It was cold, the snow just would not let up, Usopp shivered as he sat in the crows nest, his jacket the only thing to keep him warm from the ever growing cold.

Usopp was nearly about to sleep, his eyes felt like lead, trying to lull him to the land of dreams, he cursed this cold weather, thinking back to a moment in time where he nearly died in such conditions.

Yet his mind told him not to think of it for it is the past and it was time to move on from that.

Plus there was something else that was plaguing his mind, something very serious indeed.

Usopp's will to be awake slowly drifted and the next thing he knew, he fell asleep.

What greeted him when he entered this state, was a dream that was familiar to him…

It was always the same dream, he would see the cook in his kitchen, making another meal, Sanji would turn round and smile at him, not the smile he usually had when he was wooing a girl but, something different.

He would walk over to him, speak his name in a loving manner and then kiss him.

Usopp remembered the first time he had this dream, this dream was what shocked him and had him questioning his feelings for the black legged cook.

At first it scared him…

Terrified him…

He couldn't keep calm for a week because of this dream but as the days went on he got more use to it.

He was able to hide his feelings but there were days that Usopp would dare to hope on being something more than a nakama to Sanji.

But it was obvious that Sanji was not in to men, it just scared Usopp about being rejected, if he was near him then that was all the sharp shooter really wanted.

He cared about Sanji, he cared about him a lot, it was just so scary to reveal his feelings to the cook.

"Usopp?" the Sanji in his dreams pulled away from the kiss, looking concerned until Usopp felt like the world was shaking.

"Usopp! Don't sleep up here you'll catch a cold!" what he woke up to was Sanji shaking him.

Usopp moaned as he shifted his body, his arms were numb, no scratch that his entire body was numb "Huh? S-Sanji?"

Sanji narrowed his gaze at him, sighing at the response "Come on, your shift was meant to be over an hour ago, I was wondering if you were ever going to come down"

The sharp shooter blinked a few times before his eyes went shut, the Sanji in his dreams was much more different than the one that's in his reality.

The cook growled, shaking Usopp again so that he doesn't drift off to the realm of dreams once more.

"Come on!" he snapped, all that Sanji got for reply was more incoherent grumbling.

"Sleepy~" was all Usopp could muster

"Then go to bed"

Usopp's eyes seemed to have opened but it seemed that he was not yet fully released from the sleepy mistress' coils.

'Am I still dreaming?'

The blond sighed in annoyance, removing his cigarette from his mouth while his free hand ran through his golden locks.

"Damn it, why do I have to deal with this? Hey Usopp if your awake then you should go back to the-"

It took a while for Usopp to realise what happened it was too late, what he could see when he opened his eyes again was a shocked reaction in Sanji's eyes, when wondering what was wrong, the sniper realised that his arms were locked round Sanji's neck and that their lips were joined.

'What am I? SHIT!'

Usopp pushed Sanji away and jumped on to his feet, his entire body shaking from both the fear of being kicked to death by the cook and from the fact that he just kissed the person he liked.

"S-S-S-S-S-S-SANJI I-I'm sorry!" Usopp shock, his feet back tracking to the rope ladder down the crows nest. "I-I-I-I-I-I I was still half asleep you know, haha I didn't mean to do that, it was, it was the cold weather and, and-"

Sanji was still in shock, his eyes watching Usopp as he shock and shivered from fear, the shooter taking more steps until he was near the edge of the crows nest and was about to make another step.

"A-And it was cold so-"

"USOPP WATCH OUT!"

"Eh?" It felt like the ground he was walking on was snatched away from him, next thing he knew he was falling, all air left his lungs so he couldn't scream for help.

Usopp wondered what was going to happen when he reached the bottom, he didn't even know how he survived from the tower of law when it got hit but having done something like that to Sanji felt like a thousand times worse than this.

He was scared, scared of having Sanji find out how he truly felt about him, horrified in knowing what the cook will do to him, knowing that he would be rejected and beat up.

Time just seemed to stand still, everything just seemed to slow down, why do the heavens mock him?

Why did he screw things up?

Could he turn back the clock to before he felt this way?

"USOPP!"

Of course he couldn't, the very moment they met, Usopp admired Sanji when they went through all that together, from the snow to the desert, to the skies, heck even when they were at Water 7 and the Enies Lobby, his feelings slowly changed from admiration to something else entirely.

Usopp didn't mean for any of it to happen and now he's probably screwed everything up, Sanji probably hated him, all these thoughts just spun in countless of circles in his head until he felt a hand grabbing his own, snapping his mind back to the present.

The sniper king slowly looked up, his mind slowly registering to him that he should pay attention to this moment, Sanji was looking down on him, his breath panting heavily, hand holding on tightly to his own.

"You idiot! Look where you're going! You trying to give me a heart attack you MORON!" Sanji snapped, quickly pulling Usopp back up to the crow's nest "What do I tell our captain? No, everyone that I nearly lost our sharp shooter because he wasn't paying attention to where he's going!"

Sanji grabbed Usopp by the shoulder's, shaking him "We're not going to lose you again you dumbass!I'll never let that happen!" Sanji gripped his hand's tighter on the sniper's shoulders, Usopp winced from the sudden pain.

The air grew thick with the tension, the snow continued to float down from the skies.

"Now you better explain to me what the hell all that was! Why did you kiss me? And you better think very carefully because if I don't like what I hear your finished!"

Usopp's face went pale, his mouth fell open yet the words were trapped in his throat, mind going blank from the mere look in Sanji's eyes, it was like the cook's eyes had paralysed him on the spot.

Heartbeat going at a hundred and fifty beats a minute, Usopp started to feel dizzy, anymore of this and Usopp knew he would pass out.

"Oh no you don't! Don't think your going to escape from this by passing out!"

There was no way he was going to get out of this, just no way…

"Usopp! Earth to Usopp hey! Don't you dare pass out, hey!"

Everything faded to black, Usopp just couldn't handle the pressure, he fired a shot he couldn't take back and now he's screwed up.

For being the crew's sharp shooter, his aim on this occasion was terrible…

TO BE CONTINUED

Authors Note: Drum roll please (Insert drum roll sound here) Welcome to my first ever One Piece fic revolving around the Sanji and Usopp slash pairing.

I have seen a couple of episodes of this show, Usopp was always my favourite character because he wasn't hot, he wasn't always brave, he was the underdog and that's why I love him.

He's not like the other members, even though he's one of the weaker members, that doesn't mean he's a pushover, Usopp is a character more suited to long range fighting and plotting out a strategy when dealing with an enemy he can't handle, I was impressed with his fight against Luffy and found that to be a highlight to his capabilities, of course there was also the fight with Perona, when push comes to shove he'll try his best to get through.

Also when I watched the show, my shipping goggles slowly started to come round and I noticed the synergy between Sanji and Usopp, I had to either laugh or felt touched when their together.

So this is probably only going to be a two-part fic.