Concept: Like When a Fox Falls written by akurosa
Title: Family Dinner
Characters: Sanji
Genre: General?
Author's Note: I totally blame Sanji for the last chapter being so unoriginal. I swear he runs on binary code. Male or Female? If Male, Friend or Foe? If Female, Within Hit Range or Outside Hit Range? I know he's got more depth than that, but it's hidden really deep down.
Speaking of, here's Sanji from akurosa's Like When a Fox Falls. Yes, again. Don't tell me akurosa isn't awesome!
He never imagined his life would turn out like this.
"Dinner!"
They barely know each other, this misfit group of strangers; and yet, as they gather around a table (a kid), there is an easy familiarity as though they've known each other for a lifetime.
(If only they knew.)
Sanji didn't know what he was missing until his puddings went missing on top of his roof. Ironic and kind of funny if he thinks about it.
"- and so I told him-"
"Is that right? That's-"
"- it went well, I must say-"
The animated chatter and the homely atmosphere fills him with a warmth that goes right to the core of his being, and he knows the others all feel the same. It makes no sense at all, but it feels right, like it's the way it should be.
(If they but ask, Nami could tell, but nobody questions it.)
If somebody said a month ago he'd be living with eccentric bastards and putting up with a couple of kids, he would have scoffed.
"Oi, oi, where are your manners, brat? Don't worry, there's plenty to go around."
If someone told him a month ago that what he needed was a perpetually empty fridge Sanji probably would have kicked his head in.
"Thanks for the meal!"
"It was delicious."
"Thanks, Sanji!"
As it is, all he can do now is smile.
