Sorry guys, it took longer than I expected. I was updating the chapters of Sweet Vacation to make it easier to read and I also tried to make it better. You might want to look back at it. But I only updated from chapter 5 to the end since I didn't have the first chapters anywhere. I also updated the first three chapters of this fic so you might also want to look back before reading this one. Anyway, enjoy!

Zoro, Usopp, Franky and Brook ran toward the sick bay, after Luffy told them that Nami's health was getting worse.

They got inside and found the captain kneeling next to Nami, looking troubled by his navigator's state.

She looked pale and in pain. She was also having a hard time breathing. Only Luffy noticed that her lips were dry…

"What's happening? Don't tell me the vaccine didn't work?!" Franky yelled, irritated at the thought that the second medicine was also the wrong one.

"I don't know!" Usopp yelled back at the same thought.

Brook then said, "We should check everyone else!"

Zoro ran to the women's quarters while Brook went to the men's. They came back a few minutes later with scared yet confused expressions.

"How are Chopper and the others?" Usopp asked.

"I'm not sure, but I think Robin looked a little worse than before."

Brook nodded. "I noticed the same for Sanji-san and Chopper-san. But…it isn't as much as Nami-san."

"Luffy… Are you sure you took good care of Nami?" Franky asked.

"Of course! I did exactly what you guys told me to do!"

"Don't get angry Luffy," Usopp tried to calm him. "Just explain what you did from the start. We might understand something."

"Well, first I put a wet cloth on her head and cleaned the sweat off her body."

Everyone nodded.

"That's basically the only thing we needed to do," Zoro said.

"Yeah but when Nami woke up a little later, she was drenched in sweat again. So I had to clean her once more before dressing her."

"Wait," Usopp stopped him. "She was in sweat again? It didn't happen for Sanji and Chopper."

Brook nodded before they all turned to Zoro..

"It didn't happen for Robin too," Zoro said.

Franky rubbed his head. "Then it's weird. Nami isn't sweating at all right now…"

Usopp blinked. "What did you say Franky?"

"Hmm? I said that she isn't sweating at all."

Usopp face palmed. "How did we not notice until NOW?!"

"What are you talking about, Usopp?" Luffy asked.

"Listen Luffy. If someone is sweating, it means that said person is losing water from inside his/her body. You understand?"

"…Yeah…so what?"

Zoro, Brook and Franky looked as lost as Luffy.

"In other words, if she isn't sweating right now, it means that she doesn't have water inside her!"

"Ah…" Zoro, Franky and Brook understood, whereas Luffy looked still lost.

"Nami never took a piss you know."

Usopp face palmed again. "I know that! I'm saying that Nami is dehydrated and that she needs water! That's why she looks worse than before!"

"And that's surely the reason why the other are getting worse too, but less than Nami. They just didn't sweat as much as her," Franky concluded.

Luffy tapped the palm of his hand with his fist. "I see! It's like when Crocodile dried me up. At that time, I thought I became a mummy before dying and it was really funny. I was glad there was water!" He laughed.

"Don't laugh at that! Your case is too extreme!" Usopp retorted.

"Anyway, we should give them water fast! Especially for Nami!"

"By the way, am I the only one who feels like we forgot something else?" Zoro asked.

"You mean food?" Luffy asked back.

The swordsman sweat dropped. "…Yeah it was that."

"Count on our SUPER captain to remember about food."

"Well I will go buy food," Usopp said. "The others only bought needless things."

"How can we be sure that you won't do the same?" Zoro asked again.

"What are you even talking about? I'm the Great Captain Usopp! I won't let my desire get the upper hand on me!" He said smugly before running outside.

"Not convinced," everyone said at the same time.

"He actually bought decent food…" Zoro muttered.

"Usopp, I knew you were a SUPER man that we can count on! Good work accomplishing this extremely difficult mission!"

"Good work Usopp-san!" Brook clapped his hands.

"From now on, you will be in charge for buying food Usopp!" Luffy exclaimed.

A vein popped on Usopp's head as he yelled with sharp teeth. "Are you guys making fun of me?! Just how hard can it be to buy food?! And Luffy, that's just the job of an errand boy."

Zoro sighed. "Well, I'm sure you must be tired but you have another job. We don't have enough barrels of water."

"What?!"

"We send Franky-san to buy some but…"

"He bought Cola…" Zoro growled.

"Oi! I thought Cola and water are not different if it's just to hydrate someone!" Franky yelled.

"People won't normally give Cola to sick people!" Zoro yelled back.

Usopp lowered his head in depression. "Then come with me Franky. I can't lift more than one barrel…"

"Ok!"

As Usopp and Franky walked for the umpteenth time toward the town, Zoro noticed that Luffy was thinking about something.

"What's wrong Luffy?"

He didn't get any response.

"Oi Luffy!"

"Eh? What?"

"I asked you what was wrong."

"Hmmm, you know… I feel weird when I'm with Nami recently…"

Zoro sighed. "You're just worried. It will go away as soon as everyone will get better."

"He is right Luffy-san. You shouldn't get worried in the first place since they are all tough," Brook said as he sipped his cup of tea.

"It's not that. I feel like I want to…touch Nami and hug her each time I take care of her…"

"…!"

Luffy turned his head to his comrades as he didn't hear any response. He saw Zoro looking at him with an eye as wide as saucers while Brook had his jaw dropped and the tea was spilling from his cup.

"What's wrong guys? You look weird…"

Zoro immediately put his hand on Luffy's forehead.

"He doesn't have a fever!"

"Really?!" Brook panicked.

"Oi…why do you sound like you want me to be sick?"

"It's not that Luffy-san! If you don't have a fever, then you must be…!"

"What?" Luffy raised a brow at their odd behavior.

Zoro moved his hand and put it on his captain's shoulder. "Luffy… Did you have some…creepy desire at some moment when you saw Nami?"

Luffy thought a little.

"Yeah, I wanted to touch her boobs when I was cleaning her."

"MIRACLE!" Brook yelled to the world while Zoro was in shock, struck by the reality.

"…Brook… You're the grown-up so you should explain to him," Zoro said as he didn't want to explain himself.

"Understood! Luffy-san…you got a hard on!" He said with a thumb up.

Zoro kicked him. "That wasn't an explanation! If you want to make it short, at least make it understandable!"

"Then you should explain him Zoro-san."

Zoro gritted his teeth. "Listen Luffy. Long story short…you're hot for Nami."

Luffy blinked before tilting his head.

"Zoro-san…you're not so different from me."

"Shut up! Listen again Luffy. You LOVE Nami. Not as a comrade but as a single woman! You understand that?"

"You mean like you love Robin?"

Zoro blushed hard but he gritted his teeth and answered, "Yeah…exactly like that."

Brook put his hand before his teeth as he smiled teasingly to the first mate. "Yohohoho…"

Luffy smiled. "I see…I love Nami."

He started walking back toward the infirmary, leaving the two swordsmen behind.

"What do you think he will do?" Brook asked.

"Well, knowing him…"

Luffy sat beside Nami and stared at her sleeping face with a smile. Her colors returned and her lips were not dry anymore, since they gave her a few cups of the remaining water on this ship.

She looked better than before, which made Luffy very happy.

After almost twenty minutes of staring, Luffy heard Usopp and Franky coming back to the ship.

They must be about to give water to Sanji and all before they get too dehydrated like Nami.

He reminded himself to go take a barrel for his navigator later.

At the same time, Nami stirred her eyes open. "Luffy?"

"How are you feeling?" Luffy asked, brushing her bangs.

She smiled. "Better than the last time. But I feel weaker for some reason…"

Luffy chuckled. "That's because you suddenly got dehy…dehydrated?... You looked worse than before even after giving you the medicine, and we had to make you drink a lot of water."

Nami noticed indeed that her lips felt a little dry, so she ran her moist tongue on it before smacking them together.

"Really…You take care of someone without even giving water… Where is your common sense? Five healthy people but not one was intelligent enough to think about that…" She sighed.

"Sorry…"

Nami blinked. "I'm not blaming you. I'm sure you thought more about food than water."

"Yeah. Usopp bought some by the way. Are you hungry?"

"Just a little. How much time passed?"

"It's already night."

"I see…"

Luffy caressed her cheek as Nami sighed against his hand.

"By the way Nami…"

"Hm? What?" she hummed against his hand.

"I love you."

Nami's eyes widened. "What did you…say?"

"I love you," he grinned.

Nami's face flushed hard. She thought that the fever was making her hear things…or maybe this is a dream?

"Wait a little. I will bring your food."

Luffy stood up slowly before he opened the door to the dining room.

Nami blinked again. Did she really hear things…? He wouldn't go away without a response if he confessed to her.

"Luffy! Don't touch the food!" She heard Usopp's voice coming from the dining room.

"I won't eat it! I'm just bringing it to Nami."

"Even if you told the truth, I'm sure you will eat half of it by the time it reaches her!"

Luffy didn't answer since he couldn't counter that. He came back, accompanied by Usopp who was carrying Nami's dinner.

"Oh Nami! You look better!"

"Thanks to you all."

Usopp placed the food on Chopper's table before he went out of the room, saying that he has to help the other.

"You can sit up?"

Nami nodded as she slowly tried to sit up. Her captain helped her, before she leaned her back against the headboard.

The navigator remembered that she was wearing nothing but her captain's red dress shirt. She rolled the sleeves a little while Luffy stood up to bring her plate.

Nami ate slowly under Luffy's watch as she pondered about what he said earlier. Did he really confess to her? That shouldn't be real. He wouldn't act so natural if he did.

"Nami, are you okay? You're eating slowly."

"My arms are still weak…"

"Then let me feed you."

"What?!"

Luffy took Nami's plate and spoon before he started feeding her himself. Nami didn't resist and ate silently as her captain took care of her.

"Is it good?" Luffy asked as he moved another spoon between her lips.

"Yes, I like it."

"Let me see that."

Nami's face flushed when she saw Luffy put her spoon in his mouth (with the food on it) before his lips slid on the utensil that was in contact with her lips and her tongue several times, as he retired it from his mouth.

Luffy licked his lips. "It tastes good!"

Nami blushed from the indirect kiss. He had to do that when she was still wondering if he really confessed to her or not…

Luffy brought the spoon again to her lips and she was kinda compelled to indirectly kiss him back.

"Luffy… Did you…confess to me earlier?"

Luffy put her empty plate on the table before he blinked at her.

"You didn't hear me? I said that I love you," he grinned again.

"B-But, you didn't ask for an answer!"

"Why should I ask that?" Luffy asked as he sat back beside her.

"It's common sense to ask for an answer!"

"Ah wait…" Luffy stared at her lips.

"W-What?"

He moved his head closer to hers before licking the corner of her mouth.

Nami jolted back against the headboard, her eyes wide and her face still growing redder. It was as red as Luffy's dress shirt now.

"You had some food there," he grinned as if to mock her. "By the way, what were you saying again?"

Nami regained her senses fast.

He already saw her naked body, touched her in various places and indirectly kissed her…so she was able to recuperate fast even if he did something like lick the corner of her mouth. Not that it stopped her from blushing.

"I asked why you don't want an answer…"

"You want to answer?" Luffy asked back.

Nami blinked. Can she answer to his confession? She didn't know how she felt toward Luffy. She loved Luffy, but maybe not as much as him toward her. She couldn't answer when she didn't know about her own feelings.

"You don't have to answer. I love you, that's all."

But…why was she feeling butterflies each time he said those words?

"Nami… Can I hug you?"

Nami looked up at her captain. She nodded without thinking.

Luffy moved closer to her before moving his arms around her waist, while Nami did the same around his neck.

"You smell good…" he whispered against her hair.

Nami looked lost in words. She couldn't describe how good she felt in her captain's arms. This warmth made her think that there was no safer place on earth. She selfishly wished that he would hug her tighter…

They hugged warmly like that for a few minutes before Luffy whispered against her ear.

"You should sleep now. Or your fever won't go down."

Nami wanted to keep hugging, but she freed his neck as she felt sleepy again.

Luffy kissed her cheek. "Good night."

He went away before she heard Usopp and the others' voices approaching the dining room. Probably to eat dinner.

Nami slept easily despite her comrades' bickering, as she was lulled by the fluttering butterflies in her stomach.

To be continued…

I was NOT satisfied by that last moment as I had to restrain myself from going further... so I will immediately start writing the next chapter. See you soon.