Title: 30 Bits of Love
Rating: T (Sentence 10 may not be suitable for younger readers (though it's all implication))
Characters: Robin, Franky, Nami, Sanji, Luffy once, a surprise at the end
Pairings: Frobin, SaNa
Timeframe: Various; spoilers for Enies Lobby
Notes: I know, LE, I said Robin/Nami nakamaship, and I still really want to do some stuff with them, but I was looking at the word list while watching Pride and Prejudice and it was at that part in the ruins in the rain where that guy who plays Mr. Darcy just looks so dang sexy and then one of the words was "Downpour" and darn it if I wasn't all geared up for fluffy romance then! So I did alternating Frobin/Sana instead. ^^ Though sentence 21 kind of works. So I tried. Frobin actually ended up being more romantic than the SaNa, probably because of the SaNa overload I am currently in (augh). No more thirty challenges with a pairing, it melts my brain! (I'm doing nakamaship next time.)
Summary: Thirty sentences about the love between shipwrights and archaeologists, navigators and cooks. For Lady Emzebel's Sentence Challenge Mark II!
Thirty Bits of Love
By Dandy Wonderous
1) Flustered
He was so shocked when she leaned over so easily from her deck chair and kissed him that all he could do was blink for several seconds before stuttering out a, "S-s-suuupeeer!"
2) Girlfriend
"Yes, she is," Sanji responded heatedly to the man on the floor, "and if you touch her again, the heel of my shoe will be the last thing you ever see in your shitty life."
3) Boyfriend
It was a word she had never thought she would use, but Robin liked the way it tasted on her tongue and she secretly hoped, as she took Franky's arm, that "fiancé" would follow.
4) Conjoined
"But Sanji, the book said you may now kiss the bride, so I did!" Luffy wailed as he was chased about the deck by a very irate groom and his new wife while the rest of the wedding party laughed at the turn of events.
5) Reflux
He explained the machine in rapid detail, finding it extremely satisfying that she actually understood such words as "reflux" and "condenser."
6) Central
He set the first dish he cooked in front of her with a flourish, showing that even here, in the middle of All Blue, she was the most important thing to him.
7) Princess
You're almost like Cinderella, Franky thought, watching Robin sleep on his chest after telling him about her childhood, it just took twenty years for your prince to return your slipper.
8) Tattoo
"I believe this is the price of entering this family, right?" Sanji asked, pulling back the collar of his shirt so she could see the tattoo of the fish and the mikan on his shoulder.
9) Wicked
No matter how many people she killed or what horrible things she did, he would always make her feel like she had goodness to spare.
10) Flounder
Sanji was not a clumsy man, or so Nami thought until she appeared before him in nothing but her underwear and fumbled in confusion until she undid the catch of her bra for him.
11) Habitual
Robin used to always drink her morning coffee in the library, so it was a bit surprising when she came into his workshop one morning with her mug, and even more surprising that she kept coming back day after day.
12) Spelunking
Going into a dark, dank hole in the ground was not on the list of things Sanji wanted to do before he died, but Nami was sure there was a treasure she wanted at the bottom, so in he was going.
13) Awake
As usual, Robin was the only one awake at this hour; or so she thought, until she heard the pounding of a hammer and discovered Franky in his workshop working on a better light for her midnight reading.
14) Hug
The first time she hugged him, she said it was because he had saved her from a marine; the second time, she pointed out how he had taken a bullet for her; but the third time she had no excuse, save that she loved the security of his arms wrapped around her and the warmth of his chest against her face.
15) Kiss
He tasted like oil and sawdust, and she tasted like old books and the smoke of a low burning candle.
16) Slap
For so long, Nami had seemed completely unaffected by his flirtations, so the day Sanji made eyes at the cute fruit seller and she left a red hand-shaped mark on his cheek, he knew he was getting that much closer to stealing her heart.
17) Dread
Each day the ship drew closer to Ohara, and yet Franky seemed to be the one most afraid of seeing that burnt-out husk of tree, for the sake of woman who snuggled against his chest each night, and if it hadn't been her idea to start with he never would have let them come here.
18) Token
"This proves you're only mine," Nami said as she slipped the silver band over Sanji's left ring finger, "no matter who you grace with your chivalry."
19) Wisp
Even the smallest of winds whipped her beautiful black hair back in waves, never failing to distract him from his work on deck.
20) Current
"If my calculations are correct, it is this current that makes All Blue possible, so if we follow it, we're sure to-mmph!" explained Nami before being cut off midsentence by a kiss from an ecstatic Sanji, and while she slapped him silly after she couldn't stop the blush on her cheeks.
21) Dress
"Ooo, onee-san, you should get that one!" Nami cried, watching Robin model the pure white dress in front of the store's full length mirrors.
22) Summit
Luffy pulled himself slowly up another feet of rock, then arched his back a little to be sure that Nami was still there, because if she wasn't there when he got to the mountain's top, Sanji would kick his ass, broken back or not.
23) Parched
Franky had stopped to wipe sweat off his brow once again when suddenly a shadow blocked him from the sun and a cool voice said, "Would you like a cola, Shipwright-san?"
24) Downpour
Getting lost, in the forest, in a rain as hard as any monsoon, was all worth it when he got to snuggle against Nami for warmth in the hollow of a dead tree, feeling the weight of her head as she fell asleep and listening to the music of the storm outside on the fallen leaves.
25) Musk
Opening old books only made him sneeze, but Robin found something enticing in that scent, and Franky began to wish that he could find cologne with the same smell so that perhaps she would look at him with such open adoration.
26) Rogue
"Nami-san is so clever, like a sly nymph!" Sanji praised after she had successfully robbed yet another unsuspecting pirate captain of all his riches.
27) Languid
Drowsy days at sea where she lounged with a cup of coffee, curled up against Franky's broad chest with a book in her lap that she didn't intend to read just now… these were the things Robin lived for.
28) Belated
"Happy anniversary, Sanji-kun," Nami said sheepishly, holding out the new suit she had got him, but he was too busy thanking her with kisses to point out that she was almost a week late.
29) Congenial
The loud, boisterous shipwright hardly seemed a match for the quiet, studious archaeologist, but no one could deny that they looked perfect together when they walked through port hand-in-hand.
30) Leap
She was scared-scared that this wouldn't work, scared that he would leave her for another, scared that something could happen on the unpredictable Grand Line-but when Sanji held out his hand to her, Nami put her faith in him anyway.
EXTRA!!! Sentence 3 rewrite especially for Lady Emzebel (and any other fans of the show which sports this infamous line)!!!
3 Redux) Boyfriend
"I'm not your boyfriend!" Absalom screamed back over his shoulder while the warthog zombie continued her relentless pursuit of her future husband.
The End
A/N: I dislike "Summit"; I didn't mean for it to look like Luffy doesn't care about Nami…
Reader Review Corner for "30 Sentences for a Cook and Swordsman"!!
(By the way, many of you mentioned "Sasquatch," and I'm glad because it was my favorite. ^^)
Abra Cadaverous: Do both! Laugh while hitting Zoro! Interpret it however you wish. ^^ *is tackleglomped* Glad you liked it!
Lady Emzebel: ^^ It is fun, no? I was actually thinking of Thriller Bark for that one, but so far everyone thinks of castaways or something similar… huh. I felt bad, and yet at the same time I'm getting to the point where I often make fun of Sanji's current situation, and it makes me feel like a bad fangirl. I'm sorry, Sanji, but now that I'm over my outrage I realize… IT'S HILARIOUS! XD How did I know you would twist "Relief" that direction? XP Sanji's hairy legs are awesomely awesome. ^^ Hmm… could be. Zoro DOES show up for awhile with Luffy… The one by syb, yes, it does, and I laugh, oh how I laugh. XP Glad you enjoyed it so much you can't pick a favorite! ^^ Thanks! And thanks for the attempted fave! ^^
Penniless1: Mine too. ^^ Ooo, inspirational, always fun. XD Thank you! Aw, thanks for the fave. ^^
Amethyst Turtle: Yes you do! Join the challenge madness! Those are hidden in a special compartment he had Franky build him in the third shelf from the bottom. XP YES THEY ARE, OMG!!! XD …We all know what Amethyst wants for her birthday. XP That… would be… O.O' Yes! Rebel! Rebel! *Muse's "Uprising" plays in background* Thanks!
Lochrann: Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. ^^ Nami probably hasn't bothered to pay attention yet. As for Robin, she probably just found it amusing and moved on. XD
Starry-Night-11.0: That's because it's the shiz! XD Thanks! ^^
Jflower: Thanks! Oo, that would be really awesome if I did, and the way the plot bunnies hit me I just might make it. ^^ No, I haven't seen it, but the idea of the Strawhats going to see a kids' movie is AWESOME!!! XD I'll try to see it when it comes out on DVD and see what I can do, or if you want you can pick a different movie.
Callosum: Thanks! Haaa! As I mentioned, Robin probably just laughed and didn't care; she is very accepting of her nakama's eccentricities (and they have plenty of them). There's nothing Zoro/Sanji nakamaship fans love more than the end of Thriller Bark. XD We all did. Boy, did he have us fooled. XP He probably was. Just waiting around for blackmail… Zoro's a sly one! XP I'm actually expecting it at this point; poor Sanji… It is true, isn't it? Of course he is; it's the beauty of NAKAMA! XD Yes, Sanji was mentally drilling a nail into his own head. But he would. He so would. ^^ Yes, that's me; I have the subtlety of a drunk frat boy. XP YES!!! Because daddy!Zoro is FOR THE WIN!!! XD XD Thanks for reading! ^^
Three-days-late: I know… T_T Yep; you just can't see it under the coat of utter distaste. XP Stubborn idiot he is. (Yay, Yoda sentence! XD) I'll take your word for it (how sad is it that I've only read/seen through The Fellowship? I'm a nerd failure!!! TAT). Yes, I bet he does. ^^ Me neither. Not one bit. Ooo, good idea, three-san! XD Close enough. XP ^^ Sanji is all kinds of adorable when All Blue is involved. XD Me too! Techno and rap is just… no. *shakes head* Thanks! ^^
Animefan1q2w: Thanks! I shall!
Promising to write something worthwhile once her brain is no longer mush, this is Dandy Wonderous, signing off.