Phew! I am back to One-shots! After doing about 8 chapter updates for that story in a row I am finished with it and ready to get to typing!
Well as my normal introduction...*cough cough* This here story is requested by rosan to do a SaboXRobin. ANd of course I still have many more to write, over 20 of them in fact, so please keep your arms and legs in your seat at all times and enjoy the ride...er...read! XD I hope you all like this one-shot! Love you all! Thank you rosan for requesting!
"Robin!" Koala shouted with a bright smile on her face as she glomped the sister like woman.
"Hey Koala," Robin let out a small laugh as she patted the girls head, a smile lit upon her face. Robin shook her head slightly with a smile as Koala rubbed her face in her chest.
"Sabo found some more notes with poneglyph writing inside. He needs your help to decode it." Koala said with a pout, not wanting to let her go already.
Robin nodded and patted her head again, giving her a smile before making her let go. Koala let out a sigh and followed behind her, but her smile appeared back on her face and she began to skip a bit next to Robin.
"There you are Robin," Sabo said standing there, holding out a book to her with a smile. "We found more poneglyph writing. Figured you might want to take a look at it."
Robin nodded and stepped next to him before taking the book and opening it up to the page that he had marked for her. Slowly she looked over the writing, grabbing a pencil from her small bag and writing next to it what they meant and what the translation was.
"What about this one?" Sabo asked over her shoulder as he reached over her other shoulder and pointed to the empty space she hadn't translated.
Robin let out a small hum and nodded her head. "This has multiple meanings, so I'm reading on a bit ahead before deciding what it means."
She glanced over at him and nearly choked on her own words at how close he was to her. His face was right next to hers as he stood slightly next to her but behind her shoulder to see what she was writing. She pushed the blush from her cheeks and diverted her attention back to the notes.
"Here, this is a rough translation, but this should do it." She said, turning slightly at his shoulder and handing him the book carefully.
"Thanks," He said, grabbing the book.
They both stopped as their fingers brushed against one another. An electrical shock coursed through them at the slight touch and a sexual tension built around them as they stared at one another. Koala looked back and forth between the two, feeling left out of whatever was going on between them.
She coughed into her hand, snapping them out of their little tension. They pulled away from each other finally and turned away, their cheeks flushing in embarrassment at being caught up in their small little bubble with only the two of them.
"Ready?" Koala asked Robin, grabbing her arm and tugging on it soon.
"yeah, let's go. See you later." Robin said, giving a small wave to Sabo who gave a small smile back and a feeble wave of his own.
Koala walked along side her friend, looking up to her like she was an older sister in a way. "So," Koala said, trying to break the silence between them. "What's going on between you and Sabo?"
Robin tensed at the sentence and glanced at Koala who was staring at her intensely as they walked along the revolutionary camp. Robin put a finger to her lips, showing that Koala shouldn't say something so loud around everyone here.
Koala's eyes shined in excitement to know she was in on the secret. Robin sighed and pulled her into her room where no one would bother them or listen in. Koala giggled and plopped down onto her bed, kicking her legs back and forth as she stared at Robin intensely.
"There's nothing going on between me and Sabo," Robin said with a sigh, making sure her door was shut all the way. Koala gave her a raised eyebrow and a pointed look, saying she didn't believe her. "There really isn't."
"Then what was that going on between you two before?" She asked, with a knowing smile. "I couldn't even hardly get you two to snap out of it."
Robin felt the blush creep along her cheeks again and Koala gave an innocent laugh as she held her chin in her hand. Robin shook her head a bit trying to control her racing heart that began to speed along just at the thought of Sabo being close again.
"I don't know what that was about." She said, a small pout on her face.
Koala looked at Robin and a proud smile instantly came upon her face at her realizing. "You like Sabo!"
Robin flicked her hand, making an arm appear on Koala and clamped a hand over her mouth to keep her quiet. Robin put a finger to her mouth again, telling Koala that she couldn't shout stuff like that. "I don't know if I do or not! He's the chief of staff and I'm just a part timer of the revolutionary army."
Koala made the hand let her go and a smile broke her face at how flustered Robin was about the whole thing. "What does it matter?" She asked, standing up and wrapping her arms around Robin's waist in a reassuring goofy hug.
"But…" Robin stopped when she looked down at Koala and saw the pout upon her face. "What?"
"What if you and Sabo don't want to play with me anymore?" She asked, putting on a childish pout while rubbing her cheek inside Robin's chest.
Robin opened her mouth, but the gentle smile on her face stopped her for saying anything at the moment. She petted Koala's hair and gave her a small squeeze. "There's no way we'd want to stop playing with you. You make life interesting."
Koala looked up with a bright smile and nodded her head with an excited hum of agreement, glad that Robin put her at ease about her jealousy and about the two of them going on their way without her.
"Whoops!" Koala said, bumping into Robin and making her fall into Sabo as they talked about the deciphered code.
"Sorry!" She shouted again later on as she pushed Sabo into Robin as they walked.
Over and over these 'mistakes' happened from Koala, pushing Robin and Sabo closer together when they were in the middle of trying to conduct something. It wasn't as if Robin didn't know what she was doing, but she wondered if Koala was trying a bit too hard.
"Alright, that's enough," Dragon said, grabbing Koala by the collar of her shirt and lifting her up into the air. He gave Robin and Sabo a gentle nod before dragging the poor girl away as she kicked and pouted for him to let her go.
"I think I'm starting to get bruises from how clumsy she is today." Sabo chuckled, teasing Koala for her clumsiness and making Robin sighed at his obliviousness.
"yeah, her clumsiness." She sighed, giving a small shake before smiling and walking ahead with him again.
Sabo glanced over at Robin carefully, hearing the sarcasm in her voice. Could it be possible that she knew what Koala was trying to do? He knew what Koala was doing from the start, but he didn't want to point it out in case Robin wasn't comfortable with it.
Sabo couldn't seem to keep his eyes away from Robin lately; from her revealing clothes with her womanly curves, to the slight touches they get when handing things to one another or walking beside each other. It was driving him utterly mad. He had to hold himself back from just scooping her up into his arms just so he could feel her closer.
Dragon had guessed Sabo's feelings since day one when Robin arrived, but he chose to stay out of it and let them deal with it on their own. At least he stopped Koala before she made some sort of mistake and pushed it too far like she had a habit of doing so very often.
"Sabo?" Robin called out to him, snapping him out of his thoughts to realize they both stopped walking and she was leaning in front of him with a quirked eyebrow. "Everything okay?"
"Yeah," He said, shaking his head and putting on a smile again. "Just lost in my thoughts."
"About what?" Robin asked, a slight smile on her face as she grabbed his sleeve and tugged, saying they needed to keep walking.
He pushed the blush from his cheeks and kept his fingers twitching at his side from the slight touch and the smile upon her face. He rubbed at his neck and turned his face away. "you," He mumbled automatically before his eyes widened and he clamped his mouth shut tightly.
"What was that?" Robin asked, but her face was turned away from him just as much as her cheeks were red themselves. She had most definitely heard what he had said, but she was too embarrassed to act upon it.
It was like a game of tug of war, back and forth between the two with their slight flirts, slight touches, and the slightest of confessions towards one another. Maybe Koala was right and there wasn't anything to worry about with their status and how they could be together.
"Gah! You need to tell her!" Koala shouted at Sabo as she clambered into his office and sat upon his desk. "Do you know how hard it is to try to push you two together?"
Sabo looked up at her with a disinterested look. "Crashing into us isn't really doing anything aside from putting bruises on us." He told her bluntly, giving her a sigh and a shake of his head.
"Well then put some effort of your own into it!" She groaned, patting her hands repeatedly on his desk to get his attention from all the papers. "You know she's not going to be here forever. Soon her time here will be over and she'll have to go back to that Straw hat guy."
Sabo tensed at the truth, knowing it full well how much time was limited in being with her. But that was exactly the one thing stopping him. He didn't want something to go wrong because she was a pirate and he was a revolutionary chief of staff. They wouldn't be able to see each other each day like they did here.
Koala hit him over the head, making him groan in pain and look up at her in disbelief. Her brows were furrowed in irritation at his stupidness and she had her hands upon her hips. "I know exactly what you're thinking! You two are unbelievable! Both worried about the same thing! It's not like you'll never see each other again!"
Sabo blinked at what she had said, making him think about the secret hidden in there. "you've talked to Robin too about this?" He asked and saw the guilty realization hit Koala's face like a rock. She turned her head and began to whistle in innocence. He placed his face into his hand and let out a groan.
"You can't tell her I let it slip!" Koala told him, placing her hands together in front of her face. "But both of you are worried about the same darn thing! One of you has to make a move before Robin leaves!"
Sabo looked at her, he she was right about it all, but still that slight worry inside of him was what was putting a wall between him and what he wanted to do. He'd have to break down that wall somehow.
"Or you can let your brother Straw Hat take her again." Koala said, making the deciding push in the matter to nudge him a bit more in courage.
"Hey, Robin," Sabo asked, slowing down and stopping as he realized she was surrounded by a couple of the revolutionary men. He glanced around at all of them as they greeted him politely.
"Yes?" She asked curiously, slightly turning her body to look at him. She gave him a gentle, warm smile which set his heart to racing once more.
The men seemed to understand the tension between the two as they smile and teased Sabo while Robin wasn't looking at them. Sabo rubbed at his neck and breathed in deeply, trying to gather that courage he had before that suddenly decided to tuck tail and hide in a corner with people around.
"I was wondering," He said, pausing as the men made kissy faces and heart's with their hands, distracting him from Robin completely. Sabo smiled and shook his head from the fright, the men making him laugh too much to be nervous. "I was wondering if you'd like to go out to eat tonight?"
Robin stared in surprise at Sabo who was looking at her hopefully. She was running the sentence over and over in her mind, making sure she heard him right before her face exploded into a red cloud. She opened her mouth to answer him, but her tongue was so tied from nervousness that she couldn't get them out of her throat. Instead she just nodded and gave him a smile while she wiped at her cheeks to try and get the blush away.
The men behind her jumped in joy and hooted and hollered at the progression the two were finally making. "Hey! They're finally going on a date!"
Sabo hit the guy over the head, trying to shut him up as Robin desperately tried to hide beneath the hat on her head with her embarrassment growing. The others let out whistles and hoots, while congratulating them on finally doing something.
"Who didn't know?" Sabo groaned, placing a hand to his forehead.
"With Koala's mouth and how obvious you two acted? No one didn't know about the two of you." One of the men answer with a laugh, making everyone else start chattering about it like it was a big story to be told around the place.
"It's just a casual dinner," Robin told Koala as she circled around Robin repeatedly, analyzing her outfit and how she looked.
She had but on a pair of shorts with a tank top and short sleeved jacket to cover over her. She had black heeled boots on and a small hand purse that she'd have with her just in case she needed anything.
"You still need to look nice." Koala said, brushing Robin's hair a bit and pinning the right side up and out of her face. "It can still be simple, but you need to let him know that this is important to you."
Robin smiled thankfully at Koala who always had her back on issues like that. She patted the girls head, making her look up with a bright proud smile and she finally stood up and patted her hands on her butt to get the dust and dirt off from the floor.
"Sabo!" Robin called out to the guy who was waiting just on the outskirts of the army campsite.
Sabo turned with a casual smile before it dropped and he looked at Robin with wide eyes. His heart skipped a bit at the sight of her. It was such a simple look with her shorts and tank top, yet somehow it sent his heart to fluttering in nervousness. She looked stunning with simple clothes. Her curves being accentuated by the short clothing, and her legs showing off with the shorts, her hair glistening in the night, and her blue eyes shining from the moonlight that was shining down upon them.
"Sabo?" She asked, leaning closer to him again as he zoned out in his own thoughts once more.
He shook his head, trying to clear the thoughts a bit so he could speak normally to her. "Wow….you look…." He stumbled over his own words as he tried to think of the perfect word to describe how she looked tonight. "…beautiful!"
Robin blushed at the praise and tucked the other side of her hair behind her ear. "Thanks." She said with a gentle smile.
"Oh, here," He said, gesturing her towards the small motored bike that was sitting there waiting for them. "This is the easiest way to make it to the next town."
Robin nodded and hopped on the bike once he got it started up, linking her hands around him and holding gently while he revved it. He tensed up slightly at her gentle touch that flared his whole body in heat. He begged to god that he'd be able to concentrate enough on driving and not to crash in the middle of their way there.
"This is it?" Robin asked, staring at the small restaurant with lights hung all around it so people could see.
"The best night restaurant here." He chuckled, opening the door for her and walking in.
"A table for the couple?" A waitress asked, smiling at the two of them and giving a knowing nod to Sabo who ate there a lot on his way back and forth.
She ushered them over to a table that was out on the deck which was located over the water with the lights reflected off the water. She gave them the menus and let them look over a minute before ordering and walking back in.
"Seems not a lot of people come here," Robin said, looking around the deck, which she thought would be popular, and saw that they were the only one's out there.
Sabo shrugged his shoulders, feigning innocence when the smile upon his face told her otherwise. "Maybe they all just wanted to be indoors this time."
Robin giggled and looked out over the water, finding the reflections lovely with the lights and moon both combined across the silky surface.
"It reminds me of your eyes." Sabo said, nodding to the light reflecting on the water when she turned to him with a confused eyebrow. The blush crept across her cheeks again as she smiled at him nervously, her heart nearly beating out of her chest at being to dinner with him.
"Here you are." The waitress said. "If there's anything else, just give me a small wave and I'll come out."
She hopped along out of their way as they glanced at each other and laughed. Comfortable conversation came up between the two as Sabo began asking her about Luffy and his crew and the adventures they've been on thus far, finding the comfort level.
"What's that?" Robin asked as she pointed at the lantern that was slowly floating across the water back and forth with the waves.
"Some of the locals around here set the lanterns in the ocean to help communicate with the sea monsters. They believe they protect this place and that they like seeing the floating lights along the surface of the sea." Sabo told her, pointing at the family with a small child who raced to the waters and set the lit lantern down. He glanced sideways at her and saw her watching the family with a small smile that made her look like she was reminiscing. "Do you want to try one?"
Robin looked at him and smiled, nodding her head excitedly at the thought of placing one down herself and watching it float out to sea. Sabo stood up and held his hand out for her, a smile on his face that invited her to go with him. She smiled back at him and took his hand, flushing lightly as he grasped her hand and tugged her gently along with him down the deck stairs towards the ocean.
"Can we have one?" He asked one of the locals who was passing them around with a smile. The glad local nodded his head and passed one over gently with a match, giving them something to actually light it up. "Here,"
Sabo pulled on either side of the flattened lantern, opening it up into the circle it was and set the oil candle in the middle of the lantern. He lit the match and carefully placed it inside, making sure the flame didn't hit the lantern paper sides. He handed it over to Robin who gingerly took it into her hands and stared at the brightly glowing paper structure.
He cupped her hands gently and set it down upon the water with her and pushed it, letting the both of them set the paper structure off to sea. Slowly it washed out to join the others, burning brightly even when far away and out to sea already.
Sabo sat on the sand of the beach with his arm propped up on his leg as he watched the lantern float out until the light no longer could be seen.
"It's not going to be as fun when you leave." Sabo said with a goofy smile, trying to hid his embarrassment that was washing over him.
Robin looked over at him and gave a small shrug. "I'm sure all of you could manage."
"But it's not the same without you there by my side." Sabo answered her as she began to sit on the sand herself.
Robin looked up at him in surprise and saw him covering his cheeks with a hand as he looked slightly away, but the red of his ears told her that he didn't mean to say that out loud like he did. She smiled and gave a small giggle at his embarrassment. She laid her hand on his arm and pushed up with it, leaning closer to him and placing a kiss upon his cheek gently.
"We'll meet up again," She told him gently. "Besides, it's not like we can't communicate." She told him, pointing to the DenDen Mushi that is always in his pocket. "I'm sure when you meet Luffy again you'll visit our ship quite often."
Sabo was beet red as he listened to what she said and what she did to him. The cheeky smile beamed upon his face brightly as he reached out to her and gave her a longer kiss upon her lips; a gentle sweet kiss that seemed to last forever even when they pulled apart.
"Definitely. Even if I have to sail across the seas for you." Sabo told her as he pulled away slightly.
"Robin!"
Robin turned in surprise at the familiar voice. Could it be? They hadn't even separated that long ago before she met up with Luffy again, could they already have found her? She smiled as someone launched themselves into her chest and rubbed their face.
"Koala!" Robin said with a smile, hugging the girl into her chest further and breaking a smile to her.
She looked up in excitement and there he was standing there with his arms crossed and a smile upon his face like normal. "Miss me so soon?" Robin teased as she gave him a small wink.