Chapter 2
Loki POV
After what felt like a lifetime I could finally crawl
Yay!
No, I'm not exaggerating, I'm the happiest baby alive at that moment. I swear never to take motor skills for granted again. It was good to crawl.
I don't know about other babies, but my twin and I make sure we crawl every corner in the house. Sometimes Ji-chan lets us crawl around the garden, but only when he's around. Oh and I learn new things, well simple stuff but I have to say, learning never felt so good.
The first thing I learn is my name, Monkey D. Loki
'I am not impressed'
Second, my twin name is Monkey D. Luffy, after learning our name, I quickly throw tantrum, I don't know who named us yet but whoever it is, done a terrible job if they name their kids after some anime character... school is the last thing on my mind now
The third thing I learn is Ji-chan's name, Monkey D. Garp, there was no stopping me from throwing my toys at him that day. I had no idea if it were his real name by some weird chance or if he changes his own name to match us, either way, I'm pissed off.
Maybe it's because I had nothing better to do, but once I can crawl I begun to take more interest in learning more about my new family and well... my new life. So I make sure to pay attention to Ji-chan every word.
After... I dunno, days? Weeks? I still lose track of time, anyway, I come to a conclusion. Ji-chan is a die-hard One Piece fan, period.
I start noticing it when he tells us bedtime stories, usually, I sleep or busy thinking so I never knew... Ji-chan was telling us some makeup stories of him beat up pirates, throwing them to jail and how he become Marine hero, it was bizarre, I was gaping the whole time, I even blew a bubble at his lies, it's ridiculous how serious he looks like when he tells us the stories.
'Does this geezer think he some anime character, really?'
It becomes worse, one day when I had a hard time sleeping, Ji-chan brought me to his room so I did not disturb Luffy sleep, there I saw a familiar outfit, it took me about five minutes to recognize it, a Navy Vice-Admiral cosplay uniform hanging next to the wardrobe, I scream.
Ever since then I make it my mission to stop this crazy one-piece obsession of Ji-chan.
As I continue to learn more about my new life, the more questions I have. For instance 'Where the hell am I?' Ji-chan and the villagers speak Japanese, I'm sure of it since I was Japanese before. At first, I thought Ji-chan is a half Japanese for obvious blue eyes and large build.
But after paying attention to other people and things outside myself, I really don't think I'm in Japan, they speak Japanese yea, but the buildings... the physique, the culture! -walk inside the house with shoes on-
I really doubt that the whole village is immigrant, mixed blood, or for some weird reason they decided to speak Japanese as their main language
Anyway, that's a mystery I decided to solve, but later...
At the moment I'm busy building blocks, I never thought building block would be so challenging and interesting. I'm currently building it as high as I could, it's quite hard with my weak muscle, my arm keeps trembling and my aim suck.
But what annoys me most is the fact that Luffy blocks are higher than mine. Yes, I'm being childish here, I'm mentally older and I have my memory for experience to boost, of course, I'm frustrated. I struggle to put my last block on top, it was quite far for my arm to reach. Gently I place my block on top and watch my block tower stood higher than Luffy's.
I smile proudly. "My tower is amazing" I don't care if it's sound like baby babbling I just have to say it. To my horror, my tower chose that moment to tremble and collapse.
For Five seconds everything is silent, even Ji-chan who is building his own tower went still. I look at my crumble tower, then Luffys tower, and Ji-chan tower, back to mine.
I could see it in Ji-chan face, he is expecting me to cry, perhaps it's because I'm a baby or maybe I'm just that childish, but I can't really control my mood and the silence is making it worse. My eyes start clouded by tears and I could feel my lips tremble, ready to let out a cry.
But before it happens, I heard a loud crash and turn my attention to it. Luffy is throwing blocks at his own tower and we watch it collapse, then he starts throwing blocks at Ji-chan tower and it collapses too.
I watch in a daze, shock. Ji-chan and Luffy are laughing, then my twin is clapping his hands and start building his tower from zero again.
Did I just lose to a baby?
Frowning, I throw my blocks at Ji-chan to shut his laughter and went back to build a new tower.
Garp POV
I really can't remember how long has it been since I laughed that hard. Who would have thought that watching children play together could be this hilarious?
I watch both my grandson building their blocks from scratch again, Luffy is quickly building his tower back to its previous shape, while Loki is still far from the finish. The younger twin is frowning and pouting.
It was clear that Loki sees treat the game as a competition while Luffy just wants to have fun playing with his brother. After a minute of struggle, I could see Loki is frustrate, if the babe has his teeth, I'm sure he would grit it in a similar manner like Dragon when he's annoyed.
Observing the kids, I watch as Luffy crawl to his brother, he picks up the blocks nearby and places it on top of Loki blocks. I observe Loki's reaction and watch the babe hesitate and reluctant before it quickly disappears and joins his brother to build the blocks together.
Watching my grandchildren together make me feel somewhat proud, Luffy and Loki is an exact copy of him and Dragon. Luffy inherits his spirit and devotion, while Loki inherits his father's stubbornness and proud attitude, a perfect match I say.
Deciding its enough playtime, I pick up the twins and end their game, it's their bath time