Nami sighed as she allowed herself to fall into the couch. Upon noticing the sour expression on her face, Luffy and Chopper stopped playing cards to look at her. She seemed exhausted, and they logically wondered if something was going on.
"Are you ok, Nami?" Chopper timidly asked.
Usopp, Sanji and Zoro stopped talking and turned around in order to look at the woman in question. Robin, who had been observing Luffy and Chopper's game, was now observing her face, trying to figure out what was wrong. Brook, on the other hand, kept playing the violin and laughing as he was doing until now.
"Rough day at work, Nami-san?" asked Brook, laughing in his particular manner after the question.
"You have no idea" she explained. "I had it rough today."
"Yeah, right" Zoro snickered.
Nami jumped up, a comeback ready on her mouth and a death glare present on her face.
"Something you want to say, Zoro?"
"Nothing, just wondering how can one get tired in your job" he mumbled. "You say one or two stupid things and have to look pretty, period."
"Excuse me!" she sounded terribly offended, as if he had slapped her. "It's harder than what it looks, you know?"
"Yeah, I imagine" he replied, sarcasm heavy in his voice.
"Don't talk about Nami-swan like that, marimo" barked Sanji, glaring at him. "As if you're one to talk!"
Zoro frowned. "Whatever do you mean by that, shit cook?"
"Well, I can't imagine being a dojo teacher something very hard" the blonde man laughed. "Nobody does kendo these days anyway."
"I don't want to hear anything about easy jobs from you, dartboard brow!"
"Guys, take it easy" said Usopp, who sat between both of them and didn't want to get accidentaly hurt by a fight between them.
"Talking about easy jobs" taunted Nami.
"Nami!" exclaimed Usopp. "Whatever did I do to you?!"
As Nami proceeded to laugh and Zoro and Sanji went at each other with very creative insults, Franky and Vivi chose that moment to exit the kitchen and enter the living room. Franky delivered to Robin the glass of water she had requested (since it was his place, after all), and Vivi took her seat between her and Chopper.
"What are you guys talking about?" asked Vivi.
"Apparently, who has the easiest job" answered Robin. "And we have yet to declare a winner."
"That's easy, it's Brook!" Franky pointed at the other man.
"Ah, I feel offended" Brook sulked.
"Robin, do you think it's Brook's too?" Chopper looked at the older woman as he asked.
"No, I would go for long nose-kun" opted Robin. "Due to logical reasons. One does not need any sort of previous studies to deliver pizzas."
"It's a temporary job!" said long nose protested. "And it's harder than what it sounds!"
"I'm sure it is very, very difficult finding a house and giving a pizza" Zoro said sarcastically.
"Talks the man who can't even follow a straight path without getting lost" commented Nami.
"In your face, marimo!" added Sanji.
"Alright, I got it!"
Everyone in the room turned towards Luffy, who had chosen to remain silent until that very moment. He put his straw hat on top of his head and grinned, while the rest could only stare questioningly.
"Exactly what did you get, Luffy?" asked Nami.
"Let's make a game out of it" smiled Luffy. "We'll switch jobs on Monday, and if it's easier than your job, then you win!"
"That's... actually a good idea" Nami was genuinely impressed. When he wanted, he could archieve an average level of intelligence. When he reallly, really wanted. Which was rare.
"I agree if Nami-san agrees!" Sanji chimed in.
"I can show the shit cook a thing or two like this" Zoro smirked.
"Cool idea, bro!" Franky gave the straw hat boy a thumb up.
"I want to play too!" exclaimed Chopper, thrilled with the idea.
"But how should we do this?" asked Robin. "Who should take who's work?"
"I may have an idea for that" replied Vivi. "Luffy, could I borrow your hat?"
He happily agreed to lend her his precious straw hat, and the blue-haired woman stood up. She quickly searched the room and finally found a pen and a piece of paper. She divided the paper in ten pieces and wrote a name in each one of them.
"Now, each name stands for our job" she explained. "Let's drag the names out of the hat and see what you get!"
"Cool! Chopper jumped up. "Me first!"
"You're awesome, Vivi!" proclaimed Luffy. "But I go first!"
After some playful struggle, the two of them had their pieces of paper, as well as the rest of them. Most of them were happy, as they thought the job that they had was the easiest they had ever seen in a very long time.
"Ha, piece of cake!" declared Sanji.
"I could do this with my hands tied behind my back" commented Zoro.
"The brave Captain Usopp-sama shall take this challange and succeed!" the long-nosed man announced.
"Oh my, this should be interesting" Robin giggled at her piece of paper.
"I'm going to win in this!" said Chopper, looking at his piece of paper with excitement.
"It's going to be great, I can feel it in my bones! Yohohohoho!"
"Shishishishi, I told you it was a great idea!"
"It's going to be a super work day!" Franky struck a pose.
"What do you say, Nami-san?" Vivi asked, looking at her orange-haired friend's piece of paper.
"Vivi, I've never been so excited about a work day in my entire life."
AN: So, this is a small idea that popped in my head last night while watching old propagandas on youtube... it will be a total of ten AU oneshots/drabbles where our Straw Hats will be trade jobs with one another, for the sake of a bet. And of course, hilarity ensues! (Did you think I'd tell you the jobs right away? Well, I told you two, but you'll have to wait! XD) Hope you enjoyed the intro chapter, and stay tuned for the first exchange!