255 Chapter 255

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Luffy raised an eyebrow at the princess. "Is there a reason why you pulled me into your room, princess?" he asked, amused. "Nami won't like it if she finds out."

The blue-haired princess gave him a coy look, biting her lower lip with one of her teeth, as she backed away towards her bed. "Maybe she doesn't need to know…" she said, sitting on her bed as she crossed her legs in a way that made her look quite appealing.

Luffy really had to hold himself from taking her here and now. All because it wouldn't be right…

He sighed, stepping away from the door as he made his way towards her bed, and stopped right in front of her. "What do you want, Vivi?" He asked.

The princess frowned, "That's a stupid question."

Luffy held back a chuckle, "Yes, but at the same time, you won't be getting what you want."

That made the Princess pout before she sighed. She hesitated a bit, "I can't accompany you on your journey." She said, not looking him in the eyes, "I-I have to stay here for the country. After what happened here… my people need me."

"And I don't?," Luffy questioned, now he was kneeling down towards Vivi. "You would choose them over me?" He looked directly into her black eyes.

"No! I-I…" Vivi didn't know what to say, "That's why I'm willing to do anything for you, tonight…" She said with a tinge of red on her face. "You can do whatever you want with me…"

Luffy held her chin, and traced his thumb on her lips, making the girl shiver a bit. He could feel her heartbeat quickening. "I will do whatever I want with you, no argument there." He said, amused at the girl as her face started heating up. "But no, not now. That would be betrayal…"

Vivi blinked, before she frowned again, this time a bit of heat in her gaze. "Is this about Nami again… Am I not enough?!" She said, her voice holding a bit of heat in it. "She doesn't even have to know this… she can have you whenever she wants, you guys will be together but me…"

"No," Luffy cut her off, "It's not only about her. Sure, I will be betraying her trust. But you will too, she thinks of you as a friend. And I don't want to strain that, not now not ever. If I wanted to take you, I could have asked your father for your hand in marriage…"

"Then why didn't you?" Vivi shot back, almost tears in her eyes, "Don't you love me?"

"Love you?" Luffy cupped her face, "Of course, I do, Blue. Over the past month, I saw so much of you, that I can't imagine living without you."

Vivi didn't know what to say as she looked at the boy. He was being honest, she could feel it.

"But are you up for it? You are a princess, Vivi. The moment I marry you, the World Government, other pirates, the marines, all of it, they will target you… didn't I tell you what happened to the previous pirate king?"

Vivi bit her lips and nodded. He had told them about what happened to Roger's wife and only child. Though, he did hide the fact that it was Ace who was Roger's son.

Luffy continued, "And sure we can hide it for some time, but they are bound to find out. And I don't want to see you get hurt." Luffy said, remembering the last bit of One Piece manga where it showed Vivi went missing in the Levely.

He didn't know what happened next, but he wasn't willing to take chances.

"Also, I wanted to discuss this with you first before asking your father… I won't shy away from responsibility. Ever. I love you, and I'm willing to go all the way." He said with her face cupped in his hands.

"But I can't leave Alabasta… not when…"

Luffy sighed, "I'm not saying that you have to leave now… you won't be in danger, now that I'm a Warlord. But soon, things will change… you know it will. And trust me when I say this… you will be in danger. So, I can only give you one year… after that, I will take you on my ship."

Vivi bit her lower lips, before nodding. "Fine… But you will fix this mister! I don't want to always be on the run… so, don't take too long."

Luffy smiled. He got what she meant, if he was able to accomplish his goals, one of them being taking down the World Government, she wouldn't need to be on the run. "I won't, I promise…"

Right then, the door slammed open, "Then what about me!?" A very angry orange head shut the door. And stomped her way towards both of them.

Vivi reflexively flinched as she tried to hide from the angry orange head. The said orange head, that was on the brink of tears. Luffy didn't even need to look back to know who it was.

"Don't you love me? Am I not good!?" Nami said, almost shouting. "Is it because I have smaller boobs than Vivi?" she whispered the last part, but everyone heard it just fine.

Luffy looked back a bit amused, "No, I mean just because I tease you all the time for it doesn't mean I don't appreciate your size. And like I always say, you will grow… believe me." He said, mildly annoyed with himself from teasing her too much. "And besides I liked you since we first met, and that hasn't changed one bit. Regardless of your breast size." He winked at her. "Also, I hear big hips help with giving birth to strong children… wanna test that out?"

That made Nami's anger wash away as her body stopped to process what Luffy just said. And before long a furious blush had gone up her face. "I… you… you can't be serious."

"But I am… though that's after marriage," Luffy said. "Like I said with Vivi. I love you both, and as a pirate, anything can happen. That's why I'm going to take responsibility. For both of you. The life of a pirate is too short to just mess around."

That brought both girls' attention back into the conversation.

"You can't just take both of us as wives," Nami stated.

"No. That's not how it works…" Vivi nodded along.

"Oh, but you guys get along so well… you two are even agreeing on something. Though I can't see eye to eye on that one.." Luffy mused.

"You aren't joking?" Both of them asked at the same time, before they looked at each other and then looked away. Both pouting.

Luffy mused, "No… I always planned on having multiple women. But I'm no scumbag, and so I'm willing to take responsibility for each of them." He said with a small smile on his face. "I mean I will be the greatest man in history, but I do have my needs. And I want meaningful relationships, not just sleeping around."

Both of them didn't know what to say, so Luffy grabbed the arm of Nami, and brought her close to him, before making her sit beside Vivi.

He looked at them in the eyes, "I was raised by gramps… and sure I had Ace and Sabo around. But I always lacked something…" Luffy said, in his previous life, he was raised by a single mother.

His scumbag of a father didn't want to take responsibility and so he left. He saw how hard it was for his mother to raise him, heck it was the reason why she overworked herself to an early grave.

And he didn't want that. Was it foolish to marry girls that you only know for a few months? Maybe. But when you are facing death all the time, you start to get comfortable taking leaps of faith.

And if so, he would do things the right way.

"I love both of you. And I promise that I'm willing to love you equally. Take care of you equally. So don't let me choose between you, that would break my heart." Luffy said, a bit of pleading in his voice. "I don't see a future where I can't live without you." He said looking between both of them, "Any one of you."

The girls didn't know what to say, so they just listened.

"I want to love you, both. Grow old with you, both. I want you both to be the mothers of my children. I want both of you to grow old with me." he said, a small smile on his face, "I want to be old with both of you by my side while we complain about mundane stuff. I want to give you guys the world. I want to be with you both till death separates us. So please…"

Hearing his words both Nami and Vivi started to tear up as both of them touched Luffy's face.