Everyday life with the Straw Hats

Mariejois Arc: part 6: Gomu Gomu no steamy Bubble bath!

The bath water was finally at the perfect temperature, nice and hot without being feeling like he was boiling. He removed his clothes and tossed them into a dirty laundry pile. He slowly stepped into the hot bath and let out a relaxing sigh.

"Aaaaahhhhhh…." Luffy breathed happily. "This is nice, but bubbles would make this even better, and maybe some meat." He reached for the bubble bath bottle and started to squirt some into the tub.

"That's strange," he thought to himself, "I was able to stretch when I reached to grab this bottle, is this some type of special water?" Luffy decided it wasn't worth thinking about now, and that he just wanted to relax. He laid back as the bubbles started to rise up to his face.

He started to close his eyes, but then he heard the bathroom door slowly open. He looked to the entrance to see Miia standing there with a bath towel in one hand. She had long red hair typed up in a bun to keep the water out of her face. She put the towel beside the tub and slowly leaned forward to ask Luffy something.

"Do you mind if I join you darling?" she said softly, her cheeks blushing a bright red.

Luffy had a dumb-founded look on his face, completely confused by this sudden turn of events.

"Why do you want to be in here, Miia? I'm just taking a bath." Luffy said with nervous tone in his voice. Even though Luffy may not be the brightest of individuals, he was starting to finally pick up on Miia's not-so-subtle clues. Before Luffy could say anything else, Miia got into the bathtub with him, it was modified when they moved here to be able to fit many types of liminals. Including lamias.

Miia started to rap her tail around Luffy's waist as she was leaning closer and closer into Luffy. Luffy's wasn't sure of what was happening, but this was the first time a friend of his was getting this close to him in such a way. unsure of what to do.

"I just want you to know how grateful I am darling, how you defended me from those mean guys on our way home from the butcher shop. That was the first time that anyone who wasn't a lamia accepted me for who I was. You said we were 'friends', but I want to be more than that." Miia whispered into his ears. Luffy didn't understand what she meant by that "more than friends" line. He just sat there, unresponsive. He didn't feel comfortable with her touching him and being so close to his...family jewels.

Miia smiled, "Would you like me to help you feel better darling? I know what I can do to help you relax." She looked at him and gave him a flirty wink. She started to move her hands towards down his chest.

She noticed the scar on his chest shaped like an 'X', "Oooohhh…my darling has quite the battle scar, you really are a manly man." She said in a flirty tone.

Luffy was really starting to worry on what she was about to do next, as she started to look at his lower body and gave him a mischievous smile, still confused, but feeling nervous by that type of smile she gave him in this scenario.

Suddenly, someone started knocking on the bathroom door. "Hey Luffy! I need a turn in the shower, so it's time to get out!" called Nami from the other side of the door.

Luffy started to rise out of the bathtub, "okay, Miia and I are just about finished up!"

"what the hell is Miia doing in there?!" Nami yelled through the door.

"don't know" Luffy answered with a shrug.

Miia looked to be disappointed at the sudden interruption between her and Luffy's "special" bath. Luffy was already drying off and putting his clean clothes on.

Miia says in a tone of disappointment, "Oh darling, we were so close! If only we had a few extra minutes."

Luffy finished putting on the last of his clothes, and replied "Oh well". He walked to the door and started to turn the door knob. He looked back and saw that Miia was still bummed about not being able to finish what she had planned. He smiled and stretched his other arm out to take her hand. "Don't worry Miia, we still can spend the rest of the day doing other things together."

Miia looked up to see his stretched out arm. Miia gasped "your arm! Why is it stretching?!" Luffy let out a light laugh, and replied "Don't worry about that, I have the ability to stretch any part of my body, I can explain it to you later if you want, but first let's get out of here so Nami can use the shower."

"any part of your body?" Miia asked with a flirty tone.

"yup, my whole body can stretch, expand, squeeze however I want, and it doesn't hurt a single bit. Pretty cool right?" replied Luffy with excitement.

Miia definitely liked how he described it, he would make for a great snuggle cushion for her, without fear of harming him. she gave Luffy a warm smile, "Okay darling, I'll get out of the bathtub and we can do something else." She took his hand and made her way out of the bathtub. Luffy smiled at her and left the bathroom and closed the door so she could get dried off and dressed. Miia thought to herself as she was starting to get dressed, "My darling is really someone special, and I'll do whatever it takes to be his one and only love. I promise you that, darling."

NEXT CHAPTER: Centorea Arrives…