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Title: The Answer is Obvious
Rating: G
Word count: 296
Pairing: Yosaku/Johnny
Topic: Common Sense...or lack thereof

Ask either of them– both will tell you. Johnny is the one with no common sense.

 

Johnny was the one who stole away in the dead of night to leave his simple yet cozy and, as Yosaku would continually note, safe former life behind to make his way in the world as a bounty hunter. Yosaku was also known to point out that Johnny accomplished this without knowing how to hold a sword properly, and that learning from experience was possibly the stupidest thing Johnny had ever done…at the time. Many more and dumber feats were appearing on Johnny’s résumé on a daily basis.

 

However, Yosaku often wondered– and so did Johnny, honestly– if he wasn’t the one more lacking in common sense for following Johnny away and picking up a sword right alongside him, and learning how to use it the trial and error way as well, and spending a sizeable portion of his time making sure that Johnny didn’t get himself hopelessly and pathetically and brutally killed.

 

It was one of the few things they both puzzled over on a regular basis, rather than going with the flow (in Johnny’s case) and worrying about the consequences later (in Yosaku’s). And both of them were shocked and astounded when it was Zoro, their much-beloved but decidedly emotionally-stunted brother and best buddy, who pointed it out to them one evening while dragging the unconscious body of an unfortunate pirate into town to collect his bounty:

 

“Well, you’re supposed to act like an idiot when you love somebody, right? I mean, that’s just how it works.”

 

And maybe, when they both thought about it later on, neither of them had any common sense at all for not having figured out something so glaringly obvious on their own.

Comments

[runic-binary.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's because Johnny and Yosaku are inherently adorable? ^_^

[orange-smaug.livejournal.com]

Heh, Idiots in Love XD. There can never be too much Johnny & Yosaku in the world ♥.

[runic-binary.livejournal.com]

Oh, I agree :D Thanks!

[hinas-otaku.livejournal.com]

I agree as well =D Johnny and Yosaku are probably one of the longest established couples in the whole One Piece-verse. But what would they do without their Zoro-aniki to look out for them, eh? ^_^

[harmonde.livejournal.com]

This is so cute! XD

[runic-binary.livejournal.com]

Glad you think so ^_^

[beanchan.livejournal.com]

Awwww

[(Anonymous)]

Zoro is Master of the Obvious after all. Hehe, J/Y rock.

[runic-binary.livejournal.com]

He really is :D Thanks!

[adaliseranis.livejournal.com]

"And maybe, when they both thought about it later on, neither of them had any common sense at all for not having figured out something so glaringly obvious on their own."

No, no, not possible! Because really, how much common sense does Zoro have?

Lovely, as always. You've managed to fit a lot of really interesting and complicated ideas into a short little piece and make it work wonderfully. ^_^

[runic-binary.livejournal.com]

Well, my reasoning is that Zoro himself acts like an idiot for the people he loves on a regular basis, and that has to make sense to him, right?

And thank you very much. ^_^

[inferni-spei.livejournal.com]

There just isn't enough of this pairing. I love it!

[runic-binary.livejournal.com]

So very much agreed, and thanks :D

[monotrouble.livejournal.com]

Gah, so cute! Much love for Zoro being the one to state the obvious.

[salmon-pink.livejournal.com]

Oooh, Johnny/Yosaku, my secret weakness! ♥ And Zoro's strange flash of brilliance completely rocks. XD

[astrokender.livejournal.com]

Love.

Especially how Zoro schooled them at the end. Go Zoro-aniki!

[anyjen.livejournal.com]

That was adorable!! There isn't enough Johnny/Yosaku in the world, and this is exactly why. X3

("...why there should be more", not the other way around. *ahem!* It sounded better in my head... ^^U)