Chapter 10: Clairvoyant, and a Plushie
"I see that you have someone to accompany you today. It's a nice view, isn't it?" Violet said to them, carefully sitting beside Doflamingo. He was now sitting between the two women. The warlord did not know how to respond; therefore he chose to keep quiet rather than say anything and regretted it later.
"Hi, I'm Nami."Nami extended her hand, waiting for a hand shake from Violet. She was not sure of whom the woman was, but it seemed to her that the woman and Doflamingo might have a close relationship with each other.
"Viola. But Doffy and his family call me Violet. So, are you his friend?"The former princess asked Nami eventhough she had expected them to be.
"No. I don't really know him. It's just that he saved me a few times before."Nami replied.
"I didn't know you help people, Doffy. That's great."Violet looked at the man's face, eyeing his expression. The man gritted his teeth. "Oh, don't make faces like that. What? Are you feeling guilty for cheating on me? Come on, you know better than that."Violet pushed Doffy's shoulder, making him almost crashing to Nami.
"Stop it Viola." Doflamingo jerked. He could not take it anymore.
"Wait. What do you mean by that?" Nami asked Violet. Were they in a relationship? Was Doffy married? She couldn't have fallen for a married- no, what was she thinking? She was not in love with him! Of course not! It was only a question of high curiosity.
"I'm his fiancé." Violet remarked. She displayed her ring and pulled Doffy's hand, revealing the same ring. Oh gosh, Nami realized that she never paid any attention to the man's hands. His ring finger, to be exact.
"What?!"Nami turned to Doflamingo, who was silent upon hearing the remark. Doflamingo's blood ran cold.
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Nami went missing. She stormed off after seeing the couple's rings. She heard Doflamingo calling her name and tried to catch her, but who did he think she was? She was well-renowned as the cat-burglar. Running away from people was her special move.
Doflamingo on the other hand was feeling unsettled. Violet did not have feelings for him, then why did she ruin his yet-to-be happy life? The warlord had never taken a liking to any woman. Nami was his first. And now Violet had totally ruined his possible chances. If there was any.
"You're not going to find her? You love her don't you?"
"I don't do 'love'."Doflamingo did not want to dwell on his feelings. He was back at Dressrosa, which meant he would be meeting his family later. He was not sure of their acceptance on that particular matter. Okay, Baby Five would probably fan-girling over it if he made it official that he loved the navigator. He made a mental note not to inform the girl about it. It would be disaster.
"Nonsense. I know you're trying your best to hide your feelings. Not wanting anyone in the family to know about it, isn't it?" Checkmate! Violet sure did know how to make him uneasy.
"Why are you doing this? Do you still resent me?"
"For what?"
"For killing your loved one." They both were silent after he uttered the words.
"I can see through your heart, Doffy. I know your reason." Violet spoke after a few moments, letting her mind wandered. It was not really a painful memory for her. She did love the said man, but it was just that. She had her reasoning not to dwell on it, so did Doflamingo.
"I see her heading to the town. You should hurry." The former princess gestured to a direction, expecting Doflamingo to follow her guidance. Doflamingo lazily stood up, brushing the dirt on his pants.
"I'll drop by Scarlet's house this evening. You'll be there, won't you?"The warlord asked the former princess, looking straight to her face.
"Of course. Today's Friday, we'll have our weekly dinner at Scarlet's. Father will come too. And Doffy, I expect you to come with her."
"She's a wild cat. How can I persuade her to follow me? And if you're her, will you follow me to my fiancé's house, eating dinner there?"
"She will. I just know it."Violet smiled gleefully, imagining Doflamingo coming with Nami to her sister's house.
"You and your clairvoyant." Doflamingo remarked cynically. He smirked and took his leave after bidding her good bye.
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Nami wandered through the busy town by herself. Not only the people greeted her with smile, the living toys were doing so too. And when she thought that nothing could fazed her anymore, a human-sized cat plushie suddenly lurked from nowhere and hugged her from behind.
"Doffy's girlfriend! Doffy's girlfriend! I love Doffy's girlfriend!" The cat plushie yelled at her, tightening its embrace.
" . .?" Nami struggled to free herself from the plushie. The cat plushie loosened its grip and freed Nami, looking forlorn.
"Sorry." With a sad looking face, the plushie walked away from Nami, occasionally looked back at her. Nami sighed.
"Hey, cat! Why did you call me Doffy's girlfriend? He already has a fiancé."The cat rushed to her side.
"No! Viola's not Doffy's fiancé! Doffy doesn't love Viola! Viola doesn't love Doffy!" The cat shouted at her again. Its saddened face was replaced by an angry expression. Nami covered the cat's mouth with both her hands and pulled the big cat to the nearby alley.
"Shhh…! Don't scream like that! I don't want you to attract any attention towards me. Okay?" Nami whispered to the cat plushie. The cat nodded a few times and made an act of zipping its mouth before her.
"Good. Now, who are you? And again, why did you call me Doffy's girlfriend? Do you know him?"
"I'm a cat plushie. You have his scent, I know he likes you." The cat whispered, controlling its voice so that Nami would not yell again.
"What scent?" Nami sniffed her clothes and hair, but she could not tell the scent the cat was talking about. Surely it did not meant her sweat, did it? Urgh! She really needed a bath right now.
"I can't tell you." The cat plushie refused to tell her, and without any hesitation, Nami punched it in the face a few times until it asked her to stop.
"There you go. Next time, try saying that again. If you don't want to tell me, don't mention anything from the start!" The navigator gave the cat a final kick before calming herself down.
"The scent. Like pheromone."
"What?! He's not an animal, why would he have pheromone?"Nami was sure she did read about pheromone somewhere, but her mind refused to recall whatever it was that she read.
"Doffy's a celestial dragon. H-he…he have…I want to pee!" The cat plushie suddenly darted from the alley and ran away. Nami decided not to pursue it. Instead, she leaned against the wall of the building behind her, thinking.
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A/N: It was hard thinking of what should I write next. But I still love Doffy, so…let's fan-girling over him…hahaha…oh, like I said, if you find a weird fact in this story, you're free to assume that I don't even know what I'm writing..because I really don't… :-p