#(Ikkaku's love of monster fucking in fiction saves Uni's day)

[ikkaku-of-heart]

@polarurchin​ asked: Setting himself down onto Ikkaku's bed with what room his lanky body could spare, Uni hunches over on himself as he twiddles his thumbs. His gaze seems to wander, looking about the room and to what plushies he can spot before finally settling on Ikkaku herself across from him.

He had made his request to see her alone urgent so he might as well be out about his desires where no wandering ears can hear them.

"So Ikakku... You know those smutty books ya got that some of the crew joked about some one time?" He begins picking at the gloves covering his webbed hands as he grew nervous, a blush now making itself known over top the bandana dominating much of his face and even casting a fine shade of crimson up to his ears.

"I was wonderin' if any of them had a gal with tentacles in any of em. Like an octopi mermaid of sorts." This was a start. Now it'd be a wonder if he doesn't combust from the steam threatening to blow out of his ears before he confesses to wanting one such erotic novel himself.

"... I was hoping that maybe you'd have a copy to spare or something. But if you don't that's fine, I can always search for one on the next island." The words seem to spill over in a hurried rush from his covered lips. Even harder to hear too hushed as they were almost as though he'd hoped she hadn't heard him in his scramble to get to the point finally. Hopefully the engineer would have mercy on him and didn't tease too harshly.

Ikkaku sat cross-legged on her bed and waited patiently for Uni to speak, curious as to why he’d asked to talk to her in private. She liked to think they had a good enough friendship that he trusted her with stuff, so it was clearly a topic he was sensitive about. So, she let him take his time, simply toying with one of her adorably round plushies until he was ready to spill the beans.

Her initially lips pursed when he first brought up her erotic fiction collection. Oh, the boys had made fun of her for them on more than one occasion. Which, ok, she did get because it was a weird hobby for most people but some of those books were good! Certainly better than the more vanilla erotic fiction that she’d found in book stores. And hell, she came from an island with a history of marrying merfolk so they really shouldn’t be that surprised if she found herself drawn to books with more monstrous love interests. Plus, those covers were still more tasteful than most of the porn magazines she knew half the crew kept stored under their bunks...

The annoyance swiftly passed as Uni got out the rest of his request, and her expression turned into a smile that was both accepting and perhaps a bit more mischievous than her shipmate would like. Oh ho ho, so the nurse was curious himself now, huh? Seemed he’d managed to get more than just mermaid tail on Fishman Island, because that was a pretty specific request. One she was more than happy to fulfill.

Practically bounding off the bed, Ikkaku perused her bookshelf, quickly selecting a pair of novels - both with octopi ladies, though one was embracing a red-haired heroine while the other had a muscular man entangled in her tentacles.

“Here,” the engineer said, offering up the two books. “It’s a trilogy. The third book comes out sometime this month so I can get you the finale on the next island. And you can keep them if you decide you like them. I’ll even take the heat if the guys find them since they are technically mine.” Leaning forward, Ikkaku gave him an evil smirk that could have put Law’s to shame. “In exchange, we’re gonna have a little book club once you’re done with them so we can discuss all the details of the plot. The characters. The accuracy of the sex scenes.”