Yeah.. I could tell. [It's from this expression of his that it was obvious.... he remembers how insecure Sanji was as a kid. It was still pretty vivid from when he encountered him. He said he wanted to prove how good he was to his father how he could be something..at least from what he could see. It seems unavoidable and seeing how unsure he seemed back then.. at least from the front. He seemed like he wanted his attention though. However, living up to those standards, and getting punished if they're not up to snuff... was something he wasn't a fan of himself. He knows this from personal experience in his own early upbringing.]
I was. I fought some off the train with Hanzo but he was being a party pooper not showing me more of his dragon summoning... [He leaves a bit of a disgrunted face as he does so. Not the stressful kind, but more of a unsatisfied look that would make it seem like the fun he had was ruined.. or stopped in this case. DRAGONS ARE REALLY COOL, OKAY. He has this undying interest with him that probably originated from his fist fighting style.]
Not mentioning his brothers... hahahaha that's Luffy for you. [He's never really mad at the little brother... because he knows how he was back then, and he seems to have not changed much from when he was a kid. Rather, he's pretty amused he wasn't brought up at all. He doesn't mind though. It's usually Ace that he always talks about when it comes to brothers anyway.. at least to him. Sanji, how dare you keep secrets about having siblings wow]
[And here Sanji had been thinking Sabo was almost... too together to be one of Luffy's idiot older brothers. He was definitely nice enough, had that same "could care less about the world's opinion of him" air that Ace and Luffy had in spades, but he still just seemed a little too... normal. To really fit into that family. But then there's that little glint in his eye, the way his face scrunches up when he talks about dragons. Something that hints at him being just as unreasonable as the other two.]
Hanzo's a brainless piece of shit. [Because... that's... how you talk about guys your captain has invited to be a part of the crew, apparently.] If you want dragon, go to Punk Hazard when you're back home. I think there's still one guarding the place.
[Sanji pauses, takes a drag of his cigarette.] That's Luffy for you. [Is finally what he agrees with, shifting slightly so he's leaning against the wall, facing Sabo a bit more than he was before.] The first we heard of Ace was when there was a wall of flame between us and the marines back in Alabasta. Makes sense the first we would have heard of you would be during that mess in Dressrosa.
[Though he has to wonder, would Sanji have ever known about Sabo otherwise? Did Luffy tell Nami, Brook, and Chopper about Sabo once he landed in Zou? Probably not, it wouldn't have been interesting information by then. Franky probably would have passed on the story. Usopp, too. Though by that point whether or not Sabo would have been described as the man in front of him or an actual fire breathing dragon is debatable.
... would Sanji have ever known, then, that their captain at least had one brother come back to life and stay that way?]
[Maybe.. maybe not. Who knows. Sabo was presumably dead at the time when he got shot down by the marines at a young age. There would've been no evidence of him being alive, except for Dragon who had saved him that day. His memory was wiped of his two other brothers and their childhood, and seeing as having traumatic drama with his parents even with no recollection of them, there had been no occurrence or intention of him going back for a time.
It was only after Ace had passed away and reading over the newspaper that these memories had resurfaced.. and with that the realization of a found family member... gone.
He faces down, his hat tipped downward at the other blond, smirking.]
Ace, huh? [It's uncanny to hear how his display to Luffy and the other Strawhats was similar to that of the other. Pretty inevitable, since they have been best friends for a time.. and considered themselves both Luffy's big brothers.] I guess you could say that.
[His talk of Punk Hazard in their home world did spark fire in his eyes though.]
Really?!
[In this sudden ecstatic tone. I mean, Hanzo yeah he's still gonna bug him about fucking dragons.. but the more chances.. the better. He stands right up then, clenching his fists excitingly and stares straight into Sanji with a refueled determined look in the eye.] Man, it would be so cool to go there. Even not now.. but when we do come back.. [The excitement, it is real.]
[For a sinking moment, it occurs to him again that Ace is... dead. That he's dead back home, and now that he isn't here, he's dead yet again. He's honestly not sure if it's a mercy or a missed opportunity that Sabo wasn't here for those few weeks Ace traveled with them on Zeta 12.
It's strange, how seeing Ace again turned Sanji's understanding of death and the finality of it on its head.]
You'd like it. Half the damn island is on fire. [He pushes himself up from the wall, walking over to the backpack he's been keeping most of his supplies in, and rooting around in it for a moment before coming back with a bottle of wine and two slightly banged up glasses.]
Sauvignon Blanc. Not my first choice of a pair, but it goes well with the seasoning. [He pops the cork out with his thumb, holding the two glasses in one hand while pouring the wine with the other. Years and years of practice make it so he doesn't spill a drop and ends up with an equal amount in both glasses.
Never underestimate the skills of a seafaring sous chef.]
To Ace. [He says quietly, as soon as he's handed off the glass. Quiet enough that the sound won't travel to the other side of the room. So that Luffy won't be tempted to leave the chaos and intrude upon Sanji and Sabo's rare moment of quiet.]
Of course. [He chuckles at the smoking chef. It wasn't like he didn't know, but he's read reports on the island being half fire.. half ice. So he found it amusing with how he said it.] I'll probably go there for a visit if I have the time.
[Being a Revolutionary, he has a lot of work going on after all!! Though he can always make the time if he asks.. or doesn't.]
I wouldn't know the types of alcohol there are, but I appreciate the gesture. [He smiles, looking over at the wine Sanji pours as he waits until he is given a glass.
He follows in the toast Sanji initialized with a few words of his own.]
May he continue to rest in peace.
[He's not accustomed enough to holding the glass Sanji handed to him.. but he cups it firmly up while his eyes are veered from view. Sabo smiles, remembering the other brother who had watched over Luffy for the time he was missing and closely has his glass near Sanji's that they were almost touching.
To give a tribute again to the late Fire Fist after having visited his grave before he landed in this world was something he wouldn't mind doing over and over again. Even amongst the snoring pirates around Sanji and himself.. it still felt peaceful. He was still unaware of the other brother having been here, but none the less..meeting with him was something he thinks about every now and then. To see him once more as adults, would've been a moment to be had.]
[If someone was going to tell Sabo about Ace having been here, it sure has hell won't be Sanji. It's not his place, first of all, but he honestly doesn't think there's much point in dwelling on the past. On what could have been, if the timing had just been a little different.
It's better, now, to simply clink his glass gently against Sabo's before swirling the alcohol in it around once, twice, before finally taking a small sip. Leaving a moment of silence and respect hanging in the air between them.
Finally, though, the silence needs to be broken. And it needs to be broken with the thing Sanji initially came here to talk about.]
[Well it doesn't seem like it would be anything big.. granted.. he's always the type to help out anyone who's
part of Luffy's crew or any of his friends. Any friend of Luffy's is going to be a friend of his. He gulps down the drink in the glass that Sanji had handed to him.
He then puts down the now empty glass, and looks up at the other Blond noticing the calm but serious expression he has while swiveling the wine glass of his. Sabo shoves a hand in one of his pockets, while the other still clutches onto the stem of his own wine glass. ]
[There's another moment of silence. Another lull broken only by the sound of Sanji inhaling and exhaling a breath of smoke.]
I meant it when I said to forget what that kid told you. [Finally, he turns to look at Sabo, though honestly he just looks tired, rather than any sort of serious or threatening.] Luffy won't give enough of a shit to ask, but Nami-san might. And what that kid said would only going to make things worse for her.
What things? What do you mean? [He asks for clarification, as if he wanted to confirm what he meant. No kid should be overlooked, and regardless of what he says, the intention was different.
He then stares at the other blond, in a serious expression. While he should be more considerable, he chooses not to, being more concerned over the matter himself.]
It's unlikely Luffy will ask but as someone who appreciates his friends and family... I'd rather you be more honest with him than hide it.
[He's had the experience to hide something huge himself as a kid....mainly that he came from a noble family. It was after some time when Luffy and Ace find out he ran away that he admits to it. He knows that if he cares about his brother that much, it's best not to keep any secrets.]
The amount of love he puts into the people he cares for, family.. friends.. nakama..it's irreplacable. You should know this, as his crewmate.
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I was. I fought some off the train with Hanzo but he was being a party pooper not showing me more of his dragon summoning... [He leaves a bit of a disgrunted face as he does so. Not the stressful kind, but more of a unsatisfied look that would make it seem like the fun he had was ruined.. or stopped in this case. DRAGONS ARE REALLY COOL, OKAY. He has this undying interest with him that probably originated from his fist fighting style.]
Not mentioning his brothers... hahahaha that's Luffy for you. [He's never really mad at the little brother... because he knows how he was back then, and he seems to have not changed much from when he was a kid. Rather, he's pretty amused he wasn't brought up at all. He doesn't mind though. It's usually Ace that he always talks about when it comes to brothers anyway.. at least to him.
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Hanzo's a brainless piece of shit. [Because... that's... how you talk about guys your captain has invited to be a part of the crew, apparently.] If you want dragon, go to Punk Hazard when you're back home. I think there's still one guarding the place.
[Sanji pauses, takes a drag of his cigarette.] That's Luffy for you. [Is finally what he agrees with, shifting slightly so he's leaning against the wall, facing Sabo a bit more than he was before.] The first we heard of Ace was when there was a wall of flame between us and the marines back in Alabasta. Makes sense the first we would have heard of you would be during that mess in Dressrosa.
[Though he has to wonder, would Sanji have ever known about Sabo otherwise? Did Luffy tell Nami, Brook, and Chopper about Sabo once he landed in Zou? Probably not, it wouldn't have been interesting information by then. Franky probably would have passed on the story. Usopp, too. Though by that point whether or not Sabo would have been described as the man in front of him or an actual fire breathing dragon is debatable.
... would Sanji have ever known, then, that their captain at least had one brother come back to life and stay that way?]
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It was only after Ace had passed away and reading over the newspaper that these memories had resurfaced.. and with that the realization of a found family member... gone.
He faces down, his hat tipped downward at the other blond, smirking.]
Ace, huh? [It's uncanny to hear how his display to Luffy and the other Strawhats was similar to that of the other. Pretty inevitable, since they have been best friends for a time.. and considered themselves both Luffy's big brothers.] I guess you could say that.
[His talk of Punk Hazard in their home world did spark fire in his eyes though.]
Really?!
[In this sudden ecstatic tone. I mean, Hanzo yeah he's still gonna bug him about fucking dragons.. but the more chances.. the better. He stands right up then, clenching his fists excitingly and stares straight into Sanji with a refueled determined look in the eye.] Man, it would be so cool to go there. Even not now.. but when we do come back.. [The excitement, it is real.]
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It's strange, how seeing Ace again turned Sanji's understanding of death and the finality of it on its head.]
You'd like it. Half the damn island is on fire. [He pushes himself up from the wall, walking over to the backpack he's been keeping most of his supplies in, and rooting around in it for a moment before coming back with a bottle of wine and two slightly banged up glasses.]
Sauvignon Blanc. Not my first choice of a pair, but it goes well with the seasoning. [He pops the cork out with his thumb, holding the two glasses in one hand while pouring the wine with the other. Years and years of practice make it so he doesn't spill a drop and ends up with an equal amount in both glasses.
Never underestimate the skills of a seafaring sous chef.]
To Ace. [He says quietly, as soon as he's handed off the glass. Quiet enough that the sound won't travel to the other side of the room. So that Luffy won't be tempted to leave the chaos and intrude upon Sanji and Sabo's rare moment of quiet.]
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[Being a Revolutionary, he has a lot of work going on after all!! Though he can always make the time if he asks.. or doesn't.]
I wouldn't know the types of alcohol there are, but I appreciate the gesture. [He smiles, looking over at the wine Sanji pours as he waits until he is given a glass.
He follows in the toast Sanji initialized with a few words of his own.]
May he continue to rest in peace.
[He's not accustomed enough to holding the glass Sanji handed to him.. but he cups it firmly up while his eyes are veered from view. Sabo smiles, remembering the other brother who had watched over Luffy for the time he was missing and closely has his glass near Sanji's that they were almost touching.
To give a tribute again to the late Fire Fist after having visited his grave before he landed in this world was something he wouldn't mind doing over and over again. Even amongst the snoring pirates around Sanji and himself.. it still felt peaceful. He was still unaware of the other brother having been here, but none the less..meeting with him was something he thinks about every now and then. To see him once more as adults, would've been a moment to be had.]
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It's better, now, to simply clink his glass gently against Sabo's before swirling the alcohol in it around once, twice, before finally taking a small sip. Leaving a moment of silence and respect hanging in the air between them.
Finally, though, the silence needs to be broken. And it needs to be broken with the thing Sanji initially came here to talk about.]
I need a favor.
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[Well it doesn't seem like it would be anything big.. granted.. he's always the type to help out anyone who's
part of Luffy's crew or any of his friends. Any friend of Luffy's is going to be a friend of his. He gulps down the drink in the glass that Sanji had handed to him.
He then puts down the now empty glass, and looks up at the other Blond noticing the calm but serious expression he has while swiveling the wine glass of his. Sabo shoves a hand in one of his pockets, while the other still clutches onto the stem of his own wine glass. ]
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I meant it when I said to forget what that kid told you. [Finally, he turns to look at Sabo, though honestly he just looks tired, rather than any sort of serious or threatening.] Luffy won't give enough of a shit to ask, but Nami-san might. And what that kid said would only going to make things worse for her.
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He then stares at the other blond, in a serious expression. While he should be more considerable, he chooses not to, being more concerned over the matter himself.]
It's unlikely Luffy will ask but as someone who appreciates his friends and family... I'd rather you be more honest with him than hide it.
[He's had the experience to hide something huge himself as a kid....mainly that he came from a noble family. It was after some time when Luffy and Ace find out he ran away that he admits to it. He knows that if he cares about his brother that much, it's best not to keep any secrets.]
The amount of love he puts into the people he cares for, family.. friends.. nakama..it's irreplacable. You should know this, as his crewmate.