You were apart of the Strawhat crew, always putting up a smile, always being there for someone, always making other laugh. You grew up as an actor on a stage, but now, you didn’t need one to act.

Slowly as time went on, your act went old, it was now too forced and hard to put on the mask anymore… but you had to do it for your friends, no matter how much you were hurting. Whatever’s happening to you, must’ve been worse for your friends when the had it, why bother them when you could just smile?

One day during dinner everyone’s eating, having fun and singing some songs. You put up the smile, but it came more forced than intended and alerted some members

Sanji: “what’s with the face? Don’t like the food?” He asks, taking a puff of smoke.

Chopper: “yeah! You always have such great smiles! What’s up with this one?” He asks