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It was early in the morning.
Half of the crew was still sleeping.
The other half, consisting of Franky, Zoro, Usopp, and Chopper, were out on the deck.
"So, everyone remembers what we discussed last night, right?" asked Franky, looking between his three crewmates.
"Yes." they all said in unison.
"But is this really going to do anything?" asked Usopp, frowning. "Won't it just get Nami mad?"
"No!" shouted Franky. "It's sure to work."
"..If you say so.." Usopp mumbled.
"Right!" Franky exclaimed. "So, like we discussed, our first step is to try to convince Nico Robin to help us."
The cyborg looked down at Chopper.
"You won't make nee-chan suspicious, so you should call her out." he said. "The rest of will wait here."
"Okay. I got it." Chopper replied, nodding.
The reindeer headed towards the women's quarters while Franky, Zoro and Usopp hid on the other end of the ship.
"I still think all of this is stupid." said Zoro.
"Hahaha!" Franky laughed. "You'll change your mind soon! My plans never fail!"
Chopper knocked on the cabin door.
A few seconds passed before a drowsy Nami opened it.
"..Huh?" Nami muttered, looking around until she saw Chopper. "..Oh..Chopper..What is it..?" she asked sleepily, rubbing her eyes.
"There's something important I need to speak to Robin about." the reindeer replied, as he had rehearsed. "Could you ask her to come outside?"
"..Oh..Okay.." she said, yawning.
Chopper waited a few minutes until Robin stepped out.
"What is it?" the archaeologist questioned.
"Uhh..Could we talk over there?" Chopper asked, pointing to the other end of the ship.
Robin looked confused, but she agreed, "..Alright.."
She followed Chopper to where Franky, Zoro, and Usopp were waiting.
"Ah, Nico Robin!" Franky exclaimed when she arrived. "There's something important we wanted to discuss with you!"
"Something important..?" Robin asked, tilting her head slightly.
"Well, to start off, what do you think of what happened last night?" Franky inquired. "When Strawhat confessed to nee-chan."
Robin put her hand on her chin.
"..It surprised me." she said after a moment.
"Ah, we were all surprised..." Franky replied, nodding. "..But don't you think that maybe it all happened the wrong way? Like, maybe the only reason nee-chan rejected him was because we were all there?"
"..I suppose." she said, looking at him to continue.
"Well," he went on, "we were thinking that if they were alone together, maybe nee-chan would be able to admit her true feelings to him! So, we came up with a plan to get the two of them alone together, and we were wondering if we could get your help for part of it."
Robin took a few moments to consider the idea, then smiled. "What would you like me to do?"
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The Strawhats sat around the dining room table as Sanji made breakfast.
"SANJI!! HURRY UP!!" Luffy demanded.
"Shut your mouth or you're not getting any!" the cook snapped.
Luffy growled, and started to lean against the table when he suddenly yelled "OWW!!" and fell backwards, along with his chair, onto the ground.
"What are you doing?" asked Zoro, who was sitting next to him.
Luffy was clutching the bandages that covered the wounded area on his chest as he attempted to sit up.
"Ahh!!" hollered Chopper, rushing to his captain's side. "Luffy!! I told you to be careful! You can't let anything press up against your wound!"
Luffy narrowed his eyes and mumbled something before standing up and tilting his chair back onto its feet.
"I'm going to need to examine your chest later on today." the doctor informed him.
Ignoring Chopper, Luffy proceeded to lean back down against the table.
"OWWW!!" he yelled again, this time falling off the side of his chair onto Chopper.
"You did it again!!" Chopper bellowed, crawling out from under Luffy.
"Owwwww..." Luffy moaned as he forced himself back onto his legs.
"You need to sit with your back straight until you're healed!" Chopper ordered.
"But that's no fun.." Luffy complained, sitting down again.
"It doesn't matter!" Chopper shouted.
Chopper returned to his seat, but kept his eyes on Luffy.
After a few minutes, Sanji announced that breakfast was ready.
Everyone got up to fill their plates.
Franky glanced at Robin and she nodded.
"Sanji," she said, "would you mind eating breakfast with me in my room?"
Sanji nearly fell over.
"I-I-I-I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO!!" he exclaimed.
Nami looked at Robin strangely.
"I was wondering if you could help me look for a book on my shelves while we ate." Robin explained. "I've spent some time searching for it but I've yet to find it.."
"It would be no problem at all!!" Sanji replied, ecstatic.
The cook followed the archaeologist out of the room like a dog lead by its master.
The rest of the Strawhats took their seats.
Luffy immediately began chowing down on everything in sight.
"..Now..?" Usopp whispered to Franky.
"..Yeah..!" Franky whispered back, nudging Chopper and Zoro from under the table.
The four stood up with their bowls of soup and walked towards the door.
"Eh? Where are you going?" Nami asked.
"I'm going to fix a problem with the ship while I eat." said Franky.
"I'm going to prepare the medical room for Luffy while I eat." said Chopper.
"I'm going to train with Zoro's weights while I eat." said Usopp.
"I'm going to kill Usopp if he touches my weights while I eat." said Zoro.
And with that, the four left the room, leaving the captain and navigator alone.
As soon as they were out, Franky barred the door shut with a lock he had installed earlier that morning.
"Okay, I drilled four holes in the side of the dining room cabin so each of us can watch them." Franky announced.
All of them except Zoro immediately pressed their faces up against the walls and looked inside.
Luffy was continuing to stuff food in his mouth. If he noticed that six of his crewmates were missing, he didn't seem to care.
Nami was slowly raising a spoon to her lips while eyeing the door suspiciously.
"So just what is it you expect will happen?" Zoro asked Franky.
"Hmm.." the cyborg replied. "Well, most likely, nee-chan will admit to Strawhat that she shares his feelings, and then she will run into his arms.."
"I think that's the LEAST likely thing to happen." said Usopp, his eye still on the hole.
Nami took her eyes away from the door and glanced at Luffy, then focused on eating.
They both continued for the next few minutes.
Luffy took advantage of his crewmates' absence to grab every piece of food in the room.
Neither of them said a word to the other, although Luffy usually didn't attempt to talk while he was eating anyway.
When Nami finished her bowl, she stood up and headed for the door.
"Nothing happened." Usopp stated.
"Nothing." Chopper agreed.
"W-Well, let's wait and see.." said Franky.
Nami grabbed the handle of the door and attempted to open it.
It wouldn't budge.
"Eh?"
She started shaking it.
It still wouldn't budge.
"What's wrong with this door..!!" she growled, putting her foot up against the wall as she attempted to pull it open.
After a number of failed attempts, she turned around and faced Luffy.
"Luffy!" she shouted. "The door won't open!"
"Hmm??" Luffy mumbled, still filling his mouth with food.
"Stop eating!" she ordered.
Luffy stared at her while he continued to eat.
Nami clenched her fists and stomped over to her captain.
When she reached him, she pounded him over the head, sending him crashing to the floor.
"Auuwww!!" he hollered, grabbing the back of his head and spitting food out.
"I said the door won't open!" she shouted.
Luffy swallowed what he had in his mouth and got to his feet.
"Why won't the door open?" he finally asked.
"I don't know!" she replied. "Do something!"
"Okay." he said. "I'll do something when I'm done eating."
"DO SOMETHING NOW!!" she yelled, bonking him over the head again.
Luffy grumbled and walked over to the door.
He got into his fighting stance and pulled his arm back, preparing to smash it open.
"He's going to damage the ship!!" Franky hollered.
"That's because you came up with this stupid plan." said Zoro.
"WAIT!!" Nami suddenly shouted. "Don't just destroy the door!!"
Luffy turned around and gave her a weird look. "But it won't open.."
"That doesn't mean the only option is to punch it!" she exclaimed.
"Oh, you're right." he said, turning back around and lifting his foot up.
"DON'T KICK IT EITHER!!" she snapped, leaping forward and hitting him over the head for the third time.
"But how else can I open it up??" he asked, rubbing his head.
Nami stared at him for a moment before sighing. "We'll just have to call to the crew to get their attention."
"Oh, okay."
"You do it." she demanded.
"Okay." he said again.
The Strawhat captain puffed out his chest, then yelled, "ZORO!! USOPP!! SANJI!! CHOPPER!! ROBIN!! FRANKY!!"
They waited and no one came.
Nami growled. "What are those idiots doing..!?"
Luffy raised his fist again. "Then..!!"
"Stop it!" Nami ordered. "We're no where close to an island, so if you break the door we'll have nothing to replace it with for the next few days!"
"Hmmm...Then nothing can be done." he declared.
"We'll just have to wait for some one to come by.." she mumbled.
"That's fine." said Luffy, taking his seat and resuming eating.
Nami sat down and put her elbows on the table, resting her chin on her hands.
"Something's bound to happen now!" exclaimed Franky.
Some minutes passed and Luffy finished the remaining food.
He grumbled about still being hungry and leaned back in his chair.
Nami looked at him.
She sighed.
'So this guy's in love with me, huh?' she thought.
She was sure it was nothing more than a fleeting attraction.
Being as dense as he was, he probably just noticed for the first time last night that she was cute, and classified the new found feeling as 'love.'
It was best not to make anything of it.
He'd probably get over her soon, if he hadn't already.
...But still, it was bothering her that he'd said that all of a sudden.
She had honestly never expected to hear it from HIM.
It just didn't seem like him to do that.
He was always so sure of everything he said, yet he just blurted something out like that?
Why did he do that..!?
She grunted.
"Luffy.." she began.
"Ah! Here it comes!" exclaimed Franky.
"..you're an idiot."
"..Was that what you were expecting?" asked Usopp.
"...S-She must just be confused about her feelings.." said Franky.
Luffy didn't say anything.
"I wonder what Strawhat's thinking.." muttered Franky.
They heard a loud snore.
Luffy had fallen asleep.
"H-He fell asleep!?" shouted Franky.
They heard another loud snore from behind them.
"Zoro fell asleep too." said Chopper.
Usopp sighed. "Since Luffy fell asleep, it doesn't seem like anything's going to happen." he said. "I guess your plan failed."
Franky frowned for a moment then smirked. "Hah! Don't worry! This was only my first plan! I still have many more!"
"Really??" asked Chopper.
"Of course!" Franky exclaimed, laughing. "This week's suuuuper me has the ability to make love blossom no matter what!"
Franky hopped onto his feet, unlocked the cabin door, and flung it open.
"AH! Nee-chan!" he yelled. "Were you in here!?"
Nami snapped her neck around and glared at Franky.
"What were you doing!?" she shouted. "And why couldn't I open the door!?"
"Ah..I was testing a new lock system I put together.." he lied. "I had no idea you were in there, though!"
"What do you mean you didn't know I was in here!? I was here when you left!"
"Ah, sorry, sorry!" he said, scratching his head. "Anyway, the door's open now.."
Nami stood up and stomped out of the room, huffing.
Usopp walked over to Franky. "So what's your next plan?" he asked.
"Hehehe." Franky snickered. "We'll have to spend the day preparing for it, because it takes place at night.."
"At night?" inquired Usopp.
"You could say it's the opposite of the last plan." he began. "I call it..."
The cyborg puffed out his chest and put his hands on his hips.
"..the 'Franky Midnight Deck of Love!!'"