a message from @thecursivelegends from usopp
[ 23. ] sender playfully steals something from receiver,
initiating a chase. "come and get it, then."
PLAYING WITH USOPP ABOARD THE SUNNY was always incredibly fun as there was a seemingly endless amount of games for the both of them to play. an often occuring one was simply tag , and with the size of the sunny it was easy to do that to their heart's content. that's what the pair was currently doing at the moment ⸻ chasing one another up and down the deck , laughing and screaming and throwing stupid punches as they passed the time between islands.
keeping entertained during their travels was a little difficult half the time. luffy had a wildly short attention span as it was , and if you add in the endless ocean he's never allowed to touch for fear of drowning ( even if the fish in there are suuuuper tempting ) he's just kind of stuck. so games it was! as luffy and usopp rounded a sharp corner together on the upper deck of the thousand sunny he giggled excitedly , his hand catching on a corner to keep himself from skidding off.
at some point usopp had managed to get his grubby little hands on luffy's ever so precious straw hat , and he was determined to get it back. reality was … it wasn't going to be that hard , but he'd gotten so many lectures over the years about not destroying ships so he was trying to at least be sort of careful. emphasis on sort of. “ usopp give my back my hat! ” he cried out , lips tugging into a grin that screamed he was about to do something he really shouldn't. but who was going to stop him , huh?!
his arms shot forward until they could manage to find something to grab onto , rubber limbs quaking a little bit as the elasticity of them snapped into place. “ gum-gum … ” a tiny chuckle , a very dangerous one , as he stared usopp down. his fingers twitched and curled tighter around the ledge he was holding onto as his body went tight. “ rockeeeeeeeet! ” and so he shot forward , gaze zeroing in on the hat in his friends hands.