Doflamingo's birthday party begins together with certain awkward situations.
Note: I'm not going to describe the costume that (y/n) wears so that you can imagine it the way you want :P If you have trouble picturing a costume simply google 'pirate costume women' and you'll get a lot of ideas :D If you check this fic in AO3 I post a link with the outfit that I'd choose and the one Rebecca is wearing ;)
"Bartolomeo, you are cutting the fabric too irregularly"
"Cabbage, it is supposed to be irregular"
"Yes, but you still have to follow the pattern and you are ignoring it!"
"I'm not ignoring it. I'm just re-interpreting it"
"Argh, you are impossible"
"Yep, and you like me for that"
"Tsk, keep dreaming"
You roll your eyes and suppress an amused smile while hearing the continuous bickering-flirting of your two friends.
Almost three weeks had passed since the inspection that took place in Doflamingo's company and during that time nothing too relevant had happened in the shop, with the exception of the birthday of Corazon's boyfriend on October 6.
Fortunately, this time Corazon didn't ask for your help to prepare the doctor a birthday party. He just asked for ideas to choose a present, and when you commented that you have seen a nearby toy shop which a lot of cute push toys the man immediately went there and ended buying a gigantic teddy polar bear.
You honestly doubted that Trafalgar liked such a childish present, but to your surprise the next day you received a message from the doctor thanking you for having helped Corazon in the choice of the present, and indeed Trafalgar's new profile photo was him with Beppo (that was the name that Trafalgar gave to the bear).
Regarding your job in the company, there hadn't been anything too remarkable either. You spent most part of your time properly implementing the mirrored data base by following Monet's indications so that the next time that there was an inspection you didn't have to depend on your occultation program, that was really useful for emergencies but obviously not in the long-term.
About Doflamingo, he had been absent in a business trip for almost two weeks and the only time that you saw him after that was when your eyes almost popped out their sockets when seeing your first salary. You went to see Doflamingo to point that there were surely a couple of extra zeroes in your payment that shouldn't be there, which caused Doflamingo to burst out laughing while assuring you that there wasn't any kind of mistake.
You tried to convince the man that what he had paid you was exorbitant but, as you had in part expected, discussing with Doflamingo when he had made up his mind was more useless than doing it with a wall and eventually you accepted the unfair money, although reluctantly. At least, you didn't have to worry about paying the rent by the rest of the year at least.
Finally, Jora told you that all the family was aware of the surprise party, so during the last days you had been receiving emails from the members of the family telling you the costume that they wanted and there you were now: in the measurement room helping Corazon to create some of the costumes together with Bartolomeo and Cavendish.
"I still don't understand why that Baby 5 wants a maid costume if it's a pirate party", Bartolomeo comments to himself while keeping cutting the (according to Cavendish too irregular) headband that Baby 5 would wear in her head.
"You shouldn't talk too much", you reply with a joking tone while working on Diamante's impossibly complicated hat, "after all you are going to look like a rocker pirate with the outfit you have chosen"
Bartolomeo snorts.
"Cabbage is worse", Bartolomeo elbows the blonde man suddenly, "he is just going to wear a cape over his fancy clothes"
"Ouch! You brute, you have made me stick the needle on my finger", Cavendish exclaims, signaling an almost imperceptible injury in his index finger.
"For goodness sake, Cabbage, it isn't even bleeding"
"No, but it hurts, you idiot"
Bartolomeo rolls his eyes before rudely grabbing Cavendish's hand and your mouth falls open when Bartolomeo suddenly introduces Cavendish's 'injured' index finger in his mouth and begins to softly lick it. You see Cavendish get incredibly red while observing Bartolomeo, biting his bottom lip as if he was suppressing the urge to let out a probable undignified sound.
After some seconds Bartolomeo lets go Cavendish's finger with a soft pop and talks with a completely normal tone, as if he hadn't done anything weird at all.
"Better?", Bartolomeo looks at Cavendish with surprise, "wow, Cabbage, you are red as a tomato, have you a fever or someth-?"
"I'M PERFECTLY FINE, THANK YOU"
You manage to hold back your laughter when Bartolomeo looks with confusion at Cavendish abandon the room towards the bathroom rather hurriedly, but when the punk turns to look at you and asks a completely oblivious 'What's wrong with him?' you can't help to begin to laugh just when Corazon enters the room.
"Oh, have I missed something?", Corazon asks with a curious smile while looking at you.
"Nah, just Cavendish acting weird as hell"
Bartolomeo's answer causes you to laugh again despite your attempts of not doing so. Corazon hums to himself, clearly suspecting that something more had happened but deciding not to press the matter.
"By the way (y/n), can you come with me for a second?"
"Sure", you say standing up to follow the man to the entrance of the shop.
As always that you are alone with Corazon your heart begins to beat just a little faster but this time you realize with surprise that you aren't as nervous as usual.
"Alright", Corazon gestures you to look at a rather big opened book that is over the counter, "you are the only one who remains to choose your costume so here you have all the possible options"
You sigh with a smile and begin to pass the pages of the book.
"I told you already that it's fine if I just borrow one of the costumes that we have in stock. It's not necessary that you create one from scratch"
Corazon shakes his head.
"Sorry, but you're not going to be the only one in not having a custom made outfit, so choose"
You chuckle when hearing Corazon's stubborn tone and begin to look for an outfit. For a tiny moment you are tempted to ask Corazon for the costume that Doflamingo is going to wear but you decide to remain quiet because if you asked Corazon could think that you were too interested in his brother and reach a wrong conclusion.
After almost a minute a certain outfit catches your attention.
"I think I have it"
Corazon looks over your shoulder and when feeling the man leaning softly against your back your heart misses a beat, but again you don't get red nor feel your heart beat hysterically as it usually happened until now. Well, maybe you were finally getting used to the man's presence after two whole years. Because there was no way that your lack of reaction was because you liked Corazon less. You still liked the man a lot and you were still in love with him. That hadn't changed.
"Oh, good choice", Corazon looks at you from head to toe with a smile, "it will look really well on you"
Again, against all odds, you find yourself getting just a little red, nothing compared to how flustered you became every time that Corazon told you something nice. Damn, could it really be that, somehow, your love for Corazon had decreased? But that didn't have any sense! After all nothing had changed between you two.
At that moment the image of Doflamingo looking at you with his brown eyes on display appears on your mind. You shake your head, trying to ignore how this time your heart has begun to beat faster. Come on, that couldn't be. It was true that your initial opinion of Doflamingo had changed and that you didn't hate him anymore, and that you thought that he was attractive, and that you liked the way he cared about his family (you included), and that you honestly didn't dislike anymore when he teased you, but all that didn't mean that you liked him. Right?
"(y/n)…is something wrong?"
You realize too late that you have begun to frown during your inner debate and that Corazon is looking at you lightly confused. You gulp nervously.
"N-No, nothing wrong, sorry, just got lost on my thoughts", you push away your previous thoughts and offer an animated smile to Corazon, "and what about you, boss? What outfit are you going to wear?"
You suppress a relieved sigh when the change of subject is successful and Corazon's expression brightens the moment you mention his lovely costumes. Thank goodness that Corazon was easier to deal with than his brother. Way easier.
"Becca, I insist that it's not necessary that you-"
"Shhh! Keep quiet and let me use this lipstick on you. You'll see how much this color suits you"
You sigh in defeat while obeying your bossy friend. You were in the bathroom of your shared apartment, sitting on the edge of the bathtub while letting Rebecca make you up despite your protests.
"You know that real female pirates didn't waste any time in 'putting themselves pretty', right?"
Rebecca rolls her eyes when hearing your ironic comment and keeps with her task while purposely ignoring you. At the end she had practically self-invited herself to Doflamingo's birthday party since, according to her, you were going to waste a lot of opportunities to get closer to Doflamingo. Because yeah, now somehow Rebecca had passed from wanting to pair you up with Corazon to do it with Doflamingo, and of course it didn't matter how much you insisted that you didn't want anything with the man.
You suppress another resigned sigh. Definitely it had been a bad idea to tell Rebecca that Doflamingo had been about to kill Trafalgar because of you and that he had shown you his eyes. That had just caused Rebecca to think that Doflamingo was cute (yeah, Doflamingo cute) and that you definitely had to get over Corazon already to focus on his brother instead.
"Alright, done", Rebecca smiles satisfied, "come on, look at you. I dare you to tell me that you don't see yourself super pretty"
You do as Rebecca says and against your will you can't help to smile as well because Rebecca has made an excellent work. The makeup that she had used on you highlighted your (e/c) eyes and that lipsticks really looked good on you.
"Okay, I admit it: you have done a great job"
Rebecca huffs.
"I've done a magnificent job", she corrects you with a purposely superior tone, causing you to chuckle, "okay, let's put our costumes on already or we'll be late"
Twenty minutes later Rebecca and you finally abandon the apartment, and just ten minutes later you have arrived at the costume shop, which theoretically was already closed (since it was 19.30 p.m. already) but actually it wasn't, since the party was going to take place there.
"By the way, have you congratulated Doflamingo for his birthday?", Rebecca asks suddenly when you are knocking at the door of the shop.
"No, his birthday is actually in a couple of days, but Corazon decided to celebrate the party during the weekend because Doflamingo is out the next week as well"
"And does he usually travel a lot? Because when you eventually get together it will be a pity if he is too busy to be with you. Although well, you can always travel with him"
You glare at Rebecca while the girl smiles innocently at you, but before you have time to reply anything the door opens and an already dressed up Bartolomeo opens the door and offers you a fanged smile.
"Welcome, pirate ladies! Bartolomeo 'the Cannibal' salutes you!"
You both begin to laugh when the fangs that Bartolomeo is wearing cause him to lisp a little.
"You sound like a dopey vampire talking like that"
Bartolomeo half-closes his eyes at you both when hearing Rebecca's comment before beginning to close the door again, but Rebecca and you prevent him from doing so by apologizing with loud voices that cause Cavendish to go to the entrance as well.
"Bartolomeo, stop being such a kid and let them enter"
"Hey, they have begun by mocking my fangs!"
"We haven't", Rebecca replies with a mischievous smile, "we have just mocked your lisping"
While Rebecca keeps teasing a sulking Bartolomeo you talk to Cavendish.
"Is everyone already here?", you ask.
"The only ones who are left are Machvise, Gladius and Viola who will come later with Doflamingo. But you should go to see Corazon: he is a little hysterical because Jora's costume has just broken in one of its sides when the woman has tried it on"
You follow Cavendish towards the measurement room. The whole family was still dressing up and Corazon, in the middle of the ruckus, was on his knees sustaining a couple of needles between his red lips while sewing Jora's broken dress.
"Sorry, dear: I think that I may have gained a little of weight since you measured me and for that reason…oh, good afternoon, (y/n)"
Corazon turns to look at you when Jora greets you, and you are about to being to laugh when seeing the S.O.S call that is shown in Corazon's eyes.
"Do you need help?"
Your unnecessary question caused Corazon to nod rapidly so you approach the man and begins to follow his instructions to fix the dress. A couple of minutes later Trafalgar enters the room carrying some fabric with him. He was already dressed and against your will you have to admit to yourself that the man was definitely handsome.
"Alright, this is the only fabric of that color that I have found", Trafalgar notices you, "oh, you're here already. Thank goodness: Cora-san was about to suffer a panic attack"
You find yourself exhaling a laugh when Corazon glares at his smirking boyfriend. You are surprised of your own lack of jealously but now definitely wasn't the moment of analyzing your change of attitude towards Corazon and Trafalgar's interactions. Now the most urgent matter was to fix Jora's costume.
While Corazon, Trafalgar and you worked on that, Rebecca made sure to control that Sugar didn't ruin the others' outfits (especially Dellinger's) by throwing grapes, and also mediated between Bartolomeo and Cavendish, since the first one was mocking the second one by saying that he was dressed as a pompous prince instead of as a pirate. Fortunately, the two lovebirds were good at multitasking so they could help to prepare the party snacks while keeping fighting-flirting.
Finally, half-an-hour later Jora's outfit was impeccable and it was almost time for Doflamingo's arrival. Corazon had made up the excuse that he needed his brother's help in some legal business related to the shop and Doflamingo had agreed to meet him at 20.00 p.m.
Just at that hour a couple of firm knocks sounded at the door, so Corazon hurries everyone to hide in the different rooms of the shop: measurement room, office, back-shop and even the small supply closet, where Rebecca hides just with Sugar to prevent her to keep quarrelling with Dellinger.
You are about to join Bartolomeo and Cavendish in the office when Corazon stops you.
"Wait, (y/n)", Corazon signals a gigantic bag full of confetti that is hidden under the counter and a devious smile suddenly appears in his usually kind face, "please, could you hide under the counter and help me to throw this at Doffy after everyone appears? He did this to me on my 24 birthday and I spent one week coughing confetti, so now it's his turn"
When the image of a serious Doflamingo covered in confetti appears in your mind you practically stomp under the counter without hesitation and your enthusiastic reaction causes Corazon to laugh.
Another couple of knocks sound again so Corazon finally approaches the door of the shop. From where you are you hear Doflamingo asking if everything is alright. The voices become louder as they approach your position and when you see Corazon's legs next under counter you get a little nervous.
You didn't know if Doflamingo was aware of what was about to happen but for the serious tone of the conversation you deduced that no, he hadn't the least idea.
"So what happens? Don't tell me that Smoker has sent someone to bother you as well because then I will kill him for real"
Doflamingo's deadly tone provokes an involuntarily shiver down your spine. Nope, definitely he didn't seem to know what everything was about.
"Doffy, you said that we should keep a low profile", you hear Viola say with a reproachful tone.
"A small bomb counts as a low profile?"
"I don't think so, iiiin"
You hear Corazon chuckle when hearing Gladius and Machvise's comments.
"Don't worry, Doffy, it's not that serious"
You can feel Doflamingo's tension even if you aren't seeing him.
"Corazon, I thought that you were facing a legal problem when receiving your call, so if it's not that serious why have you made me come in such a hurr-"
At that precise moment the doors of the different rooms open at the same time and a loud high-pitched 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY!' that unmistakably belongs to Pica resounds above the rest of the voices. At the same time Corazon's hand appears under the counter making an approach gesture with his fingers, so without wasting any more time you get out the counter with more or less difficulty.
You have barely time to see Doflamingo's looking with stupor at the rest of the family stepping in the shop entrance before Corazon (with your help) throws the content of the heavy bag over Doflamingo, causing the man to end covered in glittering multicolored confetti before having time to react.
"Happy Birthday two days prior, brother", Corazon says with a wide smile while the rest of the family begins to laugh loudly, "sorry, but this was the only way to make you go to the party"
For a tiny moment you are afraid that Doflamingo gets angry, because his expression was as unreadable as always. However, after some seconds the man simply removes some confetti that had got stuck in his glasses and after sighing he exhales a short snicker.
"You son of a…"
"Hey, hey, hey, don't you dare to insult mum"
Corazon's comment causes everyone to laugh again, you included. The family then approaches Doflamingo and you find yourself smiling like an idiot when Corazon steps out the counter to hug his older brother. It was funny how close they were despite they couldn't be more different. Definitely you wanted to know more about Corazon and Doflamingo's past.
"By the way, little brother", Doflamingo suddenly looks at you with a smile on his face, "is it just me or that beautiful pirate there has helped you with your confetti revenge?"
You blush when realizing that the 'beautiful pirate' that he has mentioned is you.
"Yes, she has", Corazon answers with a wide smile, "in fact she was really eager to cover you in confetti. I haven't had to tell her twice"
"Oh, is that so?"
You can't help to gulp when Doflamingo's smirk wears the promise of eventually making you pay for your behavior, but instead of feeling afraid or nervous you feel completely at ease when answering back with a fake innocent tone.
"I just thought that your black suit was too boring for a birthday party and that a little of color will surely improve it"
The family laughs when hearing your ironic comment but you just make sure to smile daringly at Doflamingo, whose grin just grows even more.
After more moments of animated talking Corazon asks Doflamingo, Gladius, Machvise and Viola to accompany him so that they get dressed as well. Corazon also asks you, Bartolomeo and Cavendish help to bring the costumes that had been kept safe in the back-shop so that they didn't get stained while the rest of the family was changing.
Just when you are about to go with your two coworkers you see Rebecca making you a gesture that indicates you that she wanted to talk to you urgently, and you don't know why but you are pretty sure what the topic of conversation was going to be.
"Okay, here are the costumes", Bartolomeo announces when you three enter the measurement room some minutes later.
"Thank you", after admiring her awesome dress Viola turns to look at you, "oh, I almost forget: Corazon wanted to see you now in the office"
"Oh, okay"
In order to go to the office you irremediably pass through the shop entrance as well and see that the family has begun to mount a table to place the snacks on it. In fact, some members of the family have begun to eat already, and when seeing the quantity of snacks that Trebol manages to put in his mouth in one go you begin to think that maybe Corazon hadn't bought so many food after all.
When you reach the office, the habit of working there almost every day makes you enter without even knocking. However, when you open the door and the first thing you see is Doflamingo facing the door without his glasses and with his upper half completely exposed, leaving at full display his toned pectorals and his defined six-pack, you discover that this time you definitely should have knocked.
"Oh, hello, (y/n)", Doflamingo's initial surprised expression is immediately replaced by a mocking one, "do you need something or you just like to stare at people when is changing?"
You manage to somehow avert your eyes from Doflamingo's sinful body (goddammit, was that man really 41?!) to look at him in the eyes, but the playful glint that you see in them just causes you to end redder than you are already.
"I-I didn't want to spy! Besides, why the hell are you changing in the office instead of doing it in the measurement room like everyone else?!"
"Well, the washing machine is in your office and I just wanted to wash my suit. Besides, it's your fault for not knocking, young lady"
Doflamingo's teasing tone and sounded logic just embarrass you more. In fact, you are so nervous trying to find a proper way to defend yourself that you don't notice that Corazon is also in the room until the man clears his throat and looks at his brother with a wary expression.
"Doffy…your…"
Corazon subtly signals his own eyes but Doflamingo's reaction is to chuckle.
"Don't worry, Corazon: she has seen me without glasses before"
Corazon's eyes snap open in disbelief.
"Has she?", Doflamingo simply nods and Corazon's expression slowly turns knowing and amused at the same time, "oh"
You gulp when seeing Corazon's expression because it looked really similar to the way Rebecca looked at you when she tried to convince you that Doflamingo could be a great boyfriend.
"A-Anyway, what did you want to tell me?"
Corazon looks at you confused.
"Me? Nothing"
You blink confused but almost immediately you understand. It seemed that Viola has just lied to you to make you meet Doflamingo. For goodness sake, how many people were trying to pair you up with the man?!
"Okay, it doesn't matter", you eventually say, "sorry for the interruption"
You are about to leave the room when Doflamingo speaks.
"One second, (y/n)"
Your heart misses a beat when suddenly Doflamingo (a half-naked Doflamigo) approaches you and takes your right wrist in his hand to observe the leather bracelet that you are wearing on it.
"What are you doing?", you ask confused, trying to keep your tone with an acceptable level of calm when Doflamingo slowly removes the jewel to leave your wrist exposed.
"Oh, what a shame", Doflamingo speaks with an overly disappointed tone, "I was hoping that you were wearing another bracelet under this"
It takes you a couple of seconds to understand that Doflamingo is referring to the time when you were wearing the black panties hidden under your own bracelet, and when you do you can't help to chuckle.
"No, sorry, this time I'm not wearing any extra bracelet"
Your ironic reply causes Doflamingo to smirk.
"Maybe this time you are wearing that bracelet the way you should wear it"
You blush a little but you are proud of your casual voice when replying.
"Maybe. But I'm afraid that you are not going to discover it"
Doflamingo chuckles when hearing your cutting answer.
"Well, that is indeed a pity"
You find yourself fighting not to smile back when hearing Doflamingo's seductive answer. Shit, definitely there was something wrong with you because it wasn't normal to enjoy this teasing game that much.
At that moment Corazon clears his throat and you gulp when realizing that you had forgotten for a moment that the younger Donquixote, your crush, was in the room. But of course that was Doflamingo's fault. His presence was so…umh…intense that you had been unable to focus on everything else. Yeah. That was surely the motive.
"Doffy, I don't want to interrupt your talk with (y/n) but the family is waiting, so maybe you should get changed"
Doflamingo grunts (with certain reluctance) before turning towards Corazon, who was smiling with amusement at his brother and also at you.
After saying a hurried goodbye you abandon the office and return to the entrance. Someone had turned on the music, which enlivened the ambience but also caused the family to be even louder while speaking, although that was something that you didn't mind too much since you were used to your not precisely quiet coworkers.
You have barely begun to approach the table stuffed with snacks when suddenly Rebecca appears just next to you making you jump startled.
"Jeez, Becca, do you want to kill me from a heart attack?"
"Why didn't you tell me that Doflamingo is way hotter in reality than in the photos?!", you blush and shush Rebecca, and fortunately the girl obeys even if she keeps talking rather heatedly, "god, if it wasn't that obvious that he is going after you I would go after him, I swear"
"He is not going after me", Rebecca raises an eyebrow and you gulp, "okay, it's true that it's not the first time that he…flirts with me, but maybe he just does it to tease me"
Rebecca rolls her eyes with patience.
"Definitely my friend is dumber than I thought"
"Hey!"
Rebecca teases you a little more about your lack of intuition before disappearing to take something to eat. Meanwhile you go to take a drink, since your throat had ended a little dry because of your previous spying-accident in the office.
You have just grabbed a plastic cup and are deciding what drink to choose when Trafalgar situates next to you.
"You should try the apple juice. It's rather tasty"
"Oh, okay", you let Trafalgar fill your cup, "what about the food? Something that you recommend?"
"Well, the ham croquettes are pretty good. And the sandwiches seem to be rather tasty as well but I haven't tried them"
"Oh, yes, I had forgotten your hate for the bread"
You are surprised when your comment causes Trafalgar to change his weight from one foot to another a little awkwardly.
"Yes, I know that it's something weird"
Since you have made Trafalgar uncomfortable even if it wasn't your intention at all, you immediately speak again with a reassuring tone.
"Not especially. I know a girl that doesn't like chocolate. That's weird"
Trafalgar looks at you with a suspicious expression.
"Have you just made that up to make me feel better?"
You shake your head negatively.
"Nope, I'm saying the truth. Ask Becca about her friend Boa if you don't believe me"
When realizing that you are being completely sincere Trafalgar chuckles with a hint of relief before taking a sip of his cup. You can't help to stare at the tattoo of his knuckles and after hesitating you decide to ask.
"Just out of curiosity, why are you wearing the word 'Death' tattooed in your hand?", Trafalgar looks at you with surprise, "well, if you want to tell me, if don't…"
"No, it's okay. Maybe you don't know but I am a surgeon. My father was one as well and I always wanted to follow his steps, since I was a kid, and every time that I told my father about it he always warned me by saying: 'Are you sure, son? This job is to save lives, but that also means that death will be in your hands with every operation that you perform'. So…", Trafalgar extends his hand in front of him and observes his own tattoo, "…I decided to take his words literally and mark them in my skin. That way, every time that I'm in an operation I remember his words. It's true that that puts extra pressure on me, but it also allows me to give my all"
You stare at Trafalgar for several seconds and then without even thinking you exclaim an impressed 'How cool!' that makes the man open his eyes wide.
"Do you really think so?", Trafalgar asks hesitantly.
"Yeah, totally", you said while nodding, "honestly, I had been wondering why you had tattooed something like that but none of my theories was as cool as the real motive"
Trafalgar chuckles while blushing lightly.
"Well, thank you", he smiles with curiosity, "and what were the other theories?"
You laugh a little nervously.
"Weeeell, my best theory was that maybe when you were younger you passed for an emo phase that caused you to tattoo that to yourself"
Trafalgar begins to laugh when hearing your explanation and you are surprised because it was probably the first time that you saw the man laugh.
"Well, it was a rather probable explanation", he concedes, and then suddenly his expression turns serious again, "by the way, (y/n)…I would like to apologize"
Your eyes open wide in surprise.
"Apologize? Why?"
"Well…", Trafalgar's tone becomes guilty when talking next, "I don't know if you noticed it but until I began to go out with Cora-san I was kind of a jerk with you. That first day when I saw you with him in the medical office I practically kicked you out of there, and I was always cold with you, so I'm really sorry. At first I thought that maybe you could like Cora-san as well and since you both were so close and he always talked so well about you I was afraid that he liked you instead of me"
After some seconds you exhale a soft tense chuckle because Trafalgar's deduction couldn't have been more accurate.
"Oh, don't worry about it", you say with just a light nervous tone, "it was pretty obvious why you hated me so I made sure to show you quickly that I was not interested in the boss that way"
Trafalgar chuckles with relief when hearing your answer. The truth is that it was a nice change to be able to speak to the man so naturally.
"Yes, I was not very subtle", suddenly, Trafalgar's smile slowly turns knowing, "and now I know that I mistook the Donquixote for whom you fallen"
Trafalgar's words make your mouth fall completely open.
"What?!", you exclaim bright red, "t-that's not true! I'm not interested in any Donquixote: neither Corazon and nor Doflamingo!"
Trafalgar frowns, showing a truthful confused expression.
"Oh, are you sure?"
"Totally sure", you answer effusively. Too effusively.
Trafalgar hums to himself, as if he wasn't in the least convinced. You are about to insist but just that moment the Donquixote brothers make their triumphant entrance and the only thing you can do is to stare with a dumbfounded expression at Doflamingo.
Because yes, Corazon was perfect with that heart shaped t-shirt and that black feathery coat that was a replica of the one his brother wore, but Doflamingo's costume made impossible for you to avert your eyes from him since the white pirate shirt that he was wearing was completely unbuttoned, allowing you to see again his too tempting sculpted upper-body, and again how the hell were you going to be able to pay attention to anything else than that?!
At that moment you hear Trafalgar clearing his throat next to you and immediately look at him to see him smiling at you with amusement.
"'Totally sure?'", he repeats with irony.
You gulp, feeling your cheeks heat up. Definitely, it was becoming more and more difficult to convince everyone that you weren't interested in Doflamingo, and somehow you feel that by the end of the party it was going to be even more difficult to self-convince yourself of that fact.
Sorry, the chapter was getting too long and I've decided to divide it in two -.-
I also know that there has been very little interaction with Doffy in this chapter but I promise that I will fix that in the next part and that the wait will be worth it!