ᴍᴏɴᴋᴇʏ ᴅ. ʟᴜꜰꜰʏ

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THEN WHY ZORO TALKING ABOUT THAT!?
THAT JUST LEADS TO BATH TIME! TELL HIM TO STOP!
ZORO STOP!!!

EH!? WHY ZORO NOT SHARING!?!?!?!

The captain perks up from where he's been doing whatever, "Oh! Hammock! You're far from home... did you get lost?"

during their discussion.

"... would Nami get mad if we let Lily live in the trees?"

Luffy gives a soft noise, hands turning for the ladybug, Lily, to crawl as she pleases, "Nah... beetles, yes. Bugs... eh.. not all bugs are as cool as beetles. Usopp probably knows more of other bugs, if you need to know, yeah?"

He still keeps attached against Robin's side, snuggling quietly now ++

all. Gizao is strong, but not rubber. It's ok to worry. I worry about Zoro a lot too. And Sanji. They're both strong. So Strong. But... 'm gonna always worry, I think. I don't wanna lose anyone else, Kira."

contact.

It eases Luffy's spirit in a way he can't exactly explain.

The same spirit that spent months chasing Ace as a child because it was better than being alone.

"...Gizao is strong... but I get it. I don't worry much cause I'm rubber, what's to worry about? Most things don't hurt. Ever. At ++

It really does help. The touch, the contact. Even from someone not of his crew, but trusted enough. It helps.

Touch starved, desperate to cling to those he cared for, willing to thrown down and fight literally the world for his precious people, but bound by this. Simple interactions. Simple ++

anyone.

"'S dumb..."

Needy, greedy, leaning into the touches as a man starved for them. For the contact and affection and just everything and anything.

"...couldn't find anyone." It comes out more distress than he intended, but it's the truth! It had been so, oddly stressful at not being able to instantly pick up on ++

even like this, Luffy would guard where Zoro couldn't see.

Cheeks smush there, nuzzling, and seeming to deflate a little with a sigh and a low noise.

"...I know Zoro is strong. But I couldn't find anyone and... and... just bad dreams, I think."

No hesitation to lean in and pepper kisses over Zoro's face, anything to try and get across how important the swordsman was.

He'd settle then, clinging and resting on Zoro's shoulder on the blind side, half because the gentle noises of his earrings were calming and half in an unspoken habit that ++

Void-like eyes blink, turning to Law and scooting himself closer like an inch-worm. Those rubbery arms unwinding, but hesitating of all things to tangle around the other captain and instead bunch back up in his own shirt as they tremble.

"...hurts, Torao... I can't find anyone..."

Oh... he didn't realize what he was missing was so close by.

Void-like dark eyes turn up at the voice, glassy with unshed tears. No hop for food, but a hop for the person, tripping twice and attaching around Sanji's waist to hide in her belly with a sniffle.

He's all wet sniffles and rolling around where he's at. A hand going to his scarred chest over and over, scratching and picking when he knows he shouldn't.

Arms eventually wrap around himself three to four times in hopes of hugging away this feeling.

himself off Killer's own grounding presence.

"I know they're all strong. I shouldn't worry, but I do. I ignored it once and lost someone precious... when I should have helped sooner. Is it weird? To cry over this?"

"...it hurts so much to be alone." Luffy confesses into the holes of that helm, unable to see inside, but liking the quiet secrets that can be passed back and forth like this. It has it's own charm in some strange way.

Fingers tap gentle, moving slow and tracing the stripes as he slowly centers ++

small and quick. There and gone, in favor of pressing his own forehead to Zoro's own now. As if trying to get closer, wanting to hide in Zoro's ribcage and never get out.

"...was scared... 'm sorry..."

A bristling, a frustration... a fear. It rouses it's head in the form of tiny, sharp, little teeth that bite over fabric into Zoro's shoulder with a feral little growl as Luffy's body trembles and sobs more.

It's not enough to draw blood. Enough to hurt, but not damage the swordsman. Sharp and ++

are very very good."

One hands pulls away, just to hold out a mindful, careful finger to the tiny specimen.

"She is tiiiiny beetle... but eats pests. Small but important. Like Chopper. Chopper doesn't eat pests though... 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪..."

The affection is soaked up with a gentle squeeze to Robin in return. His nakama were everything to him. Everything. He'd throw down for every and any single one of them. A family he'd somehow managed to cobble together with luck and persistence.

"...Lily likes aphids. Or lettuce. Coccinellidae ++

"'S always painful." Luffy pouts back but shamelessly leans into the hand, leeching anything he can get from it.

"Being alone is the worst thing ever, Torao."

Killer isn't nakama. He's Gizao's nakama. Still...

It's good energy either way. That odd aura, so like Zoro, that calls Luffy to crawl over the man and wrap around that helm to whisper secrets through it.

That was fun.

"Ne... Kira... what do you do when you miss Gizao and can't find him?"

"What are good flower names?" He muses back in a great impression of an indoor voice; though he's more into soaking up the contact and affection that came with just being close.

Luffy's cheek squishes against Robin's arm, but he's thankfully, not wiping his nose on her.

"Uh... Lily?"

Hands scramble over his own chest, over the mass of scarring as Luffy blinks just enough for tears to escape. Not outright bawling his eyes out, but something deeper.

"...in here... hurts. Can't find anyone and it hurts. 'S dumb. But still hurts."

A perfect invitation. He's rough, not needing to be gentle, elbows and hands and knees as he purposely worms into Zoro's lap and clings to the swordsman.

He knows Zoro won't make a sound about the loud sniffling or the wet spot of tears he's leaving on his shoulder.

"...couldn't find you."

A wet sniffle, trying to hold himself together as rubber arms haul himself up and closer. He's gentle, oh, oh so gentle in smushing into her side and wrapping arms (just once, normally) around Robin's waist.

"...what's her name?"

A wobbly, little wiggling of his lips. He's trying to hold himself together and he's not even sure why he's in a mood like this.

"...Torao... it hurts..."

Sprawled out with a huffing breath and a pout.

...he misses everyone.

A looong stare of dark eyes, pouting back at her.

...

...Luffy just turns his back and that hand is back up once more. What you can't see can't hurt you, right?

"Got it! 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪!" Said booger is flicked away at least as he grins.