onepieceyaoi100 | Soap Bubble Strength

Rating: G
Word Count: 218
Pairing: Slightly UsoLu?
Notes: I was trying to figure out Sanji and this came out somehow.

Zoro thought he was the most mature because he wasn't easily swept up by emotion. His calm was a rock amidst a whirlpool of shouting and spazzing. They would whip about in the wind, and he'd stand firm, the definition of strength.

Sanji thought he was the most mature because he could cook, clean and fully care for himself by age seven. He gained pleasure from taking care of himself and others, and being able to protect them as well, the definition of strength.

Nami thought she was the most mature because the others never thought beyond today. Left to their own, they would spin in circles, fast and furious circles, but circles nonetheless. Her direction focused that energy into something powerful--the definition of strength.

And Luffy, Luffy was making soap bubbles sculptures with Usopp as they washed their clothing in their roundabout way. They accidentally flooded the room, of course, and made paper sailboats to race from one piece of furniture to another. Luffy's was semi-deformed, but both soaked through and sank in the end.

Both Luffy and Usopp had children in grown-up bodies for role models. Both knew that they could safely play, with the others watching their backs. That trust--in the form of soap foam Santa's beards--was their personal definition of strength.