{#29: "I thought you were dead."}
Pairing: Shanks x S/O
Author: Kate
Word count: 286
He had cried, cried for days when he found out S/O had passed away. Shanks didn't see why he should try and hide it. The pirate wished he had known what exactly had happened, since they couldn't even find the body. He sat on a large rock in a grassy field, thinking to himself. Wondering if he could have saved S/O if he had been by their side or would he have failed. Letting out a sigh, he laid down on the rock and stared up at the sky. Consumed by his thoughts and tended to haunt him. But he refused to let the good memories and him and S/O make him feel sad, that was all he had to keep him moving. That and his dreams. The red hair pirate opened his eyes as he felt like someone was nearby. Sitting up, he looked around the field to see a figure not too far away. He must be dreaming, was his first thought. Because the figure was S/O, at first he thought that he had been mistaken and the figure was just someone who looked familiar to S/O. But as the seconds went by, Shanks knew that he was S/O. He got to his feet and slowly made his way over to S/O, confusion was all over his face. How were they alive? Did they fake their death? And why were they back now? Did they not know the pain he had been in? The two of them stared at each other before S/O was the first to speak, "Shanks I-" but they were cut off by Shanks, "I thought you were dead." his voice was soft.