February 27, 2010

Summary: Coldness is overtaking, and tragedy is befalling. "Although she was already too numb to feel anything anymore, she still felt soft drops of liquid colliding upon her cheeks."

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Disclaimer: No, I don't own One Piece. It's way too wonderful to be mine.

Update: I'm sorry if I take forever to get the second chapter up. I'm about half-way done with it. It'll probably be up in a few weeks! I'm sorry! - 3.11.10

Warm Me Up

"No...Nami….no."

Her eyes were blurred, her face was pale, and her breathing was faint.

"Listen to me!"

Slowly, arduously, she opened her eyes to a slit.

"Haa…" a small smile forms. "Don't leave us—"silently—"don't leave me."

Confusion spread across her face, although the emotion was barely evident. Finally, it registered. He—he, the one so stupid, so naïve, so dense, so unpredictable—he had just muttered, "Don't leave me."

Was it her imagination? Was she becoming so delusional that she actually imagined it? That it actually seemed so real?

A sudden shake to her whole body brought her back to reality—the intense pain jolting throughout her entire being. "Nami!" His voice—it's so troubled. "Open your eyes…I beg you. Let me see a hint of orange..." Once again, he dropped his voice to a whisper.

She slowly lifted her eyelids, realizing that they had descended, closing her eyes.

He grabbed her hand, splayed at her side. She felt how horribly his hands shook, how desperately they clung to her, begging her to stay. Although she was already too numb to feel anything anymore, she still felt soft drops of liquid colliding upon her cheeks.

Painfully, she lifted her free hand and brushed his face. Two warm hands quickly held on to hers, keeping it in place, cupping his cheek.

"Don't cry," she laughed, which broke into a cough. This was unusual—him, crying. "Thank you for everything—"

"No!" She moved her hand in front of his mouth. "Thank you for everything," she repeated.

"No, Nami." His voice cracked. "No."

"This is good-bye, Luffy." Her hand grew limp, and her face fell sideways into the white snow.