A/N: I do not own One Piece.
Setting: It is modern, but no smartphones, internet, social media, etc. to avoid all confusion for the writer. Gay marriage is allowed.
Kid is married to OC, but bear with me. I only use OCs for flexibility in the story. I needed this character for this story.
Lastly, rated M is for the mature content. I won't attempt detailed sexual scenes since I am not quite into writing them myself. There will only be some jokes here and there but nothing in detail. Also, it is set as M as a warning in case 'Tomorrow' did make readers tear up.
Enjoy.
Murder
Part One- Hidden Truths
Prologue: The Last Entry
9/20/XX80
Uh... Hello. Yes, it's been a long while. Wait, the last one dates only a couple weeks ago. So, I guess it really hasn't been that long. Anyways, the usual, I'll start off with the updates.
Ah, but first, yes- the ink is different. My usual beloved India ink has ran out. I went to the closest craft store to buy a new one and found out that the store has been replaced. It was now some Istanbul rug store. I did take a look inside, but because of the stuffed air I had to evacuate, as I couldn't stop the endless of sneezes I went through.
I wonder when did the store changed? I remember about three years ago, when I first moved into Eustass's Estate, it was still there. The three of us, him and his wife of course, went there since Welma wanted to try painting this time. She's always been searching for her hobby. Haven't found one yet, unfortunately. Just buying and letting it leave to waste as usual.
I thought I wrote about this before. Let me check- since I don't want to write the same story again.
Hm. It's not there. All right then. Guess I forgot to write it. Well, that day, while Welma was searching for the paints- I've got to mention that she ended up using it only once- Eustass-ya looked around with me. Back then, I couldn't understand why he would hang around with me all the time- I guess I still don't really understand why he doesn't stick with his beautiful wife of his to look around places.
Ugh. Sidetracking again. Anyways, I saw the ink on the shelves and remembered that I was able to see the bottom notch- you know, bottles and vials have that concavity facing downward with this weird circular blob in the center?
Well, I basically saw the tip of the bottom. So I grabbed the ink. Eustass-ya was curious- as usual- and asked me what I was gonna use it for. I told him that it was ink for this diary.
Ah, and he laughed, saying "What, you write some of your fantasies in it?"
I glared at him and told him to fuck off and explained to him that I kept a diary to exert out all of my stress. You know I never liked discussing things with people, but it's bad to just keep it inside? Yeah, so I started it since... what? High school?
Then he asked me, "What, you're stressed?"
"Was" I told him. "You know I used to work at a huge facility"
"But you now only work for me. Are you still stressed?"
"I told you: Was."
"Then what is there to write?"
"Just in case."
"...Why don't you write fun good times instead of the bad times? It'll be fun to reread them again than to reread bad times and revive those awful feelings again." Eustass-ya said.
He had a good point, but it was a tool to outflow my stress somewhere.
But, as you can even see it, from then on, for about three years, I've only been writing the fun times. Events, Christmas, small little things that made my day joyful. I come back with a pen only to write these things.
"I'll pay for it" he said and took the ink out of my hands into the shopping basket he was holding. Well, that was kinda nice of him. Man, the things a Millionaire can do. I would never pay even a small thing like that for a friend. I'm a poor doctor that needs every cent for stocking my medicines.
-Anyways, he then asked what notebook I use. We looked around and actually found the exact same brand I've been using. It was this one with the plain brown leather.
"Your taste is boring" Eustass-ya said. I just gave him a look; he had that dorky look on him- teasing me. I always changed the diary design every time I finished one since using the same design gets boring. I was only using this plain one at that time. Once I was done with that one, I was going to change it to some other one.
However, he took that new notebook and placed it in the basket.
"You're buying that? I don't need another one." I told him.
"Who said it's yours? I'll start a diary too."
"Then why don't you pick a different design?" I told him since there were many other ones.
"Eh. I think I like this one." Is what he said. I wonder if he's using it? Is he writing all the good times like he suggested? I should ask him tomorrow.
Strange how I've been using the same plain notebook design since then. I guess I like it or something. I haven't changed it to a different design since then. I'm probably going to change it after this one gets full.
So yeah. Wow. That was a huge tangent. It all started with the ink too. Mm... Moving on to updates.
- Welma's sprained ankle seems to be healing. Still haven't figured out how she got it. Very vague at explaining. Found out there was actually a very small fracture.
- Eustass-ya ended up getting rid of all the maids. Eustass-ya says that they were getting too annoying with their gossips. So now I'm doing some of their jobs. Sucks, but I was bored anyways since Eustass-ya and wife don't get sick that often. We still have some butlers- well, Penguin and Shachi are my loyal assistants that I brought with me, so they won't be fired by Eustass-ya
- Eustass-ya is thinking of placing more exterior cameras.
- Eustass-ya will be leaving tomorrow for business and coming back in a month.
- While cleaning both Eustass-ya and Welma's bedroom, a bird flew in the window in Welma's room. Had difficulty catching it.
- Welma won't be inviting friends over while Eustass-ya is gone. A bit concerned. She seems to be a bit depressed lately, but she won't tell me.
- Gave Welma a sleeping pill per day since she says that she recently has trouble sleeping. Since she seems to be a bit depressed, gave her the very low dosage one in case she somehow gets her hands on the bottle and drinks it all.
I think that's all the updates.
Ok, so I guess I'll get to the main part. I went out the other day to stock up on some gloves. I've been doing a lot of cleaning and my hands were getting dry from wet wiping and stuff so I went in search for gloves. At least I don't have to clean the whole house. Just the bedrooms. The butlers clean the other places. Weird how Eustass-ya didn't let them clean their rooms. Sucks how they don't sleep in the same room- more to clean...
Anyways, gloves weren't that hard to find, so I decided to stay at the bookstore, since it's been a while. And you know what happens when I'm at the bookstore. Before I knew it, it was already 8pm. Good thing we still have the cook. Otherwise dinner would've been some take out or something.
And so, I went home with an empty stomach. Well, I could've bought something to eat, but I'd rather save my money on books than to eat. Besides, I thought, there were always some leftovers or something in the kitchen to snack on.
When I got back, it was already around 9pm. I asked where the two were to Penguin (butler) and Welma had already gone to bed (does she really need the sleeping pills? Isn't 9pm too early to sleep?) and Eustass-ya went outside to take a walk under the moon.
So after I dumped my stuff into my room, I snuck in the kitchen to take a bite of something. Ah, then I found a note that Sanji (cook) had left saying there's a bowl of stew and some bread in the fridge prepared for me. I was too lazy to warm the bread (although fulfilling, I don't really like it), so I just placed the bowl of stew in the microwave and ate at the kitchen since I would need to come back to clean my dish anyways.
Eustass-ya found me in the act- eating at the counter, standing there, next to the stovetop. He scolded me for having only the lights on the stove on, but didn't bother to turn on the main ceiling lights.
Then, as always, when it's just the two of us, he came up behind me and leaned his whole front portion of his body to my backside and stuck there like a Velcro. He also got both his arms around my stomach. He's been very persistent with the physical contact lately.
"Eustass-ya, you're heavy and it's hard for me to eat." I told him.
"You should've came back on time for dinner then" he said and tightened his grip around my stomach. I cursed and dropped my spoon in the bowl, splashing the stew a little on the counter, making more work for me (Sanji likes to keep the counter and tables clean). He started laughing so I stepped on his foot with my favorite heels.
Well that got him a bit pissed. So he tightened his grip even more and lifted me up to stop the pain. Fuck, his grip was tight. I thought I was going to let all of the stew out.
But I was laughing so hard. Completely forgot about how it was bedtime for some people at the time. Eustass-ya then dropped me and covered my mouth to suppress my laughter- while biting his own lips to shut his laughter too. I couldn't eat for a while since we couldn't stop laughing. It made the situation funnier as we tried to stop it.
It took a while for me to calm down and to pick up my spoon (Eustass-ya wiped the hand that covered my mouth on the front of my shirt. I scolded him 'Hey.' but he just sneered.) and Eustass-ya loosened my grip on me (my back was still heavy with his weight on me), nudged his head on the back of my shoulder and sighed. Then I heard him say,
"Fuck, I love you..."
I think I heard it clearly and it wasn't just me. I mean, he said it right on my shoulder.
"What?" I said. He looked a bit startled- a bit worried about my reaction. I saw through that, so I told him I like him too- but you know, as a good friend. I mean, he does have a lovely wife and all. He smiled, but looked a bit sad- but this might just be me.
Then he told me that he regretted not coming with me to get my gloves. I was actually fine without him since I wasted my time at the bookstore- if he was with me, I wouldn't be able to stay that long, making Eustass-ya wait. But I just told him I was fine. He then said that he had a talk with his wife. I asked him if it was the right thing to I asked him about it since he sounded a bit down. He said not right now, but after he was back from the two week business trip.
After that, I told him to go to bed since he had to get up early tomorrow. He just said that he'll be with me till I go to bed so that I won't be lonely. I just stared at him and he laughed, but I guess he was serious since he stuck around (literally) till I went to my bedroom. We said good night to each other and parted ways.
That's all I wanted to write about.
I wonder what they were talking about while I was gone. Eustass-ya didn't really seem like himself much. Not cheerful enough. Well, I'll just hope he'll have a decent business meeting.
Oh. Also, Eustass-ya demanded me to be up by 6am so that I would eat breakfast with him. I should go to sleep soon. It's already 12am. Good night.
A/N:
Thank you for reading.
The prologue is written in a diary-style, but the chapter hereafter will be written normally. I guess I like trying out different styles and perspectives in writing.
Next update should be next month, a Friday of mid-October.