Haru: Spring

I'm trying to remember how to breathe normally again as my heart slows back down to its regular pulse and stops trying to escape by breaking through my rib cage.

I have my legs wrapped tightly around Sanji's waist and my hands still clinched his shirt.

Sanji is still deep inside of me leaning against me and supporting my weight against the wall he had been so intensely nailing me to a moment ago.

Sanji was now also trying to remember how to breathe normally.

I feel his heart pounding against my chest.

"Sugoi." I breathe

I hear Sanji laugh a bit.

He kisses my neck marking me again.

I giggle and start unwrapping myself from around Sanji.

I gasp as he withdraws from me and I slide down.

My legs are still a bit weak and won't support me just yet.

I keep my arms wrapped around Sanji's neck and he holds me with his arms around my waist.

I pull his head down to kiss me.

He kissed me deeply and explores me.

I savor the sweet taste of him and explore him back.

I had come into the kitchen looking for Sanji…

I just didn't know Sanji had been waiting in ambush for me.

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I walk though the door and am pleasantly surprised when his arms stanch me tightly close to him.

One arm is wrapped around me while his other hand muffles my surprised yelp.

And hot steaming mouth finds my neck and marks me the first time.

I giggle "Sanji-kun, just what do you think you're up to?"

Sanji gives a devious laugh and answers in a voice full of mischief and lustful intent. "You said anytime anywhere right?"

I smile "I did say that."

"Mind if I took you up on your offer?"

Ah, Sweet Sanji kun... A gentleman to the core. "Not at all love." I whisper.

"You think we can keep things quiet?"

"We can sure try…"

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And that's how I ended up against the wall before I could blink…

And though it took everything I had not to scream out in passion and ecstasy we were able to keep it quite.

I still can't believe how freaking amazing Sanji is.

But now wasn't the time to bask in the afterglow.

I pull away from Sanji's kiss suddenly.

"Nami?"

I feel the vibration of someone coming up the stairs.

"Someone's coming." I breathe

When Zoro walks into the kitchen I'm sitting at the table casually and Sanji is getting down two tea cups while water is heating on the stove.

Zoro stands in the doorway looking around the room.

He looks back and forth at us suspiciously.

"Got a problem Marimo?

Zoro glares at Sanji for a moment and turns his head towards me.

I smile innocently "Something the matter Zoro?"

Zoro raises an eye borrow. "You guys aren't having sex on the counters in here are you?"

Sanji and I both laugh.

"Don't be silly." I laugh

"That's absurd." Snickers Sanji

"Well you better not be." Zoro comes in and sits at the table. "It's bad enough Ussop had to sound proof your room…"

"Don't worry Zoro, we don't have sex on the counters." Sanji sets my tea cup in front of me and sits next to me with his.

"That's right." I pick up my cup "We just have sex on the table."

"Gah!" Zoro makes a surprised and disgusted face and falls backwards trying to stand up.

We both bust out laughing again.

"HaHaHa! You should have seen your face Marimo."

Zoro is pissed "Shut up dumb ass! It's not funny!"

"Oh but it is." My face hurts from laughing "I'm joking Zoro. We haven't had sex on the table."

Zoro seems relived.

"Yet…" Sanji teases

I snicker some more

Zoro is really pissed now he gets up and starts storming out the door. "I fucking hate you both!" he yells as the door slams shut.

Sanji and I laugh until our sides hurt.

"Oh…poor Zoro. That was kind of mean of us." I'm able to calm down a bit and catch my breath.

"Ah who cares? He needs to loosen up…needs to get laid…think Robin would give him a hand...or three? Just imagine what she could do for him…"

"True." I giggle "We all know he likes her…"

"And a sophisticated older woman would be good for him…"

We both start laughing again.

I pull on Sanji's tie to bring him into a silly giggly kiss.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"Marry me Nami."

"Sure why not." I give him a smiling kiss. It was our thing now.

Sanji would ask me to marry him at least once a day.

And I'd say 'Sure' or 'Kay' or 'perhaps' something different but always an affirmative.

Yes. I was going to marry this man someday.

I loved him and he loved me and we were going to spend the rest of our lives together.

I'll be great and wonderful.

> "Someday…why not someday soon?"

Hu?

> "Marrying him. Let's do it soon."

What! No Way!

> "Why not?" You said it yourself…you love him and he loves you…you want to spend the rest of your lives together…so let's get married."

We're too young.

> "So? Didn't Sanji say his parents got married when they were our age? It's not like you're doing the whole domestic thing now with the house and the kids and everything…there's still time for all that later…but we should just get married. I wanna. It'll be fun and sweet and romantic."

What's gotten into you?

> "Can't you feel it? It's Spring!"

Hu? Actually it's summer…towards the end of June…

> "I know that… but here…where we are on the Grand Line…its spring."

Come to think of it…the weather had stabilized again. It was pleasantly warm and there was something it the air that smells sweet and fresh. We were coming up on a Spring Island….

I smile

"Ok."

> "Yay! We're getting married:does happy dance:

"Hm?" Sanji wonders

"Ok." I repeat

"Ok…what?"

"Let's get married."

Sanji shows his surprise "What?"

I look at him and smile sweetly.

"Y-you're serious."

I nod

"Really? You really mean it?"

"Uh hu."

"And when you say 'let's get married.' You mean…"

"As soon as we possibly can."

He looks at me blinking.

I keep smiling at him.

"No way…" He says not as a rejection but in disbelief.

I pinch his cheek playfully "Way."

He smiles wide "You're really serious."

I giggle "Well its spring!"

He's confused like I was.

I explain to him about coming up on a Spring Island.

"It's sure to be a beautiful island Sanji. It'll be prefect. When we get there

We can dock for like a week and find someone to do a marriage license and an official to marry us some place nice and romantic. Just the two of us…it'll be nice."

"You mean like elope?"

"Yup." I smile

"When'd you become so romantic?"

"I've been around you for too long."

Sanji's face lit up like Christmas and his Birthday had come early and all at once.

"Oh Nami –chan!" He wraps his arms around me in a big warm hug rubbing his cheek against mine. "You have no idea how much joy and happiness and delight has just overcome me. I'm the happiest man that has ever lived."

He then proceeds in giving my about a dozen kisses all over my face with the last one being a deeply passionate kiss on the mouth.

"I love you Nami."

"I love you too." Giggle.

"Ah!" Sanji pops up.

Before he runs off he kissed my hand. "Wait here. Be right back."

I sit and wait for Sanji to get back.

He's not gone long.

Sanji comes over and sits next to me straddling the bench.

He puts his arms around me and I turn to lean back against his chest.

Sanji puts a small drawstring pouch in my hands.

I open the pouch and remove its contents.

I'm not surprised it's a ring.

A beautiful ring at that.

Three tiers of stones.

The center stone is a sparkling 2 Carat rectangle faceted ruby.

Lined up on either side of the stone are four small round seed diamonds and next to those, two .33 Carat square rubies, all set in white gold. The band has a tangled vine pattern on it.

I run my fingers over the ring.

"Your mothers?"

"Uhu."

I slip the ring onto my ring finger.

"How does it fit?"

"Perfectly." I hold my hand out to look at the ring on my finger.

Sanji kisses this side of my head.

I lean my head back and relax against him.

Sanji laces his fingers with mine.

I love this man.

And he loves me.

And now we're engaged.