"Nico...Robin?" Franky peeked into Robin's room where the small lamp was on. She had her back towards him and her face in a book, but he could tell she had been crying by the way she was shaking. "Is everything...alright?"
"I'm fine," she lied. "I will talk to you in a second. May you please leave? I'll meet you outside." Franky stepped outside of the room and closed the door, but he pressed his ear against the door to hear what was going on inside. He heard a deep male voice.
"Robin, what does he want?" He had this voice before, but he could quite figure out who this exactly was.
"I don't know, but I would like to see." replied Robin. Franky cracked open the door slightly to see who the man inside of Robin's room.
"Wait, we are leaving at the crack of dawn, so I'd prefer you didn't make any more ties with anyone on the ship, except for me." It was Aokiji. Franky saw him hold Robin"s hip and pull her closer to him. Her hand touched his chest, but Robin's head was turned directly away from his. Franky was tempted to barge into the room, but he didn't. Aokiji let go of her, seeing the look of disgust on her face.
"I see how it is. That still changes nothing. You may go talk to him, but the minute the sun hits the horizon we are leaving." Robin nodded and made her way to the door. Franky quickly ran out to the deck.
"You needed to talk to me?"
"Um, yes, I did." Franky nervously scratched his head trying to think of what to do next. Robin quickly looked other the dark waters, checking to see the place of the sun..
"Well, I haven't exactly got all day. I hope to still catch up on some sleep tonight." she lied.
"Let's go down to the aquarium." It was where she spent most of her day, and Franky figured it would be the best place to tell her.
"No." she coldly replied.
"No?" Franky was debating with himself whether or not he had heard right.
"It's two letters long. Not exactly the hardest word to understand. Whatever you were to tell me in there, you can tell out here." Robin glanced back at the horizon. The tip of the sun"s ray were peeking through. She walked past Franky to the railing and faced her room. She saw Aokiji tap his watch, motioning her to speed things up. She slowly blinked in reply.
"Nico Robin, I love-" started Franky.
"Franky." Robin shook her head.
"I love-"
"Franky, stop it." She was now severely shaking her head.
"I-"
"Franky, I said to shut up!" She slammed her fist onto the ship"s railing, startling Franky. Unexpectedly, Aokiji came out from Robin's room.
"Well, that wasn't what I expected him to say at all." Suddenly, he shattered into ice and reformed himself around Franky.
"Kuzan, stop it! You said that if I cooperated, you wouldn't hurt anyone!"
"No, I said I wouldn't hurt anyone if there were no interferences. I would call him an interference."
"Franky!" yelled Robin, rushing toward them.
"Nico Robin!" yelled Franky.
"Ice-" However, Aokiji was interrupted, when Robin grabbed him and, passionately, kissed him. Her tongue slipped into his mouth, causing her to tightly shut her eyes. Aokiji embraced Robin, letting go of Franky. Franky tried to move, but he couldn't. He looked around and saw multiple hands from Robin held him back. Franky was now absolutely stunned at the scene unfolding before him. He suppressed his voice, preventing himself from yelling for the crew. Finally, the kiss ended.
"Kuzan-san, I love you, not him. Please, let's just leave." These words pierced Franky's and brought him to his knees. Aokiji let out a small "humph" of triumph. "Kuzan, carry me," said Robin somewhat commandingly. "It will practice for our wedding day." She swallowed before saying "wedding day". Even she couldn't quite believe what she was saying.
"I had a feeling you would change your mind. Let's go." Aokiji scooped Robin into his arms. Finally, Franky regained comprehension of the situation.
"Nico Robin! You don't have to do this!" exclaimed Franky.
"I know. I want to." Aokiji, carrying Robin, jumped over the side the railing. Franky ran to see what had just happened. They landed on Aokiji's bicycle. Since it was only a small one seater, Robin practically cling to Aokiji with her arms and legs, making Franky steam, inside and out. Suddenly, Franky realized what Robin was doing. By having Aokiji carry her, Aokiji couldn't hit Franky. She had been trying to protect him and the crew. With this information, Franky definitely had to save her.