My head was numb, and my chest was throbbing. For some reason I was warm, warmer than I would ordinarily be. I thought, whatever this warmth is, I like it. I snuggled deeper into whatever it was that was supplying me with this comfort.

"Fufufu, for someone who wasn't keen on staying, you seem to be making yourself comfortable."

A deep vibration came from in front of me. I was curled up, lying on my side, trying to snuggle closer to the warmth. I had no idea that warmth was the very thing I should be running from. I opened my eyes to see a bare, tanned chest gleaming in front of me. The vibrations I felt were from his speech, his voice was so deep and velvety, but even so, how could one man's voice echo so lucratively through my entire body. I was weak enough from fatigue as it was, I didn't need to lulled any further.

I ran my head along the sheets to look up at the face of the man I was lying next to. I was greeted again by a fanatical grin stretched wide across his face. I felt my body shudder slightly as I realized that this is what I had been sleeping next to all this time.

I sat up and placed my hands in front of me. I glanced back at him momentarily and then quietly pondered to myself. Eventually all I could muster was something like this.

"You're that guy... right." He smiled a little wider, to reassure me he was. "Then this is probably about the time I should be screaming and run out of the room."

I fiddled with my thumbs for a second as I could feel the man's curiosity rise from behind me. "I don't know about the first part... but I think the second is definitely worth a try."

I leapt to my feet and bolted to the door. I managed to make it out of the room too, which I'm guessing is because he was too surprised at my response to do anything about it. I fled down a long hallway. When I came to the end, there was nothing, just a dead end; it would have been the same if I'd gone the other way too.

I saw the silhouette of the man I'd left behind amble down the hallway towards me. I ducked though the door closest to me. It opened up into a huge study with a chaise lounge at the centre. The walls were lined with bookcases filled to the brim with leather bound dusty old books. There was a desk in front of the window with a small pile of papers to the left. In front of the lounge was a coffee table with wanted posters. Two in particular had been separated from the rest. One was a man slightly older than myself with dark hair and a spotted fluffy hat and the other I recognised immediately as my idiot younger brother Luffy. I was lost in thought and picked up the wanted poster. A small side smile cracked across my face as I admired Luffy. Obviously Sabo wasn't able to become a pirate, and I got caught up with things that were, well, a little out of this world. It's nice to know that one of us four seems to be making the most of our dreams. In my contemplation I had totally forgotten my current situation.

The door creaked open behind me. "For someone who seems intent on running away, I must say, you're not very good at it."

The wanted poster fell from my hands as I spun around to see the giant standing less the two centimetres from me. He grabbed my neck, his fingers covering my ear on one side and his tumb covering the ear on the other. He raised me off the ground with that single hand and brought my face in front of his, looking at me with eyes full of anticipation.