Realistically, the face of pain, burning, hurting, feeling bad, and not wanting to die. Still, the feeling of having no regrets. He probably tries to tell that is how he truly feels to Luffy. And that’s what his smile is. When a person cradles a crying baby, he/she always smiles, right? Same as that.

even now that it’s come to this…i want to live!

He’s going to protect you from things like “if you don’t reblog this in 30 seconds your mum will die!!” and “Reblog this or you will fail class!!”

He’s very happy to protect you, so you don’t have to worry about a thing!!