A/N: Hey again guys, sorry for the wait, dealing with some complicated stuff with my boyfriend, if any of you are wondrous at solving this stuff please contact me ;), and I have no internet where i live so I have no time to update all the time, so please be patient with me, I won't abandon this story.

Part VI

Temperament is weakness

Nami cursed under her breath and stalked after the swordsman.

'Listen to me Nami…' but Nami had had enough of all this confusion. She pushed him back into the wall holding him there with a firm hand.

'No you listen! I'm tired of all this hiding around! Stop messing with my mind! You give me bad conscience that I cannot remember last night, but what did you expect? I know I'm a good drinker but there are boundaries, and in the end you are a better drinker than I anyway. You are an manipulating son of a bitch because you had to win that stupid bet. Some of the stuff from last night has come back to me and I know that I had my part in it all, but I just want you to remember that even though you have the power over me, for now it doesn't mean you can go around and mess with my feelings! Don't you forget that… what… w-why are you smiling?' Nami yelled at him. She felt so humiliated that he was just smiling at her when she was trying to say something important. She shook him a bit.

'God damnit stop smiling! Tell me why you are smiling!' Nami felt hot and sweaty, she cursed at the hangover dizzying her mind and balance. She started shaking.

Okay now we just take one thing at the time Nami. Calm down!

Zoro's strong hands enclosed hers stopping her from shaking him. He snapped serious again and glared at her. In a split second he swung her around and pressed her against the wall he had just been pressed up against.

'Nami for gods sake. You wanna know why I'm smiling? I'm smiling because you've just shot several demands at me, you know that doesn't make sense with our given situation.' She calmed a bit down just radiating with anger. She tried to shake herself out of his hold but he held her tightly.

'And I smile because you look so god damn hot when yer angry.' He whispered. At the comment, a thousand thoughts shot through her head, in only a split second. She felt warm and uncomfortable. His gaze pierced her mind like a sandstorm under water enclosing around her mind assuring her there was no way she could dare being dishonest to Zoro. He was waiting for her move and she thought the one he'd want was to shoot into his embrace and kiss him passionately. She could tell he was waiting for that. She wanted to do it and she tried but she couldn't. It just wasn't that easy. She just couldn't move her body and meet his lips. She broke their eye contact and looked at her feet.

'Z-Zoro… I don't know if I can do this.' Nami glared down Zoro's body before gathering enough strength to meet his glare again levelling with him.

'Do what?' came the cold and confused response.

'This. Being… here… t-together with you.' She stumbled over her words and pressed her lips hard together as if preventing herself from exposing more of her shaking voice. Their eyes were locked still. His breath heated upon her face steadily matching the rhythm of his heartbeat. Nami wondered how it would be to be like Zoro. How it would be like to have his heart inside. Always so insensitive and determined, as if he knew the consequences of his every action before he did it. So confident… yet such a crybaby when it didn't work out the way he wanted.

He sighed deeply and loosened his grip on her hands but still holding them nuzzling her fingers. He looked as if he was gonna leave for a short moment opening his mouth closing it again. Nami tried hard not to smile at the confused brute in front of her.

'What if I command you to do it?' He said. She smiled at him.

'Always so simple…' Nami moaned shaking her head looking away from him.

'That's because it IS simple! Nami look at me.' He took her head in his hands. She felt so uncomfortable in this situation. She felt so exposed while looking at Zoro, feeling like she was the only one exposed. As usual.

'If you don't want me you can just go. Tell me that and I will never lay a hand on you again. If that is what you really feel. But don't you dare being dishonest.' He told her with a low very controlled voice almost dangerous. He slid his hands down her cheeks caressing her neck. She closed her eyes.

Damn it all

'I… I don't want to go…' She whispered. She slid into his arms hiding her face in his muscular chest her hands folding between his and her own body. They stood together like that for a moment. Nami cursed inside herself for what she had gotten herself into but could not help the adrenaline rush she got from his kisses.

'Very well.' Zoro spoke like Nami had just chosen steak or salad. 'Now that we got that settled I hope that you will start doing what I tell you. Because until now you haven't really been acting like I thought a slave should. I don't supposed you're the kind of type who runs away from her promise? Despite the thief you really are.' She broke away from him.

She studied his dark eyes for a short while before nodding at the swordsman.

'I keep my promise,'

'Good.' He sighed at her still not softening his serious but calm expression. Suddenly he grabbed her around the back of her neck and pulled her a bit closer.

'Kiss me.' He growled

Nami shivered lightly as time seemed to stand still. She stretched a bit tilting her head slowly as she felt his warm mouth touching her, invading her lips. She felt the Goosebumps spreading down her spine and further expanding on her skin as the kiss deepened. She enjoyed his tight embrace as he broke the kiss and kissed her neatly on her cheek and neck.

I will forever hold the power.

He kissed her lightly on her ear licking it. She shivered at the feeling smelling the scent from his green hair.

'I knew you wouldn't remember last night.'

'Then why'd you do it?'

'Well to be honest it was more you that did it.' He snickered at her and her eyes widened.

'You knew I was too drunk to control myself!'

'I knew… I just couldn't resist it.'

'Stupid swordsman.' She grunted and walked away.

'My room woman. Now.' Nami snorted at Zoro's command and he rolled his eyes.

'And you call me stupid.' He laughed at her but she punched him on the shoulder. He grabbed her wrist again and stopped her.

'Punching me will certainly not improve your current situation,' Zoro told her their noses just about touching. Her smile faded and she jerked away from him. She tried to wrestle her arm out of his tightening grip but he wouldn't let go. He pulled her close again.

'Don't struggle against me Nami. I won the bet. It seems you keep forgetting that even though you know that I will not forget. You chose this yourself.' He whispered calmly. Their eyes locked in several minutes as if they were fighting.

'And I will do as I promised.' She whispered through gritted teeth. She had to follow him obediently. Just for the next couple of days.

He wont have me forever.

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