Title: Of Science Experiments and Metaphors
Paring: Franky/Usopp (nakamaship)
Theme: Combining
Rating: K
Word count: 165
Warning: Nothing much.
Disclaimer(s): These characters belong to Oda!
Usopp pulled his goggles over his eyes and gazed down carefully at the beaker on the table in front of him. In one hand, he held a small white object with a pair of tweezers.
"By combining caffeine, potassium benzoate, aspartame, and CO2 with gelatin and gum arabic," he said, position the tweezers above the beaker, "You get…"
He let the object drop into the dark liquid.
"A cola-and-mint volcano!" Franky shouted as the beaker exploded with frothy white bubbles.
Franky laughed, grabbing the half empty bottle of cola and taking a swig. Usopp popped a leftover mint in his mouth, grinning proudly at their successfully completed experiment.
Franky was a lot like his precious cola, Usopp observed vaguely. Bursting with energy, ready to explode at the slightest shake.
And if Franky was cola, then Usopp was the mint- smaller and more contained, but just as able to explode under the right circumstances.
"You thinking what I'm thinking, Longnose-bro?"
Usopp grinned.
"Let's do it again!"
Okay, I'm not sure this made sense, exactly… but by "explode" I kind of mean explode with strength and determination…
