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"Um, hey? You alright?" At this words, Luffy looked back at the girl, giving her his full attention. Or at least tried to focus on what she had said. He was still extremely shaken by the ghost's visit. He couldn't believe she met her again so soon. Obviously she had taken an interest in him. Which was bad. Extremely bad. Now, he didn't really have a choice. He had to see what he could find about her. Indeed, ghosts were unpredictable. But just like everyone else, they minded their own business. Usually, there was an actual reason why a ghost would set his eyes on you. And he wanted to know, why he was being so suddenly the object of a such great interest.
All at once, Luffy realized he had been lifelessly staring at the girl since she had last spoken. His eyes widened and his cheeks started reddening in embarrassment.
"Y-y-e-a-ah," said the boy stuttering. With flushed cheeks, Luffy looked at his feet and nervously started playing with the hem of his hoodie.
"You sure?" asked the girl with clear suspicion in her voice. Luffy nodded rapidly, still having his gaze glued to his black, worn-out trainers. "I can give you a ride if you want, you look slightly lost." The boy lifted his eyes a little bit to look at her at the offer.
"Um, I…, um…"
"Come on," said the girl, driving the green pickup next to him. Luffy stared at the door of the car for a moment in wonder of what to do, but a second later, he just opened the door and got into the passenger's seat. The sooner he gets out of this place, the better. Sitting, he put the belt on and waited for the girl to start the engine. She offered him her hand. "Nami."
Luffy looked at her hand in surprise and shook it, shyly. "Lu." Nami arched an eyebrow, "Just Lu?"
"Um, y-y-eeah," responded the boy nervously. Nami shot him a glance and started the engine. Luffy was again playing with the hem of his hoodie, when she started driving. He didn't really look at her that much, but from what he had seen, Nami was really beautiful. She had waist-long, wavy, naturally orange hair and spherical, hazelnut eyes. She was slim and not much older than him, probably in the beginning of her 20's. She was wearing light blue, skinny jeans and a greenish-blue crop top, which was covering her breasts with an enormous difficulty.
"By the way," started Nami, breaking the silence with her mellifluous voice, "I'm sorry if I've been rude about the name, I just haven't met a person with a such."
Luffy blinked. "No, it's fine, you haven't."
Silence began to settle again.
"It's Monkey D. Luffy, but I prefer Lu," said the boy suddenly, continuing to nervously fumble with the black fabric of his hoodie. Nami looked at him.
"It's nice, but I still haven't met a person with such," said the girl playfully and shot him genuine smile. Luffy shyly smiled back in return, and with the upturning of the corners of his mouth, on both of his cheeks, formed adorable dimples. Nami's smile widened, when she saw them in the rear-view mirror.
"How old are you?" asked Nami in an easy manner.
"Um, 17, you?" responded the boy, the vexation in his voice still pretty clear.
"I'm not going to eat you, you shouldn't be so nervous," laughed Nami sonorously and after that responded, "20." Well, Luffy had made a nice guess.
The car started slowing down and Luffy lifted his gaze to look at the road. They were at some juncture. Nami was just turning right, when her eyes widened.
"By the way, to where I'm driving?"
The boy stood still for a second, assimilating her words. Luffy blinked when the realization hit him. He hadn't said her where to leave him. "Um…"
"Where do you need to go?" asked the red-haired girl.
"Y-y-o-u c-can leave me at some b-u-u-s station or s-so-o-mething like that…?" stuttered the boy out, more like a question than a statement.
"Well, where exactly?" said Nami and started laughing. Luffy's adorable nervousness was really amusing her. "Don't worry, I don't really have anything to do right now, so just tell me where you need to go."
"But I don't want t-t-o waste your ti-i-me," responded the boy, looking at his lap. Nami smiled at him, cheerfully.
"Come on, shoot."
Luffy looked her nervously and hesitantly said, "The Academy of One Piece."
"Hm, that's a nice school. Okay, we're going there," responded Nami, giving him a reassuring smile. "What were you doing here, by the way. This is the old part of the town and it's uninhabitable."
"I-I was searching for the school, b-u-u-t the GPS on my phone just didn't work," responded the boy.
"Are you new in town?"
"Yeah, I, um, just m-o-oved here."
''Your parents moved here, because of work or?" asked Nami absently, bending forward and lifting her body from the seat slightly, to look through the car window, when she turned left. They suddenly were at a busy street and some driver swore at them, when the pickup, almost hit the back of his car.
"No, I moved here to live with my big brother."
"That's really nice. Your brother, for sure, will allow you to do more things than your parents. But the bad thing is, they will molest you to no end with calls and messages, now, when you don't live with them," said Nami and started laughing whole-heartily. She run her slim fingers through her long hair, trying to pull a few unruly strands off of her face. "At least, when you visit them, they'll spoil you really much," Nami winked at him, and added mischievously, "Plus, I don't really know how much of a cook your big brother is, but when you go to your parents' house, you will eat lots of home-made food."
Luffy remained silent, not really knowing what to respond to this. In return for it, Nami kept talking, "I remember how much I missed my mother's cooking, when my sister and I first got here."
The boy looked at Nami and was met with the sudden sadness, which had appeared in her eyes. Her hazelnut gaze was fixed, unseeingly, at some unknown spot in front of them. Her plump, pink lips were pursued in something looking as a nostalgic smile. Luffy was just about to say something, but as suddenly as Nami had been overcome with grief, she was back to her apparent easy-going self, and was now happily chattering about her new job in the center or something.
Luffy kept his gaze on her for a few more seconds, than looked forward at the passing cars. It had started raining again and there was nothing left of the great heat from earlier. People were walking hurriedly, with variegated umbrellas in hands. Luffy noticed Nami had put on the wind-screen wiper.
''Dunno, for me personally, it was a little bit hard to grow accustomed to this town, but now it's like my home, so don't worry, I'm sure you will get used to everything here pretty soon." The warmness in Nami's voice made Luffy look at her. She was smiling at him cordially and soothingly. The boy's cheeks heated up at the attention and he rapidly shifted his gaze to his lap, again starting to nervously fumble with the hem of his black hoodie. Nami started laughing, her melodious voice filling the car.
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