ONE PIECE
TITLE: POPULARITY POLL
AUTHOR: mrredrum
PAIRING: None, or maybe ZoroxSanji?
WARNING: PG
NOTES: Something that amused me every time after I read the result of popularity polling in one piece manga. And my very much thank you for kakairupowns-san for the beta. Oh, and for this drabble actually I plan it to write a sister drabble which will be the inverse side of this drabble. Thank you.
"… It can't be. It can't be real… Why did this happen again?" How the hell do these shitty things happen in the first place, anyway?
"What the hell are you muttering about, cook? I'm trying to take a nap here. Go away, you're tainting my peaceful zone."
"Shut up, Marimo. If you would at least open your lazy eyes for a minute you'd see that our captain and long-nose are here too. Why am I the only one who's always bothering you, anyway? That's about as unfair as these shitty-things…"
"… What shitty-things?"
"… Nothing. It's just that the bird-post sent the newspaper to Nami-san, and I kind of borrowed it because… well, because I saw that they did the annual popularity poll for this year. The result finally came out…"
"And?"
"And I came in third again. How come you always come in second under Luffy, you asshole? I mean, you barely do anything useful on the show. You just practice with your dumb dumbbells, sleep after almost dying in all of your fights, occasionally losing your shirt… wait, maybe that last part is the reason. Ladies usually love naked sexy guys, anyway… and you're not that bad when you're naked... So, what do you think? Should I start a new habit of losing my shirt after my fights, Marimo?"
"… Did you just say that I'm not bad looking when I'm naked, cook?"
"No. You must be imagining it in one of your shitty-dreams again… AH! NAMI-SWANNN! I'M SO SORRY, I BORROWED YOUR NEWSPAPER WITHOUT PERMISSION! I'LL GLADLY GIVE IT BACK TO YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A DELICATE AND BRILLIANT LADY LIKE YOU MUST BE DEVASTATED WITHOUT SOMETHING GOOD TO READ. ROBIN-CHWANN! I JUST MADE A PASTRY FROM ONE OF MY NEW RECIPES! A GORGEOUS LADY LIKE YOU COULD ENJOY IT WITH YOUR AFTERNOON TEA. WOULD YOU LIKE SOME, MY MELLORINE?"
"… Hn… see, that's why you always come in third, baka-cook…"