"I can't believe you. You notice there aren't any women before you notice that they have feathers growing on their arms," Usopp mutters all too loudly as he and Sanji walk through the small village.
"And the people on Skypiea had wings on their backs. I've kind of become immune to this type of weird shit," he says nonchalantly. "'Side, it's more strange to have a village supported by only older women and children."
'Yeah, but you only notice that the ladies were missing,' Usopp muses to himself. He continues to walk rigidly, with his arms folded tightly over his chest.
'He's pouting,' Sanji smirks. "What's wrong with you?" he asks, making his voice sound arrogant on purpose.
"Nothing," Usopp says bitterly.
"Really?" Sanji asks sarcastically, pulling out a fresh cigarette. Luckily they're still dry after their little fall into that lake.
"You're always so worried about women. It's just..it's just that you lose your head over them and almost got us killed earlier..." Usopp grudgingly admits in a low voice, his lips slightly puckered.
Sanji would be swooning for Usopp right now if he wasn't so exhausted. 'Uso-swan's jealous of Nami-san and Robin-chan!'
Sanji's stride changes slightly, allowing him to walk closer to Usopp. He loops an arm around the sniper's waist and though Usopp struggles against his touch, he doesn't push Sanji away all together. Sanji leaned in closer until his mouth is adjacent to Usopp's ear. "It's because you're here that I'm worried about them," he says smoothly, his breath tickling.
"What?" Usopp asks, pulling away so he can meet Sanji's visible eye, a hand reaching up to shield his reddening ear.
"If I were with Nami-san and Robin-chan right now, I would be looking for you just as hard," he says wearing that confident smile that makes Usopp both love and hate him at the same time. It's a very complicated emotion. Still, he guesses what Sanji's saying makes sense.
"What would you do if you'd been stranded with someone else, like say Zoro?" he asks, still curious whether Sanji would have been looking for him as much as he would Nami or Robin.
Sanji's face makes an amusing grimace at the suggestion of Zoro. 'Anyone but fucking Zoro.' "I would have been looking for you, too, of course."
"Yeah, of course," Usopp mutters, rolling his eyes and picking up the pace so that he's walking further ahead of their ship's cook.
"No really!" Sanji presses, speeding up so he's right on his heels.