1 Piece AU Luffy Charlotte
By: FunahoMisaki
(AN: I own nothing and read last chapter)
Amande didn't quite drag Stussy into a near empty part of the room, but she wasn't exactly gentle either as she manhandled the smaller woman. None of her siblings stopped her and Big Mom watched them go with a knowing gaze before distracting the other Underworld leaders with the help of an unknowing Luffy.
"You his birth mother?" Amande asked her eyes cold as she stared at Stussy while lighting up a fresh cigarette once they got to the corner where only Brulee was standing nearby close enough to hear, waving away any of the other curious party goers.
"I am." Stussy said and there was no use denying it since she had pretty much given herself away by telling them his birthday.
"Garp?" Amande asked making Stussy's eyes narrow and she snarled.
"My husbands father. I couldn't keep Luffy when he was born, with my job being what it is…" Stussy didn't even have to pretend about that since neither being the Queen of Whores nor being a CP agent were good for raising a child. Especially not being a CP agent. Not when they'd take her child and turn him into a human weapon with little to no free will or thinking, something which would kill her son since he was a 'D' through and through.
"You're married?" Amande asked looking briefly surprised by that. Not that Stussy could blame her. The Queen of the Pleasure District being married? Sounded like a bad joke honestly.
"For ten years come April. Given that my husband is a high class criminal we keep it quiet, which is another reason why I had to give him up." Stussy said glancing back at her son who was hungrily devouring anything he could get his hands on, and considering she had seen him stretch his arm to grab ahold of something off of Drug Peclo's plate…well her son definitely took after his father in his eating habits, and got his fathers appetite.
"And your husband knows about your job?" Amande asked raising a disbelieving eyebrow at that and making Stussy scoff slightly, knowing exactly what the other woman meant by that.
"He does. And don't look so surprised. Despite what some people believe I don't actually whore myself out. All of my girls are willing, I just set up the clients and locations and keep them safe from those who are much worse than me." Stussy said making Amande hum and then nod her head slightly in acceptance of that. It did make sense with how the woman behaved, besides Amande had seen the other woman punch Du Field hard enough to nearly break his arm one time when he offered to pay her for her 'services' shortly after she had started being invited to the tea parties.
"So how'd he end up in East Blue and with Garp? Did you know about any of that?" Amande asked taking a deep drag of her cigarette and making Stussy growl slightly.
"East Blue is where my husband was raised. Due to how many enemies my husband has that would willingly kill a child to get at him, much less my own enemies, we gave him to my husbands father to be raised. I was told he'd be happy, healthy, and safe but I couldn't risk checking on him and someone noticing. I didn't know anything about what Garp was doing to him until I read the newspaper… and trust me if I ever see Garp again…" Stussy's hat shadowed her eyes slightly and Amande was sure she saw the womans hands briefly flash black with Haki.
"Your husband?" Amande asked now and Stussy shook her head.
"Also couldn't risk checking on him and didn't know either. Trust me as soon as I heard about it I had a nice long talk with my husband demanding to know if he knew about what our son was going through. If he could lie to me when I was breaking several of his ribs, then he's a damn better liar than I thought." Stussy said recalling how she had beat on her husbands chest in rage, demanding to know if he knew. He hadn't and she had felt a bit bad about beating him up so badly, but he didn't complain at all and understood her anger.
"…You want to get to know him?" Amande asked after a moment of quietly thinking and smoking on her cigarette, Stussy gave a sad smile.
"I'd love too but with my enemies…" Stussy trailed off, she really wanted to get to know her son. So badly.
"Since he'll be staying with us for a long while no one will think anything of it if you're shown to take a liking to him. Most will probably think you're trying to gain Mama's favor and leave it at that." Amande immediately responded and Stussy still hesitated.
"I haven't been there for him since the day he was born. You've already given my son a mother figure, and I can't thank you enough for that by the way, but I don't want to disrupt whatever you two have. I haven't been there for him or been a mother too him in almost ten years now, I have no right to suddenly start trying to be one now." Stussy said softly as she glanced back at her son while crossing her arms, which hid how badly her hands were trembling as she gripped her upper arms with her hands.
"In normal circumstances I'd agree with that one hundred percent and cut you down where you stand slowly and painfully…" Amande paused for a second as she took another drag and then exhaled the smoke slowly.
"But he's been through enough shit in his life already and deserves all the love he can get. He calls me and two of my sisters Mama and I won't be surprised if he ends up calling more of them that. He calls two of my brothers, Shanks, and Benn Beckman his dads. His heart is big, far bigger than anything I've ever encountered before. He's got enough room in there for another mama, even if you don't tell him the truth outright for a few years or so." Amande continued making Stussy bite her bottom lip.
"I…I want to get to know him. I…want to try and be a mother for him when I can be here." Stussy finally whispered quietly, as if she were afraid to admit it, and Amande smirked.
"Then why the fuck are you still over here talking to me? Get back over there and get to know him." Amande said and Stussy gave her a quick smile before near sprinting back over to sit beside Luffy and Pudding.
"Are you sure that was wise nee-san?" Brulee asked frowning slightly as she stepped over to talk to her sister, having heard every word.
"Not at all. But damnit Luffy deserves all the love and nice things we can give him and she seemed honest about it all." Amande said lighting another cigarette, flicking the lighter much harder than need be, and taking a long deep pull.
"And if she turns out to be bad for him or to him?"
"We're pirates Brulee. What do you think?"
"I'll keep my scythe ready and warn Smoothie-chan."
"Don't forget Perospero-onii-san and Katakuri-nii-chan."
"I won't. If she hurts him we'll make her death slow and agonizing."
"That's my baby sister."