A/N: Just a small drabble I wrote months and months ago. Not my best work, but I wanted to write something with Luka/Joe because it is my preferred pairing in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.
No one could say that nothing surprising happened on a daily basis to the occupants of the GokaiGalleon. Take, for instance, the time Navi took a day off while a weird prickly ball monster infiltrated the interior of the ship, or when a commander that could manipulate his size ran loose inside the cabins; or even those occasions where a former Sentai snuck aboard the ship to have them participate in some adventure for their ultimate power. Of course, shocking moments do not always happen away from the ship, where they have to fight Gormin and Sgormin and the like. Sometimes, they just stay put inside the main living space with the same lasting effect.
It began as an ordinary mid-morning laz-a-bout right after breakfast in the main living area. Marvelous pestering Navi about coming up with a new prediction, Joe doing his post-meal exercises, Don checking the computer's systems, and Gai was taking the occasion to tell a half-listening Ahim about a particular Sentai team that was on his mind. A high-pitched screech coming from the bathroom indicated that something had gone amiss while Luka was in the shower.
"DOC!" she growled, entering the room less than a minute later clad only in a light yellow towel. Brown locks dripping wet, she marched towards the blonde Gokaiger, heedless of the red faces and averted gazes that followed.
"Ms. Luka," the princess called out weakly as the thief took hold of the good doctor's wrist, who was smartly covering his eyes with both hands. Luka paid no attention as she yanked one of his arms down, forcing him to look at her in the face.
"Doc, the shower's broken," she explained angrily, turning to drag him away. "I don't want to finish my shower in freezing cold water, so come fix it."
Before he could stutter a reply, something tall and blue came in between them.
"I'll do it," Joe interrupted, a hint of pink on his face as he dropped Don's wrist yet continued to hold onto Luka's wrist. Said person paused in her immediate struggle of freeing the appendage.
"You can?!" Luka exclaimed in a mixture of happiness and relief.
"…" the swordsman glanced away when she met his gaze, face heating up. Why the hell did he just say that? "Yes."
He mentally slapped himself again as Luka hauled him off to the bathroom. "You better do this quick. I don't want the soap to solidify in my hair."
With that, she whisked him away from the sights of their fellow Gokaigers. A moment of awkward silence later, Captain Marvelous barked out a full blown laugh, having registered everything that had just occurred. The others could only stare as he tackled the bout of hilarity that overcame him. As the chuckles subsided, he sighed, "There's never a dull moment here, is there?"