A/N: ZareEraz here! Hello, I'm back again with more Buggy and Shanks! I know, I was really quick this time; it hasn't even been a week! (It may have helped that I already had part of this chapter written :3). I hope you enjoy this next part of my series and happy reading!

Tomfoolery

Chapter One: Smoothing Things Out

Buggy the clown woke up sandwiched between two men. It was not as sexy as it sounded. Her crew and Shanks' crew had caroused all night, drinking and dancing and merry-making until the wee hours of the morning. It had been the absolute wildest party that Buggy had ever co-hosted and that even took into consideration that she had had acrobats and knife throwers at her previous parties. Shanks pretty much drank everyone under the table during all of the partying and eating and Buggy had spent so much time entertaining her own crew that she'd been one of the first to pass out for a change. The Buggy Pirates had actually put on a show, displaying their various circus skills for the Red Hair crew. The acrobats were swinging from the rigging and balancing on things that should never be balanced on, there were pirates eating fire and lighting and extinguishing fires on their bodies and objects around the ship, and the contortionists were bending into very uncomfortable looking shapes, pirates were balancing on huge globes, spinning plates, juggling swords, Cabaji was racing around on his unicycle, and Richie was very happy to be a center of attention as he and Mohji put on a show. Even Galdino was creating fantastic wax sculptures and Alvida had fun for a bit launching herself into the air with her Smooth Smooth sliding powers and soaring over the deck. And who was in the center of all this chaos? Buggy, the ringmaster of her quirky crew. She was floating and splitting and dancing around, floating and balancing stacks of objects as she flew in the air, even some people got tossed up to her! The Red Hair crew was delighted, clapping and ooohing and aaahing at the acts, and (to Buggy's delight) throwing money at the performers they liked the best. The queen of the clowns was having a blast and she quickly became the one with the most money (that may have been because not only was Shanks tossing Beri her way, he would nudge his own crew members to toss money her way). But all the exuberant performing had Buggy konking out early on. Shanks was determined to draw dumb stuff on her face, eager to play the same prank on her that she had on him a while back, however, the new Buggy crew became very protective of their captain and guarded her, with the old crew joining in once they were made aware. They made it look like they were causally partying around her but there was always someone close by, watching. Alvida was also never too far away from the only other female on the island and Shanks consistently felt her curious, but frosty, gaze on him. So, he'd let the prank go and just enjoyed himself, keeping his own watchful gaze on his sleeping girlfriend until they all passed out.

But now that Buggy had woken up, she was just cranky. When she opened her eyes, the man in front of her was Cabaji, however, his ass was in her face and the acrobat's head was somewhere near her knees but she couldn't move to check because Ritche's paw was on top of her head. She was also pretty sure her hair was in the lion's mouth and that was going to be fun to deal with. As for the other man who was sandwiching her, Shanks had managed to get over to her once everyone else had fallen asleep and was being the big spoon right now. His arm hand and iron hold around her waist and the man's head was glued to her back. He's also somehow managed to curl up enough in order to fit his knee between her thighs and was dangerously close to rubbing against her crotch. While him clinging to her would've been cute at any other time, Buggy really had to pee but couldn't break free of his arm. She debated between the pros and cons of just detaching her pelvis and hands and sending them to the bathroom but decided that he deserved some punishment and she'd just wake him up instead.

"Oi, lazy butt," she huffed, sending one of her hands behind her to tap on his red head softly. He made a noise but didn't move. "Hey, drunkard. I have to pee." This time he didn't do anything. She poked his cheek. "Shanks. Shanks." The woman sighed when the grip on her waist tightened and resorted to her last resort.

Buggy popped her head off and floated down to him, her mouth as close to Shanks' ear as possible so that no one would hear. "Button…" his eyes instantly flew open. Cheeky bastard, she thought. I knew he was awake after that second poke. "Button…let me the hell go," she ordered, her sexy voice hardening after the nickname.

"Aw, you were being so cute until you let your mouth run," he whined as she smiled deviously. He had been so excited to hear his pet name!

"Yeah, well I don't care. I have to pee. Let go." Her order just seemed to make him cling to her more.

"Don't leave me…" he mumbled, nuzzling into her back.

"If you don't let go of me, I'm going to pee all over you," she threatened. Seriously, does he have to do this every other morning?!

"Well, that's exciting." His words had the woman gaping at him as her head snapped back into its spot.

"Shanks! What is wrong with you!?" she hissed, trying to be both royally horrified and quiet at the same time. She didn't need anyone waking up to hear this conversation! She bonked her disgusting boyfriend on the head.

Now it was his turn to smile deviously. "I was joking!" he whispered back. The man could feel her giving him a look. "Seriously, I was joking!"

"Then you let me go right now, you pervert!"

Shanks looked up at his lover and gave her puppy eyes like he just couldn't bear to be parted from her. "Take me with you?"

She groaned at his behavior, but she really needed to go. "You are such a child." The woman got her hair out of Richie's mouth and detached her feet and had them pick through the piles of sleeping men strew across the deck while Shanks piggybacked her. "Why do I even love you?"

"Because I give good fucks." That answer got him another bonk. "Okay, okay, it's because I'm so charming!"

"I think you just wore me down," she concluded, only really half-joking. "There's no other way that I would fall for such a clingy, annoying, and downright frustrating man. It also does not help that you have grown up to be devilishly handsome when you're not making a fool of yourself." By that time, Buggy and her feet had reached the bathroom. "Now, let me go." The man reluctantly let go and they both did their business. Buggy also managed to rinse out the lion drool in her hair and came out looking more refreshed.

When they were done, Shanks hopped onto her again and she floated them back to where everyone was. But on the way, Buggy decided to have some fun and began bouncing up and down and whooshing from side to side, tossing the man this way and that so that he had to hold onto her. She flew up towards the masts as he laughed and corkscrewed around one of them while he whooped.

"And you call me a child!" She could feel the smile in his voice as they came to a stop by his Jolly Roger. "But you're pretty childish too!"

"Yeah, shut up," Buggy huffed, but she was happy that he was happy.

"I like that about you," he replied, kissing the tip of her ear and making her blush. Shanks hugged the woman tighter, pressing his cheek against hers as the sun started peeking above the horizon. It was still way too early for him to be up after such a wild night, but he still wanted to have some fun. "Will fly around the mast again? That was fun."

"Like, I said, you're a child," she scoffed, but then instantly dropped all the way down to the deck as he shouted in joy. Even with all the noise, the two of them only mildly disturbed a few of the less intoxicated men on the ship; most of the others just kept right on sleeping as the pair had their little joy ride.

After two more corkscrews and drops, Shanks was satisfied and Buggy took them back to where they had been sleeping. The bluenette proceeded to konk Shanks down on the floor back-first and flipped herself around to lay on top of him like a disgruntled cat. "It's your turn to be squished, ya bastard."

"Fair enough," he chuckled, kissing her hair. Normally, he'd roll them onto their sides, but since Buggy was so adamant about the payback, he stayed right there. Besides, he liked her solid weight on top of him – she was like a warm, squishy blanket with boobs. His arm went up to rest on her back, his hand palming her ass, and he smiled at the warning noise she made. He didn't do anything else, so Buggy settled down with her head on his chest, her arms resting at his sides. Since it was still really early, they both fell asleep again for several hours until Richie moved and whacked his tail across both of their heads while turning and settling down again.

"Oh," Buggy gasped, suddenly very awake again.

"Good morning again, sunshine," Shanks smiled as she scowled at him. Someone made gagging noises nearby at the love-dovey-ness. It was probably Galdino.

"At least this time I don't have to pee." Buggy yawned and spread her limbs out so far to stretch that they split into sections and extended out much further than they really should have. Once they snapped back into place, the bluenette rested her one forearm and one elbow on her lover's chest, propping her chin in her hand. Shanks was enjoying the feel of breasts pressing into his chest and let his eyes flick down to ogle at the cleavage framed by her arms before looking back up at her face. His look at not gone unnoticed and she smirked at him.

"What's on the agenda today, Buggs?" the redhead asked before she could make a teasing comment or call him a name.

"I don't know." They literally never had any plans. That's just kind of how the Red Hair Pirates functioned and while the Buggy pirates were with them, that's how they functioned too. The two captains thought about what they should do for a few moments.

Shanks then asked, "Lazy day on the beach?"

Buggy thought about it and replied, "Lazy day on the beach." She then turned and called, "Alvida!"

The raven's perfectly manicured hand popped up from behind Richie. "I heard you!" The lady was lounging on the couch she made several men carry onto the deck for her the previous night and the lion had sidled up to it when he'd moved. But, that didn't stop her from pushing him away with her foot, nicely, but firmly, so that she could get around him. Even having just woken up, it was as if all the exhaustion just slipped right off of the raven. That was something Buggy wished that she could do.

The bluenette leaned down and kissed her lover's nose before she went to get up. His hand grabbed her neck firmly and pulled her back in for a proper kiss. He even managed to get his tongue in her mouth for a moment before Alvida was yanking his lover away. "I don't want to see that so early in the morning!" she complained. "It's really weird."

"It's really normal," Galdino shot back, his head popping out of a pile of pirates. Buggy just smiled, a light blush dusting her cheeks.

"Aw, where are you going?" Shanks asked after then, watching his girlfriend get dragged away.

"We're going to get ready," Alvida answered and both women smiled at him.

"It's gonna be flashy!" Buggy added. "Get everyone else up and going by the time we're done!"

"And I want some beach chairs and a big umbrella out onthe sand for me or they'll be hell to pay. Got it?" Alvida, prodded both Mohji and Cabaji with her foot a few times until they groaned out an affirmative. And with that, the two women swept out and walked over to the Big Top.

Buggy had been on her ship a little bit the day before, but she'd been so caught up with the chaos of her crew's arrival that she didn't spend much time there. Now, she and Alvida made their way to her room. While Buggy was a very flashy person, her bedroom was actually quite tame for her: she had a big, four-poster bed with striped curtains and lots of pillows, a desk and matching chair, a big vanity and mirror with all of her makeup and accessories, a wardrobe, two armchairs, and a coffee table, and a chaise lounge Alvida insisted on bringing in when she moved onto the ship (she spent quite a bit of "girl time" with the bluenette in her room). The only semi-odd thing was that Buggy had a hammock strung up next to her bed; Alvida could not figure out why she'd want both a bed and a hammock but had never asked Buggy why. Other than that, there were a few chests filled with miscellaneous items and random circus-themed décor.

"Wow, I haven't seen my room in a while," Buggy commented, resting her hand on a bedpost. She looked around the room and instantly felt at home. Her heart warmed, seeing all of her things in their places and smelling the familiar scents that her brain had remembered now that she'd been away for so long. She felt safe and complete here. Then a thought occurred to her. It's funny, I get the same feeling I have in this room in Shanks' room now. She smiled. Shows how attached to him I have become.

"I kept it clean for you," Alvida informed her, dropping gracefully onto her couch. "You know how I hate messy things."

Buggy thanked her friend and then walked over to a small undecorated portion of the wall next to her bed. She looked at the raven-haired woman and covered up what she was doing with her body. Part of the wall opened to reveal a secret compartment stuffed full of treasure, maps, and chests. Alvida shot straight up in her seat.

"You had treasure stashed in there the whole time?!" she shrieked. "So we weren't broke?!" She paused for a second. "Well, I wasn't broke, but your crew certainly was."

Buggy gave her a vicious smile. "You don't think that I give them everything, do you? I am notoriously selfish with my treasure." She rummaged around in one of the chests for a moment before closing the compartment again. When she stood back up, the bluenette was putting a pair of ruby earrings into her lobes. "Now, where are my swimsuits?"

"Before we do that…" Alvida suddenly got up from her chaise lounge and grabbed Buggy's shoulders, steering her friend to the vanity chair and making her sit down. She took out a brush and began to detangle the woman's blue locks while she spoke. "Now Buggy, you're going to spill exactly how you and an Emperor of the Sea became a couple. I've already gotten the gist of it from Galdino but I want the whole story."

Buggy blushed and swallowed harshly, embarrassed. "Um…well…where to being?" She chuckled nervously.

Alvida rolled her eyes. "Well, the papers said you masterminded the escape Impel Down with Straw Hat, then allied with Whitebeard, fought Mihawk, saved both Straw Hat and Jinbe, and eventually escaped on another Emperor's ship. The paper said that you sailed with the Roger Pirates and the Navy said you were a 'blood brother' of Shanks, but how much of that is actually true?"

Buggy thought about it for a second and then said, "All of it," surprising Alvida.

"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" Her shock caused the raven to yank on Buggy's head too hard and the splitting woman's head popped off.

"Well, it all didn't happen as epically or smoothly as the papers made it seem," the bluenette admitted, putting her head back on and holding up fingers to her points as she explained herself. "I did escape with Straw Hat and got my following. We did storm Marineford and while I did say I going to take the head of Whitebeard, I couldn't actually do that, so I was relieved when he actually remembered me from when I was a kid and offered an alliance that I took. The fight with Mihawk was started by that damn Straw Hat using me as a shield and since Mihawk couldn't cut me and I couldn't damage him, we were at a standstill. A did get Straw Hat and Jinbe away from Akainu but that was so terrifying I nearly shit myself."

"Okay…" Alvida was still shocked that all the things in the paper had actually happened, but she could definitely imagine Buggy running around with her head cut off and trying to just make the best of things as they came at her. That was true enough for her daily life, so why not for her out-of-the-ordinary experiences? "But what about the Shanks and the Roger stuff?"

"Well..." Buggy started, "That's all true too."

"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" Alvida yanked too hard again, but Buggy was expecting it so her head did not fly off this time. "You grew up on the King of the Pirates' ship!?"

"Yeah. The Oro Jackson is the first home I remember," Buggy said, getting a wistful look on her face. "I grew up with Shanks on Captain Roger's ship with Rayleigh, Gaban, Crocus, and all the rest of them. Until the captain's execution of course."She got quiet for a moment and Alvida just softly brushed the last of her hair into smooth waves while she waited.

"So baby Buggy and baby Shanks grew up together huh? That's kind of cute," the raven chuckled.

"Ug, he was so annoying back then," the bluenette complained, but then she smiled softly. "He's still annoying now, When Shanks let me board his ship at Marineford, I couldn't believe my luck – a safe getaway with one of the strongest men in the world." She gave her friend a sharp look through the mirror. "Don't tell him I said that."

"The part about being lucky to escape with him or the part about him being one of the strongest men in the world?"

"All of it!" Buggy then cleared her throat and continued while Alvida started styling her hair into a bun.

"Just get to the juicy relationship stuff," she ordered. "When did you start banging? Galdino told me that the two of you go at it all the time."

Buggy's whole face turned as red as her shiny nose and she bit her lip. God, this is actually embarrassing. I can't believe that he jumped me that first night and that it just worked out myself! "Um…uh…that first night…?" she reluctantly admitted.

"WHAT?!" This time, Buggy popped her head off to avoid a konk from Alvida. "The first night you were on the ship!?" The raven pinched the bridge of her nose in exasperation as the bluenette reattached her head yet again.

"I was in his room and he barged in to 'get a clean pair of shorts' because he 'spilled booze on them,'" she made sarcastic air quotes as she talked, still not fully believing the man even after he'd been so honest with her the whole time they'd been together. "And we just started talking, and he was pretty easy to talk so, and we just kinda slipped into our old ways. My looks and love life came up and I told him that I didn't have sex a ton like he was probably having with beautiful women all over the world and then he was like, 'Let's do it!' and we both tripped into each other and fell on the floor, and that's kinda…what happened." The woman's high energy petered out to the point where she was just quietly staring at her gloved hands in her lap.

Alvida had no idea how to react, but Buggy had seemed really happy and comfortable with Shanks from what little she had observed. She had no place to judge how their relationship started because clearly they had a history together that few knew about, and from her experience, Buggy was not such an easy person to get along with. It was probably a godsend that the woman had even found a partner who would love her without wanting to change her or getting driven crazy. There was really only one other pressing question that she really wanted the answer to.

"So when did you become an official couple?"

Buggy took a moment but then said, "The night before last night."

"So, you've been banging this whole time but were never a couple?" Alvida couldn't believe it.

"It just worked out that way and it didn't come to the forefront until we spotted you guys on our tail," Buggy shrugged. "I don't know how long we're going to be together or how long I'm going to be around. There's no plan. There never was a plan, so we're just going to go with it." She gave her friend an apologetic smile.

"Well, at least that's on par for you." Alvida shook her head and went to fix Buggy's hair. She piled the loose waves up into the woman's head and pinned them into a massive bun, letting a few blue curls frame her face in a carefree manner. The woman then reached into an accessory drawer and pulled out a long, yellow ribbon, tying it around Buggy's head and knotting it in a huge yellow bow. The bluenette looked flashy. Alvida gently placed her hands on Buggy's shoulders and smiled. "The circumstances don't really mean anything, as long as he makes you happy, that's all that really matters.

"Alvida…" Buggy almost started crying at how nice her partner was being but then the raven slipped back into her normal attitude.

"And I assume he's also fabulous in bed because according to Galdino, you two 'go at it like rabbits.'" Buggy's face burst into flames. "That's all the answer I needed," the raven gloated.

"Alvida!"

"Now do my hair, will you?" She shooed Buggy off of the seat and took her hat off with a flourish, handing the bluenette a different hairbrush – she didn't like sharing the same tools; it was a cleanliness thing. Buggy sulked as she started on her friend's hair and Alvida was loving every minute of it as her friend brushed out her curls. She waited for the bluenette to speak and wasn't disappointed; clearly, she had been thinking about Shanks.

"Yes," she pouted, puffing out her cheeks, "He's good in bed. Too good and sometimes it pisses me off! It's like he's perfectly charming all the time and I get so jealous!"

Alvida winked at her through the mirror. "And he's handsome."

Buggy's jaw dropped. "You were ogling him, weren't you!?"

"Who wouldn't? He's a tall glass of water!" She then got a yank with the hairbrush and nearly tipped backward. "Ow!"

"He's my boyfriend! Hands off!"

"Like I would ever steal from you!" (The raven had still neglected to mention that she had kind of stolen the Big Top and her crew when they wanted to break her out of Impel Down and she didn't.) "You get riled up so quickly," she sighed. "I was just kidding with you…even if everything I said was true."

"That's why I'm worried!" Even while the two continued to argue, Buggy styled Alvida's hair into two pretty waterfall braids that swept into a side ponytail, making her look stunning. She wove several magenta flowers Alvida said were zinnias into her hair as they were handed to her, finishing off the look with a little natural elegance. They both then continued to argue over a cup of tea with cookies and then argued while Alvida shaped Buggy's nails and painted them blue (because she definitely needed some self-care after being in prison). They both argued until they went to put on their swimsuits, where they argued some more, but not about Shanks or his good looks.

"What about this striped one?" Buggy held up a bikini top with red and white stripes.

"You can't wear stripes today because I'm wearing stripes," Alvida shot back, pointing at a red-striped bikini bottom in the pile of suits she'd brought in from her room.

"You can just wear hearts! I want to wear stripes!" The splitting woman sent her hand into the pile and pulled out a pink top with hearts on it.

The smooth woman rushed to Buggy's wardrobe and pulled out a pair of starred bottoms. "You have stars you can wear! Wear the stars!"

"Wear flowers then!"

"Wear this one with cherries!"

"Wear this one with a gingham pattern!"

"You wear polka dots!" Swimsuits went flying around the room as each woman tried to convince the other not to wear stripes. Eventually, they both just had to give up.

"Alright! No stripes today!" Buggy announced and they both nodded in agreement and shook hands on it before looking at the mess strewn around them.

"You know, for two people who can't swim anymore," Buggy started, swallowing a giggle, "We sure have a lot of swimsuits!" They bit their lips, smiled, and tried to hold back their laughter, but burst out into it anyway at the ridiculousness of the situation. Both women were holding their stomachs, they were laughing so hard as all the tension of their arguments drifted away.

"Let's just…get dressed," Alvida wheezed, trying to speak through her laughter. "We've kept…the boys waiting for…long enough!" Buggy was still laughing so hard that all she could do was nod.

After getting dressed, the two of them cleaned up and looked at each other.

"Why the hell was that so funny?" Buggy asked. The swimsuit thing had been mildly funny at best, but it had just seemed so hilarious at the time.

Alvida shrugged. "Maybe it's because we haven't seen each other in so long?"

"Maybe." The bluenette shrugged back and the two of when pivoted smartly on their wedged heels and walked out the door.

"Alright, beach bums, let's go!" Buggy kicked the door to the outside open – startling several of her underlings who were carrying food out onto the beach – and walked out with Alvida close behind her.

The two women were now looking absolutely flashy in their swimsuits as they disembarked the Big Top and walked toward the beach. Buggy had picked the bikini top Alvida had (angrily) suggested she wear that was basically two triangles made up in blue with yellow stars over her breasts with ruffled hems and tied up with bows on her back and around her neck. Her bottoms were also done in the same pattern and had little ruffles on the bottom hems and a huge blue bow in the back (and if anyone managed to push that bow aside, say, a certain Emperor, he would find a nice, little, round cut out that let her ass peek out at the top). To finish off the look Buggy had not only put on her usual makeup and crossbones on her face, but she'd also taken the time to draw a set of bones crossing over her cleavage, which almost had Shanks drooling when he saw them.

Alvida was wearing the pink, ruffled bikini top with regular straps with red hearts that Buggy had (angrily) suggested she wear, and her bottoms were pattered the same and had cute bows on the sides. She was also wearing a huge sun hat decorated with pink and purple flowers (dahlias, according to her), and had slung a purple sarong around her hips. Her wrists clinked with jewel-encrusted bangles and huge hoops were dangling from her ears. The only adornment Buggy was wearing in comparison was the ruby necklace Shanks had given her and the ruby earrings she took from her stash. Both women had many of the former Impel Down prisoners drooling over their appearance, but as the original Buggy Pirates already well knew, the women's knives and iron mace were always close at hand.

The beach party was already in full swing in the late morning (because it took everyone forever to get up and the girls had taken too long to get ready) and pirates were running amok everywhere. Men were laying out towels and grabbing drinks, groups were being sent into the jungle to gather fruit and wood, and a crowd of pirates was already swimming when Buggy and Alvida arrived. Shanks was calf-deep in seawater with Yasopp and Lucky Roux tossing a beach ball when his girlfriend walked by. All three men were dressed in swim trunks of varying patterns and he looked gorgeous. The late morning sun was shining beautifully, the ocean was sparkling, and the man's absolutely ripped torso was on full display. Buggy's brain knew that she'd seen him shirtless and naked countless times, but there was just something about this perfect beach scene that had her heart thumping wildly in her chest. She felt a little dizzy and floaty as their eyes met, feeling like a lovesick schoolgirl. She couldn't even outwardly cringe at the pink and white camellia pattern the redhead and chosen for his trunks as she was inwardly thinking that it wasn't so bad and that she should forbid him from wearing shirts in order to just look at him all the time. But when Shanks saw her, he had a very outward reaction.

He announced to the whole beach while waving happily, "Buuuuugggggggyyyyyy! You're so cute!" The bluenette stumbled both from being blinded by his hotness and bowled over by the compliment and she struggled to keep herself from blushing. She had wanted to maintain her aloof attitude but it did not hold as she bit her lip both in frustration and desire.

She did manage to snap, "Of course, I'm cute!" as she and Alvida flashily strutted across the beach while being admired by all the men before promptly sitting down in two of the three lounge chairs under a massive umbrella that the Buggy crew had set up for them. The two were also joined by Galdino in a pair of swim trunks and a tasteful wave-patterned shirt and the three of them became the "No Swimming" Club. As Shanks splashed out of the water and walked up to the trio, Buggy ogled him a bit, enjoying the low cut of his bottoms, but then the sight of him shirtless in public brought back the earlier conversation she'd had with Alvida. Horrified, Buggy slapped a floating hand across the raven-haired woman's face as she was sipping on a fruity drink that had just been handed to her.

"Hey!" she protested, pulling at the hand.

"No looking!" the bluenette snapped.

"What else am I supposed to do? All the men here are shirtless or practically!" She made Buggy's hand slip away from her face and pinched the other woman's arm. "Am I just supposed to look at the ground all day so that you're little feelings don't get hurt?!"

"Yes!"

Alvida raised her voice, "Shanks!" The man had turned around to shout something at his officers while approaching the trio, but turned around again and blasted the full force of his gorgeous abs in their direction. Galdino giggled as Buggy became caught between outrage and desire. "Your girlfriend is jealous that I can see your abs!"

"She's jealous?" The redhead's face lit up and Buggy hid hers behind her hands as many pairs of eyes stared at her.

Alvida laughed mirthfully and smirked before going on with her teasing. "Just to ease her mind, are you ever going to love me? I mean, you should, because who is the most beautiful on these seas?"

Her question was answered by a hoard of Buggy goons chorusing, "It's you, Lady Alvida!"

Shanks laughed and ducked under the umbrella. "No," he replied good-naturedly, enjoying Buggy's impression of trying to melt away. He placed his one hand on her shoulder, hoping to reassure her.

"May I look at your abs anyway?" the woman continued.

"Sure, but they are Buggy's abs." He winked at the raven and Buggy just wailed in mortification.

Alvida turned to her deeply embarrassed partner. "See? It's all good."

"I hate you!" Buggy shrieked, her voice reaching a pitch that had everyone within earshot twitching with discomfort.

"Come on, Buggs, it's not that bad," Shanks cajoled. "You're the only one I'll let touch them, see?" And with that, he took her wrist and placed her hand directly on his abs. Her face flushed a shade deeper at the feel of him, but then she got angry again when he said, "Or you could touch someplace better…" Mortified yet again, Buggy yanked her hand out of his grip and started yelling at him while Alvida and Galdino just lost it laughing.

"I HATE ALL OF YOU!" Buggy wailed, as Shanks tried to pull her into an apology kiss, and pretty much everyone on the beach was enjoying the show. The day was still young and she lamented the fact that the harassment was only just getting started.

To be Continued...

A/N: And there you go! I'll see you all next time, whenever that is! :3