#devientart

"Meditate one this, i shall"

KEY: (B/D) = Your Birthday

(F/FF/R)= Favorite fast food restaurant

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(B/D). It's time. He was gonna do it. This time for sure. He had planned everything out. All he had to do was man up and do it. All he would have to do was take her to the place which had the most beautiful view and then-

"Sanji? Earth to Sanji!!" your voice bought him back to reality. "Huh? Oh, you're ready?" he asked, shaking his head to clear his mind. You smiled. "Yeah. This dress is poking and scratching me everywhere..." you scrunched your nose and look down at your (F/c) dress again, for the nth time.

"You sure I look okay?" you ask him again. "Y-yes, absolutely okay!" he stutters. You frown. "If you say so..." you mumbled. You then looked over at him. He had his usual attire. Black dress pants, black coat, black tie and a navy blue shirt underneath the coat. But he had also added a rose in his pocket today, to give him a more classy and professional look.

"You ready to go?" Your best friend asked you as you get in the car. "Yeah, I am, but you still haven't given me a reason as to why you're taking me to a fancy restaurant."

He shrugged. "Just to have some quality time for both of us. Yes, we live in the same apartment, but we aren't spending much time together because we both have been busy with work. So I thought what's better than to have dinner together? You know, catch up on things?" he explained. "Yeah, you're right." You smiled. The rest of the drive was spent in silence, occasionally filled with small conversations.

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"C'mon, up here!" he called out. You nod and climb up the stairs, silently thanking yourself that you had worn wedges instead of the pencil heels you considered wearing. The restaurant was amazing. It was made on top of a hill and the whole architecture looked like it was craved from stones. Sculptures were made from rocks and the floor had cracks, grass growing from them. Fairy lights, spotlights and lamps decorated the whole place. Fountains and waterfalls were everywhere. As you reached the top, you couldn't help but marvel at the beautiful view. The rooftop was amazing. Lush green plants surrounded the railings and soft, yellow twinkling lights were to be seen as far as your eyesight let you. Tiny, red, moving lights were occasionally seen and soft music on the background could be heard, and the sound of running water from the huge waterfall on one side of the place, mixed with the hushed voices of the people sitting there, and the cool wind blowing, cooling off the heat from the sun in daytime.

"Wow..." you mummer, being left speechless by the scenery around you. "Beautiful, isn't it" he whispers beside you. You only nod. "Yeah, it truly is," you whisper back, thinking that if you talk any louder, the beauty around you will vanish. When you look over at him, his deep blue eyes are starring into yours with a look of adore on them. You quickly look away. You had to, because if you looked at him in the eye which had this look in them, you would do something that would ruin your 17 year friendship and you would regret it for the rest of your life. You take a deep breath to calm yourself down. You cannot let this happen. His friendship was more important to you. And if he is only willing to give you nothing more than that, then you'll cherish this for however long it lasts.

A waiter soon leads you to a table he had reserved, and gave you the menus. As you were deciding what to order, his phone rings. He answers the phone, signaling you to give him a minute and walks to a quieter corner. You continue to look at the menu. He finally comes back and you start to talk. After some minutes pass, he looks up at you. "(Y/N)?" you hum in response and look up at him. He then softly starts to sing. "Happy birthday to you..." more voices follow behind you and as you look up and your (E/C) pools widen. You're surprised to see your mom, dad, Owner Zeff and all your friends and a cake in your mom's hands.

"W-what?" you look back at Sanji to see him smiling at you. "Happy birthday (Y/N)!" he cheers and the rest follow. Your mom puts the cake down in front of you. You stand up from your spot to hug everyone. You are then handed a knife and the cake is cut. You take a piece and a bite is taken by everyone, Luffy being the last because you being the kind person you are, he was given the biggest piece.

When everyone was settled down and ordered the food, they started talking, but you couldn't focus on anything. Your arms and legs were shaking and you were still in shock from the surprise. "(Y/N)?" Chopper called out. "Huh? Yeah, what's up?" you ask. "You've been spacing out. Is everything okay?" Robin asks. You smile. "Yeah, I'm fine, I'm still shook over this... this whole thing..." You say and laugh.

"Well, you could open the gifts to calm yourself" you mum says. You nod as you stand up to take the bag which contains all the gifts which Brook hands you with a "Yohohoho". You take all of them out and placing them beside the bag, reading the labels as you do so. The biggest one was from Zoro. He is literally like your older brother, as you open the wrapping paper, you feel as if you'd cry any minute now. He gave you a photo frame, four in one. One of them had a group photo with all your friends, the second one being you with your family, third one of your own, and the last one, which was also the biggest one of all, was of you and him. Since he was sitting beside you, you jump on him and hug him tight, not noticing the glare that was being sent to him be a certain, curly eye browed blond. The next gift was from Robin, who gave you some books of your favorite genre. Franky had given you a jewelry box, Ace had given you a (F/FF/R) gift card, Sabo gave you a painting, Nami had bought you a cute shirt, Chopper gave you a pocket first aid kit, Ussoup got you some machine he made, which he said would help inform your friends of where you are in case of danger, brook had got you a CD containing all your favorite songs written by him, Luffy had bought you a charm bracelet with a meat charm on it, and your parents had got you some decoration pieces for your apartment.

You thanked them all and the food soon arrived all you all started eating and recalling memories of the past, laughing all the time. You were having a great time, having all your favorite people with you on your birthday but you couldn't help but wish that something more special would've happened today.

When everyone had finished, they started taking pictures of themselves with the scenery and talking. You were talking to your parents when Sanji appeared beside you. "Hey, come with me for a sec?" he asks. You nod and excuse yourself to follow your best friend. He took you to a quieter area. The view was even more spectacular from there. More lights could be seen and the flowers were beautiful. You turn to him. "What's up?" you ask him. "There's something I've been meaning to tell you..." he trails off. You notice that he wasn't meeting your eyes, meaning he was nervous. "Snooj, you okay?" you ask, worried as to why he was so nervous.

"Y-yeah, yeah, I'm fine. It's nothing, forget I said anything...." He stuttered. You look at him uncertainly. "Sanj, I've known you for, like, 17 years. I know you're not fine. Tell me what happened?" you persist. "I told you, it's nothing." He says, somehow finding his shoes more interesting. You shake your head. "I know something's bothering you." You say again and he just shakes his head again.

"Was your day bad? Did you injure yourself somehow? Is your stomach hurting? Did you have a fight? Did-" Your questions were cut off when something warm was placed on your lips. His lips. Someone was kissing you. Sanji was kissing you! Wait... SANJI WAS KISSING YOU?!?!?!

Your eyes widen as you realize. But when you did, he had already pulled away with a hurt look on his face. He looked at you with the same expression he his only hours ago when you two were looking at the scenery. "That's what's wrong. I'm in love with you. I knew you wouldn't feel the same..." he said, his voice low, filled with sadness. "But it's okay, it's okay if you don't love me back, I'll try to be as normal as I can, I won't bring this up again and-"

Now, it was his time to be cut off. With a pair of lips. Your lips. His eyes widen, but he came to his senses, and returned the favor. His long, slender arms wrapped around her slim waist and her short arms hugged his neck, thin fingers playing with the hair on the nape of his neck. When the two finally pull away, they both are panting. "Why would you think I wouldn't love you?" You ask in between breaths, your (E/C) eyes shining with love and adoration. He smiles. "Thank you," he whispers, his face buried between your neck and shoulder and arms still around your waist. The two stay in the position for about two minutes when Sanji pulls away. "I almost forgot." He mumbles. "What?" she asks confused about what he was referring to. He chuckles and takes a long, velvet box out of his pocket and opens it to show (Y/N) what's inside. Her surprised gasp fills his ears and he feels satisfied of himself. On the box, there lies a necklace with her name engraved on it. "Sanji, you shouldn't have..." you whisper. "But I did," he smiles. His hands grips your shoulders and turns you around and you immediately gather you (H/L) (H/C) locks in one hand and lift it up to allow him to clip the necklace in place. He brings right hand in front of you and the left one reaches out for the other end. When you hear the satisfactory 'click' of the necklace being fastened in place, you feel his lips on the nape of your neck, and his hot breath just above it. You turn around when he parts away and smile thankfully. He starts to pepper her face with kisses and she giggles. He suddenly stops, making her look at him in confusion.

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