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It was a snowy day. he didn’t even have to be told to get ready to go out, because he knew that it was exactly what his boyfriend, Luffy, wanted to do.
He was already putting his shoes on when Luffy was impatiently trying to put on his coat, clearly too excited. His smile was never ending and he could feel the radiation off his face, too cute.
“Luffy” he said while standing up, making his way to help his poor boyfriend with his coat to properly put on right. He doesn’t want to deal with a sick Luffy afterwards all because the man child was too excited to even bother to put his coat on right.
“You need to do this right in order to go outside, you know” he scolded. Luffy did a whine and made a very dramatic impatience noise, “But Tarao! It’s snowing outside” he gestured to the window, “We have to hurry up! I wanna go play with the others, like now!
“Yeah, yeah”
he sighs and finishes the remaining buttons, and with that Luffy took off fast with speed than what could be rivaled his speed to get to the nearest food. He puts a hand to his head and slumberly follows after the man.
This will be a very long day indeed.
The breeze was chilly, with every step he took, he had to keep himself from shivering. He was seriously regretting this. He could feel the snow and cold everywhere, it was everywhere. Even with mountains of heavy winter gear he could feel it with every step he took.
Over to the far though, he could see Luffy enjoying himself greatly, meaning him making an outlandish giant snowman with Usopp, Chopper and Kaya. His smile was bright as the sun was, blinding. With a heartache or two, going outside in the cold didn’t seem so bad.
Now taking a look, everyone seems to be out right now, even the infamous troubling couple, Zoro and Sanji were out. They seem in a very intense snowball match in which they would scream insults at each other with every hit they got at each other. He definitely didn’t want to be in that, hopefully it won't escalate to their side.
He ventures out to Luffy to go view their snowman, Luffy, noticing his stalking presence towards him. Proceeds to yell his name out, calling him over even when he is coming towards him. He resisted the urge to stop and walk away but his fate is already sealed.
When approaching, he’s met with Luffy dragging him close to admire the snowman.
The snow man was half the size of a tree which he roughly estimated and was wide. It had a cowboy hat on with a yellow scarf. It’s eyes, we’re skittles and had a drawn on smile. The buttons were rocks and had uneven sticks as hands.
And with that, Usopp goes into a long explanation on why the snowman is so important and whatever history on it that he doesn’t bother to listen to. Though his effort is appreciated because Chopper and Kaya seem well interested.
“Isn’t it cool Tarao?!” Luffy says to him and Luffy looks so proud at his work with pride, he can’t help but snort at his smirk on his face, then turns into full on laughter.
Laughing, boy does he surprise himself nowadays.
The group gets startled by his laughter, especially Luffy who turns a shade of red, looking away. The red is very oblivious to how pale his skin is from the cold. Embarrassed? He thinks, or is flustered by his reaction?
“Yes Strawhat-ya, I’ve never seen such a snowman” he says, his laughter has died down and a rare small smile made it on his face. Luffy smiles back at him and does his signature laugh.
“Oh! We should make Snow Angels!” Luffy suddenly says. And proceeds to make his way to an open area, but not before grabbing his hand, dragging him.
“Oh! I wanna make snow angels!” Chopper says excitedly, tagging along. Kaya and Usopp make there way as well.
If it were old him, he’ll complain about Luffy dragging him into activities without his opinion, but it’s happened so many times that he just opts to whatever the man does. It’s practically Luffy nature doing these kind of things.
Luffy sits down on the snow and motions to sit next to him. He sits down and lays out on the snow, already having his hands out. He doesn’t get started away, just laying there. He looks at Luffy and he’s not surprised to see that Luffy has changed directions, rather than facing stomach up he’s now, down, face deep into the snow doing Snow Angels for god knows why.
He can only sign and ask, “Luffy.. what are you doing”
Luffy mumbles through the snow something along the lines of “to see if it’ll look different”. He wants to say it won’t change the Snow Angel, but there’s no stopping Luffy. All he can do is look back up at the sky.
Over the years of being with Luffy, he’ll say it’s the best relationship he’s had in years, Luffy changed him or much better, softened him ina way. He didn’t think it’ll work at first, they were so different from each other, different personalities, mind work, backgrounds.
Luffy was a ball of sunshine while he was like a devious little shit that would bath under the darkness. But that wasn’t to say Luffy wasn’t a little shit as well, more like an annoying little shit that would stick to you like a glue and never leave once you meet him. Causing a stir in your life, positive or not.
He sighs, smiling as he attempts to make a Snow Angel, but he doubts it’ll be good since he isn’t putting in as much effort as the others.
When Luffy leaps up done, the first thing he does is get all the snow off him like a dog, looks down at his Snow Angel with a star of interest. And lets out a noise of satisfaction.
He gets up as well. Looking down at his. His was okay though not as wide as an original Snow Angel would’ve looked like. Luffy’s, though.. looks disturbing, why? Well there was his face on it. Luffy face to be specific.
Looks like Luffy was right, it does change something. “Well, would you look at that, you were right Luffy-ya” he says, grinning grimly.
“Woo hoo! Yeah! Isn’t that so cool Tarao?!” Luffy exclaims, “You should make one as well!”
What.
“Ah.. No, no, no. I decline”
“Why not?” His face twisted into confusion.
“I don’t want my face carved into a Snow Angel, not to mention, I find it quite disturbing” he says with an ill of disgust.
“Whatt! I thought you like those things? Plus I think it’s cool” he said pouting. “Not like that Luffy-ya”
Another breeze comes by and whizzes through them howling. He aims to hug himself again for some protection, but a pair of arms wrap around him instead. Ah.
“Here, I’ll protect you Tarao” Luffy mumbled from his chest and he can’t help but to smile at it. Cute. Suddenly an idea sparks at his head and he starts to smirk.
“Idiot” he says, “As if a hug will protect me from the cold, I know something that could definitely warm me up”
Luffy looks at him with bright eyes and determination. And ask the question he’s been waiting for, “what is it?”
“You” and with that, he kisses him. Luffy is startled by the action but soon follows his lead and reciprocates.