G is for Glasses

"Hey Bell?"

"Yes Luffy?" Bell looked up from the book she held in her hands and peered at him through the glass of her glasses with her red eye.

"Why are you wearing glasses?" He asked staring at the girl in confusion. Bell froze for a moment. She knew Luffy wasn't as stupid as he put off. But she did not know he would catch on so fast nonetheless be the first one to realize something was up with her.

The truth was Bells eyesight was slowly going so was her life span. Her own magic was slowly eating away at her body and continue to do so until she was dead or till she found a solution to her problem. She had kept this tad bit information to solely her self.

In the early stages it was easy to hide from the other crew. But she would not able to hide the small needle like pain in her chest that have been getting closer and closer together and at one point caused her to cough up blood. She didn't even want to think about it when she would be bedridden.

So she lied for their sake and her own.

"Oh...I just felt like it" the albino said her black ears twitching a bit.

Luffy stared at her long and hard like she was trying to see the truth of behind her lie on her face. "Oh..." He said absent minded before plopping down cross legged next to her on the couch she was sitting on. Bell gave him a questioning look before shrugging and went back to reading.

Bell sat there and read what seemed like hours with Luffy by her side; being uncharacteristically quiet throughout the whole time, before one of them moved.

Bell jumped slightly when a sudden pressure was placed on one of her thighs. She blinked her eye down at Luffy's head that was laying on her lap. His long arms were wrapped around her waist and his face was buried in her abdomen.

His breath tickled her bare skin with each exhale he took. Goose bumps ran up the length of her arm and the small hairs on the back of her neck stood up.

He normally pale face turned a slight pink when she felt his lips brush against her skin like light feathery kisses when he mumbled something into her belly.

Swallowing the lump that had formed in the back of her throat she opened her mouth to speak but... "L-L-..." Bell cleared her throat before she finally composed herself enough to trust her voice. "Luffy what's wrong?"

"I feel like you're going to leave again." He mumbled. Bell flinched when she remembered what had happened back when the had landed at her home island. The things she did, the things she said she could never forgive herself for what she had done.

Bell sighed sadly closing her eye as she closed her book with a soft 'thud' and placed it on the arm of the couch. She gathered herself for what she was going to say. Building up a temporary wall around her heart so that she could not feel the pain that was soon to come with the lie she was about to let through her lips.

"Thats a silly thought Luffy I'm not going anywhere." She cooed gently running her fingers through his messy black hair.

"I keep telling myself that but I still can't shake the feeling that I'm going to lose someone again." He admitted to her as he nuzzled her stomach. "I can't lose anyone else Bell." He said in such a fragile voice. So fragile that if he wasn't who he was Bell was sure that she could break him with just a brush of a feather.

Bell just sight knowingly as she caressed his cheek with the back of her knuckle.

It was true after what had happened with Ace. Luffy cracked a little. No matter how much he smiled and laughed you could tell. If you looked closely you could tell.

Bell wasn't sure about the rest of the crew but she could see right through his facade. He was still feeling the hurt from the sting that will never go away after you had lost someone close to you. She still felt that sting in her heart from losing her master and that was back when she was a little kid.

"I know Luffy. I know." She whispered. "I'll try my best to stay by you as long as humanly possible." She promised bending ow to place a comforting kiss to the cheek she could see.

"Stay forever please. Don't leave my side." He whispered shackenly.

"I'll try Luf...I'll try." She whispered looking away from the rubber man. A sharp pain from the guilt from her lie ran through her heart like a heated blade was stabbing it over and over again.

"Thank you Bell." He whispered and placed a soft lingering kiss to the right of her belly button where her large scare was.

AN: Yeah yeah I know I know I havnt updated in forever! Its just that Schools started and its my Senir year and I want to get really really good grads this year so I'm having all my attention on school I have 2 tattorials so if I have nothing to do in one or both of them I wirte working on my stories or sleep : 3. Sorry again for the bad grammer and bad spellings I dont have a pereson edit my storys because well I'm a little embaresed about my writing and subconsius about it soo yeah! Sorry I Bell comes out as Mary-sueish. I try my best to stear clear of stuff that would make her a Mary-Sue but I'm not sure if I am so if someone could let me know and tell me what I should change to make her non Mary-sue if she is that would be a great help. And readers you can flame if you want I can take the heat Flaming is incuredged hear it'll help me learn what I do wrong and what I do right Flames teach you soo yeah Thanks for reading : D and i should have another one of A Cats Life up soon! Till then my dear readers!