when one looks back to their childhood, one remembers the vivid springs of laughter, climbing trees and reaching out for the stars, and making flower crowns in fields of flowers. but when [name] looked back at her youth, her memories were void of th...
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
chapter 040. reunion
[ let's get out of here! ]
▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃
"where are you, ace?! [name]?! i'm here to save you!!"
a warm voice.
the voice that she thought she would never hear again.
the voice that spread warmth of the sun in her cold body.
the voice that reminded her of a warm fire lit up on a candle on a cold night.
instinctively, she stood up and tried to go near the bars of the cage, but even her legs were chained.
"captain!"
a cold voice.
the voice that he thought he would never hear again.
the voice that spread warmth of the sun in his cold body.
the voice that belonged to the pillar he had yet to realize he loved.
instinctively, monkey d. luffy ran into the maze of cages and left ivankov who was turning a captured guard into a woman with his devil fruit.
his heart speeded up at the voice that he longed to hear. it sounded weak, but it sounded like she longed to see him. he wants to see her, was she okay? was she still bleeding out of her wounds? was she drowning in regret?
he ran and ran.
ran towards his home.
ran towards his other half.
and when he neared the cage that she was kept in, the first thing he was able to lay his eyes on...
...was her smile.
luffy bit on his lower lip as tears immediately gushed out of his big round eyes. he didn't know why he felt much more relieved to see her, maybe because she was the only nakama he could reach as he searched for ace, the only nakama where he knew was unlike the rest who had spread out.
he grabbed the sea stone bars, energy refusing to deplete. all of his efforts seemed like they had paid off once he laid his eyes on her. his face was swirling with snot and tears as pure delight settled in his mind that it really was her. his pillar.
"[name]!"
"captain!" she struggled against the chains, smiling at him like she promised. "i can't believe you actually came..."
lucy looked between the two of them, "[name]-chan, is this your captain?!"
[name] nods, refusing to move her eyes from him. she thought she would never see him again...but there he was, wearing a bright yellow vest and red jean shorts whilst his straw hat is hanging on by the string around his neck. he's bloodied, bruised, and covered in dirt, but he was alive.
