hi! i just wanted to say that i love your work! your stories are so creative and beautifully written. i’ve been having a rough time this year and they’ve been a huge help (yuck so sappy i know i’m sorry i just had to tell you)
on a much more serious note, i saw Kid’s cosmic joke is on the coming soon list and let me tell you, if there is one man i go absolutely feral for that’s Eustass Kid, so is there anything you’d like to tease about that one??
hope you have amazing days every day and drink lots of water 💗
Hello! Thank you, and I hope your year has gotten better. I literally write fan-fiction for the emotions, so there is no such thing as sappy here 😅
Also, on the topic of the Kid Pirates:
I’m both intrigued and terrified. Mostly because I just know Eustass Kid would start by yelling at me, call me a coward, and then (five minutes later) be carrying my bag and buying me snacks like an emotionally dependent rottweiler.
Also, there’s a feral corner of Kid Pirate fans on here who treat them like a religion, and I live in fear they’ll sense this post and appear in my walls.
Kid Snippet:
Turns out, you have one unique skill.
You are stupidly good at hiding.
Like, “could win hide-and-seek against a Navy admiral” good.
Like “once ghosted your own birthday party and no one found you for three hours” good.
Like “Eustass ‘I Can Smell Weakness’ Kid has been trying to track you down for years and still hasn’t figured out what continent you’re on” good.
You don’t even try half the time. You’re just naturally slippery.
Kid, meanwhile, is slowly losing his mind.
Killer: “You okay, bro?”
Kid: “No, I am not okay, I’m being soul-blocked by a ghost who doesn’t even breathe loud enough to trace! WHO EVEN IS THIS BITCH—”*
He once stared at a tree for an hour because he thought it was giving off your vibe.
After Eustess had gotten started on the paperwork for you to fill out, he let you wander around..Surprisingly. Because he said it'd 'take awhile.' So you decided to look around the shop. Which was when you met Heat, one of the detailers in Eustess' shop.
He'd been on break, casually eating a sandwich that Eustess had brought in for them. As angry as the man always was. . he still cared for his employees and bought them lunch.
While you had been looking at one of the new freshly detailed cars, clearly fascinated. Not that you cared about cars- you didn't know jack shit about them. But the car looked so very nice compared to your broken down Honda Civic.. And he happened to notice.
"Customers aren't allowed back here." He said, walking over with almost a scowl on his face. You guessed nobody there was exactly friendly.
"Actually Eustess said I could take a gander around, if I'm interrupting your work though i'll- *He stared at you, then shrugged and interrupted you mid sentence. Rude.*
"If it's the boss's order I don't mind. You like what you see?" He said, gesturing to the car. He seemed to get less. . Annoyed after he realized you were allowed in here.
You looked back at the car when he said that and quickly nodded. "Absolutely! I'm starting to think you should be able to tip mechanics. Wait can you?"
Heat blinked, once, twice. Then smiled. "Well nobody's allowed back here to even talk to us. So I doubt it. But you're a special case apparently."
Your eyes lit up, then placed a hundred dollar bill right smack dab in his free hand. And he just looked confused.
"What is this." Surely it was fake. Maybe you handed Eustess the same fake shit and that was why you were around. But you looked determined.
"It's a tip! I'm sure your boss pays you well, but this car looks amazing! I hope you do my car..She's my baby."
He continued looking at the money in his palm, then placed his sandwich down on one of the racks and really looked at it, didn't seem fake. Huh. "You just have all this money to go around?"
You nodded again, of course you did. Shanks was rich- insanely. And he didn't let his 'childeen' go without thousands in the bank. Despite telling him he didn't need to. On multiple occasions.
"Just cause the shop is downtown doesn't mean the people are. I can afford to tip someone who deserves it!"
Heat looked somewhat baffled now. But before he could even ask. Eustess had walked back in with a clipboard, still filling something out but he wanted to check in and make sure you weren't causing havoc.
Eustess walked over to you and Heat, looking at the hundred dollar bill in his hands, then looked back at you. "I pay my employees enough. Are you insinuating I don't?"
Heat looked. . Confused. Eustess would've yelled normally if someone paid his employees. What the hell? But he looked at you and you were still giddy..Giggity giggity giggity. Ok sorry.
"I'm not saying that Eustess, but I liked the detail he did on someone's car, why not right?" Then you took a glance at his clipboard, somewhere on it said your name. Huh. So he was still working on your paperwork.
"Almost done yet?" You asked, slightly tiptoing to look. The man was.. Well over six foot. You couldn't make out how tall he was on a brim though.
"Almost. I need your signature, come back out with me." He said, glaring at Heat before walking back the way he came, now with you following.
Kuja baddie Cj Idea- Kidd. These two are stubborn af. Kid invents and is about progress and Cj is more traditionalist and more community oriented and something about giving each other perspective how traditions restrict Cj while Kidd appreciates community and connections more? I'm sorry idk how to word it or make it sound good. 😰😰😰😰🥲🥲🥲
I'm not sure, I feel like my Kuja readers tend to be hot-headed, so he deserves someone cold as ice. Maybe a Red Force baddie, just for the drama.
After picking out your outfit for the party, it surprisingly hadn't been as expensive as you thought it was..but you'd used the extra money Shanks had given to you to use on that, might as well. A treat to yourself..and perhaps getting a boyfriend.
You'd shown Nami and Sanji the outfit, Sanji was listing off all of the fabrics like a nerd. Why did the man must know so much about fashion? While nami was simply talking about how great you would look in it.
Of course she didn't know you wanted a certain someone to notice how great you looked.
EUSTESS POV
~~~
He may or may not have gone the same path as you, in terms of getting Heat and Wire to accompany him in getting an outfit. Normally he wasn't one for caring much about looks, but Marco- for some reason, while getting his car done (Ace crashed it) had mentioned you would be there.
He seemed to talk about you a lot. He needed to put that fool in his place. Who did he think he was uttering your name in his mouth? Disgusting. Now he did know he was only talking about you with Eustess and not anybody else, which made him slightly less annoyed.
But he was still pissed about it.
He needed to think about something else, maybe what he'd wear. Not you. He wanted you to see him, maybe be impressed he wasn't wearing the same thing for once. Yuck, you'd said. Not that he cared..
He cared.
Nothing even looked good, not remotely. Heat picked out something that looked eerily similar to doflamingos pink coat. Why the fuck would he want that?
"THAT LOOKS LIKE ASS?? IM NOT GETTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT!" Eustess groaned, looking through a few things with his goggles on, even if nothing looked good.
Eventually he settled on something..less disgusting. It reminded him of your eyes.(IM TRYING TO MAKE THIS INCLUSIVE. I AM SORRY IF YOU ARE BLIND) Not that he'd ever admit it.
He quite liked the suit after trying it on, Heat and Wire insisting they get it tailored to be his perfect size but Eustess said no, mainly because the party would come and go before it'd be done.
~~~
YOUR POV (and like a day or so later)
It was around 6PM. The party was starting soon, (female part can skip) you got a headstart on your makeup while with Nami and Robin. Nami insisted you do hers, as you were 'too good' and had better supplies than her. Even if you didn't even bring foundation.
Whatever the case, you did it anyway. You needed to get dressed anyway..Ah. Why did you do this? Your makeup was going to be ruined..as well as your hair. Ehh..you were careful.
Somehow you got it on without hassle, and help from Robin. (End of female part mostly) You'd messaged Ace the other day, and he mentioned Luffy was in fact- not going. Why? Because Ace had crashed a car with him inside of it, despite being practically rubber and bouncing back on all injuries, Luffy in fact was getting babied by Ace and Sabo, Shanks had also gone to help out.
Even if he was perfectly fine.
Whatever, less drama you supposed..And possibly more time for Eustess..
When you pulled up, the first few people you saw was Whitebeards group, Whitebeard was never there, you just called them that. Thatch immediately came out to hug you, as always. While Marco was greeting Robin and Nami, since you were being hugged and was not available at the moment.
Eventually you'd gotten Thatch to let go, and you spoke with Izo and Curiel before actually heading inside the party.
It was exactly as you expected, loud. And many drunkards, as expected. Not that you cared, you were after-
Eustess. He was one of those drunkards. (This is definitely a hc BUT BARE WITH ME)
He sobered up upon seeing you walk over, even if his cheeks were flushed. You couldn't tell if that was the alcohol or something else, considering they hadn't been there before.
"You look good!" You'd said in unison.
"You look great." Eustess said in unison.
You giggled, looking at his outfit. It was (your eye color idfk) huh. You wondered why he chose that color, you didn't think it suited his normal color pallete. Not that it didn't look good on him. He looked incredible.
His face was flushed, he didn't know. He could feel it though, your clothing was amazing, red and silver. The silver was almost a color match to his prosthetic arm. You looked amazing. He was glad the suit was slightly bigger than his actual size, his lower area was definitely tenting.
"You look good." He repeated, slightly less gruff, slightly more.. embarrassed?
"Thank you! What's with the color of your outfit? I don't think I've ever seen you wear that before, looks great though!"
He looked away, just to be met with Killers mask, then he looked back. "Some idiots convinced me to try it. Maybe I'll wear it more often."
You blinked, smiling. "You wanna wear it more often? I have a few pieces you can have- oh wait."
"You're trying to give me your clothes!? We are not the same height- or build!" He said..Sounding a little too flustered, placing his goggles back on. Because of course he kept those on.
"I was just- practicalities! I don't know!" You whined, rolling your eyes and looking away, grabbing the drink he had been drinking from, suddenly feeling a little bold.
"What are you doing!?" He squealed, almost womanly. But didn't take it back.
"Nothin, just wanted to see what to order!" You laughed, ignoring the fact Marco was giving you a thumbs down across the room.
"..Ugh. Whatever..Fine, I'll order another."
"I'll keep yours, I don't need a new one!"
"..Brat."
~~~
Somehow. Absolutely- Somehow. You managed to spend the rest of the night with Eustess, even with a few people approaching you both to see if you'd separate, and for some reason every time someone approached you, they left before saying a word.
You knew he was staring at them, who were you kidding?
You were now out with Eustess on a..sunbathing chair?? (I have no idea what it's called..lounge chair for outside??)
Eustess was standing, like an idiot. While other people were in the pool you were chatting with him about your baby, your car.
"I've literally had it in the shop, you have yet to pick it up."
"oh yeahh..you did tell me that didn't you?"
"Yes."
"I've been too busy feeding a dog.."
"You've got a dog?"
"Well technically- no. But!!"
"Who the hell's dog are you feeding?"
"..Well, one of my friends dogs, I kind of made him..really overweight."
"He became overweight because of you!?"
"HES PLUMP NOT OVERWEIGHT!"
"YOU JUST SAID HES OVERWEIGHT??"
"No proof."
"..Whatever." He groaned.
You giggled, leaning back and shifting on the (lawn chair??) to give him room to sit down. When he did you looked at his flushed cheeks, your own flushing despite only drinking half a glass of terrible scotch.
"Why the hell are you so red?" He asked, slightly gruff.
"..Im a lightweight..?" You said, not sounding confident. What were you meant to tell him? That he was hot as hell and it was turning you on? No.
"Really? I heard you could keep up with Zoro."
"No clue where you heard that..from.."
"Yourself."
"Ahh..hahaha. Must've been drunk!"
"you texted me that it 9:42 AM."
"why the fuck do you know that?"
"..No reason."
"Your face is also flushed, you know."
He didn't answer immediately. Instead turning away and sighed. How was he meant to tell you that he was turned on at being so close..Unfortunately he was blunt.
"Its your fuckin' fault.."
"Its MY fault??" You smiled, was this really what he was saying right now?
He immediately whipped his head back to look at you, as if sensing you were acting off now. He took it as a step to keep going forward.
"Yeah, your fault."
"How sooo?" You asked, batting your eyelashes at him a few times teasingly.
He didn't respond to you, not in words.
A small kiss to your mouth, not rough as you imagined it being. Soft, even with his lips definitely never having seen lipscrub before.
~~~
LMAOO CAN YOU TELL IM TERRIBLE AT DOING ENDINGS? GOS OM FREE IM DONE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH EXPECT A VERYY GOOD FANFICTION IDEA I HAVE IN MIND HADHASHAHAHAHAHAHA
After the groupchat had settled down, you'd told them that Ace snuck off to heart everyone's messages, (you had hearted everyone's in hopes everyone would think it wasn't just Eustess) But everyone saw it was Eustess' message first that you hearted.
You ignored that.
Now you were in your room, your face flushed as you thought about someone knowing about..your small crush. Which is what you called it because you were not putting any different label on it.
You scrolled through the messages before through your phone against your pillow sprawling out on the bed. Ack..this was killing you. Maybe you should tell just oneeee person.
So you clicked Marco's contact, he was always a good listener. You would've text Nami, robin, or perona. But all three would've gossiped to other people and then everyone would know.
"Marco..I need to talk to u about something 😿" You'd said, he'd mentioned to you before that when you sent the cat emoji that he always read your message in a whining tone.
"Yes? I just got off work, but what's up?" Serious as always. (God he's hot and I'm CUMMINNGGGgguh) But he always responded to you quickly, despite everyone else saying he took hours to respond.
"Marcoo how do you feel about romance?"
"Why?"
"Sooo, is Eustess Kidd hot by any chance?"
He left you on read.
THE BASTARD LEFT YOU ON READ.
So you typed again. "I'm not saying I'm INTO HIM! he's just kinda hot."
He responded this time. "His style?"
"His everything. I kinda like it when he yells at me."
"..What"
"IM JUST SAYING😿😿😿. Its like..a small crush? Maybe?"
"Every female has a small crush eventually, Ace-yoi told me you're a virgin, and that you've never kissed someone."
"WELL! NOT TRUE. Um. Wait it might be true😿"
"No shame in that, but Eustess- yoi definitely isn't the best idea to have as a crush."
"ITS NOT A RHING OR HHNANYTHINF IM JUST LIKE MYAHE IM SORY OF INTO HIM LIKE NOT THAT IM INTO JIM IM JU" you accidentally hit send before adding more, ah. Horrible spelling.
"Right. Totally not a thing, I'll keep that in mind."
"How did you understand that?"
"I'm a doctor."
"Yeah u right." Then you sent him a photo of Whitebeards dog Stephan, you loved that boy but you were more of a cat person.
"Why do you have photos of Stephan? I haven't seen you at the house in a few months."
"He's cute so I come in at like midnight every week with treats.."
"So you're what made him fat."
"HES NOT FAT HES JUST PLUMP."
"He needed to be put on a diet because of you."
"HES ADORABLE SHUT UP IM NEVER CONFIDING IN YOU EVER AGAIN"
And then you threw your phone to hit the door, you did that..really often. And your phone had multiple cracks from it as well as your door. but it didn't hit the door. It hit right in Luffys face.
"WAHHH!!! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" Sabo immediately dragged Luffy out to look at you sheepishly.
"Please don't harm us.."
You blinked. Then immediately squirmed to sit up. "I'm sorry! I do..partially blame Luffy though, my door is a.."
"Hazard." Sabo finished.
"Perhaps..anyway! What about that party that was in the group chat?"
"Ohh! We're going to that!" Luffy said excitedly, though he was rubbing his forehead from where your phone hit.
A few days passed, and rumors had spread like wildfire. You had whined to Ace about it whenever he got home from his job at the fire station, because you hated the stares you'd been getting. And the gossip around all of it.
"Acee-uhh..I hate this! I went out with Nami and robin earlier and these absolute *bitches* keep talking about me as if I'm not there! Why does everyone think I'm dating that red headed asshole!? All he had done was drive me home.."
Ace was absent mindedly running a hand through your hair since you laying out on the couch, your head on his lap. He liked the comfort, but you didn't feel comfortable. And he knew that.
"(Y/N). It's okay. The rumors will die down soon, one of his friends told me he does it to everyone who doesn't have a ride. You know..The people just like to gossip."
You whined again, smacking your fists against his lap. He was of no help to you, absolutely no help.
"But Aceeee-uhhh..waahhh...I like to gossip about people but I hate when they do it about meee..."
"Hypocrite." Ace said, only making your whining worse. But luckily for him- it came to a stop because the door opened.
Ace and Luffy were home, Luffy had been quite literally inside of the fridge, because one of the shelves had 'meat juice' ..And he was licking it off. It was probably because he ate all the meat. But then who opened the door? Oh shit Sabo was back! You were saved..But when you turned, it was not Sabo.
It was a redheaded fool. Fucking Eustess appeared at your house, and you scream was an understatement, you practically hid behind Ace. That was one thing nobody wanted to hear. Your screams. But it quickly filled down and you threw a shoe at him.
He quickly dodged, walking further in to glance at the situation, his annoyance was clear. But it didn't seem to be directed toward anyone. Just trying to keep cool. Though Eustess and cool did not mix.
"Why the hell do people think we're dating."
"Why the hell are you in our house." Ace interrupted, his playful look he normally held wasn't there, and he slowly took his orange cowboy hat off and placed it on your head. You didn't see him take it off much. Let alone put it on someone. Maybe once when Luffy was sad because some guy took his meat..But that was it.
"I'm in their house because people think we're dating."
"That's not an acceptable answer."
Luffy walked in then, looking at Eustess before grinning. Bolting over and hugging him like a toy plush "Jaggy!"
Eustess froze up instantly, why the hell was he here? He didn't know you had roommates. He just assumed Ace was your boyfriend or something. But Luffy too? Yeah you were all roommates.
So he punched Luffy in the chest and sent him flying back a few feet and turned back to you squabbling a little better to hide behind Ace.
"..hi..?" You started, not that you knew how to start it.
"Answer me! why the fuck do people think we're dating!?"
"(Y/N) doesn't have to answer shit." Ace interrupted once more, glaring at him before continuing. "You just punched her brother, I doubt she'd even want to date you."
Luffy simply sprung back up with a hearty laugh. "Hehe. Jaggy always does that!"
"Luffy that's not a good thing.." You spoke from behind Ace on the couch, smushed between his back and the couch cushion.
Eustess looked at you again, his eyes narrowing before groaning. "Don't let it get out of hand. We're not dating, we never will. All I did was bring you home.." famous last words..ok sorry.
You looked at Eustess, since you'd been looking at Luffy before, your nervousness springing up. "People will gossip over everything. Someone saw you drop me off and took a picture.. Unfortunately I wasn't able to take it down.."
"I'm never being a gentleman again.." Eustess murmured. You were surprised honestly, you've heard people say how much he yelled. He did it..maybe twice. And both were just a minute or two ago. And that was because he was pissed off.
"Aweeuhh..But you were a sweet one! And I appreciated it!" You giggled, causing Ace to slowly calm down, at least you were loosening up.
"HAH!? I'M NOT SWEET! ILL KICK YOUR ASS!" There was the yelling, you thought. But then Luffy tackled himself onto Eustess again and he grunted, annoyed.
"if you don't get the hell off of me! Control your dog!"
"He's not my dog!"
"..He kind of is." Ace interrupted, man he loved doing that. Luffy was kind of a dog, big fan of meat..Incredibly loyal, always there right by your side.
"SHUT UP!" This time you yelled in embarrassment.
"Fine. Fine!"
Oh my god I fucking HATEEEE writing all of the tags OH MY GOLLYYYY
You'd soon made it home after a few blocks of walking, thinking of a few different ways to tell Ace and Luffy what happened..But nothing seemed to come to mind. In fact the more you thought about what Eustess had done for you, the more you grew embarrassed.
So because of that embarrassment, you had very stupidly decided to tell Ace that Thatch brought you home. Whether he would believe it or not was beyond you.
But when you walked in the house- it was empty. No ace, no Luffy. Huh? That was weird. So you picked up your phone to call Ace.
Ding, Ding, Ding.
He picked up after the third ring of his phone, and was about to say something until you intercepted.
"Where are you? I just got home."
"How the hell did you get home?"
"..Thatch drove me."
It wasn't like you were a bad liar, he would've believed you if he hadn't been parked at the shop Eustess owned, even though he said he wouldn't come.. He hadn't wanted you to actually get kidnapped or something. Plus, Thatch had texted him earlier saying there was an emergency at the Restaurant he owned, head cook and manager. Yikes.
"That's not true is it."
"..No."
"Then what is the truth?"
"..I walked."
"You walked?"
"Yes."
There was momentarily a pause, as if Ace was weighing his options, what options? You didn't know.
"How did you get there that fast?"
You paused, trying to think of a way to counter that, fuck. "I ran through downtown..I did not want to be there."
"..I went to the shop for nothing."
"You went to the shop? I thought you said you weren't coming."
"Shut up."
"Also where's Luffy?"
"..Uh, I don't know..I think he's like- he said something about hanging out with Zoro and whatnot."
"You should start listening to him more often."
"No."
Then he hung up. And you were left in the house by yourself.
~~~
One thing was certain, and that was the fact nobody left you home alone. Ever. Why? The first time they did, you caused a house fire because you slept through a fire alarm from the noodles you were making..or trying to make.
The second time was that you let Sabos pet crow out. He had one because one of his friends gave him the bird, you weren't sure who. You never met Sabo's friends other than Koala. You suspected he was doing something illegal and didn't want to get you mixed up in it. But you didn't care much, as long as he was safe. But it did take a *while* to find that bird. It was stuck in a wire post.
The third time was nothing more than an accident..Well, the rest had been too. But this had somehow been more extreme. What'd you do? You had eaten Ace's chocolate he left out in his room. you'd been snooping around because you suspected he was drinking again, you hated when he did that.
But you had found nothing, other than some chocolate, and as much as you were intelligent, sometimes you were also illiterate, and a virgin. So aphrodisiac meant absolutely fucking nothing to you.
Trafalger Law, one of your friends from college had to come over and blindfold you so you would stop staring at everyone like they were dessert. And he had you pinned to your bed for twelve hours with no physical contact. Torture you thought. But you'd also eaten a whole container.
Instead of thinking about that, you sat down on the couch with a yawn, maybe if you slept you wouldn't cause a mess. Oh but you did. Without meaning to. Your phone was blowing up, somehow. Fucking somehow- someone had taken a picture of you being dropped off by Eustess kid. Holy fuck you were cooked and burnt to ashes. He was really photogenic though..What the fuck were you thinking.
By reading the messages in your groupchat, you soon found out Nami and Ussop had been in a cafe where he'd dropped you off, and Nami being the gossiper she was..Had to take a picture and send it everywhere she knew.
As you continued spiralling upon reading the conversations everyone was having, you got a text from- FUCK. It was Eustess.
You thought Eustess was leading you to his car, maybe like a gentleman would. But no. He took you right to a motherfucking motorcycle. You'd never been on one, you hoped to never be on one.
Eustess could tell what the expression on your face meant, you were nervous. Not that he was great at comforting people.
"Get on. And hold onto me unless you want to be flung off. That'd be funny." As much as he acted like he didn't care, Eustess wasn't up for letting male or female customers walk to their homes, it wasn't safe.
"Hah- you want me- to get on that? Uh..I've never- been on one, I might die." You said, your voice was kind of shaky as you approached. But clearly curious too.
"Stop being dramatic and get on." He said, moving one hand to grab your hand to push you and sit behind him.
You.. unwillingly obliged, wrapping your arms around his waist after he'd pressed his foot on a peddle.
"Don't you dare go too fast. I will kill you.. gang leader or not."
"Yeah, totally." He rolled his eyes, which didn't go unnoticed from you. So you bonked him on the head with your fist. Not hard. But he didn't react at all, which slightly surprised you.
Instead he decided to go the fucking speed of light down narrow roads, and god you hadn't screamed that loud in a long time.
"EUSTESS? I DIDN'T EVEN GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS WHERE THE HELL ARE WW GOING!"
He didn't answer you, instead placing his goggles over his eyes and choosing to bring you somewhere safer so you could walk the rest of the way, you were rich. So he figured you'd be in a good part of town.
"Shut up and let me handle it."
"I TRUST YOU WITH MY CAR, NOT MY FUCKING LIFE!"
"You're gonna eat a bug if you keep yelling like that."
That seemed to shut you up real quick. You were definitely not a fan of bugs. And eating them.. Even if Luffy had eaten a roach before because someone had said they had meat in them. You wouldn't get close to his roach breath for days.
Eventually, Eustess had stopped and pulled over, now in one of the high end areas of the neighborhood. And you were absolutely dazed. That was incredibly fun, you had to admit. But way too dizzying. Dizzy dizzy badizzy..ok sorry.
"You look like hell!" Eustess laughed, almost falling off his motorcycle.
"You- I told you to go slow with me!"
He kept laughing and leaned against the helm of his motorcycle. "I would've if you didn't smack me on the side of the head. You had that coming!"
You let out a small whine, then nodded. Yeah..you guessed that was fair. "That was because- uhm..you were bitchy."
He blinked once, then twice. And you seriously thought you were dead up until he laughed again in complete amusement.
"Get the hell off my motorcycle! I'll call you when your car is done."
