squinting and groaning, he’s been woken up by a fluffy cat tail to the face— in his mouth to be more specific. lucifer, his cat, has decided it’s time for him to wake up.

blinking a couple times to make sure he wasn’t dreaming, even the tips of his ears were stained pink. “i’m not cute . . handsome, stoic and mysterious maybe . . but definitely not cute.” mumbling as he struggled to make eye contact with her, just staring at the black cat in her arms.

“yeah, she’s adora— h u h ?!” doing a double take, just staring at the navigator and p r o c e s s i n g her words in real time. cheeks flushed as he just looks away awkwardly and rather shyly.

go on ahead, she’s rather cuddly. she won’t mind.

lucifer’s freshly showered and extra affectionate today . . i think he just wants more treats . .

𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴

i used to work for an organization ran by crocodile, it was to get some information out of someone for him. ( a little shrug. he couldn’t remember because he simply couldn’t care any less about it or the former warlords failed agenda. ) ➷

well, i think you’re gorgeous but i suppose my opinion doesn’t matter to you now does it . . miss allergic-to-animals-cruella de ville. ( a mischievous grin forms on his visage, raising an eyebrow at her when she reaches out to touch his nose in a similar manner as he did. ) ➷

( turning onto his side and propping himself up with an elbow. head resting comfortably in his palm as he looks at her with a look of adoration. ) yeah . . you’re still not scary. ( his other hand reaches forward and boops her nose. ) besides, you’re too pretty to be a 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯.

you’re not scary . . not in the slightest. ( a soft smile tugs the corners of his lips upwards as he turns to look at her. )

( leaning back on his palms now that she seems to be feeling a little better. ) oh . . i see. i suppose lucifer is just long overdue for a bath and i got reminded in the worst possible way . . i apologize. ( joining her in her horizontal position. looking up at the ceiling as he speaks. )

( giving her a sympathetic look as he sits back down, next to her. he had made the effort to rid his clothes of any and all cat fur with the lint roller in his hand. ) ( he would offer it to her if she needed, but for now, he would just sit quietly. waiting for her to start feeling ➷

it’s been a while since she’s bathed, her fur is probably packed with dust . . i apologize. ( sighing as he scooped up lucifer from his resting place and took him outside to go play with the butterflies. ) ( returning with a lint roller, allergy medicine and a glass of water. ) here . .

( brows furrowing further, a clear crease forming on his forehead when she sneezes again. following her gaze to his . . lap . . to lucifer. ) o h . . should i move her to another room . . she might be the reason you’re sneezing so much . .

( the stray arm carefully sets the box of tissues in her lap before disappearing, leaving behind a few pink petals in its wake. ) are you sure? ( raising an eyebrow at her, concerned for her wellbeing. )

they were really cute, and rather large for alligators but they were sweet creatures despite everything. ( he hadn’t noticed how close she was until she had let out a sneeze. ) oh dear . . are you alright? ( a stray hand sprouts up and offers her a box of tissues. )

i suppose that’s a more apt way to put it. ( an innocent smile seems to take over for a couple moments as he looks to the black cat and thinks about the surgeons words. ) oh well, animals tend to be wary of those they seem stronger than themselves. perhaps you just exude a certain aura. ➷

( a soft smile had blossomed across his features, both the cat and the conversation he was having with the surgeon were the reason behind it. ) she likes me a little too much . . she likes to sit on my chest in the middle of the night sometimes. just absolutely smothering me in fur and under her ➷

i think this one’s a little broken. she has no concept of personal space. ( as if on cue, lucifer climbs into his lap, and starts to curl up. ) i like all animals . . cats just seem to like me the most. ( leaning back on his palms now, to give the ball of fur more room to settle down. ) ➷

( sitting down next to both law, and lucifer. running gentle strokes along the kitty’s head and back. ) mhm . . i like cats quite a lot. they’re cute and they seem to tolerate me, so that works out for me. what about you . . do you like cats?

( getting a little bashful under her gaze, averting his blues to the black ball of fur. ) o h. thank you, nami recommended this new conditioner to me so i suppose it’s because of that.

( the black cat sniffs her hand warily for a few seconds before pushing her head into tattooed fingers. ) . . . ( raising an eyebrow at the surgeon who was staring at him, rather than the adorable ball of fluff. ) what . . ?

she does, doesn’t she? she’s very friendly, go on ahead.

shaking his head slightly, a little memory from skypiea does come to mind, where the swordsman was cutting up everything in his path. flipping the page now, onto to see more species belonging to the same genus. “hey look . . this one kinda looks like you.” pointing to another kind of sundew.

a slow and agonizing death is rather mortifying— for a tiny little insect especially. these plants have no need to use their ‘teeth’. “what’s with the scowl? it’s just a book about plants.”

𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯

plants do not have ‘teeth’ but there are some plants that derive nutrients by trapping and ‘digesting’ insects. the particular page he’s on has a few drawings of sundews.

reading up on carnivorous plants. he had found the book whilst reorganizing the library aboard the sunny.

mhm that’s right. most illuminated manuscripts are made using fine vellum but there are certain occasions where the paper used is parchment . . it’s just rare. ( picking up the cover of the page and just feeling its thickness to check, just in case. ) this one’s vellum.

everyone . . meet lucifer. isn’t she the sweetest . .

so . . i did a thing . .

( opening up the first book and flipping to the first page of a random chapter. ) okay so . . this is what we call an illuminated manuscript. the pages are adorned with heavy painted decorations and illustrations as we can see here . . ( pointing to a cherub perched atop the script itself. )

oh . . you’re very kind. you really didn’t have to . . ( despite his words, robin was very happy about the gesture— evident in the small upward turn of the corners of his lips. ) well, it’s not that difficult if you know what you’re looking for.

“good morning.” smiling politely at him before he turned his attention back to his book.

why do you sound surprised? these are books from your collection . . i would like to assume that you would want to help . . or do you not want to . . ? i’m sure i can date these myself. ( settling down before sliding on his own gloves, blues focusing mainly on the small stack of books, but ➷

are you still half asleep, swordsman? of course it’s me.

hey . . oh, perfect. just set them down, and make yourself comfortable. i’ll just get a couple of things so we can go through and date them. ( a couple stray hands work on drawing the sheer curtains and lighting candles as he gets up from his chair to gather an assortment of items. ) ➷

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙄 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚'𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙠𝙚.