Ahahahahahahaha! *rolls away crying*

It had been one week since Luffy's and Zoro's arrival and the amount of pirates being captured in Louge Town had increased by I high percentage. Currently Luffy was in Smokers office lying on the couch.

"Smokey" Luffy whined. "All of the pirates that come here are way too weak."

"Why do you think I told you that we didn't need your services in the first place" Smoker growled out and bit on the two cigars that were currently in his mouth.

Luffy looked over at the other man and pouted a little "well you don't have to be so stingy about it." He said while crossing his arms over his chest defensively. "And I know for a fact that you enjoy my company Smokey."

"Oh yes, I'm overjoyed that you're here" he said sarcastically and continued with his work.

Luffy sighed and got up "well they usually deliver my dinner around now, see ya Smokey!" he smiled and left Smoker alone to his work.

Luffy walked down the hall silently and thought to himself. 'I wonder if Smoker still thinks about the kiss…. I know I still think about it. Hell I can't get it out of my mind!'

Once he got to his room he shut the door and slid down it. 'Why can't I just tell him I like him? All I have to do is just jump in front of him and yell I really like you!' Luffy chuckled to himself. 'But even if I did tell him, he probably wouldn't return my feelings….. and that would crush me…'

Standing up he shook his head trying to clear it of those thoughts. "No! I can't keep thinking about the bad side, I have to think positive!" he said to himself.

"If I never ask him I'll never know what he thinks about me!" That's when Luffy finally decided he was going to have to tell Smoker how he truly felt about him.

He then looked over and saw his dinner laying forgotten on the table and his stomach made a loud noise. As if it was complaining about the lack of food in it. He smiled to himself before gladly jumping over to his food and devouring it completely.

He let out a content sigh and he picked his teeth with a fish bone. 'Now how exactly am I supposed to tell him?...' Luffy thought and sighed. "All this thinking is going to give me a fever" Luffy said to himself as he rubbed his head.

"I know! I'll just have to see how things play out!" he nodded to himself and smiled.

The next day went by quick and Luffy was able to dispose of any annoying pirates that came to Louge Town. It was currently eight o' clock and Luffy decided to explore the Marine kitchen.

When he got there he was pleasantly surprised to see that no one was in the kitchen. 'Perfect' Luffy thought and silently laughed to himself.

This was the perfect time to sneak a little snack. Luffy then tip toed over to one of the many refrigerators and tried opening it but he was very displeased to discover it was locked. 'Well I guess it's no surprise they would lock some of them..' he thought with a frown then went to the next fridge.

After some time and many fridges later Luffy was left with only one fridge left and it was a mini-fridge. Luffy sighed and crossed his fingers. 'I hope this one's open.'

And much to his surprise it did open, but of course the only thing the fridge contained was juice. 'I wanted meat but…. I guess it's better than nothing' he thought with a shrug then took a couple of juice boxes.

As he was walking back to his room he passed by Smokers office then stopped in front of it. 'Maybe I should pay Smokey a little visit! And hey, maybe he'll want some juice too' Luffy thought with a smile.

He then tried opening Smokers door which he had a little trouble with because his hands were full of juice boxes. But when he was finally able to get it open and he slammed it open with all his might.

"Oi Smokey, I brought you some ju-" Luffy stopped speaking then when he noticed Smoker was asleep at his chair, his head was contently laying in his arms that were on top of the desk.

'He must be a pretty heavy sleeper' Luffy thought thinking of his earlier actions when he slammed the door open and half yelled about the juice.

He then set the juice down on the side table that was located next to the couch and picked up two of the boxes. He headed over to Smoker and gently tapped his head with the juice box. "Hey Smokey you need to get up." Luffy gently tried to wake the other man up but he got no reaction out of the man what so ever.

He then leaned down and got a closer look at Smokers face 'He looks cute when he's sleeping like that' he lightly chuckled and grabbed onto Smoker's shoulder to shake it lightly. "You need to wake up Smokey" this time Luffy spoke a little louder but his voice still stayed gentle. Smoker stirred lightly in his sleep but still didn't wake up.

Luffy being the impatient person he was, started to get annoyed at Smoker. "Smokey wake up all ready!" he said whining and started to shake the man violently.

This time Smoker mumbled slightly "Just five more minutes Tashigi."

Luffy stopped instantly when he heard him, it took him a moment to process before he burst out laughing. "Y-You think I'm Tashigi?! Man y-you really are whipped!"

Hearing his loud outburst Smoker woke up violently. "What did you just say about me being whipped!" Smoker yelled furiously as he looked at the laughing mess of Luffy that was currently on the ground clutching his sides.

Luffy calmed himself and stop laughing but when he looked up at Smoker he couldn't help himself and burst out into even more laughter than before.

"Shut up!" Smoker yelled while standing up and slamming his hands against the desk as his face was now red with anger and embarrassment.

Luffy once again tried to stop laughing. This time he was able to hold in his laughter as he got up off the ground and faced Smoker as he wiped away the tears that were forming at the corner of his eyes.

"S-Sorry, Smokey." He tried to catch his breath then smiled at the man so he wouldn't be angry with him.

Smoker just sighed as a way to calm himself down "What did you come in here for anyways brat?"

Luffy looked up at Smoker then suddenly remembered the juice he had forgotten that was on Smoker's desk. "Oh that's right I got some juice and I was wondering if you wanted any" Luffy said as he picked up to boxes and held one out for Smoker.

Smoker looked down at the juice then took it while mumbling a quick thank you and he sat back down at his desk to finish whatever he was doing before.

"So what are you working on?" Luffy asked as he opened up his third juice container.

"Official business, nothing of your concern."

"Oh really?" Luffy looked at Smoker with a raised eyebrow "Last time I checked being a Commodore is pretty official, maybe I could help you?"

At some point while Luffy was talking he ended up sitting on the side of Smokers desk and leaning over to take a look at the documents Smoker was currently holding.

"Do you really want to help me with paperwork" He emphasized the paperwork part because he knew Luffy was one to never do paperwork. Hell, Zoro had to practically chase him down and tie him to a chair to get him to do it. So why in the hell would he be as generous now as in to even offer helping with someone else's paperwork?

"Yeah, is there something wrong with helping?"

"Well no, but you and offering help with paperwork isn't something you hear every day. Well actually you don't hear it at all."

"That's mean Smokey!" Luffy whined "Why do you think so little of me? I just want to help you!"

"Yes, but why? I know you hate it so why would you want to help?"

"Because I like you!" Luffy yelled exasperated with all the questions.

There was a long pause between both parties before conversation started once more after Smoker cleared his throat. "Like me enough to do paperwork?" He said with a slight chuckle trying to ease the tension in the room.

Luffy slightly blushed and looked away. "I like you enough to do a lot more than paperwork" he mumbled hoping Smoker wouldn't hear what he said yet also hoping he did. 'Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, FUCK! I really fucked up! What the hell? That barely sounded like a confession! He has no idea what I'm trying to say!' Luffy eternally panicked.

Now it was Smoker's turn to blush. "W-what are you implying?"

Luffy looked back at Smoker's face and just decided to risk it all. "Oh fuck it" He said just above a whisper before jumping onto Smoker's lap and crashing their lips together.

The kiss lasted only seconds but it was rough, and slightly awkward. It was like Luffy was trying to convey all his feelings into the kiss but he just didn't know how to do it. Once the kiss ended Smoker pushed Luffy back slightly and looked into his eyes.

"Why are you doing this?" Smoker asked confused

"Because I like you Smokey… I really, really like you."

You could hear the sound of a pin dropping in the room is was so silent. Luffy was awkwardly sitting on Smokers lap with a red face and Smoker was just staring back at him with an equally red face.

"When you say like-"

"I REALLY LIKE YOU! I LIKE YOU SO MUCH SMOKEY!" This time Luffy yelled. After years of liking Smoker everything was just coming out at once. Of course Luffy never dreamed of confessing like this, he was supposed to confess really suave like and have Smoker be the blushing mess, he wasn't supposed to be the blushing mess dammit!

Slowly Smoker processed everything and slowly brought a hand up to cover his blush, his next words came out muffled but Luffy could understand him clearly. "You better not be joking about this, brat"

"I'm not! I swear!" he yelled and clung onto Smokers shoulders, shaking them to add emphasis. His face was getting redder by the second but he didn't care, he had to get everything out and let Smoker know his true feelings.

Smoker took a deep breath to calm himself and removed Luffy's hands from his shoulders. "If you're telling the truth then prove it to me again."

"Huh?" Luffy looked at him really confused "Does this mean the feelings are mutual?"

"I don't know…. Maybe… Just kiss me again so I can know, idiot!"

There was a long moment of silence before Luffy started laughing soon after Smoker joined in and they were both laughing happily together, all the tension in the room was released at that moment and Luffy looked down at Smoker before their lips met again in a brief kiss.

"Who are you calling an idiot, idiot" Luffy chuckled and nuzzled his face into the crook of Smoker's neck, blush still evident on his face.

"You, idiot." Smoker said, embracing Luffy lightly.

I'm so sorry about not updating in forever. ;-; I actually wrote this chapter awhile ago and then I completely forgot about it and the entire story in general... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND REVIEWS!

I really don't deserve it, I'm such an awful author. o(╥﹏╥)o