Everyday Life with the Straw Hats

Mariejois Arc: part 5: A festive Lunch

"We're Baaaack!" Luffy declared as he and Miia came walking in through the front door. Luffy was already getting hungry again as he could smell the lunch Sanji had been cooking.

"I know what you are going to ask Luffy, and to answer your question; lunch is ready." Sanji said as he finished preparing the last 2 plates. Sanji put all the steaming plates on the kitchen table and filled each of the glasses with everyone's favorite drink. Apple juice for Luffy, tangerine juice for Nami, chocolate milk for chopper, tea for brook, coffee for robin, cola for Franky, lemonade for Usopp, sake for Zoro, and wine for himself.

"What would you like to drink?" Sanji asked Miia as everyone started to take their seat at the dinner table.

Miia looked at Luffy and gave him a warm smile, "I'll have what darling is having, some apple juice please."

Sanji was confused by Miia's sudden nickname for Luffy, but he decided to just ignore it and he gave her a cup of apple juice.

Miia took her seat right beside Luffy. Miia even scooted her chair as close to Luffy's chair as possible. Everyone started to notice how much Miia wanted to be around Luffy, but they figured it would be best just to overlook it and not make things awkward.

Nami decided to try and start a conversation to break the silence, "so Miia, why did you decide to enroll in this exchange program?" Nami asked curiously.

Miia smiled at the question, "I wanted to see what the world was like outside of my home village, most lamias never get many opportunities to leave their village and see other parts of the world, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to meet new people and make new friends!"

"Have you been enjoying your time here so far? I know it's the first day, but do you think you will like it here?" Robin asked Miia after taking a sip from her coffee.

"Oh yes! This city is really amazing, and the scenery I saw on the way to the butcher shop and back was really beautiful." Miia said with excitement, everyone could tell she was excited to have new people she could talk to and that everyone was so accepting of her. "I'm glad I'm able to stay with such nice people!" Miia finished happily. Miia started to wrap her tail around Luffy's waist underneath the kitchen table. She smiled and said to everybody "I can tell I'm going to enjoy my time here with everyone!"

Miia whispered into Luffy's ear in a seductive tone, "I'm definitely going to enjoy my time with you darling." Luffy looked at her, still chewing his food, but gave her a thumbs up, completely oblivious to her obvious flirting.

After about a half an hour, everybody was finishing up their food and taking their dished to the sink where Sanji was about to start cleaning them. Nami pointed out, "You know Sanji, this house has a dishwasher. You don't have to clean them by hand."

Sanji let out a light laugh, "Don't worry about that, I can get these dishes ten times more clean than any dishwasher, this is my area of expertise." He said.

Luffy noticed that his clothes were a bit dirty, "I'm going to put these clothes in the washing machine and I'm going to take a bath, so be sure to remember that before you come walking in." Luffy headed to the shower room.

As Luffy walked away, Miia was looking at him mischievously, she had an idea, and it certainly involved being in that shower room with Luffy. Miia thought to herself, "Don't worry darling, there's no need to lock the door, I'll meet you in there soon."