Finally making your way home after shift, you kick off your shoes and make your way into the kitchen, immediately hearing a small group of people chuckling as an empty pizza box catches your eye. 

She could have saved me some.

Following the distance giggles, you enter the living room to see Bonney sat on the floor in a circle accompanied by Ace, Sabo, Luffy, Nami, Koala and Vivi. 

In the centre is an empty sprite bottle. 

Dare I ask? 

"Oi, come join us!" Your pink-haired roommate cheerfully blurts with a wide grin as she notices you, her hand instinctively gesturing you over, and already Ace and Sabo are shifting to make some room also.

Well...I have nothing better to do.

"We're playing truth or dare, you spin the bottle and whoever it lands on has to do a truth or a dare! And if you pick dare, you can't back out if it's too much but you can ask for an alternative dare instead!" Bonney explains as you take a seat on the floor between Sabo and Ace, your brow raised as you stare down at the bottle. "But you have to do one of them! Ace's turn to spin!"

You watch as the freckled raven leans forward and spins the bottle, Bonney taking this opportunity to address you directly; "So what did Shanks say? Did I get the job?" 

Oh right, that.

Your fingers instinctively reaching into your jean pocket and taking out the piece of paper Rosinante left you with his number on it, looks like Shanks will have his hands full when he returns to town. "No, I haven't had the chance to ask yet but you've just reminded me that I need to stick this on the fridge."

The pinkette tilting her head to the side curiously as a low hum rumbles in her throat, the bottle finally stopping on Sabo. 

"Okay! I dare you to send a soppy love poem to your high school crush!" Ace blurts out as Bonney reaches over, plucking the paper from your hands and reading it with a smug grin etched into her features, clearly getting the wrong idea already.

"A phone number? Who's this from~?"

Oh no, don't you dare!

Sabo sighing in the background as he pulls his phone out of his pocket, a disgruntled expression plastered across his face as he begins to tap against the screen. "I don't know any love poems! What if I just send her a drunken text?" 

"Hm....sure, but you can't send it to Koala! Since she already knows you had a crush on her, besides she's here and knows this is just a dare so it's no fun!" The poor girl noticeably blushes in the background while averting her eyes, she and Sabo once dated during the first year of high school but they quickly found they weren't very compatible as a couple and instead decided to just be friends.

Of course, they still get embarrassed when their past affections for each other are mentioned though.

"I gathered as much...I'm sending it to Rebecca, don't worry."

You had admittedly forgotten Sabo once had a crush on that girl but honestly, you don't care for the game too much right now. Your main concern is setting Bonney straight on the mysterious phone number before she attracts any unwanted attention to it.

"It's Donquixote Rosinante's--" It's within this moment the whole circle with the exception of Luffy gasps, all looking at you as if you were dancing with the devil himself, even Sabo had stopped texting to gape at you. "What...?! Stop staring at me! It isn't a romance thing, he just wants me to call him when Shanks is back in town!"

"Suuuuuure." The brothers muse in unison, Sabo's attention diverting back to his phone as he resumes his text and Ace taking a sip of his beer. 

Meanwhile the girls are all smirking at you with suggestive looks in their eyes, clearly not believing you either, especially Nami who playfully raises her brows at you.

"At least you went for the cute brother."

I hate them. I hate them all.

"Sabo, your turn to spin the bottle!" Bonney thankfully exclaims, turning everybody's focus back to the game whilst handing the number back to you. "And don't forget to show the group when you've sent the message to Rebecca!"

The blonde nodding his head as he clicks send, showing his phone to the circle as the message goes through, a very noticeable blush on his face as you all read the text; 

"I am little drunk but I alwas loved your hair back in school" 

 Well, at least he made an effort to actually appear somewhat drunk. 

He then slips the phone back into his pocket, being next to spin the bottle and watching as it lands between Bonney and Ace, your brow raising as your orbs meet the blonde's. 

"What are we supposed to do about that?"

"They both get a truth or dare." 

"Truth." The two blurt in unison, drawing a devilish smirk to Sabo's lips as he hums to himself, pretending to think but anyone could see by his mere expression alone that he already has a truth in mind.

"Is it true that you two used to like each--"

"No, shut up!" Ace shouts out first, followed by Bonney leaning forward and spinning the bottle in an attempt to change topic immediately, all whilst you and the others laugh at their reactions.

Everybody knows these two used to have a thing for each other, possibly still do, but they would never admit to such a thing. They're both far too proud. 

The bottle then lands on you and suddenly, you feel a cold sweat beginning to dampen your face, your eyes flickering up to both Bonney and Ace to see the pair wickedly smiling at you, clearly excited to get some vengeance after you laughed at their misfortune.

"Truth or--"

"I'll do any dare but I'm not calling Rosinante! Don't even think about asking me to!"

"Okay," Bonney calmly murmurs, her purple eyes shifting toward Ace as the raven's smirk widens. "Alternatively, you could 'accidentally' send him a nude, tell him it was for your boyfriend."

"WHAT?!"

"That's your alternative dare. You won't be calling him, at least." Ace chimes in, the pair's cruelty even causing Sabo to gape at them.

"Seriously? You're gonna make her mess with a Donquixote brother?!"

Yes, thank you, Sabo! Finally, somebody with a sense of morality! 

Are these guys trying to get me killed or something?!

"Well, it's that or you could stick to the original dare and call him, make something up to say." Bonney reminds, the first dare suddenly not seeming too bad anymore, however you still send both her and Ace a deadly glare as you reach for your phone as well as the number. 

"If I end up dead, you only have yourselves to blame." You hiss whilst copying the number into your phone before tapping the green prompt, a dialling noise blurting out into your ear as you ponder back and forth to yourself.

What should I say? Thanks for paying for my friend's coffee or--?

"Hello?" 

"Um..." Yes, you should have thought this through before calling him, an awkward silence emerging as the circle falls completely quiet, all smirking at you excitedly as you struggle over what to say. "Ro...sinante...?"

I want to die.

"Yes, that's me. Who's this?"

"Did you...did you get your arm sorted out?" You finally blurt upon figuring out what to say, a feigned confidence in your tone as you focus your gaze on your apartment window, trying to avoid the invested stares of your friends.

"Yes, is this the barmaid from Red Force?"

"Okay, that's good!" You nervously blurt out, not missing how your friends curiously tilt their heads as you put an abrupt end to the conversation. "Remember to cold compress and rest the arm, whatever your doctor-wife says!"

"Wife?"

"And thank you for the coffee! Bye!" And with that, you slam your thumb into the red button, sweat essentially pouring down your face as your cheeks burn as hot as the sun, drawing a giggle from Luffy.

"Shishishi~! You're so weird, [F/n]~!"

...I'm mortified...

"Wife?" Bonney echoes the same as Rosinante with her brow raised. "He's not married!"

"That's what I thought!" Koala mentions also, causing your face to burn even hotter as Sabo chuckles from beside you. 

"No, he definitely isn't! Although, Doflamingo has been engaged a few times!" 

How do these losers know so much about these men?! Jesus!

"Are we just gonna ignore the fact that [F/n] has an obvious crush on a gangster?" Ace teasingly questions, wrapping an arm around your shoulders. "You sounded so flustered~!"

"I'm not flustered! I'm just tired, I had to start work at 9am today and I didn't sleep much the night before!"

"Don't you work in a pub?" Sabo innocently inquires. "Who drinks alcohol at 9am?"

"Most of Shanks' regulars." Your honest answer draws a snicker from the brothers, especially considering the fact that they know Shanks rather well, they're fully aware that he's a heavy drinker himself and no time is too early nor too late to start as far as he's concerned. "Anyways, I'm going to bed, I'll see you guys later."

You're being partly a sore loser but partly honest, you were up early this morning and you'll have to be up early tomorrow also, since you're covering for Shanks while he's away.

You'll need all the sleep you can get. 

"Alright, we'll try to keep it down for you!" Sabo politely chimes, although Ace merely pouts at the blonde's words. 

"Speak for yourself!" 

But you don't mind at least, only waving them goodnight as you evacuate into your room, when you're tired you will sleep through a hurricane. Nothing they say or do can disturb your slumber. 

Upon peeling off your shirt, your phone vibrates and catches your attention, a message lighting up on screen from Rosinante's number.

"You're welcome! :)"

Honestly, for a criminal, he's quite cute.

Even you can't deny that.