Final Tale: There are no tricks or Rules in Love
Hancock was depressed…quite depressed, so far everything she has tried to make Luffy happy or to get closer to him ended in vein, of course he cares about her as a precious friend but that's not all Hancock wanted, she wanted to be something more than just a friend, even though at times friends are more helpful than anyone else but that's not the point, Luffy is the kind of a guy who don't make friends just to utilize their help afterwards but because he will do anything for the person he likes and consider a friend
Leaving these things aside now Hancock diverted her attention to the real issue…last try was a big failure…of course, how would something like that pick Luffy's interest? Now, even if she tries other ideas they are awfully similar, for instance what if she along with her whole Kuja tribe were put into deep slumber and whole island was covered in bushes and veins, in that case…
Luffy entered the village and was looking here and there curiously, this was definitely an adventure for him but one thing was strange, why was everyone asleep and it looked like whole place hasn't been tended by anyone for years, it appeared to be more like ancient ruins
After exploring some more Luffy reached a place which appeared to be a castle…well…not that sort of castle but still quite big as one, Luffy curiously went in and noticed that even in here everyone was sleeping, after some more exploring Luffy found a big room and went in…it's door was open after all…
There was an extremely beautiful woman was sleeping on floor "I wonder why is she sleeping on floor when there's such a big bed right there" Luffy said to himself with a usual dumb look, now Luffy remembered that everyone was sleeping at an unusual place
"they must be really tired I guess…" looking here and there once Luffy started scratching the back of his head "if I wake them up they will be angry…" he let out a sigh of disappointment "…I guess I should go back without making some noise" and he left…
That would happen if Luffy happened to be in world of sleeping beauty…
Now then… what if Luffy was turned into a beast because he was cursed by a witch and a man accidentally entered his castle, now to save his life he promised Luffy to send his daughter instead
"what? Your daughter? What would I do with her? Don't you have any meat?" beast-luffy said ferociously
"well…I'm kinda…poor…so I don't have much to give you" that poor man was really confused
"hmmm…well ok! Do whatever you want" Luffy left to his room least bit interested in that guy's offer…
Hancock came to Luffy's castle and started living with a scary looking beast on behalf of her father, one night they were having dinner
"l-luffy, I'll be happy to…m…marry you and that way your curse will be lifted and you'll be back to normal again" Hancock said nervously
"are you kidding me? Look how cool looking monster I am…" Luffy's eyes were shining "there's no way I'll go back to normal" …and he left, leaving a stunned and disappointed Hancock behind…Luffy lived rest of his life as a cool and scary rubber monster who loved meat and adventure…
Even if it were one of the most famous fairy tale of all time where a princess is held in a castle which was guarded by a dragon, like always Luffy would be more interested in a dragon…that's it…Hancock made up her mind this time, there are no rules or tricks in love after all, she just has to believe in herself and her undying love for Luffy
Hancock went to Sunny's deck, Luffy was sitting on Lion's head resting his hands behind the head, as he was enjoying the cool breeze he had a big smile on his face as always
"luffy is so cute" Hancock thought while her eyes dazzled by Luffy's cuteness…which was by the way acknowledged only by Hancock among their crew members, for others he was just a reckless idiot. Hancock was almost pulled into another daydream but somehow she managed to shake herself out of it, now to her destination
"l-luffy" Hancock called him in a semi-low tone, Luffy turned his head to look at her
"yo Hancock! What's up?" Luffy said in usual happy tone
"I…I wanted to ask something" she was blushing
"what? That again?" he said with a bored expression
"n-no…not that…it's just…w-will you…!...will you go on a date with me when we reach next island?" she always kept asking Luffy to marry her but for some reason asking for a date felt much more difficult, for few moments there was pure silence except the sound of sea waves, a big smile appeared on Luffy's face again "it's just that? Sure, I've to go exploring anyway…" that was all, just like that Hancock's date with Luffy was fixed, not like it's gonna be much different…but from Hancock's perspective…it was a bit too easy…
On an unknown island, yet again Luffy exploring in the forest followed by Hancock, no idea how this was any different than before but Hancock was content enough because it was confirmed to be date by Luffy himself, a date in the forest…only Straw-hats can do that
"this sure is fun but…" he turned to Hancock while walking on "…how is this any different? Looks like the same fun exploring to me…"
"…what matters is… how you think of it" Hancock turned her gaze to the trees in forest wearing a smile, Luffy kept staring at her for few moments, she looked more happy than before, at-least that much Luffy could tell, he turned his head in front again, "Hancock…" after few moments of silence he said gaining Hancock's full attention which was already mostly towards him, his voice wasn't like before at all, it was different this time, filled with seriousness
"I won't marry you…" Luffy rejected her many times before but this time, the way he said it was completely different "…not yet…", Hancock couldn't understand what this exactly means, so, for the moment she just kept staring at him, "…if I made up my mind to marry anyone anytime in future, it would be no one other than you…I mean…who else can I marry anyway? I'll be Pirate king, and I'm sure most of people would hate me for that, only ones who wouldn't are my friends and you guys, so what I mean is…" Luffy turned his head back to Hancock again forming another smile "…you don't have to worry, just wait a bit longer…"
Hancock had no idea what to say in response, there was nothing to say, a strange feeling started to rise within her chest, similar to the one she had at that night in Amazon Lily, Luffy had experienced friendship the most so far like most of the straw hats, but not every straw hat is like that either…especially the female ones. Other than friends he had brothers but they are not here anymore, enemies… he has a lot of them and a grandfather who kept beating him to shit all the time…and given his attitude most of people thought that he doesn't know about love or things related to that…but that's not right, he knew about everything, he was stupid or idiot or anything else what people called him, but he wasn't a kid, he knew what marriage is, he knew what love is, he knew about 'this-and-that-and-all-those-other-things', most important of all, he knew about Hancock's feelings, he wasn't just interested in these kinda things so far, that's the only reason for his actions and personality
Luffy was still looking at her while smiling, "I'll try not to take much long…" he turned his eyes back again "…or you'll turn into a hag"
A smile appeared on her face "that's fine, for you, I'll grab hold of it, even if I have to fight with the guardian of timeline, I'll definitely find a way to grab hold onto this beauty…just for you" her face was getting redder every moment
"that's not really necessary, but…whatever…" Luffy said casually
She let out a sigh of relief "it's just like him…not caring about my beauty at all, but I do care, for him I've to stay the most beautiful" feeling in her chest turned into pain, her face started to get flushed even more, after few moments she fell down with a thud losing consciousness, Luffy heard the voice, turning around he saw Hancock laying on ground unconscious, her face was flushed and she was clenching her chest firmly (just like in Amazon Lily)
"AAAAAAAAAAHH! HANCOCK! WHAT HAPPENED?" his eyes were popped out and jaw was dropped almost to the ground, after nothing came to his mind he quickly lifted Hancock up and ran back to Sunny…
In Sunny's infirmary…
Hancock was on infirmary's bed and everyone including Luffy and Chopper was looking at Hancock
"I've no idea what kind of disease this is…nothing seems to be wrong with her" Chopper
"why she seems so happy even though she's passed out?" Ussop asked wondering
"…!..." Nami squinted her eyes as she realized something "Luffy! Did you say or by any chance 'do' something to her?"
"not really…I just said I'll marry her" Luffy said indifferently
"figures" everyone thought with a big sigh except Sanji who exploded in anger instead and grabbed Luffy by collar "YOU SHITTY GOMU! WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN? LIKE HELL I'LL LET YOU MARRY HANCOCK-CHAN, YOU DON'T DESERVE THAT HEAVENLY BEAUTY, I'LL STRANGLE YOU TO DEATH BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING OF THE SOR-BHUWAA" Sanji received Nami's punch on his left jaw and crashed in the wall behind
"would you stop that? And you…" Nami turned to Luffy and punched him in head this time "think who you're talking to before you say anything…" after another big sigh "…not like you're gonna listen, honestly! All of you are nothing but pain" Nami left the infirmary
"...must be dreaming about Luffy again…" Robin thought while looking at unconscious, smiling Hancock
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