A/N: This was written by request for my precious Amie-chan (as I do not usually write this genre/pairing)! I don't think I mentioned a specific timeline, but this is shortly after Robin has joined, after the Alabasta Arc and Nami's beginning to miss Vivi and remember her past with Arlong. Plot will be slowly devloped.

WARNING: This is yuri. Meaning girlxgirl. If you don't like it. DO NOT READ IT. The rest of you, enjoy! It will start off slow and pick up within a few chapters.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece anything. That genius belongs to the wonderful Eiichiro Oda. ^_^

Morning came beautifully and Robin kept an extra eye on the redhead as she sat on the deck with a book in hand. She was glad for once, to be able to read without fear in the daylight and at her own leisure.

It certainly helped that the handsome young cook fluttered to her side with constant refills of her favorite beverage and a platter of delicious snacks whenever her mind flittered towards thoughts of food.

The very peacefulness of everything was wonderful, soothing, almost.

Robin sipped her lukewarm coffee and turned another page in her book. She could speed read the entire volume, but it was nice to relax and relish each word for a change.

A shock of red hair caught her out of the corner of her eye and she let her eyes follow the navigator pacing the length of the deck. The girl was deeply engrossed in her thoughts to the point that she completely missed Luffy and Chopper dashing across the deck with Usopp right behind them.

Robin hid a smile in her coffee cup. She could already see how this would turn out. It was moments like these that also brightened her day. She was easily the oldest among the strawhat crew, but somehow just being around them made her feel younger by default.

Their energetic antics always kept her amused and when necessary, there seemed to be a healthy dose of maturity in there too. At this moment, Robin simply waited to see the comedy play out.

Their beloved captain and little doctor had obviously been playing some sort of game and accidently trampled through Usopp's makeshift workshop as he was trying to craft some new concoction. Such actions were deserving of a scolding that the long-nosed inventor immediately delivered, dashing after the culprits, waving his hammer in the air.

Zoro was in their path, but Luffy simply leaped over him without a second thought and Chopper scrambled around with a loud squeal. Nami was the second obstacle they encountered and Luffy ran smack into her as he turned to grin over his shoulder at Usopp.

"Ow!"

A second later, said Captain and company was lined up on the deck before her, matching bumps on their heads as Nami blew her smoking fist. "Next time…WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" She growled.

"We're sorry." They chorused, bowing obediently. "Very sorry."

Nami snorted, turning away. Why couldn't they be more like Sanji? Or Robin, for that matter. She thought, casting a glance towards the stairs where Robin sat comfortably in her chair, a book in one hand, coffee in the other. The dark eyes peered laughingly over the top of the book and Nami knew she was smiling in her usual way.

She returned the smile, faintly, turning away, only to have her attention redirected by Sanji's entrance. "Nami-swan~!" He sang cheerfully. "Robin-chwan~! Lunch is served." He caught Luffy's rocket towards the galley with a well-placed shoe to his rubber face. "and the rest of you idiots too. Oi, Luffy. Wait a moment. Ladies first!"

"Aw, Sanji!" Luffy's whine was immediately followed by a pouting exclamation of "Ow!"

When night came again, Nami crawled into her bed, tugging the covers up to her chin. She didn't really want to sleep tonight. Rather, she didn't want to close her eyes and dream tonight. It was too easy to give in to the nightmares and on days like these, stressful and exhausting days resulting from the lack of sleep, she simply didn't want to deal with it.

But her body was tired and demanded the rest that was due to it. She couldn't refuse as her eyelids slid shut.

And she was right.

The dreams came at once. In full force, with everything that they'd been and then some more. The nightmares attacked her once after the other. Bellemere and Nojiko bruised, beaten and bleeding to death. Arlong laughing and mocking her. The entire strawhat crew executed before her very eyes. A giant cyclone swallowing her whole.

It was a smorgasbord of the very worst kind of scenarios to have nightmares from. Nami tossed and turned until she was so twisted and tangled in the sheets that she couldn't move. Panic set in for real when her eyes flew open in the darkness and she struggled to free her hands.

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