Nami… really did not look forward to face a new day.
To see both Sanji and Usopp being upset for so long, was really starting to wear her down for good.
And now the two had gotten extra upset from what happened yesterday, she had heard from neither of them since. Sanji had of cause cooked them all dinner as usual, but he had looked very thoughtful and been unusually silent.
Usopp had been gone from sight, completely.. and now a new day dawned, so the two of them had to be in the same room at some point.
Nami sighed deeply as she pushed open the door to the galley, and halted in deep surprise.
Sanji was there, that really wasn't any surprise at all, he was always one of the first people up to cook the others breakfast. No the surprising bit was that.. he was singing!
And a pretty happy cheerful tune as well.
Nami hadn't seen Sanji in such a good mood since…. Well it had been a very long time!
"huh?" Nami frowned at Sanji.
"Oh, Moooorning Nami-swan!" Sanji proclaimed with a big wide smile on his lips, he was practically shining from the inside.
Nami blinked. "You sure seem to be in a good mood today." She observed sitting down.
"why shouldn't I be?" Sanji asked holding out his cigarette with one hand as he send Nami a bright smile. "The sky is blue, the ship is on course, and you look lovely as always Nami-swan." He stated.
Nami blinked, deciding not to point out that the sky was in fact, gray, at the moment.
"Can I get you a refreshement before breakfast?" Sanji asked turning back to his stove. "Coffee? Tea? Juice?"
"Coffee please." Nami asked, wondering what could possible be up.
It wasn't long before Nami was joined by Robin, Robin slept very little in general, so she was always up very early.
And the male crew-members weren't long after.. all but one.
Nami blinked. "Where's Usopp?" she asked, Usopp had missed dinner, she shouldn't miss breakfast to!
"Sleeping." Luffy muttered. "When I tried to wake her, she told me to go away." He stated.
"I believe Longnose-san had the second night watch tonight." Robin softly re-called.
"Oh." Nami blinked. "Right." The second night watch was always the toughest one, it meant you would have to get up in the middle of the night, and then try to see if you were able to fall a sleep again and catch a few hours sleep a few hours after, it was pretty common that the person whom had the second night-watch would sleep in.
"Don't worry about food Nami-swan." Sanji smiled. "I'll put some-thing special aside for her." He told.
At that Nami blinked as she looked at Sanji, it wasn't that Sanji had let Usopp go hungry these last days, Nami had observed how food would suddenly be left out when Usopp wasn't present, even though leaving food in the kitchen was some-thing Sanji would never do, because Luffy would eat it.
Recently he had made the exception though, though never said any-thing, and now he easily proclaimed he had some-thing in mind for Usopp, with a smile on his face.
The pieces just did not fit inside of Namis head, at all! What on earth was going on?
A few hours after, Usopp emerged from the mens quarters, rubbing her eyes.
Suddenly she was wearing loose shorts, a green tank top, and a open shirt over the tank-top, her hair was held back, merely by a blue hair band instead of the bandana, though that did make her hair look very messy at the moment, as she obviously hadn't taken time to brush all of those curls.
Nami was relieved, Usopp hadn't just locked herself away again, in fact, she suddenly decided to sit out in the open, right in middle of the deck where every-one could see her, by the mast with crossed legs, and she to was.. smiling!
She looked, all happy and content as she sat there.
Nami hesitated slightly, then finally approached Usopp, whom was currently stretching her arms as she yawned. "Erhm.." Nami tried.
"Oh, morning Nami!" Usopp smiled broadly. "How are you?"
Nami blinked. "I'm.. fiiine. How are you Usopp?" she asked.
"I'm great, you wouldn't believe how well I slept." Usopp sighed as she fell down on the grass on her back. "It was like sleeping on a cloud."
"Erh, right.." Nami blinked, and made a not to herself to make sure that every-thing was fine with the water and food on this ship… "So erh, hows things with.. you know?" she asked.
"What?" Usopp asked looking at Nami.
"Well, you know!" Nami urged. "The thing, you know very well!"
Confused Usopp looked at Nami. "Huh?"
Annoyed Nami rolled her eyes. "Oh come on." She hissed.
" Oi, USOPP-CHWAN! NAMI-SWAN!" Sanjis voice suddenly sang from the gallery, making Nami turn around, to see Sanji elegantly move towards them with a tray.
Which he soon bowed over with to offer the two. "Ladies." He smiled.
On the tray was two glasses of juice and one plate with omelette, the same thing that the rest of the crew had gotten for break-fast.
Usopp smiled at Sanji. "Thank you Sanji-kun." She happily greeted taking the plate.
Nami squinted her eyes at Sanji.. Sanji was acting just like himself, but some-thing here just wasn't quite right, then she blinked.
"Is every-thing all-right?" Sanji asked Nami, as she had yet to take her own juice.
"Since when did you give Usopp a nick-name!?" Nami asked.
"Well, she's a lady, so I thought she should have one." Sanji simply told, making Usopp chuckle slightly.
"Sanji you're ridicules." She stated in a smile, then she tasted the omelet and lightened up. "This is delicious! Thank you!"
"Yay!" Sanji beamed hoping up and down, looking like he usually did when Nami or Robin praised him. "I life to make ladies happy." He told proudly, standing with one hand on his hip, and the other holding his cigarette as he smirked.
Which just made Usopp laugh out loud. "You're impossible!" she laughed.
Wide-eyed Nami looked from one to the other, what on earth was she missing!? Last time she saw the two in the same room, they were having a fight, snapping at each other all over again, and now the day after? What the hell?
It was a big puzzle to Nami still as she simply couldn't work on her maps, instead she was looking suspeciusly down at Usopp from where she sat.
"Navigator-san, may I say you seem troubled." Robin pointed out.
Nami frowned as she looked at Usopp. "I just wish I knew what was going on." She muttered. "I guess, some-how. Usopp and Sanji sorted their problems out themselves, but just over night? The couldn't have talked, they had no chance to be alone together since yesterday."
"Or maybe they did." Robin noted.
"huh?" Nami turned to Robin.
"I had the first watch tonigh." Robin told. "How-ever, cook-san asked me if we could trade watches, he had the watch right before Usopp, they must have met at least ones."
Then Namis eyes widened. "No." she whispered, then looked down at Usopp again. "Oh my god, they did not.." then she turned to Robin. "You realise what this could possible mean?"
The older woman didn't even look up but flipped a page. "I am aware of possible consequences, but it is their business not mine." She told.
Nami how-ever, seemed to think different on that, as she jumped down on the deck and ran straight to Usopp, to tackle the sharpshooter and grab her shoulders. "Oh my god Usopp! Why didn't you tell me!?" she asked.
Usopp blinked. "Wha-what?" she asked.
"What happened this night! You and Sanji, what happened!?" Nami asked. "You got to tell me every-thing!"
"Well erh." Usopp blushed as she looked down. "Nothing much really, I promise."
"No no, not good enough!" Nami stated with crossed arms. "You have to tell preciously what happened, moment for moment."
"But I am not supposed to tell." Usopp told. "Me and Sanji agreed not to treat it as any-thing big.. because it's not, we are not doing any-thing, we are not an item or any-thing."
Nami rolled her eyes. "Yeah right, but Usopp come on! I promise I wont tell a soul!" she swore. "I will how-ever, tell every-body you were alone in the crows nest last night, if you don't spill the beans right now!"
Usopp's mouth dropped open. "You wouldn't!"
Nami smirked a challenging smirk.
"All-right all-right." Usopp muttered. "But you promise not to tell?" she asked.
"Cross my heart!" Nami swored, crossing her chest with her left hand.
"Well.. okay.." Usopp swallowed as she poked together her fingers. "When I went up to the nest to relieve Robin, I was of cause pretty shocked to find Sanji there, and he had actually.. served up some really nice food because I missed dinner. He had made a nice table and every-thing, it was really pretty."
Nami blinked. "For real?" she asked.
"It was his way of apologising for the last days." Usopp told. "Then we sort of had another argue and I.. well I told him that I liked him."
Namis eyes were wide as ever. "Then what happened?" she asked.
"You know Sanji, suddenly his idiot setting was turned on." Usopp told as she averted her eyes. "But well, it was also pretty fun, we managed to talk things through probably as I ate. And well.. then we erh.." she blushed.
"What? What?" Nami asked.
"Well, we kind of.. sort of.. kissed." Usopp finally confessed.
"Eeehhh!" Nami exclaimed. "Then what?" she asked.
"Franky came to take the last watch." Usopp muttered, then sighed as she leaned her head in the palm of her hand. "But it sure was nice until then, Sanji really made me feel like a lady, I never tried any-thing like that before."
"What about when I did your make-over?" Nami asked.
"No offence Nami but.. this was different." Usopp mumbled, turning the glass of juice in her hand.
"So what now?" Nami asked exciting, laying down with her head resting in both her hands.
"What do you mean?" Usopp asked blinking at Nami.
"Where are you two going?" Nami asked.
"I all-ready told you, we agreed that this is nothing serious, we are free pirates of the sea after-all." Usopp pointed out in a smirk. "Can't chain people like us down. And we would both appreciate it if you don't walk around telling the others."
Nami exhaled. "All-right, just don't make this more troublesome for yourself." She asked. "Well, at least I am glad you two found a way to manage, and I am sure glad you are starting to get some self identity." She blinked at Usopp.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Usopp asked in a frown.
In response Nami smiled innocently at him. "Absolutely thing Usopp." She told. "Don't worry about it."
On a normal day, Usopp would have asked some more questions, but it was hard worrying to much right now. As when Usopp closed her eyes, she could feel Sanjis slender but strong fingers on her neck and in her hair, his lips against hers. The smell of herbs and cigarettes so close to her.
Just thinking about it made Usopp squeal and almost roll around on the deck as she chuckled embarrassed.
"Usopp?" Nami asked in a lifted eye-brow.
Usopp how-ever just smiled broadly at Nami. "Excuse me, I think I have to get this plate to the kitchen." She smiled.. almost smirked, as she stood up with empty plate and glass, walking, almost skipping, towards the galley.. Sanji's domain.
And Nami.. was just left to look blankly after the sniper.
