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I don't own One Piece.

The story on hand, ‚Bitter lemon(s)' is fan-fiction. I wrote it, because I love to write, but I will not use 'Bitter lemon(s)' in any commercial way.

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Chapter2

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"Lunchtime!" Sanji shouted.

The cook hadn't ended the word before the two women heard Luffy running towards the kitchen. Nami sighed. The thoughts of her captain seemed to circle just about eating, but after a second she had to smile: She liked his childlike manner.

"Should we go?" she asked Robin.

Although Nami had told Robin to stop her 'actions', Nami had been unable to drive the other woman out of her bed. It was a mistake, it wasn't right and she knew that, but it was so wonderful to feel her warmth. She wanted to… but she mustn't. It was an accident; yes, an accident. To sleep with Robin wasn't what she was searching for. She searched for money, for tangerines, for maps… not for a woman in her bed!

Nami sighed.

It was fucking complicated.

The raven haired woman nodded, "Yes, let's go. I'm hungry."

Robin didn't hesitate one second before she straightened up and dressed herself. Apparently it was a normal for her to sleep with somebody. This idea frustrated Nami and, for a short moment, she felt insignificant, inexperienced, and she felt that she was jealous of Robin.

"Robin?"

The archaeologist stopped and listened to Nami's words.

"It… was the first time for me."

Robin froze.

Nami's cheeks blushed, and she added, "To sleep with a woman."

Robin relaxed and answered with a gentle smile.

"It… was great," Nami smiled.

"Yes, I also liked it," the raven haired woman whispered and after a moment she offered, "If you want, we could…"

Nami gasped. No... NO! That couldn't be true. She couldn't offer this to Nami. It was just an accident, a mistake, they had crazy feelings for one moment. Nothing they would continue. She ended the sentence before the archaeologist could do, "…could talk about it?"

Silence.

Nami believed that she saw a hint of disappointment in the other woman's face.

"Yes, if you want to talk, we should do that," she smiled gently.

Suddenly Nami felt rage rising in her heart. Robin's gentle smile was sweet and very polite, but Nami didn't like to see it. Damn, she'd hurt the archaeologist's feelings and all she got was a gentle smile. Sure, this gentle smile was Robin's way to deal with her life and with her problems, but in this case Nami hated her for that trait... Perhaps Nami was too self-centred. Nami had always been a very emotional person, so perhaps she didn't understand the older woman, but it made her mad that Robin hid her true feelings behind a wall of gentle smiles.

"Robin, don't smile. Love me, hate me, laugh at me or cry. But please don't smile," she whispered.

"Why?"

"Because…"

"Hm?"

"Because you smile all the time! We are friends!… and perhaps more… Come on, don't be afraid to let me see your feelings. I promise, I will listen to you. I will stay by your side. I don't leave my friends in the dark! To smile all the time is so impersonal. Am I nothing to you?"

Robin hesitated and Nami could see the thoughts wandered through in the head of the archaeologist.

"I don't understand. I like this crew. All of you gave me a new life. Why I should be angry with you?"

Nami looked at her and answered with a counter-question, "But why do you smile all the time?"

"It's habit, nothing more. Believe me."

Robin smiled again. Nami looked down to the ground.

Again your shield. Put it down, I want to talk to YOU, not to your gentle smile.

"Whatever. Let's go eat," Robin stated.

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Luffy was already eating. Nothing new.

Zoro, Usopp and Chopper sat on their chairs and were waiting for the women to sit down. Sanji had forced them to wait, though, he had been unable to stop his captain, but there was no way to stop Luffy from eating, if lunch was in sight.

When Robin sat down, she looked around. First, there was her captain, a childlike person who had the habit to not disappoint his friends and did everything for them if it was necessary. In these moments nothing pointed to the fact that he was pretty ridiculous in many other situation. Second, the sullen swordsman who slept all the time but had this stupid dream to become the best swordsman ever. If he

wasn't sleeping, he was fighting the enemies of the crew. Third, the long-nosed gunner who loved to lie, loved this ship, made the repair work and dreamed about becoming a great warrior. Fourth, the lovesick cook who almost forgot how to breathe when a beautiful woman came in sigh, but he had already proven that he would die for the rest of the crew – especially for Nami and Robin. Fifth, the doctor, a small and strange mixture between a human being and a reindeer with an excessively big hat. And sixth the navigator, the orange haired woman, who was keen on any coin she saw, who had been a master thief in earlier days and who tried to make perfect maps. Robin liked how emotional she was, and her unbreakable willingness to help her friends – and Robin also thought that she was quite pretty.

For a short moment Robin was sorry that she wasn't able to show Nami her feelings.

"Nami?"

"Eh?"

Robin pricked up her ears without showing any signs of this trait: Another habit from the times gone by. As the rights-hand woman of Crocodile it had been necessary to hear everything. She had tried to dispose of this habit on the Going Merry, but she couldn't do it in one night.

Nami looked at Sanji, "What's up, Sanji?"

"Can we start eating?"

"Why do you ask me?"

Sanji blinked to her, "Because you are the star of my heart, the flower of my soul and of course you are the most important person for me, Nami-san."

She looked to Luffy, "Tell that to him."

The cook roasted Luffy's body with his eyes, "Ignore this philistine. He's not worth the attention!"

Nami grinned, but then her gaze turned to Robin and the amusement in her features disappeared. She looked down nervously. Then she looked up, and met with Robin's eyes. Nami could feel as the older woman lowered her look desperately and somehow sadly. Nami's mouth got dry, when she realized it.

"Hm, what have you done the whole day?" Sanji asked immediately.

"What?"
"You two? Just enjoying the silence?"

"Eh," Nami's face lost some color, "W… why do you ask?"

"Just curious."

Nami found to voice after a moment, "Hm, whatever. What did you do?"

"Played a card game."

"Hm, doesn't sound so interesting."

Chopper grinned to her, "Oh, it was! And I've won the whole pot!"

"Oh, that's great, Cho… You played for money? Are you mad!?" she shouted out.

"It's boring without!"

"How could you do that?!"

The cook grinned, "Hey, it wasn't your money… But I'm really curious about what you were doing. You two alone…"

Nami blushed like a red parrot, and then she whispered, "Oh, eh, really you shouldn't disturb us…"

She got a strange glance from the boys.

"I… I mean, eh, it's quite impolite to enter a room without knocking."

"So?"

"Yes!" She said upset, "Look… we, we were sleeping. You woke us up."

"You shouldn't sleep all day," Zoro murmured.

The navigator grinned to him, "Eh? And what are you doing all day?"

Zoro yawned, "It's different with me. I train myself the rest of the day."

"Oh, shut up!" Nami yelled furious. Then she turned back to Sanji, "Yes, we were sleeping. We really did NOTHING SPECIAL."

Robin started. Was that what she was for Nami. Nothing special?

Something broke inside her.

The black haired woman stood up and whispered, "I'm sorry, I… think, I'm going to go to the crow's nest for a moment."

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-tbc-