Hide and Seek

Franky was making his way out of the kitchen when he noticed Nico Robin peaking out from around a corner at him.

She beckoned for him to follow her and disappeared. Franky rounded the corner to find no one there. Then out of the corner of his eye he spotted movement. He whipped around just in time to catch Robin entering the kitchen.

He quickly followed her in, but when he opened the door, he couldn't see anybody in the kitchen aside from Nami.

"Did you see Robin come in here?" He asked her.

Nami looked around the kitchen with what seemed to be discomfort. "No…"

Franky looked back outside. A couple meters away Robin was seated at a table sipping coffee. He went over to her side.

"Oi. What's the big idea?" he said, crossing his arms.

Robin didn't even seem to acknowledge his presence.

"What are you talking about?" a voice asked from behind him.

Franky turned around. Robin was standing there holding a book, a smile plastered on her face.

Franky blinked and quickly looked back at where the seated Robin had been. There was no one there. He whipped back to the book holding Robin. Her expression was now one of concern.

"Are you feeling alright?"

Franky shook his head. Trying to process what had just happened. "Uh… yeah…"

Then he began to make his way back to his workshop. He definitely needed to check his internal processors.

Once he had left, Robin lifted a hand to her lips and attempted to stifle the laugh she had been holding in for the past few minutes; this game was fun. She would have to play it more often.

Magical

"I am the guardian of Beauty and Love, descended from the stars above. Those who wish to destroy beware of….. Is this what you really want?"

Robin stood with her arms crossed against the purple and black frilly dress she was wearing. In one hand she clutched a silver and lavender scepter which was carved to resemble a hand pointing at one end.

She frowned over at Franky who was sitting on the edge of his seat with wicked abandon on his face.

"The power of my mystic glove," he prompted in a whisper.

Robin sighed. When she had asked the man what he wanted for his birthday, she had not expected him to ask her to dress up….. well, at least, not like this.

Reluctantly she widened her stance and swung the scepter in a large circular motion, producing a pinwheel of arms around her. Then she struck a final power pose. "The power of my Mystic glove!"

Franky erupted into applause, tears streaming down his cheeks. "That was perfect!"

There Were No Words

"I found her," Sanji called from down the hall way.

As he ran towards him, Franky felt his heart speed to a million miles per minute; it had been months since Robin had been abducted by Blackbeard. It had taken a painful amount of time to even get a hint at where she might have been kept, only to find, once they got there, that she had escaped on her own. Now they had finally found her thanks to Sabo and Luffy's father.

Once Franky reached the doorway that others had gathered, he was greeted by the site of Robin seated, pressing a finger to her lips in a quieting motion. The other strawhats were crammed in tightly around her making weird cooing noise, which made the man regret his bulky form which kept him from getting closer.

After a moment he managed to awkwardly wedge himself through the door. As his foot hit room's floor it produced a loud creak. Robin's gaze shot up.

Her dark brown eyes were now staring into his own. She smiled.

"Franky," she breathed.

Then she stood. In her arms was a small squirming bundle. Franky's breath caught. It was a baby. Franky looked from the infant for a minute. His brain wasn't able to comprehend the situation fully. From the infants dark hair, he could guess that she was most likely the mother, but Robin had only been gone for 6 months which meant….

"Would you like to hold her?" Robin asked, never breaking eye contact with him.

Franky pointed weakly to the baby then himself, feeling his eyes beginning to fill with tears. Robin nodded. Her smile broadened.

"Why does Franky get to hold the baby first?" Luffy complained.

Nami smacked their young captain over the head. "It's Robin's baby, she can pick whoever she wants to hold it."

"Yeah, but I'm closest…" he whined.

Robin chuckled shifting the baby in her arms. She gave Franky a knowing look.

"Well, do you want to tell them?" She said.

He should have answered, but Franky was too overcome with tears to even speak. There were no words to describe the joy he felt looking at the child's face. He doubted there ever would be.