[ recognition ] sender stops short when they see receiver, like the world needs a second to catch up -Sanji from Vivi (Post time skip)
Newsletters & pictures couldn't compare to the beauty that is one Vivi Nefertari. Princess Nefertari, at that. Oh long have they all waited for the day to come to cross paths again. So much had happened in between it all. Some captured upon skewed narratives or spoken as misremembered stories, but nothing quite as good as coming from the sources themselves. There was so much to share, so much to tell. In the rush of visiting island to island, searching for the one piece his captain sought after, leaving a trail of changed lives ( & some, rather a lot, of wreckage ), this moment felt like a genuine pause. Allowing the seconds to last longer to take it all in. Seems like it was the same for her as well.
His grin couldn't be helped. Excitement swells in his chest as offers a bow to her, a cordial gesture despite being such an unruly pirate as the rest of the world thinks them as. Taking the initiative, Sanji steps forward, closing off the distance held once they finally saw one another. ( Oh how the rest of them would be so excited in turn to see her again. ) Hand outstretched for her to take, welcoming her aboard the Thousand Sunny.
" Long time, no see, princess. "
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