the way that he flopped her onto the boat was comical enough to make the damned animal come out, for sure. eyes widened a little when he was ordered to do something whilst also juggling being annoyed as hell.
but, captain said jump. so, off he went, unable to do anything but stab the damn thing +
. . clearly not. she’s right, is that what she wants to hear?
it’s— refreshing to know someone still cares about what happened then. but, he’s sorry she witnessed it, has been affected by it. he didn’t know a lot of things about that fight, but he didn’t even think about something like that.
. . WHY IS SHE—
in he goes, practically yelling on the way into the water.
“respectable? think that depends on who you ask.”
another shrug at the thought process followed, brows knitting together for a moment. “sure, but. . he doesn’t. so, we just kind of deal. it’s fine. long as i eat.”
no, not at all. last thing he’d do is try to make a woman feel important. 💢
does she. . really have a grudge against him for that? hell, nami didn’t seem to have that issue with him, so. . why would he expect sanji to? he’s kind of the biggest pain in the ass she knows.
+ before it fell overboard. he lunged, grabbing one of the swords he’d abandoned on deck to go get her and unsheathing it before lunging and stabbing through it.
huff. huff. huff.
he thought he was doing fine. . .
whatever. doesn’t matter. not like trying to impress any woman is a goal of his. he doesn’t care.
hey, at least they both have something that happened to the other that they can’t look back on very fondly. comforting.
finally, he makes it to her, an arm winding around the brunette’s middle and legs kicking to get them quickly to the surface.
she was weak too, limp, damn idiot. . and as soon as he could get air, and she could hear him—
“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?? DON’T BE STUPID.”
