#shoves luzo into our sanuso rp

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"You forget, King Usopp, that I am but a lowly Mr Prince, not a high and noble King - I know nothing of inheritance and rule." And wasn't that the truth, "but it was impressive." He added after a small pause.

Sanji was more of a lie over the phone, come in clutch quietly kinda guy. Usopp was loud and he did it scared and Sanji admired that. He kinda thought he was pathetic at first, but Alabasta truly changed how he saw Usopp in his eyes.

If Alabasta had changed it, Water 7 had just cemented it.

... And of course, Kambakka Kingdom had changed a lot more for him, too. As Usopp spoke, Sanji shrank more into himself, remembering all too well the openness of the Queens, and just how much he'd learnt about things he wasn't sure if he was thankful for, or if he wanted someone to erase his memory about.

If he wasn't more embarassed about his time in "hell", he'd... probably ask Usopp first, out of everyone. But he'd already established that he was not going to be talking about it.

... Though, he often seemed to break his own rules when it came to Usopp-

He forced an errant thought and a blush away. Nope, not thinking about that right now. Other things to do. Such as. Discuss his crewmates's sex lives.

Of course, he would rather die than admit to Usopp he wasn't about to be getting any - especially not on this ship - and so he resigned himself to his fate of buying condoms for the other horny rabbits on the ship. Namely Zoro and Luffy, because as much as he didn't want to know about them, unfortunately they were not subtle, especially after being separated for two entire years.

"I wouldn't call buying... those sort of products a love language, but sure, I guess. If it keeps them clean and out of my galley."

He finally gave in, reaching into his jacket and grabbing a cigarette, if for nothing else than to have something in his mouth to chew, even if he didn't want to light up in front of Usopp, presently.

"... But we are friends, and I'd do it for you." He felt a little raw and exposed admitting it, but he also missed him in those two years. It was weird having a cooking station where Usopp wasn't present. Sunny was a weird enough adjustment at first, until Usopp found his way in there to tinker while Sanji cooked.

He crossed his hands over his chest; a little protectively, a little self consciously.

"Anyway- we should... we should go up on deck and wait for Nami-san's word on when we'll be arriving. I need to ask her for an allowance for shopping anyway."

He turned on his heel, picking up the grocery list and shoving his hands into his pockets, but turning back to wait for Usopp.

"You coming?"

   “Look, the day you can successfully lie about beingー ooh, I don't know, the future king of a small country to someone three-four times our size on the fly is the day you can guilt me for it. Anyway, doesn't matter, right? I mean I got us outta there didn't I? And chances are we'll never see that guy again in our lives! So I count that as another victory for me. There's no debt to pay if the collector is on the other side of the Red Line.”

It was the kind of logic he expected from Nami. But Nami would have been able to twist it around. Make that thug owe her instead. Or maybe they wouldn't owe shit because she was 'so cute' and used that to her advantage.

He lifted his arms and shrugged.

No matter what girls did (or did not do) to him, Sanji loved women. This was a known fact on board the Thousand Sunny as it was on Merry. Sanji worshipped them like sacred treasure. And admired them with unmatched passion. Sadly, on the flip side of this ‘girl crazy’ nature was that he didn't seem particularly like men. Most men. It wasn't the case that he hated men, but he certainly wasn't as lenient with them.

Or especially patient. Or super friendly.

No hearts appeared in his eyes over a well dressed fellow on their way through the market. And his heart has probably never experienced the feverish thump of l’amour for a handsome guy as they smiled or said hello. The closest that Usopp ever got to raising his eyebrow at the love cook was Ace.

But maybe that was a misread.

Those were early days, and he'd gone through more than enough head trauma to misremember Sanji from before they'd even set foot on Alabasta.

"Whether we wanna think about it or notー" Usopp might have thought about it. Men. Sex. "ー Guys do it too! You're a guy, you've got a dick. Gotta wrap that thingy up! It's just a fact of life! Having the option to use lube and condoms is way better than the alternatives. Think of it like... Healthcare! Self care. It's a comfort thing. A love thing. Lots of people do it. And besides, we're friends, aren't we? Got eachother's backs? Buying personal care for someone can be a love language."