Yoru

by Nelnel-chan

Sanji was looking for a place, a someone told him to look. He finds a place, that has taken his interest. A shopkeeper, who is running a modest corner shop, has a easy, outgoing attitude who is looking for something to break his everyday usual life. So when these two meet, what could one expect from one another?

Yoru

It was raining. The man, Sanji was walking around in an unknown part of town.

"Shit!" Sanji took out a cigarette and lit it up. "Where is it? I know she told me that it was around here. Why did I decide to come out today? In the shitty rain on all days? Ugh…."

The older blonde couldn't see nothing but fog and drops of rain. Should he turn around now? When he gotten this far? It would be a shame to give up now ain't it?

Suddenly, his saw a painting. It was hanging on a wall behind a window. It showed a beautiful woman with blonde long hair, smiling on a beach, along with three other kids beside her. He looked at the house in front of him and noticed it was small store. He walk in and there was sight to behold.

A man, looking at a magazine. He looked around the blonde's age. He had a black afro in a ponytail. Tan skin. He was wearing yellow sweater along with blue jeans. He noticed his presence. He stare at him, awhile before speaking to him.

"Hello." The man spoke. "What can I do for you?"

"Nothing. Just looking around." The blonde answered as he glance the store. There was toys everywhere for sale, along with some candy on the shelf. It almost seem like it was a castle.

"I'll take these."

The brunette glance at what the man had, and it was a lot of toys.

"Whoa."

"Wa-Wait a second."

"I didn't think he was a customer." He thought as he was scanning the toy one by one. "I thought he was an Intellectual yakuza type or even a land shark." The blonde man was where a suit with some glasses on. Almost looking like a business man. He was a bit worry that something might ha happen. So he felt a bit guilty thinking so.

"That will be 3,000 beri." The blonde man reach out and gently place the cash into his hand. He looked pretty serious. The brunette didn't know what to think about him.

"Thank you. Here is freebie." Usopp gave him another toy as a thank you for buying all these toys. "For buying all these toys." He smile at him.

"Oh….Thank you." Sanji spoke, taking the toy from him and placing it in the bag.

"No. Thank you."The shopkeeper said. "It quite for me to make even, 1,000 beri. Mostly people buy the candy around here."

The older man, bowed down to him, as he left the store.

"That was a strange man." The shopkeeper thought. " I can't imagine what a man like him would want to do with the toy. Even though I was the one who sold it to him."

The next day, the shopkeeper was sleeping on his futon. He felt a shook on his shoulder.

"Dad. Dad. Are you awake?" A voice called to him. He didn't want to wake up.

"Mmmm. Five more minutes." He turned to the side.

"Dad. Please wake up. I'd overslept. So you will have to make breakfast today. I'm sorry."

"Hm? The man finally open his eyes and notice a child next to him. "Puusopp?" He reach out and touch the child's forehead which was burning up.

"Why is your face so red?" The child started to cough. He immediately got up out of bed and started to worry. The child had caught a cold. "You shouldn't go to school today." He put on a jacket and called the school, to excuse his child of absence. "Let's go to the Doctor."