[Immediately, Koby wants to kick his stupid, smitten brain. He needs to make the most of Luffy being here, not waste it being an idiot about a dumb crush. It's not that he doesn't love being friends -- he does, more than almost anything else. Luffy's the first real friend he's ever had.

But sometimes, he thinks about -- more. It's selfish. It's so selfish.

So he shakes his head hard, squaring his shoulders up a bit more. He's learned to do that, more and more.] No, no, it's -- it's me, I've spent too much time around idiot cadets. I keep hearing dirty jokes or...or innuendo in everything. Ignore me.