My self-indulgent AU thoughts are about to become your problem, because I want someone else to brainrot with: modern AU where Usopp lives in the South Blue as an engineer and he has... a problem. Luffy's birthday is coming up and Nami keeps asking if he'll be there considering his less than stellar breakup with Zoro looming over their heads (initiated by Usopp over the phone, they couldn't handle the long distance. More so, Usopp couldn't and his insecurities led to self sabotage of their relationship) and panicking, Usopp says 'yeah it's fine, it's cool. Actually, I have a boyfriend and he's coming with me tee hee'
The largest pain in this whole debacle? He doesn't actually have a boyfriend. So he decides to suck it up and ask his scary coworker Eustass Kid if he can be his fake boyfriend because he's kinda already ranted to Nami over the phone a few times about him being scary that if they were to suddenly 'breakup' after the visit, it would be believable
Kid only ends up agreeing because Killer and Heat were like "dude, you need a vacation. You're a total workaholic"
But things take a hilarious twist when Kid finds out that to Usopp's friends, that he's "this scary redheaded dude who probably ate babies as a witch in the 1700s" and goes "you know what? Actually, I'm going to be the BEST boyfriend. That way, when you tell your friends we breakup, they'll know YOU fumbled ME"
So there kid is being the world's best boyfriend, Usopp is trying to NOT talk to Zoro about their breakup and worst of all, Franky really likes Kid because they're both engineers and they both know their stuff
Side pairing is Lusan and Luffy is very aware of what's going on with his emotional intelligence but Usopp keeps avoiding any conversation about his love life because he just knows that Luffy knows he's full of shit. Which he does. And so does Nami who is dating Vivi or Reiju or something but Usopp keeps trying to avoid the conversation with her too fjdnkfjsdnf
I've been gatekeeping this masterpiece too much time in my inbox
Hiiii, so sorry for the delay, I swear next time I will answer right away it's just that the idea was so much fun that I wanted to think about the scenario more~
I'm a little obsessed with this one, you're giving ex zosopp and fake relationship kidsopp in the same timeline? Amazing!
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He really thought it was a great idea, the one thing I agree with him it's that at least they know each other to some degree 🤭 (I have so many ideas for when the strawhats ask questions and Usopp is surprised that Kid knows the answers (and sometimes vice-versa, he hasn't realized that until now) Especially about the burn scars and the prosthetic arm
Can you blame Luffy? He was rooting for the other pair back then. But after he hears the story of the burn marks his impression of Kid changes for the better
It is a little awkward but as the night continues, the tension starts to decrease...
Except for someone, maybe not the only one 😜
My hands itch for either more drawings or to write some dialogue, would love to hear more from you @thatnikaluffy (I hope you like my Sanji version for this one, Luffy likes to play with that ponytail 😊)
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