~ Shards of Emerald ~
"Look, Grandpa! It's my kid!"
Garp stared at the small child that Luffy was holding. After a few long moments, the retired marine vice-admiral said, "You know, you can't just pick up stray orphans off the street. And a pirate ship is no place to be raising kids!"
"There's nothing wrong with raising them on the ship!" Luffy protested. Then his brain caught up with the rest of what Garp had said. "And she's not an orphan I picked up somewhere. This is my daughter!"
"That's actually your kid?" Garp asked skeptically. "That you had together with some pirate woman?"
"Grandpa! Yes! Why is that so hard for you to understand?"
"So, where's your wife?"
"I don't have a wife."
"Oh... I'm sorry for your loss," Garp said sadly.
Luffy just stared at the old man blankly for a minute, then laughed when he finally got what he meant.
"She's still alive, Grandpa! But we didn't get married."
"Why not?!" Garp roared. "Young people these days! Having a kid and not getting married! What is the world coming to?"
"Um... she explained it to me once, but I didn't really understand much except that she thinks it's better if the government doesn't know we're together."
~oOo~
A/N: idek, my muse wanted a scene of Luffy introducing his child to Garp.