Bartolomeo X Reader: Senpai

You watched from afar as your good friend Bartolomeo hid himself behind a wall and watched his beloved senpai with oogly eyes. And not just a good friend, a crush friend. Like hardcore crush. And just seeing him flip his lid like that over a simple pirate named Luffy pissed you off to no end in the inside. It made you downright jealous to the core as you watched him in the same manner he watched Luffy, only your eyes weren’t hearts of oogle, they were burning lasers of jealousy.

Watching with a scowl, you see Luffy get chased by one, two, three different people, and Bartolomeo was no exception to the crowd, dashing after his fleeing senpai flailing all over the place like a moron. The group whizzed past your hiding spot, the gust of rushing air blowing your hair a bit as they passed. After they were gone, you let out a low growl of frustration and stepped out to watch them fall out of view with crossed arms.

“Ooo~ Senpai notice me! Luffy-senpai! Blah blah BLAH.” You mocked, over emphasizing your facial movements with the words you spoke as you shook your head from side to side. “Christ. And I came all the way here to see you too. Lil shit.”

You grumbled and mumbled in a jealous state of mind as you began a slow pace around the coliseum through its empty halls. No one was around to hear you bicker, as they were all watching the next fight with whatever amount of sick pleasure they got from it. Your mumbles bounced off the wall, reverberating back at you and seemingly mocked your angry thoughts.

“Fuckin hell. Seriously. I sailed my ass all the way out here to see him, and he’s going all super senpai on me again. Maybe he could say a bit more of a hello next time? Like come on. I don’t just LEAVE my destination for anyone. Dick. Maybe I wanted to just see you, and that’s it. It’s pretty special for me to wanna see someone. That’s not normal. I hate people. But no, I made an exception for you. Because maybe I like you.” You grumbled, entering a small-ish room without realizing it. Not that it mattered. You were on a self-rant to no one, and you could have run into a wall and it wouldn’t have mattered.

You began pacing around the room, which was empty aside from a few weapon racks and a barred window. As you paced, you didn’t really notice the second being entering the room a few minutes after you. Standing tall behind your turned muttering self was Bartolomeo, having stopped his senpai jog for the moment and finding you next.

“. . . Oi _______, what are you doing?” He asked, seeing your rage mode activated.

You halted movement at the sound of his voice, turning yourself around to face him. “Hello. How was your workout? Get a good run in for the day chasing senpai?” You asked with a bit of a snappy tone, not caring if you addressed him rather rudely.

“Woah, you look pissed. What happened?”

“Pissed? Pissed?! Nah, I’m not pissed. Just a little happy joy fun times being ignored for LUFFY. Friggin average pirate of the rookies if you ask me.” You scoffed.

“HEY. Careful what you say about Luffy-senpai _______!” Bartolomeo said defensively.

“Why should I? I don’t need to! I don’t have a SENPAI.”

“What the hell is your problem today?!” He questioned with an exasperated sigh.

Oh, that was it. You snapped and initiated full on rant mode verbally with ample volume.

“What's my problem? Oh, nothing. Just maybe the fact that I sailed my ass all the way out here, mind you, from a four day course to an ENTIRELY different island, just to come say hi. To see you. Hey hello how are ya doin it’s nice to see your face after so long. But sadly, no. Luffy-senpai was here before I was. And god damn hella shit, you were on his ass like a fuckin bee on honey. Pushed a weak assed heyo in my direction and went full on FANBOY at Luffy. Come on! I ain’t chopped liver here! I HATE people. Yet HERE I AM! I sailed off to say HEY. GIMME SOME LOVE HERE I FUCKIN WENT OFF COURSE.” You started, using your arms to emphasize your every word.

Bartolomeo just stared at you. Stared with the most intense face ever, wide eyes and all. He couldn’t believe the things you were saying, yet he let you continue on. This was almost interesting. It was at this point, you were fuming mad, and your word spilled out of your mouth like an angry ocean current, not having any control of what was to come out next.

“You know what? That really pisses me off actually. Yeah. Pisses me off. You just locked your everlasting attention to Luffy, and that pisses me off. Yup. Maybe, I want to talk to you. Maybe, I wanna be with you for a bit. Hell, you know what? I don’t have a senpai. But maybe, just MAYBE, INSTEAD OF BRUSHING ME OFF, MAYBE I WANNA BE YOUR SENPAI. BECAUSE MAYBE THEN, I’LL GET A GOOD HELLO. A HUG. SOME SORT OF INTERACTION. KINDA MAKES ME FEEL LEFT OUT OVER HERE. _______-SENPAI WOULD BE A NICE TITLE TO HAVE FOR A DAY OR TWO.” You ranted, raising your voice louder and louder.

Now, Bartolomeo was officially smirking. You were jealous. Straight up jealous. Sure, he was a fan of Luffy to the ends of the earth, but seeing you react this way to his interactions was absolutely priceless. He had to hold back a chuckle as to not interrupt your rant and turn it far more violent. But, he had to interrupt. He just had to.

“_______, _______ _______ _______ _______ _______!” He said with a slight chuckle, repeating your name several times for a bit of emphasis. “Can I ask, if you’re jealous of not getting attention from me~?” He asked, walking closer to you.

“Jealous? Oh no absolutely not. Just pissed that I got a shit hello. Cause I wasted my time coming out to say hey to someone I LIKED.”

“Ooo~ wait! You like-!”

“No! You’re not allowed to talk. You’ve pissed my off sir. You can go love up on your senpai. I’m sure that far more interesting than m-MMPH!”

Right in the middle of your ranting and scolding of anger filled jealously, Bartolomeo had fully approached you and grabbed you by the waist, pulling you into an unexpected kiss completely out of left field. Your eyes widened, and a deep crimson blush took over your face, making in a unique shade no normal person would usually have for a skin tone. Your face was like a heater raising in temperature every second you stood there and your heart beats were loud, thumping hard enough to have an earthquake on your insides. You were completely shocked and unsure of what to do. You wanted to speak and question his actions, but that was a little hard to do in this position. Slightly freaking out, you pulled back enough to break the kiss, leaving you panting with your reddened face and him with a devious smirk on his lips.

“What’s the matter senpai? Did I catch you off guard?” He laughed, still holding you by the waist.

“You… you- you- you you- you did… I-” You stuttered, unable to form words at this point.

“_______, that’s a natural reaction I’m going to have around the ENTIRE Strawhat crew. But I didn’t know you’d get so jealous about it~!” He teased.

You opened your mouth to say something, but quickly closed it and sunk down, leaning your entire weight in his arms and crossing your own, your face still red as you averted your eyes. You had nothing more to say.

“Oi, I’m sorry I put Luffy as top priority and chased him around, but after hearing your little rant, I just can’t help myself anymore. You’re cute when you’re mad!” He laughed. “And I just had to do that.”

“You’re a FUCKING asshole.” You mumbled, still refusing to meet his gaze.

“Am I? Please don’t make me cry senpai!”

You finally turned your face towards him. “The shit is this senpai crap now?”

“You said it yourself! You wanna be my senpai, so you could get a hello, a hug, maybe even a kiss~!”

“I said that… didn’t I…” You said slowly, making your blush an impossible shade of red.

“I don’t see a problem here. If you’re my senpai, then I can actually get noticed for once! And a lot more that that as well~!”

You looked off to the side again. What a suck up. But you were the moron that blurted that during your rant, and you did feel that was about him. He was also as equally as stupid as you, but he also took advantage of your pissed off-ness to nab a kiss. Which he doesn’t just do, just like you don’t just turn your ships course randomly. Maybe it wasn’t too bad of a blurt out now that you thought about it.

“W-well… First rule from your senpai is, you can’t go bat shit crazy for another senpai when this one is around.” You finally said, making up some bullshit rule.

Bartolomeo just laughed at you. “I can live with that~!”

“A-and the second one is, don’t be a fucking s-smartass, or catch me off guard, or make me blush. I don’t fucking blush.” You added.

“Where’s the fun in that, senpai?” He chuckled.

You just flipped him off, putting more of your weight in his arms to make him work harder to keep you up. You made sure your finger was right up in his face to let him know whose boss.

Bartolomeo just smirked at your attitude. He couldn’t believe what just happened in the last five minutes, but it was friggin hilarious. He wasn’t done yet though, and your middle finger was the key to his second chance.

With it right up in his face, he only had one chance, and one move. With grace, and evilness, and a devious smirk to-boot, he moved his head and stuck your finger right up his nose.

“EW! BARTO! WHAT THE FU-!”

Exactly what he wanted. Quickly, he picked you up again and pulled you into another kiss, using your open mouth as his vantage point. This time, he put one of his hands on the back of your head with crossed fingers to give you no reason to back away as he leaned you against one of his barriers. The only thing you did this time, was reach around and smack him violently in the back of the head with an open palm to emphasize how much of an ass he was, but also, you didn’t hesitate to kiss back as well. After the satisfying thump of your hand on his head, you lowered your hand slightly and rested it on his shoulder, bringing your other hand up as well and pulling on him slightly, deepening the kiss between you. He smirked at this and forced his tongue into your mouth without permission, starting a hardcore game of tonsil hockey between the two of you as he pressed himself into you further against the barrier.

Going on like this for a few good minutes, there was a time when you had to stop for proper breaths of air, and you both pulled away as the barrier dispelled behind you, causing you to stumble backwards slightly, thankfully being supported by Bartolomeo.

Leaning close to you, Bartolomeo smirked as he got close to your ear. “Thank you for noticing me, senpai~!”

“Oh shut the fuck up.” You cursed.

“You love it.” He teased, taking an affectionate nip at your ear as you blushed more and more, making him look more like the senpai, and you the flustered kouhai.

Looks like a role reversal may be in order here.