Title: Nasty Naughty Boy
Chapter 11: Day 5 Part 1: Luffy's Secret
Rating: T
Summary: Luffy doesn't care anymore if the secret he has been keeping all this time revealed for everyone to know. All the captain knows that he needs to have him before he loses his golden opportunity.
A/N: Previously, people have been asking about Luffy's real feeling/intention. So now I'm revealing them. Muahahahahaha!
Song: In the Secret by MercyMe
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This was just one of those days. You should have guesses what day it is. That day that happens once every few months, in which everything goes wrong from the moment you wake up from your sleep and feels like garbage.
For Killer, this was the worst day, well, not in his life but in a long time.
First of all, he got out of the bed on the wrong side. In fact, since boarding on Mugiwara ship, everyday he got up he was in bad mood, but today he felt something would go terribly wrong. Next, his hair chose today to be the perfect day to annoy the hell out of it owner. It was already bad enough that his hair sticking up in one place, now it got tangled in pesky knots like someone had just stuck bubble gums inside his hair. Untangling those knots was more challenging and unpleasant than fighting hundreds of marines, so he thought. Then during breakfast, Law came into the kitchen, sashaying his hips in a way that made the blonde irritated beyond reason. The supernova acting doctor, was not only openly annoying, did not only have the biggest, creepiest sword, but also had a way of flipping other people without so much effort.
Of course, the grey-eyed Death Surgeon wasn't Killer's biggest concern at the moment. Well, he still loathed him no matter what and the fact would never change in a million years, but it seemed that another issue just immersed and the Massacre Man couldn't stop himself from being tad restless. He shouldn't be. But as soon as he saw the image of the straw hat wearing captain, adrenaline started to pump through his vein. He couldn't get his heart to calm down, couldn't get the whispering voice out of his head.
'I like you a lot.'
This is ridiculous. Who's he kidding with? It was obviously just one of Mugiwara's drunken talks, nothing more. And Killer doubted the teen even remembered whatever happened last night. So far, nothing that Luffy did show any sign of awkwardness. The teen stormed into the kitchen while shouting 'FOOD!' like always, he ate with the same appetite like always, and he tried to steal other's food like always, nothing else new, just a simple ordinary breakfast scene. In the end, it was Killer who annoyed with himself for being overactive.
"Killer-san? Are you alright?"
The blond looked up to see everyone on the table was looking at him strangely. Abruptly, he realized he was tapping the plate harder and harder with his fork.
"Y-yeah, I'm ok." He said and quickly put it down.
That was the biggest mistake Killer had ever committed in his life for believing that his day couldn't get worse. Actually, things just went straight to hell from there and here's why.
For the past few hours' right after breakfast, Luffy had been wrecking on anything the man tried to do.
9.00 AM
He tried to take a bath alone but seconds later, Luffy jumped into the large bath tub with his special cannon ball and asked what kind of shampoo the blonde used. Was it the fruity scented or the flower scented? Unfortunately, Killer would rather get his teeth pulled out than using the girlish shampoo. The shitty part is, he almost let out one of those shrill girly shrieks you only heard on low budget horror film when the captain was only millimeters away him, chest almost touching chest, stark naked and in a VERY dangerous position. He later realized that he was the most stupid homo-sapiens ever exist for flustering because it appeared that Luffy only wanted to grab for the shampoo behind him. After seeing how Killer reacted like he wanted to dig the floor tiles using his nails only (probably because he wanted to escape from that room), Luffy only responded by cocking his head to the side and said, "I think you've been staying in the hot water too long…"
9.30 AM
He tried to read in the library but couldn't concentrate even for a minute because Luffy would ask about the content of the page he was currently reading and commented how he could even read a book that only have words without any pictures. Even worse, the petite captain kept on asking if he would read it for him. A question suddenly popped inside Killer's mind.
Can Luffy read?
10.15 AM
He tried to meditate in the crow's nest but the peace and quiet he was expecting weren't there at all since Luffy was there as well, expounding how bored he was and asked 'are you done yet?' or 'look! That cloud looks like roasted meat!' every ten fucking seconds. Killer was saved somehow after the green haired swordsman kicked his captain from the room; annoyance was all over his face. Apparently, the loud mouthed teen was disturbing his nap.
11.05 AM
Hot didn't even begin to cover it. Today, the air blown by the sea seemed stagnant and dead. Hotter than the windless air. Even breathing was hard in the day's unbearable heat. What on earth had possessed him to be on the deck, in this sweltering heat while he could stay inside where it would be much cooler there? Simple. Lately, he felt as though his body has become sluggish and lifeless. It couldn't be helped since the last time he engaged in battle was days ago when he and Trafalgar tried to bloody murder each other. Since then, nothing that required him to use his combat abilities and scythes has occurred. So here he is, on the deck, shirtless and doing the basic training below the burning sun. He would have asked Zoro to be his sparring partner if it wasn't for the fact that the swordsman was currently taking his usual before lunch nap.
That was of course, the minor reason. As for the major reason why he let his body baked alive under the giant energy ball is that he simply wanted to distract himself from thinking anything… inappropriate.
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This must be love! So his teenage heart screamed as he laid his eyes on Killer's bare face for the first time six days ago. Golden locks fell into his eyes; the rest of his unusual long hair spilled loose over his backs and shoulders with strong squarish jaw emphasizes his maturity. And the moment he saw those mismatched eyes, Luffy felt as though his heart stopped beating for god knows how long. Truthfully speaking, Luffy already noticed the masked man in Sabaody and he had to admit, the blond left a strong impression on him. Too bad he just had to act like a moron, thoughtless guy and punched the fat, ugly tenryuubito. Because of that, Kidd pirates, Heart Pirates and Mugiwara pirates had to part their way since that blasted, hentai Kizaru was chasing after them.
But Lady Luck was on his side after all! Soon after, all the three notorious Supernovas along with their crew met again. After listening to Kidd's love triangle, Luffy couldn't believe his day kept on getting better and he even reminded himself to send boxes of chocolates to his Lady Luck.
No one is supposed to know about this as it is the only dirty little secret that Luffy have ever kept in his life.
In the secret,
In the quiet place
in the stillness, you are there
In the secret, in the quiet hour I wait, only for you
'Cause I want to know you more
Apparently, his order for them to stay on Thousand Sunny and make up is just a total big bullshit. His true attention was so he could see the Massacre Man again.
Yet, Lady Luck loves him more than he could imagine! Maybe she used her magic wand and casted a spell so the marines spotted them and launched a surprise attack. Much to his surprise, Trafalgar made an code red emergency decision in which they are going to stay aboard until they reach the next island and as expected, Kidd and Killer had no choice but to follow the mad decision as well. More reason for him to send red roses to his Lady Luck.
So rewinding back the time to six days ago where Luffy stormed into the room to announce his important order in which Kidd, Killer and Law have to stay until their problem is solved. That time, it took all of his will power NOT to fall on his knees and drool over the blond. Outside, he was wearing the goofy and laid back expression, but inside, Luffy's heart felt like it was going to crawl right up out of his throat and catapult itself from his mouth to run after the blond.
A lot of people have been telling him he has no restraint or even caution. If he sees a fountain on a hot summer day, he immediately wades into it. If someone calls for help, he comes running. If anyone dares to hurt his friends, he will beat the crap out of them. And if he likes someone, he will chase after that person, proposition him, on his knees if that's required. This lack of restraint most of time, not only turns people off but unconsciously invites troubles to roll after him like a hot sausage. As usual, Luffy didn't bother to try restraining except for emergency cases. So although Luffy was badly tempted to launch himself at Killer and invite the blond to join his crew (he doesn't care if everyone against the crazy idea), he didn't.
Because Killer truly likes LIKES his captain.
Kidd never really directly told them about the blonde's feeling towards him, but based from his story and if their hypothesis was correct, there was no mistaking it. As stupid as Luffy is, he perfectly knows that he couldn't have Killer when the blond wouldn't spare a look to anyone except for his captain. How he fought Law violently and almost sent the brunette to the afterlife emphasized his feeling. But the East Blue captain doesn't know for how long he could keep his growing feeling to himself. To sit there and look at the man he knew he have feeling for but couldn't have, to slowly torture himself while Killer is within his grasp. Right in front of him.
I want to know you
I want to hear your voice
I want to know you more
I want to touch you
I want to see your face
I want to know you more
As days passed, inside, Luffy felt increasingly dejected. He couldn't help but want more with Killer. Every time he looked at the blonde's flawless beauty, sullied and scarred by misery and woe, Luffy had to summon all his willpower to prevent himself from embracing the blond, telling him everything would be fine and he would always be there for him. Instead, Luffy leashed in his impulses, but it was hard especially for someone like him. At that time Luffy thought, getting to know Killer and maybe spend more time with him was enough as he didn't want to add more misery to the blond. Even if that mean mooning over Killer behind his back for the rest of his life. Yet, Luffy underestimated his own will. To him, Killer was tempting as a cup of hazelnut coffee, add to his tragic expression, which stirred Luffy's overzealous desire to protect and avenge and people could say that he was in love.
And getting to know Killer was rather like digging treasure at the bottom of the sea floor. A lot of work but the reward couldn't be more satisfying. It was interesting to see how the blonde grumbled cutely when Luffy dumped more food into his plate (because Killer didn't seem to have much appetite and it kind of worried him), or how Killer scowled when he was being all clingy and how flustered he could get when he pretended to be drunk and hug him. The scent of Killer's masculinity still fresh in his memory and it was intoxicating.
It was last night actually that Luffy finally decided to remove the limiter to his self restrain. The moment Killer admitted himself that there's nothing between him and Kidd, his willpower to have the blonde all for himself was reaching up to the sky. By logic, Luffy knew there is no way Killer would get over the redhead that easily, but still, there is a chance for him, right? It doesn't matter if the chance is as thin and fragile as spider web because Luffy is still going to grab it like it is his dear life. The little voice in the back of his head, the one with the pitchfork and the barbed tail was jumping up and down, shouting 'mine, all mine!' with glee.
I am reaching for the highest goals
That I might receive the prize
Pressing onward
Pushing every hindrance aside
Out of my way
Cause I want to know you more
Today, all his attempts in getting close to Killer didn't go too well. From the bath house, to the library and even the crow's nest. Damn, that blonde really good at running away. Luffy only turned his attention away for few seconds and that was all it took for Killer to disappear. It was fun at least to watch Killer panicking when he inched closer to the man. His heat was close enough for Luffy to feel like he was softly caressing him and the captain was millimeter away from… well, you don't want to know what was in Luffy's mind that time. But immediately Luffy put a stop as Killer started to show some signs that he was going to have a serious case of heart attack if he continues, and grabbed for the shampoo behind him instead.
After getting his butt kicked by Zoro and yelled by Nami because he was making racket all over the ship, he finally spotted Killer on the upper deck opposite the flower garden. The blonde somehow didn't seem to notice Luffy as the teen was watching him from the mikan trees, the fruit plant unconsciously blending him in. There he was, working out without his shirt on to show of tanned skin and muscled along his abdomen. The light sheen of sweat that covered him seemed to highlight the lines and curves of his toned body. His long mane tied back out of the way, leaving his face arrestingly clear and masculine. Luffy's gaze then lingered on Killer as he snatched the water bottle and downed most of its content before splashing the rest on his face and hair. The older male scrubbed his hands across his face and the back of his neck. It was such a little thing, so normal, and yet Luffy felt a tiny ball of warmth bubbling up in his chest. That butterfly in the stomach giddiness was so new to him and he loved it.
In the secret, in the quite place
in the stillness, you are there
A lick of hesitation tingled up the back of his neck and Luffy got his feet moving again, slowly towards the blonde. And Killer have yet to notice him since his usual well alerted nerve system wasn't fully functioning today.
All of sudden, the hatch towards the kitchen was slammed open. Both male on the deck nearly jumped a foot. Popping out from the wooden floor was Sanji, still holding his wooden spatula while his baby blue eyes did the 180º scanning before stopping at a certain point. A point that was only meters behind Killer.
"Stop slacking off Luffy! I told you to catch the octopus in the aquarium for lunch, didn't I?" The cook barked.
On respond, Luffy pitched forward and landed not so graciously on the wooden floor with a surprised yelp.
"Ouch…" Luffy mumbled, rubbing his bruised elbows. When the captain gathered himself and looked up, he saw Killer's eyes snapped to his and the look on his eyes made the muscles in his belly tightened. Killer was gaping at him and the shocked hang heavy in the air for a moment before Luffy tried to act nonchalant by brushing away the invisible dirt on his pants.
The cook grumbled more. "I can't believe you can't even do the simplest bloody thing I told you… What the hell are you doing here anyway? You better not be plucking the oranges without Nami-san permission, Luffy."
"I wasn't! I-urm…" He trailed of, trying to hide the awkwardness in his voice. His dark eyes were clearly avoiding Killer's intense gaze. "Anyway, fine! I'll go catch the shark now!"
Without any delay, Luffy quickly jumped down from deck and he felt a pinprick of heat in his cheeks.
The two blondes couldn't do or say anything but to watch Luffy's retreating back. For Killer, he definitely didn't like the idea that Luffy had stood there watching him. Not one bit.
How long had he been doing it? Why hadn't he noticed? Most importantly, why did Luffy looked a bit… flustered? It wasn't anything big, but still, Killer couldn't help but feeling off-balance.
As for the other blonde, Sanji didn't make much comment about Luffy's odd behavior. But that didn't mean he isn't intrigued by it. "Octopus, Luffy… not shark. That stupid rubber boy… and he even jumped the wrong way."
While mumbling venomously, Sanji watched Killer from the corner of his eyes. The expression he was showing was unexpected. From shocked, to confused and finally uncertainty. Almost all the time Killer only wore the anger and cold expression, but for him to suddenly looking all lost? Well, fortunately for The Massacre Man, Sanji isn't one to care about other's business but if anyone asked his opinion regarding Killer's reactions, he would simply say that it must have something to do with his rubber captain.
Better leave him alone for now, Sanji mused to himself. Quietly, he made his way back into the kitchen and he wasn't all surprise when there was another occupant inside the room. The person whose everyone least favorite somewhat had chosen the kitchen to do his reading… or rather studying one of Chopper's difficult medical book.
Law looked up from the book when he heard Sanji entered back into the kitchen and the blonde went straight towards the stove. "Mister Mugiwara is upstairs?"
"Uh-huh."
"Hmm…" The doctor hummed. "Funny thing. I didn't see him coming in or hearing his barbaric landing, considering if he use his special rocket move again." For anyone to go upstairs to the upper deck, they have no choices but to use the stairs in the kitchen that leads to upstairs, Law was well aware of that. It puzzled him a little that not only he didn't see Luffy using the stairs, but he haven't heard any loud noises so far except after Sanji barked at his captain. Only then he heard something heavy was dropped in which he assumed it was Luffy falling on his knees. Anyway, it wasn't like Luffy to sneak around like a tad bugler.
Enough with Luffy, he haven't seen the other long haired blonde ever since breakfast. Not that he was concerned with Killer well-being or anything, but something about Kidd's first mate caught his eyes. For example this morning, Killer completely ignored him even after he playfully kicked the blonde on the shin or threw the green peas at the blonde multiple times. The brunette was tempted to throw the piece of bread if it wasn't for Sanji growling murderously behind him, telling him clearly not to waste the food. To make a certain cook with a shinny butcher knife in his hand pissed off isn't the kind of morning Law wanted to experience. He could almost understand if Killer purposely ignored him to annoy him in return, but surely that wasn't the case. It was almost the blonde was so deep in his thought that his mind unconsciously block all the unnecessarily nuisance, like him. And when Luffy entered the kitchen with a rush, Law could see The Massacre Man jumped out of his skin. The reaction was indeed rare. It was like 'that-guy-did-something-really-bad-and-it-driving-me-nuts' reaction. A loud noise later made by Killer's fork hitting the plate repeatedly didn't fail to attract everyone attention and the face he was making after Robin snapped the poor chap was priceless. Long story to short, Killer wasn't acting like himself at all, in Law's rough opinion.
"And I don't see Mr. Killer anywhere too…" Law finally spoke after a long lapse.
"He's upstairs too." Sanji replied, his hand washing the vegetables under the tap water.
"With Mister Mugiwara?"
"U-huh."
Everything seemed to empty from Law's mind for few minutes.
Law darted a strange glance at the cook, but clearly Sanji wasn't showing any interest as he continued to chop the carrots into smaller bits.
All of sudden Law's brain was doing a frantic sum. He hasn't thought about that… But all the odd behaviors…The glares he's been receiving from the teen these past few days… And there was this tiny sparkle in his eyes… It was as if… Don't tell him…
A slow conspiratorial smile curved Law's mouth.
-To be continued to the 2nd part-
A/N: This day 5 chapter supposed to be much longer but I selfishly decided to turn it into 2 parts. Sorry mate! Anyway, there will be LEMON scene in the 2nd part to make up for my laziless. I'm not sure how deep the smut will be, but it's there I'm warning you. Damn I tried so 'HARD' to write the next one all nice and sweet drama only but my hand and perverted mind are itching for LEMON!