by wolfiemoonsong on Deviantart!
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You were some what bummed that you didn't get the partner you wanted while the game played on. You even stayed behind to see if your secret crush even put in an item to play the game...but alas, he did not play. Whom was your secret crush? Well, that should be quite obvious...it was Crocodile!

You didn't know what it was, whether it was his hook, the scar across his face, the cigar or his muscular body...but mmmmm! Damn! He was a nice piece of work! But...you'd never say such thoughts out loud, hell you'd probably walk up to him and say 'I like sand too.." and then walk off hurriedly so that the biggest reaction you would probably get out of the former warlord would be a raised eye brow.

But seriously, he could have played and gotten seven minutes alone with any of the pretty ladies on that ship several years ago...but why didn't he? Well.. now was the time to ask him yourself. For there he was; sitting at a café, along with his blade-blade fruit partner. They were reading a newspaper, the headline, regarding the death of Fire Fist Ace. You swallowed your fear and approached the man.

He immediately noticed your presence, but before you could get a single word out, his partner had an edged forearm at your throat.

"Who are you, and what do you want?" He growled.

"I...I just wanted to talk..." You whimpered, trying to scoot away from the deadly blade.

"It's alright, Mr. One. She's an acquaintance of mine." Crocodile spoke, putting his cup down and folding his paper. His henchman nodded and removed the blade from your throat, allowing you to finally take a deep breath.

"Please, sit." Crocodile urged, pulling a third chair from another table and setting it between himself and Mr. One. You nodded and sat.

"So, what did you wish to talk about, (Name)?" He asked, lighting his cigar.

"Two years ago." You stated blatantly. "I want to know why you didn't play." You carefully watched Crocodile's reaction, but like his usual self, he did not show emotion easily. Instead he took his cigar out of his mouth and snuffed it.

"Well, to be blunt. I don't play childish games." He said, looking at you and only you; leaving his partner in a state of confusion. "If I want something, I simply take it. Why take a chance at getting an unwanted outcome, when all I had to do was wait patiently for you to find me?"

You blushed in embarrassment. Crocodile had known that if you and himself were not paired for the game, then you would eventually come searching for him. How the hell did he do that?!

"I'm a very calculating man, (Name). However...there is another reason why I didn't play." He whispered, leaning close to your ear, so that only you could hear. His voice raspy and seductive, his eyes alluring, his hand gently running up your bare arm; sending shivers down your spine.

"I didn't play the game, because I wanted only you."
His confession, made your face redden to the point where you could blend in perfectly with a bunch of tomatoes.

"How about it, (Name)? Can you handle being my one and only?"

"Hell yes." You whispered back