I guess being surrounded by men who look like they can bench press mountains in an enclosed environment like a ship at sea would make it even harder to avoid having those kind of thoughts. The same can be said for most men in that exact same scenario. Even me.

"We're the same person. Of course, we'd have the same thoughts." Sound logic. However, this wasn't something he thought needed a lotta thought. They're the same person but different in many ways. So, he thinks taking it easy would be fine for now. He sat down and pulled out a bottle of sakè. He-

He just raised an eyebrow as he looked at his counterpart. "So, how the hell does this work?"

ㅤ ㅤ ㅤㅤ「My Lord. May flowers bloom wherever you wander. 」 ㅤ ㅤ

No. There are just people out there that are obviously horny, but choose to hide it poorly. I respect your honesty.

♇ᡣ𐭩 A CHARACTER WRITTEN IN A MIRROR IMAGE OF #𝓟𝓵𝓾𝓽𝓸

At least you're honest about it.

⠀ ᡣ𐭩︵ ͜ ㅤ 𝔜 彡 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗬 𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞.ᐟ.ᐟ✦ ㅤㅤ 𝔬 ꒱ 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝕷𝖎𝖇𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 ꒱ ㅤㅤ 𝔫 ㅤ ︶ ͡ ۫ ·͙⁺˚*•̩̩͙✹•̩̩͙*˚⁺‧͙ ۫ ͡ ︶ 𝔨 ┊ ┊ ┊ ┊ 𝔬 S͎t͎r͎a͎w͎ ͎H͎a͎t͎ ⠀ ⠀ 🏴‍☠️ ⍣ ༝༚༝༚ 𝓒𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 ༝༚༝༚ ⍣

;; — «𝒀𝒐𝒖, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏.» — nami. #𝕊𝕖𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪

"I don't know what that is, but I'll take your word for it." He said as he finished pouring into her cup and started on his own. "So, what brings you around here?"

//USYFKVJCUSYSJCIFI I CAN'T

;; — «𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓, 𝑺𝒊𝒓, 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔.» — nami.

𖤐 ೃ࿐ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀. . . ━──┈ ┆𝑁𝑜, 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒. ˗ˏˋ a detailed portrayal of an original character 𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒏 for the 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚 𝟏/𝟐 series. crossovers welcomed. seeking sls & banter. ships based on chemistry. crafted by #𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐓𝐀𝐑.

;; — «𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓.» — nami. #𝚆𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝙲𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚆𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢

;; — «𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒂𝒊𝒓, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒊𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂, 𝒏𝒂-𝒏𝒂 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒂𝒊𝒓, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆.» — nami. #𝚆𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝙲𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚆𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢

;; — «𝑰 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑰'𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒆-𝒕𝒐-𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆-𝒕𝒐-𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒆…» — nami.

Yeah. You know you're fine.

Damn.....

;; — «𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑺𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆.» — nami.

"You always look so beautiful, Nami."

Don't mention it. (With that, he starts walking out. If he's needed, he'll be at his usual training spot)

𝒯𝒽ℯ𝓎 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝒽ℯ𝒶𝓇 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓋ℴ𝒾𝒸ℯ𝓈 ℴ𝒻 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓋𝒾𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓂𝓈 𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓎 𝒸𝓇ℯ𝒶𝓉ℯ𝒹. 𝒯𝒽ℯ ℯ𝒶𝓇𝓈 ℴ𝒻 𝓉𝒽ℯ ℯ𝓁𝒾𝓉ℯ 𝒸ℴ𝓃𝓋ℯ𝓃𝒾ℯ𝓃𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝓊𝓃ℯ ℴ𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓈𝒸𝓇ℯ𝒶𝓂𝓈 ℴ𝒻 𝒶𝓃ℊℯ𝓇 𝒸ℴ𝓂𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝒻𝓇ℴ𝓂 ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝒸ℴ𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝓎!

(He didn't expect praise, so he just continued to wash the dishes. Eventually, they'd all be placed on the rack.) There. It's done.

"Thought so. Still, you're one helluva sexy lady, Nami." He meant that. "I'm doing nothing. Why?"

"Would you rather be praised by me?" He also grins.

About half so far. (He's finishing off the remaining half as they speak.)

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Oh, really? How do you plan on doin' that? (He's stacking the dried dishes on the side as he goes along.)

Staring at @thirdswords.bsky.social in confusion. Is that.....him as a woman? How did this happen?

Fine, fine. I get it. (Reluctantly, he starts doing the dishes. He's never doing this again.)

𝓢𝓱𝓮'𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝖘𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗. 𝓔𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻, 𝓘'𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓫𝓮 𝓫𝔂 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮.

No, but I still needed to get some training done. Will this be quick? (He raised an eyebrow as he asked this question)

Really? This is what you need from me? (He thought this was a waste of his time. But, he'd do it if he was properly motivated. With booze.)

(He turns around with a raised eyebrow) Yeah? What is it?

I was just on my way out. I'll be back when dinner's ready. (He's leaving)

(He sighed softly. Here we go.) I never said I didn't care about you. You and the others are the closest things to family I have left in this world. The one person I thought of as a sister died years ago, and my dream was made in honor of her. We don't agree on everything, cook, but don't think-

Do you even care about how I really feel?

(Well, dammit. Now he kinda feels bad) .....I didn't mean that.

If you don't care, why are you still engaging?

You're a six outta ten at best.

Yeah, swirly brows.

I never said you were.

Don't make me regret complimenting you, swirly brows.

I can think you're attractive without directly liking you as a person.

If she says so. Still, she can always take the compliment.

He just said she was attractive. That doesn't mean he likes her like that.

He would never actually admit it, but he finds @swirlbrows.bsky.social kind of attractive. But only kind of.

“I’ll leave this hat to you. It’s very dear to me. Take good care of it.”