This one is based on a comic by one of my favorite SanUso artists, MitarashiBoi on deviantART. It's all his fault that I like the pairing in the first place. xD And I can't find the comic, so you have to check out his entire gallery. mitarashiboi(dot)deviantart(dot)com (Of course, you know how to type out urls, replace the (dot) with actual periods).
Title: Horror Stories
Theme: #17 Monster
Claim: SanjixUsopp
Words: 559
Rating: K+
Warnings: K+ for slight language and boy love. Also set sometime after Thriller Bark.
Disclaimer(s): I don't own One Piece.
Sanji yawned, stumbling a bit as hewalked across the grass deck of Thousand Sunny. He held a plate of leftover food in one hand, something he'd usually offer to Nami or Robin. It wasn't very often that the crew left a small serving of dinner after a meal, since Luffy usually ate it. In some cases, Usopp would have to take it when the captain snatched his food away, and Sanji gave up his own meal to him and settled for what was left.
Tonight, the little bits of leftovers had survived through dinnertime and one of Luffy's before-bed-raids. After finishing the dishes and cleaning up the kitchen, Sanji realized it was still sitting on the table and decided to take it to someone else. How it went unnoticed by the captain puzzled him.
He approached the men's cabin and grabbed the doorknob, turning it slowly in hopes that he could get in without disrupting anyone's sleep. Zoro, Luffy, Franky and Brook would be asleep by now, so he had to keep quiet. Sanji grinned as he managed to push the door open without a sound.
As he expected, the other men in the crew were sleeping soundly in their own hammocks, except Luffy who had crawled into Zoro's hammock and now snuggled against his body. Chopper was also missing, but Sanji knew he was sleeping in his office.
The object that caught his attention when he glanced around the room was the lump sitting next to the couch. He smirked as he crept closer, softly calling out to it. "Uso-chan."
The lump jumped up and let out a muffled scream before turning to Sanji. Usopp looked over his shoulder at him, a look of terror plastered on his face. His hand was pulled away from his mouth, but Sanji knew he'd used it to cover his scream. "Sanji! You scared the hell out of me!" he whispered sharply. "Don't sneak up on me like that."
Sanji looked over Usopp and noticed the book peeking out from the blanket wrapped around his body. "Are you reading?" he asked as he sat next to him, holding out the plate and watching Usopp take it with a blush blooming on his face. Sanji took the chance to grab the book and looked at the cover. "Zombies? No wonder you were scared so badly."
Usopp muttered something under his breath and took a bite of the food Sanji gave him.
Sanji pulled the blanket away from Usopp's body and placed the book in front of him. He let the blanket pool behind him before grabbing Usopp by the hips and pulling him to sit between his legs. Usopp made a noise of surprise, but he glanced over his shoulder as Sanji reached behind himself to grab the blanket again. The cook then wrapped the blanket around them both and rested his chin on Usopp's shoulder.
His mouth twisted in a wriggly smile, Usopp finished eating the food and switched the plate with his book. He leaned back against Sanji's chest and opened to the page he had marked, looking at Sanji out of the corner of his eye. "Thanks for the food," he said.
"Sure. I'll watch your back in case the zombies come," Sanji chuckled. Usopp's face turned red and he nestled against Sanji's chest as he continued to read.