“oh! i forgot to introduce myself, huh? i’m mara.” } a smile, looking over at the door of the store to make sure no customers may be coming in, then back at the book. “so how long have you been listening to soul king? and how long have you been tracking all the strawhats adventures?”

“ah- well, not literally..” } blushing, embarrassed. “just… music-wise, y’know? i love soul king, i don’t know where i’d do if i couldn’t listen to it.” } continuing to flip through the pages, studying each one carefully with a small smile.

} instantly eyeing the soda can. “hey- don’t spill that, you better be careful!” } pulling her attention back to the book, she turns to the first page and begins to flip through it. “whoa.. they really are so strong. i wish i could meet them. especially brook, saved my life really.”

“OH! DUH!! i LOVE THEM. this is so cool..” } biggggg smile, she looks up to him. “can i look through it? is that okay? that’s so awesome.. is brook in here too? y’know, soul king?”

“uhh… DUH!!” } smiling big, super excited “this is so cool! can i look through it?? is brook in here??”

} peeking at the book, forgetting her own. “mm.. what’s this!?” } standing from her chair to lean over the table, she sets her own book down next to her, cover down. gently, she reaches for the corner of the page to turn it over.

“whoa- hey!” } slamming the book shut and covering the cover, then acting nonchalant. “it’s nothing! just. a book..”

/ aw the gif didn’t work. 😞 well. it’s fine.

mental health break? you bet it did

} staringgg… at her book. very invested.

"Hey....! I'm Commander of the 4th Division, 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱!" An Independent portrayal of Thatch from One Piece. »»*✧❀Rini.☽❀✧*««

𝖨 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎.

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