Luffy Smiling Novels & Stories

I was only pretending and the weight of it pressed down on me all at once. I folded my hands in front of me, staring at the grass and then Luca’s fingers slid into mine. The contact was gentle but sure, his palm warm against my skin. I startled slightly, looking up at him. “Smile, wifey. You can only win with a smile ” he murmured, almost amused. I tried to smile but it probably came out crooked. He smiled back, but not his usual composed smile. This one was softer, a little crooked himself, as if he was holding back laughter.

--- After class, I went with Lily and the others. We sat in a small café. It was warm inside. The smell of coffee filled the air. People were laughing. Talking. Sharing stories. At first, I just listened. But slowly… I started to talk too. Small things. Simple things. And I found myself smiling. A real smile. For the first time in days. “You should smile more,” Lily said. “You look different.” “Different how?” I asked. “Lighter,” she said. I paused. Lighter.

Even now, Gang-mu swallowed a hollow laugh at the boldness of the kid who strained her eyes roundly to stare at him. = = = Sunday, 1:00 PM. Along the roadside overlooking Gangnam Station, Exit 6. Under the dazzling sun, a top-tier luxury sedan and the black vehicles escorting it stood lined up, flaunting a bizarre majesty. “The kid isn't coming out, LF.” “No, S is coming.” LF wore a pleasant smile like an innocent child, wiping away his usual cruelty. Dressed in pure white cotton trousers, a sky-blue shirt, and a light white cardigan draped over his shoulders, he was as radiant as a protagonist in a pictorial who monopolized the freshness of summer, concealing his brutal nature.

‎ ‎Maybe he hadn't been completely useless. ‎ ‎Maybe he had done something. ‎ ‎A small smile began to form before he could stop it. ‎ ‎"There." ‎ ‎Ivy pointed dramatically. ‎ ‎"The tomato is smiling." ‎ ‎"I'm not." ‎ ‎"You are." ‎ ‎"I'm not." ‎ ‎"You are." ‎ ‎"I'm literally not." ‎ ‎"Tomato." ‎ ‎Liam groaned. ‎ ‎Then, before he could come up with another argument, Ivy suddenly leaned forward and wrapped her arms around him.

I smiled automatically at him when he reached us and Falmata instructed him to sit between us. "No Baaba, you need to smile. Even if it's just a little. I don't want to see that fake official smile." The rest of us laughed at her statement and posed for pictures. Bilal made a face over my shoulder and I turned to him, bursting into laughter at his face. Everyone turned to see what I'd laughed about and laughed too when they saw Bilal's face, probably because Bilal doesn't willingly joke around. His face is always stoic, it amazes me, that as such a young age, he's so focused.

A minute went by and Luyando said nothing in response. “Luyando?” Natasha called out to her. “You talk too dame much.” Luyando finally spoke. Natasha laughed. “So I hear,” she said. “Is that a smile I’m seeing at the corners of your mouth?” Luyando quickly straightened her face. “What smile?” She asked. “How can I be smiling in this situation?” “Well, I wouldn’t hurt to try.” Natasha said. “You must think that I am a nutcase, right?”

Lucy had said, her eyes were reminiscing sadly, as she had a bitter smile on her face. She was silent for so long as if she did not have any plan to talk about it some more. I looked at her for a while before I reached out to hug her tightly. She hugged me back as if getting comfort from me. “At least you finally walked out in one piece. It showed strength on your side, and I am proud of you,” I answered, giving her a forehead kiss, and she smiled and hugged me even further. I liked her smiling like this. It was a kind and genuine smile that could warm up even the darkest hearts.

Luna POV Out of the corner of my eye, I see Lilly smirking, clearly enjoying the show. “She’s tougher than I thought,” she muses, but her tone is laced with mockery. “Is she?” Dante’s eyes gleam with challenge. “We’ll see how long that lasts.”