“Dear Lord help us all your morning drinking again.”

“You’re the one crawled into bed with me last night, laid on top of me and did these things. I told you to go back your own bed, but you wouldn’t listen.”

“This is the weirdest apology I have ever gotten.”

“Anything you wanna say?”

@redhairedpirate.bsky.social “I awake, but I want to say one thing to you. If I ever wake up to you singing songs again I am punching you in the face.”

ℛ𝒾𝓈ℯ, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝒾𝓈ℯ 𝒶ℊ𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝓀ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫𝒽ℴℯ𝓃𝒾𝓍 𝒻𝓇ℴ𝓂 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒶𝓈𝒽ℯ𝓈.

He isn’t dead yet. Almost dead. Won’t be awake for a long time, but is alive.

“Three final words you. Fuck your justice.” The blow landed. Damn. This wasn’t how it was meant to end. He pictured his death much grander than this. Fuck it, he went out for his captain. That’s enough for him. He had enough strength to raise up a middle finger to Akainu before passing out.

This ain’t a fight he is going to win on the fly. “You want to prove pirates are worthless bastards? Well, I can avoid you winning that much. Fine. I’ll accept the offer. My life. You leave Shanks alone in the future. Deal.”

“I’ll be back in a couple of hours. I need to do something.”

“Yeah? What happens when the timer runs out? You come at me anyways?”

“Haven’t shot you yet. I am listening. Spit it out before I change my mind.”

“Go back to sleep. It’s too early for this.”

“Yep. One step closer to me and I am open firing. Nothing personal. We both know why you are here.”

“I wake up and everyone is saying this.”

“You’re saying this like you weren’t already drinking without me.”

Making his arrival cause the captain demanded it.

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇.