Chapter 294: Heartbreak

Chapter 294: Heartbreak

Bellemere gets flustered seeing Buggy's reaction when he sees Nojiko & Nami. She knows that Buggy must think that she is cheating. Buggy even shed some tears, making Belle gets even more panicked, and she doesn't know how to explain it.

However, Cricket & Mantis scoff seeing Buggy's reaction. Cricket even whispers, "Look at him acting. He even cries, what a drama queen."

"Well, you know him. He will always do things that he thinks funny," says Mantis.

Of course, The Clown Pirates have known about Nojiko & Nami being Bellemere's adopted children. They all know the story of her saving the 2 from a warzone. The Clown Pirates' information network is quite big and Buggy asked Deon's team to keep tabs on Bellemere so he can move anytime if something happens.

Their Captain's love life always interests them so the news of her saving 2 children and adopting them has been known to the crew. That's why Cricket & Mantis know that Buggy is just acting now.

But they are genuinely surprised by what happens next. Some crew members suddenly appear while a large square dark cloth is tied to a pair of poles. They spread it, making it looks like a stage's backdrop and Brook's music team gets in front of it to play music with Buggy suddenly singing the song.

~All I ask is

If this is my last night with you

Hold me like I'm more than just a friend

Give me a memory I can use

Take me by the hand while we do what lovers do

It matters how this ends

'Cause what if I never love again?~

(Song: All I Ask-Adele)

Buggy sings it with an overdramatic expression and the crewmembers that prepared the stage also act overdramatic too. It makes those who didn't know this plan beforehand dumbfounded, Bellemere too, of course.

She finally realizes that Buggy is just playing around with her. Then she remembers what Buggy said before about his information-gathering ability. Now she realizes that he has known about her adopting Nojiko & Nami, and his act makes her pissed.

Palu looks down because he also knows that this will be the case from the beginning.

"Captain once told me that what she needs is a man who loves her with all his heart and he said it is you. He knows, man, he knows you love her, and he knows that you can give her what he can't," says Cricket.

"... I, I just don't know how to do it. I always wanted to tell her to give up on chasing Captain and I will be the man that make her happy. But it's just very hard to do. I met her late, she was already in love with him when we met. So I felt like it was not my place to enter and tell her what to do. I, I'm happy if she is happy," says Palu while looking down sadly.

"Who are you trying to fool with that expression? You said you know that this would happen, so you should know that she won't be happy. Then why didn't you do something that will make her happy?" asks Cricket.

Palu still looks down, so Cricket grabs his shoulders and tells Palu to look at his eyes.

"Listen, Palu! You are a man. If you want the woman you love to be happy, then you need to be the one that makes her happy. Take every chance, and be braver! Don't make your fear of women and her love for Captain stop you. This is your life, do what you want. Didn't Captain always say that we need to be selfish as pirates? Then be selfish and go make her yours. If it doesn't work, then at least you've tried. That's what we always did, right? We did what we can even if we might die, so do the same to your love life," says Cricket.

Palu stays silent for a moment before nodding firmly, "Yeah, I'd rather live with the shame of failing rather than the regret of not doing anything. Jude has done what she could even though she failed and I will do the same."

Cricket smiles and says, "Good, that's the spirit. Go talk to her later, but don't rush it. She will hate you if you suddenly confess to her while she is in that state."

Palu smiles too, "I'm not that stupid."

The 2 boys bump their fists and wait there silently until Jude calms down.

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