Chapter 1- An "Ordinary" Day

To my reviewer Violet: Trust me. I am a big LuffyxNami fan. :) But who knows how this will turn out?

Also, it turns out that I just cannot make an all-romance fic, so I made it Romance/General because there will be some action/adventure and humor, too. Okay, here it goes!

Oops, I forgot the disclaimer. I do not own One Piece. Okay, NOW start!

"Okay, everyone, breakfast is ready!"

Luffy, Usopp, and Zoro came running in about two seconds after Sanji made the announcement. Luffy is in the lead. "FOOD, FOOD, FOOD!" he cried.

"Hey, hey, HEY!" Sanji yelled angrily. Before Luffy made it all the way into the kitchen, Sanji kicked him hard in the chest. The kick sent the captain flying right back through the doorway to the kitchen, knocking Zoro and Usopp down along the way. "Ladies first," Sanji growled dangerously. His face quickly changed into a bright, cheerful smile when Nami and Vivi walked into the kitchen, stepping over the boys on the floor. "Ah, Vivi-san, Nami-san! Please excuse these rude children. Come and sit down."

Nami smiled at Sanji. Vivi didn't even seem to notice anything going on around her. She seemed to be in a different world. They sat down at the table. Nami gave her a quick sideways glance. She was staring into space... happily. Nami raised an eyebrow, then quickly turned to her breakfast.

Sanji stopped smiling and turned his attention to the others. "Okay, you louts," he snarled. "Get your food."

With a cheer, Luffy and Usopp got up and ran to the table. Zoro got up slowly and glared at Sanji. Anyone else would cower under that stare, but Sanji just glared right back.

"Watch yourself, shit cook," Zoro warned ominously.

"Same to you, baka," Sanji growled.

"Awwww, come one, you two," Nami whined with a smile. "I hate it when you argue." Her face got serious. "Really, I do," she muttered to Vivi. She didn't seem to notice. Nami sighed and returned to her food.

Breakfast was amazing as usual. In fact, Luffy loved it so much, Zoro had to perform the Heimlich maneuver when he started choking on an entire strip of bacon. The strip shot out of his mouth and hit Usopp in the eye. "OW! That hurt!" "Oh, that's disgusting!" Nami said, feeling bad for Usopp. "That was in his mouth. For a long time, too." Usopp wiped his face with a napkin. "Don't remind me," he muttered. "I'm supposed to be the sharpshooter here…"

Everyone laughed, except Vivi. Sanji noticed this and raised an eyebrow. "Why, what's the matter, my sweet Vivi-san? Is my food not suitable for your delicate taste buds?"

Zoro pretended to gag at that comment.

"What's the matter, Zoro?" Sanji said threateningly. "Are you choking, too? Need me to kick it out of you?"

"WHAT?" Luffy cried. "Zoro's choking? I'll save you, just like you saved me!"

"Wait, Luffy, no-!" Zoro started to protest, but it was too late. Luffy already had his arms around him and he started the compressions.

"Uh, Luffy?" said Usopp hesitantly as Zoro's eyes started to water from the immense pain of getting the Heimlich from Luffy. "I think he's all right..." "Yeah, go Luffy!" Sanji cut in enthusiastically. "I think you've almost got it, Luffy! Just a little harder!"

Nami, sick of this, stood up, yanked Luffy off of Zoro, and threw him into a wall. Zoro collapsed onto his knees. He sighed in relief as he held his gut, wincing from the pain. "Thanks, Nami," he panted. She responded by kicking him in the face. "Stop insulting Sanji!" "Yeah!" Sanji said to Zoro smugly.

"And YOU-" She smacked Sanji so hard, he fell. "-stop instigating and making matters worse!"

Sanji looked up at her, his eyes replaced by big hearts. "Oh, Nami-san, you are so beautiful when you're serving justice!"

Usopp was laughing pretty hard at this point. Nami sighed wearily and looked at Vivi- but she wasn't there. Then she heard her voice.

"Luffy! Are you all right?" She was kneeling down beside Luffy who still wasn't up from being thrown into the wall.

"Oh, don't worry, my dear Vivi-san," said Sanji. "He's just fine. Now come and eat, my beautiful angel! You haven't even touched your food yet!"

Vivi ignored him. "Luffy, are you hurt?"

Luffy lifted his head off the floor. "Hee hee, no way!" He stood up and gave Vivi his trademark giant, toothy grin. "That happens a lot. Nami always gets mad." Luffy walked back to the table. "Sorry, Zoro." Zoro, still on the floor, didn't respond.

Vivi followed Luffy to the table and sat next to him. The two of them talked to each other while they ate. Nami watched them. Vivi was fully awake now. Her voice and face were lively and animated as she talked to Luffy. It was like she was having the time of her life! The others were busy fighting over the rest of the food. Luffy, still talking to Vivi, instinctively stretched his arms across the table, pushed the others away, grabbed the food, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Sanji got up and looked around angrily. "Well, it's time to clean up now, I guess." Nami sighed, stood up, and started picking up plates.


The rest of the day basically went on as usual. Zoro was either napping or training; Luffy and Usopp chased each other around the ship; Sanji was either cooking, flirting, or arguing with Zoro; Nami and Vivi were in the little study next to the kitchen.

Usually, Nami and Vivi talked with each other. Today, however, Vivi seemed to be off in another world, so Nami just read some books about the Grand Line.

Finally, after a while, Nami couldn't take the silence. She abruptly closed the book she was readin and put it on the table. "Hey, Vivi, what's the matter? You haven't been yourself today."

Vivi looked at Nami. She smiled. "Oh, I'm fine. I'm just... thinking about something." "What about?" Nami pressed on, trying to get her to bring up the subject first. Vivi's smile kind of faded and she looked away. "Don't worry about it. You wouldn't really understand. Sorry if I sound rude..."

(Oh, I wouldn't understand; is that it, bitch?) Nami thought angrily. The thought surprised her. (Wow... why am I getting so worked up here?)

"Nami," said Vivi suddenly. Nami looked at her. "Yes?" she responded kindly. "Have you ever... um... well... H-h... How long ago did you meet Luffy?"

Nami pretended to look surprised at the question. "Oh, well, gosh, I don't know. It's been such a long time." "Do you think he's... strange at all?" she continued without even listening to Nami's answer. Nami frowned. "No, not really. I mean, I've seen worse." She smiled, and then she put a curious expression on her face. "Why? What's the matter?"

"Oh, uh, nothing," Vivi answered hastily.

Nami slowly smiled. She forced herself to keep looking calm, but her heart started pounding really fast...

"You like him, don't you?"