Mikan Ink
By: Moments of Insanity
Date : 7 December 2016
Revised Date : 18 March 2018. Added a story link :P. This series is gonna be my bookmark of Nami stories.
Disclaimer: Nope, not mine. I wish I have the imagination.
Usual disclaimer- English is not my first language and my understanding of grammar will never be perfect. After entering the rat race, writing boring papers just kill your creative writing. If there are any mistakes or better phasing of ideas, please drop me a note. And finally please review, I know reviews are not in vogue right now but it is nice to know someone is reading these snippets.
Btw, my OTP is Zoro+Nami.
Nami frowned, writing the numbers in her book as she tried to balance the Strawhat's ledger. She took her eyeglasses off and pinched the bridge of her nose. She could feel a headache creeping up to her and a familiar anxiousness in the pit of her stomach. She nearly poked her eyes out when Zoro barged into the navigator's cartography room noisily without invitation.
"What is the meaning of this?" Zoro frowned, slapping a magazine cutting with a letter stapled on it onto her table before crossing his arms, ignoring the glare Nami was shooting at him.
Nami narrowed her eyes at him, already peeved at his attitude, before picking up the magazine cutting which declared the winners of the most handsome looking pirate on the Grandline by popular vote. She recognized the cutting from that trashy girly magazine that she had subscribed on a whim. It was one of the few guilty pleasures she allowed herself. Given the crew was made up of immature boys and Robin who was just not that interested in that stuff, Nami decided the best way of educating herself of that addictive culture was through reading the magazine and steal a bit of childhood back from her past.
Nami whistled, "Well done Zoro. You are top 3." She casually checked out the other winners: Cavendish, a pretty man, with Trafalgar Law in second place.
It was very obvious with his bright white smile and perfectly coiffed hair, Cavendish made an effort with his submission. She thought he looked more like a prince than a pirate. At the back of her mind, she made a mental note to look into the bounty of this pirate as it would not hurt to determine if he would be a threat to Luffy or not. In contrast with Cavendish glamourous photo, newbie Trafalgar Law seemed a bit more dangerous in the photo where the pirate was looking calculatingly to the distance, his lithe body against a corner of a brick warehouse and in his arm cradle a long nodachi. Nami could bet on anything that paparazzi with a death wish had submitted Trafalgar Law's photo as he gave no indication of noticing the photographer.
She looked at her submission of Zoro napping in his usual posture, arms folded behind to support his head, his t-shirt stretched over his torso, his katana propped up next to him, within reaching distance. His face was relaxed, completely unlike his bounty photo. The picture was completed with Chopper snuggle next to him, his head resting on Zoro's lap.
Ussop did a good job here, Nami mused. She honestly didn't expected Zoro to get into top 3, in fact she remembered her indecision over which photos should be submitted, like the one where he was practicing his Kata with his swords or simply doing his bicep curl. In both photos, he had forego his usual T-shirt. After much internal deliberation, or if she was a bit honest, between her greediness for bellis and selfishness concerning her treasures, she decided the napping photo would have to do. Her eyes travelled to the captions next to the photo:
He is soo cute with the racoon next to him.
I wouldn't mind being hunted by him.
Look at that chest, so yummy~!
Curiously, she glanced at the comments on the other two pirates,
A beautiful man, my Prince-sama!
Tall, dark and broody. Delicious.
She could feel her lips twisting in a smirk, but she doubt Zoro would appreciate it. Carefully keeping her face neutral, she fingered a folded piece of paper clipped to the cutting, without asking she unfolded the note and read.
My dearest Zoro.
I am your biggest fan! Please sign this!
xxx
This, this she couldn't stop the teasing grin, "Oh my, Mr. hotshot, you are turning to a star with your own fan club. Might keep this away from Sanji; he would be most annoyed." At Zoro's unimpressed face with a slight down turned lip, she laid down the magazine cutting. "So what is that frown about ?" She asked curiously, "you have been voted as one of the hottest pirate in town. Aren't you happy?"
"Did you send my photo in this magazine?" Zoro asked stiffly, his lips still pressed in a thin line.
Nami rolled her eyes as if asking her friend's sanity, "Of course, there was a nice reward." She trailed off when she saw the sniper hovering at the door.
"Nami?" Ussop interrupted tentatively. Zoro turned to see the sniper's head just by the door. Ussop looked around the room for any broken chairs or glass before eyeing cautiously at the pair. With his well-honed survival instinct, he decided the less he knew the better. "Here is a package for you." tossing the said package at the duo before making a speedy retreat. Nami caught the package happily. She was expecting this since seeing Zoro's clipping, though not at this speed. As expected, there was a nice wad of belli and curiously a loose sheet.
"Is that the winning?" Zoro asked, his eyes narrowed slightly, drawing his frown deeper.
"Yeah, I earned a nice 5 figure sum on this," Nami sighed happily, stroking the wad of belli like a pet before scanning the loose sheet of paper.
"I want part of it," Zoro stated flatly. If he was going to be wimpified by some girly magazine, he might as well reap some benefits from it.
"Uh-huh. I need this to balance the book," Nami hummed while counting the cash gleefully, already feeling the weight on her shoulder lifting. "Maybe if Sanji-kun and you could stop damaging Sunny Go every other day, or maybe if Luffy learns to control his appetite or maybe Ussop and Franky could stop blowing up Sunny Go every now and then, I would not have to worry about money."
Zoro frowned unhappily at her explanation but noted that their finance was always never in a healthy shape. He continued to ask the question that had bugged him since seeing the letter, "Then why not other people, like love cook? HE would be happy to get a fan club"
Nami looked at him quizzically, halfway through her counting; she thought the choice was quite obvious. "By elimination." The cash was doing wonders to her mood, "I did not send Luffy's photo because it is wasted on the target readers of Aquapolitan. Franky and Ussop? No offence, I want to win." She paused slightly as a thought floated through her mind, "Actually, you may want to thank Chopper for clinching the third place, " she mused, before placing the cash in the safe next to her table.
"And Sanji?" Zoro pressed on.
"We have an advantage of Sanji being a sketch; it's good for espionage," Nami shrugged, "and he doesn't' quite fit the whole pirate image. He has this whole dapper gentleman vibe," Nami gestured with quotation marks. At this Zoro snorted and Nami gave a sneaky smile. "I don't think he will quite win against Cavendish."
"So you are saying, I am better looking than cook?" Zoro smirked cockily.
"Um, not really," Nami said in a rush, quickly refuted, her hands fluttering to make a shooing motion, "I just like to maximize my chances," Zoro scoffed at her denial, "seriously." Her ears were feeling a bit heated. Annoyed, she quickly changed subject, "Since you are here, you can help with the questions." At Zoro's puzzled look, Nami clarified, "you were surprisingly popular. They have send me a list of interview questions." she waved the parchment that came with the wad of belli.
Zoro frowned again, "I don't want to be part of this."
"Come on, is an extra 10,000 bellis," Nami cajoled. "Don't be a spoiled sport." Zoro continued to frown. "Think of the meat Luffy can have, or the candies Chopper can have. We could even get new materials and tools for Ussop and Franky; Think how happy they will be."
"Trying to send me a guilt trip?" Zoro deadpanned, arms folded in front resolutely.
Nami grinned cheekily, "Of course, cause you love your crew," She teased. At Zoro's continuous unhelpful stance, she bargained. "Fine, fine. What about the premium sake instead of the gasoline you always have?"
Zoro wordlessly dropped into the seat opposite of Nami.
"So…..let's see... boxers, briefs or birthday suit," Nami read out without really thinking, grabbing her pen to scribbled the answers on a scrap of paper.
It took a second for the words to sink in before Nami stared at the question in horror. She could feel the heat rising from her neck to her cheek. There was a slight pause. She coughed awkwardly as she quickly scribbled the answer on the paper. "Actually you don't have to tell me." Zoro look at her amusedly, finding the light pink blush complimenting her hair quite well.
"How?"
"Laundry," She muttered. "Well next question. um.." This time focusing on the writing on the paper, she stopped feeling the blood rushing to her head.
What position you prefer? Top or bottom? or from behind?
Sexiest thing about a woman? Please choose the below options: Legs? Ass? Breast?
Last pickup line you used.
Bat for the other team?
She slammed the paper down before snatching back her hands to her chest as if the paper had burnt her hand.
"Nami?" Zoro asked warily, leaning back from the table.
"Never mind this," Nami squeaked, internally wincing at the abnormal high pitch of her voice. "Let's forget about this."
"Right," Zoro said dryly while his hand stealthily reaching that paper and in a smooth movement that would have made the resident cat burglar proud, he snatched the paper from the desk, craning his neck to read the writings.
"No! Zoro!" Nami reached over the table, attempting to snatch the paper out of his hand.
"Uh-huh," Zoro nimbly leaped out of his seat, his hand high above his head to use his height against the shorter stature of Nami who quickly crowded Zoro, jumping to snatch the parchment from Zoro's hand while Zoro froze.
"Seriously," Zoro croaked out, his face also uncomfortably warm. "Is this how the female brain works?"
So did I make anyone smile? Please please review. They really make my day.
another good one : s/10491935/1/Allowences by Sarcasticles