Title: Denial
Paring: Franky/Usopp
Theme: Sensible
Rating: K+
Word count: 213
Warning: I got nothing.
Disclaimer(s): Oda owns these guys!
The presents Franky would sometimes give his crewmate weren't really gifts. They were sensible, practical things, like tools and supplies, just passing stuff along to a fellow inventor.
And that time he'd given Usopp the candy he'd convinced Sanji to make, it had been for a good reason. To say sorry for keeping the sharpshooter up all night working on another project. And of course he hadn't kept him up so long on purpose. The hours had just gotten away from them. Because of the project, of course.
And those times he blushed… well, it wasn't really blushing. Just a flush, really, because it was warm down there in the fuel room where they were refilling the cola barrels.
And Usopp didn't seem to mind, really, that sometimes Franky would sit a little too close to him when they worked together on a blueprint. Or that when he'd lean over the younger pirate he'd keep his hand on Usopp's shoulder just a little longer than necessary.
But the cyborg couldn't deny that when Usopp would look over at him with a wide smile and a glint in his eye, the few human organs Franky had left would tingle a bit. And maybe it wasn't a very sensible feeling, but it was definitely super.