It was the middle of the night when somebody started knocking on the door. Nami groaned as she covered herself with the sheets.
"Goddamn you..."
"It's your
turn."
The orange haired girl glared at her
girlfriend.
"What?"
Vivi yawned and turned around.
"I helped him last time."
"But-"
"Go!"
She groaned
again and got up. She grabbed a nearby robe and put it on. The
redhead left their room and headed for the front door. She opened it,
groaning one more time.
"Heeey..."
"Sanji, do you know
what time it is?"
"I'd tell you but she stole my watch too."
The blond walked and placed his coat on the hanger.
"Well, sorry."
"Sorry? Every
fucking time! Look, if you can't get a regular girl, don't get girls
at ALL. It's the fifth time this month."
"Fourth. Last Friday
she didn't steal from me."
"No. She just beat the crap out of
you."
He smiled slightly and sat on the couch. Nami frowned and closed the door.
"I'm going to get a spare key."
"No
need, she didn't take my keys."
"Then what the hell are you
doing here?"
"I need your help."
Nami looked at him.
"At five fucking thirty?"
"I
think I'm in love."
"You always do."
"I mean,
seriously. Like with you."
She rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, look how good that turned out."
"I doubt this one is simply going to
decide she's gay-"
"I'm bisexual."
"- 2 weeks before
our wedding and run off with the maid of honor."
He chuckled.
"You own me, remember?"
She
glared at him.
"Fine. I'll help you. In the morning!
After I get some freaking sleep, alright?"
He got up and grabbed
his coat.
"Okay, tomorrow at 9, typical place?"
"Yeah,
yeah..."
He opened the door.
"Bye bye, love you!"
"Fuck off." said the redhead as she turned around and headed for the bedroom.
He laughed and walked out, closing the door behind him.
-
Nami sat at a little table, at the local Cash Cafe. She was reading some plans while drinking a soy latte. Sanji walked in, smiling as always.
He waved at Nami and walked towards the
counter.
"Hey Gabe, could you get me a Latte Macchiato with
caramel? Oh, and a chocolate chip cookie!"
"Sure thing man."
The blond
smiled at the counter boy and sat down in front of Nami.
"Hey there sweetheart!"
"Greek
columns look good with marble floors right?"
"How the hell
should I know, you're the architect!"
She glared at him and
sipped her latte.
"So, about the girl?"
"5 minutes."
"What?"
"She'll
be here in 5 minutes."
"You invited her?"
"No, she goes
here everyday at 9:15."
He checked his brand new watch.
"4 minutes."
"You're stalking this girl?!"
"Of
course not. You know I come here everyday for my dose of sugar and
caffeine."
"Sanji, just exactly are you getting
yourself into?"
"Hopefully not in another strange situation
involving a bisexual fiancée and the gay maid of honor."
She
glared at him.
"I'm kidding! Geez."
They sat
around for a few minutes.
"Look, there she is."
Nami casually glanced at the entrance.
"Holy sh- Sanji, she's old!"
"Oh,
c'mon. She can't be over 30!"
The redhead glared at him.
"Sanji!"
"What?"
"She's
got to be at least 5 years older than you!"
"So?"
"That
is not acceptable!"
Both of them discreetly watched as
the dark haired woman ordered an espresso and sat down next to a
window reading.
"You should go talk to her."
"I
thought you didn't like the idea."
"Better than you acting
like a crazy stalker!"
"Good point. But...I don't think I
can."
"What the hell are you talking about, jackass! You can
pickup crack whores at some dirty alley but you can't get the nerve
to go talk to one decent woman?"
"Duh."
"Get up and go
there asshole!"
"Fine."
He got up and headed towards the
woman. He smiled at her, she smiled at him. Nami turned around to
drink her latte. Suddenly she heard a punch. She turned around in
time to see Sanji arguing with a blue haired man and the dark haired
woman yelling at the blue haired man.
Against all common sense, Nami got up and went to help her ex-fiancée/friend.
-
"Hey, Nami, glad you're home, we're
out of-OH MY GOD, what happened!?"
The redhead looked at Vivi
and sighed.
"Why can't all exes be like me and
Sanji?"
"Speaking of myself, do you mind if I get some ice for
my eye?"
"Sure, go ahead."
The blue
haired girl hugged her.
"Oh, look at your lip!"
"Gee,
seriously? I didn't notice at all!"
"C'mon, sit down..."
Sanji appeared with a bag of frozen peas on his eye.
"What, are we out of
steak?"
"Actually, we are, that's what I was going to tell you
before I saw what happened. By the way, what happened? It looks like
you were in a bar fight!"
"No, it was a coffee shop fight."
Sanji sighed.
"There's this girl-"
"Girl?"
"Woman.
I went to talk to her and out of nowhere her ex showed up."
"And
I decided to help Sanji. Which I'm never doing again, by the way."
"I didn't ask for your help. Well,
the guy was extremely pissed and punched me, then came Nami and he
attacked her too. Gabe called security and they got the guy out of
there. But, who cares, I got a date!"
Vivi looked at him,
worried.
"Sanji...If she steals from you or
beats you up or tries to trade you for meth, don't appear at 5 am,
okay?"
"Nobody ever tried to trade me for
meth..."
"Please?"
"Okay, okay! I got to go now, I'll
see you girls tomorrow."
"See ya." said Nami.
He headed towards the door.
"Oh, Sanji?"
"Yeah?"
"We're
even."
He smiled and left.
