When it became clear that everyone had eaten their fill, Sanji began cleaning up the table as quickly as he could. He wanted to continue as much as everyone else, but there was no way in hell he would leave dirty dishes sitting in the sink. However there were ones that needed to be soaked, so he took those off his immediate to-do list.

He hummed as he worked, smiling after Brook and Robin -who 'd stayed behind to finish their tea and coffee- started humming alongside him. After an episode like the last one, it was calming just to do the dishes, he found out pretty quickly. Despite having no personal connection to anything that happened ten years ago in Water 7, he still ended up feeling as if he 'd been shot in the heart.

But so did everyone else in the crew, so he didn 't feel too out of place. Though he sometimes wished he felt

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