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AN: Hello hello helloooo, chapter 2 can be found below! Bombshells will drop.

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CHAPTER 2 – SECRETS

"Nami-san, Robin-chan, if you would please follow me. Dinner is served." said Sanji courteously, holding out a serviette-covered arm to the two women, the picture of gallantry. The evening sun was beginning to sink in the sky behind him, turning his honeyed hair into glimmering strands of gold.

"Ooh, thank you Sanji, I'm starved!" sighed Nami, linking her arm with the blonde cook and allowing him to pull her up from the deck chair, much to his explosive excitement.

"Me too. This heat sure builds up an appetite." said Robin softy. She took Sanji's other arm, letting him lead herself and Nami up the staircase and into the kitchen.

"I'm glad you're hungry, ladies, I made your favourites tonight. Bellemère-san's recipe mandarin chicken for you, Nami-swan, and a delicious tiramisu dessert for you, Robin-chwan." said Sanji as he gently ushered them through the door and into the brightly lit dining area, smiling sweetly. "I guarantee them to be a true culinary experience. Now, if you would kindly excuse me, I'll just go and fetch the rest of the crew."

He turned around, the door lightly closing behind him.

"OI, MORONS!" he yelled, wheeling towards the deck, the charming smile melting off of his face. "FOOD'S UP! Come get it."

He stalked back into the kitchen.

"FOOOOOOD!" Luffy boomed, racing across the deck and scrambling up the stairs like a newborn puppy. He burst through the kitchen door, skidding slightly on the scrubbed wooden floor, before leaping recklessly onto one of the polished benches. He sat before the heavenly sight of a heavily-laden table filled with dishes upon dishes of Sanji's aromatic food.

"Smells good today, Swirly, is this tonkatsu?" asked Franky appreciatively as he followed Luffy into the dining area, popping a steaming piece of breaded pork into his mouth. "Just like Kokoro-san used to make. I love this shit."

"Manners, please, boys, we have ladies at the table!" scolded Sanji, handing the cyborg a warm plate and smacking Luffy hard on the head as he tried, and failed, to sneakily to pull ten dishes towards him at once.

"Where's your centrepiece, Sanji?" said Chopper wonderingly as he, Usopp, Zoro and Brook found their places at the table.

There was a large, empty silver platter sitting in the middle of the long table, nestled among the other tottering plates of delicious-smelling food. Usually, this was where Sanji's heavily anticipated main dish of the day would take its place, and the absence of it nearly terrified Luffy to his very core.

"Sanjiiiii, you didn't forget the main dish, did you?!" he wailed, his mouth drooping again in that adorable fashion that both irritated and endeared his crew mates.

"Of course I didn't forget, baka!" Sanji laughed, spinning a large glinting kitchen knife and an impeccably shiny spatula effortlessly between careful fingers. He walked over to the stove, igniting the flames and setting various pots and pans on top of the burning hobs. "I'm making it hot off the press."

"Ah, fresh fish." Usopp sighed as Sanji unveiled a large tub full of yellowtail tuna and salmon, yesterday afternoon's catch, lying under a protective covering on the counter-top.

"SUGEEEEE!" Luffy yelled, positively quivering with excitement. "Sanji, I want fifty!"

"You aren't getting fifty!" Sanji barked, as he threw the fish expertly into the sizzling pans, his hands flying as he meticulously added various oils, spices, herbs and sauces. A mouth-wateringly tantalising scent wafted under the noses of the Straw-hat crew. "You've been eating my supplies into oblivion lately, Luffy, my limit for you today is twenty, no more, no less. Got it?"

"But Sanji -"

"Shut up, or you get none at all!"

Luffy buried his head sadly in his bowl of miso soup but said no more. Chopper, who was sitting next to him, gave him a sympathetic glance.

"I'll give you a few of mine." he whispered kindly to his disheartened friend. Luffy's face lit up and he gave the fluffy reindeer an affectionate poke.

But a few minutes later, Luffy found that the right side of the mountain piled high on the platter, sectioned off by Sanji especially for him, contained not just twenty, not even fifty, but sixty delectable fillets of fish.

"Sorry I snapped. You're still a pain in my ass, though." Sanji murmured good-naturedly in Luffy's ear as he walked past his captain's head to pour Robin another drink.

Luffy winked at him, gesturing towards his already profusely laden plate.

The meal went on it's regular fashion, the crew immersing themselves into Sanji's ambrosial dinner. At first, the only noises that could be heard in the galley was the quiet tinkle of cutlery and the delicate sound of soft chewing (or, in Luffy's case, loud gulps) but, as the evening went on, and the dishes slowly reduced in size, the general chatter, laughter and song began and the atmosphere grew as bright as the well-lit kitchen.

"So then I told her, 'Yeah, I'll stay the night with you, but only if you can handle things that are big and hard.'" giggled Franky as he relived one of his many naughty stories from his nightly escapades in Water 7.

"What did she say to that?" Usopp said, smirking as he absent-mindedly polished his pachinko sets.

"If I was her, I would have slapped you right in the face, Franky." said Nami, sticking her tongue out, one eye on the conversation and the other on the new map she was intently poring over. "You're so gross."

"Don't come for me like that." grinned Franky, fiddling with a small piece of driftwood and a lone nail that he had found on the deck. "She swooned, I swear it. This girl says, 'Like what, handsome? I can handle any size.'"

"Jeez. And you said?" chuckled Zoro. He leaned back against the glossy wooden walls of the kitchen and downed the last drops of the sake bottle in his hand.

Franky paused for a moment. The crew all gazed eagerly at him, waiting for the climax of the story.

"I dropped my pants and showed her my robot cock." he said slyly. "And she fainted on the spot."

The Straw Hats burst out laughing.

"You fiend, Franky! That poor lady!" groaned Sanji, accidentally dropping the plate he was washing as his hands shook from merriment.

"I bet my antlers that you just left her lying there, didn't you, you evil cyborg?" said Chopper, wiping tears of laughter away from his round eyes.

Franky shrugged, his eyes glinting mischievously. "Maybe. And then I may have also gone and found a new girl who didn't care what she was fucking, so long as it was shaped like a dick." The crew groaned in unison, clutching their stomachs.

"Mr. Cyborg is terribly crude." said Robin with a light giggle.

"You're too funny, Franky." laughed Luffy loudly, clapping his hands together as he polished off the remainder of the dessert dishes.

"Meh, those were my prime days." said Franky, waving one airy hand and holding out the little moving model of Chopper with the other, which he had quietly constructed amidst the chatter. He passed it to the little reindeer himself, who squealed with joy. "I'm a tamed man now."

"Oh please, you've disappeared into the night with a chick at least once in almost every town we've stopped by in." scoffed Zoro, reaching for another bottle.

"Shut up, Zoro, so have you." Nami chimed in, rolling her eyes. Zoro flushed, but smirked, clearly feeling self-congratulatory. Robin laughed.

"I do always see Mr. Swordsman approached at the bar by the most beautiful women in the room." she said quietly, her striking indigo eyes sparkling. "I wonder why that is?"

"Because he gives off feminine vibes and all things naturally gravitate to their own kind?" muttered Sanji, viciously scrubbing a spoon with the air of someone trying to remove cement with a tissue. "It's a matter of familiarity."

Usopp and Luffy bit back their laughter, but Zoro seemingly chose to ignore this jibe and flashed Robin a charming smile.

"I must be the most beautiful man in the room, then, by that logic. Beautiful people would gravitate towards their own kind." he said, smoothing back his scruffy green hair. He grinned. "Which explains why the love cook is only ever approached by the mangy dogs on the street. It's a matter of, ah, familiarity."

Sanji furiously threw a fork at him, at which point Zoro seized one of Usopp's shiny pachinko balls and exploded it straight onto Sanji's head.

"Hey, I just finished polishing that one!" Usopp wailed angrily as Sanji and Zoro flew into full-blown combat, yelling obscenities at each other. Chopper danced around them, hopping from foot to foot, pleading desperately for their attention, as Sanji's smoking hair had caught fire and Zoro was already sporting a bloody rip in his shirt.

"You shitty rotten piece of marimo shit! Go back to the fucking compost heap where you belong!" yelled Sanji, landing a superb double roundhouse kick on Zoro's shoulder.

"I'll kill you, you fucking wannabe-Romeo princess! Only once you're safely back in the kitchen where you belong, shitty lady-boy!" bellowed Zoro, a whirlwind of deadly air-slashes catching Sanji straight in the stomach.

"You guys, please!" called Chopper tearfully. "There isn't enough bandages and morphine in the world to stitch you two back up if you blow each other into a million pieces!"

Brook decided now would be as good a time as ever to strike up a tune, pulling out his mahogany violin and starting a lively song.

"Yohohooo, and a bottle of rum..."

Franky joined in with full energy, grabbing Robin's hands and pulling her to feet. Robin laughed gaily as he swung her round and round in a lively dance of his own invention. She grabbed Usopp's hand, wiping the irritated look from his face, and the three of them waltzed around the manic kitchen to the merry melody of Brook's favourite song.

Luffy laughed uncontrollably as yet another chaotic scene of the day unfolded in front of his eyes. As he wiped tears of mirth from his eyes, he locked gazes with Nami, who was sitting at the opposite end of the table, observing their frolicsome nakama with an mixture of pained frustration and buoyant amusement. His heart skipped a beat.

He must have coloured up a little because a smile instantly tugged at her lips.

Her soft, delicious lips.

Luffy's imagination floated away into idyllic visions of his and Nami's steamy morning escapade. He felt almost cheated of her; in that moment when they had collided, her delicious body had been his, slick with bath water and kisses, their every limb entwined, melting into each other.

His aching hardness had just made contact with her warm centre before Usopp had knocked on the door, sending them both into a panicked frenzy. She had pulled up her panties at lightning speed, leaping out of the bath tub with all the agility of a gymnast.

When he had been left alone to finish his bath, Luffy felt he had never been more aroused in his entire life. He wanted to sprint after her, slam her to the deck and fuck her on the grass until she was screaming his name into the sky. He needed her to the point of it being unbearable, and he had been so painfully close...

He knew that he simply could not go on in his typical, happy-go-lucky manner unless he had had her, at least once.

While he could seemingly disregard all of the emotional confusion, his sexual appetite for Nami seemed unable to be tamed. She was all he could think about; she ate at his thoughts until all that was left was her naked body writhing against his, moaning softly into his ear.

The idea of spending another night in his hammock, alone in his captain's quarters, imagining Nami in every lucid position he could think of, while his hand moved desperately against his pining manhood, incensed him. It was a lustful craving; he hungered after her.

So when, amidst the madness inside the kitchen, Nami suddenly stood up, her twinkling eyes still latched onto his, and tilted her head subtly towards the half-open door, giving him a flirtatious wink before slipping quietly away, Luffy's loins imploded.

He barely waited ten seconds before bounding out in her wake, closing the kitchen door gently behind him, muting the noise inside. He glanced around his immediate surroundings. She didn't seem to be there.

"Nami?" he whispered into the developing darkness.

Nothing. Just the soft rustle of the oak tree leaves and the gentle swish of the mild evening waves lapping against the Sunny's wooden sides.

He walked across the upper deck, checking the other side of the kitchen cabin. Still nothing.

Luffy sighed.

"Nami, I really -"

THUD!

Luffy found himself pushed roughly against the hard cabin wall. He barely had a moment to gasp before Nami's lips collided with his, passionately kissing him until he was almost struggling for air. His hands found her waist, trying to inch her away before he passed out from oxygen deprivation.

Nami smiled, giving him a quick bite on his lower lip.

"Hey, handsome." she whispered, breaking apart and standing away from him with her hands held coyly behind her back.

Luffy took a moment to regain his breathing abilities. His heart, however, would not slow. He gazed at her in awe; her beauty was radiant, bathed in the golden glow of the setting sun.

"That was one hell of a hello, Nami." he laughed, pawing at her hand. Her chocolate eyes glistened.

"I had a lot of pent-up feelings." she replied, smirking. "I haven't stopped thinking about your behaviour back there in the bathroom, Mr. I-Know-How-To-Play-Too."

Luffy grinned, taking her other hand and pulling her soft body into his arms. He kissed her gently on her forehead, before trailing his lips down the side of her face and grazing her neck. Nami stifled a moan.

At this, Luffy couldn't help but grab her by the ass and lift her up into a deep kiss.

"I didn't think you could be this sexy." she giggled as they broke apart, wrapping her legs around his waist and placing her arms tenderly around his neck. "You've not spoken to me that way before."

"That's usually my 'you're about to lose' battle voice." Luffy admitted sheepishly. He turned and pushed her back gently against the cabin wall for support.

"Well, damn." Nami murmured, touching her nose to his. "It sure won against me. I wish we hadn't been interrupted."

"Me too." said Luffy softly. He pressed his lips to hers, kissing her tenderly. "It got me really worked up."

Nami wriggled mischievously in his arms. "Come meet me tonight in the watchtower stock room?" she said quietly, nibbling his lip suggestively. "I'll loosen you up."

Luffy suppressed a moan, excitement bubbling up in his stomach. "You bet." he whispered in her ear. Nami's eyes shone. She gave him a swift, but deep, kiss and then dropped back down onto the floor.

"Until tonight, then, Captain." she whispered, squeezing his hand. She jogged lightly down the deck and disappeared back into the lively kitchen.

Luffy stood still for a moment, watching the last inches of the swollen sun slip beneath the waves, leaning against the spot where Nami's back had just been pressed.

I always knew becoming a pirate was a good idea, he thought, smiling to himself. The thought of what would come tonight sent a pleasant shiver through his body.

He turned, ready to go and sneak back through the kitchen door, when he felt something. A presence. The light shift in the air that occured when someone else was breathing close to you.

He whipped around.

"Tonight, huh, Captain?" said a deep voice, coming from the duskiness that lay beyond the brightly lit kitchen windows. A tall figure stepped out from the shadows, a selection of katanas hanging at his waist.

"ZORO!" Luffy yelled, panicking. "What - what are you - did you - have you been spying on us - uh, I mean, me - this whole time?!"

Zoro grinned at him, leaning casually against the wall.

"I came out the back door to throw some bad fish overboard for that damn eyebrow cook. Chopper's orders. I was wondering where you and Nami had got to." He raised his eyebrows. "I think I've found my answer."

"Eh? What are you talking about? We were just getting some fresh air, not talking about nothing in particular, nothing inappropriate or anything…" Luffy babbled, colouring up. Zoro held his hand up to silence him.

"Luffy, I heard everything."

Luffy gulped.

"E-everything?" he stammered.

"Everything."

"Even the part about - ?"

"Everything."

"Oh. Okay." Luffy swallowed hard again, looking carefully at his friend for the tell-tale signs that he ought to run, follow the rotten seafood and throw himself over the side of the ship too before Zoro cut his balls off.

But the swordsman didn't look angry. Rather, his expression was one of deep amusement.

"If you're worried I'm gonna tell someone about you and Nami," he said, smirking. "I won't. I'll let you deal with that kettle of fish in your own time."

Luffy breathed a deep sigh of relief. "Thanks." he said weakly.

Zoro waved his hand dismissively. "Bros always gotta look out for each other, Luffy." he said lightly. "Besides..." A slow smile spread across his face. "I can't wait to see the look on that stupid love cook's face when he finds out that you got to sleep with Nami before he did."

Luffy winced. "Yeah, I'm not really looking forward to that part." he muttered. "Sanji might never cook for me aga - "

He stopped. Zoro raised a quizzical eyebrow.

Luffy's eyes grew wide. "Sanji might never cook for me again!" he exclaimed, looking positively thunderstruck.

Zoro laughed.

"You idiot." he said, shaking his head. "Does food really matter that much to you? Never mind, actually." he added hastily, noticing at the blazing look on his captain's face.

Luffy moaned, holding his face in his hands. "It's not really about the food." he admitted in a muffled voice. "It's the rest of crew. I'm pretty sure they're all probably gonna kill me for this."

Zoro nodded understandingly, clapping him on the shoulder. "It'll be alright, man. Best case scenario, they'll all just be jealous that you're banging the hot chick and they're not."

Luffy smiled into his fingers. He looked up.

"Okay, but how are you so calm about all this?" he asked incredulously. Of all the people on board the Sunny, he had expected Zoro's level of anger at the idea of him and Nami fooling around behind closed doors to be second only to Sanji's.

Zoro shuffled a little on the spot. "Alright." he said finally. "Let's go sit on the deck. I gotta tell you about something. Now's a good a time as any."

"Okay..." said Luffy slowly, looking surprised as followed Zoro onto the deck. He sat opposite him while the swordsman leant against the oak tree, his hands resting behind his head. "What's up?"

Zoro looked at his captain closely for a moment. "I'm just gonna cut to the chase. I know it's, like, taboo for nakama to mess around with other nakama on a pirate ship," he began. "But...sometimes...it can't be helped, you know?"

"I know." said Luffy, pulling a face.

Zoro snorted. "Right. Yeah, well...it really can't. We all have needs...and it's worse when a girl is just there, you know...and being out at sea really takes a toll on your sex life. Right?"

"Right..." Luffy frowned. "Where are you going with this, Zoro?"

"Well...uh..." said Zoro. He paused, smiling slightly, a glint in his eye. "Robin and I fucked."

Luffy gaped at him.

"You what?!"

"We fucked." Zoro repeated calmly.

"No way!"

"I'm serious."

"You and Robin?"

"No, just me, Robin was in the next room. Obviously me and Robin!"

"Liar!"

"I'm not lying, bro." said Zoro, looking rather pleased with himself. "It was more than once." he added slyly.

Luffy made a noise halfway between a outraged gasp and an admiring squeak. "Zoro, you devil!" he exclaimed, his eyes wide. "One of those beautiful women in the bar she was talking about earlier must have been Robin herself!"

"You guys never notice it, but we're always dropping hints like that at each other. That's why I'm not mad." said Zoro, pulling a wry face. "It'd be super hypocritical, you know I don't do that shit."

"Ayyy..." Luffy sighed in relief. "I guess I'm not the only one, then. So go on, tell me." He grinned wickedly at the swordsman. "How'd it happen?"

Zoro shrugged his shoulders. "Animal magnetism?"

"Oh, please," laughed Luffy. "I'm serious. As captain, I need to know about the finer details, so I can decide whether or not to hang you."

"And as captain, you really shouldn't be going around fingering the navigator." Zoro shot back.

Luffy hung his head, admitting defeat.

"Wow, yeah, okay." he said, unable to resist a smile. "But tell me."

"Hoping for tips?" Zoro asked, smirking.

"...no."

Zoro laughed.

"Alright, alright." he said good-naturedly. "It was after we got back to Water 7 and we were waiting for Franky to finish building the Sunny. I figured me and Robin could use some time to catch up after the whole Enies Lobby incident, so I asked her to come out to dinner with me one night. I think you were still dead asleep at this point."

"You went on a date with Robin while I was asleep?" Luffy said, his mouth dropping open. "What else did I miss?!"

"It wasn't a date date." said Zoro, rolling his eyes. "We just went to eat one night, only the two of us. Chopper was too busy tending to you and your wounds, Usopp was still hiding from us, as if he thought none of us had noticed, and Sanji and Nami thought nothing of it. Neither did we, really, until after dinner."

"I'll take that to mean dessert was good." said Luffy, waggling his eyebrows.

Zoro threw him a withering look but sniggered all the same.

"Excellent." he said, grinning. "After we finished, we decided to take the long route along the shore to get back to the dock…and we got to talking so we sat down on the beach for a while...and I told her that, it was embarrassing but, I'd really missed her being around when she'd disappeared...and she told me that she'd actually missed seeing me too..."

Zoro's eyes glazed over slightly as he reminisced. "And, yeah, I dunno Luffy. One thing led to another and the next thing I knew, we were just getting dirty on the sand."

"Damn." said Luffy appreciatively. "You must have some serious moves if you managed to get Nico Robin to put out."

"That's the thing, though." said Zoro, a soft smile playing around his lips. "She wanted it too."

"She did?!" Luffy gasped, clapping both hands to his cheeks. "The world is ending, I'm sure of it."

"She kissed me first." said Zoro smugly. "We were just looking at each other and she leaned in. And then after that, I stopped thinking rationally. When I came to after that, she was naked, I was naked…the rest is history."

Luffy gazed at him in admiration. Zoro was so mellow, he didn't seem even slightly perturbed about going into the minute details. Luffy felt that any recollection of sex he confided in someone else would be an awkward, babbling, stammering mess of a story.

"Did you guys...I mean, like, did she...?" Luffy failed to finish his sentence. He gestured to his mouth and then his crotch.

"Not that time. That was just pure sex. But the next time was in the Galley-La cabin. We were alone, and," said Zoro, grinning. "We did the whole thing. All the foreplay and all the good stuff. Older women, man." he added, sighing wistfully.

"I bet she's had loads of experience, though, she's way older than us. You must be real good in bed to have her after to you, Zoro." said Luffy in awe.

"I reckon I'm not bad." said Zoro modestly, sticking his tongue out. "She bit me quite a few times. Had to put a hand on her mouth too to stop her screaming out loud so that no one'd come running."

"Well, aren't you just the sex connoisseur!" laughed Luffy. "Do you guys still...?"

"Oh, yeah." replied Zoro, the tiniest hint of a blush rising on his cheeks. "She usually sneaks into my cabin in the early hours of dawn, well before any of you guys are up. It's been happening a lot lately, we're a bit addicted."

"You really must show her a good time then." said Luffy playfully. "Nico Robin completely helpless at the hands of Roronoa Zoro."

Zoro grinned sheepishly. "Afterwards, she's always totally out of breath. She isn't like normal Robin at all. She's...wild and...excited. Real beautiful."

Luffy looked at Zoro, studying his friend thoughtfully. "Do you have feelings for her?"

Zoro didn't respond for a moment, the composure fading from his face.

"I don't know." he admitted finally. "I'm still trying to figure that one out. Usually, one crazy night is good enough for me. But I keep wanting to go back to her. I reckoned it's just 'cause I see her every day. She really is awesome. But she's not just awesome physically, you know? It feels..."

He looked up into the boughs of the young oak, struggling to find the words.

"Different, I suppose. Not like sleeping with random girls. She's hotter than them, yeah, but it's more the connection. There's a lot of chemistry. We're good together. And she makes me feel good about myself too."

"I feel that way when I'm with Nami." said Luffy quietly. He picked at a blade of grass, thinking. What Zoro had said about chemistry...he and Nami definitely had it. The way their bodies had just melted together with hardly any effort...

Zoro watched his captain's eyes mist over for a little while. Then he cleared his throat, looking, for the first time, a little anxious.

"Hey, Luffy..." he said seriously. "We gotta be careful with these girls, you know. They're our nakama"

Luffy pulled himself reluctantly away from his Nami-filled daydreams.

"Yeah." he said heavily. "They're nakama. And that's the most important thing."

"So maybe we ought to keep all this on the down-low for a while?" Zoro suggested. His fingers trailed slowly up and down the edges of his sheathed katana. "I mean, I have been, but...I only want you in on my situation right now.

"I won't say anything. It's a secret. I'm not messing up this crew." promised Luffy. "But Zoro, there's just something about her that makes me feel...that difference that you talked about. I'd jump in front of a train for my nakama, no problem...but for Nami, I feel like I'd jump in front of a hundred."

"I understand." Zoro replied mildly. "I think I'm kinda starting to feel that way about Robin. But I dunno yet. I don't know if I even wanna think about it. It's...weird." He dragged his fingers wearily down his rugged cheeks. "Ugh, feelings, man. This is why I prefer the whole kiss-and-don't-tell thing. No strings."

"Yeah, I get you." said Luffy, his expression troubled. He gazed up at the clear sky, now sprinkled with stars. They reflected in his large, inky irises, giving the impression of little galaxies swirling in his eyes. "I said to myself I wouldn't think about any of it until after I found One Piece and became the next Pirate King...but, dude, I can't get her out of my head."

"I suppose, if she's the one, she'll be with you the whole way through. Taking the next step with you after the end of the road." said Zoro matter-of-factly.

Luffy stared at him in surprise. "That was pretty deep, Zoro." he said, impressed.

"Am I not allowed to be sentimental sometimes?!" Zoro snapped, looking annoyed.

"Well, uh, to be honest -"

"Huh?!"

"Nothing!"


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