A/N: finally managed to get it in time, it's almost 15 minutes before the third of March here in my country, I tried my best but got really distracted. Anyhow this idea was supposed to start during February but I just missed the dates, so this is the first chapter, I did a quick proof reading but tomorrow I will do an actual one and change anything if needed. Also Happy Birthday to our greatest cook Sanji.

Disclaimer: I own nothing except for this idea

Sanji

In the middle of the night a young captain made his way towards the kitchen as usual, he had managed to bypass all of the traps and for once he didn't cause any ruckus. He smiled to himself as he felt happy with his accomplishment, no one would know what happed and he is lucky to be the one on watch tonight, thus the chances of him being busted are slim.

He slowly slid past the counter for the kitchen and finally his sandals landed on the clean marble floor of the kitchen; everything was so clean and tidy, a courtesy of their cook. The teen smiled and began making his was to the cupboard and pulling out some utensils, for the first time he is going to cook.

The blonde chef couldn't exactly sleep, there was this nagging feeling in his stomach that told him to wake up and check things for himself. He groaned and rolled on his side, he tried to fall asleep again before his eyes shot wide open, this late at night and the traps he set up didn't go on specially since Luffy was on watch, something was indeed wrong.

He shuffled out of his bunk and quickly slid in his shoes and rushed out of the men's quarters, careful as to not wake anyone up Sanji mad his way towards the deck. Slowly peering the door open he noticed that it was dead silence, there was no shitty captain looking out and on watch, there was no noise indicating one of his traps was set off, something was definitely not right.

He cursed under his breath and began looking around, but there was nothing and no one. Just as he was about go inside and alert the crew of the missing captain he came to a halt as he heard the sound of metal in the kitchen. Thinking about it he came to the only logical answer that the rubbery teen managed to somehow sneak into the kitchen without setting the alarms off.

Without wasting any second he dashed towards his sacred room and found his suspicions correct, there in the kitchen a certain black haired teen was picking up a metal pan that was on the floor, "L-U-F-F-Y" he called out the culprit's name slowly and in a deadly tone. The said boy just looked up towards the source of the voice sheepishly.

"Ah~ Sanji" he stated in a bored and lazy tone as if he didn't care that he was busted, "sorry shishishi"

"Oi don't sorry me, what do you think you are doing huh?" he asked with a raised curly brow, his arms folded over his chest and foot tapping the tiled floor, "if you needed a midnight snack you could've told me or you would at least keep some food"

The next thing the young captain did was totally unexpected, he set the metal pan on the counter and sighed, "I don't want food" he sighed and seemed to think for a while as his face turned red as if he was having a fever. Once everything clicked he let out a breath that he kept holding and regained his balance, "Sanji can you help me, I want to cook something special but I want it to be by my own hands, so please?" he asked

"W-what?" the cook asked with a gaping mouth at the revelation of his captain's plan but quickly regained his composure and held a neutral face, "but may I ask why and what is it that you are going to do?" he asked as he reached next to his captain. It was his duty to follow the captain's order but this is the first time he heard of this.

"Well it's a secret but I want to cook a cake, it would be special if I was the one who cooked it because otherwise it wont be like I planned, I was thinking that maybe if I look in your recipe book but I couldn't find it" came the reply of his captain causing the blond to sigh and pull out the correct utensil for making a cake.

"So you want me to teach and supervise you, huh?" he asked as he set the items on the table and received a nod from his captain, a small smile made it's way to the cook's lips as he began to wonder what secret could Luffy keep for so long and why would it be special if he was the one who made it, "alright but no eating, stealing or walking out, get it"

"I wont, it's a promise," the captain stated with a grin, but something in his words reassured his friend that he is going to keep his words.

Getting the necessary ingredients out he set them and began explaining the basics such as washing ones hands and such, he then began explaining how to crack the eggs and measure the sizes. Much to Sanji's surprise his captain didn't complain or mess up, he actually almost got the exact measurements and was so focused as if his life depended on it; this only fueled his curiosity more.

More than an hour later with a bit of mess and frustrated groans and a few splinters the teen pulled his cake out of the oven and let it cool down for a few minutes before starting to coat it with vanilla white icing and setting it into the fridge; though it wasn't in the best shape – more like a work of a 7 year old.

"No one is allowed to touch it or taste it unless I say so, and they are also not allowed to see it because I want to write something on it in the morning, captain's orders" Luffy ordered in his commanding tone, that caused Sanji to sigh and suggest locking it up in the giant fridge and not the one that holds the snacks outside. After checking that everything was clean and set and the icing ready for tomorrow both males made their way out with the cook heading to get some sleep and the captain back to his watch.

The morning came out so fast for Sanji as he groaned and rolled out of bed, it was time for him to prepare breakfast and food for one bottomless pit. He washed his face and brushed his teeth as usual before changing his clothes and headed to the kitchen. Half an hour later he returned to the men's quarters and woke his captain up, and for the first time the teen didn't protest when being woken up but instead jumped with a beaming face.

"It's morning already" he whispered in a hushed tone confusing Sanji. For the first time did his captain display such behavior and it didn't make any sense whatsoever, and he could only nod in surprise. The rubbery teen then slid in his sandals and changed washed quickly before heading to the kitchen with the cook on his tail.

After preparing the breakfast and setting the table while the teen secretly began writing on the cake the chef called out for the rest of the crew. One by one they each gasped when they saw that their captain was awake and helping or was that cooking?

"Don't ask, he was like that since last night" the cook muttered as he glanced at the back of his captain, multiple comments passed in the air as everyone began taking a seat, just as Sanji was about to move his captain turned around, and held his cake in his hands before clearing his voice which was a never.

"Okay everyone, take a seat," he ordered in his captain voice which confused everyone and made them feel uneasy, even Sanji seemed more confused than before. He picked up the cake and walked towards the group setting it in the middle, for everyone to see. Eyes widened in shock as the chef opened his mouth and let his cigarette fall to the ground, before looking at his captain.

On it was written 'Happy B-day Sanji' in a scribbly writing much to the amusement of everyone; "it's March 2 today right?" he stated with a wide smile, "your birthday is today, happy birthday"

"Is it?" the chef asked stupidly

"Oh he's right it is the 2nd of March," Nami answered as she read the date on the newspaper, "How did you know that today is his birthday"

"Well remember that day after we met again at Saboady when we each talked about our birthday's, yours is July 3, Usopp April 1, Zoro is November 11, Robin February 6, oh Franky is next week, Brook is April 3, Chopper December 24, hnn… did I miss someone?" he answered, "so I thought that Sanji cant have a birthday if he was the one to cook a cake so I thought that maybe I could cook it for him"

"I doubt it's edible, maybe it's uncooked" she exclaimed as she looked at the cake disgustingly earning a frown and a pout from her captain, "hey I worked all night on it and even had Sanji to super vase me"

"It's supervise" the chef corrected, "and Nami-Swan let me check if it is edible before you can have a taste of it" he began as he danced and twirled around in a happy tone

"Whatever, are you going to cut it or not?" he asked as he looked at his nakama.

"Fine" the birthday man sighed and grabbed a knife, perfectly slicing a triangle out of the cake and placing it onto his plate, he watched and supervised as Luffy cooked the cake so he knew that it was edible, taking a small lump in a fork and getting rid of his cigarette he took the lump into his mouth. The room became silent as they watched their precious chef eat what could be a poisonous cake.

"Hnn…not bad for a first try, though it's a bit too sweet on the icing but everything is well armature" he stated in amazement and urged his companions to have a taste, as everyone took a slice he turned to his captain with a glare, "I thought you couldn't cook or get into a kitchen without ruining everything?"

"Well it was Sanji's birthday so I had to give it my best, it was really hard work that I thought I was going to get sick and die, how do you stand doing all of that the entire time, everything has to be so perfect" he commented with an expression that confused most of the Strawhats, it was as if he was about to loose his mind from thorough concentration.

Grinning cheekily he quickly scanned the table before managing to somehow steal all of the food on the table and shove some in his mouth before making a dash out to the deck. "LUFFY!" yells of annoyance echoed through the Thousand Sunny as their captain laughed his ass of after stealing all of the food.

"At least he left the cake" Sanji commented dryly as he looked at his birthday cake. True it wasn't the best cake out there and it was way too sweet to his liking, just like his captain mentioned last night, since it came from him it is special and he would give him credit for being able to survive being in the kitchen that long, it must've taken a lot of self control to not focus on anything else, so he will let him get away with this just for today.