The enemy pirate’s name was Captain Amour—a flamboyant menace with heart-shaped sunglasses, a velvet cape, and a ridiculous obsession with love. Not being in love—just the concept of it. His Devil Fruit, the Koi Koi no Mi, didn’t make people fall for each other… but it did let him control their bodies like puppets and force them into embarrassingly romantic scenarios.

“Love is power! Love is peace! Love is everything!” he shouted, spinning mid-air and firing glittering pink energy beams toward the Sunny’s crew.

Sanji and Nami had been the first to get hit. One second, Sanji was preparing to kick the guy’s face in—the next, he was locked in a dramatic, overly romantic embrace with Nami. “I—I CAN’T MOVE!” he screamed, nose bleeding. Nami’s eye twitched. “I swear I’m not doing this on purpose.”

Zoro and Robin were next—tangled into a dip pose straight out of a ballroom scene, Zoro’s face frozen somewhere between fury and deep discomfort. “Kill me,” he muttered. Robin just raised an eyebrow. “This is oddly theatrical.”

You tried to avoid the beam. You really tried. But it hit you square in the chest, and everything froze. Except… you were still awake. You could see. You could think.

You just couldn’t move.

And when you turned your eyes—your body slowly, unwillingly—you saw him. Luffy. Also hit. Also trapped. And your feet were walking toward each other.

“What’s happening?” Luffy asked, wide-eyed, his usual carefree tone a little too calm for someone about to be part of something awkward. “Why are my legs walking?”

“I don’t know!” you said through gritted teeth as your hands moved up—cradling his face. “He’s controlling us!”

Your face leaned in. So did Luffy’s. He looked confused. “Are we gonna kiss? Is this part of a new move? Is this an attack?”

“No, Luffy, it’s a set-up!”

Your lips were inches away.

Captain Amour clutched his heart. “Yes, YES! Let love bloom, even if it’s fake!”

Luffy blinked. “This is weird.”

And honestly? Yeah. It really was.