One Piece

Paulie

"Y/n! It's been awhile since I've seen you, sorry about that."

You shake your head.

"No no! Its okay Iceburg, you're the mayor I can get that you get busy."
"Oh yeah..I am the mayor."

He smiled, picking his nose a bite before flicking it away and standing back at attention.

"So...do you need me for something Iceburg?"
"Hmm? Oh yes! I was wondering if you'd help Paulie with something right about now."
"R-right now?"
"Right now."

You blinked and adjusted the bag on your shoulder.

"Uh...okay...what is it exactly?"
"Just helping me rearrange my office a bit, move my desk and all of those little accessories.."

'Uh huh..little my sunbleached ass..'

"Think you're up to it?"

You glance over to Paulie, his cigar held tightly between his frowning lips.

"Sure..."
"Fantastic, come with me!"

He lead you back up to Paulie, grabbing him and walking towards the office space.

"Now, the desk needs to be in the middle, I can't have it all angled on the wall my paperwork piles up too much."

You glanced over at a distraught Paulie, a blank expression plastered on his tan face.

"...got it?"

You snapped back to attention.
"Um...yes...desk in the middle and files and yup.."

You stepped forward and sigh as your shoulders droop.

"Alright, I'll be back in a few hours to check up on you both."

He quickly deserted the room, leaving the two of you alone.

"So...desk in the middle.."
"That's all I got from the rambling.."

You heard something pop,around to watch as he cracked his back and discarded his jacket.

You turned to the desk, licking your lips as you quickly grabbed the papers from the surface and placed them on the floor.

You yawned and hummed, wiping the wooden surface off clean before shoving it a bit.

"Come on Paulie, get the other end of the desk.."

He raised an eyebrow, grabbing the other end of the desk and quickly picking it up as you did the same.

"Okay..start walking..towards the middle.."

He backed up carefully, glancing back at you for approval as he made it to the middle of the room.

"That's about right.."
"It better be just right, I'm not doing this again.."

You chuckled, resting your arms across your chest as he did the same.

He leaned against the desk, closing his eyes as his mouth twitched slightly.

"You okay Paulie?"
"Hmm...oh yeah..I'm fine.."

You nod, humming quietly as you go to drag a filing cabinet across the carpet to set beside the desk.

"Y/n, don't do that.."
"Why not? I'm just trying to get done faster.."

You stumbled a bit, nearly losing the grip on the filing cabinet and falling.

"Well that's one reason..I don't need you hurting yourself.."
"Well I'm doing more work than you're doing.."