Unseen (Killer x Reader)

Chapter 9: Unseen

You tilt your head to the side as another pea goes by it, a small smirk on your face. You hear Boogie grumble, and you catch the second one he throws out of the air.

"You have to be able to see, Brat." He grouses.

You laugh. "I'm telling you, it's just observation haki." You level your fork at him. "Plus, you keep giving yourself away, all that grumbling."

It had been a couple weeks since the explosion at the marine base. You've adjusted well, and half of that was because you could feel the guilt radiating off Hip and Hop, and it wasn't their fault at all, even if you were sore as hell and concerned about your sight, you didn't want to let it show. You had been worried that Killer was going to start avoiding you, but he was by your bedside when you woke up and he hadn't left your side much since then.

A few days ago, you finally got him to give you enough space he could go back to doing his duties properly. The two of you had also had a few heavy conversations, and in one of them you made him promise that he wouldn't resent Kid no matter if your vision returned or not.

"You sure you're ready to get back to work?" Hop asks as you get up to take your plate back.

You smile, ruffling her hair with a free hand. "Yeah, I'm plenty healed up and House cleared me for work today."

"Light work," Killer corrects from the kitchen.

"See?" You shrug. "Don't fret."

Setting your plate down, you grin as Killer takes your hand and leaves the mess hall with you. You haven't complained about him escorting you from place to place on the ship, even if you could make your way around just fine on your own. You both knew it too, but the warmth of his hands around your own is comforting, and you honestly hoped he never stopped escorting you places.

Light work on the deck went well enough. You made Killer a little nervous when you clamored up the rigging and got into the bird's nest the old-fashioned way, but he didn't stop you. Geppo'ing was a little difficult when you were relying on observation haki, breaking your connection with a solid surface made visualizing the world around you difficult.

Dive was up in the crow's nest and gave you a hand up and into it.

"You came up here just to give Killer hell, didn't you brat?" His question came with a light tone. He wasn't scolding you for it.

"Maybe a little." You admit. "He's been doing well to balance how much he wants to protect me and how much he should, so I'm trying to not be too mean. How's he looking down there?"

"Talking to Emma, though from the looks of it she's teasing the hell out of him. How're you holding up?" Dive asks.

"Well enough. I do hope I'll be able to see again soon, but if this is the new normal for me then there's not much I can do about it." You shrug, patting around the edge of the crow's nest. "If I didn't have observation haki I would probably be handling this a lot worse."

"That's fair... Uh, brat?"

"Yeah Dive?" You reply, stepping up onto the edge of the nest.

"Don't you dare."

"Boy it's a shame you can't stop me, Dive." You sat with a grin, leaping off the nest and into the open air. You were reaching out with your haki as strongly as you could, but you didn't need to push. Killer was practically a beacon of energy from the moment your foot left the crow's nest.

To his credit, he wasn't trying to catch you. You imagine he's looking as calm as possible, but his haki flares the way Kid's emotions do, whether he's aware of it or not. You air walk before you reach the deck and land lightly beside Killer with a smile.