it was a peaceful night and the thousand sunny sailed smooth across the vast sea. it a certain turquoise eyed girls turn to keep night watch today. since last two weeks the crew has been so tired that her and the rubber captain didn't have their night talk like usual. Jules was tired too but still work is work. it was past midnight now and Jules could practically feel her body shutting down. with a groan she got up from her place by the railing. in order to keep herse;f active she decided to eat something.
entering the kitchen she looked around to find something but nothing felt like she wanted to eat. she was kind of craving a certain rice dish she loved. it was the perfect weather and time for that dish. going in the pantry she got all the ingredients. honestly only her nami robin and brook were allowed to work in the kitchen by sanji. brook only for his tea though.
as jules worked on her dish her mood got better and better, but to was too quite in the kitchen. Jules noticed a tape player on the kitchen island and a box of tapes beside it. she peeked through the different tapes until she found one. it was of songs by an old artist. she remembered listening to it with oyaji sometimes. the old man would sing along the song with a not so very talented voice. listening to the songs with her father Jules had too biharted the lyrics. she put the tape in the player and pressed the play button.
as the song started playing Jules got back to work, humming the song and mumbling some lyrics. the volume wasn't too loud nor too quite just perfect. the singer was famous for his jazz music and it was a good mood to listen to jazz right now.
as the songs played Jules sang along and soon started dancing around the kitchen while also working on the food. its been long since she danced so it felt good.
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on the deck bellow the door to the men's quarters opened slowly as a certain rubber captain walked out cautiously to sneek into the kitchen and grab a mid night snack. as he climbed the stairs to the upper deck he saw the kitchen light on and some sound coming from the kitchen. - shit is sanji awake?- luffy thought but shook his head - no he was in the room when I left. then who is it? - luffy walked to the door and slowly opened it.
as soon as he opened it he was meant with the aroma pf fresh cooked rice. luffy looked around and saw a brownhaird woman moving around the kitchen. luffy was gonna call out to her but stopped suddenly. he heard the not too upbeat but not to soft jazz music playing and saw Jules move around along with its rhythm. she swayed her hips and twirled around in the kitchen as she worked on finishing her dish. her brown hair flowed smoothly with her every move. she was also singing along her hands having small movements as she was working with them.
she was so engrossed with her dance, song and cooking that she didn't notice the strawhat wearing captain at the door staring at her. luffy looked at her with aww as she danced so gracefully and elegantly as well as completely enjoying it. he had compared her fighting to a delicate dance but damn her actual dancing was way more beautiful. the skirt she wore moved around and defined all her moves. she jumped and hopped around, sometimes spinning and then swaying her hips. she looked like a beautiful angel from afairlytale who danced in the medows. luffy couldn't bring himself to look away from her at the same time he wanted to call out her name and tell her how beautiful she looked.
luffy was so lost is admiring Jules that he didn't even notice how his heart beat got fast and his breathing a little shallow. the more he stared the more heat creeped to his cheeks. he was so lost in the moment that he didn't even realise that Jules had noticed him.
" luffy." Jules snapped her fingers in front of his face and he got out of his trance. luffy blinked twice and jumped back in surprise. -shit she was right in front of me- luffy thought as he finally felt his ragged heartbeat. why did his heart beat as if he had just ran a huge marathon. " hey you ok?" jules asked as she was surprised with uffy's sudden jump back. " hu? yeah , yeah I am fine." lufy said as he tried to calm down.
there was awkward silence between them until Jule spoke up. - " would like to eat something I just made some food for myself, figured you came to get a midnight snack." Jule said and luffy just nodded, and walked into the galley.
luffy sat on his seat at the head of the table and Jules brought out two bowls of food, placing one in front of luffy. " this looks teasty." luffy said with drool dripping from his mouth. jules laughed looking at him as he ate the first bite, wanting to know his reaction. " so how is it? i am not as great as sanji but I can cook quite well." jules said with a small smile. " this is so amazing Jules, best mid night snack ever." luffy said stuffing his mouth with the rice dish. though luffy could practically eat anything and taste of food didn't really matter to him Jules felt great knowing that she could make something that luffy liked.
it was amazing how luffy ate 3 bowls of the dish even though it didn't have meat in it. unfortunately for the foodie captain there was only this much Jules had made. Jules was satisfied with one bowl and now felt refreshed. it was her favorite dish after all.
" thank you Jules, for the mid night snack. sanji always locks the fridge and i don't know the password. i have to struggle so much to find something to eat at night. you are a life saver." luffy said whining and his eyes sparkling in the end. Jules giggled at his behaviour. he was so damn cute. with that thought jules didn't even notice when her hand stretched forward and pinched luffy's rubber cheek.
his skin was soft, very soft. with an amused look jules pulled his rubbry cheek and luffy stopped his smiling. just staring at her beautiful turquoise eyes as amusement danced in them. her eyes were practically sparkling as she pulled on his strechy skin.
no wonder Rose is obsessed with pulling luffy's cheeks. jules thought as she let go of luffy's cheek and it went back to its original state with a slap sound. " your power is really amusing luffy." the words left her mouth without her even realising. luffy burst into a fit of laughter at that statement and Jules blushed embarrassed. " you are funny Jules, shishishishishishishishi." luffy laughed more. " shut up baka." jules said laughing herself now. damn his laugh was contagious.
in such a way the two sat there in galley talking and laughing all night.