I do not own One Piece
A strange new feeling
Confrontation of feelings
Nami almost dragged him into a clothing store, when they got inside; Luffy went off on his own. Nami was looking for a dress to wear to the ball, she wanted to look good. She was wondering what Luffy would pick out for himself, she was nervous as to what he would choose to wear. She was sifting through a row of dresses when someone tapped her shoulder. She turned around, surprised to see Luffy standing behind her, huge pout on his face.
"What are you doing?" she asked confusedly.
"I already bought my stuff." He said.
"What, we just…."
"We've been here for almost thirty minutes…." He said, looking at her strangely. 'What…I must have really spaced out then.' She thought to herself.
"Anyways, I found a dress i think you might like." He said as he hid his eyes from her, holding a hand behind his back.
"I don't want to wear anything you pick out." She said with pursed lips. Luffy grinned his stupid grin at her, raising his eyes to meet her. She looked at him and his expression; she started to feel herself relax.
"First of all…you owe me, remember." He was referring to the time he had to buy clothes for her. "And second…I bet you'll like it." He said as he took it from behind his back.
She looked at what he was holding up to her, she slowly took it from him with slightly parted lips. She held it up to her body, it was a thin black dress that went down to the middle of her shins, it had a slit on the right side that went up mid thigh. She held it out in front of her, noticing the thin, white rose vine pattern that went from the back left hip around the side, across the chest until the v line, then it continued on the other side up to the shoulder. She was in awe at how beautiful the dress was.
"Luffy…." She whispered.
"Told you." He said with a victorious smirk as he took the dress back and walked over to the counter.
"Oh, hello." said the lady at the counter.
"Hi, I'd like to buy this dress." He said as he handed it to her. Nami right behind him, still a bit surprised.
"Oh, this must be your girlfriend you bought those things for the other day." she said as she smiled at Nami.
"No…I already told you, she's not my girlfriend." He said a bit hurriedly. Nami frowned at that, 'We could be considered a couple actually.' She thought to herself.
"Whatever you say." She said as he handed him the dress in a bag. "Oh, here's the stuff you wanted me to hold on to."
"Thanks, I almost forgot." He said as he grabbed the bag from her and headed out the door.
"What's that bag have in it?" she asked him in curiosity.
"My clothes." He said simply.
"Why did she have them?"
"I asked her to hold onto them until we left, I didn't want you complaining." He said as he smiled at her.
"Why would I complain, you can dress however you want." She stated in a huff as she turned her head from him. Luffy only grinned and looked back at the road ahead.
"So now what, it's only been about two hours." He said.
"I don't know, it's not lunch time yet, and there's really not much to do." She replied.
"Yea…we probably won't see Robin or Sanji again till tomorrow night, and the guys will be sledding all day, Zoro will probably just train and sleep all day."
"Un…let's just take this stuff back to the room, then we can find something to do." She said as she pulled him in the direction of the hotel.
Luffy carried Nami up to their floor, like she asked, then he carried her back down once they put their new clothes in the room. Now they were in the lobby, thinking of something to do.
Nami was sitting on a chair, and Luffy was sitting on a couch facing her, he couldn't think of anything to do, neither could she. He began to feel tired so he closed his eyes and dozed off. It was a few hours later when he woke up. He opened his eyes and was surprised when he didn't see Nami in the chair, he leaned back to stretch when he felt something. He turned to see Nami's head resting on his shoulder, sleeping. 'Why did she come over here??' he asked himself.
He tapped her on the shoulder. "Nami…Nami wake up…" he whispered to her.
Nami slowly opened her eyes and blinked tiredly, she wiped her eyes then looked to see Luffy, she blushed remembering that she had went to sit next to him to take a nap.
"Oh, sorry Luffy….I was just….." she started.
"Eh…don't worry about it." He said as he smiled down at her. "Well, its lunch time…you hungry?" he asked.
"Un…let's just eat here at the hotel." She suggested. Then she yawned and got up. They both walked to the restaurant for lunch.
During lunch, Luffy had suggested that they go back to the room and play cards or something. Nami agreed, finding nothing else to do. He carried her up and got some cards, sat on the floor and waited for Nami to come out of the bathroom.
"So, what do you wanna play?" he asked.
"How about something simple...like go fish." She suggested.
"Sounds good to me." He said with a grin. He dealt out the cards and it was a pretty good game, until he noticed Nami smiling at him, he looked into her eyes and she blushed, covering her face with the cards. He only smiled as he continued the game.
"Got any threes?" he asked calmly.
"Go fish….got any sevens?"
"Nope…." He said with a grin. "Go fish."
Nami looked at him in suspicion, "Liar…" she said plainly.
"Nani….I don't have any." He said as his grin grew bigger. Nami just stared at him for a while, he did the same. She smiled and lunged forward, playfully tackling him to the floor; she grabbed his cards and started looking at them. She was still right on top of him, her chin only inches away from his. She pursed her lips when she saw two sevens.
"What are these then?" she asked teasingly.
Luffy rolled her over so that he was now kneeling over her with her legs in between his; he looked at her for a second with an expressionless face. Then he started to smile as he reached over to grab her cards.
"What's this, a three…" he said while still smiling at her. She giggled and looked at his eyes, he was looking somewhere in her facial area, but she couldn't tell. Then she moved slightly and her side rubbed up against Luffy's arm, she jumped and chuckled. Luffy slowly brought his eyes from his arm to her eyes and a grin appeared on his face.
"Luffy?" she asked nervously.
"So….we're ticklish are we?" his grin growing bigger as he leaned closer to her head.
"Luffy, no…." she said before he started gently tickling her sides and stomach.
"N…no…Luffy…s...s…stop." she cried out inaudibly between breaths, she was having trouble breathing because of all the laughter. After a few minutes, Luffy found himself somehow under Nami again. She was lying on top of him with one hand on his chest, and her nose only inches from his.
She looked into his eyes, still only inches away, they seemed to pull her in, as now she was basically touching his nose with her own. She felt his heartbeat quicken as hers did the same. They just staid like that for who knows how long until they heard a knock on the door. Luffy snapped out of it and gently rolled her off, walking to the door, she heard him take a deep breath before he opened the door and she smiled.
"Oh, Zoro, what's up?" he asked.
"Its dinner, why aren't you two down there?" he asked.
"What are you talking about…we just had lunch…" he said in confusion.
"What the hell have you two been doing that you don't even know how late it is??" he asked getting annoyed.
"We've been playing cards, but it couldn't have been for that long…" he said in amazement.
"Well if that's all you've been doing, than you must really like cards…anyways, let's go." He said as he turned to walk down the stairs.
"Right, be there in a few." He closed the door and looked back at Nami with furrowed brows. "Has it really been that long?" he asked in bewilderment.
"I didn't think so either, but I guess it really has." She said, also surprised. "Well, anyways, let's just head down then." She said as she walked over and jumped on his back. He headed down and once they got to the lobby he set her down and they walked to the table.
"Oi, Luffy…is it true you were just playing cards??" asked Ussop.
"Aa….I had no idea we were playing for so long…" he replied.
"Un…me neither…I couldn't believe it." added Nami.
"Well, at least we don't have to deal with ero-cook tonight." said Zoro as he started digging into the food. Everyone nodded in agreement and began eating. Ussop, Chopper, Franky, and Zoro got up when they were done and headed for the door.
"Where are you guys going?" asked Nami.
"The townsfolk are having another snowball fight and invited us…I didn't think you two would want to come." Said Ussop, Zoro was just grinning, a snowball fight was still a fight after all, and he was looking forward to it.
"Why would you say that." She scoffed at him.
"Ugh…well…you two have been spending a lot of time together so I didn't wan…." He started very nervously, but he was cut off.
"So what if we are…and we're coming too." She said as she glared at him.
"Nami?" questioned Luffy.
"What…you don't want to go?" she asked teasingly as she smiled.
"OF COURSE I DO!!" he exclaimed as he grew a huge grin. The crew looked at Nami suspiciously at her strange tone, but shrugged it off.
"Alright, then let's get going." said Ussop.
"Right…" blurted out Luffy as he started for the door in excitement, Nami frowned a bit as she followed behind everyone, looking slightly at the ground as they made their way to the area. Luffy had slowed down a bit so that he was with the other guys. They had talked for a while until he slowed down more so that Nami could catch up with him. Once she got to him he started walking at her pace, right beside her.
"What's wrong?" he asked in concern.
"Nothing." She said as she looked up and smiled. The problem was that Luffy had walked off without her, and she felt left out, but now she felt better.
They got to the fight area and started talking to the townsfolk. After a while, a guy stepped out in the middle and stated that it would begin in five minutes, and that two teams should assemble, one to the left, and the other to the right.
"Oi, Luffy, Nami…over here." He heard Chopper yell. He grabbed Nami's hand and started to walk over to them; Nami blushed when he did but followed. He let go of her hand when they were behind a snow pile. They heard the guy yell to start and they started to make some snow balls. They then looked over the snow pile and started throwing them at the other team. Luffy was doing good, he probably got more than half of the other teams losses, Nami was also doing very good, which surprised the rest of the crew, who were also doing good. It seems as if the rest of their team basically sucked.
Luffy looked over at Nami, who was standing behind a snow pile ten or so feet away, their crew, and a few others, who were hiding in the back, were the last ones left. The other team had almost three times as many people at the start. Luffy started to turn back when he was hit in the face with a snowball. Nami started laughing and turned back to the enemy. Then she jumped in shock as she felt cold run down her back. She looked back to see who had done it and it was none other than Luffy who was now right behind her.
"Luffy….why'd you do that??" she asked, not really mad, but curious.
"You threw a snowball at me…" he said with a grin. She giggled and hit him on the chest as she stared at him. Then he turned.
"Oh shit…we're the last of our team." Nami was just about to say something when she saw a wall of snow coming at them, everyone on the other team had thrown as many snowballs as they could in as little time as possible to ensure they would hit them. Luffy looked to where Nami was staring and grinned; he grabbed onto Nami's arms and put her in front of him to block the snowballs.
She gasped, "Luffy…" she shouted. She only heard him chuckle as he turned her around so that he would get hit with all the snowballs, he had his forehead on hers.
"I was just kidding Nami…" he said as he smiled. She blushed at his closeness and started to smile back at his little joke. Once they were done at the snowball fight they headed back to the hotel with Zoro, Chopper, Franky, and Ussop. They staid a bit farther back from the others again.
"Luffy, why'd you cover me from all the snowballs?" she asked with a warm smile.
"I didn't want you to get hit by them, that's all." He said as he stared at the ground. Then he felt her warm lips on his cheek.
"Well, thank you." She said as she smiled, he blushed, but was still looking at the ground. She smiled again and continued into the hotel. He carried her up to their floor and set her down, following her to the room. He used the bathroom and lay in bed, shirtless again. Then he saw Nami walk out with no pants on, he blushed and closed his eyes.
She got under the covers and turned towards him, just looking at him sleep. 'Why hasn't he asked me yet??' she thought to herself. She frowned and got closer to him, so that she was almost laying on him, he jumped in surprise.
"Oh…your awake." She said nervously.
"Um….yea…" he said still a bit surprised.
"Well…I was…I was just cold again." She explained. She wasn't really, but she needed an excuse.
"Why don't you put your pants back on then?" He suggested with a grin.
Nami frowned and turned to face the other way. Luffy only grinned wider, then he pulled her into his chest and wrapped an arm around her.
"That better?" he asked teasingly. She had opened her eyes in surprise when he did that, but then she blushed a dark red and smiled, she didn't respond and closed her eyes.
xxxxxx
Nami woke up and noticed that Luffy wasn't there, she read a note on the nightstand and it read:
Went somewhere, I should be back for breakfast so just meet us down there.
--Luffy
Nami frowned and headed to the bathroom for a shower; she dressed and headed down for breakfast. She wondered what Luffy could possibly be doing as she made her way down. When she got there, Luffy was already seated. As soon as she sat, a waiter brought over all of the food. She was looking at Luffy suspiciously; he looked at her quickly before smiling and looking down at his food.
"You gonna eat Nami?" he asked with a grin.
"Oh…ah…yea, why not." She said as she blushed and started to eat.
Everyone had gone off when they were done, Luffy and Nami just walked around all day, going through shops, looking at stuff, they had lunch and had a small conversation.
"Luffy…where did you go this morning?" she asked.
"I just went into town." He said with a grin.
"For what?"
"Nothing really." He replied as his grin turned into a small smile.
"Luffy….just tell me." She whined.
"It's a secret." He whispered as he chuckled. She pouted and they headed out to continue the day, just looking around to waste time.
xxxxxx
Finally it was time for the banquet, so everyone gathered at the entrance of the building; they spotted Robin and Sanji sitting at a table inside. They all walked over to them and sat down.
"So Robin…how was your time with Sanji." Robin didn't even smile; she just looked over at Nami with a blank expression.
"Oh we had a wonderful time Nami-swann." said Sanji, fluttering around her.
"How did everyone's day's go." asked Robin, regaining her composure. Everyone proceeded to explain their past days, Nami and Luffy left out a few details though.
The night was long, and as promised, Nami went easy on the alcohol, only having two glasses of wine the whole night. Luffy was at the other side of the relatively large table, so he couldn't hear what Nami was saying every time a guy would walk up to her, although he could assume. He began to feel himself frown.
Sanji walked up to her with a rose and knelt down. "My beautiful angel of the sea, please, allow yourself to be escorted to this ball by me." He said as he stood up and looked at her with a smile. This time Luffy heard it and his frown deepened as he thought she would say yes. He turned to talk to Ussop to get his mind off things. But before long the night was over and they all headed back to their rooms. Luffy was lying in bed as Nami got in, just coming from the bathroom.
"Well, I hope you and Sanji have a great time at the ball tomorrow." said Luffy, with an almost sad expression and a strained happy tone.
"Hmmm?" she asked in confusion.
"I saw Sanji walk up to you and heard him ask you to it." He said with an expressionless face. Nami's heart felt like it stopped from the vile he just uttered.
"Yes, he asked me to the ball." She said as she noticed Luffy frown a bit, she smiled at his expression.
"But I turned him down." She said as she lay down and looked up at the ceiling.
"Why?" he asked in surprise.
"Because I don't like him other than nakama, and even that's stretching it, I told him that I was waiting for someone else to ask me." She explained.
"Who?" He asked, curious to whom she wanted to go with, his obliviousness didn't entirely surprise Nami.
Nami frowned and turned away from him, "Never mind, just forget about it."
"Well….if this guy doesn't ask you…and since I don't have a date yet…would you…maybe like to go wi……" he started, very nervously, but she cut him off.
"Yes." She shouted as she smiled, Luffy jumped from her reaction, 'Finally…' "It took you long enough to ask, you're the one I told him I was waiting for, well I didn't tell him your name, but…." She said as she turned to him with pursed lips.
"Well, I didn't think you would want to." He said.
"And whys that?"
"Well, I thought you would go with Sanji, and…I just didn't think you would want to go with me." He said with his eyes closed.
"Why would you say that, haven't we gone on a few dates already, well…most of them weren't real, but still…" she said teasingly.
"Well, yea but…"
"But what, I liked them and wish you would have asked me earlier to go on a date, and why would I not get mad when you kissed me, and why did I kiss you back If I didn't like you?" she asked as she got closer to him, he didn't notice because his eyes were still closed. She leaned over him and placed a little kiss on his lips. His eyes shot open and he looked at her eyes.
"And you're a liar." She accused as she lay back down.
"What do you mean?" he asked in confusion.
"You told that lady that I wasn't your girlfriend…well I beg to differ." She said as she turned the other way, she couldn't look at him, she was going to explode.
"Nami?"
"I want to be your girlfriend Luffy." She said nervously as she curled up into a ball. "I've liked you long before this island, I just hid it because I didn't think you felt the same way." She said as she felt his hand on her shoulder, lightly tugging to tell her to turn back over. She did and looked at him in the eyes, a pout on her face.
"I would love you to be my girlfriend." He said as he pulled her closer to hug her. She felt herself relax completely, she felt so good at that moment. She was happy.
xxxxxx
It was now the next day, and Luffy was in the bathroom while Nami was just laying in bed. She was thinking about last night, how they were now a couple. She smiled at the thought and felt that strange feeling again. Then when Luffy came out it vanished.
"Luffy?" she asked.
"Hmmm?"
"Have you been getting these strange feelings lately, like…you feel like you're going to throw up, but it feels good at the same time..."
"Actually, now that you mention it, I have been." He said as he put a shirt on and sat down on the bed.
"I wonder what it is…"
"Aa…me too, I remember having it when….um…that first time I kissed you." He said nervously.
Nami giggled, "I did too." She smiled, "You know…that was my first kiss…was it yours?"
"I..I'm sorry Nami…and…um…yea, it was." He said as he turned to face the wall. Nami pulled on his shoulders so that he was lying down. She gently kissed him upside down and as she pulled back up she smiled.
"Don't be…I liked it." She said as she giggled once more. Luffy only looked up at her in surprise, but he smiled and sat back up.
"Oh…that's weird…it's already three in the afternoon, we must have really slept good." She said as she grabbed her suitcase and the bags near it and ran to the bathroom. The ball started in only two hours and lasted till midnight.
"Luffy…get your good clothes on, we need to leave to find the others." She yelled from the bathroom in a hurry. Luffy pouted and started to put on his clothes.
Nami walked out in the dress and black heals, she looked at Luffy in amazement. He was wearing a black dress shirt with a thin red line running up one of the sleeves and down his side. He was wearing jet black dress pants and he was wearing decent shoes. He had a belt, but his shirt was only partially tucked in, one side was left hanging loose. She didn't mind, it suited him perfectly. Once she took everything in she blushed and looked up at his face, he was also blushing.
Luffy had watched her walk out and was basically paralyzed by the sight of her. The dress went perfectly with her figure, just as he thought. Her hair was up in a partial bun, she just looked amazing.
"Nami, you look…." She saw his expression; it was different from any she had ever seen on him. She frowned thinking he didn't like her appearance. "Gorgeous." He continued.
Nami turned to him quickly and blushed, "You look really good to." She said quietly.
"Eh…I don't like it very much." he exclaimed with a pout, he hated dressing up.
"Well, its fine if you look like this every once in a while, but I prefer the way you usually look." She said with a smile.
"By the way Nami…you didn't need to put on perfume…you smell good without it." He said as he headed out the door, Nami stunned by what he said. She smiled and followed him out.
Reviews are appreciated...good or bad.
The Luffy portrayed in the fic is generally a lot more serious than he actually is...if it wasn't obvious. For some reason, it just comes out that way when I write, same with everything else I write...serious...I think it makes a nice story, but takes away from the OP aspects...sorry...I'll try harder!
