1 Piece AU Luffy Charlotte
By: FunahoMisaki
(AN: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"You got something on your face little guy." Brulee said taking a napkin and wiping some candy and sauce from Luffy's face.
"Shishishi! Thanks!" Luffy said grinning at Brulee before going back to heartily devouring everything he could, more than a few siblings surprised by his appetite which looked to be on par with a good many of theirs.
"So you didn't know about mamas…what about papas? Or dads? Do you know about them?" Poire asked curious about the boy who looked up at her and his eyes turned to stars.
"Wow your teeth are so cool!" Luffy said and immediately launched himself over the table to get a closer look, making Poire yelp as she tumbled backwards with only Katakuri's quick catch being why they didn't hit the floor.
"How'd you get such cool teeth? I want my teeth to be that cool!" Luffy said staring at the older girl wide eyed and excited.
"I…I was born with them." Poire said and she was blushing pretty hard. Aside from her siblings no one ever thought her teeth were cool. In fact most people outside of the family thought they were weird and freaky, her twin got into a lot of fights with the people who openly said those things near her.
"So cool." Luffy said amazed as he stared up at her and she was blushing harder now. He thought they were cool. She turned and burrowed her face in her twin's fluffy jacket, a present for their birthday from Sister Brulee given how Galette got cold easily.
"You like her teeth huh? What about mine?" Basskarte asked pulling down his mask to show his own sharp teeth and fangs and Luffy's eyes were stars as he nearly tackled the bigger guy now.
"Wow! You're like the story Shanks would tell me about dragons! Roar!" Luffy said wide eyed and making a cute clawing motion with his hand and gave his best roar, which actually sounded more adorable than anything. Like a tiny kitten trying to roar like a grown lion.
"Dr-dragons? Not…not sharks or lions?" Basskarte obviously didn't expect that as his eyes widened.
"Shishishi! Dragons are cooler!" Luffy said as if it were obvious and Basskarte quickly hid his face behind his mask and coat collar again to hide the fact that he was blushing.
"He's wrapping most of our siblings around his little finger without trying." Compote said amused and amazed as Luffy stayed right in Basskarte's lap and began eating again, with absolutely no care for personal boundaries. Basskarte's eyes begged for help since he didn't usually deal with the younger children, and even when he did none of his siblings were like Luffy was.
"Kukukuku. Here Luffy-chan. Want to try some more candy?" Perospero asked, deigning to help out his younger brother who looked way out of his depth, while whipping up some more candy in his hand.
"What's that one?" Luffy asked looking up curiously and eyeing the small ball in Perospero's hand as he bounded over.
"This is called a jawbreaker. Here try it." Perospero said handing the boy the candy and Luffy turned it over in his hand for a few seconds, before shoving it into his mouth.
"It's really hard so don-" CRUNCH.
Perospero stared down at Luffy who was chewing the jawbreaker with ease.
"It's crunchy and sweet! Sugoi!" Luffy said wide eyed and happy as he chewed on the candy.
"You…ah you're not supposed to bite it. You were supposed to suck on it. Like a lollipop." Perospero said sweat-dropping a bit and honestly worried that the boy could bite through his candy armor for a minute.
"Shanks says I'm not supposed to suck on anything that isn't a straw and if someone tells me to suck something then I'm supposed to kick em really hard and then tell him." Luffy said matter of factly and Big Mom snorted, obviously knowing what Shanks was warning Luffy about, and most of her kids who caught the implication looked amused or as if they agreed with the other Yonko.
"Ah. I…I see." Perospero sweat-dropped again as he accepted that answer. Shanks did seem pretty overprotective of the boy after all, and his crew hadn't sounded like they were any better.
"You didn't answer Poire-chan's question. Do you know anything about dads or papas?" Custard asked staring at the boy curiously. He was obviously important to one Yonko and she had heard that Mama was interested in him as well…but that was before the boy showed that he was a Conqueror. Aside from that what made the boy so special?
"Eh what's a dad?" Luffy asked tilting his head at her and making her sigh. Well that answered that question.
"They're a boy who acts like a mama does." Pudding said making Luffy frown and think for a second.
"Oh you mean Shanks!" Luffy said after realizing what she had said about mama's was what Shanks had done for him.
"Yeah sure let's go with that." Smoothie said and honestly she wasn't sure if anything the boy said would surprise her anymore. And she had only known him for a day.
"So does that make Benn my mama?" Luffy apparently loved to prove her wrong as Smoothie, and quite a few other siblings, choked on whatever they were eating or drinking at the moment.
"But Benn is a boy…so that makes him my second dad!" Luffy said frowning as he thought about it again and then beaming. He had two dads! Cool!
"Oh please tell me someone will be recording when Shanks gets here for the tea party and Luffy says that to him." Amande asked looking at her siblings with slightly widened eyes and a small grin on her lips.
"Oh they definitely will! Mamamama!" Big Mom said laughing as well as she imagined the look on Shanks face when the boy he obviously cared so much for called him dad…and then called Benn Beckman dad too.
"What's a tea party?" Luffy asked making Big Mom laugh a bit more as she lowered her hand for him to climb onto, the boy immediately and fearlessly getting on her hand as she brought him up and deposited him on her lap.
"A tea party is when a bunch of people get together and talk and have yummy food and drinks." Big Mom said making Luffy's eyes widen and sparkle.
"Yummy food?! Meat?!" Luffy asked and he was very much proving that he was more of a carnivore than a candy eater like the Charlotte's are.
"There can be. Usually there's lots of yummy candy and desert like cake." Big Mom said and Luffy looked eager for a tea party.
"Cool! I wanna go to a tea party!" Luffy said making Big Mom laugh.
"Well that sounds like a good idea! After all we have to thank you for saving Pudding and it seems like my children like you so I should introduce you to the rest of them and some friends of mine! Mamamama! Oven! Alert the kitchens that we're going to have a tea party in a week! And that there should be plenty of meat!" Big Mom said and her third eldest son nodded his head as he turned and left the room, having already finished eating and was honestly wondering if the chefs would have heart attacks at the thought of Big Mom wanting something other than candy.
"Brulee, Amande, you two seem to like the boy a lot. How about you two help make sure he's dressed well for the party?" Big Mom asked looking at her daughters who both grinned at this. They were going to have fun dressing the boy up.
"Am I gonna wear a dress? Ace-nii and Sabo-nii had me wear dresses sometimes to get away from bad people." Luffy asked curiously and Big Mom glanced at him.
"Do you want to wear a dress?" Big Mom asked and Luffy shrugged.
"Long as I can fight and run I don't care what I wear." Luffy said making a few more of the girls grin slowly and widely. A mama approved dress up dummy…and one they can put into dresses without him throwing a fit?
"Wiwiwiwi! This is going to be fun!" Brulee said and her mind was already churning with ideas of a dress she could stick Luffy in. Maybe one that looked like Mama's or Amande's? Maybe he could wear a small version of hers or Broye's?
She could make him and Pudding matching dresses! They would look so cute!
"But my hat stays! It's my treasure!" Luffy said sternly, looking absolutely adorable as he tried to look stern, and making Amande nod as she tipped her own hat.
"I know the feeling. Don't worry Luffy-chan. We won't do anything to your hat." Amande promised and he stared at her for a moment before he grinned again and took a tea cake off of Big Mom's plate, which made all of the siblings freeze for a moment.
"Mamama! Hungry little guy aren't you? Why your appetite is as large as any of my kids!" Big Mom however didn't fly into a rage like they thought, instead she seemed amused and fond of the boy.
Everyone jaw dropped at that as they stared at their mother in shock and disbelief.
"I gotta eat a lot if I want to be big and strong! Makino-nee, Ace-nii, jiji, Sabo-nii, Shanks and Benn said so!" Luffy said laughing as well as he finished off the cake that was bigger than he was at least twice over!
"Well they're right. Look at me. I ate a lot and now I'm big and strong, and my kids eat a lot and they're big and strong too." Big Mom said nodding her head in agreement and there was a fond soft look in her eyes that her children weren't used to seeing anymore for the older ones or at all for the younger ones.
"Looks like…Mama…really is changing for the better." Amande murmured quietly to Brulee who nodded her head mutely.
"He really is making her better. I owe him more than a tea party, peroin." Perospero whispered softly, earning a stunned nod from Compote and Katakuri.
If…if this boy was changing their mother so much and she actually kept up those changes and was a better mother to them than she had been for the last almost forty years… If she actually went back to how she was when Perospero, Compote, the triplets, and the snake-neck quadruplets were children.
Back to that kind and loving even if stern woman that they had known as their mama all those years ago. Went back to being that version of their mama because of this East Blue boy with a smile made of sunshine?
Well the Charlotte siblings damn sure weren't going to let their little sunshine go without a fight.