Title: Future
Paring: Franky/Usopp
Theme: Transit
Rating: K+
Word count: 317
Warning: Nothing much.
Disclaimer(s): Eiichiro Oda's characters.
Franky slid into the sea train seat next to Usopp.
"Ahhh," he said, leaning back with his arms behind his head. "Give me a ship any day, but if we've gotta use public transit, this is the way to go."
Usopp grinned.
"Well, this time around is a lot better than my first time…"
Franky laughed in agreement, remembering being bound and tossed into a storage compartment by assassins…
"We've had some pretty super adventures, eh?"
"Don't say it like we're not going to have any more," Usopp said, frowning.
Franky shrugged, turning to look out the window at the ocean rushing past outside.
"I don't know… can anything live up to the stuff we've already done?"
Usopp laughed.
"Don't say anything like that to Luffy… he might be Pirate King, but he still expects every adventure to be even better than the last."
Franky laughed as well, turning back to his crewmate.
"Luffy's just going to keep on going forever, isn't he?"
The thought made Usopp smile.
"Well, we have to see the whole world. Nami still needs to finish her map, right?"
Franky nodded, his gaze drifting back to the window.
"But have you ever thought about… going home?" he asked.
"We have gone home. We're visiting your home right now, aren't we?"
"I mean… going home for good. You've got a girl back home, don't you?"
Usopp was silent for several moments. Franky turned back to look at him, and saw the marksman fiddling with his armband.
"When we went back to my hometown a while back, I saw Kaya," he said slowly. "We both realized that we're different now… She's a successful doctor, and I'm a world famous pirate."
Usopp smiled up at the cyborg and added, "Besides, we've both been seeing other people."
Franky smiled back before leaning down and, his arms around the sniper's waist, caught Usopp's lips in a kiss.