Usopp X Reader 💕One Shots💕

Lie Detector

He slowly shook his head no. No buzzer.

Your heart almost stopped as your jaw hung open slightly. You couldn't talk. Everyone had turned to you, and judging by your expression, someone had to speak up for you.

"Then, it's _______?!" Brook asked for you.

Usopp nodded yes, and started to look away, averting his eyes to the deck as blush crept up on his face.

If it was physically possible your jaw would have hit the floor by now.

The girls and some guys were grinning. Sanji was silently crying and Luffy was just... being Luffy. Everyone looked at you, you being completely shocked, and Usopp, him being completely embarrassed having weaseled that information out with no other way to go before that god forsaken buzzing sound got to his head or someone started to squeeze it out like some sort of fruit.

"I think we should leave them alone." Nami whispered to the others.

Slowly, everyone got up and backed up from you and Usopp, the two of you currently being frozen by either embarrassment, or shock. Out of the corner of your eye, you did notice Sanji staring at Usopp with a look of jealousy and anger in his eyes, like something precious he (never) had was stolen away. You swore you heard someone whisper 'shut up, you have two more options to choose from' to him to calm him down. It was followed by a slapping sound, hinting that either Nami or Robin slaped the person who said it. Soon, everyone had disappeared below deck. Even Franky had gone from the place you left him. It was now just silence, you, and Usopp.

You realized how long your jaw had been hanging open like it had and closed it before you looked like a moron, shaking your head slightly to see if where you were was a reality. Yep. It was. Usopp was still there, blushing slightly as he still looked at the ground. He really said it, and on the inside, you were slightly overjoyed, but shocked at the same time. He looked so embarrassed about it. That was all you could read off him.

"U-uh, sorry about that happening with the lie detector... I didn't think something like that would be brought up..." You began, breaking the silence.

"I have one question for YOU now." He said suddenly, not taking his gaze from the deck.

You stopped and listened. It was the least you could do.

"Since I just had to go through THAT, having something I wasn't too fond of getting forced out, out. Humor me." He said.

You gave him a slightly confused look.

"Do you... like me... as well... or, no..." He mumbled. "Because if no, then I'm sorry about that embarrassing shit. Nami brought up the wrong question I was nothing but a target for people to bombard me with-!"

"Yes." You interrupted. "I... I do... a bit... maybe..." You added, trailing your voice off near the end of your sentence.

Usopp finally looked up at you, having his turn of being shocked. "You're not lying... are you?"

You exhaled a shaky breath and slid across the floor closer to him. You took the pad that was attached to his arm and reattached it under your shirt where your heart was, reaching over and fiddling with the settings of the device to only focus on the wire you selected for about ten seconds before reconnecting to the other wires again.

"Usopp, I do, like you as well. A-a lot." You repeated, pressing the pad against you with a little force to make sure it would read you.

No buzz.

You took it off and let it hang down to the deck as you looked back at Usopp with a weak smile.

"Not lying..." He whispered. He then looked directly back at you and into your eyes. "Honestly?"

You nodded.

He breathed heavily, feeling like quite a large weight was lifted off his shoulders properly.

"Franky's the only one who knew about it with me." You piped up. "So I had a hard time holding it down without publicly embarrassing myself or you. Or having him do it for me."

"Franky? ... That's how it was for me. He only knew about the fact that I took interest in anyone at all."

"The fucker..." You muttered. "He's trying to ship people together again." You gave an expression that concluded you were going to kick Franky's ass later.

"_______ I've got another question." Usopp said, interrupting your thoughts.

"Hmm?" You inquired.

"Do you um..." He coughed. "Ship it like Franky ships it..." He said awkwardly, trying to be a bit funny.

You stared at him for a moment, then snickered, finding the light of the embarrassing situation.

"Would it bad if I said, uh, yeah?" You responded, acting just as awkward.

"No, not at all." He reassured with a slightly more confident smile.

You twiddled your thumbs dumbly, glancing from side to side as a blush came across your face. "Eheh... Then uh... let's make this ship, 'set sail.'" You laughed nervously, leaning closer to him.

He began to blush at your statement. He knew what you meant. He began to lean a bit closer to you as well, and get closer as both of your faces reddened. Then, you put your right hand at the base of his neck and slowly pulled him closer to you until the space closed, and your lips finally met.

Your face really reddened after that. This was where someone would jump in and say 'that escalated quickly,' because it did. The kiss started a little hesitant, as you were both being a little awkward about it all. But, you gradually became comfortable with it and relaxed. You never realized how much you wanted something like this, and now, here it was, happening. Usopp had pulled together what little confidence he had, and put his arms around your waist, pulling you closer to him until your bodies touched. The warmth felt incredible, and you quickly longed for more. You moved your hand up from the base of his neck, popping off the pad that was there and making it fall to the ground while you slid your fingers into his hair, feeling its softness as you brought him closer to you, your other hand just resting on his chest as you curved your body into his. You could feel your heart rate going up, beating faster against his chest with his heart, pounding harder and harder and-

A loud buzzing sound startled you and Usopp, halting the both of you in your tracks as you opened your eyes halfway, showing annoyance.

"Sorry. This thing responds to heart rates." You scoffed, reaching up and grabbing the wires of the two pads still stuck to his chest. "Surprise." You whispered, ripping them off quickly, making Usopp jump and catch a groan in his throat while his eyes widened slightly. You chuckled. "Sorry~! I'll have to fix this thing later. It's got a bit of a malfunction. That and I may need to get less sticky pads. You held back a little squeak, didn't you~?"

"Shut the fuck up." He mumbled, narrowing his eyes again.

"Make me~." You dared.

"I will." He said, recapturing your lips with his and pulling you tighter and closer to him, hands on your waist and back.

From the movement, the bracelet slowly came undone, and fell to the deck behind the two of you, the lights flashing a couple of times before it shut off, and disconnecting all wires and functions. It wouldn't be needed anymore. Not now, at least. The truth was out. And you were loving every moment of it.