Everyday life with the Straw Hats

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Mariejois Arc: part 3: Miia Arrives

Luffy stared at Ms. Smith for a few seconds, then at Miia, then back at Smith. Luffy scratched the side of his head. Luffy pointed to Miia's most obvious physical feature.

"You have a snake tail…" Luffy said bluntly. Miia turned her face away, quite embarrassed by his direct statement.

"Oh no" Miia thought to herself. "He's already judging me, at this rate, I'll be seen as a freak and shunned upon by the end of the day."

Luffy's face remained enthusiastic as usual. "That's so cool!" he declared in excitement.

Miia flinched in surprise. "He…thinks my appearance is cool? Does that mean…" Miia started to blush slightly. "He likes me?"

Luffy still remained at the front door. Awe-struck at the Lamia girl and her cool tail. Ms. Smith made a not-so-subtle cough indicating that she wanted to come into the house.

Luffy, after finally noticing the hint, welcomed them in. Smith scanned the room, then smiled, "Nice place! I'll go get some coffee." Smith walked off into the kitchen to retrieve her coffee. While Miia stood shyly behind Luffy, still observing the straw hat boy who seemingly approved of her right off the bat.

"He seems nice enough," Miia thought internally, slithering closer to Luffy to analyze his features a bit closer. "I wonder how he got that scar below his eye?" she questioned. Suddenly she started to have doubts. "Maybe he's just pretending to be nice and accepting while Ms. Smith is here. I really hope this isn't all just for show until she leaves." Miia's anxiety was returning, though she did a good enough job at not letting it show. But everyone could tell she was nervous to say the least.

Zoro spoke up. "Hey, what's wrong? You don't look very comfortable."

Miia replied shyly "I'm fine, this house is very big and spacious, and I have plenty of room to move around. Why would I be uncomfortable?"

Zoro quirked an eyebrow "that's not exactly what I meant."

Luffy looked back at her. "Yeah, you don't need to worry about anything, we're nice! And while you're here, you should try and make yourself at home!"

Her shyness slowly going away, and her hopes starting to rise. "You don't mind that I'm a Lamia? Ya know, part snake?" Miia asked in a still timid tone.

Nami spoke up "what are you talking about? After all the different types of people and places we've seen. You're completely normal by our standards." Nami gave Miia a friendly wink. Trying to assure her everything was all right.

Ms. Smith walked out of the kitchen with her coffee in hand. "I'll stop by later to give you guys the official rundown, but I have a movie…um….I mean a meeting I have to go to. See ya!"

As Smith was about to open the front door. Franky opened it first and began to walk in. then he noticed Ms. Smith.

"Hello, my name is Franky. And it's Super nice to meet you! Your name?" Franky said while performing his iconic action stance.

Smith simply lowered her sunglasses and examined the man, then put her glasses back over her eyes. "My name is Ms. Smith" she began, "and next time I stop by, I would appreciate it if you wore some pants." She finished in a dry tone of voice.

"Pants?!" Franky gasped. "But then I can't feel the breeze between my legs."

Nami just face palmed with a disgusted face.

With that. Smith left the house.

Sanji entered the living room from the kitchen. "Hey everyone, lunch is going to take a little while longer than I thought. So this would probably be the best time to start unpacking and finding your rooms."

"Aaaawwww!" Luffy groaned. "But I'm hungry."

Sanji sighed "fine, if you're that hungry, take this money and go get yourself some meat or something. I saw a butcher shop on our way here. It's somewhere down town."

Luffy grabbed the money in excitement. "Yeah, I get meat!"

Sanji snapped his fingers to get Luffy's attention again. "Hey Luffy, you should take Miia with you. Be a gentlemen! Show her around the town, it will give you both time to get to know each other. I would do it myself, but I'm busy preparing lunch."

Luffy turned to Miia. "Do you want to tag along, we could go have some fun if you want." Luffy asked enthusiastically.

Miia looked at Luffy and smiled. "Yes, I would like that."