For: TeruTategami

Writing Contest 2! Entry

Category: One Piece

One Shot: Alive!Brook x Reader

Word Count: 1262

I apologize if this felt rushed.

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Setting down your pen, you stretch your arms, "I can't believe I'm almost done. I'll be done with this painting in no time!" You chirped in delight.

"(Y/N)! I'm ready to go!" Brook calls you from downstairs.

"I'll be there in a second!" You reply. You threw a white blanket over the painting and rushed to the first floor.

Brook sighs, "I really wish you could come along with me. You can travel the world with me and everyone on the crew."

You look down with sad eyes, "But in exchange with traveling the world, I have to defend myself if you ever come across an invasion. I don't wanna feel like a burden to you guys."

"You know that I'll protect you, right?"

"But you can't be there for me all the time. You know that right?" You tried to reassure him.

He nods, "I understand." His face shows you that he's still a bit concerned for leaving you like this.

"Don't worry Brook, I'll be fine. You'll be back in your own time. Go on, have fun!" You say as you grab his hands into your own.

He chuckles, "You always tell me not to worry."

Giggling to his response, you hug him, "Think of it as a small catchphrase."

He releases you and grabs his stuff, "Well I'm off. And since I still worry, I promise I'll be back for a visit in 2 years." He walks out the door and stops his marks once he was outside, "(Y/N)..."

You raised a brow, "Brook?"

He turns around, "May I look at your panties?"

You slam the door at his face, "He never learns."

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Time went on and on, for Brook was still out at sea, and you were finishing the final touches on your long awaited painting.

You wipe the wet paint on your smock and sighed in relief, "It took 8 months to make but it was so worth it! When Brook comes back, he's gonna love it."

You gathered your painting utensils and put them in their proper order. Letting the painting dry, you on the other hand washed yourself after you were done organizing your stuff.

You also took a shower to clean yourself up after your hard work. You placed the hair brush down after you were done using it.

"Brook must be having so much fun." You giggled to yourself, "After all, "You picked up his wanted poster, "He's smiling in this picture."

~~THREE YEARS LATER~~

You gripped the bottom of your dress tightly from feeling a giant wave of concern for Brook's arrival.

"Where is he? He promised he visited me, ... It's already been 2 years and nothing... Not even a call from his transponder snail.."

~~FLASHBACK~~

"Papa is going out to sea."
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You raised a brow at the man in front of you, "Who are you?"
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The man looks down with a sad expression, "I'm sorry, but your brother lost his life out in sea." Your aunt covers her mouth, "No way!"

~~END OF FLASHBACK~~

After the discomfort thought appeared in your mind. You jolted from your seat, "What if he's in serious trouble?! Brook!"

You ran upstairs and wrapped the painting in an old blanket. After completing the task, you sprinted out the door and all the way to the shore.

'Brook. I have a bad feeling that you might be in danger.

Don't worry, I'm coming for you. I won't lose anyone else for wanting to go out to sea!'

You think as you continue to run to the shore.

A friend of your father just finished unloading the fishes onto the shore.

"Move out of the way!"

"Huh?" He turns around, only to see you running at full speed towards him.

You held the painting in one hand and the other is pushed out forward, "I'm taking your boat! I gotta find Brook!"

You pushed him out of the way forced the boat to go straight into the water, "(Y/N)?! What are you doing? You can't go to the water, you easily get seasick!"

You placed the painting down and hoist the sail, "I don't get seasick that easily." As soon as you said that, your face then scrunched up and you fell to your knees, "... I feel sick..."

"I told you so!" Nemis shouted at you.

Groaning to the bad sensation in your stomach, you got up and ignored the feeling in your stomach, "I'll get over it!"

Nemis rolled his eyes, "Bull crap, you can't go out to sea! Especially when your dad died out there because he was thinking like a complete idiot!"

You stopped your movements, only to go back what you were doing a second after, "I'm still going. I lost my dad, I won't lose my husband. Brook changed my life the minute he held me in his arms, and I don't want to throw that away."

Wrapping the rope around your hand, you forcefully make the tiny boat sail in the direction you want it to go.

Nemis tried to catch the boat, "(Y/N) wait!"

"Don't worry Brook, I'll find you, no matter what it takes, just hang on!" And with that, you started your journey to find your tall lover.

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It's been a year and you still haven't found him. And to make matters worse, you got yourself into a terrible storm. Keeping your boat steady, you kept tighting your grip to the rope to keep the boat from tilting closer to the water.

The boat sways left a right repeatedly, you hiccuped and gagged at the motion you've been going in. You kept shaking your head, but it manages to make you feel worse, "Brook! Where are you?!"

You then gasped at the sight of a large wave coming, you whimper,

"BROOK!"

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It was morning and you were at the edge of the boat, floating to who knows where. You wipe your mouth from the throw up from earlier.

"So this is reality hitting me in the face once more. Brook gave a reason to not give up, and look where it got me. Out in sea, hungry, sick, lost."

Tears ran down your eyes, "Why can't I find him?" Your hand slowly clenches into a fist, "Where the hell is he?!" You slam your fist against the side of the boat, "Why is this happening to us?! We were supposed to be happy together, to overcome any obstacle that comes our way!"

You kept hitting the boat, "So why?! Why are you taking him away from me?! Brook is all I have left! My mom died when she was giving birth to me. My dad met the same fate when he went out to sea! I had to live with my aunt, and she did a shitty job at that too."

"You think you won?! Well think again! I will find Brook, if it's the last thing I do!" You grabbed your paddle and kept going forwards.

But even after giving yourself a boost to keep finding Brook, you never found him. After two more months, you couldn't go on any more.

You huff and puff, blood slowly leaks out your lips, "Don't worry... Brook. I'll find you, just hang on. I'm--"

You collapsed on the boat. Your arm still extends to the direction you believe Brook is. Your breathing fades away as your soul makes its way to the afterlife.