May we have some more of Sanji and the white beard pirates?
Maybe they go on a first picnic when he is a kid ?
Idk why I fell like he wold be really exited being on grass for a change.
Hey, that's really fucked up. His first time touching grass with the Shirohige? You're a menace. (THIS IS ALL TEASING)
Okay, so like Sanji, new to the Shirohige and now the baby of the family is in Izou's arms as they make land for the day. A much needed supply stop and they need a few things for the new baby of the family. Sanji stares at the island from Izou's arms as Thatch and Marco chat around them, Izou chiming in as they carry Sanji off ship and into the island. Sanji is too small in Izou's arms, too light and skeletal to be alive seemingly. But That h is smiling, a huge pack on his back.
They hike for a while after getting a few things in the town. Sanji hasn't really been off ship, maybe once to get some clothes and then back to the ship. It's his longest record now. Sanji enjoys it. Enjoys the sun and the wind. Marco takes him after a while, putting Sanji on his shoulders. They until they find a meadow. Bright and green and flowers all over. Sanji is getting excited and Marco chuckles and sets him on the ground and they all watch him run around.
Sanji rolls around in the grass and laughs while his brothers set up the picnic. Watching him fondly as they set up the food and drinks on the blanket Thatch brought. Then Marco goes to get the baby, and Sanji looks at hime wide eyed with a bright smile.
"I haven't felt grass in so long." Sanji tells him and it makes Marco's hand stutter as he reaches out.
"Oh?" Marco asks, moving to sit now instead of collecting the boy. Sanji nods as he stretches like a cat in the sun. "When was the last time?" He keeps his voice carefully light, not betraying how upset it makes him.
"Years, since i was six." Sanji answers. Marco takes that and tucks it away for now, a suggestion to add a grass patch to the feck of Moby now rattling in his head.
"Well, we don't need to go back anytime soon." Marco tells Sanji. "But we do need to eat, come on." Marco finishes and Sanji gets up and bolts to Izou and Thatch. Izou easily catches him with a laugh and plants a kiss to Sanji's cheek while Thatch ruffles his hair.
They eat and run around, playing with Sanji in the grass until he's nodding off in Thatch's arms while Marco packs up and they leave the meadow as the sun is setting. Marco tells them on the way back after Sanji is asleep and about the idea of adding a grass patch to the deck. Izou and Thatch immediately agree and say Pops will do it soon as they say Sanji hasn't touched grass for three years.
Pops does agree. Immediately. They didn't even mention what Sanji said. The baby gets his grass! It takes a few weeks before they can actually do it. Sanji is off the ship with Thatch while they get the area set up and planted. Lush clover and a tree planted in a corner of the deck that's heavily monitored for the boy's safety. It takes hours before it's done and when Sanji sees it the joy is immediate. He runs straight to it and rolls around.
Pops laughs at his youngest and the utter delight in his son's soul. When he asks Sanji he hears the same thing Marco did. His baby didn't get to touch grass for nearly three years, and it breaks his heart. Often times Sanji can be found napping in the grass in the sun.
And when Ace joins? Starts dating Sanji? They're both cat napping in the sun. There's several photos of the way Ace has sprawled out and Sanji has wrapped around him. Or Ace has limbs laid over the blond while they both sleep. All they know is it's torture for a child to not be allowed in the sun, in the fresh air. Feeling grass and smelling flowers and eating fresh fruits and vegetables.
