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we are NOT fixing this time travel by buggydicklown (dandelion_weed)
Fandoms: One Piece (Anime & Manga)
08 Oct 2024
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Summary
"I told you not to touch that stone! Why do you never listen to me?!"
Shanks finally smiles, something carefree, something a little distant. "Sorry, Bugs, you know how bad I am with orders."
Buggy makes an angry noise strangled in his throat. "So what do we do now? Is this in our mind? Is it a projected illusion?"
"Only one way to find out, right?"
And then Rayleigh is subjected to a blood curdling scenario in which Buggy calmly throws the knife in his hand at Shanks and incites shouts of panic amongst the crew. The knife is embedded deep enough that in a matter of seconds, Shanks' shirt is soaked with blood.
While the rest of the crew throw themselves into a panicked frenzy, grabbing hold of both of their cabin boys, Rayleigh sees clearly as Shanks and Buggy share a look that slowly descends into horror.
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Bookmark Notes:
Putting those two traits together in two teenage boys on the cusp of puberty hell, well, it’s not a surprise they haven’t been able to solve their differences for the last twenty something years. Perhaps they were always meant to be a tragedy, a play with an unhappy ending.
“Buggy, I love you.”
Well, perhaps there is still hope.
“WHAAAAAAAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, YOU CREEPY BASTARD?!”
Roger leans against the railing, Crocus right beside him. The whole ship has tuned into the gripping drama unfolding right before their very eyes.
Shanks grabs both of Buggy’s shoulders, keeping him grounded while the rest of his limbs have broken into pieces in shock.
“I see where the mistake has been made,” Shanks says, his eyes bright and fierce. “I made all the assumptions, and you worked with what you had. So I’m gonna say what I should have said all those years ago, right now, right here. There’s no better time or place. I think that's what the stone was trying to do. To mend all the things that went wrong.”
“Nothing went wrong!!” Buggy shrieks, his eyes displaying madness. “Don’t try to pin this on me! You are what you are and I am what I am! We were never meant to stay together!”
Shanks smiles and takes a stray blue strand of Buggy’s hair, spooking the other man further. “Being a pirate is all about freedom and challenging everything that tries to take it away from us, remember? So I’m going to challenge that faith of yours and show you that we are capable of making our own destinies, especially now that I no longer have any obligation to anything. Not the prophecy, not Roger, not my crew. Only you, Buggy, it’s always been you. I’m sorry I took so long to catch up to you who I had lost because I wasn’t strong enough for both of us.”
Well, if nothing else, Roger now knows what a smooth talker Shanks is. He’s getting a little teary eyed, damn it. He’s always hoped to see this sight before he dies. In his heart of heart, he worries for his boys, especially with his sickness rapidly growing. He knows most of his men will leave the sea and all of its adventures when he goes. He’s glad to know that Buggy and Shanks will always take care of each other, no matter how long it’s going to take before the two of them get their shit together. It’s too bad both boys are still physically fourteen. It would have been the very best of gifts to marry them under his authority as their captain, on the ship where they were both raised since infancy. Like how it’s meant to be. Like how it would have been if Roger wasn't dying.
“Captain!”
Roger smoothly blinks his eyes to get rid of the moisture before he looks down to where Shanks is looking up at him with a beaming smile, hand encircled around Buggy’s wrist. It’s a real smile, not the distant ones they’ve been seeing since he got here. Buggy is not looking at anyone but Shanks, his eyes wide and terrified and an awful lot of hopeful.
Shanks grins. “Marry us!”
Ah fuck, these boys are going to kill him.
“BRING OUT THE BOOZE, BOYS!” Rayleigh hollers over Roger’s booming laughter. “WE ARE HAVING A WEDDING!” The crew cheers.
Buggy scrambles away from Shanks hurriedly. “WE ARE NOT HAVING A WEDDING WHAT THE FUCK?!”
“We are not?” Shanks asks, eyes drooping sadly and shoulders sagging.
Buggy looks at this sad wet pathetic excuse of a human being with disbelief. “You think you can just marry me without working for it?! HAH! Think again! I’m gonna need the One Piece before I even consider marrying you, you shitty red hair!”
“But Bugs,” Shanks whines. “That’s going to Luffy, you know that!”
“I DON’T CARE! BRING THE ONE PIECE OR YOU CAN KISS THAT WEDDING GOODBYE!”
As Shanks is whining and trying to convince Buggy to marry him without the One Piece over the roaring cheering and encouragement of their crew, Roger retreats to his quarters silently.
He hopes nothing but the best for his boys. It’s only what they deserve, especially if he’s going to ask what he now knows he’s going to ask Shanks to do.
They’re going to need it. And he hopes Buggy will find it in himself to forgive his fool old captain for everything.
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time travel, OMG 😭😭😭 so cute
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