Since It's Sanji's Birthday Today It Got Me Thinking About His First One Away From The Baratie. How The

Since it's Sanji's birthday today it got me thinking about his first one away from the Baratie. How the men would handle it.

Do you think Zeff & the crew woke up extra early to make a big cake out of habit and didn't realize Sanji wasn't there until they were already done? Do you think they even made him his favorite breakfast foods so they could all eat together? They probably usually didn't close the restaurant, but are only open half a day so they can hang out with Sanji a bit.

Then when the sun comes up and he never comes down they have this very awkward "oh..." moment because the kid who's been with them for years isn't there anymore. They've been forcing him to acknowledge his birthday since he was small and now he's not there to force feed cake. Maybe they decide to stay closed the entire day after all.

They won't waste all that food (Sanji would hate that) so they have a little party for themselves. Eating all that food & cake. Bringing out the good wine. When they're all a couple of bottles in that's when the photo albums come out. Then they're crying. Crying & telling the story behind each picture as if they didn't already know. As if this kid wasn't the closest thing they all had to a son.

They'd complain about how hard it was to get Sanji in a picture where he wasn't scowling or yelling at them to put the camera away. Most of the ones where he's smiling are when he was caught off guard and in the kitchen working. Never looking at the camera.

They have one of him in his very first suit. He didn't let Zeff help with the tie so it's all wonky looking, but he's smiling really big with a blush on his face because everyone kept telling him he "looked like a proper man" that day.

There's a couple of him doing flips and kicks at different ages. You can tell how progressively stronger he gets just by going through them. He has a proud smirk on his face in each one.

Patty was able to sneak one of him & Zeff knocked out together. Sanji's head resting on his dad's shoulder. It was taken only a couple of days before Sanji left with Luffy. Sanji never got the chance to see that one.

They decide to add all newsclippings that mention him and his adventures. The final addition being his bounty posters. They can't stop laughing at how bad his drawing is so they decide to be nice and create a new one for him. They use one of the pictures in the album and glue it over the Duval face. His birthday present that year.