It feels weird writing about Christmas at the beginning of summer, but here it is!
"Hey Nami, calm down,"Luffy smiled.
"How can I calm down Luffy! It's Christmas Eve, and we need to sort your house out for tonight!"
"Why?" Luffy asked, confused as to why so much effort was needed.
Nami rolled her eyes, and collected a box of decorations from the bottom of the stairs, carrying it to the dining room. Luffy followed her.
"Well, if its that important, I'll help," he smiled.
"Thanks," Nami gratefully said, kissing her boyfriend.
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Zoro yawned. "Stupid Nami... making me go shopping for her. And with him of all people..."
"Shut it moss-head. You think I'm happy about this?" Sanji angrily retorted.
"Of course you're happy. You're like Nami's little dog, always doing what she says."
"Eh, little dog? At least I don't have moss on my head."
"Are you looking for a fight?"
"Yeah, bring it!"
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"Erm, Robin," Chopper asked, sounding troubled.
"What is it?" Robin asked him, smiling.
"I think Zoro and Sanji are gonna start fighting," Chopper said, pointing to the two. Robin sighed and hurried over to the two, sharply telling them off.
"He started it," they both said, pointing to each other.
"I don't care, I'm finishing it."
Zoro smirked, "I swear you spend way too much time with Nami."
Everyone laughed for a good minute at this, while Robin just blushed.
"We should hurry and get the ingredients," Chopper interrupted at last.
Everyone nodded, and split up, each looking for ingredients for Sanji's dinner.
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"Hey, Usopp, hand me that screwdriver, would ya?" Franky said. Usopp did so. The two were currently on Luffy's rooftop, setting up some decorations.
"So Franky, what exactly are we making?" Usopp asked.
Franky smirked, "You'll see," he said tapping his nose, "It's gonna be SUPER!"
Usopp sighed. That seemed to be Franky's answer to everything.
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"Where's Brook?" Robin suddenly asked. They had finally collected all the ingredients and supplies for tonight, but they were one man down. From the other side of the store they heard a woman scream,
"GET AWAY FROM ME YOU PERVERT!"
"There," Zoro, Sanji and Chopper answered at the same time.
The 4 hurried to where the woman was, and sure enough, Brook was there, surrounded by a crowd of about 10 angry women.
"What kind of a sick boy are you?" one angrily questioned.
"People like you shouldn't be allowed out in public!" another added.
The women continued abusing Brook for a bit, before he said defensively, "I only asked to see your panties, Is that such a personal thing?"
"YES!" they all shouted angrily.
Brook then saw Robin and the guys, and said, "Sorry, my dear ladies, but I have to leave now. Maybe you can show me your panties another time."
This, of course, sparked another angry uproar as Brook hurriedly departed from the supermarket.
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"We're here!" Zoro shouted on entering Luffy's house. He was greeted by Ace, who took the bags from Robin and Chopper and carried them to the kitchen. Sanji made his way there and quickly began cooking a traditional christmas dinner.
"Robin! Guys!" Nami called, "Come see the Christmas tree that me and Luffy decorated." Everyone came and admired it, while Ace patted Luffy and Nami on the back.
"Good job bro," he said to Luffy, before turning to Nami and winking, "You too sis," causing Nami to blush, and Luffy to laugh like an idiot, not really understanding the implications of what Ace said.
The rest of the day was spent like any other. The guys watched a movie, played a lot of fifa, and generally had a fun time. Evening eventually crept up on them, and Sanji called them into the dining room, saying that the dinner was ready. By this time, Luffy's grandfather, Garp, had got home, and joined them. The last two to make their way to the kitchen were Robin and Zoro. As Robin began to go, Zoro took her wrist and stopped her.
"What?" she asked, confused.
He pointed to the wall next to him, where Nami had hung some mistletoe. Robin smiled, and leaned forward and kissed a willing Zoro. The kiss lasted about 30 seconds, before they heard a flash behind them. They turned around to see Nami smiling, holding a camera. She showed the picture to everyone else, causing Zoro and Robin to blush bright scarlet. Fortunately for them, Luffy interrupted the moment.
"Lets eat! I'm starving!"
Nami was about to punch him, but Ace got there first.
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Dinner was a laugh, as always. The group were kept well entertained by each other (but mostly by Luffy).
"Sanji, this is amazing," Nami complimented.
"Thank you, Nami my swan, your praise means everything to me!" Sanji sang, lovestruck.
"Oy cook. Shut up, you're spoiling my food," Zoro said.
"I made that food!" Sanji angrily retorted.
"Whatever," Zoro shrugged, as he laid back in his seat.
"Hey guys, please don't fight, it's Christmas after all," Usopp said, trying to calm the two down.
The two mumbled something under their breaths before looking away from each other.
"Luffy!" Franky said, "Me and Usopp have been working on a surprise for you!"
"Oh that thing you were doing on the roof," Luffy said, realising what they were talking about.
"Yeah," Usopp answered, "I didn't know what we were doing at first, but Franky's design was really cool."
Luffy smiled, "Really? Cool, let's go!"
Luffy, Chopper, Usopp, Brook and Franky rushed out, followed by everyone else.
The sight that greeted them was amazing. Franky had made the outlines of all of them using Christmas lights, there was Luffy with his straw hat, Usopp with his long nose, etc.
"Franky its..." Nami began
"AWESOME!" Luffy finished. Everyone went and hugged and thanked Franky and Usopp.
"No problem," Frank brushed off, "Think of it as my Christmas present to all you guys."
When they re-entered the dining room after admiring the lights for a while, Luffy suddenly raised his glass. "A toast, to friendship,"
Everyone agreed wholeheartedly.
"Merry Christmas everybody!"
Nice feel good chapter there. Brook at the store was really fun for me to write btw. I'm thinking next chapter (which should be up tomorrow) will be about the start of next term, but not 100% sure on that. In any case, hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.