Please note that I wrote this sometime last year around 2 or 2:30 AM so I'm a bit surprised that I've managed to train my brain to come up with one shot this good, meaning it could have been worse with more editing needed to make it worth posting. As it ended up this one shot has had very little changed since that late night enjoy.

It was still early morning in the male crew quarters , after a night partying with friends near by the Island of women Luffy was let to wake up on his own. (although Sanji had to be dragged out when he saw the state Luffy was in.) Luffy was slowly waking up , but within 5 minuets of coming to even with his eyes closed he could tell he had a bed fellow that was causing a slight blush to rise in his face.

"Handcock?" "Hmm?" she mummered starting to wake up. " did you decide to sleep in my bunk with me or did something happen? " " I wanted to sleep with my beloved so i climbed in with you." She told him boldly as an empress would do.

Luffy shifted so he'd be holding her in a more comfortable position for both of them as he thought about what he had to tell her. He was more observant than what he let on having his brash adventure loving happy go lucky attitude make just about everyone underestimate him. He was aware he had a slightly older , very attractive , powerful woman who was in love with him laying on top of him right now and needed to talk to her about her nearly blindingly obvious love for him.

"…. You should know that for the past few years since I first set out to make my dream of becoming the next pirate king and gathering up the best crew to come true I've put just about all of my focuse on having great adventure and working towards my dream." He started out " and then we met and you proved to me that you're not one of the men like those that enslaved my sisters and I, and I fell in love with you." Hancock said.

"I still plan on focusing on achieving my dream and later on joining my father Dragon to change the world…." Hancock bit her lip to keep tears from falling as she turns to face the ceiling but Luffy still notices the tears.

" Hancock , I'm still a bit young to marry anyone right now, and you're a pirate empress…. You shouldn't have to settle for anyone less than a pirate king." He told her wiping away her tears and tilting her head to look at him, he gave her a gentle smile before finishing. " so wait for me and we'll be together after I achieve my dream. I'll even marry you after my father has finished his work."

I'll always ship these two. I can't help but be unable to think of Nami and Robin being anything more than sisters to him. Heh, Luffy is a bit like Whitebeard in the way of having his crew being his family.

Oh and any flames that get sent to me for this will be flicked into the ocean where it will float down to Lalotai extinguished and forgotten.