I introduce a new POV, Nami's, near the end of this chapter.

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Bella Noche (Beautiful Night)

Chapter III

"Please stay… Zoro"

Zoro froze in the doorway. Had he heard her right? Did she just call him by his name? Slowly he turned back around to face her. Robin sat on her bed, her eyes pleading. To see Robin openly express such an emotion struck him as unusual and even he could understand the importance of it.

He crossed the room and sat awkwardly beside her on the bed. He wanted to ask her what was going on, all of her actions didn't add up. Zoro did not like being toyed with. He hesitated however because he had never seem Robin plead for anything. Well almost never, there was that one time at Enies Lobby when she finally had allowed herself to want to live.

Robin was the first to speak, doing so softly while looking at her lap. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be harsh this morning, I was just confused and still trying to figure things out." "And you think I'm not?!" Zoro said he was surprised that she didn't realize that he was probably even more confused about all of this than her. He had very little experience with women. Back when he was collecting bounties to get by there had been the occasional woman who would chat him up. But nothing usually came from it. The closest thing to a relationship he'd ever had had been Kuina. And look how that turned out.

"I mean first of all you are all distant and then you're bringing me blankets at night only to suddenly leave. I mean you had me questioning whether last night had even happened." Zoro looked at Robin and studied her profile. He couldn't see her face since she was still looking at her lap and her hair fell like a curtain blocking his view. He reached out and lightly pushed it back so he could see her.

When Zoro's hand brushed her cheek Robin let out a small sigh. She no longer regretted their actions last night. She did however wish she hadn't left so suddenly the way she had. She decided she should voice those thoughts, Zoro might appreciate knowing them. "I'm sorry about the way I left last night. I wish I hadn't but I thought you would prefer to be alone." She finally looked at him and he gave her a wry smile. "Apparently a lot of things I'd normally prefer don't seem to apply with you." A look of sadness crossed her face and she dejectedly said "oh"

She wasn't really sure what he meant but it sure didn't sound too good. "I didn't mean that in a bad way." He was quick to reassure her. "Take last night for example, normally I prefer to be alone on watch but with you… I didn't even really know why all I knew was that I didn't want you to go. Then there was this morning. I don't like to make a big deal out of things, scenes aren't my thing. So clearly I should have been happy you didn't but I don't know…" He ran his hand through his green hair and shrugged not knowing what else to say.

However something he had said must have made sense to Robin since she no longer looked sad. "So you thought the silent treatment was a good solution?" she asked giggling. Zoro wished she hadn't brought that up; it wasn't something he was very proud of. "Real mature, I know" he replied chagrined. Robin just laughed. "Here we go with the laughing again." He sighed; he was just going to have to put an end to that. He snaked an arm around her waist and deftly pulled her up against him planting a kiss on those mocking lips.

He had caught her off guard and Robin stiffened for a split second before melting into him and returning the kiss. The kiss had started out as something simple; a means of quieting the laughter but with their bodies blending together, igniting passion it soon became hot and heavy. When they eventually pulled apart they were breathing heavily. Robin leaned back down on the bed and smiled coquettishly back up at him. Before Zoro could interpret the smile there were hands all over him; taking off his katana and pulling him down over her. "Hi" she said softly with a smile. He leaned over her until their lips were almost but not quite touching. "Hi Miss Archaeologist" Giggling Robin brought their lips together for another long, searing kiss.

Zoro rolled on to his back beside her and she turned on her side and curled into him. Zoro held her close as she rested her head on his chest. He pressed a kiss to the top of her forehead and a smile appeared on her face. Within minutes she had fallen asleep, their legs intertwined. Zoro chuckled softly; the woman who never slept had fallen asleep before him. He just laid there for a minute, savouring the feeling of this wonderful and gorgeous women sleeping in his arms, before he too fell asleep, still holding her close.

The orange haired navigator climbed back on to the Going Merry, the blonde cook behind her holding several bags and parcels. "Thank you Sanji-kun, you can put those right here and then do you think you could prepare me a slight snack? I'm a little hungry." She said dropping into a chair. "Right away Nami-swan. One delicious love snack coming up." Sanji replied hurrying into the kitchen to start.

They had managed to find Luffy before he had done something stupid and she was pretty sure he at least partially understood that he couldn't just run off. Either way they had run into Usopp and Chopper and He had gone off with them while Nami shopped. She hoped Zoro was also being careful. At least he understood the threat of the Marines unlike her carefree captain. Sighing she decided to go check on Robin.

There was something going on with her, Nami had sensed it earlier in the afternoon. She hoped she was feeling better. She knocked lightly on Robin's door and called out "Robin? It's Nami, are you ok?" She listened but there was no answer and no movement from behind the door. A little worried Nami called out again and gently pushed the door open.

She saw Robin asleep on her bed and was about to close the door again when something strange on the ground by the foot of the bed caught her eye. There in a heap on the floor lay Zoro's katana. Why were they in here? Even the white one from Kuina was lying there. Nami looked back towards Robin's sleeping figure and for the first time realized she wasn't alone. There was another person sleeping beside her, a certain green haired person. What the hell? Zoro and Robin? They were sleeping all intertwined, when did that happen? She didn't know how long she stood there staring at their sleeping forms. It wasn't until she heard Sanji's voice calling her that she snapped out of it and backed out of the room, closing the door quietly behind her.

"Here you go Nami-swan. Made with love just for you." "Oh, thank you Sanji." She had forgotten she had asked for a snack. "Where's Robin-chan? I made her some too." Sanji asked heading for Robin's room. "No!" Nami cried out not wanting Sanji to see Zoro in Robin's bed. "I mean she's sleeping" she quickly added. Sanji shot her a weird look but went into the kitchen to store Robin's snack for later. When Sanji went back out to replenish their supplies Nami sat and contemplated what she had seen. As she sat there a plan began to form in her head and she rushed back into town to put it into motion.