Lost With Nothing and Found a Family to Love
Ch. 2 Part 2
[Ben]
Walking back to my room from what I just did thinking to myself and out loud. "What the hell was I thinking…." ["Kissing my Capt'n like that."]…. I am the biggest idiot on this fucking ship and for being that I'm…" I did not want to think about what would happen if he was really mad. I just keep walking as fast as I was able to. Then I ran right in to Lucky, Yasopp and Kitty.
"Ben you okay you look mad about something?" She said looking at me as I helped Lucky and Yasopp off the ground.
"No cutie I am not mad about anything. Sorry for running into you guys. Are all of you okay not hurt there Kitty are you?" I said back smiling at her. From what I know of this kid she knows more than people ten time her age. Just today when I put up her hair.
-Flash Back-
"Well here's my room Kitty I've got something we can put your hair up in seeing as we both have long hair." Ben smiled at her as she sat down.
Kitty smiled back at him. "Ben thank you….Ummm…Ben can I ask you something?"
Walking up to her when he got all he needed he nodded to her. "Yes Kitty you can always ask me anything even come to me when you need to talk to someone okay. Your a good friend of mine."
"Then okay please don't get mad at me…." He looked at her oddly as he started to put her hair up. "Ben what I want to ask is how long have you been in love with Capt'n and why have you not told him that you are?"
He eyes opened wide as he just looked at her. "Kitty how did you know that and why would you want to get into it. It's not something for a ten year old to get into."
"Well I started remembering things last night about a power I have. So I thought I would see if it was really. I didn't mean to do it on you or the crew but there were no people around. I will never do it again if you tell me not to. Just don't be mad at me." Kitty just looked at him when he got done with her hair.
"It's okay Kitty as long as you don't do it again to the Crew, Capt'n or me. And I'd never be mad at you. Knowing you remembered something that's great to know." He get something out of something. "Here we go this well look cute on you. A girl in a town we went to gave me this don't really like it. But it works on you." he smiled at her.
"Thank you Ben, your like a dad you know that." she smiled back.
-End of Flash Back-
"Yeah I am okay Ben you missed me but you got Yasopp and Lucky good hehehehehe…." She smiled up at me as she walked up to me.
"Yo man it's all good. You did not kill us right hahahaha….So where you running off to like that?" Yasopp said with a big smile and putting a hand on Kitty's head.
"Yeah you seem to be running from someone or something." Lucky said putting food into his mouth again. ["How in hell does he eat like that. But then again Luffy, Ace and even Kitty here almost eat like that."] I gave them all a smirk and was about to tell them that I just wanted to get to my room. When a hand was on my shoulder. Knowing who it was all my mind was saying. ["Don't look back at him, don't say a word. If he is really here to yell then he's really mad and I am a dead man."] But my head was not doing what I told it to so I looked back.
"Capt'n, how are you sir." Did I just do everything I said I would not. ["God I am not very good at stopping myself. But I like looking at him when he smiles. He always had a nice smile. Everything about the man is nice, but his smile makes him so….."] I stopped thinking when he started talking like he was not mad.
"Yeah, Ben I am all good. Well I do need to talk to you and Kitty. But I'd like to talk to her first." Shanks grinned at me ear to ear.
"Yes, Capt'n I am here what is it?" Kitty said walking up to him and smiling. He picked her up and smiled at her.
"Come with me okay. Ooooh…Ben meet me in my room this will not take long okay. And if you ask why I don't like yours. Well one it has to much smoke in it and two I don't what you running off thinking I am going too yell at you. So just go there and wait like the good first mate I know you are." He smiled again as Kitty and him walked off.
"Okay what did you do Ben? You never have talks with the Capt'n." Lucky looked at me lost. Because I was looking at them like what the hell is going on here.
"Ben you in there hey you there?" Yasopp run a hand in front of my face to pull me back down.
I looked at both of them and smiled. "What were you saying Lucky. I am I little out of it today."
"Umm…it's okay but you need to go to the Capt'n's room and if your not there he might be mad at you." Lucky smiled back.
"Yeah that's right man, and you never know you may not have to tell him your in love with him. Maybe that's what it's all about. He wanted to tell you that his madly in love with you and he wanted you to fuck him so bad he can't walk hahahahahahaha…" I hit Yasopp for that one in the back of the head and started back too the Capt'n's room as Yasopp called out. "It was only a joke man that hurt."
"Good never say it again got it you drunk ass. Have a goodnight you too." I called back too them as Yasopp was saying every word in the book. ["Thank god Kitty's not around for that I would hurt him again for saying words like that around Kitty. But what did Capt'n want. Is he going to yell at me in his room or maybe he's going to ask me to leave his crew or kill me. Why does it even matter what he does, it's okay right. He said he was not going to yell at me about it."] Before I knew it I was back at his door looking at it. God this was it the end of the world for me. As I opened the door all my thoughts went to when we were on Whitebeard's ship.
-Flash Back-
Whitebeard looked to see what stopped him from talking and he didn't look to happy about who was there but started to talk. "Well, one of the things going around is it's just a ten year old girl who looks a lot like your Kitty does. Has she done anything out of the ordinary that a ten year old girl can't do and if so I'd have a eye on that one if I was you." He looked back at us.
"Well even if she was this girl she does not remember who she was. Or what happen before we found her. So it's okay for now. But if she is, what do you what with her. Well that does not matter. I would never hand her over to you or the Marines." Shanks looked up a little mad at what he said about Kitty. Just then Blackbeard got up and walked over.
"Like we would ask you to give her up. It's more fun to take it from you. Seeing as if she is that girl she's not human hahahahaha…." He said walking in front of Whitebeard.
"You little, don't you ever say that about Kitty again or I'll kill you." Shanks got up with his hand on his sword. But for some odd reason he was not able to move when he looked down to see what had him. It was me with my arms around his waist. He looked back at me.
"No Capt'n, he's just doing it to start a fight don't give him what he wants okay." I smiled at him as I let go of him.
-End of Flash Back-
["God I want to kill the man for what he said that about Kitty. People have no right to say that about kids. But we did not need to start a fight with Kitty there. I don't always get to put my arm around Shanks waist or even get to hold him for a little bit. I wonder if I well ever have that right?"] I looked around the room it really did need to be picked up. So without thinking about it I started to pick the room up. I mostly did it so I would not think about what Shanks had to say. Then there were the things of how the hell can the man live in a room like this yeah mine has smoke in it but I know I can walk in my room.
"God Shanks you need to pick up more. I know he drink most of the time but come on. This is just sad." I said to myself after about three minutes. That's when someone started talking.
"You talk like my mom did when I was a kid. She'd always say if you can't walk in it you can't live in it." Looking back I saw Shanks at the door smiling at me. ["I do love that smile but I thought he was mad at me. The look on his face when I did that was not good."] But I just smiled back.
"So you like picking up peoples rooms or just the ones you fall for Ben?" He asked laughing.
"I do not see what it's so funny you room needs it. When's the last time you ever saw the ground in here Shanks?" I stopped smiling wanting to know what he wanted to talk about to me.
"Too long Ben,…" He looked away but before that I think I saw red on his face. Maybe I was losing it or he had some drinks as he talked to Kitty. "Ben my room is not why I asked you to come here."
I looked down at the ground. "Yes, I know Capt'n. It's about what I did and I am sorry for it. Seeing as you don't like me back. But if you don't want me around now I can get off on the next island. It would give Kitty someone to live with and all. And if….." I was stopped by Shanks when he started talking.
"Ben shut the fuck up for one minute. God man you may know a lot even more than me. But Ben for once I've got the hand in this one. Okay now." I looked at him a little lost on what he said. He walked up to me and smiled. "Ben all day I've been thinking about you and I don't know why and then you kissed me. But I want you to do it again. I think I am falling for you too. Don't really know, but whatever it is I know one thing. Even if it comes up I don't like you the same I don't what to lose you. I can't do anything without you man. Your the best first mate in the world. Even if I've not been the best Capt'n in the world. So please kiss me again without fighting me on this or asking me why."
"Capt'n I….no Shanks your are the best Capt'n in the world even if you're crazy. As I see it the Capt'n just told me do something and when the Capt'n tells you to do something you have to do it. Without fighting it or asking why to do it. So yes Shanks I will." I put my right hand on his face and a little in his hair. Moving his face up a little to look at me more as I put my left arm around him pulling him close. I saw his face go red as his hair and I smiled at that. I put my lips to his as he closed his eyes and kissed back this time. So I closed my eyes and started moving my right hand in his hair.
Shanks pulled out of the kiss a little. "Ben how is it a guy like you can kiss like that and does not have a girl." My eyes look right into his as I smiled at that. ["Shanks man if you only knew how good of a kisser you were hahahaha….god I am so in love with him even if he say that he does not love me when this is done. Good thing is he will still want me around….."] I was knocked out of my thinking when Shanks kissed me. But I did not fight just kissed back as I felt a smile come up on his lips.
"So does this mean you two have given in and are now fuck buddies." Yasopp come out of nowhere. ["Damnit Shanks did not close that fucking door did he."] We stopped and looked over at the door. I know my face was going red but I don't know about Shanks.
"If so then good. But Capt'n don't just be doing this to make Ben happy he was okay just knowing you." Lucky smiled. ["What is all the crew outside Shanks's room what the hell."]
"Well what do we have here Shanks your not taking my Ben from me are you." Kitty walked in the room running up to me. I pick her up and smiled. I was about to say something when Shanks started up.
"One what the hell are all of you doing in my room, Two who say he's your Ben no kid he's my Ben. He's more of a dad to you that's all got it, and last when did it come to be the crew knows more than me around here?" I just smiled at him. ["Did he just call me his Ben what does that mean….and he thinks he'd know that I don't like Kitty that way she's ten that's not right but I do love her as if I was her dad."]
"So you two are together if you say he's your Ben right Capt'n?" Yasopp looked at him holding back a laugh.
"Wait that came out I thought I was just thinking all that…ummm….." he looked back at me with his face redder then his hair was. I smiled at him as Kitty just started laughing at him. "Well seeing as it came out. Ummm…..Kitty stop laughing your not helping." I put her down put a hand a the side of Shanks's face.
"Shanks you know that most everyone is going to know now. Would you like to be with me?" I smiled at him as the red in his face was not able to get redder.
"Ben I am the Capt'n it's me who has to ask that not you." He move my hand off and looked at me.
"Sorry Capt'n it just seemed you wanted to say it. But it was not coming out." I just smiled at him. ["God he's a little kid sometimes and it cute."]
"It Shanks, Ben I like my name more thank you." he looked down and started talking to where I was the only one who got what he said. "and yes Ben….." with that I kissed his forehead and pick up Kitty and started walking out.
"I need to get Kitty to bed. But if you like I can come back to talk to you Shanks." I looked back at him.
"More like fuck time hahahaha…." Yasopp called up so I hit him in the back of the head.
"One more thing out of you and no more drinking for you Yasopp." I gave him an evil look as Kitty laugh at him.
"Awww…Uncle Yasopp got hit by daddy Ben hahaha…." She smiled at me. ["did she just call me daddy and Yasopp Uncle."]
"Yes Ben you can come back and Yasopp get out before I hit you too." Shanks gave him a look like when I hit you it will kill you man.
"Calm down poppa Shanks Yasopp is just drunk again." she smiled at Shanks and hugged me around my neck.
"Did Kitty just call you all family and not me I feel left out here." Lucky look at her with a fake sad face on him.
"Ooooh….I'm sorry Uncle Lucky I love you too." she said giggling at him.
"Come on then Kitty, we need to get you in bed now or you will not get up tomorrow." Smiling at all of them as Kitty and me walked off too her room. Walking to her room she seemed really happy. When we got to her door I opened it and she jumped down and running too the bed getting under the covers and smiling at me. ["She's to sweet for her own good. But it was nice of her to thinking of us as family."] I walked over to her and started taking her hair down.
"Daddy Ben, it's good he loves you back right?" She looked up at me as I sat down next to her.
"To me yes it is a good thing. But there are people out there who don't like that type of love. Those people are not bad people they just don't know how to move on about things. But it's all good because Shanks and me could care less what people think we would not be who we are." I put a hand on her head and kissed her forehead.
"Well I will never let anyone hurt my daddy and poppa or this crew. This is my family…and I love…them." Her eyes started to close as she was talking to me.
"And we will never let someone hurt you or the kid I know Shanks told you about. We are family now." I smiled getting up and walking to the door.
"Yes he did tell me about…Luffy. I can't wait…to meet him one day…." She fell asleep as I walked out and closed the door. I started back to Shanks's room to talk to him. The whole way back the crew was giving me Awww and animal calls. ["God this crew is crazy I am going to get them all back for those calls."] When I looked up I was back at Shanks's room. I knocked on the door before going in.
"Come in it open.." With that I walk in to see Shanks there with a pair of pajama pants on. He was working on the shirt but with no luck. ["Even when we bought him all those button up shirt he still has problems with only one arm. But man he look great like that but I don't think I'll tell him that one."] I smirked over at him as I closed the door. And saw him jump up and look at me.
"Ben god man if I didn't know better I'd say you like doing that." He smiled laughing at me.
"Sorry Capt'n would you like some help or do you want to give up and not sleep with shirt on." My smirk get bigger at that thought.
"Ben stop looking at me like your going to jump me and nine times out of ten I don't sleep with pajamas on I fall on my bed drunk off my ass. But seeing as today I did not get too drink as mush as I would have liked. It just seemed to be the right thing to do." He smiled and walked over to his bed and sat down looking up at me.
"Now who's talking a lot Capt'n." I walked over too him and sat next to him with the smirk still at him. As I put an arm around his waist pulling him close to me.
"Ben get this right know I am not going to do it with you right away." He looked at me like if you do something I don't like your out of my room.
I lost my smirk as I looked at him oddly. "Shanks where do you think I would do something on the first night. When you don't even know if this is what you really want. That's not right, so all I want to do is talk and hold you close to me. That's what nice guys do with people they like right?" I smiled at him as I held on to him.
He look at me with a smile and laughed a little. "Yeah that's what nice guys do I forgot you were one of them hahahaha….oooh….Lucky gave me your pajamas before you came back. Thing is all he gave me were pants."
"Hahahahaha…..yeah well if I even get in them at all. I don't even put on Pajamas all the time. But thank you for telling me that their here I can put them on since I'm most likely sleeping in here." I picked them up off the bed and walked to the bathroom door. As I was in there the Capt'n was still talking.
"So you sometimes sleep in your clothes too Ben." I looked at the door thinking to my self. ["Yeah we can go with that one Shanks hahahaha….."] I smirked as I walked out the door. Looking over to Shanks I saw his face go red.
"Yes, Shanks I fall asleep in my clothes. So would you like to sit and talk or would you like to lay under the covers and talk with me?" I said walking over to him and kissing his cheek and smiling at him.
"Seeing as you said you are not going to do something and I'm a little sleepy laying down is good with me." He said moving up on the bed and getting under the covers putting his head on a pillow. I walk to the side of the bed and got in it under the covers laying my back on the wall. I took down my hair and put my head on the wall as I closed my eyes.
"You know Shanks I never thought I'd ever be in your bed like this. It's funny really seeing as I've liked you for a long time now." I told him as I felt him move. When I was about to open my eyes to see were he was moving. I felt him lay his head under my neck and his arm around my waist. So I moved my arm under him around his back pulling him as close as I could to me.
"It makes me wish I had both arms right know." He laugh a little and smiled at what he said. I just started to move my hand up and down his side and smiled down at him.
"But shanks I love you just the way you are. Not having that arm just makes you look cooler than what you really are." I laughed at him as he look up at me mad.
"You know I'm the coolest guy you know thanks one arm or not." I just smirked and kissed him putting a hand on the back of his head.
"Yeah I know you are Capt'n." I said moving out of the kisses. "Capt'n what are we going to do about Kitty you and me both know the next island is coming up tomorrow."
"Well Ben….I…" He layed his head back down. "She's a Crew mate now and to top it off she may be that kid Whitebeard was talking about if we leave her there people are going to find her. If it's not the old man who get her then it will be them that puts her in jail. That's no place for a kid, she's ten Ben and how the hell can I let her go knowing she got no family. Then there's the point that she called me poppa. Not even that kid did that and we know him longer. Ben I know this is a bad thing to do but still we knew who she is we'll let her stay with us."
"As you say Capt'n. It is sad not having someone. We are all she's got." I smiled closing my eye's again. We sat like that for a hour talking about things and making jokes. When there was a knock on the door. We both looked at the door as Shanks came up and said something. "Come in it's open." We looked at the door as Kitty walked in crying. "Kitty what is it something happen to you?"
"Daddy Ben and poppa Shanks, I had I bad dream can I come in here with you. I don't want to go to Uncle Lucky's room I think he eats in his sleep and Uncle Yasopp is out like at light." She looked up crying as Shanks opened his arm and I held out the one not holding on to him.
"Come on kid it's okay. You are more than welcome in here" Shanks said as she run up and jumped in to the bed in the middle of Shanks and me. Shanks put his arm around her and me and smiled at her. "So what is this bad dream you had Kitty."
"I was running from someone and people were crying out for help and some of them where calling me a name I don't know. People were dieing all over the place. It would not stop even when I asked it too. But I ran around looking for you two and you were not there." She looked at us sadly and still crying.
I put my hand on her head and smiled. "It's okay then we will always be there for you Kitty."
"Yeah now that you are one of my crew mates we'll never leave you behind." Shanks said smiling.
She stopped crying and her eyes lit up. "You mean when we get to the next island your not leaving me there poppa?"
"That right kid Capt'n Shanks never leaves his crew mates alone anywhere. I am not going to start now." Shanks smiled up at me till she jumped up at him hugging him. And they fall back away from me. All I was doing was laughing at them it was cute.
"Oh…poppa Shanks and daddy Ben thank you. Can I go wake up the crew that's asleep and tell them and the ones that are a wake that I am part of the crew please!" She gave a big smile still holding on to him.
"Yeah, seeing as you feel better hahahahaha…..go on Kitty have fun." Shanks said looking at me as she jumped up and ran out of the room.
"Hope we're doing the right thing Ben. She still to little and now we're going to need to help her learn to fight. If she's going to be a pirate, she's going to need it." Shanks said moving up to me.
"But I think we can do that and she needs books to read and toys to play with. But if you ask me it will all work okay Capt'n. Now can I open a window so I can smoke Sir." I smirked at him as he came eye to eye with me.
"Ummm…your not smoking in my room. So you can go out side and do that thank you." He smiled at me and laughed a little. Till I put a hand on his cheek and kissed him. As I got up pulling away from the kiss just moving my hand back and forth to say bye. "Hey I didn't mean go now what the hell."
"Yeah, well I am not going to be in here when the crew come's to kill you for saying that to her. So sit here or come with." I looked back with my smirk as I walked out of the room. I was not two feet from his room when he run up behind me.
"Okay, yeah I don't want to be there too. But I would like some sake." He said looking at me.
"Yeah we can stop and get that on the way out hahahahaha…." I looked back at him.
Hahahahahaha…..what will happen next will Shanks be killed by his Crew will Ben ever get to smoke in Shanks room and will Kitty like the knowing thing she going to learn and is she the falling Cherry Blossom just have to wait and see hahahahahaha….