I do not own One Piece.


I walking towards the galley full of determination, and a slight bit of fear, okay a lot of fear. But there was no way to get out of it now. Nami had found out about my crush on Sanji, how she found out I will never know, I thought I hid it pretty well, but she found out and decided that I needed to tell him. I tried to argue with her, knowing that telling him would make everything really awkward and more than likely make him hate me, but Nami isn't really the time of person someone like me can argue with. So, here I am, standing at the galley door, trying to stop myself from shaking so much. Taking a deep breath, I throw the door open, quickly walk in and to where Sanji was standing at the counter chopping some vegetables for dinner. He turns his head and opens his mouth to say something, but I quickly cut him off by smashing my lips against his. It was a chaste kiss, that only lasted a couple of seconds before I pull away. Seeing his wide-eyed expression, I quickly turn around and run out of the room, heading to my workshop to wallow in my misery. I skipped dinner that night, and ended up sleeping in my workshop, not wanting to risk running into Sanji. The next morning, Nami comes and finds me, thankfully bringing me a plate of food. She sits next to me as I eat, not saying a word. Even though it was pretty much her fault, I could never be mad at her for it, I know she was just trying to make me happy. After I finish eating, I lean my head against her shoulder and tell her what happened. Her sympathy seems to end by the time I am done with my story.

"You didn't even wait for a reply, Usopp?" she yells angrily.

"Well….no, but you should have seen his face, he was obviously mortified." I defend, my voice a little broken from having just cried. I feel myself begin to tremble as she glares furiously at me.

"Stop being such a coward and get up on deck, and I better not see you avoiding him or else," she threatens before stomping out of the room. I swallow nervously and begin to follow her, when the door is once more opened. I feel my body tense up and my eyes widen as Sanji calmly walks through the door, shutting it behind him. He sits down, leaning against the closed door, effectively cutting off my only means of escape. He stares at me expectantly, so I slowly sink down to the floor a few feet in front of him. He continues to stare at me as he pulls out a cigarette and lights it. Taking a deep inhale and slowly exhaling the smoke back out he finally opens his mouth.

"What was that yesterday?" he asks calmly. I begin fidgeting, trying my best not to look him in the face. I try and try to come up with a believable excuse, but for once my mind doesn't seem to be working. I open and close my mouth several times, not able to make a sound. Sanji slowly leans forward, lifting him hand. I screw my eyes shut, flinching back a little expecting a hit to come, but all he does is slowly wipe away the tears that I had not even realized had begun falling. I slowly open my eyes to see him smiling softly at me.

"Do you love me, Usopp?" he whispers quietly. I stare in shock, before involuntarily nodding my head. His smile widens and I realize what I had just admitted. Feeling an intense blush cover my cheeks, I turn my head away, only to have Sanji grab my chin, forcing me to face him again. "I love you," he whispers against my lips before softly pressing them against mine.

Feeling the tears begin to gather in my eyes, I turn around and run back to Sunny. I had went to meet Sanji for our date, only to find him flirting with a group of scantly dressed women, who were hanging all over him. Don't get me wrong, I am used to seeing him flirt with women, that is nothing new, but it was the way he looked that really got to me this time. He looked so happy. He was grinning broadly, lightly laughing, and had a….a sparkle in his eye. A sparkle that I had never seen. I run onto the quiet Sunny, Zoro being the only other person on it, having been chosen to guard the ship. I run to my workshop, pulling my knees up to my chest and begin sobbing. I ended up crying myself to sleep. I was awoken hours later by a banging on the door behind me. Blearily opening my eyes, I jump up and open the door, finding myself face to face with an enraged Sanji. He pushes his way into the room and slams the door behind him.

"What the hell, Usopp? You were supposed to meet me three hours ago for our date." he yells glaring angrily at me. I try to keep my head facing elsewhere, not wanting him to see my red and puffy eyes.

"Sanji…I…I think we should….break up." I whisper out brokenly, hating myself for saying those words, but knowing it was best. He would obviously be much happier with some woman.

"Wha…what? What are you saying Usopp? Where did this come from?" he asks, sounding confused. I feel the tears begin to fall down my cheeks and I try to stifle the sobs. I hear him walk forward before a gentle hand touches my cheek and begins wiping the tears away. "What's wrong, Uso? Did something happen? You can tell me. You know you can tell me anything. I love you." Suddenly feeling angry, I push Sanji away, glaring furiously at him.

"Stop it! Just stop Sanji. I can't do this anything more….Why are doing this to me?" I whisper out brokenly, falling to my knees. "Why do you pretend to care about me? Why do you keep saying you love me? I know it isn't true, you could never love me. You could never love any male. You obviously love women so much, so why Sanji? Why do you do this?…Why do you get my hopes up, just to crush them?" I look up at him, to see him staring at me with his eyes wide and his mouth hanging open.

"What are you talking about? I do love you, more than I have ever loved anyone…I don't love women, I just think that they deserve to have someone tell them how nice they look and they of course deserve to be shown respect. But I would never love one, not like I love you." He whispers, siting down in front of me and pulling me into his lap, holding me tightly against his chest. "I love you so much, Usopp."

"I love you, too, Sanji." I stutter out between the sobs, before wrapping my arms tightly around him and crying into his shoulder.

I open my eyes, finding myself laying on the cold, hard ground in a dimly lit room. Sitting up and looking around, I realize that I am in a cell. Trying to think of what could have happened, I didn't notice that I wasn't alone, until I heard a groan behind me. Turning sharply around, I watch silently as Sanji sits up, looking just as confused as I felt.