AN: Unrelated to "Let's Play a Game!", which is a more silly Squalo/Yamamoto drabble fic I write. I'm not sure about you, but I like it when a writer explains how an emotion starts instead of throwing a character at it. :3 This will probably be the only author's note until the last chapter, which is ultimately chapter 10.

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Steely gray eyes skimmed over the picture, taking in the almost all-too-cheery smile the boy imposed possessed. Tch, I'll wipe that stupid grin off his face. An annoyed sneer pulled at a corner of his mouth, exposing a row of dangerously sharp teeth.

"I'll take that grin and shred it into tiny fucking pieces!" He held tightly onto the portrait shot between an almost reluctant pair of fingers while angrily stalking through the Varia base.

The word 'naivety' couldn't help but to come to Superbi Squalo's mind.