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Chapter 5: Dreams

"Haha! You're so funny, Luffy-sama!" Marigold laughed when Luffy made a joke. They all gathered for another sleep over at Sweet-pea's house. Most of them never heard jokes of such vulgar language.

"How do you know how to braid hair so good Luffy?" she complemented as she looked in the mirror. He braided her long locks beautifully.

"Nami taught me one day when I was bored. Took me a while to get it right, but I had a lot of practice. Man, Sanji was so mad." Luffy giggled.

"Are you talking about that girl on your crew again? What does she have that I don't have?" Hancock complained. The snake empress was still hanging around despite Granny Nyon's objections. She thankfully became more lenient when it came to other girls around Luffy, but she was still a bit clingy.

"Oh! Speaking of crushes, let's play truth or dare!" Margo offered. Luffy's ears perked.

"Truth or Dare! I'd play that game with my crew all the time! It's really funny making them do embarrassing stuff!" Luffy clapped his hands in amusement.

"Yep! Now allow me to start. Luffy, Truth or Dare?"

"Dare!"

"I dare you to tell us who you have a crush on." Margo challenged wittily. Boa shot up immediately at those words. Obviously she was dying to know who her Luffy had feelings for. Luffy tilted his head questioningly.

"A crush? What's that mean?"

"You know, someone that you really really like! Even more than a friend." She explained. It took a moment for the boy to understand what the Amazon was talking about, but when he did Luffy blushed. He rubbed the back of his head considering how to answer.

"Um…I guess you could say that…I like…" Luffy was surprisingly hesitant. He didn't know whether he should say Zoro, because it was kind of true. Ok it was true. Hancock was slowly getting closer from the tension of waiting this long.

"My first mate." Luffy said at last. All the girls looked at him questioningly. Luffy sighed as he knew he had to elaborate. "His name is Zoro. He doesn't know it yet but I do like him a lot." Luffy smiled widely as he continued to rub the back of his head nervously.

"Wait, he? How on earth do I compete with a man!" Hancock fretted dramatically. No that Luffy got it off his back, he went looking for revenge. They played truth or dare, making each other do ridiculous things like standing on the roof and howling at the moon or run around the house naked singing the birthday song. It was a fun night indeed.

"Luffy!" Luffy flinched as he heard his mentor's stern voice. He almost choked on the gorgonzola he was gulping down. They were having lunch at a local restaurant the following day.

"O-oh, hey! Didn't see you there Rayleigh!" Luffy stood up and saluted him nervously. "I-I was just uh…" Luffy has actually been gone for about two days now and he wouldn't be surprised if Rayleigh is a bit angry with him.

"I suspected as much that you'd sneak off to this island. Well, say good bye to your friends Luffy. We have to get back to work." He told him. The girls, especially Hancock reacted to this.

"No~ can't he stay a little longer~!" They begged. Luffy was reluctant, but he knew he had to go. The sole purpose of this two year break was to sharpen his haki skills.

"Sorry girls, he's right though. I'll see you guys real soon though." He told them. Granny Nyon let them borrow a small poisonous sea king to tug there boat off the island. Luffy and Rayleigh departed as they left with a sorrowful goodbye from the women. Luffy had actually been thinking a lot about those girls. Sanji would have killed to be in a place like that.

Yet Luffy doesn't feel any physical attraction to girls like Sanji does. But the only time he has ever felt physical attraction to someone was towards Zoro which is why he said what he said during the sleepover.

"Luffy, you seem awfully quiet. Is something wrong?" Rayleigh broke through Luffy's thoughts.

"Umm…well. Is it normal to…feel attracted to your own gender?" he asked quietly. Rayleigh didn't answer right away. He just gave Luffy a questioning look then smiled knowingly.

"Yes, it's quite normal. Uncommon, but normal." He answered. "I actually wanted to talk to you about something like this. That ex-pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro. What is he to you?"

Luffy perked up. He felt himself blush a little. "I-I don't know…He's my first mate after all. Why do you ask?"

"I heard you mumbling his name in your sleep on more than one occasions." Rayleigh stated casually. Luffy's blush darkened. Luffy was aware that he was a sleep talker, but this is just embarrassing! "It's ok for you to feel this way. No one will judge you."

"Really? Cause I've never heard of a person who does everything that they would do with a woman, except you do it with your buddy, you know. What would they call someone like that?"

"An Okama."

"Is that what okama means? Hm, I can get into that…" Luffy said. Rayleigh cleared his throat.

"Yes, I've noticed the lovely uh…ensemble your wearing." He mentioned to the cardigan and short jean shorts Luffy had on. Luffy giggled.

"Yeah, isn't it cool?"

"Well, it's your choice in wardrobe, I guess."

"6547…6548…6549…" Zoro counted as he did push-ups. On his back was three giant crates filled to what feels like bricks and Mihawk sitting on top of those crates.

"I'll have to commemorate you son. I'm way too old to be doing things like this anymore." Mihawk said.

"6551…Aren't you only like 41?…6552…" Zoro said in between counts. Mihawk leaped off the crates beside Zoro.

"Hey, try doing what you're doing in about 22 years, then come talk to me." He headed back towards the castle. I'm gonna go take a nap."

Man, that guy sleeps as much as I do. And that's saying something… Zoro bucked the crates off of his back. Since pops mentioned sleep, now he felt a bit sleepy. Not caring where he was, Zoro quickly fell asleep on a flat piece of rubble.

Zoro heard humming. He couldn't see much through the thick mist around him. It was warm and bright so his surrounding quickly reminded him of a bathhouse. Even as Zoro walked, the floor beneath his feet was white slippery tiles.

It wasn't long before Zoro stumbled upon a wide steamy pool with a built in waterfall. Zoro had to squint his eyes because near the waterfall he could see a silhouette of someone. The person was gracefully dancing on top of the water. Their feet barley touched the water making slight ripples on the surface.

As Zoro looked closely he discovered that the person was in fact, his captain. "Luffy?" Zoro said out loud. Luffy's graceful leaps stop as there was an audible gasp from him. He sunk back into the waist deep water.

Zoro could already tell that his captain was naked. Luffy turned his back to Zoro as if he were trying to cover himself. It was odd since Zoro has seen Luffy naked many times before, but he's never been at all shy about it.

Zoro entered the pool, already aware that he himself had just a towel around his waist. He slowly approached the boy. Zoro couldn't help but stare at the flawless glowing skin on his captain as water droplets cascaded down his smooth sides.

"Luffy, are you ok?" he asked quietly. Luffy slowly turned around. His big brown eyes were on him as he slowly inched his way closer to Zoro. Finally, Luffy's hands went up to Zoro's chest touching him experimentally.

Zoro looked longingly at Luffy as he closed the distance between their bodies. He put his one hand on Luffy's waist while Luffy put his hand on the side of Zoro's neck. Zoro leaned down to capture Luffy's taunt lips.

No words needed to be said as they knew it was mutual as they shared some sort of physic connection that not many people understood.

Luffy sat at the edge of the pool as Zoro was tucked in between his legs. They explored each other mouths feverishly as thing began to get hot. "Mm~ Zoro…" Luffy moaned when Zoro nipped and suck at the smaller boy's neck.

Zoro was excited. He thrust himself against Luffy developing friction in their lower regions. Much of this was fairly new to Luffy so he wasn't as durable as his first mate. "W-wait, Zoro…I-I can't…You're gonna make me…"

Luffy gasped as he woke up. He quickly sat up and looked around. It was another dream. He looked down at his moist shorts then quickly closed his legs. Luffy was fortunate that Rayleigh wasn't around to see him like this.

"Why does this keep on happening?"