Author's Notes: No shoutouts this time. Just a random snippet with Shanks. XD You can play along with the game, though.
~ ... Cuddles or Else ... ~
Shanks was quite bored in his cabin, unable to sleep like he normally would. He wasn't sure why he couldn't sleep. He just knew he couldn't, so he got up to torture his new crewmate. Oh, sorry, he got up to "love on" his new temporary crewmate. Intimidation didn't seem to work on her, and his senses were blocked by whatever haki was being used to hide her energy. Spotting his target walking over to her blanket with the candy-flavored lizard and rose maple moth resting with her, Shanks decided now would be the most appropriate time... to pounce! Just as Nesi was opening a book to read comfortably, she was tackled by the redheaded emperor and weighed down by his stony body. She let out a shriek before she caught sight of crimson locks and started squirming away.
"No, seriously, how are you this fast!?" Nesi asked through struggling breaths. She literally clawed at the deck to pull herself out of Shanks's hold with no success as the man simply laid there and watched her with a smirk. "Will you... learn to... compose yourself? Ugh!"
"I am quite composed, madame," Shanks replied, smiling brightly. "I simply remembered that my bedside is quite cold without a nice, warm body to cuddle with. So, here I am to relieve myself of that!"
"I don't trust you anymore after the first cuddle!" Nesi argued, managing to grab a ship rail and pull harder out of Shanks's loving grasp. "You're so not romantic!"
"Monopoly is hard with two people!" Shanks complained. "I needed to spice it up! A hotel on Boardwalk was a perfectly romantic scenario! We were both financially sound anyways. It seemed right at the time."
"We could've just played Old Maid!" Nesi argued, feeling her bones tensing from the pulling. "Why are you out here in the middle of the night anyway?"
"My bed was cold," Shanks said with a pout, laying his head in the small of Nesi's back. "This feels so much better."
"I refuse to cuddle you in the cabin!" Nesi growled, grip loosening on the rails. "You had no restraint!"
"Just one cuddle session," Shanks pleaded, rubbing his cheek into the small of Nesi's back. "That's all I'm asking for. So soft."
"I'M SO DONE WITH THIS CRUISE TO FLIPPIN' NOWHERE!" Nesi growled, losing her grip at last to slingshot straight into Shanks's arm.
"I wants my cuddles, Llandala," Shanks purred, resting his chin on her shoulder.
"Sir, there is a time and a place!" Nesi argued, making an attempt to escape again but Shanks just tightened his hold.
"Perfect timing, no one's awake. Perfect place, no one's out here," Shanks reasoned, smirking devilishly. "Now, give me cuddles, or... would you rather have me go through withdrawals again?"
Nesi held up a hand to plead for mercy and said, "Not those cuddles! ANYTHING but those!"
"Such a tease," Shanks replied, satisfied with Nesi relaxing into his vice grip. "You know the drill for our game, though, don't you, Llandala? Get rid of this robe."
"It's cold out here," Nesi tried.
"You're cuter in my shirts," Shanks responded, smile growing. "Unless you prefer wearing my cloak. I have room."
"Restraint, man! Where is your restraint?" Nesi argued, teeth growing sharp.
"Fine," Shanks said, lifting his head to give Nesi a threatening look. He kept his smile to emphasize something. "I won't bring you back to the training grounds then. We'll just have to cuddle... every night... withdrawals and all until we make it back to my island. My bed gets quite cold during slow seasons."
Nesi lost all of her color at the traumatic memory of being hunted down for three days. She then stuttered, "B-b-bu-bu-but, you said you had a new game! We can just play that right now, right? That's what you really want, right, sir?"
"Your Valentine prefers cuddles now," Shanks replied, eyes narrowing menacingly.
"I'll lose the robe!" Nesi answered, sweating profusely. "I'll lose the robe! Chill, fam! Chill!"
"That's a good girl," Shanks purred. "Now, on your back. Eyes closed. Foreplay first."
... ... ... ... ...
"What starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious, and contains thin, whitish liquid?"
"Uhh... a coconut? It's got coconut milk in it that's pretty delicious," Nesi replied.
"Llandala," Shanks reprimanded with a serious tone.
"This is so unnecessary," Nesi complained. When she felt a hand stroke her shin, she flinched and corrected her speaking voice to add more sexiness to it. She didn't really know what would satisfy the emperor, but he claimed he liked a slight breathy moan. She tried that and corrected her answer by speaking sensually, "Coconut, my darling."
"That's not your sexy voice. Too generic," Shanks replied, unsatisfied with her impersonation of a sexy voice. "You just added five more seconds of cuddles to your penalty counter."
"Sir!" Nesi squeaked in disbelief. "I don't know how to do that kind of voice. Cut me some slack, please!"
"No," Shanks replied, pulling out the next card. "Next question. You stick your poles inside me. You tie me down to get me up. I get wet before you do. What am I?"
"Definitely not family friendly," Nesi replied, turning her head slightly. She closed her eyes to think then answered, "Hm... It's something with an infrastructure like scaffolding at a construction site. Tie me down...? That's like a rope trap. Wet first? That's almost like an umbrella. Oh! A tent!"
"Llandala," Shanks reprimanded again.
"A tent," Nesi said, trying a different sexy voice.
"... Five more seconds," Shanks sighed, pulling out another card. "I'll start adding kisses next."
"S-s-sir, please! I don't know how to do this! You're not even using a sexy voice for me to go by!" Nesi argued.
She was immediately silenced when Shanks hovered over her, darkened his voice with a low growl, and said with a steely confidence, "You mean like this?"
That got Nesi to moan in response, not prepared for the husky vibration to travel to her ear so quickly and made Shanks smirk. She turned red and sunk her head in her shirt like a frightened turtle. Mothra fluttered over to Nesi as she hid, hopping on her face with glee. She seemed to enjoy when Nesi embraced her womanhood.
"So that's what you sound like. It's sultrier than I thought. Almost like the low note of a horn but not so deep that it'd be masculine. It's like part of a chord that goes up to that perfect C note," Shanks complimented, returning to his position beside her. Now, more interested in the game, and asked in his own sensual voice, "What word starts with an F and ends with a K? If you don't get it, you have to use your hand."
"F, K, hand... A fork, Valentine?" Nesi replied with her newly discovered sexy voice.
Shanks smirked, satisfied with Nesi's response and said, "Correct again. You are alarmingly good at trivia!"
"I liked Monopoly better..." Nesi grumbled. "Do I have to use that voice for the whole game?"
"The goal is to reach 30 points with as little cuddle time as you can manage. Wrong answers add 10 seconds of cuddles, which is honestly being too generous because you have an extremely dirty mind for an uptight soldier, and obviously not satisfying my challenges adds 5 seconds of cuddles. First five cards must be answered with a sexy voice. The dirtier, the better," Shanks explained, pulling out another card.
"How did you even find this game?" Nesi questioned, earning a chuckle from the man. At least he's enjoying himself.
"This is a good one," Shanks said, ignoring the question and using his sexy voice to read the next card. "My shaft is long and tasty. You can shove me in your split. The older I am, the softer I get. What am I?"
"Confusing is what that is," Nesi replied in her regular voice. She had to think about this one. The point of the game was to find the innocent answer beneath the dirty riddles. That's how she wound up with three minutes of cuddle time before the game even started! She then said aloud, "Tasty means edible, but... it's not giving me a clear idea with the age part. Maybe... a carrot?"
"Llandala," Shanks reprimanded.
"Right. A carrot, lover," Nesi replied in her sexy voice.
"Nope. Ten seconds!" Shanks responded happily.
"Crap," Nesi groaned.