with you.

i mean, yeah, you're pretty. but he literally didn't give quite a damn to the most beautiful woman on the seas, who is boa.

though he is quick to turn his head to you when you enter the room.

roronoa zoro:

“ooh, damn.”

low-key thinks you're pretty attractive.

though he doesn't really care much, but he still appreciates your looks.

very subtle about complimenting your beauty, because he doesn't want to be seen being... sweet?

nami:

“shocks! how pretty!”

thinks you're really beautiful.

wants to achieve your level of prettiness, like a real lot.

will ask your skin care routine, hair products, make-ups, etc.

usopp:

“wow.. you're really pretty!”

his jaw will immediately drop upon seeing your beauty.

is also quick to drop a compliment.

will impress you too by his stories that he totally didn't make up.

vinsmoke sanji:

“melloriiineee, ah! how beautiful! is this how the most beautiful woman in the seas looks like!?”

immediately swoons and falls in love with you, i mean, how can he not when you're just so pretty?

turns into your biggest simp.

might actually focus half of his simp attention to you.

nico robin:

“oh? why hello there, pretty miss.”

agrees that you're pretty as hell.

casual and pretty chill with you.

will frequently talk to you about beauty and stuff.

franky:

“ow! what do we have here? well, it's just a suupeeeerr pretty girl!”

amazed by your beauty.

is a mix of robin and usopp—casual, and impresses you all the time.

drops compliments for you frequently.

brook:

“yohohohoho! what a beautiful lady.. may i see your panties?”

says that your beauty is blinding, even though he has no eyes, yohohohoho!

a gentleman and a perv at the same time, there's a no in between.

will play you a song you like if you ever ask him to. won't turn you down at all, bcs why would he do so?

BOA HANCOCK

meeting you, a pretty girl

“imbecile! how is your beauty on par with mine!!?”

not so amused by you being pretty, so she strucks you her iconic pose as she says what's above.

low-key is amazed by you though, like, you're pretty, and strong! just like her!

will not say it though. she's very prideful.

PORTGAS D. ACE

meeting you, a pretty girl

“whoah... you're real attractive, miss. wanna date?”

straightforward and says what he think about you.

you caught his eye faster than light.

and yes, he's down to date you.

CHARLOTTE KATAKURI

meeting you, a pretty girl

“mhm. pretty.”

yeeesss, he thinks you're pretty!

but he doesn't really show or say it, because he can't risk breaking his cool and calm self especially to you.

might ask mama to set up a marriage between you two.

DONQUIXOTE DOFLAMINGO

meeting you, a pretty girl

“ooohh, hey there, beauty.”

fell for you on the sight.

but great. you caught his attention by your beauty. no escaping him now, haha.

will try everything to make you his.

SHANKS

meeting you, a pretty girl

“wow! what a beauty!”

gasps and immediately dashes to you, eager to know you.

now you won't be able to shake him off you cuz—you caught his eye.

will follow you around like a dog, being so attatched with you.

© butterfluffy 2022

[lale-txt]

hi, lale! how are you? thank god i have my notifs on for you, because i might've missed this 24 hours open requests ;-;.

may i request... a scenario for kaido? how he reacts when his s/o calls him baby girl because that's been rotting inside my head ever since, lmaooo. not sure if you already did that? but if you did, then rayleigh or katakuri with the same scenario 👀?

whether you choose this or not, thank you so much! i hope you're doing well! stay safe and take care 💗.

calling them baby girl w/ Kaido, Rayleigh & Katakuri

a/n: the way i SCREAMED when i read this request Lynn 💀 i've written headcanons for that before, but i've been thinking about writing scenarios for that, too, because.... the urge is too strong......... so thank you so much for requesting! i've decided to write smaller drabbles for all three of them because i couldn't decide at all, hope that is okay with you, too! <3 also the Rayleigh one is slightly suggestive oops

Kaido

Sometimes you just wake up and choose violence. That's why you and Kaido were such a good match. Sure, he was big and scary and loved his booze probably a bit more than he will ever love you, but in return you got to see a softer side of him whenever the both of you were alone, spoiling you with whatever your heart desired. Maybe you were in a silly mood, maybe you had a death wish. Maybe it was a bit too much fun to push your dragon shaped partner over the edge with those two little words. Maybe it was all of it at once. Either way, you couldn't help but stroke his broad chest as you were curled up in his arms, your fingers tracing his tattoo. His skin was surprisingly soft and he didn't mind your hands wandering all over his body, in fact he seemed to enjoy it more than he would ever admit it. "You're so pretty, baby girl.", you whisper grinning, a mixture between testing your luck while your guardian angel was already having a heart attack and a tingling sense of oh-oh, I'm in trouble. "What the fuck did you just say, kiddo?", he growled, looking down at you frowing. He was not pleased, but boy, this was fun. "Did I stutter, baby girl?" Famous last words? Those were it. Except that... instead of throwing a whole tantrum (yeah, Kaido got a bit of anger issues but you could fix him, for sure), he sighed weary, massaging his temples with two hands. What was happening? Why didn't he have you in a chokehold already? Why wasn't Onigashima haunted by you, screaming in agony? "Are you okay.... baby girl?", you mutter the last two words under your breath, pressing your lips together as you draw circles with your fingertips on Kaido's beefy chest. Now you were really playing with fire, weren't you? He finally looked at you for a long time, maybe pondering on the idea of crushing your skull in his hand. He sighed again. "If you ever call me like that in public, I will end you. Understood?" "But... between us, it's fine?" "I'm not saying that I full on hate it..."

Rayleigh

Being in love with Rayleigh was something that you hadn't expected to happen. Well, maybe there was this premonition that something was in the air the first time he smiled at you and brushed a strand of hair behind your ear, telling you that it must have been faith the two met... but to fall for him so hard? You were quick to learn that Rayleigh would wander off every now and then; he basically was a complicated house cat. It was unclear if you had just moved in with him one day or you just never left; which probably made you a house cat, too. While you were building yourself a bookshelf in the corner of the bedroom (sure, just something temporary...), Rayleigh was leaning in the door frame, mustering you with nothing but love in his eyes, his white hair falling into his face. You wipe the sweat out of your eyes with the sleeve of your shirt, proud of your progress, turning around to your partner. "Can you lend me a hand with that, baby girl?" You grin cheeky, looking up from your squat to Rayleigh who smirked. He wasn't one to lose his calm facade that easily and also flirty banter was something you exchanged daily - how could you not? It happened so naturally with him. "Sure, my love." He joined you on the floor, helping you with the wooden bits of the shelf, adjusting it where it was needed and, the most important part of building a shelf together, kissing your neck every time you leaned over to him. "You're making me blush, baby girl.", you giggled as his big hands crawled under your shirt, trying to help you out of the dirty work clothes. "Should I ask what's up with the new pet name or is it better if I don't know...?", the dark king finally asks as you straddle him, putting your arms up so he can take off your shirt more easily. "Oh, that's just how I'm showing dominant behavior, you know? A power move, you might say.", you shrug, twirling his long white hair with your finger, a big grin on your lips. He smirked, covering your upper body in kisses, leaving a mark with some as you wiggled onto his lap. You could never get enough of his skin on yours, of his hungry kisses, his gentle and yet feral way of teasing you. "Guess this baby girl is about to show you who really has the upper hand here..."

Katakuri

"Look what I bought you from the pâtisserie, baby girl!" You burst into the room, balancing half a dozen boxes with the pretty label of the pâtisserie in your hands, peeking out from behind them. You almost trip over your own two feet, but luckily your lover was quick to catch you and the treasure of bakd goods in your hands. Katakuri tried hard not to flinch at the new pet name. It's been more than a week since you've started using it on him. He loved you dearly, oh he did. But was he irritated? Yes in cursive. He didn't know how to address it, if he should address it. Darling, out of all pet names, why did you decide to call me baby girl? Why must I suffer in silence? "What is it, baby girl? Everything okay?", you ask, stroking his arm after he put down the cakes. He sat down across from you at the table, his fingers intertwined like a prayer, thinking hard on where to start exactly. "It's okay, you can tell me, baby girl." An angry vein pulsated across Katakuri's forehead. You could tell that he tried so hard to not lose his temper because he loved you a lot, but granted, you were testing this man's patience and no cake in the world could balance this out. "I'm getting a vague feeling that you're not liking my new pet name for you...?" "Don't say it, y/n. Please don't. I'm begging you." "Baby gi..." Katakuri stood up, threw you over his shoulder with ease and stomped with you to the bedroom. You were shivering in excitement. Finally! The excitement quickly shifted to despair though when Katakuri put you down on the bed, giving you a mad glare with his hands on the hips before he walked out of the room again, closing the door behind him. All you could hear was the rustling of cake boxes being teared open and loud munching noises, the sounds of your lover eating his stress away. He still loved you, but this baby girl was very tired.

[acolvyte]

-Stuck together Part 2-

Katakuri x reader Modern AU

Reader gender : neutral

Note : I liked the first part so I decided to continue this scenario, I hope y'all don't mind ❤️ (and I did a special drawing of the Mochi man for this story, I hope you will like it too !)

Part 1

It's been two days since your encounter with the handsome stranger and your life didn't change that much, you didn't run into him since and you kinda wanted to see him again.

"Oi (Y/N) we're having a meeting with everyone in five minutes"

"Alright I'll be there!"

It seems like daydreaming wasn't in the program for today, your colleague was certainly thinking the same thing about his naps. As much as your company was always working hard your boss was understanding with his employees. Zoro was regularly taking naps but we all know that he's working really hard at home. Another exemple could be Sanji that spend more time flirting with every women in the building than doing his tasks... But in the end you all always stand out and the Desing Straw company had built their names in the mode industry.

"I can't believe Luffy forgot about the meeting HE had plan"

"Yes, and he's the boss here... He's lucky that he have us"

You laugh at your colleagues comments, after all, they were not wrong

"It's okay Nami, give him a break, Ussop is right! As long as he have us working with him and making him stay in line he's a wonderful boss!"

"Isn't it the job of the boss to makes his subordinates stay in line?"

You definitely loved the atmosphere at work, and today it was your turn to work hard! As everyone started making their way home you stayed in your office doing extra work. You were actually so focused in your work that you didn't realize how late it was until you stretched your back and looked at the clock.

"Oh my lord, already 11pm?? I'm gonna miss the last train!"

You packed your things quickly and made your way out of the office, you really didn't want to miss this train or you were going to be condemned to walk for an hour and a half. You called the lift and, of course, it was ascending at the speed of a snail. When it finally arrived, you rushed inside without looking and when the doors closed, you realized.

You weren't alone... There was someone... And it was the awesome stranger!! Why must you run into him always at the worst timing? As you were now overthinking and not knowing if you should say hello or not, the giant man recognized you.

"... It's you again" He even started the conversation, surprising you.

"Oh I'm surprised to see you here... Again, in the lift!"

He stared at you for a second with an intrigued look on his face and then spoke.

"I don't meet anyone at this hour usually, why are you here so late ?"

"Oh I was just doing extra hours... And you?" you could feel that he was trying his best to speak naturally, but you could also feel that it was not his specialty.

"Same here" A silence fall as the lift finally stopped, making you remembered that you were almost too late for your train.

"Actually I wo-"

"I'm sorry!! But I really need to go or I'm gonna miss my train, but it was a pleasure to run into you again!" with that kinda weird sentence you escaped from the lift and ran with all your life to make it in time. But only to see the train closing his doors in front of your face... Defeated you sighed and dragged your feet outside, heading back to the building, not ready to walk for an eternity.

"You're back?"

Oh The giant man was entering in his car when he saw you. He understood immediately what happened, thanks to the expression on your face. You both looked at each other in silence for a long minute, after what you finally decided to spoke.

"I... Miss my train, but it's okay I'm gonna walk a little"

The man seemed to think while looking at his feet. He let his face falls more into his scarf and finally looked resolved after what seemed like to be a long discussion with himself.

"Look I don't want to look like some creep but... I'm gonna be worried if I let you walk home alone at this hour. I know that I don't even know your name but, I don't know, I feel like I should help you."

You felt sincerity in his voice barely tainted with embarrassment, even with his usual stern look.

" Alright, I'll come, thank you" You entered in his car and he sits by your side. Again, he was so close to you, even closer than when you two were stuck in the lift. But strangely, the proximity was not bothering you at all.

"It's (Y/N)."

"That's a weird address"

"No-I mean that's-" He chucked a little.

"I'm joking, mine is Katakuri, it's nice to meet you again."

[laws-hat-headcanons]

Hello hat. Please can I make a request for Kid, Law and Katakuri with a crush on a fem reader. How do they react when she gets close to them, like leans in against them or similar. Thank you

Hi anon! Thank you for requesting these three, they're all up there as some of my fave characters!! Hope you like it!!

Kid, Law and Katakuri reacting to their crush getting close

Kid

. As soon as Kids crush comes onto the room his eyes follow them, only looking away when they glance in his direction.

. When they stop at his table and drop a map down in front of him Kid raises an eyebrow and glances at it.

. She leans over, a finger pointing out a specific section of the map, her chest and stomach pressed up against his remaining arm.

. Kid freezes for a split second, his body completely sill at the contact.

. He becomes instantly aware; of the warmth passing between them, his heart beating uncharacteristically hard in his chest, the smell of her shampoo.

. He misses whatever she just aid to him, only looking up when she waves a hand in front of his face, concerned by his rigid posture.

. "You okay Captain?" She asks, eyebrow raised. "Did you hear what I said?"

. "Course I did." Kid scoffs but it comes out as more of a snarl as he pushes to his feet, savouring those last seconds of her body against his.

. He drags the map from the table, letting it hang in front of him to cover the awkward bulge forming in his trousers, and leaves without a word.

. He has absolutely no idea about what's so important on the map though.

Law

. When she knocks on his cabin door with a steaming mug of coffee and a warm smile, Law keeps his expression blank even as he feels his heartbeat quicken.

. "Got you a fresh coffee, Law," she says as she reaches him, leaning over to place it on the only available free space on his desk.

. Law catches the smell of the ocean on her skin and the subtle scent of perfume, something like fruit, he cant place it.

. "You know, a good night of sleep would probably be better for you than all this coffee." She muses, hooking her finger round the handle of the empty mug before pulling away.

. "Which of us is the doctor, Name-ya?" Law drawls, giving her a lazy half smile.

. She frowns and lifts a hand to his face, the pan of her thumb gently brushing against the dark skin under his eye.

. Laws breath catches in his throat, and he keeps it there, barely breathing as she passes her thumb across his skin again.

. "Well doctor, start taking better care of yourself!" She admonishes, finally pulling away and allowing Law to take a slow breath. "This is the last coffee you get from me."

. He hmms and takes a sip of the new beverage, eyes back on his work though he doesn't register what he is looking at. The feeling of her skin on his in the forefront of his mind.

Katakuri

. Katakuri isn't used to having a crush on someone.

. He isn't used to people being in his personal space.

. So when the object of his affections approaches him at one of Mamas tea parties and drops onto the bench beside him, he is instantly out of his depth.

. She smiles at him, head tilted slightly towards him to make up for the few feet difference in size.

. "You looked lonely." She says, by way of explanation, giving him a gentle nudge with her arm. 

. Katakuri simply raises an eyebrow.

. Though internally he feels uncomfortable, his stomach doing back flips, his heart fluttering like a caged bird.

. He watches her as she flashes a perfect smile, her laugh echoing around his head like a ringing bell.

. "Well, and I needed to get away from my table," she admits, motioning with her head to her previous seat. 

. Katakuri nods, recognising some of the faces she had been seated with. He doesn't blame her for wanting to get away, but to come sit with him..?

. He feels his face heating when she remains by his side, arms and legs brushing. But he shows no outward sign of discomfort and remains where he is, allowing the soothing sound of her voice to wash over him. 

[loth-wolffe]

I LOVED the answer to the HC i sent and guess what? There is moreeeeeeeeee. Cross would secretly think about a family with you when he sees you with Omega. It touches his soft side and boy does he desire that aswell with you and a babe of your own! He can get immensly pissed too! Knowing you can be insecure, anyone making a remark on your looks or skills? Prepair for atleast a plate swung at the head ( aiming to injure, no prisoners ). Seeing you hurt? He will carry you through hell!

OMGOMGOMG I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. not you miss katakuri being absolutelY RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING.

I think that, at first he'd be like, rolls eyes, crosses his arms over his chest, seems completely bored and uninterested in whatever you're doing with little omega. but as soon as he sees you making her laugh his chest feels like expanding with this feeling he didn't know existed and it's so hard to breath.

and the more he sees you with omega the more he wants to have that with yoU, he finds himself thinking more and more about having a baby with you, you chasing a toddler around a nice house in some nice planet no one could find you, maybe get that lothcat you're always talking about.

when he finds omega sleeping soundly in your chest and you playing with her hair, his heart ACHES. and he can picture it, a little baby sleeping on your chest, little snores coming from their lips, you'd look like an angel, and everything's alright. there's no war no pain, he isn't losing anyone, and-

"crosshair?" your voice would take him away from that image of home, of family. of somewhere safe and somewhere that makes his heart break and pull itself back together over and over. "you alright?" and he would shake his head, sighing, maybe gently running his hand over omega's hair and wrap around your own.

"just fine." he'd say, bc he would never tell you.

AND YESSSS. crosshair is very protective and even though he knows you can answer for yourself and all, he steps in as soon as he sees you deflate and your smile fall. he'd be rEADY to throw a fist.

if this guy is making you uncomfortable or says something rude to you, cross would like, just aPPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE, and be right by your side and glare at this person and be like, "mind repeating that?" and if he doesn't scare them off, he won't hesitate to make the other guy apologize with his fISTS, unless you stop him and tell him it's not worth it. he would also be very gentle with you and reassure you by saying you're amazing and kissing your face and just worshipping you for an enTIRE WEEK. bc it's what u deserve ok.

on the other side, if you get injured, I feel like he'd be worried sICK, but he's not the kind of guy that shows. like. many emotions right, so while tech or echo patches you up, crosshair would look at every single detail of you. if you hiss or frown or whatever. and as soon as the others leaves he'd take you to the 'fresher and be awfully soft about eVERYTHING. he'd clean the dried blood and wash the dirt, maybe brush your hair and make an very loose braid (if you have long hair) bc he hasn't mastered that yet. and like he just. wouldn't speak. he'd just take care of you and that's that. and you'd have to tell him that it's alright. that you're alright. and he'd look at you with eyes filled with so many emotions and would hold you so tight that night.

I feel like he would apologize too, for not being there. for you being injured, and you'd cup his cheek and he'd find the bruises on your face before finding your eyes, and you'd whisper that it's not his fault, that these things happen sometimes. and he would nod ever so slightly, not really believing you, and you would kiss him. hoping he knows you love him.

bUT, if you got injured during a mission he'd still be very focused bc that's how he was, well, engineered to be like. you know. put the mission first and all. but still, he'd be the one helping you out to walk, or give you a piggy back ride if you can't walk at all, or like, not wanting you to leave his side. and he would always check on you, asking stuff like "you good?" or "are you still with me?" or "is this okay?"

so yeah. yOU HAVE SO MANY GOOD HCS OMGGGGG. thanK YOU FOR SHARING THEM !!!!

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

The Voyage So Far: Whole Cake Island

east blue (1 | 2) || alabasta (1 | 2) || skypiea || water 7 || enies lobby || thriller bark || paramount war (1 | 2) || fishman island || punk hazard || dressrosa (1 | 2) || whole cake island || wano

sanji is such a self-sacrificial idiot. and i know that’s not exactly a ground-breaking statement, but it does define the entire first half of whole cake island, so it may as well be reiterated here: sanji does not value his own life as much as he should, and fails to grasp that other people care about him outside of what he can offer them, which is why he’s so surprised when luffy later comes charging headlong into big mom’s territory.

zou is a really good little arc, and it also mirrors the themes of whole cake island in miniature. the minks collectively make a massive sacrifice and risk absolutely everything to protect raizou, and wci is essentially all about loyalty and sacrifice, whether its sanji giving himself up to protect the strawhats and zeff or luffy and the strawhats facing impossible odds to rescue him to pedro giving up his life to get them all out of there safe.

huge fan of this panel partly just because it’s cute and partly because it’s a great visualization of just how dysfunctional the heights are in one piece.

zou is one of my favorite settings in one piece just for the sheer creativity of it. zunesha is so massive and so mysterious and so strange. and she really looks unspeakably old just from how she’s drawn, looming over everyone and everything, eyes hollow and empty, an entire forest and an entire people growing on her back that have been there for thousands of years. it’s just so neat and so wildly inventive.

this applies to zou as a whole, but i think it’s really cool how all the little threads that will become important during wano are set up so effectively even before whole cake island starts. we get this shot here of kidd beat to shit and then forget it because so much happens between here and when he shows up again in wano, but then oda punks us into caring about him and killer so much and this retroactively becomes very important.

ever since his introduction sanji’s always been a character basically defined by his adherence to his principles: always feeding the hungry, never wasting food, never hurting women, never using his hands in combat. he’s probably the most firmly principled person on the crew, and that’s more obvious in whole cake island than in any other arc except maybe baratie.

sanji is very stubbornly good, which puts him in acute contrast to his siblings and their general cruel apathy. it’s something i really like about him.

i’m a huge fan of big mom’s introduction, which is also our introduction to tottoland in general. it’s cutesy and colorful and musical while simultaneously being deeply creepy, with lyrics about killing people for ingredients and making jam out of blood, which is a great summary of the core of big mom’s character. she’s an old lady all in pink who lives in a cartoon fairy-tale land- but she’s also a deranged cannibal, and all those singing trees and flowers are animated by the life she steals from her citizens as tax.

whole cake island draws on a lot of fairy tale motifs (especially with brulee), and the contrast that saccharine appearance creates with how fucked up the actual content is is super effective and memorable, i think.

honestly i find most of the content of sanji with the vinsmokes just plain upsetting, which i’m sure is intentional, so i’m not going to go into it a lot here, but i am including this panel of him kicking niji in the face.

sad as this scene turns out, luffy’s absolute thrill at finding sanji and the corresponding bafflement of the vinsmokes as to how the fuck he even got there always kinda makes me grin.

i always love seeing people’s underestimations about luffy get thrown right the hell out the window- because let’s be honest, he’s easy to underestimate, he’s like a five and a half foot tall rubber teenager and not very physically intimidating and all, and then he goes and pulls off the impossible without blinking.

the thing that makes luffy unique as a captain has always been his willingness to rely on his crew, and his willingness to openly admit that reliance, like he did all the way back in arlong park. most of the other contenders for the pirate king’s crown we’ve seen- big mom, kaidou, crocodile once upon a time- have been stubbornly individualistic people who explicitly shown not to care for their crew and allies, generally seeing them as disposable.

luffy is the opposite of all of them, because his crew are everything to him, to the point of being willing to sacrifice his dream for them. and the loyalty he wins from them in return is unmatched, as opposed to big mom and kaidou, who both get cheerfully betrayed not just by their own crewmates but by their own children.

brook is really cool in whole cake island, and honestly it comes at just the right time for him as a character. ever since his introductory arc in thriller bark until this point he hasn’t gotten a ton of focus, so it’s great that he gets to be the mvp here and demonstrate exactly why he’s a strawhat pirate and how much he’s grown over the timeskip.

oda is generally really good at introducing and handling characters contained to a single arc/saga, but i do think he absolutely knocked it out of the park with pedro. he has an interesting backstory, compelling motivations, and basically an entire sub-arc ending in his death that never distracts from the main plot, but only ever adds to it.

pedro really feels like a fully realized character who’s had a whole life offscreen, who we just happened to catch at the very end of his story. i think that’s super impressive.

i really love this moment, because for me, this is the moment where whole cake island becomes a tremendous arc, and where the tides begin to turn and the dominoes begin to fall, one after the other. this is sanji hitting absolute rock bottom. the one ray of light he pinned all his hopes on was a lie, and he can’t even light a fucking cigarette.

but one piece is, very often, a story about picking yourself up even when you feel like you can’t.

i think there’s something lovely about how much one piece emphasizes the value of honestly asking for help. luffy waits for nami to ask for help, and for robin to say she wants to live, and for sanji to admit he just wants to go home, and then says, “okay, i’ll make that happen.”

it just makes me so happy how happy the stawhats are to know sanji’s back with them. it reminds me a lot of how they all brush off robin’s thanks after enies lobby. sure, they’re going to have to crash the wedding and confront big mom directly and might all die, but who cares? they’ve got sanji back. i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again, i love how much they love each other.

i think the gangster outfits are super fun, and i love that oda is committed enough to his aesthetics to come up with an excuse to put them all in formalwear. it pays off, they all look extremely snappy.

i know i just said it in the dressrosa posts but i’m reiterating it here because this is my favorite example of it by far: i love when oda does this split-screen thing with his panels. the contrast between the two halves of pudding is so severe and yet they’re so clearly the same person i honestly just find this pair of panels fascinating to look at.

this panel also kind of gets at my favorite thing about pudding as a character, really. i know she’s a little controversial in fandom, but i’ve always found her entertaining (at least post-reveal), especially in the contrast between her unhinged evil side and her genuinely sweet romantic side and her post-wedding tendency to randomly ping-pong between the two.

i just always like reminding people that sanji is fast enough and his observation haki good enough to dodge a surprise attack, while thoroughly distracted, from katakuri.

sanji in this arc tends to get shit from a certain side of fandom for being ‘useless’ since he doesn’t have a big climactic fight despite being the focus of the arc, which i think is thoroughly missing the point. sanji is still plenty capable in combat, as demonstrated both here and later, with chiffon and oven. it just happens that his strength isn’t what saves the day ultimately, because combat ability isn’t everything, which is the entire point of the vinsmoke backstory/subplot. sanji saves the day just by being kind.

i’ll admit big mom’s flashback isn’t one of my favorites, taken in isolation- there are some parts of it that kind of unresolved (at least as of now- i still suspect they’ll be followed up eventually), and in general, although there is a tragedy to it, it doesn’t quite hit the way many of the other more effective flashbacks do. that said, i do think it does a really good job of succinctly explaining why big mom is the way she is in the present: she’s a child who was never told no, who never grew or matured past the disappearance of her adopted mother. that’s it, and that’s enough.

i’ve always been a little bit in love with how seriously and consistently one piece handles its themes of found family, and sanji outright disowning judge in whole cake island is maybe the most outright they ever get: family is found, not made. you owe nothing to your blood and are never beholden to your abusers.

and i just like that a whole lot.

i do think the tamatebako is one of the best uses of chekov’s gun i’ve ever seen. we’re first shown it at the end of fishman island, it’s revealed it got sent off to big mom rigged with explosives which is a minor “oh fuck” moment, and then it gets forgotten about, because the entirety of punk hazard and dressrosa happens in between! which is a lot!

i remember when i reached the moment in whole cake island where we’re reminded that that bomb still exists and is still waiting to explode, i just started laughing hysterically out loud, because i’d completely forgotten, and now that i remembered i was just delighted to know it was going to definitely go off at some point, almost certainly in a very satisfying way.

pedro is, if i remember right, the first time the imagery of the coming dawn that will become quite important in wano really has attention drawn to it in-text- the recurring motif is there before this, of course, dating all the way back to the names of the first chapter (romance dawn) and first island (dawn island), but this is the first time it’s actively addressed in-story.

in doing so, oda essentially presents a fresh mystery for us, but one that has been set up so consistently ever since chapter one that it feels like it fits perfectly into the world and story.

luffy’s been punching way above his weight class ever since crocodile all the way back in alabasta, fighting enemies who clearly outmatch him but always managing to win anyways, but his fight with katakuri is maybe the clearest the sheer differential in strength ever gets, because katakuri’s powers are similar enough to luffy’s that he can pull off pretty much all of luffy’s techniques, but better. so luffy has to fall back on the two things that have always been his greatest strengths, again all the way back to crocodile in alabasta: innovation and sheer fucking stubbornness.

one thing i love about one piece is how no character is immune to being clowned on. absolutely nobody. everybody looks like an idiot sometimes, and it makes everything so much more fun than if the series took itself more seriously. katakuri basically actively tries to avert this by building up a fearsome, flawless, and utterly no-nonsense persona, but it winds up failing hard because it actually only makes the contrast and surprise of his actual personality and vices that much funnier.

i’ve always loved this one panel of carrot going sulong, because she just looks so monstrous, like a true werewolf. the same goes for the shift in big mom’s design when she starts going truly mad with starvation and gets even more threatening-looking (below). i just think oda should let women be monstrously scary more often.

i do really love that the entire climax of whole cake island hinges on the degree of trust and faith the strawhats, and sanji and luffy specifically, have in each other. they’re all facing massive challenges that would seem insurmountable to an outsider- luffy facing down a yonkou’s commander with a bounty of over a billion and sanji remaking a massive cake that took months to plan and make in just a few hours, the others evading big mom’s full forces and big mom herself for a full night- but none of them have even a shred of doubt that the others can manage it.

i wrote a meta post awhile back about one piece’s concept of ‘honor in a pirates’ fight, and what it came down to is this: honor can never be expected between pirates, but the best of them will show it anyways, and it can be a very telling judge of character. nobody would expect katakuri to do this, and luffy even calls him an idiot for it, but he has enough respect for luffy as a strong opponent to do it anyways, and that’s how we know for absolute certain that even though he’s an antagonist, he’s also a good, honorable person.

i really like the gesture of luffy leaving his hat over katakuri’s mouth, especially because until this point, we’re never even given any indication that he’s really noticed it, let alone that katakuri is insecure about it. he never reacts to or comments on it (which is in itself kind of unusual from someone who tends to nickname opponents by their appearances as often as luffy does) one way or another.

and then he does this, confirming all at once that he did fully notice and understand, he just doesn’t care. which i think sums up one of the more under-appreciated aspects of luffy’s character- he’s generally way more observant than people give him credit for, especially when it comes to people, it’s just that he has a very different sense of what’s important and what’s not than your average person.

i love the sheer contrast between big mom’s delighted, rapturous singing as she devours the wedding cake against the violence taking place on screen as her army rains fire and hell down on the thousand sunny. it parallels her initial introduction at the start of the arc perfectly, and is just an excellent way to close out the arc with a bang.

i said it earlier but it bears repeating here, for a different reason: luffy is not very physically intimidating. he’s shorter than most of the other main characters, he’s a lanky teenager, he dresses casually and his most identifiable accessory is a farm hat.

but then there are times when he looks like a captain, like a future pirate king, and it just looks so natural on him. i can never get over it.

i really like that, after spending a whole arc demonstrating just how different (and how much better) sanji is than the vinsmokes, it ends like this- showing us just how similar he’s grown up to the man he’s chosen as his real family, and just how proud zeff would be of him.

[softrozene]

Katakuri’s Reaction to His Female S/O Gaining a Little Weight

Anonymous said: Hi!!! I looove your blog!! If possible, would you write hc on Katakuri’s reaction to his female s/o gaining a little weight. Like she has a slender/curvy body, but she gained weight lately due to eating more or just messing up her workout schedule, nothing too dramatic but would like to know how he would notice or react to it. All the love dear ❤️

Thank you so much Lovely! Apologies for taking forever to get to it! I hope these came out well enough!

Charlotte Katakuri x Female Reader

Warnings: Mentions of weight so maybe a sensitive topic to some- Besides that fluff-

*Like last time since this bro is so tall pretend his partner is the same height, he’s hunching down, or they are on a ladder or something lol

Words: 381

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Katakuri notices immediately

It comes with his daddy material care package

He has to since he is the second oldest son in his family and needs to detect the slight change in health when it comes to his younger siblings- So he notices rather quickly but since it is just a little bit- he does not care for now

His partner may be on the curvy side (and he definitely admires that- He do be looking at those bust and hips for many reasons) but when he starts to notice that small bit of pudge forming at the base of your belly and other body parts- He does not mind at all

When it comes to their body, he does not care what happens to it and he sure as hell will not make you feel bad for gaining weight-

He after all loves the person, your soul, not the body

Though he does start to get concerned if his partner appears to not be coping well

If you are upset about this and start to get insecure, that is when he will step in

He will be rather blunt and ask if you want to start training together so you do not miss out on training or if you want to try to go on a diet

He is blunt but he is also careful with his words

The man has how many dang sisters??? He knows not to go over a certain line when it comes to females and weight/appearance

But he is also blunt because he cares about you and wants to know what you want to do

If you want to start working out with him or go on a diet- He will be there supporting you

If you do not want to do anything, see if the weight go down by itself or if you or okay with gaining a little bit- He will support that too but there is no way he is going to let you get insecure about your body

He will be more expressive (of course when you two are alone) so you know how much he cares and loves you

Bottom line- This family man will not let you get insecure and will be supportive no matter what route you take

[where-s-all-blue]

Okay so I've entered the Alabasta Arc now (I am actually pretty close to the climax in my rererewatch) so here's some thoughts:

Reverse Mountain:

I personally adored the mishaps the crew has on their way to the GrandLine, and the entire reverse mountain is very intriguing to me to this day. One day, I'll figure out just how on earth that thing works.

Laboon's story, tear jerking, absolutely devastating. Luffy being able to talk sense into a WHALE tells all you need about his ability to befriend beings. He also was the first one to hear Laboon, foreshadow for his later on found ability to Hear All Things or Haki?

Whiskey Peaks:

Ahh the time Vivi tried to be a villain. And Mister 9 is an absolute sweetheart. Honestly they made a pretty good team even if neither of them actually knew how fighting works. Personally I would've loved to see more of them, Mister 9 and Miss Monday seemed like interesting characters.

I keep forgetting about Zoro having supersonic speed in these, I kind of miss him just disappearing only to reappear right in middle of the group to mock their reaction of looking at the place he just was sitting on. The speed of him and his ability to momentarily cut through things he later on can't pretty much just tells you that he does have it in him, but it just isn't conscious thing yet. Also unconscious usage of haki spotted?

Vivi being The Vivi Nefertari is one of the more interesting and intense sequences in the pre-timeskip era, even if it takes less time than for example the Arlong Park does and shows just how devastatingly strong both Luffy and Zoro are. I can't believe that these idiots would retort to a fist fight mid battle.

Mister 5's ability is very unhygienic and I'd like to drown him in sanitizer, Miss Valentine needs to be silenced forever, her laughter creeps me out and she honestly doesn't add any value into the conversation. This is a duo I'd like to murder slowly.

Igram blowing up still gets me, the reactions of the characters, the devastated facial expression of Vivi, the sound design, the shocked looks, it's just so well executed.

Vivi's reaction of mixed feelings regarding Miss All Sunday/Robin, albeit just, is very confusing for me. I remember when I met her the first time and all I could think of was "She's a nice person" just based on her facial expression and the words she used.

I forgot that Luffy broke the eternal log pose Robin gave them. Not because he didn't trust her but because the choice Vivi would've been forced to make after the shock of loosing Igram would've been too much. Also because he didn't want anyone to dictate HOW they get there, he's the captain and as such it's his job to make the final decision, he also appears to have been convinced that this way Vivi would be safe.

Little Garden:

Aah, Little Garden, the island I'd simultaneously love and hate. Love because dinosaurs, hate because loud and probably insects large enough to use me as a quick caffeine filled pick-me-up. I might have a problem.

The fact that I can understand the thought process of these giants concerns me greatly. Is this the power of the Monkey Brain?

Mister 3 would be an amazing character if only we could see his self proclaimed genius in action and hear him go through plans etc. I feel like he's just trying to compensate on his lack of battlefield knowledge and experience. Miss Golden Week is highkey a mood and I love her. I, too, want to paint whatever I want and get paid for it.

Zoro actually started to hack through his own leg because he wanted to fight so badly, what a mad lad. Usopp honestly is flexing with his quick thinking and reflexes here. We love that for him. Go you funky little sniper.

Luffy might've used observation haki instinctively in the Mister 3 crowd.

Sanji managing to outright fool Crocodile to believe that he is Mister 3 indicates that Crocodile has never heard the voices of his underlings before and just assuming that the man who answered is Mister 3. The two also apparently have similar sense of humour. That Crocodile is aware of based on what Robin has told him.

Sanji both taking down the Unluckies without any hesitation nor stopping to think about where they came from really tells volumes about him. He also apparently lied so convincingly that Crocodile was 100% sure that it was Mister 3 fighting Luffy and not a chef beating up his long distance murder pets.

Nami was bitten by a bug, which was the carrier of a rare, nearly dead disease. Based on the amount of time one would usually need to wait for the sickness to develop, I'd say that they were about a week on the ocean before Nami developed the fever.

None of the crew members, Vivi included, thought about doing a full body check on her to see if there were any other symptoms than fever, ie her body actively fighting against the infection/sickness. Also her sickness isn't apparently something that spreads, so it's very unlikely for it to be virus based or spread similar to flu.

Drum Island/Sakura Kingdom:

Nami is capable of sensing the weather, and act upon her feelings, under 40C fever. If I have any level of fever, I am rendered near vegetative state until my fever either goes down or raises past certain level. What I'm saying is that Nami is some sort of Goddess or superhero because of being able to do anything with that fever.

Vivi needing to think about whether or not she can afford waiting extra days for being taken to Alabasta or to change the course to find a doctor is one of the stupidest things ever especially since the person who is sick with such a high fever happens to be the navigator.

Warm welcome by residents is warm. And by warm I mean freezingly cold. I can't believe that Luffy thought about yelling to the person before Vivi bowed her head prompting Luffy to do the same (though heavily "encouraged" by Vivi). Vivi saying that Luffy isn't fit to be the captain reflects very strongly her own views and beliefs, but she keeps forgetting something very simple, yet important. Background. She has no idea about Luffy's past nor how he grew up, she hasn't been long enough with the crew to be able to tell just why people follow Luffy, nor is she aware of how he communicates with people. She doesn't realise that when it comes to Luffy, humility isn't a word to describe him with nor that he would be able to set his own pride aside just yet, Luffy is a 17 year old, a mere child, who has just set out on the sea few months ago, who only knows the harshness of the world, where to survive, you must take things with force or be aggressive. She also isn't familiar with Luffy's way of helping others and going all in no matter the situation.

It's interesting to see how from the time Vivi is with them, Luffy is clearly paying attention to how she does things and how she presents herself, the mannerisms and the likes. It's not as clear idolisation and wish for being equal/better than someone as it was with Katakuri's use of haki, but he is striving to learn. If not because he acknowledges how important manners and humility are, but because it makes things easier on certain places. He especially starts to pay more attention to it once Ace joins them.

By the way the sickness Nami is struck with? It's most likely the same as the one that cost the life of Captain Yorkie of the Rumbar Pirates. After all, the ship doctor couldn't heal it, he didn't know how to, he could only prolong his death for a little while, few days max.

Chopper is a joy to have around and I'd physically fight Doctor Kureha at first sight because WOMAN! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ATTACKING YOUR PATIENTS JUST BECAUSE THEY GOT OUT OF THE BED! What if they need to use the restroom. I don't care if you're a youthful 139 year old lady, you can't just do that. Also how the hell are you still able to move that well? Most people I see start to slowly loose their mobility at 60 as their joints are starting to wear out causing pain and their muscle mass is lowering due to the inability to move as much as during their prime.

I am surprised that a reindeer even cares about something like a blue nose. The devilfruit thing? Yeah sure, but not the blue nose. These local reindeer are dicks with human level of obsession to look like the "norm". News flash, there is no default anything. Your appearances are purely dictated by a set of genes that decide to either activate or deactivate as they please without any warning and genes can skip multiple generations. That's why I apparently look identical to my great grandmother.

Nami is kind towards other women and animals. Men not so much, my assumption is that she is carrying a trauma from the Arlong time that she hasn't yet processed and as such she is even now a bit guarded against the rest of the crew.

Hiriluk's character is closer to that of a mad scientist or a very enthusiastic chemist who keeps forgetting that people aren't test subjects. His curiosity and and enthusiasm are something to strive for even if his methods are questionable, all he does want is to bring people sense of hope, wonder and awe. Though I can't help but to wonder about his story. The thief (him) having a serious incurable heart condition and seeing cherry blossoms that cured him. A metaphor for his past self being relentless and uncaring while thieving, but the indescribable beauty of the scenery he saw changed his heart to be more generous and kind?

Hiriluk's death is one of the most important ones in the series if you ask me, it defined Chopper and who he became; Doctor hoping to be capable of curing any disease there is.

[ladybellissima]

Finding Love Katakuri x Reader Part 22

"Is he going to be okay? His wounds are really bad.", Nami asked Chopper while glancing down onto her captain, who was sleeping peacefully on deck.

"Nothing I couldn't heal!", he smiled motivated while showing her a dozens of bandages in his arms. Nodding Nami's look wandered to the others. Everyone was laying around and resting after they were finally able to leave whole cake Island. They had a difficult time, it was a nightmare and not only once they were playing with fire and their life's, but in the end they made it.

"What's that?", Chopper got her attention while pointing on Luffy's arm. Nami's look fell onto a ridiculous little band aid with cupcakes. It was so small that it couldn't cover the wound underneath completely, so all in one it was an unnecessary item on Luffy's skin. Nevertheless it made her smile.

"I will get it off so I can clean his wounds..", Chopper touched the end of it and was about to pull, but was stopped by Luffy's strong grip.

"Luffy! Finally you are awake!", they cheered and hugged him tightly, while he quickly made sure if the band aid was still there.

Confused they watched their captain and got even more curious after he sighed in relief. Looking up to the others he smiled brightly.

" I want to keep it. It's from (Y/N)!", he spoke happily, while the others gasp of shock.

"Yeah I met her on my way back. She was really worried and helped me to leave. She couldn't tend my wounds, because of the lack of time so she gave me this. Isn't it great? There are cupcakes on it.", he laughed happily. Chopper got tears in his eyes of the thought of her. Crying like a little child he shouted how much he missed her.

" Yeah Chopper. I miss her too. She was really sweet and beautiful…", he spoke while getting up and stretching his arms. The others coughed furiously of hearing such words from their captain.

"My (Y/N) ~swan… Why didn't I get such a sweet token of you…. ", Sanji cried in the back desperately.

"You know that this band aid will soon fall off.", Nami told him and felt bad after noticing Luffy's sad expression. Looking at the present he fell silent and thought about her. She was really kind and friendly. Even as she was trapped with them, her enemies, she still was calm and collected. And the moment she smiled brightly into his face with all honesty, he couldn't but smile too.

"But it's really important to me. I don't want to lose it… Will you sew it into my hat band?", he asked Nami hopefully and took her off guard. Smiling she nodded and took his hat while Luffy carefully pulled the band aid off.

"You really liked her, right Luffy? I will miss her too. She was really nice to us.", Nami spoke while Chopper cried even more of hearing this.

"Yeah. She gave me this warm feeling around my heart everytime she smiles at me. It felt really nice like….", he spoke bluntly and got into a thinking position, while the others go crazy.

"Luffy! Do you know what you are speaking!? About my (Y/N) ~swan!!?", Sanji shook him while he just laughed.

"Yeah sure…I got it. It's the same like having a food party! Sanji make me some barbecue!!! ", Luffy laughed out and headed to his favorite place on the Sunny. The others shoke their heads in irritation of their crazy captain.

"and I thought he know… Such an idiot. "

"(Y/N)~swan will always be in our hearts."

"Yeah she will always be our friend."

Luffy sat down on his favorite spot and watched the calm waves before him. His smile never left his face, while thinking about her.

"I hope you are as happy with him, as I was after meeting you…(Y/N)"

Xxx

On the other side was a young beautiful girl working hard on patching up her husband's wounds.

"We have to go back soon…", (Y/N)'s voice cut through the comfortable silence while she finished the last bandage on Katakuri's chest.

"Yeah it's about time.", Katakuri slowly got up and groaned in pain of the deep wound on his stomach. (Y/N) helped him as much as she was able to, but to be honest she couldn't really support this mass of muscles of a man.

"This deep wound on your abdomen… Did you really stab yourself?", she asked with a worried tone, which let him sigh.

"One of my sisters interfered my fight with the straw hat. It would have been unfair to finish him off after that.", he spoke seriously and had to smile of her irritated look.

"Your obsession of keeping your honor and to be fair, makes you reckless…", she mumbled and avoid his smirk.

"as reckless like a stubborn woman who always get herself in trouble of helping."

Pouting she crossed her arms and turned away. She knew that he again had the upper hand. A shadow hovered over her small form and she suddenly felt his presence close, too close to keep up her confident act.

" a beautiful woman…. So sweet to be unresistable…", he whispered into her ear and let her shiver. Looking to the side she was met with his lovingly gaze. Flustered she stuttered a helpless "don't change the subject. Your wound could have been deadly", but his lips on hers stopped her immediately. God did he have a power over her. "This cooking apron fits you perfectly…", he whispered on her lips and let her gasp. She completely forget to take it off. Flustered she tried to avoid his playful smirk. He already was intimidating just with his intense look, but now with this sexy smirk on his face, she felt defenseless. Overwhelmed she gave in and his lips met hers again. She let herself drown in his sweet touch. It was just a short one, but intense enough to give her goosebumps.

Red as a tomato she pulled herself together and started to pack their things. Her look fell onto a familiar fabric and slowly she took it to brush away the dust.

Looking at the scarf, she was unsure of what to do. So (Y/N) showed it to her husband who nodded shortly and got down on one knee as a sign to let her put it on.

"It's better if i wear it. I don't care what they think about me, but I care for them. I don't want to make them uncomfortable", he spoke and (Y/N) was met with his old emotionless gaze, half covered with the black scarf. Nodding she smiled and rested her forehead against his, which let his eyes widened for a moment.

"As long as you are feeling okay with it, it's okay for me.",she spoke with a smile and they started to head back. (Y/N) often walked along his side, but this time it felt different. She felt excited, happy and flustered at the same time. But most of all she was shy. Feeling his hand on hers, he grabbed it and intertwined their fingers, while looking down to her smiling face. For him it was like a dream. Never was he able to experience such powerful feelings, touches and happiness. She showed him a way of life, which he only dreamed about.

The antic mirror in sight he gave her one last look. Their excited moment was going to end now. In a few seconds they were meeting the others and the results of a lost fight. Taking a deep breath he led her through the portal and into their old life. The first thing which (Y/N) noticed was the bright sun. Blinking in surprise she shielded her face with one hand to get a better look of the situation. And hell it was a disaster. The city was damaged, chess soldiers were lying dead on every corner and his siblings were already working on cleaning the mess. A loud fight got their attention and quickly Katakuri headed to the scene. (Y/N) knew in an instant who this shouting woman was. Following Katakuri she was met with Brulee who was smacking her little sister Flambe furiously.

"How could you be so cruel! He does everything for us and you treat him so badly. On top you interfere their fight! "

"I just helped him by shooting Luffy in the knee. He should be happy about it. He shouted at me. Make me look like an idiot", Flambe countered back and held her cheek angered.

"Your are an idiot. And what happened afterwards!? I heard everything. After he lectured you, you should have just go. But No, you called him names and treated him bad. You little…..", Brulee shouted pissed. She did never believe that Flambe would do such things to Katakuri. It broke her heart after she saw the scene through one of her mirrors. Flambe was always looking up to Katakuri. She was always admiring him and following him. And then after he finally let his mysterious item fall, she threaten him to make photos and spill it around the world. Thank god the Fanclub which was by her side were erased by Luffy's and Katakuri's power.

"Get lost Brulee. He is a disgrace! A shame! This pelican eel isn't my brother!", Flambe shouted angered, while Brulee was about to smack some senses into her, but a strong hand grabbed hers roughly. A dark shadow hovered over her shaken form and she was met with the dangerous look of Katakuri. Yeah he was hurt, his body full of bandages, nevertheless his appearance let her and the ones around shaken in fear.

"What do you think you are doing?", he growled pissed. His look fell onto Flambe who was stepping back afraid. Even if she insulted him, she still got weak knees of his glare.

"What do you think? I punch some senses into her for her low behavior.", she spoke and felt his grip tighten.

"You should know that I don't like to see my siblings getting hurt. On top of that because of me.", he spoke seriously. Brulee couldn't believe it that he was still protecting this brat.

"Why? She doesn't deserve your protection anymore.", she hissed frustrated, while Katakuri's emotionless look didn't change.

"Yeah keep it pelican eel. I hate you. I always looked up to you. Admired your strength, loyalty and you were in every way perfect and for what? You lost against this pathetic straw hat and I have to find out your imperfection! You are a monster and not a hero. A dumb loser.", Flambe growled and spit a bubble gum into his direction, but (Y/N) stopped it midway. (Y/N) couldn't say anything. She was at loss of words of this cruelty before her. Katakuri took her hand and brushed the bubblegum off of her skin.

" I don't care what you say or what you are going to do. If you can't stand the truth it's your problem. I lectured you because you weren't allowed to interfere my fight. A fight between two men isn't only about win or lose. You wouldn't understand it anyway. You are too young and childish to know something about pride. We share the same blood, if you want or not. It's a fact. You and i are siblings. And I will still protect you. That's a promise I won't break. ", Katakuri spoke and gave (Y/N) a sign to follow him. Flambe looked after Katakuri with tears in her eyes. She felt dumbfounded, hurt and ashamed.

" I won't be so kind like Katakuri. Go and help the others or I kick your ass. ", Oven appeared and glared down to her sobbing form. Quickly she lifted herself up and left.

(Y/N) walked beside Katakuri in silence. She was shocked about Flambe and it broke her heart that he was treated like that, but the way he handled this situation was overwhelming. Taking his hand he looked down to her kind smile, which let his anger inside of him calm down. To be honest he was beyond pissed. Pelican eel. The word alone let him remember so much bad memories. Nightmares, insecurities and pain.

"Katakuri…"

(Y/N) lifted his hand and pressed her cheek into it with a smile. She was acting so lovely, he couldn't but smile too.

"You were reckless back then. Stabbing yourself and hurting yourself badly. But your intentions behind it were noble. You fight with your heart and gave your opponent a chance to be on the same level. You are amazing. Don't ever change. And even if they don't see you as the perfect brother anymore….", she spoke and gave his hand a tender kiss.

"You are perfect for me"

[one-piece-dumpster-fire]

I love your blog! Can I ask for a scenario with Katakuri discovering that his wife is a Kitsune? (She is not a user of Akuma no mi). She did not tell because she was afraid of being rejected if he found out about it.

Aaaaaaaaahh I tried to write this scenario for forever since it’s the oldest in my inbox, but no matter what I just can’t really make it work… I hope this is okay but I decided to go with somewhat of a headcanon scenario that focusses on Katakuri’s early marriage with his secretive (kitsune) wife instead, since I definitely want to write at least something for it :/! I’m sorry if it’s not really what you had in mind but this is the only thing I could come up with ;_;

Katakuri finding out about his wife’s secret- headcanon

during the first few weeks of your arranged marriage with the Charlotte, you’ll instantly come to notice that he is a rather distant person. Sharing his house and to some extend privacy highly irritates the tall man who usually prefers to live his days in solitude, and quite often Katakuri tries to get out by taking on missions, or he might even deliberately avoid you. Needless to say, you won’t see your husband very often

and this new role as ‘spouse’, even if it’s just for a political alliance, easily stresses him out. It’s far too different from what he’s used to, so actual encounters with Katakuri are usually short, cold, and very awkward. But yet he still tries to not miss a single thing and continues to be very observant, thus it won’t really take long until he notices that you might be… 'hiding’ something

of course there would come a time when he’d need to jump over his shadow and actually attempt to get to know you- really, it’s the least he can do- after all you are forced to spend the rest of your life with him, so you should also have the right to know who he is and possibly add some input on how he can make this whole 'experience’ more bearable for you

but, much to Katakuri’s suprise, it’s now you who decides to put some distance between him and yourself. Just when the two of you started to get used to this situation as well as each other, you pull up this new wall and become more cautious. Did he do something wrong? Is he failing his role as husband…? Now that Katakuri actually started to warm up to you, things seem to suddenly take a turn for the worst- and he’s worried

needless to say, some tension starts to boil up between the two of you- but luckily, it won’t take long until the situation clears up. At least to some extend. The mood takes another turn as it becomes obvious that both of you hide something big from each other, but instead of being angry or even distrustful with your spouse, things get… borderline playful. Katakuri might be a bit more persistent about knowing what your secret might be, whereas you are quick to respond with a question regarding his mouth, obviously making him uneasy as well. You got him there, he will put it to rest for now and let you open up on your own accords 

it may seem a bit unfair, but Katakuri is kind of waiting for you to talk to him first. Sure he has things to reveal about himself as well, but unless there is a 100% chance that you truly trust him and are willing to accept him for who he is, he’ll keep himself closed in. Because whatever it is that might plague you, his secret is bound to be far more appalling

eventually though the point is reached where both of you just wait for the other to take the first step, itching to finally leave your secrets and walls behind and really start to invest in this relationship. Unfortunately though you two are waiting for the other to start the conversation, so getting things into motion might just take a few more days than needed… Ultimately you might just approach each other at the same time, ready to burst out about your lies and secrets in order to move on

Katakuri is a bit of a cheat though and already used his future vision to learn about your secret identity so he can properly prepare himself, but finding out about you being… basically a mythical entity still sends a suprised chill down his spine. His expression is blank except for the obvious worry as he sternly tells you to keep your true self secret, especially from his mother- knowing her, she might just try to take you away from him and lock you up as some prized, strange creature in a book (or worse, demand for you to have kids with him immediately)

but at last the truth is out and the two of you can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Your worries about being rejected perfectly mirrored Katakuri’s fear of you being disgusted by his face, and yet neither one of you ended up being pushed aside for who you truly are. Kitsune and ‘Peelican Eel’ or whatever; it proves that your relationship is not a shallow, empty shell of an arranged marriage anymore… but something that can be the foundation for a real emotional bound!

there are no more secrets now, and your relationship visibly profits from the final talk. In fact, things might even turn rather playful from here on out- both of you know of each other’s 'secret identities’, and thus going out disguised as usually will easily earn you a hidden yet knowing smile from Katakuri. Only he knows who you really are and what you’re capable of, and it truly makes him feel like the most special husband in the world!

[lo-55]

Revel Ch. 10

Belated Birthdays                     

 Things were peaceful, after their return from Imperia.

 Even with the tightness in her ribs and the ugly taste of betrayal on her tongue Tori couldn’t deny that she was starting to enjoy her time with Katakuri. He was still a quiet man, all in all, but he didn’t avoid her anymore. Now and again he would even seek her out on his own, and take her on walks with him.

 She also started taking on the administrative work. The day to day running of the chateau, and small disputes in the rest of the island as well. It was easy for her, it was what she had been raised to do after all.

 Katakuri was a bit more at a loss for such things. He was a warrior, not a governer.  

 “So you see,” she said one day, sitting knee to knee with him in the office, “While these two farmers may be threatening to go to war over this strip of river, there’s about six other reports saying the same thing going back twenty years. So while it would be a good idea to set this to rights, it’s not an emergency, and we can set it to the back burner. Contrarily, these reports of polluted water should take absolute presidence, especially on an island of this size.”

 “And the man claiming his wall doesn’t break any laws, is also unimportant,” katakuri set that file in the same pile as the farmers.

 “Everyone under our protectorate is important,” she pointed out, “but yes, that’s not a priority. Besides, he’s not wrong. The code says that he can’t have a fence going higher than four feet off of the street. The five foot concrete base he poured before hand raises the street level, so his fence is really on three feet tall,” Tori had to fight a grin. She didn’t want to split her false lips, red decorated with fanciful gold roses.

 It was getting harder and harder not to smile when she was around Katakuri. She liked to believe that, under that scarf, he smiled at her as well.

 “You sound like you admire him for pushing the boundaries of a law.”

 “Perhaps I do. I have been trapped in rules my entire life. ‘Victoria, you must wear this’, ‘Victoria, a princess stands at the correct angle.’” she rolled her eyes.

 “You make a the rules now,” Katakuri pointed out.

 Tori sat up, suddenly straighter. She made the rules now. She      made    the rule now. This was their home. Their land. She was not bound by the traditions of Imperia.

 “I could wear      jeans    .”

 When she looked back at her husband there was a definite curve to his eyes. A smile?

 Business first. Business before pleasure, she turned back to the stack but her cheeks hurt from the smile pulling at her mouth.

 Perhaps she could wear her jeans in full view of the court one day, and tell them all to fuck off.

 As the year came to a close, with it came a day that Katakuri had almost forgotten even existed.

 Victoria’s birthday.

 Their life together, from one day to the next, had fallen into such a pattern that having something change didn’t feel quit right. They still slept in separate beds but they took long walks to the beach at dusk where Katakuri marvelled at her haki control. He had never seen anyone able to project haki like that before. She was a marvel in the water and the moonlight.

 Their daylight hours were spent governing their lands and walking together in their home. Victoria was beautiful, she was a star in the shape of a woman and she was his bride. Her hand in his, while small, was warm and welcoming.

 So, when he heard one of her ladies in waiting (who sometimes changed places with her, he’d found) mention that the birthday gifts should begin coming in, he realized that he had no idea when she was born. How old even was she?

 So he listened and he looked over files that his mother had procured before they had joined their houses. It was the first time. Mama would tell him what he needed to know, and what he needed to know was that he was marrying this woman.

 Tori was twenty three years old. Four years younger than him. She was born on Imperia, a summer island, in the scant winter months, on the twenty  fifth of January. Her mother had fallen ill and died when she was seven years old.  There wasn’t much about her. No scandals or information about her likes or dislikes. All there was was basic fact. It was one of the scantest reports he’d ever read in his life.

 How could Tori, who was so interesting, have such a dull life?

 She was a mystery that Katakuri was ever so desperate to unravel.  

 He doubted that would happen any time soon. Tori spoke to him, but even still, he struggled to form the right questions he wanted to ask her. Where was her passion, what did she love? Her own people. How different were they from his? Pirates and princesses.

 What a strange story their life was going to be.

 Katakuri had grown up as a pirate, and as the son of Big Mom no less. Their parties were massive and filled with food to feed their mother, mostly, but the rest of them too.

 They had a feast of food and cakes as tall as regular men.

 Yet, there was no part being planned for her, as far as he could see.

 He didn’t understand. But he understood that he, at least, wanted to do something for it.

 So he set about doing something he was good at. Something that didn’t involve fighting or skewering people on his trident.

 He decided he was going to bake her a cake.

 Katakuri sent the chefs out of the kitchen and chased away anyone who tried to come closer than that, a glare peaking over the edge of his scarf.

 By the end of the day he had a cake made, big enough for the pair of them.

 He frosted it and decorated it with careful blue swirls. It wasn’t a masterpiece but…

 He didn’t know what else to get her. She seemed to have everything she could want, at least materially.

 Perhaps there was something else he could do for her. Maybe one day she would tell him, what she wanted. Her dreams, her goals. What were they? She cared about people. Her people, his people, their people. She seemed to understand them so easily and know when something was important and when something was trivial. She knew everyone’s name, everyone's face, and things about their families, hobbies, and homes.

 She even took him into consideration. He could still remember the warmth of her small body pressed against his from behind in the darkness of Imperia. And Brulee. She barely knew her, but she defended his younger sister.

 People were important her.

 And he had thought, before, that she was frivolous. But she had been delighted when she realized she could wear something as trivial as jeans.

 Katakuri tried to clear his mind as he walked the way to his young wife’s room.

 Finally he pushed the door open.

 She was sitting at her desk, writing something in her fanciful, neat handwriting when he walked in. When she looked up at him her strange, false lips were missing and her real ones curved upwards in a smile.

 “To what do I owe the pleasure?” she asked, turning away from whatever she was working on to face him. Her fine dress was draped around her, hiding her from him in soft blues.

 “It’s your birthday,” he said, and set the cake down on a clear space on her desk.

 For a long minute Tori just stared at it. A strange smile sat upon her.

 “This was so sweet of you. Pun intended. But… I can’t eat it.”

 Katakuri frowned behind his mask. Was she on some sort of diet? Was that why she was so thin?

 She must had seen something in his face. Something that gave his thoughts away.

 “I can’t have any cake. Or bread, or ice cream, or anything fried at all. I’m allergic.”

 “To cake?” he couldn't help the horror in his voice.

 “To gluten,” she corrected him gently. “Wheat, barley, rye. Any of that, and it destroys me. If it gets too bad, they have to preform surgery on my internal organs.”

 Katakuri’s mouth fell open. Wheat, Barley, Rye. That was in everything. Everything! On this island especially where Mama had tasked them with growing all of those things to feed her ever growing appetite.  He was the minister of flour!

 “Oh,” was all he could think to say. What else could he offer her? An apology? What good would that do to her allergy.

 One so bad she might have to be cut open if she ate it.

 “But I can have icing. As long as there’s only sugar in it, and no anti-caking ingredients. So, why don’t we share?” her smiled was sweeter than any desert. “I’ll even close my eyes, okay?”

 Katakuri wanted to tell her not to. He wanted to tell her she didn’t need to. He wanted to finally give this facade up.

 He wanted her to never see him.

     When I was married, I had hoped that he might be blind.  

 If Tori had been blind, what would he have done?

 “That sound nice,” he said at last, sitting down on the floor next to her. Her eyes lit up and her smile grew, unrestrained by the fanciful ones she wore regularly.

 Tori went to her dresser and came back with a long scarf that she tied around her eyes, hiding them from him and him from her.

 Katakuri was left in charge or splitting the icing from the cake and gathering it in a spoon for her. He was careful not to let a single crumb get into it. He got to see her smile, and listen to her laugh and talk to her.

 It was the first birthday they spent together.

 He hoped that by the end of the next one, he might not even have to ask her to close her eyes.

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 977 - Initial Thoughts

So we the party is going to start but according to the title ‘not now’

Spoilers for Chapter 977 below, Support the Official Release

Starting with the Cover Story, Lola and Chiffon have their reunion, and we thought that’d be the only family reunion today

They say ‘the 10 are finally together’ but does that include Carrot? She is embracing Jimbei too after all and no other non-SH is there...

I’m still on the fence about Jimbei’s legitimacy, carrying the wounded away from Big Mom and escaping unscathed? We have to be mindful, if we see him jump into water at least we can rule out Brulee. Also I really need to know if Reiju is okay because that woman is my Baeju, come on ‘Jimbei’ SPILL!

That’s also a super serious encounter with him and Franky

Zoro’s haki is so strong that he can sense alcohol nearby XD

Shishillian jumping right in to know the plan, it’s a bit odd thinking that he’ll lead the minks instead of Inu, Neko’s still missing as well. Hyou leading the samurai freed makes a little more sense given his history

Denjiro still oblivious to Kin’emon’s luck, noting how Kanjuro knows the initial flank plan

It’s sensible to plan with Law though, he knows that Luffy and Kid won’t follow and will attack head on, but this also leaves them as bait

But then there’s the Super Flank! Law using his Room to bypass the side whirlpools is a solid plan, but the Scabbards who are prime targets are risking a bottleneck by going around the mountain

Yeah like there was any threat that the Sunny was blown up, so what if there’s a garrison? Zoro senses Alcohol and Luffy wants to party, there’s no stopping that

Nami, Usopp and Chopper stay on the ship to ‘conserve energy’ I’m sure, this is where the earlier wonder on whether Carrot is nakama gets more confusing, she greets Jimbei but she doesn’t get a fight panel

Zoro’s a happy boy having his booze, the first front line is done and there’s now more weapons for the allies

But it is a little worrisome that the SHs praises are being sang this early, this is only level 1 of the raid

Luffy delaying the banquet because he knows that parties in One Piece happen after an Arc ends

Killer’s back with his mask as Kid prepares to continue the rivalry with Luffy as they fight for Kaido’s head, if Jimbei is legit this should be no contest in a ship race. I also think that Kid’s crew are copying Killer’s laugh to make him feel at ease and if so that is kinda sweet

Our final pages show Kaido and Orochi feasting; Kaido’s already drunk, we got another shadowed beast while Big Mom is getting dressed. I do hope that Courtesan is just there for dramatic purposes and not actually present, because that could mean that Hiyori is already there...

Tell me that’s not a translation miss though...MY SON!? Kaido’s son is here...is this gonna confirm theories that Katakuri and his brothers are Kaido’s? Is there another character we’ve already met that’s actually Kaido’s kid?

The Flying Six are coming too, Kaido’s sending them to BM first though. We already know that Drake and Page One are part of this group, and you can tell Drake from his boots, Page One is probably one of the shaded people at the back and the woman looks like she has Galette’s coat, we should also be wary of the swordsman and the fancy dressed person at the front, something tells me that next week we’ll instantly recognize these people...

So the raid has officially started and...yeah reason to be worried. Luffy and co are already riding high and planning the post-victory party. I wouldn’t say they’re underestimating the challenge but they are treating it like a certainty. The threat of the Flying Six as well as Kaido’s son, Kanjuro, Apoo, the Numbers, the disasters, Big Mom’s subordinates and sweet commanders, we all know this isn’t gonna go swimmingly.